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LIBRARY   OF  THE 
UNIVERSITY  OF  VIRGINIA 


From  thk  OiNCALoaicAL  Collkction 


C.  V.  COMPTON 

'  Scott  County,  Virsinia  and 

ROSWKLl..  NKW  MKXICO. 


GENEALOGICAL 


AND 


FAMILY    HISTORY 


OF 


WESTERN  NEW  YORK 


A  RECORD  OF  THE  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  HER  PEOPLE  IN  THE  MAKING 

OF  A  COMMONWEALTH  AND  THE   BUILDING 

OF  A  NATION 


COMPILED  UNDER  THE  EDITORIAL  SUPERVISION   OF 

WILLIAM  RICHARD  CUTTER,  A.  M. 

corresponding  secretary  and  historian  of  new  england  historic- genealogical 

society:  librarian  emeritus  of  woburn  Public  library;  author 

of  "cutter  family,"  "history  of  arlington,"  etc.,  etc. 


VOLUME   I 


ILLUSTRATED 


NEWi.YORK 
LEWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

1912 


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V,  . 

Copv  1 


Copyright  1912 

^  BY 

Lewis  Historical  Publishing  Company. 


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INTRODUCTORY 


fHE  present  work,  "Genealogical  and  Family  History  of  Western  New  York,"  pre- 
sents in  the  aggregate  an  amount  and  variety  of  genealogical  and  personal  infor- 
mation and  portraiture  unequalled  by  any  kindred  publication.  Indeed,  no  sim- 
ilar work  concerning  the  families  of  this  region  has  ever  before  been  presented. 
It  contains  a  vast  amount  of  ancestral  history  never  before  printed.  The  object 
clearly  defined  and  well  digested,  was  threefold: 

First.  To  present  in  concise  form  the  history  of  Western  New  York  Families  of  the 
Colonial  Days. 

Second,     To  preserve  a  record  of  the  prominent  present-day  people  of  the  region. 

Third.  To  present  through  personal  sketches  the  relation  of  its  prominent  families 
of  all  times  to  the  growth,  singular  prosperity  and  widespread  influence  of  this  portion  of 
the  Empire  State, 

There  are  numerous  voluminous  histories  of  the  State,  making  it  unnecessary  in  this 
work  to  even  outhne  its  annals.  What  has  been  published,  however,  relates  principally  to 
civic  life.  The  amplification  necessary  to  complete  the  picture  of  the  section,  old  and 
nowadays,  is  what  is  supplied  in  large  measu  e  by  these  Genealogical  and  Family  Memoirs. 
In  other  words,  while  others  have  written  of  "the  times,"  the  province  of  this  work  is  to  be 
a  chronicle  of  the  people  who  have  made  Western  New  York  what  it  is. 

Unique  in  conception  and  treatment,  this  work  constitutes  one  of  the  most  original  and 
permanently  valuable  contributions  ever  made  to  the  social  history  of  an  American  com- 
monwealth.    In   it  are  arrayed  in  a  lucid  and  dignified   manner  all  the  important   facts 
regarding  the  ancestry,  personal  careers  and  matrimonial  aUiances  of  many,  who,  in  each 
succeeding  generation,  have  been  accorded  leading  positions  in  the  social,  professional  and 
business  life  of  the  State.     Nor  has  it  been  based  upon,  neiiher  does  it  minister  to.  aris- 
tocratic prejudices  and  assumptions.    On  the  contrary,  its  fundamental  ideas  are  thoroughly 
American  and  democratic.     The  work  everywhere  conveys  the  lesson  that  distinction  has 
been  gained  only  by  honorable  public  service  or  by  usefulness  in  private  station,  and  that 
the  development  and  prosperity  of  the  region  of  which  it  treats  has  been  dependent  upon 
the  character  of  its  citizens,  and  in  the  stimulus  which 
they  have  given  to  commerce,  to  industry,  to  the  arts 
and  sciences,  to  education  and  religion — to  all  that  is 
comprised  in  the  highest  civilization  of   Ihe  present 
day — through  a  continual  progressive  development. 

The  inspiration  underlying  the  present  work  is  a 
fervent  appreciation  of  the  truth  so  well  expressed  by 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  that  "there  is  no  heroic  poem  in  the 
world  but  is  at  the  bottom  the  hfe  of  a  man."  And 
with  this  goes  a  kindred  truth,  that  to  know  a  man,  and 
rightly  measure  his  character,  and  weigh  his  achieve- 
ments, we  must  know  whence  he  came,  from  what  for-    o,,g,„,,  ow^fr^o'JVS'Lnd  Grant, 


iv  INTRODUCTORY. 

bears  he  sprang.  Truly  as  heroic  poems  have  been  written  in  human  lives  in  the  paths  of 
peace  as  in  the  scarred  roads  of  war.  Such  examples,  in  whatever  hne  of  endeavor,  are 
of  much  worth  as  an  incentive  to  those  who  come  afterward,  aftd  as  such  were  never  so 
needful  to  be  writte*  of  as  in  the  present  day,  when  pessimism,  forgetful  of  the  splendid 
lessons  of  the  past,  withholds  its  effort  in  the  present,  and  views  the  future  only  with  alarm. 
Every  community  with  such  ample  history  as  this,  should  see  that  it  be  worthily  sup- 
plemented by  Genealc^ical  and  Personal  Memoirs  of  its  leading  families  and  prominent 
citizens.  Such  a  work  is  that  which  is  now  presented.  And,  it  should  be  admitted,  the 
undertaking  possesses  value  of  the  highest  importance — in  its  historic  utility  as  a  memorial 
of  the  development  and  progress  of  the  community  from  its  very  founding,  and  in  the 
personal  interest  which  attaches  to  the  record  made  by  the  individual.  On  both  these  accounts 
it  will  prove  a  highly  useful  contribution  to  literature,  and  a  valuable  legacy  to  future  gen- 
erations. Out  of  these  considerations  the  authors  and  publishers  have  received  the  encour- 
agement and  approval  of  authorities  of  the  highest  standing  as  genealogists,  historians  and 
litterateurs.  In  the  production  of  this  work,  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  ensure  absolute 
truth — that  quality  upon  which  its  value  in  ever^-  feature  depends.  The  material  compris- 
ing the  genealogical  and  personal  records  of  the  active  living,  as  well  as  of  the  honored 
dead,  was  gathered  by  men  and  women  experienced  in  such  work  and  acquainted  with 
local  history  and  ancestral  families.  These  have  appealed  to  the  custodians  of  family 
records  concerning  the  useful  men  of  preceding  generations,  and  of  their  descendants  who 


BUFFALO  PUBLIC   LIBRARY. 


INTRODUCTORY. 


HOME  OF  BUFFALO  HISTORICAL  SOCIETY. 

have  lived  useful  and  honorable  lives.  Such  custodians,  who  have  availed  themselves  of 
this  opportunity  of  having  this  knowledge  placed  in  preservable  and  accessible  form,  have 
performed  a  public  service  in  rendering  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due.  in  preserving  the 
distinction  which  rightfully  belongs  to  the  Colonial  Families,  and  which  distingiiishes  them 
from  later  immigrations ;  as  well  as  in  inculcating  the  most  valuable  and  enduring  lessons 
of  patriotism  and  good  citizenship. 

There  is  probably  no  section  of  the  United  States  in  which  are  so  well  preserved  the 
ideas  and  characteristics  of  the  original  immigrants  as  in  Western  New  York.  At  the 
time  when  most  of  the  pioneer  settlers  located  in  this  region,  the  war  for  American  Inde- 
pendence had  just  closed,  and  many  of  them  were  fresh  from  the  struggle,  imbued  with 
the  highest  principles  of  patriotism,  and  all  brought  to  their  new  homes  and  instilled  in 
their  children  the  practice  of  the  simple  virtues,  the  industry  and  enterprise  which  have 
made  the  sons  of  New  York  pre-eminent  in  every  walk  of  life  throughout  the  nation. 
.Another  important  element  in  the  settlement  of  this  section  was  made  up  of  the  early 
Dutch  settlers  who  came  to  New  Amsterdam  (New  York)  before  the  adoption  of  sur- 
names among  them. 

Than  this  region  no  other  offered  a  more  peculiarly  interesting  field  for  research.  Its 
sons — "native  here,  and  to  the  manner  born,"  and  of  splendid  ancestry — have  attained 
distinction  in  every  field  of  human  effort.    An  additional  interest  attaches  to  the  present 


vi  INTRODUCTORY. 

undertaking  in  the  fact  that,  while  dealing  primarily  with  the  history  of  native  New 
York,  this  work  approaches  the  dignity  of  a  national  epitome  of  genealogy  and  biography. 
Owing  to  the  wide  dispersion  throughout  the  country  of  the  old  families  of  the  State,  the 
authentic  account  here  presented  of  the  constituent  elements  of  her  social  life,  past  and 
present,  is  of  far  more  than  merely  local  value.  In  its  special  field  it  is,  in  an  appreciable 
degree,  a  reflection  of  the  development  of  th  country  at  large,  since  hence  went  out  rep- 
resentatives of  historical  families,  in  various  generations,  who  in  far  remote  places — beyond 
the  Mississippi  and  in  the  Far  West — were  with  the  vanguard  of  civilization,  building  up 
communities,  creating  new  commonwealths,  planting,  wherever  they  went,  the  church,  the 
school  house  and  the  printing  press,  leading  into  channels  of  thrift  and  enterprise  all  who 
gathered  about  them,  and  proving  a  power  for  ideal  citizenship  and  good  government. 


SIZER   MANSION   ON   NIAGARA   SQUARE,    BUFFAIX),    BUILT    IN   1812. 


INTRODUCTORY.  vii 

It  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  of  gentlemen  well  informed  and  loyal  to  the  memories 
of  the  past  and  the  needs  of  the  present  and  future,  that  the  editorial  supervision  of 
William  Richard  Cutter,  A.  M.,  would  ensure  the  best  results  attainable  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  material  for  the  proposed  work.  For  more  than  a  generation  past  he  has  given  his 
leisure  to  historical  and  genealogical  research  and  authorship.  He  was  the  author,  with 
his  father,  of  "History  of  the  Cutter  Family  of  New  England,"  1871-1875 ;  and  "History 
of  Arlington,  Massachusetts,"  1880;  and  edited  Lieutenant  Samuel  Thompson  s" Diary  While 
Serving  in  the  French  and  Indian  War,  1758,"  1896.  He  also  prepared  a  monograph  entitled 
"Journal  of  a  Forton  Prisoner,  England;"  sketches  of  Arlington  and  Wobum,  Massachu- 
setts, and  many  articles  on  subjects  connected  with  local  historical  and  genealogical  mat- 
ters in  periodical  literature.  He  prepared  a  "Bibliography  of  Wobum,"  and  he  has  been 
editor  of  various  historical  works  outside  of  his  own  city. 

Others  to  whom  the  publishers  desire  to  make  grateful  acknowledgment  of  services 
rendered  in  various  ways — as  writers,  or  in  an  advisory  way  in  pointing  to  channels  of 
valuable  information,  are :  Edward  Theodore  Williams,  editor  of  the  Cataract  Daily  Journal, 
and  member  of  various  historical  societies ;  Merton  Merriman  Wilner,  editor  of  the  Buf- 
falo Express;  Obed  Edson,  president  of  the  Chautauqua  County  Historical  Society;  Saf- 
ford  Elisha  North,  a  director  of  the  Holland  Purchase  Historical  Society;  Albert  Edward 
Waffle,  D.  D.,  president  of  Historical  Conversation  Club,  Albion ;  John  Stearns  Minard, 
president  of  the  Allegany  County  Historical  Society,  etc. 

In  order  to  insure  greatest  possible  accuracy,  all  matter  for  this  work  was  submitted  in 
typewritten  manuscript  to  the  persons  most  interested,  for  correction.  If,  in  any  case,  a^ 
sketch  is  incomplete  or  faulty,  the  shortcoming  is  ascribable  to  the  paucity  of  data  obtain- 
able, many  families  being  without  exact  records  in  their  family  line;  whi^e,  in  some  cases, 
representatives  of  a  given  family  are  at  a  disagreement  as  to  names  of  some  of  their  for- 
bears, important  dates,  etc. 

It  is  believed  that  the  present  work,  in  spite  of  the  occasional  fault  which  attaches  to 
such  undertakings,  will  prove  a  real  addition  to  the  mass  of  annals  concerning  the  historic 
families  of  Western  New  York,  and  that,  without  it,  much  valuable  information  would 
be  inaccessible  to  the  general  reader,  or  irretrievably  lost,  owing  to  the  passing  away  of 
custodians  of  family  records,  and  the  consequent  disappearance  of  material  in  their  pos- 
session. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 


NEW  YORK 


The  branch  of  the  Porter  fam- 
PORTER  ily  in  Western  New  York,  whose 
leading  representative  is  Hubert 
E.  V.  Porter,  of  Jamestown,  descends  from 
John  Porter,  of  Hingham  and  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts. They  are  not  connected,  so  far  as 
known,  with  the  Connecticut  family,  whose  de- 
scendants settled  at  Niagara  Falls,  New  York. 
John  Porter,  bom  in  Dorset,  England,  1596, 
was  among  the  early  settlers  of  New  England. 
He  may  have  lived,  for  a  time,  in  Boston  or 
Dorchester,  but  the  earliest  New  England  rec- 
ords, thus  far  discovered  concerning  him,  re- 
veal his  residence  at  Hingham,  in  1635.  On 
September  i,  1637,  a  house  lot  was  granted  to 
John  Porter,  on  which  he  established  a  home. 
Subsequent  to  this  date  various  tracts  of 
land  were  allotted  to  him.  In  1640  he  was 
appointed,  by  the  general  court,  to  value  houses 
and  personal  property,  in  Hingham.  In  1641 
he  was  chosen  constable  of  Hingham,  and,  in 
1644,  deputy  to  the  general  court.  The  same 
year  he  removed  to  Salem,  where  various  tracts 
of  land  came  into  his  possession.  In  1650  he 
purchased  five  hundred  acres,  which  he  later 
gave  to  his  son  Joseph,  as  a  marriage  portion. 
At  the  date  of  his  death  he  was  reputed  to 
be  the  largest  landowner  in  Salem  Village,  and 
his  will  distributed  a  large  estate.  He  was  a 
man  of  energy  and  influence,  well  known  in 
the  colony,  and  held  many  official  positions. 
He  is  recorded  as  having  served,  at  on«  time, 
upon  the  military  staff  of  Governor  Endicott. 
He  and  the  governor  also  joined  in  the  build- 
ing of  a  sawmill,  on  Crane's  river.  John  Por- 
ter established  the  first  tannery  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  thus  founded  the  hide  and  leather 
trade.  Massachusetts  records  show  that  he 
made  at  least  two  shipments  to  the  Barbadoes. 
He  was  familiarly  called  Farmer  Porter  and 
Sergeant  Porter.  According  to  a  family  tradi- 
tion he  served,  from  Hingham,  in  the  Pequot 
war.  He  died  in  Salem  Village,  now  Danvers, 
September  6,  1676.  His  widow,  Mary,  whom 
he  probably  married  in  England,  is  said,  by 
Judge  Savage,  to  have  died  February  6,  1684. 
Children:  John,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Benjamin, 
Israel,  Mary,  Jonathan,  Sarah.    Israel  Porter, 


one  of  the  aforementioned  children,  was  bap- 
tized February  12,  1643.  Captain  Israel  Por- 
ter has  been  described  as  the  head  of  a  great 
and  powerful  family.  He  owned  large  landed 
estates.  He  and  his  wife  were  Puritans.  His 
daughter  Elizabeth  was  the  mother  of  General 
Israel  Putnam,  the  commanding  hero  of  Bunker 
Hill.  Israel  Putnam  was  named  after  his 
grandfather,  Israel  Porter. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Porter, 
was  a  mariner  of  Wenham,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  owned  a  house  and  large  farm.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Dodge,  of  Beverly,  to  whom  was 
born  one  child,  a  son.  His  death  occurred  in 
1660,  his  property  being  willed  equally  to  his 
wife  and  his  son,  but  his  father  and  his  wife's 
father  were  named  as  executors.  Child :  John, 
of  further  mention. 

(III)  John  (2),  only  son  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Dodge)  Porter,  was  born  in  Wen- 
ham,  in  1658.  He  inherited  his  father's  farm, 
on  which  he  was  living  at  the  date  of  his  death. 
During  his  lifetime  he  deeded  a  large  part  of 
his  estate  to  his  children.  He  was  a  man  of 
high  respectability,  a  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1712-24-26.  He  was  the  mod- 
erator of  town  meetings,  on  various  dates,  for 
several  years,  and  classified  as  a  maltster  and 
farmer.  He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Lydia  Herrick,  of  Beverly.  She  was  born 
in  1661,  died  February  12,  1737.  During  the 
witchcraft  delusion  he  and  his  wife  Lydia,  in 
1692,  were  witnesses  at  court  and  testified 
against  one  Goody  Bibber,  who  had  accused 
Sarah  Wildes  of  bewitching  her.  He  died 
March  8,  1753,  in  the  ninety-fifth  year  of  his 
age.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  of  further  mention. 
2.  John,  born  1683,  died  1775,  aged  ninety-two 
years.  3.  Hannah,  born  November  24,  1687; 
married  Thomas  Kimball,  of  Wenham,  and 
died  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  years.  4.  Eliz- 
abeth, married  Daniel  Gilbert,  of  Ipswich ;  died 
at  the  age  of  one  hundred  years.  5.  Benjamin, 
bom  1692,  died  1781,  aged  eighty-nine  years. 
6.  Jonathan,  bom  September  11,  1696,  died 
I759»  aged  sixty-three  years.  7.  Nehemiah, 
died  at  the  age  of  ninety-two  years.    8.  Me- 


NEW  YORK. 


hitable,  born  October  ii,  1698;  married  Caleb 
Kimball  Jr.,  of  Wenham,  February  15,  1718; 
died  aged  eighty-eight  years.  9.  Sarah,  born 
January  6,  1699;  married  Thomas  Dodge,  of 
Wenham,  June  23,  1724;  died  aged  eighty- 
nine  years.  10.  Mary,  born  July  20,  1700; 
married  Robert  Cue,  of  Wenham;  died  in 
1790,  aged  ninety  years.  11.  Lydia,  died  at  the 
age  of  sixty  years.  The  average  age  of  the 
eleven  children  was  eighty-seven  years. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Lydia  (Herrick)  Porter,  was  born  at  Wen- 
ham, February  17,  1681,  died  in  1770.  He 
lived  on  the  old  homestead,  bequeathed  to  him 
by  his  father.  He  rendered  military  service  in 
the  colonies  and  bore  the  rank  of  sergeant. 
In  1706  he  married  Sarah  Bradstreet,  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Simon  Bradstreet.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel,  born  November  14,  171 1 ;  Eben- 
ezer,  17 16;  John,  of  further  mention;  Anna, 
August  13,  1 7 19. 

(V)  Captain  John  (3)  Porter,  son  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  and  Sarah  (Bradstreet)  Porter,  was 
born  at  Wenham,  July  9,  171 7.  He  lived  in 
Wenham,  removing  to  Littleton  after  1744. 
He  married  (first)  Mary  Kimball,  November 

30,  1738;  married  (second)  Lydia ,  May 

24,  1750,  of  Littleton.  He  appears  with  rank 
of  sergeant,  Lexington  alarm  roll,  Captain 
Aquille  Jeuett's  company,  Colonel  James  Pres- 
cott's  regiment,  which  marched  on  the  alarm 
of  April  19,  1775,  from  Littleton.  Length  of 
service,  fourteen  days.  ("Lexington  Alarm," 
vol.  12,  p.  148).  He  also  appears  upon  a  list 
of  officers  of  the  Massachusetts  militia,  of  Gro- 
ton,  Massachusetts,  March  11,  1776,  as  ad- 
jutant of  Jonathan  Reed*s  regiment.  Proper 
rank,  captain.  ("Massachusetts  Muster  and 
Pay  Rolls,"  vol.  41,  p.  153).  He  also  appears 
as  adjutant  on  muster  and  pay  roll  of  the 
field  and  staflF  officers.  Colonel  Jonathan  Reed, 
March  30,  1776.  He  appears  in  the  service  of 
the  northern  army,  residence  Littleton,  dated 
Boston,  March  10, 1777.  ("Massachusetts  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Rolls,"  vol.  26,  p.  277).  His  mih- 
tary  record  shows  numerous  short  term  en- 
listments throughout  the  war.  By  "Field  and 
StaflF  Rolls,  Muster  Roll,"  vol.  26,  p.  24,  he 
appears  in  service  at  the  capitulation  of  Gen- 
eral Burgoyne.  At  the  battle  of  Bennington 
he  rendered  heroic  service.  He  was  commis- 
sioned captain.  October  20,  1779,  and  detached 
from  the  Sixth  Middlesex  County  Regiment 
to  reinforce  the  continental  army,  by  resolve  of 
October  9,  T779.    He  died  at  Littleton,  Massa- 


chusetts, March  12,  1802.  Children:  Bial,  a 
daughter,  born  January  3,  1740;  John,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Mary,  November  28,  1744. 

(VI)  Major  John  (4)  Porter,  son  of  Cap- 
tain John  (3)  and  Mary  (Kimball)  Porter, 
was  born  at  Wenham,  April  18,  1742.  He  re- 
moved, with  his  parents,  to  Littleton,  1744, 
where  he  died  April  23,  1834,  aged  ninety-two 
years.  He  was  a  major  in  the  revolutionary 
war.  Military  record  found  at  state  house, 
Boston:  Appears  with  rank  of  major,  on  a 
return  of  officers,  in  Thirteenth  Regiment,  Colo- 
nel Edward  Wiggle  worth,  October  12,  1778. 
("Massachusetts  Muster  and  Pay  Rolls,"  vol. 
71,  p.  23).  He  appears  with  grade  of  major,  on 
a  depreciation  roll  of  Colonel  Edward  Wiggle- 
worth's  regiment,  to  made  good  the  deprecia- 
tion of  wages  for  the  first  three  years*  service 
in  the  continental  army,  from  1777  to  1780. 
(Late  Calvin  Smith's  regiment).  ("Deprecia- 
tion Rolls,"  vol.'  31,  p.  180).  He  appears  in 
return  of  Timothy  Bigelow's  regiment,  dated 
Robinson  Farm,  July  28, 1780.  Rank,  inspector. 
Autograph  signatitre.  ("Massachusetts  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Rolls,"  vol.  69,  p.  36).  Appears 
with  the  rank  of  major  and  brigade  inspector, 
on  a  pay  abstract  of  Colonel  Calvin  Smith's 
regiment,  for  last  three  months'  service,  in 
year  1780,  in  the  Massachusetts  line  of  the 
ccmtinental  army,  dated  Boston,  June  19, 
1781.  (**Abstract  of  Rolls,"  vol.  7,  p.  66). 
Appears  in  a  statement  of  continental  balance, 
with  rank  of  major  and  brigade  inspector,  in 
Colonel  Calvin  Smith's  regiment.  ("Militia 
Officers,  etc.,"  vol.  28,  pp.  200-201).  Appears 
on  an  order,  dated  Salem,  December  22,  1783, 
for  waees  due,  signed  by  himself,  in  the  Sixth 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  as  major.  ("Massa- 
chusetts Muster  and  Pay  Rolls,"  vol.  54,  p.  138, 
file  C).  On  July  i,  1781,  he  was  appointed, 
by  John  Hancock,  governor  and  commander- 
in-chief  in  and  over  the  commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  major  of  the  Sixth  Regiment 
of  Militia,.county  of  Middlesex,  Henry  Wood 
being  colonel.  A  photograph  of  the  original 
commission,  showing  the  familiar  signature  of 
John  Hancock,  is  in  the  possession  of  H.  E.  V. 
F^orter,  of  Jamestown,  New  York.  He  married 
Lydia  Baker,  of  Littleton.  Intentions  published 
March  26, 1 768.  She  was  a  daughter  of  William 
and  Rebecca  Baker.  Children  :  John,  born  June 
17, 1769 ;  Lydia,  August  28, 1770 ;  Israel, of  fur- 
ther mention ;  Jeptha.  September  21,  1790,  died 
1812. 

(MI)   Israel,  son  of  Major  John  (4)  and 


NEW  YORK. 


Lydia  (Baker)  Porter,  was  born  at  Littleton, 
Massachusetts,  November  27, 1 77 1 .  He  was  edu- 
cated at  New  Ipswich  Academy  (now  Apple- 
ton  Academy),  of  New  Ipswich,  New  Hamp- 
shire. In  1806  he  settled  in  Gouverneur,  New 
York,  as  a  pioneer  of  that  section,  and  his 
name  is  recorded  as  one  of  the  founders  of 
Gouverneur,  on  a  tablet  in  a  memorial  arch,  in 
the  center  of  the  village,  erected  in  1906.  The 
name  of  Israel  Porter  appears  with  frequency 
in  the  history  of  Gouverneur,  and  the  hotel  he 
erected  there,  at  a  very  early  date,  under  con- 
tract with  Gouverneur  Morris,  to  accommodate 
the  stage  line  that  passed  through  that  section, 
still  remains  in  good  repair,  though  occupied 
at  present  as  a  tenement  house  (1911).  He 
was  also  engaged  in  the  milling  business,  in 
(iouverneur.  A  large  part  of  his  early  life 
was  devoted  to  the  vocation  of  a  surveyor. 
In  1835  he  took  a  trip,  with  his  oldest  son,  to 
Wisconsin,  and,  pushing  into  the  wilderness 
west  of  Milwaukee,  he  surveyed  out  land  for 
his  three  sons.  Returning  to  Milwaukee  on  a 
visit,  in  the  summer  of  1836,  he  was  taken 
with  pneumonia,  and  died  September  16,  1836, 
aged  sixty-five  years  nine  months  and  nineteen 
(lays.  His  death  is  recorded  as  the  first  Anglo- 
Saxon  death»in  Milwaukee.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Belknap,  born  April  2,  1778,  died  in 
Gouverneur,  New  York,  July  2,  181 6,  daugh- 
ter of  Abel  and  Bathiah  (Newhall)  Belknap. 
He  married  (second)  Lucy  Church,  of  Gou- 
verneur, New  York,  born  1776,  died  April  22, 
1857.  Children:  lantha.  born  1798;  Israel 
Washington,  of  further  mention;  Emily  A., 
1806,  died  1808,  first  white  person  to  meet 
death  in  Gouverneur;  Sally  Ann,  1807:  So- 
phrona.  May  30,  1809,  married  James  C.  How- 
ard, March  8,  1829,  gave  birth  to  fifteen  chil- 
<!ren ;  John,  married  Louisa  Clark,  of  Medina 
county,  Ohio,  April  6,  1836:  Adaline,  born 
J815  ;  Jeptha,  1816 :  married  Betsey  Stone,  lived 
in  Wisconsin,  died  in  Gouverneur. 

(VIII)  Israel  Washington,  son  of  Israel 
and  Hannah  (Belknap)  Porter,  was  born  April 
12,  1801,  died  April  14,  1875.  He  was  a  mill- 
wright, stock  raiser  and  general  farmer.  From 
Gouverneur,  New  York,  he  removed  to  Wads- 
worth,  Medina  county,  Ohio,  in  1834,  and 
from  there  to  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  in  the 
i^arly  spring  of  1836.  The  country  was  wild 
and  heavily  wooded.  Game  was  abundant,  and 
wild  men  roamed  at  will  through  the  territory. 
In  1866,  on  account  of  impaired  health,  he  re- 
moved to  Forest  Grove,  near  Vineland,  New 


Jersey,  where  he  purchased  land  and  developed 
a  fruit  farm.  He  married  Lydia  Harris,  of 
Gouverneur,  April  17,  1823.  She  was  born 
July  4,  1803,  died  November  30,  1843.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  lantha  Ann,  born  in  Gouverneur,  New 
York,  May  8,  1825 ;  married  (first)  Hiram 
Bigelow;  one  son,  Alfred  H.  Bigelow,  born 
August  31,  1844;  enlisted  July  15,  1861,  Com- 
pany H,  Second  Minnesota;  shot  and  killed 
at  Chickamauga,  September  20,  1863 ;  she  mar- 
ried (second)  WiUiam  McQueen ;  he  died  1899; 
she  died  October  31,  1907.  2.  Volney  Homer, 
of  further  mention.  3.  William  Berkeley,  born 
at  Gouverneur,  New  York,  June  22,  1829,  died 
at  Black  River  Falls,  Wisconsin,  June  22,  1885. 
4.  Washington  Graham,  born  in  Gouverneur, 
New  York,  March  26,  1831.  5.  Cordelia,  bom 
in  Gouverneur,  New  York,  January  4,  1833. 
6.  Calista,  bom  in  Wadsworth,  Medina  county, 
Ohio,  September  23,  1834.  7.  Edwin  J.,  born 
near  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  April  26,  1837. 
8.  Henry  Harris,  born  at  Pewaukee,  Wisconsin, 
July  Ti,  1839,  died  December  i,  1876.  9.  John, 
born  at  Pewaukee,  Wisconsin,  October  11, 
1840,  died  March  8,  1853.  i^-  Luther,  twin, 
born  at  Pewaukee,  Wisconsin,  October  5,  1843. 
TI.  Lydia,  twin  of  Luther. 

(IX)  Sergeant  Volney  Homer  Porter,  son 
of  Israel  Washington  and  Lydia  (Harris)  Por- 
ter, was  bom  in  Gouverneur,  New  York,  March 
15,  1827.  He  lived  near  Milwaukee,  Wiscon- 
sin. He  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  in 
1850,  returned  home,  in  1853,  by  way  of  Nica- 
ragua, thence  by  steamer  to  New  York.  On 
August  21,  1862,  he  enlisted  in  Company  K, 
Twenty-eighth  Regiment,  Wisconsin  Volun- 
teers, in  which  regiment  he  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  being  mustered  out  of  service 
at  Brownsville,  Texas,  August  23,  1865.  He 
was  appointed  first  sergeant  of  Company  K. 
January  22,  1864.  At  the  battle  of  Helena, 
Arkansas,  July  4,  1863,  he  fired  the  first  gim, 
which  was  a  signal  for  the  opening  of  the  con- 
flict. From  five  o'clock  in  the  morning  until 
one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  the  confederates 
made  continuous  attacks,  all  of  which  were  re- 
pulsed, with  considerable  loss.  Twenty  per 
cent  of  the  entire  confederate  force  were  kill- 
ed, wounded  or  captured.  Soon  after  the  war 
he  removed,  with  his  family,  to  New  Jersey, 
and  engaged  in  fruit  farming.  He  lived  for 
many  years  in  the  little  village  of  Forest  Grove, 
and  died  at  Clayton,  New  Jersey,  February  23, 
1905.  He  married  Adelia  E.  Jackson,  at  Mil- 
waukee. Wisconsin.  July   i.   1855.     She  was 


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bom  at  Underbill,  Vermont,  December  i8, 
1836,  and  died  at  Forest  Grove,  New  Jersey, 
August  3,  1889.  Children:  Cbarles  Riel,  born 
July  3,  1856,  lives  at  Vineland,  New  Jersey ; 
Hattie  Minetta,  December  20,  1859,  lives  at 
Clayton,  New  Jersey;  Hubert  Elmer  Volney, 
of  further  mention;  Arthur  Jackson,  June  23, 
1866,  Hves  at  Brooklyn,  New  York. 

(X)  Hubert  Elmer  Volney,  son  of  Sergeant 
Volney  Homer  and  Adelia  E.  (Jackson)  Por- 
ter, was  bom  in  Waukesha,  Wisconsin,  No- 
vember 21,  1861.  He  removed,  with  his  par- 
ents, to  Forest  Grove,  near  Vineland,  New 
Jersey,  April,  1869.  He  began  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  New  Jersey.  When 
seventeen  years  of  age  he  engaged  in  the  gro- 
cery business,  in  which  he  continued  for  two 
years.  He  entered  Pennington  Seminary  and 
Cellmate  Institute,  in  tbe  fall  of  1880,  from 
which  institution  he  was  graduated  from  its 
scientific  department,  in  1885,  and  awarded  the 
Ronan  gold  medal  for  oratory.  He  took  a 
partial  course  at  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania,  and  the  degree  of  Master  of 
Accounts  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Eastman 
National  Business  College,  of  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  August  2,  1887.  He  taught  in  the 
public  schools  of  New  Jersey,  and  at  the  Bap- 
tist College,  Woodstock,  Ontario.  He  was 
elected  president  and  principal  of  the  James- 
town Business  College  Association,  limited, 
Jamestown,  New  York,  June  18,  1892,  and  re- 
elected thereafter  each  year  until  the  present 
time  {1911).  This  institution  was  founded  by 
E.  J.  Cobura,  in  October,  1886.  Several  lead- 
ing business  men  of  Jamestown,  becoming  sat- 
isfied that  the  business  interests  of  this  city 
demanded  the  promotion  of  a  business  college  in 
this  community  of  sufRcient  financial  strength 
to  insure  a  thorough  and  comprehensive  course 
in  business  and  shorthand,  gave  to  the  school 

th*.ir  financial    siirmort,    and,    in   AugUSt,    J889, 

icorporation  as  a  business 
ty,  under  the  laws  of  the 
nas  to  its  graduates.  The 
i  named  in  the  certificate 
>bert  N.  Marvin,  Edgar  P. 
jdfit,  W.  A.  Hallock,  Elliot 
rich,  Eleazer  Green,  W.  A. 
Hall.  For  many  years  the 
n  the  Gokey  block,  corner 

Third  streets,  until  the  big 
ID.  which  totally  destroyed 
the  center  of  the  city.    Im- 

this  disaster  tbe  board  of 


directors  of  the  college  determined  to  erect  a 
school  building  of  their  own.  On  the  top  floor 
of  this  handsome  structure  the  business  and 
banking  departments  of  the  school  and  a  gen- 
eral classroom  are  located.  On  the  second  Hoor 
may  be  seen  the  general  business  ofllice,  private 
office  of  the  president,  consulting  room,  and 
tbe  shorthand  and  typewriting  departments. 
The  ground  floor  and  basement  are  chiefly 
occupied  by  the  auditorium  of  the  school,  where 
lectures,  concerts,  entertainments,  athletic  and 
social  functions  may  be  enjoyed.  The  building 
is  thoroughly  ventilated,  made  comfortable  in 
cold  weather  by  the  latest  and  most  approved 
hot  water  system,  lighted  by  electricity,  and,  on 
every  floor,  are  toilet  conveniences  and  sani- 
tary drinking  fountains.  The  business  office 
and  several  departments  of  the  school  are  con- 
nected by  intercommunicating  telephones,  and 
the  entire  building  is  equipped  with  the  most 
modern  and  up-to-date  business  equipment.  In- 
dividual desks  and  comfortable  seats  are  pro- 
vided for  each  student.  In  the  classroom  large 
tablet  arm  chairs  are  in  use,  and  a  survey  of 
the  building  throughout  will  reveal  the  most 
convenient,  comfortable  and  practical  fixtures 
obtainable.  Being  fireproof,  with  two  wide 
stairways  on  opposite  sides  of  jhe  building, 
leading  down  from  the  tc^  floor,  every  possible 
personal  danger  of  fire  has  been  eliminated. 
The  interior  plans  are  the  result  of  long  years 
of  experience,  and  so  nearly  perfect  are  they 
for  the  needs  of  a  business  college  that  many 
school  men  and  others  familiar  with  the  schools 
of  the  country  have  pronounced  this  new  build- 
ing the  most  complete  and  the  most  nearly 
ideal  of  any  structure  thus  far  evolved  for 
commercial  school  purposes.  The  board  of 
directors  of  the  school  at  present  is  as  follows : 
H.  E.  V.  Porter,  president ;  Elliot  C.  Hall,  vice- 
president;  Arthur  J.  Porter,  secretary  and 
treasurer;  Richard  Humphrey  Vipan,  O.  Emil 
Law  son. 

Mr.  Porter  has,  at  different  times,  taken 
more  or  less  of  an  interest  in  politics.  In  the 
spring  of  1904  he  was  nominated  on  the  Re- 
publican ticket  and  elected  alderman  of  the 
second  ward  of  the  city  of  Jamestown,  and  re- 
elected from  the  same  ward,  two  years  later, 
for  a  second  term,  in  which  position  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  common  council  and 
acting  mayor  in, the  absence  of  the  city's  offi- 
cial head.  He  was  ordained  an  elder  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  by  Bishop  Charles 
Fowler,  September  20,  1897.     He  was  three 


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years  president  of  the  Erie  Conference  Ep- 
worth  League,  and  two  years  president  of  the 
Fourth  General  Conference  District  Ep worth 
League,  embracing  seven  conferences.  He  was 
elected  represenfeitive  from  the  First  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown,  to  lay  elec- 
toral conference  of  the  Erie  conference,  held  in 
Jamestown,  in  September,  1899,  and  again  elect- 
ed to  represent  this  church,  in  the  same  capacity, 
in  Warren,  Pennsylvania,  in  September,  1903. 
For  eighteen  years  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, of  Jamestown,  and,  for  four  years, 
president  of  the  association,  during  which  time 
the  new  building  of  the  association,  at  a  cost 
of  $60,000,  was  erected.  He  is  a  member  of 
Mt  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  Mt.  Tabor  Lodge,  No.  780, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  During 
the  Spanish-American  war  he  enlisted  in  the 
One  Hundred  and  Thirteenth  Separate  Com- 
pany, National  Guard  of  New  York,  and  was 
appointed  corporal  and  later  sergeant.  Con- 
tinuing in  the  state  militia  he  received  the  ten- 
year  service  medal,  in  1908. 

He  married  Grace  Estelle  Townley,  of  James- 
town, New  York,  January  26,  1893.  She  was 
born  in  Brockwayville,  Pennsylvania,  May  30, 
1 87 1,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Franklin  and  Jennie 
Margaret  Townley.  Children,  born  jn  James- 
town: CsLTolyn  Margaret,  July  19,  1898;  John 
Townley,  May  10,  1909. 

The  orthography  of  the 
HAZELTINE     name    of    this    numerous 

family,  Hazeltine,  Hasel- 
tine,  Hazelton,  has  varied  to  suit  the.  ideas  of 
the  various  descendants  of  Robert  and  John 
Hazeltine,  who  landed  at  Salem  in  the  province 
of  Massachusetts  Bay,  in  New  England,  in 
1637,  and  settled  in  the  county  of  Essex,  upon 
the  Merrimack  river.  They  came  from  York- 
shire, England,  where  the  name  had  sometimes 
been  written  Hazelden,  with  a  colony  of  sixty 
families,  under  the  leadership  of  their  pastor, 
Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers.  The  Hazeltines  were  of 
importance  in  England,  for  their  coat-of-arms 
is  recorded  in  the  College  of  Arms  or  Heraldry. 
They,  with  the  members  of  the  colony  with 
which  they  came,  were  of  those  to  whom  the 
name  of  Puritan  was  originally  given  in  de- 
rision, but  which  they  willingly  accepted  and  to 
which  they  and  their  descendants  have  added 
distinction.  It  is  with  the  descendants  of  John 
that  we  have  to  do  in  the  following  narrative. 


( I )  John  Hazeltine  was  one  of  the  first  three 
settlers  of  that  part  of  Rowley,  Essex  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  afterwards  incorporated  as 
Bradford.  He  gave  the  people  of  Bradford  an 
acre  of  land  for  a  "meeting  house."  He  lived, 
for  a  time,  in  Haverhill,  across  the  Merrimack 
river,  in  New  Hampshire,  but  returned  to  Brad- 
ford about  1660.  He  married  Joan  Auter,  of 
Biddeford,  England,  but  whether  before  or 
after  his  settlement  4n  Massachusetts  is  uncer- 
tain. The  date  of  his  marriage,  as  well  as  that 
of  his  birth,  is  not  exactly  known.  He  died 
December  23,  1690,  said  to  have  been  seventy 
years  old.  His  will  was  probated  March  31, 
1691.  He  had  four  children,  three  sons  and 
one  daughter,  the  oldest  son  being  Samuel  (see 
forward). 

(H)  Lieutenant  Samuel  Hazeltine,  son  of 
John  Hazeltine,  was  born  December  12,  1645. 
He  served  in  the  King's  colonial  army,  in  the 
Indian  wars  of  that  period.  He  married  Deb- 
orah, daughter  of  Peter  Cooper,  of  Rowley, 
December  28,  1670.  He  lived  in  Bradford,  on 
a  part  of  his  father's  homestead.  He  died  in 
1717.  He  had  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 
His  oldest  son  Samuel  died  young.  His  sec- 
ond son  was  John  (see  forward). 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Samuel 
Hazeltine,  was  bom  March  28, 1678.  He  lived  at 
Bradford  and  married  Abigail  Ross,  August 
21,  1 701.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not  known, 
but  it  was  doubtless  before  1715,  for,  in  that 
year,  his  widow,  Abigail  Hazeltine,  of  Rowley, 
had  real  estate  transactions.  He  had  three  sons 
and  one  daughter.  His  second  son  was  Abner 
(see  forward). 

(IV)  Abner,  son  of  John  (2)  Hazeltine, 
was  born  June  19,  1705.  He  settled  in  Men- 
don,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  February  10,  1730,  Elizabeth  Raw- 
son,  daughter  of  Rev.  Grindal  Rawson,  of 
Mendon.  Thus  early  the  descendants  of  the 
original  immigrants,  Robert  and  John,  began 
their  journeyings  westward,  in  the  endeavor 
to  go  forward  to  possess  all  the  land  which 
ceased  not  until  the  Pacific  ocean  was  reach- 
ed, for  they  are  now  in  all  states  of  the  Union. 
Abner  Hazeltine  lived  in  Mendon  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  just  before  the  birth 
of  his  only  child,  Abneii.  The  Rev.  Grindal 
Rawson,  father  of  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Abner 
Hazeltine,  was  the  son  of  Edward  and  Rachel 
(Perne)  Rawson.  Edward  Rawson,  the  pro- 
genitor of  the  Rawson  family  in  America,  was 
bom  in  Dorsetshire,  England,  April  15,  161 5. 


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He  came  to  the  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay, 
in  1637,  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Newbury. 
He  was  the  secretary  of  the  colony,  from  1651 
to  1686,  and  was  an  influential  man  in  the 
colony.  He  was  a  direct  descendant  of  Sir 
Edward  Rawson,  who  lived  in  the  reign  of  one 
of  the  Henry's,  one  of  the  Kings  of  England, 
and  was  a  man  of  military  skill  and  experience. 
His  wife  Rachel  was  a  niece  of  Edmund  Grin- 
dal,  successively  Bishop  of  London  and  oi 
York,  and  Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  Primate 
of  England  in  the  reign  of  Elizabeth. 

(V)  Abner  (2),  son  of  Abner  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Rawson)  Hazeltine,  was  bom  at 
Mendon,  Massachusetts,  November  5,  1731. 
He  married  Martha  Goss,  of  that  town,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Robbins.  He  lived  in  the 
towns  of  Mendon  and  Upton,  and  owned  and 
sold  lands  in  both  towns.  He  moved  to  Wards- 
boro,  Vermont,  in  1795,  where  he  died  in  1816. 
While  a  citizen  of  Massachusetts. he  served  in 
the  King's  colonial  army,  was  a  private  in 
Major  John  Hazeltine's  company,  and  his  name 
appears  on  the  muster  roll  of  1755,  and  also 
on  muster  roll  dated  March,  1756,  of  a  com- 
pany in  his  Majesty's  service.  Captain  John 
Dalrimple,  in  the  expedition  to  Crown  Point. 
His  oldest  son,  but  third  child,  was  Daniel  (see 
forward). 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Abner  (2)  Hazeltine, 
was  born  at  Mendon,  December  20,  1761 ;  died 
in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  June  18, 
1828.  He  married,  May  8,  1788,  Susannah 
Jones,  of  Milford,  Worcester  county,  Massa- 
chusetts, daughter  of  Abraham  Jones  Jr.,  of 
Milford,  who  served  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
at  "Lexington  Alarms,"  in  Captain  William 
Jennison's  company,  of  Mendon,  also  in  the 
Eleventh  Regiment  of  Connecticut,  Colonel 
Ebenezer  Williams,  also  served  in  New  York, 
in  Lieutenant-Colonel  Frederick  Wessenfel's 
regiment,  raised  in  the  defense  of  New  York. 
Daniel  Hazeltine  himself  served  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war,  in  Colonel  Sprout's  Massachusetts 
regiment,  also  in  Captain  Ephraim  Hartwell's 
company  of  guards,  also  in  Colonel  Tyler's 
Massachusetts  regiment.  He  first  settled  in 
Wardsboro,  Vermont.  Subsequently,  about 
1820,  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New  York, 
following  his  eight  sons  there.  His  sons,  Laban 
Hazeltine,  M.  D.,  Abner  Hazeltine  and  Daniel 
Hazeltine,  settled  in  Jamestown,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  in  1815.  Dr.  Laban  Hazeltine 
was  the  first  physician  in  southern  Chautauqua. 
He  married  Content  Flagler,  of  Dutchess  coun- 


ty, and  had  two  sons  who  grew  to  maturity, 
Gilbert  Wilkinson  Hazeltine,  M.  D.,  and  Rich- 
ard Flagler  Hazeltine,  whose  son,  Laban  Hazel- 
tine, M.  D.,  is  now  (1911)  a  practicing  physi- 
cian and  surgeon  in  Jamestown.  With  him  is 
his  son,  Edward  Hazeltine,  M.  D.  Daniel 
Hazeltine's  second  son  was  Abner  (see  for- 
ward). 

(VH)  Abner  (3),  second  son  of  Daniel 
Hazeltine,  was  born  at  Wardsboro,  Windham 
county,  Vermont,  June  10,  1793.  He  was  a 
teacher  in  the  common  schools,  fitted  for  col- 
lege, under  the  instruction  of  his  pastor,  and 
was  graduated  from  Williams  College  in  181 5. 
The  same  year  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  where  he  taught  school  while  he  was 
studying  for  his  profession,  under  the  direction 
of  Jacob  Houghton  and  Samuel  A.  Brown. 
He  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  and  adjacent  county 
of  Warren,  Pennsylvania,  until  his  decease. 
December  20,  1879.  He  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  in 
Jamestown,  in  18 16,  and  of  the  Jamestown 
Academy,  was  its  secretary  and  one  of  the 
trustees  until  it  was  merged  in  the  Union  free 
school  and  became  the  high  school  of  that  city. 
He  was  elected  to  the  assembly  of  1829,  and 
again  to  that  of  1830,  was  elected  member  of 
the  twenty-third  congress,  and  again  of  the 
twenty-fourth  congress,  district  attorney  of 
Chautauqua  county  in  1847,  and  judge  of 
Chautauqua  county  in  1859. 

Abner  Hazeltine  married  (first),  September 

21,  1819,  Polly  Kidder,  born  at  Wardsboro, 
Vermont,  April  i,  1798,  died  October  14,  1832. 
Children;  Charles  Goddard,  born  October  12, 
1820,  died  June  24,  1880;  Harriet  Newell, 
March  23,  1822,  died  June  16,  1901 ;  Lydia 
Kidder,  October  13,  1824,  died  October  6, 
1825;  Henry  Martyn,  August  28,  1831,  died 
March  15,  1899.  Abner  Hazeltine  married 
(second),  July  21,  1834,  Matilda  Hayward,  of 
Pomfret,  Windham  county,  Connecticut.  She 
was  born  at  the  above-mentioned  place,  July 

22,  1799,  died  April  i,  1877.  Children:  Abner, 
born  March  18,  1836  (see  forward)  ;  Lewis 
Hayward,  M.  D.,  December  7,  1838,  resides  at 
Detroit,  Michigan;  Mary  Matilda,  March  21, 
1843,  married  DeForest  Weld,  a  sketch  of  the 
Weld  family  appears  in  this  work  also. 

(Vni)  Abner  (4),  third  son  of  Abner  (3) 
Hazeltine,  was  bom  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
March  18,  1836,  was  prepared  for  college  at 
the  Jamestown  and  Cherry  Valley,  New  York. 


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academies,  was  educated  at  Williams  College 
and  the  Albany  Law  School.  Admitted  to  the 
bar  of  the  supreme  court  of  New  York,  De- 
cember, i860,  and  subsequently  admitted  to 
practice  in  Pennsylvania,  and  in  the  district 
and  circuit  courts  of  the  United  States.  He 
joined  his  father  in  the  practice  of  law  at 
Jamestown,  and  continues  in  active  practice 
at  the  age  of  seventy-five.  He  has  been  post- 
master of  the  city  of  Jamestown,  district  attor- 
ney of  Chautauqua  county,  and  police  justice 
of  the  city  of  Jamestown.  He  was  appointed 
United  States  commissioner  in  1879,  which 
office  he  still  holds.  He  is  a  Congregationalist, 
a  Free  Mason  of  the  degree  of  Knights  Temp- 
lar, member  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution,  because  of  the  military  services  of 
his  grandfather  and  great-grandfather,  and  is 
secretary  of  the  Chautauqua  County  Historical 
Society. 

He  married,  April  25, 1867,  Olivia  A.  Brown, 
who  was  a  granddaughter  of  Samuel  Benedict, 
a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war  from  Con- 
necticut.   His  children  are : 

(IX)  Mary  Emogene,  daughter  of  Abner 
(4)  Hazeltine,  was  born  at  Jamestown,  May 
5,  1868.  She  was  prepared  for  college  en- 
trance at  the  Jamestown  high  school,  and  was 
graduated  at  Wellesley  College,  in  1891.  After 
graduation  she  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  high 
schools  of  Connecticut,  after  which  she  took 
up  the  work  of  librarian,  was  librarian  of  the 
James  Prendergast  Free  Library,  at  James- 
town, for  twelve  years,  when  she  was  called  to 
be  preceptress  of  the  Wisconsin  Library  School, 
at  Madison,  Wisconsin,  which  is  an  integral 
part  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  Her 
duties  are  to  direct  the  instruction  given  in 
library  science,  and  to  superintend  the  exami- 
nation of  the  libraries  of  the  state,  under  the 
authority  of  the  State  Library  Commission. 
She  was  the  first  woman  president  of  the  New 
York  State  Library  Association,  of  New  York. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution. 

(IX)  Ray  Thomas,  son  of  Abner  (4)  Hazel- 
tine,  born  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  August 
24,  1 87 1,  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Jamestown  and  at  Cornell  University.  He  is 
a  postal  clerk,  in  charge  of  the  postal  car  on  the 
Erie  railroad.  He  was  married  to  Mabel  Molloy, 
September  17,  1894,  and  has  one  daughter, 
Margaret,  born  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  No- 
vember 30,  1895,  a  student  in  the  Jamestown 
high  school. 


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of  Robert  and  John  Hazeltine  and  their  Descendants, 
Portland,  Maine,  1892.  The  Rawson  Family,  mem- 
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of  his  descendants;  first  edition  published  by  the 
family,  Boston,  1849;  revised  edition  by  E.  B.  Crane, 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  1875 ;  same,  condensed,  in 
III.  New  England  Genealogical  Register,  pp.  201-208, 
297-330  (Boston,  1849).  Massachusetts  Colonial  Rec- 
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mont. Histonr  of  Chautauqua  County,  New  York 
(Young),  Buffalo,  1875.  Centennial  History  of  Chau- 
tauqua (iounty  (The  (Chautauqua  History  Company), 
1904,  i.  vol.,  611.  Early  History  of  the  Town  of  Elli- 
cott,  Chautauqua  County,  New  York  (G.  W.  Hazel- 
tine, M.  D.),  Jamestown,  1887,  passim. 


The  Derbys  of  Jamestown,  New 
DERBY  York,  descend  from  Phineas  Der- 
by, a  native  of  England,  who 
came  to  the  American  colonies,  settled  in  the 
state  of  Vermont,  where  he  followed  farming 
all  his  days.  He  served  in  the  continental 
army,  and  held  political  office  in  his  adopted 
state.  He  married  and  had  issue,  including  a 
son  Joseph. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Phineas  Derby,  was 
bom  in  the  state  of  Vermont,  died  in  Warren 
county,  Pennsylvania,  March  14,  1837.  He 
remained  in  Vermont  until  he  reached  man's 
estate,  then  removed  to  (jenesee  county.  New 
York,  where  he  married.  After  a  few  years 
spent  in  New  York  state  he  removed  to  War- 
ren county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed 
his  trade  of  stonemason,  in  connection  with 
farming.  He  married,  in  Genesee  county,  New 
York,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  R.  Kenyon,  bom 
in  Rhode  Island,  but  a  settler  in  Genesee  coun- 
ty. New  York,  residing  near  Batavia.  Chil- 
dren of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Derby :  Phineas : 
Sylvanus,  died  in  1886 ;  John  K.,  born  Febru- 
ary 9,  1816;  William  R.,  of  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  in  1891 ;  Silas  Stephen,  of  further 
mention. 

(III)  Silas  Stephen,  fifth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Kenyon)  Derby,  was  bom  in  Clark- 
son,  Monroe  county,  New  York,  April  29, 
1820;  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  March 
22,  1901,  after  an  illness  of  six  years  and 
seven  months.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  the  town,  resided  for  a  time  in 
Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  and,  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years,  settled  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  which  was  his  home  for  sixty-two  years. 
He  was  a  painter  and  decorator  by  trade.    In 


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1839  he  opened  a  paint  store,  in  partnership 
with  his  brother,  John  K.  Derby,  which  they 
conducted  for  twenty  years.  Mr.  Derby  con- 
tinued in  active  business  until  several  years 
prior  to  his  death,  when  he  retired,  having 
secured  a  competency  through  energy  and  ju- 
dicious re&l  estate  investment.  He  was  an  in- 
valid for  many  years  preceding  his  death.  He 
was  a  man  of  high  character  and  held  the  con- 
fidence and  respect  of  all  who  knew  him.  He 
was  actively  interested  in  public  affairs,  held 
various  town  offices,  including  that  of  street 
commissioner.  He  belonged  to  the  Royal  Temp- 
lars of  Temperance,  and  advocated  the  cause 
of  Prohibition.  In  earlier  years  and  until  well 
along  in  life  he  was  a  Republican,  but  later 
supported  the  candidates  and  principles  of  the 
Prohibition  party.  He  was  converted  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years,  under  the  preaching  of 
Elder  Rexford,  of  the  Freewill  Baptist  Church, 
afterward  joining  the  Wesleyan  Methodist 
Church,  at  Jamestown.  He  continued  an  earn- 
est, active  member  of  that  denomination  as 
long  as  they  maintained  a  church  in  his  city. 
He  never  joined  any  other  church,  but  wor- 
shipped with  and  was  liberal  in  his  support  of 
the  Free  Methodist  Church.  It  is  noted  that 
he  was  a  subscriber  to  the  "Wesleyan  Meth- 
odist," from  about  the  date  of  its  first  publica- 
tion until  his  death. 

He  married,  December  17,  1840,  Huldah 
Elizabeth  Trask,  born  September  22,  181 7, 
died  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  March  i,  1910, 
aged  ninety-two  years.  She  was  born  in  Pen- 
field  (now  Webster),  Monroe  county.  New 
York,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Azubah  (Mc- 
Farlin)  Trask.  Elijah  Trask  was  born  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  came  to  Monroe  county, 
New  York,  April  15,  1791 ;  he  settled  at  Busti, 
Chautauqua  county,  in  1831,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  farm  and  followed  his  trade  of  shoe- 
maker. He  married,  January  18,  1815,  Azubah 
McFarlin,  born  June  24,  1797,  died  May  3, 
1883;  he  died  May  22,  1873.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Trask:  Azubah  S.,  born  December 
9,  181 5;  Huldah  Elizabeth,  married  Silas  S. 
Derby ;  William  E.,  bom  April  16, 1819 ;  George 
O.,  January  3, 1821 ;  Polly  Ann,  April  10, 1823 : 
Hannah  Irene,  February  i,  1825;  Silas  B., 
April  25,  1827 ;  Leander  W.,  March  25,  1829 ; 
Benjamin  A.,  November  11,  1831 ;  Chauncy 
M.,  September  15,  1833;  Gardner  S.,  October 
26,  183s ;  Martha  D.,  'May  2,  1838.  Huldah 
Elizabeth,  second  child,  came  to  Jamestown 


when  fourteen  years  of  age.  With  the  excep- 
tion of  a  few  months  it  was  ever  afterward 
her  home.  She  was,  for  many  years,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  which 
was  later  destroyed  by  fire.  It  was,  however, 
as  a  woman  devoted  to  her  family  that  she  was 
best  known.  She  was  the  last  survivor  of  the 
family  of  twelve  children,  and  retained,  in  a 
remarkable  degree,  her  faculties  until  the  last. 
After  she  attained  great  age  her  birthdays 
were  always  celebrated  by  the  family  and  were 
grand  occasions.  Owing  to  her  poor  health 
her  ninety-second  birthday  was  not  celebrated 
in  the  usual  manner,  yet  many  came  just  the 
same  to  offer  congratulations,  while  the  mail 
brought  numerous  letters  and  cards.  That  day 
she  visited,  in  her  chair,  a  photograph  gallery 
and  had  her  picture  taken  with  a  great-great- 
niece.  During  the  preceding  summer  she  ac- 
complished considerable  sewing  and  embroid- 
ery. She  retained  her  sense  of  sight  and  hear- 
ing to  the  last.    She  died  the  following  March. 

Children  of  Silas  S.  and  Huldah  E.  (Trask) 
Derby,  all  born  in  Jamestown:  i.  Agnes  D., 
born  March  21,  1844;  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Jamestown  Academy;  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  she  opened  a  private 
school  in  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  which  was  the 
first  Protestant  school  in  that  town;  her  life 
has  been  mainly  devoted  to  the  care  of  her 
aged  parents,  whose  memory  she  reveres ;  she 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Free  Methodist 
Church,  of  Jamestown,  and  secretary  of  the 
official  board;  she  is  a  highly-esteemed  and 
well-loved  lady.  2.  Sylvia  A.,  born  May  17, 
1849;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Jamestown  Academy;  she  married,  June  16, 
1873,  Darwin  E.  Hay  ward;  children:  i.  Earl 
Derby  Hayward,  born  May  28,  1874,  now  a 
resident  of  Aberdeen,  South  Dakota,  employ- 
ed in*  the  United  States  postoffice,  he  mar- 
ried Minnie  Cottrell,  child,  Geraldine  W. ;  ii. 
Lynn  D.  Hayward,  bom  November  4,  1880; 
after  completing  his  education  he  enlisted  in 
the  United  States  navy,  and  served  four  years. 
Mrs.  Hayward  resides  with  her  sister  Agnes 
D.  and  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

George  Alonzo,  son  of  George  N.  King,  who 
was  adopted  by  Silas  Stephen  Derby,  was  ap- 
pointed United  States  marshal  at  Shanghai, 
China,  where  he  is  now  located;  he  married 
and  has  George  H.  and  Stephen  S.,  living, 
and  Agnes,  deceased ;  they  reside  at  Shanghai, 
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This  family  is  of  Swedish 
DAHLSTROM    birth  and  ancestry,  and, 

although  of  comparatively 
recent  settlement  in  the  United  States,  has  se- 
cured a  firm  and  lasting  place  in  the  business 
history  of  their  adopted  land.  Charles  Peter 
Dahlstrom,  the  founder  of  the  family  in  the 
United  States,  was  a  son  of  Lars  Peter  Dahl- 
strom, born  on  the  Island  of  Gotland,  Sweden. 
Lars  Peter  Dahlstrom  was  a  man  of  education 
and  held  important  rank  in  the  Swedish  Mili- 
tary Organization.  He  was  tactical  instructor 
for  several  years,  until  his  retirement.  He 
then  purchased  a  farm,  on  which  he  has  since 
resided.  He  is  also  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Swedish  Lutheran  church,  holding  official 
positions,  and  is  now  treasurer.  After  his 
son's  successful  settlement  in  the  United  States 
Mr.  Dahlstrom  Sr.  visited  him,  but,  after  a 
lengthy  visit,  returned  to  the  land  of  his  birth, 
where  he  now  resides.  He  married  and  had 
the  following  children:  i.  Olga,  married  Cap- 
tain Hjelmer  Osteman,  and  has  Ehrich  and 
Sbea.  2.  Charles  Peter,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Andries  Frederick,  bom  1875,  died  1907; 
he  married  and  left  issue.  4.  Ervid,  born  1879, 
died  1907 ;  both  he  and  his  brother,  Andries  P., 
came  to  their  death  by  accidental  drowning,  at 
the  same  time ;  he  married  Dika  Hamerstrom, 
and  left  issue.    5.  Laura. 

(H)  Charles  Peter,  son  of  Lars  Peter  Dahl- 
strom, was  bom  on  the  Island  of  Gotland, 
Sweden,  September  4,  1872;  died  in  James- 
town, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  April 
10,  1909.  He  was  educated  in  Sweden ;  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  of  Gotland,  until  he  was 
twelve  years  of  age,  then  went  to  Stockholm, 
the  capital,  where  he  entered  a  school  of  tech- 
nology, and  completed  his  education.  He  had 
an  inventive  mechanical  mind,  and  after  learn- 
ing the  trade  of  tool  and  die  maker  came  to 
the  United  States,  in  1890.  He  was  a  skillful 
mechanic,  and  was  a  natural  inventor,  having, 
from  early  youth,  been  noted  for  his  genius  in 
devising  improvements  on  machinery,  and  in 
contriving  special  attachments.  He  found  work 
at  his  trade  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he 
worked  for  several  years,  being  three  years 
with  the  Spalding  Machine  &  Screw  Company, 
where  he  invented  several  devices  and  toc^ 
out  some  important  patents.  He  was  held  in 
the  highest  esteem  by  his  employers,  and,  after 
leaving  them  and  working  in  Chicago  and  Mil- 
waukee for  a  time,  they  induced  him  to  return 


to  Buffalo.  After  a  short  time,  however,  he 
again  left  and  went  to  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where,  for  nine  months,  he  was  with  the 
Westinghouse  Electric  &  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. Here  he  formed  a  personal  acquaint- 
ance with  George  Westinghouse,  the  great  in- 
ventor, and  these  two  men  of  similar  tastes 
and  talents  were  ever  afterward  friends.  In 
1899  he  located  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  and 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Art  Metal  Construc- 
tion Company,  having  a  five  years'  contract 
with  that  company.  During  this  period  he  in- 
vented a  metallic  door,  which  later  brought 
him  fame  and  wealth.  In  1894,  having  obtain- 
ed his  patents  on  the  door,  he  severed  his  con- 
nection with  the  art  metal  company  and 
organized  the  Dahlstrom  Metallic  Door  Com- 
pany, with  a  small  plant  in  Jamestown,  on  a 
single  floor  of  the  Gokey  building.  This  door 
at  once  met  with  public  favor,  its  special  adap- 
tation to  high  buildings  and  hotels  being  quick- 
ly recognized.  By  its  use  fires  in  buildings  can 
be  confined  to  the  rooms  in  which  they  origin- 
ate and  much  loss  of  life  and  property  be 
averted.  So  rapid  was  the  rise  of  the  company 
that  they  were  soon  compelled  to  erect  a  four- 
story  brick  plant,  on  Buffalo  street,  and,  be- 
fore it  was  finished,  additions  were  planned 
and  even  begun  before  the  main  building  was 
completed.  The  door  was  adopted  almost  uni- 
versally, by  all  construction  companies,  and 
has  steadily  increased  in  favor.  The  plant  is 
perhaps  the  largest  and  most  important  in 
Jamestown.  Mr.  Dahlstrom  took  personal  and 
active  part  in  the  business,  which  he  lived  to 
see  in  most  successful  operation.  He  had  great 
influence  with  men,  and  the  happy  faculty  of 
making  his  employees  his  friends.  He  was 
held  in  the  highest  esteem  among  his  business 
associates,  and  was  consulted  on  important  me- 
chanical matters,  by  those  who  knew  him  only 
by  reputation.  The  ideas  he  advanced  and 
proved  are  still  held  valuable  in  the  mechanical 
world,  where  his  death  was  deeply  deplored. 
Letters  of  sympathy  and  regret,  at  his  death, 
were  sent  the  family  by  individuals  and  asso- 
ciations, who  keenly  felt  the  loss  of  so  valuable 
a  counselor.  The  employees  of  the  factory 
petitioned  that  they  be  allowed  to  refrain  from 
work  and  attend  the  funeral  in  a  body,  which 
was  done.  Many  noted  personages,  from  a 
distance,  attended  the  services,  and  the  various 
civil  and  patriotic  orders  attended  in  a  body. 
The  funeral  services  were  held  at  the  Lutheran 


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church,  and  the  body  laid  at  rest  in  Lake  View 
Cemetery. 

A  peculiar  characteristic  of  Mr.  Dahlstrom, 
who  was  a  very  quiet  reserved  man,  was  his 
friendliness  for  every  person  connected  with 
his  plant,  from  the  humblest  to  the  highest,  all 
felt  him  their  friend.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Lutheran  church;  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  Mt.  Tabor  Lodge,  and  of 
Jamestown  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias.  Polit- 
ically he  was  a  Republican.  His  residence,  in 
Jamestown,  was  a  beautiful  modern  mansion, 
on  Second  street,  which  his  family  continues  to 
occupy. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1900,  his  pastor,  Rev.  Julius  Lincoln, 
officiating,  Anna  Elf  rida  Phillips  Petersen,  bom 
in  Stockholm,  Sweden,  March  10,  1873,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Phillips  and  Matilda  (Fagerstrom) 
Petersen.  Her  father  was  born  in  Sweden, 
May  I,  1839,  died  August  2T,  1878.  He  was 
by  trade  a  stonemason,  a  member  of  the  Luth- 
eran church,  and  a  man  highly  respected  in  his 
community.  He  married,  in  1863,  Matilda 
Fagerstrom,  born  December  21,  1841,  died 
April  2,  1904.  She  was  a  devoted  Christian 
mother,  and,  with  her  husband,  is  buried  in 
the  new  cemetery,  Stockholm,  Sweden.  Their 
children  were:  i.  Augusta,  married  John  Burk- 
land,  of  Jamestown,  New  York,  and  has  Mar- 
garette  and  Vivian.  2.  Anton  Phillips,  mar- 
ried Augusta  Ax,  and  has  Peirede  and  Rose. 
3.  Amanda,  married  Charles  Johnson,  of  James- 
town, and  has  Norman  and  Chester.  4.  Anna 
Elfrida  Phillips,  married  Charles  P.  Dahlstrom. 
5.  Elma,  a  nurse  in  the  Woman's  Christian  As- 
sociation Hospital,  at  Jamestown.  These  chil- 
dren of  John  Phillips  Petersen,  after  coming  to 
the  United  States,  dropped  the  Petersen,  taking 
their  father's  middle  name  as  their  surname, 
and  are  known  as  Phillips.  Anna  Elfrida  Phil- 
lips Petersen  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Stockholm,  and,  after  coming  to  the  United 
States,  March  6,  1892,  took  special  instruction 
in  English.  A  brother  and  two  sisters  had 
preceded  her,  and  these  she  found  in  James- 
town. She  is  a  woman  of  devoted  Christian 
character  and  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  a 
large  circle  of  friends.  In  1900  she  married 
Charles  P.  Dahlstrom,  whom  she  survives. 
Children,  both  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York : 
Phyllis  Matilda  Margarette,  bom  July  13, 
1901 ;  Frederick  Phillips,  born  September  7, 
1903. 


Among  the  many  families,  bearing 
HALL    the  name  Hall,  who  came  to  New 

England,  at  an  early  date,  was  John 
Hall,  who  came  from  Coventry,  Warwickshire, 
England,  in  1630,  to  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts, probably  in  the  fleet  with  Governor  Win- 
throp.  Coventry  is  about  ninety-five  miles 
northwest  of  London.  It  is  not  known  whether 
he  had  a  family  then  or  not,  but  probably  not, 
as  he  must  have  been  not  over  twenty-cwie 
years  of  age.  His  name  is  nineteenth  on  the 
list  of  church  members  of  the  First  Church,  of 
Charlestown,  at  its  organization,  July  30,  1630. 
There  was  then  no  church  in  Boston,  but,  in 
1632,  a  majority  of  its  members,  being  then  on 
that  side  of  the  Charles  river,  they  caused  its 
removal,  and  it  became  the  First  Church,  of 
Boston.  The  remaining  members  organized  a 
church  in  Charlestown,  November  2, 1632,  con- 
sisting of  sixteen  men,  their  wives  and  three 
unmarried  men.  Among  this  number  was  John 
Hall  and  his  wife  Bethia.  He  was  made  a 
freeman,  May  14,  1634.  There  is  little  doubt 
that  he  resided  in  Barnstable  in  1640.  He  was 
recorded  as  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643,  and  Mr. 
Paine,  the  historian  of  Harwich,  Massachu- 
setts, said  that  John  Hall  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Barnstable  after  1647,  and  that  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Yarmouth  in  1653.  Barnstable  and 
Yarmouth  joined  each  other  and  were  both 
incorporated  as  towns  in  1639.  That  part  of 
Yarmouth  where  John  Hall  lived  was  set  off 
as  a  separate  town  in  1793,  and  named  "Den- 
nis." It  is  supposed  he  moved  on  the  HaM 
homestead,  in  Dennis,  in  1641.  He  was  a  man 
of  good  character,  but  held  little  public  office. 
As  to  the  number  of  children  had  by  John  HalU 
of  Yarmouth,  it  is  believed  that  he  had  twelve 
sons,  although  the  names  of  but  ten  are  known. 
A  great  deal  of  oral  testimony  goes  to  prove 
that  there  were  twelve  sons  and  no  daughters. 
Five  of  these  were  probably  the  children  of  his 
first  wife,  Bethia,  but  a  record  is  found  of  only 
two,  which  are  among  the  baptisms  at  Charles- 
town, John  and  Shebar.  The  children,  baptized 
at  Yarmouth,  beginnings  with  Joseph,  were  the 
sons  of  the  second  wife,  Elizabeth.  John  Hall 
made  his  will,  July  15,  1694,  and  it  was  pro- 
bated August  29,  1696.  In  it  he  mentions  eight 
sons.  He  died  July  23,  1696,  and  was  buried 
on  his  farm. 

Children:  i.  Samuel,  birth  date  not  known, 
but  probably  before  the  birth  of  John,  and 
there  might  have  been  two  others  bom  before 


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1637,  of  whwn  no  mention  is  made.  Samuel 
married  Elizabeth  Pollard,  of  Barnstable,  who 
survived  him,  and  married  (second),  April  27, 

1699,  Nathaniel  Jones.  They  had  no  children, 
and  Samuel  willed  his  property  to  his  widow 
and  seven  brothers,  John,  Joseph,  Nathaniel, 
Gershom,  William,  Benjamin  and  Elisha.  2. 
John,  born  in  Charlestown,  1637,  was  baptized 
March  13,  1638,  died  in  Yarmouth,  Massachu- 
setts, October  14,  1710.  He  married  Priscilla 
Bcarse,-iand  had  nine  children.  3.  Shebar,  bap- 
tized December  9,  1639,  died  young.  Children 
by  second  wife,  baptized  in  Yarmouth:  4.  Jo- 
seph, July  3,  1642,  died  May  31,  17 16.  He 
settled  in  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  as  did  others 
of  the  family.  He  left  no  children.  5.  Benja- 
min, died  in  infancy.  6.  Nathaniel,  baptized 
February  8,  1646.  He  was  a  distinguished 
military  officer ;  fought,  as  captain,  under  Colo- 
nel Church,  September  10,  1689,  i"  defense  of 
Falmouth,  Maine,  and,  November  19,  1689,  it 
was  ordered  that  Captain  Nathaniel  Hall  take 
charge,  as  commander-in-chief,  of  the  forces 
that  are  left  for  the  defense  of  Scarborough, 
Falmouth  and  Saco,  Maine.  He  was  a  landed 
proprietor  of  Harwich,  Massachusetts,  before 

1700,  an  innkeeper  in  Yarmouth,  where  he  re- 
sided many  years;  be  also  practiced  medicine 
to  some  extent ;  he  resided  in  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  finally  removed  to  Lewiston, 
Pennsylvania,  near  the  Delaware  river,  where 
he  was  said  to  be  living  in  1716.  He  married 
Anna,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Thornton,  of 
Yarmouth;  no  issue.  7.  Gershom,  baptized 
March  5,  1648,  died  October  31,  1732.  He 
was  a  millwright ;  removed  to  Harwich,  Massa- 
chusetts, was  chosen  selectman  in  1710,  and 
held  office  for  thirteen  years.  He  was  chosen 
representative  to  the  general  court  in  17 12, 
and  continued  in  office  three  years.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  about  1668,  Bethia,  daughter  of 
Edward  Bangs,  (second)  Martha  Bramball,  of 
Hingham ;  had  five  children.  8.  William,  bap- 
tized June  8,  1650,  died  June  11,  1727.  He  re- 
moved to  Norwich,  Connecticut,  afterward  to 
Mansfield,  where  he  held  the  rank  of  captain, 
and  died.  He  married  Esther  or  Hester,  the 
name  being  given  three  ways  in  the  records, 
but  without  a  surname.  They  had  four  chil- 
dren. 9.  Benjamin,  baptized  May  29,  1653, 
died  August  7,  1737  (found  dead  in  his  bed). 
He  was  a  soldier  of  the  Second  Narragansett 
Expedition.  He  settled  in  Harwich,  Massa- 
chusetts, later  in  Mansfield,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  February  7,  1678,  Mehitable,  daugh- 


ter of  James  Matthews,  of  Yarmouth.  Three 
children  are  recorded.  10.  Elisha,  of  further 
mention. 

(H)  Elisha,  youngest  child  of  John  Hall, 
the  immigrant,  and  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth, 
was  bom  in  1655.  Dr.  Savage  says  that  "Ben- 
jamin and  Elisha  Hall  were  living  in  1733, 
eighty  years  of  age."  In  1716  he  was  called 
Ensign  Elisha  Hall,  and  lived  in  Dennis,  the 
east  precinct  of  Yarmouth.  He  was  chosen 
representative  of  Yarmouth,  in  1703,  and  con- 
tinued in  office  for  five  years.     He  married 

Lydia .    Children :  i.  Ebenezer,  married 

Mehitable  Eldridge,  and  lived  in  Yarmouth; 
three  children.  2.  Elisha,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Tabitha,  born  December  18,  1683.  4.  Judah, 
bom  September  18,  1685;  married  and  had 
seven  children.  5.  Bathsheba,  born  about  1687 ; 
married,  October  27,  1709,  Joseph  Crowell.  6. 
Phebe,  bom  March  3,  1689.  7.  Job,  born  Sep- 
tember 10  or  14,  1 69 1.    8.  Sylvanus,  born  May 

17.  1693. 

(HI)  Elisha  (2),  son  of  Elisha  (i)  and 
Lydia  Hall,  was  bom  June  16,  1682,  and  lived 
in  Yarmouth.  He  married  Mary  Hawes  or 
Howes.  He  had  three  sons  and  seven  daugh- 
ters. The  names  of  sons  only  are  given:  i. 
Elisha,  of  further  mention.  2.  Joshua,  born 
April  18,  1717,  died  February  24,  1800;  mar- 
ried, October  4,  1744,  Temperance  Nye,  and 
had  ten  children.  3.  Stephen,  bom  July  26, 
1719. 

(IV)  Elisha  (3),  eldest  son  of  Elisha  (2) 
and  Mary  (Hawes  or  Howes)  Hall,  was  bom 
August  26,  1 7 10,  died  in  Hopkinton,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  25,  1794.  He  removed  to 
Hopkinton,  about  1740,  where  he  followed  the 
occupation  of  a  farmer.  He  married,*  in  1742; 
Elizabeth  Young.  Of  his  eight  children  but 
two  reached  years  of  maturity,  John  and  Will- 
iam. 

(V)  William,  son  of  Elisha  (3)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Young)  Hall,  was  born  in  Hopkinton^ 
Massachusetts,  June  i,  1753;  died  in  Dover, 
September  28,  1828.  He  settled  in  the  town 
of  Wardsboro,  now  Dover,  Vermont,  where  he 
followed  farming.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war,  in  Captain  Baker's  Upton  com- 
pany,  and  afterwards  held  a  captain's  com- 
mission in  the  Vermont  militia.  He  married, 
August  29,  1781,  Abigail  Pease,  born  May  3, 
i759>  2it  Upton,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Lydia  Pease.  After  the  death  of 
her  husband  she  went  to  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  and  resided  with  her  sons.     She 


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was  thrown  from  a  carriage  and  injured,  from 
the  effects  of  which  she  died  at  the  home  of 
her  son  Elisha,  in  Jamestown,  September  21, 
1836.  Their  children  were:  i.  Samuel,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  2.  Lydia,  born  June  24,  1784, 
died  May  29,  1785.  3.  Lydia,  born  December 
10,  1785,  died  March  9,  1865,  in  Jamestown, 
New  York;  married,  September 26, 1805,  Eben- 
ezer  Davis,  born  May  18,  1779,  died  January 

9,  1846.  4.  Lewis,  born  July  29,  1788,  in 
Dover,  Vermont,  died  March  4,  1871,  in  same 
place;  married,  December  31, 181 1,  Lucy  Beals, 
born  June  4,  1788,  died  July  14,  1827.  5. 
James,  born  July  16,  1790,  in  Dover,  Vermont, 
died  in  Kiantone,  New  York,  August  21,  1846; 
he  married  (first),  in  Dover,  Vermont,  Polly 
Cheney,  born  March  14,  1791,  died  October 
31,  1828,  in  Kiantone;  married  (second),  Sep- 
tember 4,  1829,  Abigail  Tyler  Cheney,  bom 
February  13,  1803,  died  April  i,  1830;  married 
(third),  October  10,  1830,  Maria  Cheney,  born 
July  12,  1806,  died  January  17,  1903,  in  James- 
town, New  York.  6.  Mary,  born  January  5, 
1792,  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  died  October 
13,  1846,  in  Utica,  New  York;  married  Imri 
Perry,  born  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  March 
19,  1787,  died  in  Kiantone,  June  17,  1864,  son 
of  Abner  and  Anna  (Phipps)  Perry.  7.  Will- 
iam, born  August  17,  1793, 5"  Dover,  Vermont, 
died  July  6,  1880,  in  Jamestown,  New  York; 
married,  July  4,  1828,  Julia,  bom  May  31, 
1802,  died  January  18,  1888,  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Qarissa 
(Hay ward)  Jones.  8.  Josiah,  born  March  16, 
1795,  died  April  i,  1877,  in  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania; married.  May  16,  1828,  Eunice  Payne 
Berry,  who  died  July  15,  1876.  9.  Abigail, 
bom  March  2,  1797,  died  December  17,  1797. 

10.  Elisha,  born  December  19,  1799,  died  No- 
vember 1, 1853,  in  Warren,  Pennsylvania ;  mar- 
ried Mary  D.  Foote.  11.  Irene,  born  Decem- 
ber 13,  1801,  died  October  12,  1827,  in  Wards- 
boro, Vermont;  married  Silas  Dexter.  12. 
Orris,  bom  September  22,  1804,  in  Wardsboro, 
Vermont,  died  November  3,  1881,  in  Warren, 
Pennsylvania;  married,  August  10,  1830,  in 
Warren,  Eliza  Knox  Hackney,  born  February 
18,  1809,  died  March  15,  1885.  Between  the 
vears  181 7  and  1820  six  of  these  sons,  Samuel, 
James,  William,  Josiah,  Elisha  and  Orris,  set- 
tled in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  or  in 
the  neighboring  county  across  the  Pennsylvania 
line,  Warren,  where  they  engaged  in  lumbering 
along  the  Allegheny  river  and  tributary  streams. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  William  and  Abigail 


(Pease)  Hall,  was  born  December  19,  1782, 
in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  died  in  Busti,  New 
York,  October  22,  1859.  He  resided  in  Wards- 
boro until  1814,  when  he  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Busti,  where  his  death  occurred,  also  that  of 
his  wife.  They  purchased  the  farm  of  the 
Holland  Land  Company,  and  it  is  still  in  the 
possession  of  the  family.  He  also  engaged  in 
lumbering.  He  married,  in  Wardsboro,  Ver- 
mont, Susanna  Davis,  born  October  31,  1783, 
died  July  25,  1858,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Deborah  (Chapin)  Davis.  Children:  i.  Sam- 
uel Davis,  born  August  i,  1806,  in  Wardsboro, 
Vermont,  died  April  10, 1866,  in  Warren,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  married,  October  23, 1 831,  in  Warren, 
Louisa  Ballard,  born  in  Wardsboro,  October 
29,  1 81 2,  died  in  Warren,  September  2,  1894. 
2.  Elona,  bom  December  26,  1807,  in  Wards- 
boro, died  May  25,  1838,  in  Warren ;  married, 
in  Busti,  New  York,  Aury  Aylesworth.  3. 
Edson,  born  May  23,  1810,  in  Wardsboro,  died 
March  9,  1843,  i"  Busti;  married  Minerva 
Marvin,  born  June  i,  1808,  died  November  29, 
1844.  4.  Deborah  Chapin,  born  February  16, 
1812,  in  Wardsboro,  died  August  i,  1836,  in 
Jamestown,  New  York;  married,  July  3,  1831, 
Nathan  Lazelle  Sears,  who  died  January  5, 
1887,  in  Gibson  City,  Illinois.  5.  John  Adams, 
of  further  mention.  6.  Chapin,  born  July  12, 
1816,  in  Busti,  died  September  12,  1879,  in 
Jamestown,  New  York ;  married,  November  2, 
1837,  Susan  Bostwick,  born  July  16,  1817.  7. 
James  Monroe,  born  October  26, 1824,  in  Busti, 
died  there,  May  11,  1837. 

( VH)  John  Adams,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sus- 
anna (Davis)  Hall,  was  born  in  Wardsboro, 
Vermont,  December  27,  181 3;  died  in  James- 
town, New  York,  January  29,  1886.  He  was 
an  infant  in  arms  when  his  parents  settled  in 
Busti,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  where 
his  boyhood  days  were  passed.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  shared  with 
his  father  the  labors  of  the  farm  until  he  was 
sixteen  years  of  age.  He  then  located  in  War- 
ren, Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  where,  for 
eighteen  years,  he  was  engaged  in  merchandis- 
ing. Ten  years  of  this  time  he  was  postmaster 
of  Warren.  In  1849,  at  the  solicitation  of  his 
parents,  he  closed  out  his  Warren  interests  at 
a  sacrifice,  and  returned  to  the  old  homestead, 
in  Busti,  to  care  for  his  aged  father  and  mother, 
an  act  of  filial  love  and  devotion  that  speaks 
the  character  of  the  man.  He  remained  in 
Busti  until  1872,  engaging  much  in  public  life 
and  in  farming.    During  the  civil  war  he  held 


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the  position  of  clerk  of  the  committee  on 
claims,  in  the  national  house  of  representa- 
tives. While  in  Washington  he  was  able  to  be 
of  great  assistance  to  soldiers  and  their  fam- 
ilies, in  various  ways,  which  service  he  cheer- 
fully rendered.  During  this  period  he  wrote 
much  for  the  press,  under  the  non  de  plume 
"Paul  Pry."  He  was  a  talented  writer,  and 
articles,  from  his  trenchant  pen,  were  widely 
copied  and  favorably  commented  upon.  In 
1872  he  removed  from  Busti  to  Jamestown, 
New  York,  where,  for  a  few  years,  he  again 
engaged  in  mercantile  business.  In  1876  he 
purchased,  from  Davis  H.  Waite,  the  James- 
town Journal,  which  he  edited,  in  association 
with  hi3  son,  Frederick  Perry  Hall,  as  business 
manager,  later  as  partner.  Under  their  capable 
management  the  Journal  took  front  rank  among 
the  newspapers  of  Western  New  York,  and  ob- 
tained well-deserved  popularity.  Mr.  Hall, 
while  always  a  leader  in  his  party  (Repub- 
lican) and  a  moulder  of  public  opinion,  never 
sought  political  office  for  himself,  nor  would 
he  ever  allow  himself  to  be  a  candidate  for 
other  than  an  occasional  local  office.  He  served 
three  years  on  the  Chautauqua  county  board 
of  supervisors,  and,  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
was  a  member,  for  a  second  term,  of  the  James- 
town board  of  education.  He  was  a  man  of 
the  strictest  integrity  and  unflinching  courage, 
never  declining  an  issue,  and  strong  in  his  ad- 
vocacy of  whatever  he  believed  to  be  right  and 
true. 

He  married,  December  21, 1834,  Emily  Perry, 
in  Corydon,  Pennsylvania,  born  November  17, 
1817,  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  died  April  25, 
1889,  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Imri  and  Mary  (Hall)  Perry.  She  came,  with 
her  parents,  to  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
in  the  early  days  of  its  settlement.  Children : 
I.  Marian  Emily,  born  November  8,  1835,  in 
Warren,  Pennsylvania,  died  April  21,  1906, 
in  Jamestown,  New  York;  married,  January 
'j  1855,  in  Busti,  New  York,  Frederick  Clap- 
sadel,  of  Painesville,  Ohio,  bom  March  23, 
1819,  in  New  Lisbon,  Ohio,  died  in  Painesville, 
May  15,  1882.  2.  Infant  daughter,  bom  Janu- 
ary II,  1838,  died  January  27,  1838.  3.  Ann 
Eliza,  born  July  28,  1839,  in  Warren,  Penn- 
sylvania. 4.  Edward  Livingston,  born  October 
I,  1841,  in  Warren,  Pennsylvania;  married, 
February  6,  1867,  in  Frewsburg,  New  York, 
Charlotte  Parker,  born  June  14, 1845.  5.  Charles 
Henri,  bom  March  15,  1844,  in  Warren,  Penn- 
sylvania, died  in  Leadville,  Colorado,  August 


3,  1881.  6.  John  Adams  Jr.,  born  October  4, 
1845,  *"  Warren,  Pennsylvania;  married,  June 
6,  1877,  in  Frewsburg,  New  York,  Felicia 
Grace  Parker,  born  September  22,  1847,  ^^ 
Frewsburg.  7.  Irene  Axtell,  born  July  27,. 
1850,  in  Busti,  New  York.  8.  Frederick  Perry^ 
of  further  mention. 

(VIII)  Frederick  Perry,  son  of  John  Adams 
and  Emily  (Perry)  Hall,  was  born  November 
8,  1859,  on  a  farm  in  the  town  6f  Busti,  about 
three  miles  from  Jamestown,  New  York.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  Jamestown  Union 
School  and  Collegiate  Institute.  He  entered 
the  business  office  of  the  Jamestown  Journal, 
at  the  time  his  father  purchased  the  paper,  in 
1876,  and  early  assumed  the  business  manage- 
ment, and,  before  attaining  his  majority,  was 
an  equal  partner  in  ownership.  Since  the  death 
of  his  father  he  has  continued  editor  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  Journal,  which  is  concededly  of 
the  highest  standing  and  influence  in  Western 
New  York.  After  the  death  of  his  father  he 
formed  the  Journal  Printing  Company,  first 
as  a  partnership,  incorporating  in  1894,  since 
which  time  has  served  as  president  and  general 
manager;  president  of  Journal  Press,  incor- 
porated, a  job  and  book  printing  establishment, 
and  of  Chautauqua  Abstract  Company,  a  title 
searching  institution,  with  office  at  Mayville, 
the  county  seat;  vice-president  of  the  Union 
Trust  Company,  of  Jamestown.  Mr.  Hall  holds 
a  prominent  position  in  the  newspaper  circles 
of  the  state,  having  served  as  president  of  the 
New  York  Press  Association,  1893-94;  presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  State  Republican  Edi- 
torial Association  in  1901 ;  president  of  the 
New  York  Associated  Dailies  in  1908;  vice- 
president  of  National  Editorial  Association  in 
1909.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  never 
sought  an  elective  office,  but  served  as  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  county  committee  the 
year  Theodore  Roosevelt  was  elected  governor 
of  New  York,  and  the  following  year.  By 
Governor  Morton  he  was  appointed  to  the 
board  of  managers  of  the  State  Hospital,  at 
Buffalo,  and  served  as  vice-president  of  the 
board.  Owing  to  pressure  of  other  duties  he 
declined  reappointment  by  Governor  Roose- 
velt, but  afterward  accepted  an  appointment  as 
visitor  to  the  Gowanda  State  Hospital,  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  State  Charities  Aid 
Association,  which  position  he  now  holds.  He 
is  interested  in  the  church  and  benevolent  insti- 
tutions of  Jamestown,  having  served,  for  more 
than  twenty-five  years,  as  vestryman  of  St. 


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Luke's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and,  for 
the  same  length  of  time,  as  director  and  trustee 
of  the  Jamestown  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation, and  trustee  of  Lake  View  Cemetery 
Association.  He  holds  membership  in  the  fol- 
lowing Masonic  bodies:  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Western  Sun 
Chapter.  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jamestown  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar;  Ismailia  Shrine, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine ;  Buffalo  Consistory,  Scottish  Rite  bodies. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  Jamestown  Lodge, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the 
Jamestown  Club,  Lakewood  Country  Club, 
Lakewood  (jolf  Club. 

Mr.  Hall  married*,  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
September  12,  1883,  Lucy  H.  Mason,  bom 
April  27,  1 861,  daughter  of  Levant  L.  and 
Eunice  S.  Mason.  Levant  L.  Mason  was  born 
at  Clarence,  Erie  county.  New  York,  December 
25,  1826,  died  at  Jamestown,  February  13. 
191 1,  son.  of  Belden  B.  and  Mercy  (Whit- 
comb)  Mason.  He  conducted  a  jewelry  store 
in  Jamestown  for  a  continuous  period  of  sixty 
years,  retiring  in  1909.  Devoted  to  the  art  of 
free-hand  engraving  he  could  not  give  up  the 
work  that  he  had  followed  so  capably  for  so 
many  years,  even  when  the  affliction  of  years 
and  the  infirmities  of  age  were  upon  him. 
Until  within  a  few  weeks  of  his  death  he 
would  frequently  take  up  his  engraver's  out- 
fit, and,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years,  was 
able  to  carve  upon  gold  or  silver,  as  dainty  and 
perfect  characters,  in  script  or  old  English,  as 
ever  came  from  the  engraver's  hands.  He 
served,  at  various  times,  on  the  board  of  village 
trustees,  for  a  number  of  years  on  the  board 
of  education  and  in  other  public  capacities. 
He  was  a  devoted  churchman,  and,  for  more 
than  half  a  century,  served  as  vestryman  and 
warden  of  St.  Luke's  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church. 

He  married,  at  Rochester,  New  York,  May 
9,  1850,  Eunice  Stevens.  Children:  i.  Henri 
Mason,  born  December  19,  1884;  graduate  of 
Phillips  Exeter  Academy  and  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, class  of  1906;  business  manager  and 
treasurer  of  Journal  Printing  Company.  2. 
levant  Mason,  born  December  25.  1886;  grad- 
uate of  Williams  College,  class  of  1909;  ad- 
vertising manager  of  Jamcstozvn  Journal.  3. 
Frederick  Perry  Jr.,  born  April  7,  1891 ;  Cor- 
nell, class  of  1914.  4.  Charles  Edward,  born 
February  22,  1900.    5.  John  A.,  born  February 

7.  1903- 


Although  the  father  of  the 
MARSHALL  present  generation  of  Mar- 
shall in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  was  born  in  Scotland,  but  three  years  of 
his  life  were  spent  there,  his  childhood  and 
youthful  manhood  having  been  passed  in  Eng- 
land. 

(I)  John  Marshall  was  bom  in  Scotland. 
1822,  died  1865.  He  was  land  steward,  in 
charge  of  large  estates,  both  in  Scotland  and 
England.  In  1855  ^^  removed  to  England, 
where  he  died,  his  wife  surviving  him  and 
dying  at  age  of  seventy  years.  He  married 
Allison  Hogg.  Children:  Thomas,  resides  in 
England:  James,  late  of  New  Castle,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  John,  formerly  of  New  Castle,  sup- 
posed to  have  returned  to  England;  Andrew, 
of  further  mention. 

(II)  Andrew,  son  of  John  and  Allison 
(Hogg)  Marshall,  was  born  in  Scotland,  De- 
cember 13,  1852.  When  he  was  but  three 
years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to  New- 
castle-upon-Tyne, England,  where  he  obtained 
his  education.  At  an  early  age  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  tailor,  served  the  full  English  term 
of  apprenticeship — seven  years — and  has  ever 
since  followed  that  occupation.  In  1865  his 
father  died  and  Andrew,  then  but  thirteen 
years  of  age,  became  his  mother's  protector 
and  support.  In  1878  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  reaching  here  on  February  10.  He 
first  IcKated  in  Qeveland,  Ohio,  where  he  re- 
mained six  months,  then  removed  to  Wampum, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  opened  a  merchant 
tailoring  establishment,  and  remained  eighteen 
months.  After  a  short  time  spent  in  Wheeling. 
West  Virginia,  he  located  in  New  Castle,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  was  in  business  seven  years. 
He  was  next  successively  two  years  at  Mead- 
ville,  Pennsylvania ;  Sidney,  Ohio,  nine  years : 
Charleston.  West  Virginia,  one  year;  Paris, 
TcNas,  a  short  time ;  Kirksville,  Missouri,  three 
years,  and,  in  1905,  located  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  his  present  home.  His  business  is  gen- 
eral merchant  tailoring,  at  which  he  is  an  ex- 
pert. He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  of  the  Masonic  order.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1 88 1,  Elizabeth  Jane  Baird,  born  at 
Mount  Jackson,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, February  27,  1852,  daughter  of  John 
W.  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Steel)  Baird.  John 
W.  Baird  was  born  at  Mount  Jackson,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  was  in  business  as  a  har- 
ness maker  and  dealer,  also  owning  and  oper- 
ating a  farm.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Bap- 


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tist  church,  and  a  Democrat;  married  Eliza- 
beth Ann,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
( Davis)  Steel.  Children :  Julia,  deceased ;  An- 
drew, living ;  Elizabeth  Jane,  married  Andrew 
Marshall;  John;  Thomas;  Mary,  deceased; 
Danforth,  deceased ;  Emma.  He  was  a  son  of 
Andrew  Baird,  born  in  Ireland.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  about  1800,  and  settled  near  Hills- 
ville,  Lawrence  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres.  He  was 
reared  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  but,  in  later 
years,  both  he  and  wife  united  with  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  married  Mary  Hood.  He 
died  at  age  of  eighty-eight,  she  at  eighty-seven 
years.  Both  are  buried  in  the  Hillsville  ceme- 
tery. They  had  nine  children,  one  of  whom 
was  John  W.  Baird,  of  previous  mention. 
Richard  Steel,  bom  in  eastern  Pennsylvania  or 
New  Jersey,  was  a  resident  of  Hillsville,  Law- 
rence county,  Pennsylvania,  where  his  parents 
settled.  He  was  a  small  farmer,  and  a  soldier 
of  the  war  of  1812.  He  died  at  age  of  forty- 
seven  yekrs.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  John  J.  Davis,  a  well-known  and  capable 
school  teacher  of  Lawrence  county.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  Jane,  John,  Eleanor  J.,  Sarah ; 
Elizabeth  Ann.  married  John  W.  Baird,  and 
Stephen. 

(HI)  John  Steel  Baird,  son  of  Andrew  and 
Elizabeth  Jane  (Baird)  Marshall,  was  born  at 
Xew  Castle,  Pennsylvania,  December  3,  1883. 
He  received  a  good  English  education  and 
chose,  as  his  profession,  the  art  of  healing. 
Pioth  he  and  his  mother  entered  the  American 
School  of  Osteopathy,  at  Kirkville,  Missouri, 
from  whence  they  were  graduated  in  1905. 
After  receiving  licenses  they  began  practice  in 
(Ireenville,  Pennsylvania,  shortly  afterward  re- 
moving to  Jamestown,  Xew  York,  where  they 
are  well  established  in  finely  furnished  offices, 
at  503  West  Third  street.  Dr.  Marshall  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  of  Mt. 
Moriah  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

He  married,  December  28,  1910,  Bessie 
Louise  Hall,  born  at  Charleston,  West  Vir- 
ginia, March  31,  1885,  daughter  of  Captain 
Ambrose  C.  and  Charlotte  (Killinger)  Hall. 
Captain  Hall  was  born  about  1850,  of  Irish 
ancestry,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business,  in  Charleston,  West  Virginia.  He 
married  Charlotte  Killinger,  born  1858,  of  Ger- 
man ancestry.  Their  second  daughter,  Hallie 
May,  is  unmarried,  and  resides  at  home. 


This  name  is  of  frequent  occur- 
BROWN  rence  in  early  New  England  rec- 
ords. One  hundred  and  twenty- 
seven  Browns  emigrated  to  America  prior  to 
1700;  over  thirteen  hundred,  a  regiment  in 
themselves,  served  in  the  revolution  from  Mas- 
sachusetts alone.  According  to  the  "Heralds 
College,"  England,  the  Browns  and  Brownes 
have  been  granted  one  hundred  and  fifty-six 
coats-of-arms.  The  name  has  many  ortho- 
graphic peculiarities.  The  first  Brown  was  so 
called  because  of  his  dark,  swarthy  complex- 
ion :  Browning  was  the  son  of  Brown ;  Brow- 
nell  was  the  mighty  Brown:  Brownlee,  the 
Brown  whose  house  was  in  a  pasture :  Brown- 
low,  the  Brown  who  lived  on  a  hill.  Various 
other  forms  Boown,  Bown,  Braun,  Broun, 
Browne,  Brownn,  Brune  and  Brown.  The 
name  has  been  borne  in  the  United  States  by 
men  of  mark  in  law,  politics,  business  and  let- 
ters, including  the  great  Abolitionist,  John 
Brown,  whose  "Soul  is  marching  on."  Brown 
University  owes  its  existence  to  the  Browns  of 
Rhode  Island,  while  in  every  state  the  name 
is  an  honored  one. 

(I)  Edward  Browne  was  of  Ipswich,  1654- 
60;  was  marshal,  1656-59.  He  married  Faith 
,  and  died  February  9,  1659-60,  in  Ips- 
wich. His  wife  survived  him  and  married 
(second)  Daniel  Warner.  Children  of  Ed- 
ward Browne :  Joseph,  John,  Thomas,  Barthol- 
omew and  two  daughters. 

( II )  Joseph  Brown,  son  of  Edward  Browne, 
was  born  about  1639.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
turner,  and  lived  in  Ipswich,  where  he  died, 
September  30,  1694.  He  married,  February 
2^,  1671,  Hannah  Asselbie,  who  survived  him. 
Children,  bom  at  Ipswich :  Joseph,  John,  Han- 
nah ;  Thomas,  of  further  mention ;  Elizabeth, 
Samuel,  Benjamin  and  Sarah. 

(III)  Sergeant  Thomas  Brown,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Brown,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  December 
26,  1678;  died  at  the  Hamlet,  June  27,  1767. 
He  married  Abigail  Jacobs,  intentions  dated 
1704.  She  died  1735.  Children,  born  in  Ips- 
wich: Mary;  Thomas,  of  further  mention; 
Ephraim,  died  young;  Jacob;  Edward;  Eph- 
raim  (2)  ;  Nathaniel :  Daniel,  and  Abigail. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Sergeant  Thomas 
(i)  Brown,  was  born  in  Ipswich,  July  7,  1707. 
He  emigrated  to  Windham,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died  January  10,  1773.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He   married    (second),    in    Windham,    Sarah 


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Bishop,  and  had  three  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters. 

(V)  Colonel  Daniel  Brown,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Brown,  was  born  in  Windham,  Connecti- 
cut, January  13,  1747;  died  at  his  mansion, 
near  Hebron,  Connecticut,  June  18,  1832.  Dur- 
ing his  early  manhood  he  was  a  merchant,  but, 
in  consequence  of  the  revolutionary  war,  gave 
up  business  and  filled  the  position  of  deputy 
commissioner,  under  General  Jonathan  Trum- 
bull, which  station  he  held  to  the  close  of  the 
revolution,  when  he  retired  to  a  farm  near 
Hebron,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  On 
leaving  the  service  Colonel  Brown  received  his 
dues  from  the  government  in  "public  secur- 
ities," which  later  greatly  appreciated  in  value, 
providing  a  generous  fund  for  the  education 
of  his  children  and  a  competence  for  his  old 
age. 

He  married,  in  his  twenty-fourth  year,  a 
daughter  of  Captain  Ichabod  Phelps,  of  Heb- 
ron. She  survived  him,  continuing  to  reside  at 
the  family  mansion,  with  her  son  Thomas,  until 
her  death,  August  10,  1837,  aged  eighty-two 
years  six  months,  having  been  blind  for  the 
last  twenty  years  of  her  life.  Sons  (perhaps 
not  in  order  of  birth)  :  i.  Daniel  Bishop,  grad- 
uate of  Yale  College,  1800;  studied  law;  set- 
tled in  Batavia,  New  York,  and  became  one  of 
the  ablest  lawyers  of  Western  New  York.  He 
died  at  Batavia,  July  7,  1842.  2.  Henry,  grad- 
uate of  Yale,  1808;  studied  law;  settled  first 
at  Springfield,  New  York;  removed  to  Herki- 
mer county,  where  he  became  the  first  judge 
of  the  county.  Later  he  removed  to  Batavia, 
New  York,  thence  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where 
he  died  in  1849,  ^^^  sixty  years,  leaving  a 
family.  Judge  Brown  wrote  a  book,  "Anti- 
Masonry,"  and  a  history  of  the  state  of  Illinois, 
both  of  which  were  published.  3.  Thomas,  was 
a  farmer.  After  the  other  sons  left  he  return- 
ed to  the  old  homestead  and  cared  for  his  aged 
parents.  He  became  quite  wealthy,  and  died 
August  13,  1851,  aged  sixty-eight  years,  leav- 
ing the  farm  to  his  son,  Thomas  L.  Brown.  4. 
Samuel  A.,  of  further  mention.  5.  Ephraim, 
studied  medicine;  received  his  degree  M.  D., 
and  settled  at  Batavia,  New  York,  where  he 
died  May  13,  1836,  aged  thirty-nine  years. 

(VI)  Samuel  A.,  son  of  Colonel  Daniel 
Brown,  was  born  at  Hebron,  Connecticut,  1795  J 
died  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  Sunday,  June 
7,  1863.  He  was  well  educated  and  studied 
Latin  and  surveying,  under  very  capable  in- 
structors.   He  was  intended  for  a  farmer,  but 


his  preference  was  for  the  law.  His  parents 
yielded  a  reluctant  consent,  and,  in  August, 
1813,  he  left  home  and  journeyed  to  Spring- 
field, New  York,  where  his  brother  Henry  was 
practicing  law.  He  was  then  eighteen  years 
of  age,  and,  from  then  until  he  was  twenty- 
one,  he  studied  to  prepare  for  his  profession, 
excepting  three  months  he  taught  a  district 
school  in  Springfield,  and  a  few  weeks,  in  18 14, 
when  he  marched  with  the  Otsego  militia  to 
Sacket  Harbor,  where  the  company  was  soon 
discharged.  While  in  Springfield  he  practiced 
considerably  in  the  justice's  courts.  In  Octo- 
ber, 1816,  he  left  Springfield,  on  horseback, 
with  an  entire  capital  of  eighty  dollars.  He 
visited  his  brother,  Daniel  B.,  in  Batavia,  then 
went  as  far  west  as  Painesville,  Ohio,  then  re- 
turned to  New  York  state,  and,  in  November, 
1 8 16,  located  in  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty, then  recently  named,  containing  only  a  few 
unfinished  houses,  no  postoffice  or  mail  facil- 
ities, amid  a  forest  of  tall  timber,  but  with  a 
fine  water  power  and  without  a  lawyer.  He 
had  not  been  admitted  to  practice  in  any  court 
of  record,  but  the  Chautauqua  county  court 
of  common  pleas  being  in  session  at  Mayville, 
he  applied  for  admission,  on  examination  pass- 
ed, was  admitted  to  the  Chautauqua  county 
bar,  and  was  the  first  lawyer  to  settle  in  James- 
town, then  just  becoming  known  by  that  name, 
heretofore  having  been  called  "the  Rapids  or 
Prendergast  Mills."  The  nearest  lawyer  was 
at  Mayville,  twenty-two  miles  away.  His  first 
office  was  in  the  lower  northeast  room  of  the 
unfinished  two-story  house,  on  the  southeast 
corner  of  Main  and  Third  streets.  His  genial 
and  unassuming  manners  gave  him  a  ready 
introduction  to  the  people,  and  "Squire  Brown" 
soon  became  the  oracle  of  law  in  the  village, 
and  at  once  gained  considerable  business  in 
justice's  courts,  and  was  usually  employed  by 
one  of  the  parties  in  suit  in  the  vicinity  in  the 
court  of  common  pleas.  He  frequently  travel- 
ed to  neighboring  towns,  on  horseback,  carry- 
ing a  few  law  books  in  his  saddle  bags,  to  at- 
tend suits  in  justice's  courts,  and  was  reputed 
fairly  successful,  but,  having  been  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  supreme  court,  he  made  the 
necessary  arrangements,  with  Jacob  Houghton, 
then  of  Mayville,  by  which  he  certified  his  con- 
tinued clerkship,  and,  on  October  31,  1818,  he 
was  admitted  as  an  attorney  of  the  supreme 
court.  His  counselor's  license,  in  that  court, 
bears  date,  April  17,  1827. 

In  1817  he  purchased,  of  his  early  friend 


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and  patron,  Judge  Prendergast,  five  improved 
village  lots,  on  the  west  side  of  Main  street, 
where  he  built  his  first  law  office,  and  later 
his  dwelling  house,  both  of  which  he  owned 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was  appointed  a 
justice  of  the  peace  in  1818,  and  held  the  office 
about  four  years.  He  was  the  principal  magis- 
trate of  the  village,  and  did  a  large  and  profit- 
able business,  gaining  the  reputation  of  an 
honest  and  impartial  justice.  In  1824  he  was 
licensed  as  a  counselor,  in  the  court  of  equity, 
by  Judge  Rochester.  On  March  28,  1825,  he 
was  appointed  master  in  chancery,  an  office  he 
held,  by  reappointments,  about  twenty  years. 
In  the  same  month  and  year  he  was  appointed 
brigade  judge  advocate,  under  General  Horace 
Allen,  which  office  he  resigned  in  1828.  In 
1827  he  was  admitted  a  counselor  in  the  court 
of  chancery.  In  1828  he  was  appointed  district 
attorney,  by  the  judges  of  the  county  court, 
holding  that  office  for  ten  years.  The  same 
year  he  was  appointed  agent  of  the  Cherry 
Valley  Land  Company,  by  which  he  had  the 
sale  of  about  forty  thousand  acres  of  land,  in 
Chautauqua  county.  In  1858  he  was  elected 
special  surrogate  of  Chautauqua  county.  Dur- 
ing his  law  practice  he  had  as  partner  Richard 
P.  Marvin,  later  a  judge  of  the  supreme  court; 
George  W.  Tew,  and,  in  succession,  his  sons, 
Charles  C,  Theodore  and  Levant  B.,  were  his 
law  partners.  He  probably  drew  more  pension 
papers,  for  revolutionary  and  other  pensioners, 
than  any  other  attorney  in  the  county,  and  lived 
to  see  all  of  that  class  of  his  old  friends  pass 
away. 

He  first  entered  public  political  life  in  1824, 
when  he  was  nominated,  by  the  Clinton  party, 
for  the  state  assembly,  and,  although  his  party 
was  in  the  minority,  he  came  within  two  votes 
of  being  elected.  In  1826  he  was  again  nomi- 
nated and  elected,  by  a  majority  of  seventy  , 
votes.  In  1828  he  was  elected  one  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  village  of  Jamestown,  and  by  them 
elected  president.  In  1838  he  was  elected 
superintendent  of  the  poor  of  the  county,  serv- 
ing five  years.  In  1843  ^^  was  nominated,  by 
the  Whigs,  for  the  assembly,  and  defeated,  al- 
though running,  as  he  always  did,  far  ahead 
of  his  ticket.  In  1844  he  was  again  nominated, 
and  elected  by  a  large  majority.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  committee  of  "Aliens,"  and  per- 
formed some  very  important  work  for  the 
state.  On  the  organization  of  the  Chautauqua 
County  Bank,  in  183 1,  he  was  elected  a  director, 
and  continued  as  such  until  his  death,  being 


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also  attorney  for  the  bank.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  incorporation  of  the  Jamestown 
Academy,  and  the  erection  of  suitable  build- 
ings for  the  same.  He  served  as  one  of  the 
trustees  for  the  academy  from  its  organization 
until  his  death,  and,  during  the  latter  years, 
was  president  of  the  board. 

He  was  converted  in  March,  1834,  and  April 
6,  of  that  year,  with  his  son,  Charles  C,  united 
with  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  one  of 
the  incorporators  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Society,  of  Jamestown,  frequently  served  as 
trustee  and  was  always  a  liberal  contributor  to 
its  support.  February  9,  1849,  he  was  elected 
an  elder,  holding  that  office  until  his  death. 
He  frequently  attended  the  meetings  of  the 
Buffalo  Presbytery,  and,  on  one  or  more  occa- 
sions, represented  that  body  in  the  general 
assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  also 
represented  Buffalo  Presbytery,  one  or  more 
years,  as  commissioner  of  Auburn  Theological 
Seminary.  He  was  always  interested  in  the 
preservation  of  the  early  history  of  the  settlers 
and  settlements  of  the  county,  and,  in  1843, 
wrote  a  brief  history  of  Chautauqua  county, 
which  appeared  in  the  Jamestown  Journal, 
later  in  book  form.  In  1847  he  delivered  a 
course  of  lectures  on  the  history  of  the  town 
of  Ellicott,  before  the  students  of  Jamestown 
Academy  and  others.  In  1840  he  became  a 
life  member  of  the  Chautauqua  County  Bible 
Society,  and  was  a  life  member  of  all  the 
county  benevolent  societies.  He  frequently 
delivered  public  lectures,  in  favor  of  total  ab- 
stinence, and  became  one  of  the  most  efficient 
temperance  advocates  of  the  county.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  First  Independent  Rifle  Com- 
pany, organized  in  Jamestown,  in  1818,  and 
was  appointed  captain,  April  24,  of  that  year. 

He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
in  Jamestown,  in  1817;  was  elected  treasurer 
in  1820,  and  held  that  office  for  many  years. 
He  transacted  a  large  legal  business,  and  no 
attorney  at  the  bar  prepared  his  causes  for 
trial  with  more  care.  His  library  was  the  best 
of  any  attorney  in  the  vicinity,  and  he  was 
always  fortified  behind  an  authority.  In  poli- 
tics, in  early  days,  he  usually  voted  with  the 
Federalists,  afterward  with  the  Clintonian  and 
Whig  parties.  He  joined  in  the  election  of 
President  Lincoln,  and  gave  him  his  hearty 
support. 

He  married,  March  7,  1819,  Prudence  Olivia 
Cotes,  bom  January  18,  1799,  daughter  of  Cap- 
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Springfield,  New  York.  She  died  August  31, 
1862,  having  over-exerted  herself  in  trying  to 
save  their  household  furniture  at  the  time  of 
the  great  fire  in  Jamestown,  January  31,  1861. 
She  came  to  Jamestown  soon  after  their  mar- 
riage, and  commenced  housekeeping  in  the  rear 
room  of  his  law  office,  which  was  then  kitchen, 
parlor,  pantry  and  bedroom,  with  an  outdoor 
fire  by  the  side  of  a  large  pine  stump,  in  the 
rear  of  the  office,  having  a  temporary  board 
roof  over  it,  where  she  did  the  cooking  for  her 
family  and  several  of  the  mechanics  who  were 
engaged  in  erecting  their  dwelling  house.  This 
stump  was  long  preserved  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brown,  as  a  memento  of  the  past,  and  he  was 
fond  of  showii^  it  to  his  friends,  as  Mrs. 
Brown's  first  kitchen.  She  was  a  devoted 
Christian,  and  was  one  of  the  most  efficient 
members  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
afterward  of  the  Presbyterian.  Her  house  was 
a  hospitable  and  welcome  one  to  visiting  min- 
isters in  the  early  days,  and  for  practical  good 
sense,  sound  judgment  and  firmness  of  pur- 
pose perhaps  she  had  no  superior  in  the  church 
of  which  she  was  a  member.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Brown  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children, 
five  of  whom  died  in  childhood. 

Children  of  Samuel  A.  Brown  who  survived 
childhood:  i.  Charles  C,  married  Eliza  Jane 
Hoskins;  he  died  in  1847,  ^iged  twenty-six 
years;  children:  Charles  O.  and  Evelyn,  de- 
ceased. 2.  Levant  B.,  a  lawyer  of  Jamestown 
until  his  death,  in  1875;  he  married  Florinda 
M.  Barrett;  no  living  issue.  3.  Theodore,  a 
lawyer  of  Jamestown ;  married  Minnie  Knowl- 
ton;  no  living  issue.  4.  Henry  E.,  of  further 
mention.  5.  Margaret  P.,  married  Salathiel 
Batcheller;  children:  Eva  B.  and  Levant  B. ; 
this  family  settled  at  Victor,  Iowa.  6.  John  T., 
married  Samantha  C.  NeflF;  children:  Samuel 
A.,  Louis,  George  W.,  these  are  living ;  Bessie, 
deceased. 

(VH)  Henry  E.,  son  of  Samuel  A.  Brown, 
was  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  October 
4,  1826;  died  there,  January  13,  1897.  He  was 
educated  in  the  city  schools,  and  was  the  junior 
member  of  Crosby  &  Brown,  who  established 
a  steam  tannery  in  Jamestown,  in  1851.  Later 
he  operated  a  general  store  at  Clear  Creek, 
Chautauqua  county,  which  he  sold,  and,  in 
1855,  moved  to  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  There  he 
was  assistant  county  clerk,  and,  in  i860,  was 
elected  county  clerk.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
civil  war  he  entered  the  quartermaster's  de- 
partment of  the   Army   of  the   Cumberland, 


serving  until  near  the  close  of  the  war,  when 
he  returned  to  Jamestown,  which  was  his  home 
until  his  death.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  in  religious  faith  he 
and  his  family  attended  the  Episcopal  church ; 
he  was  very  liberal  in  his  views. 

He  married,  in  Jamestown,  January  21, 1852, 
Helen  Sprague,  born  at  Fly  Creek,  Otsego 
county.  New  York,  June  10,  1828,  daughter  of 
James  L.  Sprague,  who  married  Mary  Maria 
Badger,  at  Fly  Creek,  New  York,  September 
S,  1827.  After  his  marriage  Mr.  Sprague  lived 
in  Rochester  and  Westfield,  New  York,  coming 
to  Jamestown  about  1844,  where  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Sprague  &  Steel,  own- 
ing and  operating  a  foundry  and  machine  shop 
for  many  years,  one  of  the  first  in  the  city.  He 
was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Universal ist 
church,  when  there  were  few  members  of  that 
faith  in  the  village.  He  was  a  strong  Repub- 
lican from  the  organization  of  that  party,  and 
a  lifelong  follower  of  Horace  Greeley,  having 
taken  and  read  the  New  York  Tribune  from 
almost  its  first  issue.  He  died  September  22, 
1867.  Mary  Maria,  his  wife,  died  January  i, 
1888.  Helen  (Sprague)  Brown  was  a  descend- 
ant of  the  Sprague  and  Angell  families  of 
Rhode  Island,  both  well  known  and  prominent. 
Children  of  Henry  E.  Brown:  Agnes,  born  at 
Clear  Creek,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
November  26,  1852,  died  in  infancy;  Charles 
Henry,  of  further  mention. 

(VIII)  Charles  Henry,  only  son  of  Henry 
E  and  Helen  (Sprague)  Brown,  was  born  in 
Iowa  City,  Iowa,  January  31,  1861.  When 
very  young  he  was  brought  to  Jamestown  by 
his  parents ;  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city,  which  has  since  been  his  home. 
He  embraced  journalism  as  a  profession,  has 
been  reporter  on  several  of  the  local  papers, 
.  and  correspondent  for  New  York  City,  Cleve- 
land and  Buffalo  papers.  He  was  one  of  the 
earlier  stenographers  of  the  village;  taught 
the  first  class  in  stenography  at  the  Jamestown 
Business  College,  and,  in  1899,  entered  the 
office  of  the  American  Aristotype  Company, 
and  has  since  been  in  the  continuous  service  of 
that  company  and  its  successor,  the  American 
Aristotype  Division  of  the  Eastman  Kodak 
Company,  as  office  manager.  He  is  an  active 
Republican,  has  been  delegate  to  many  party 
conventions,  and  was  elected  clerk  of  the  town 
of  EUicott,  but  was  legislated  out  of  office, 
when  the  village  became  the  city  of  Jamestown. 
He  is  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  Free 


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and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  Independent 
Congregational  Church.  Mr.  Brown  is  un- 
married. 

The  earliest  mention  of  Ely,  as  a 
ELY  family  surname  in  England,  is  found 
after  the  Norman  Conquest.  The 
English  **Book  of  Dignities"  records  William 
De  Ely  as  lord  treasurer  for  King  John  and 
Richard  I. ;  Richard  De  Ely,  lord  treasurer  for 
Richard  I.  and  Henry  II. ;  Ralph  De  Ely,  baron 
of  the  exchequer  for  Henry  III.  ( 1240) ;  Nich- 
olas De  Ely,  lord  chancellor  in  1260,  lord  treas- 
urer in  1263  and  bishop  of  Worcester  from 
1266  to  1289.  One  branch  of  the  family  is 
known  to  have  lived  at  Utterby,  Lincolnshire, 
from  this  early  period  down  to  the  present  day. 
L.  C.  R.  Norris  Ely  being  the  present  lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Utterby  and  patron  of  the  old 
thirteenth  century  Church  of  St.  Andrew,  at 
that  place.  Wharton  Dickinson,  the  genealo- 
gist, traces  the  family  back  to  nine  connections 
with  Ralph  De  Ely,  baron  of  the  exchequer. 
The  Manor  House  has  the  Ely  arms  (a  fesse 
engrailed  between  six  fleur-de-lis),  cut  in  stone, 
over  the  entrance,  dated  1639.  The  same  arms 
are  also  found  in  the  church.  Another  branch 
of  the  family  is  said  to  have  settled  in  York- 
shire, and  Burke  gives  arms  the  same,  but  red 
instead  of  black.  In  Bailey's  History  of  Not- 
tinghamshire "John  De  Ely"  is  stated  to  have 
l^een  appointed  the  first  vicar  of  St.  Mary's 
Collegiate  Church,  at  Nottingham,  in  1790,  and 
the  author  adds  that  the  name  has  "come  down 
to  the  present  day."  Another  John  De  Ely 
was  lord  of  the  Manor  of  Thornhaugh  and 
Wigglesey,  in  Nottinghamshire,  in  13 16.  In 
America  there  are  several  branches  of  the 
family.  One  settled  in  Massachusetts,  in  1634, 
another  in  West  Jersey,  in  1683.  From  the 
latter  comes  the  Pennsylvania  branch. 

(I)  The  American  founder  of  the  Elys  of 
Falconer,  New  York,  is  Nathaniel  Ely,,  who 
came  from  England  to  America,  about  1634, 
in  the  bark  "Elizabeth."     He  was  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,   1632;  made   freeman. 
May  6,  1635 ;  removed  the  next  year  to  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  where  he  was  an  original 
proprietor,'  and,  in  1639,  constable.    He  later 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  at  Norwalk,  Con- 
necticut,  1651 ;  representative,   1657,  but  re- 
inoved,  three  years  later,  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  died,  December  25,  1675. 
He  was  a  very  important  man  in  Springfield; 
was  selectman  many  years;  served  on  numer- 


ous town  committees ;  had  "ye  second  seat"  in 
the  meeting  house.  His  widow,  Martha  Ely, 
died  October  23,  1688.  There  is  no  record  of 
his  family,  he  left  no  will,  and  the  only  chil- 
dren known  of  are  Samuel,  and  Ruth,  who 
married  Jeremy  Horton. 

(II)  Samuel,  only  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Martha  Ely,  died  March  17,  1692,  in  Spring- 
field. He  was  selectman  and  held  other  town 
offices.  He  married,  October  28,  1659,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Robert  Day,  and  had  fifteen  chil- 
dren, between  1660  and  1686,  nine  of  whom 
died  young.  Mary,  his  widow,  married  (sec- 
ond), April  12,  1694,  Thomas  Stebbins,  whom 
she  survived,  and  married  (third),  December 
16,  1696,  John  Coleman.  Children:  Samuel, 
died  in  infancy;  Joseph;  Samuel  (2)  died 
young;  Mary,  died  in  infancy;  Samuel  (3); 
Nathaniel,  died  young ;  Jonathan,  died  young ; 
Nathaniel,  died  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years; 
Jonathan  (2),  died  in 'infancy;  Martha,  died 
in  infancy;  John;  Mary  (2),  died  in  infancy; 
Jonathan  (3)  ;  Mary  (3)  ;  Ruth. 

(III)  John,  eleventh  child  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Day)  Ely,  was  born  in  Springfield, 
Massachusetts,  January  18,  1679.  He  was 
selectman  in  1734.  Was  assessor  and  held 
other  town  offices.  He  married,  December  30, 
1703,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Mary  Bliss.  He  settled  in  West  Springfield. 
Massachusetts,  as  did  his  brothers,  Joseph  and 
Samuel,  who  married  and  reared  families.  Chil- 
dren of  John  and  Mercy  (Bliss)  Ely:  Abel, 
born  November  18,  1706;  John,  December  3, 
1707,  died  May  22,  1754;  Reuben,  of  further 
mention;  Abner,  born  September  26,  171 1; 
Mercy,  January  22,  1713 ;  Caleb,  November  25, 
1714;  Rachel,  November  11,  1716;  Noah,  July 
4,  1721. 

( IV)  Reuben,  son  of  John  and  Mercy  ( Bliss) 
'Ely,  was  born  January  12,  1710.  He  became 
a  large  landowner,  married,  and  had,  among 
other  children,  a  son  Israel. 

(V)  Israel,  son  of  Reuben  Ely,  was  born 
in  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  the  owner  of  considerable  land. 
He  married,  and  among  his  children  were  Sam- 
uel, of  further  mention ;  John,  removed  to  Illi- 
nois :  Reuben,  removed  to  Washington  county. 
New  York,  settling  at  Hebron ;  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried Henry  Fuller ;  Roxy,  married  John  Prince. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Israel  Ely,  was 
born  in  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  1786 ; 
died  February  16,  1886,  and  is  buried,  with 
his  w^fe,  at  Levant,  Chautauqua  county.  New 


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York.  He,  with  other  members  of  the  family, 
removed  to  Northern  New  York,  settling  in 
Washington  county,  where  they  took  up  and 
cleared  a  farm.  Samuel  Ely  lived  there  until 
1840.  He  bought,  from  the  other  members  of 
the  family,  one  hundred  and  nine  acres  of  the 
original  tract,  which  he  cleared  and  cultivated. 
In  the  fall  of  1840  he  removed  to  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  settling  in  the  town  of  Ell- 
ington, where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  resided 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  good  edu- 
cation, supplemented  by  a  wide  range  of  read- 
ing. He  followed  farming  all  his  life,  but,  in 
his  reading,  kept  himself  well  informed  on 
vital  questions  of  the  day.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Christian  church,  and  a  highly-respected, 
well-beloved  neighbor.  He  married  (first)  Re- 
becca Duell,  who  bore  him  six  children.  He 
married  (second)  Artless  Clark,  born  in  Wash- 
ington county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Clark,  of  St.  Lawrence  county,  New  York. 
She  lived  to  be  ninety-six  years  of  age.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  probably  not  in  order  of 
birth:  German,  died  aged  six  years;  Rebecca, 
married  George  Bromley ;  Mary,  married  Amos 
Barimore;  Ruth,  married  Samuel  Glidden; 
Perry,  married  Ann  E.  Strong ;  Clark,  married 
Cornelia  Mattocks;  Samuel,  of  further  men- 
tion ;  John  H.,  married  Sophia  Fuller ;  Eleanor, 
married  Eliazer  Nelson;  Emeline  Jane,  mar- 
ried and  removed  to  California;  Sophia,  de- 
ceased ;  Perry,  removed  to  Oregon ;  Betsie,  de- 
ceased. 

(VH)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Artless  (Clark^  Ely,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Hebron,  Washmgton  county.  New  York,  May 
21,  1839.  He  was  an  infant  when  his  parents 
came  to  Chautauqua  county,  where  his  life  has 
since  been  spent.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Ellington,  where  his  boyhood 
days  were  spent.  He  grew  up  on  the  farm  and 
has  always  followed  that  occupation.  In  1861 
he  enlisted,  as  corporal,  in  the  Forty-ninth 
Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  Com- 
pany K.  He  joined  his  regiment  in  Buffalo, 
September  16,  1861,  went  from  there  to  New 
York  City,  to  Philadelphia,  to  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  and,  in  less  than  a  week, 
was  doing  picket  duty  at  "Camp  Advance," 
Virginia,  where  the  regiment  remained  until 
the  spring  of  1862,  when  they  joined  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac,  at  Fortress  Monroe,  then 
under  the  command  of  Major-General  George 
B.  McClellan.  Mr.  Ely  was  with  his  regiment 
through  all  the  hard  campaigns  and  battles  of 


the  Army  of  the  Potomac;  was  engaged  at 
Centerville,  siege  of  Yorktown,  Hanover  Court 
House,  Mechanicsville,  Gaines  Hill,  Turkey 
Bend,  Malvern  Hill,  second  battle  of  Bull  Run, 
Antietam,  Shepherdstown  Ford,  Chancellors- 
ville,  Aldie,  Gettysburg,  Jones  Cross  Roads,  Will- 
iamsport,  Rappahannock  Station,  Mine  Run, 
the  Wilderness,  Laurel  Hill,  Spottsylvania, 
North  Anna,  Bethesda  Church  and  Appomat- 
tox. He  served  under  two  enlistments,  the 
second  time  as  sergeant.  He  was  honorably 
discharged,  December  13,  1863,  and  at  once 
reenlisted,  and  was  finally  mustered  out,  June 
27,  1865.  Through  these  fierce  battles  he 
escaped  with  but  a  slight  scratch  on  the  right 
shoulder,  although,  at  Fisher's  Hill  fight,  he 
was  overcome  by  heat  and  sunstroke.  After 
his  return  from  the  army  he  married  and  culti- 
vated the  home  farm  for  a  time,  later  purchas- 
ing a  farm  of  ninety  acres  in  the  town  of  Po- 
land, Chautauqua  county.  Here  he  remained 
four  years,  then  sold  and  purchased  a  farm  of 
two  hundred  and  five  acres,  on  which  he  lived 
until  1886.  In  the  latter  year  he  sold  his  farm 
and  purchased  a  smaller  one  of  sixty- four 
acres,  which  he  operated  until  1895.  In  that 
year  he  retired  from  active  life,  settling  in  the 
village  of  Falconer,  where  he  built  a  fine  resi- 
dence, which  he  now  occupies,  and  another  for 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Kate  L.  Davis.  In  1896  he 
was  appointed  street  commissioner  of  the  vil- 
lage, which  position  he  held  twelve  years.  In 
1909  he  was  elected  highway  superintendent 
of  the  town  of  Ellicott,  and  held  it  two  years, 
and  is  holding  that  position  at  the  present  time 
(191 1 ).  He  is  a  Methodist  in  religious  faith, 
his  wife  a  Unitarian.  He  belongs  to  James 
Brown  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

He  married,  December  25,  1866,  at  Ellicott, 
New  York,  Victoria  Marie  Mosher,  born  in 
the  town  of  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1847,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Harriet  L.  (Abbey)  Mosher.  Ephraim  Mosher 
was  born  at  Little  Falls,  New  York,  1803,  died 
January  16,  1875.  In  i860  he  settled  in  Fal- 
coner, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  where 
he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres,  and 
there  followed  his  lifelong  occupation,  farm- 
ing. He  also  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  deal- 
ing, being  noted  for  the  fine  quality  of  his 
stock.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
served  as  poor  master.  He  was  highly  esteem- 
ed by  all  who  knew  him.  He  married  Harriet 
L.  Abbey,  bom  in  Massachusetts,  died  at  the 
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married  Robert  Cowden,  of  Jamestown ;  Vic- 
toria Marie,  married  Samuel  Ely;  Stiles  B., 
married  Martha  Cook,  and  resides  at  Falconer, 
New  York.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Victoria 
Marie  Ely:  i.  Kate  L.,  born  June  i,  1870,  mar- 
ried James  W.  Davis,  and  resides  at  Falconer, 
New  York;  child,  Helen  V.,  bom  April  17, 
1901.  2.  Georgia  A.,  born  February  16,  1872, 
died  April  23,  1905,  and  is  buried  at  Falconer ; 
she  married  Charles  Hammerquest.  3.  A  twin 
brother  of  Georgia  A.,  died  aged  three  days. 


The  Eddys  of  Jamestown,  New  York, 
EDDY   descend    from   an   ancient   English 

family,  mentioned  in  "Burke's  Royal 
Families"  (London,  1851),  and  in  "Burke's 
Colonial  Gentry."  The  earliest  progenitor  of 
the  family,  in  America,  was  Samuel,  son  of 
William  Eddye,  A.  M.,  vicar  of  the  Church  of 
St.  Dunstan,  of  the  town  of  Cranbrook,  county 
of  Kent,  England,  a  native  of  Bristol.  He  was 
educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge  Uni- 
versity, and  he  was  vicar  of  Cranbrook,  1589- 
1616.  He  died  November  23,  1616,  and  was 
buried  in  Cranbrook  churchyard,  but  where 
therein  is  not  known.  He  was  a  gentleman  of 
great  merit,  and  a  faithful  minister  to  his 
church.  He  possessed  rare  executive  ability, 
and  placed  the  financial  affairs  on  a  sound, 
substantial  basis,  hitherto  unknown.  His  care- 
ful, methodical  mind  so  deplored  the  careless, 
ill-kept  books  of  the  church  that  he  personally 
collected  all  the  loose  registers  of  the  parish, 
dating  back  from  1588,  arranged  and  properly 
entered  them  in  a  new  parchment  book.  He 
beautifully  engrossed  about  eighty  of  its  pages 
and  illuminated  three  title  pages,  births,  mar* 
riages  and  deaths.  This  book  is  yet  to  be  seen 
at  the  vicarage.  The  church  over  which  he 
presided  was  a  substantial,  uniform  building, 
in  the  style  of  the  period,  most  spacious  within, 
with  nave,  side  aisles,  chancel  and  a  square 
embattled  tower,  at  the  west  end,  containing 
a  ring  of  eight  bells  and  a  set  of  musical  chimes, 
arranged  to  play  every  third  hour.  The  town 
of  Cranbrook  was  once  the  center  of  the  cloth- 
ing trade  of  England,  which  existed  there  for 
several  centuries,  prior  to  1774. 

Rev.  Eddye  married  (first),  November  20, 
1577,  Mary,  died  July,  i6ii,  daughter  of  John 
Fosten,  died  September,  1573.  In  1614  he 
married  (second)  Elizabeth  Taylor,  a  widow, 
who  bore  him  a  daughter,  Priscilla.  Children 
of  first  marriage:  Mary, bom  September,  1591 ; 
Phineas,  September,  1593;  John,  March,  J  597; 


Ellen,  August,  1599;  Abigail,  October,  1601, 
died  May  20,  1687,  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts; Anna,  born  May,  1603;  Elizabeth,  born 
December,  1606;  Samuel,  of  further  mention; 
Zachareas,  1610;  Nathaniel,  161 1;  Priscilla, 
child  of  the  second  wife,  1614,  Of  the  sons, 
John  and  Samuel  came  to  America,  landed  at 
Plymouth,  where  John  remained  for  a  year. 
He  dwelt  in  Plymouth  and  resided  later  in 
Newton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  made 
freeman,  in  1633.  He  spelled  his  name,  at 
one  time,  Edie,  at  another,  Eddye,  but  his 
numerous  descendants  always  wrote  it  Eddy. 
Samuel  seems  to  have  always  spelled  his  name 
"Eddy,"  but  others  spell  it  in  a  great  variety 
of  ways,  Ede,  Edy,  Eady,  Eadey,  Edie,  but 
more  often  Eddy.  Probably  Eedy,  as  some 
spelled  it,  was  in  accordance  with  the  pro- 
nunciation of  the  name  at  that  time. 

(H)  Samuel  Eddy,  second  son  and  seventh 
child  of  Rev.  William  and  his  first  wife,  Mary 
(Fosten)  Eddye,  was  born  at  Cranbrook, coun- 
ty of  Kent,  England,  in  May,  1608,  died  in 
Massachusetts  (probably  at  Plymouth),  1685. 
In  comp;:ny  with  his  elder  brother  John  he 
left  London,  England,  August  10,  1630,  in  the 
ship  "Handmaid,"  Captain  John  Grant,  arrived 
at  Plymouth,  November  8,  1630  (n.  s.),  Octo- 
ber 29,  1630  (o.  s.),  having  been  twelve  weeks 
at  sea.  Grovernor  Winthrop  says :  "They  had 
sixty  passengers  and  lost  but  one,"  and  one  of 
the  Eddys  told  him  that  "he  had  many  letters 
to  the  ship  for  me."  Samuel  settled  at  Plym- 
outh with  the  Pilgrims,  the  last  company  of 
which  arrived  the  same  year  (1630).  He  pur- 
chased a  house  and  land  of  Experience  Mitchell, 
May  9,  1631 ;  his  name  is  on  the  list  of  free- 
man, 1633,  ^^^  whole  list  containing  but  ninety 
names.  In  1638  "four  shares  in  the  black 
heifer"  were  assigned  him.  He  had  land  grant- 
ed him  in  1636-41-59,  and  was  a  taxpayer  of 
Plymouth  from  1632  until  his  death.  In  1662 
he  was  one  of  the  "twenty-six  men"  who  pur- 
chased, of  the  Sachem  Wampatuck,  the  great- 
est part  of  the  land  constituting  the  greater 
part  of  the  town  of  Middleboro,  the  title  being 
confirmed  to  them,  in  1669,  by  the  governor 
and  assistants.  In  1669  he  sent  his  son  John 
to  dwell  with  Francis  Gould,  "until  he  shall 
reach  the  age  of  twenty-one  years."  In  1647 
his  son  Zachariah,  and,  in  1652,  his  son  Caleb 
were  apprenticed  to  John  Brown,  of  Rehoboth, 
a  shipbuilder,  an  assistant  and  one  of  the  com- 
missioners of  the  colony.  The  indentures  of 
apprenticeship  of  these  three  sons  are  on  rec- 


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ord.  In  1633  his  servant,  Thomas  Brian,  "was 
brought  back  before  the  Governor  and  Assist- 
ants, for  running  away  (brought  back  by  an 
Indian),  and  whipped  before  the  Governor." 
In  1643  he  is  enrolled  **among  those  who  bore 
arms.''  He  died  in  1688,  aged  eighty  years, 
having  resided  with  several  of  his  sons  the  lat- 
ter part  of  his  life,  at  Middleboro,  Swanzey, 
etc.,  but  in  a  deed,  made  a  short  time  before 
his  death,  he  speaks  of  his  residence  "of  Plym- 
outh." The  name  of  his  wife  was  Elizabeth. 
The  records  state  that  in  1651  "Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Samuel  Eddy,  arraigned  for  wringing  and 
hanging  out  her  clothes  on  Lord's  Day,  fine 
twenty  shillings,  but  remitted."  May  i,  1660, 
"Elizabeth  Eddy  summoned  for  travelling  from 
Pl)miouth  to  Boston  on  Lord's  Day:  She  an- 
swered that  Mistress  Saffin  was  very  weak 
and  sent  for  her  with  an  earnest  desire  to  see 
her  in  her  weakness.  The  court  thought  they 
saw  not  a  sufficient  excuse  and  saw  cause  to 
admonish  her,  and  so  she  was  discharged." 
She  died  in  1682  (or  1689),  aged  eighty-one 
years.  Children:  i.  John,  born  December  25, 
1637,  died  November  2T,  1695;  he  settled  in 
Taunton,  Massachusetts,  was  a  large  land- 
owner and  left  a  numerous  posterity.  2.  Zach- 
ariah,  born  1639,  died  September  4,  1718; 
he  settled  in  Swanzey,  Massachusetts,  and 
is  the  ancestor  of  the  Providence  Eddys.  3. 
Caleb,  born  1644,  died  March  23,  1713;  he 
was  a  deacon  of  the  Swanzey  church;  left 
two  sons,  Caleb  and  Samuel.  4.  Obadiah, 
of  further  mention.  5.  Hanna,  born  June  23, 
1647,  ^*^  young. 

(Ill)  Obadiah,  fourth  child  and  youngest 
son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Eddy,  was  born 
in  1645,  <^icd  in  Middleboro,  Massachusetts, 
1722.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Middleboro, 
and  inherited  the  patrimonial  lands  in  that 
town.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  June  9, 
1683;  was  constable,  1679-81-83-89;  was  a 
grand  juryman,  1682;  a  surveyor  of  highways, 
1692,  and,  in  1690,  selectman.  There  were 
with  him  in  Middleboro,  at  the  time  of  King 
Philip's  war,  twenty  families,  all  of  whom  had 
their  houses  burned,  and  fled  to  Plymouth,  but 
returned  and  rebuilt  after  the  war.  The  maiden 
name  of  his  wife  was  Bennett.  Children:  i. 
John  B.,  born  March  22, 1669 ;  resided  in  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts.  2.  Hasadiah,  bom  April 
10,  1672:  married  Samuel  Samson.  3.  Sam- 
uel, of  further  mention.  4.  Jabez,  resided  in 
Middleboro.  5.  Benjamin,  resided  in  Middle- 
boro.    6.  Joel,  married,  1708,  Sarah  Harris. 


7.  Mercy,  married  Samuel  Sampson ;  children : 
Obadiah,,  married  Mary  Soule ;  Gershom,  mar- 
ried Bethia  Clark;  Ichabod,  married  Mercy 
Savery;  Esther,  married  Abraham  Borden; 
Mary,  married  Isaac  Fuller.  8.  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried David  Delano ;  children :  Leniuel>  Betsey, 
Abigail  and  David.  9.  Mary,  married  Dr. 
Isaac  Fuller;  children:  Reliance,  Isaac,  Eliza- 
beth, Samuel,  Micah,  Jabez  and  Mary.  The 
sons  all  had  numerous  families,  who  settled, 
many  of  them,  in  the  states  of  New  York,  New 
Jersey  and  Vermont. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Obadiah  and 
{ Bennett)  Eddy,  was  born  in  Middle- 
boro, Massachusetts,  where  he  died  in  1752. 
He  inherited  a  large  portion  of  the  Middle- 
boro lands,  owned  by  his  father  and  grand- 
father, and  resided  on  them  during  his  entire 
life.  He  was  a  man  of  large  muscular  frame, 
very  strong  and  vigorous.  There  are  many 
stories  yet  preserved  that  tell  of  his  remark- 
able physical  powers.  He  married  Malatiah 
Pratt,  a  descendant  of  the  Pilgrim,  Phineahas 
Pratt.  She  was  born  December  11,  1676,  died 
March,  1769,  in  her  ninety-third  year.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel,  of  further  mention.  2.  Zach- 
ariah,  born  1761 ;  inherited  a  large  share  of 
the  Middleboro  lands,  on  which  he  resided 
until  his  death,  in  1777;  he  married  Mercy 
Morton,  a  descendant  of  the  Pilgrim,  George 
Morton.  3.  Malatiah,  married,  March  23,  1730. 
Samuel  Tinkham.  4.  Bennett,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1738,  William  Reading.  5.  Fear,  mar- 
ried, November  7,  1738,  George  Williamson. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Malatiah  (Pratt)  Eddy,  was  bom  in  Middle- 
boro, Massachusetts,  1696;  died  November  3, 
1746.  He  was  distinguished  for  sound  sense 
and  discretion,  and  steady,  well-regulated  piety. 
He  was  eminent  in  the  church  and  held  many 
town  offices.  He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of 
John  and  Hannah  (White)  Alden,  sister  of 
John  Alden,  the  centenarian,  and  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  John  and  Priscilla  (Mullins)  Al- 
den, of  the  "Mayflower,"  in  the  fourth  genera- 
tion. (I)  John  Alden,  the  Pilgrim,  came  to 
America,  in  the  "Mayflower,"  December,  1620 ; 
married,  1622,  Priscilla  Mullins.  (II)  Joseph, 
son  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Moses  Simmons^  of  Bridgewater. 
Massachusetts,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
(Ill)  John,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Sim- 
mons) Alden,  married  Hannah,  daugrhter  of 
Captain  Ebenezer  White,  of  Weymouth,  f  IV) 
Lydia,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  (White) 


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Alden,  was  born  December  18,  17 10.  She  mar- 
ried (first)  Samuel  Eddy,  (second)  John  Ful- 
ler, of  Halifax.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Lydia 
(Alden)  Eddy:  i.  Nathan,  of  further  mention. 

2.  Joshua,  born  March  6,   1734,  died  young. 

3.  Susannah,  born  November  22,  1736,  unmar- 
ried. 4.  May,  May  9,  1740,  died  young.  5. 
Samuel,  born  January  23,  1742. 

(VI)  Nathan,  eldest  son  of  Samuel  (3)  and 
Lydia  (Alden)  Eddy,  was  born  in  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts,  September  8,  1733;  died  in 
Pittsfield,  Vermont.  He  removed  from  Massa- 
chusetts to  Sherburne,  Vermont,  in  1785,  going 
from  tl  ere  to  Pittsfield  (or  Pittsford),  Ver- 
mont. He  married,  November  17,  1757,  Eunice 
Sampson,  of  Middleboro,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ephraim,  born  December  2,  1759,  died 
about  1800.  2.  Lydia.  3.  Hannah,  February, 
1766.  4.  Nathaniel,  July  6,  1768,  died  at  Galle- 
apolis.  New  York.  5.  Nathan,  April  21,  1771. 
6.  Isaac,  of  further  mention.  7.  Zachariah, 
November  17;  1778. 

(VII)  Isaac,  fourth  son  and  sixth  child  of 
Nathan  and  Eunice  (Sampson)  Eddy,  was 
bom  at  Middleboro,  Massachusetts,  January 
24,  1774;  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  June 
26,  1833.  He  resided  in  Pittsfield,  Rutland 
county,  Vermont,  for  about  forty  years.  In 
1814  he  settled  in  Jamestown,  where  he  be- 
came pastor,  in  charge  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  organized  in  that  place,  it  like- 
wise being  his  first  charge  after  being  licensed 
by  the  Congregational  Association.  He  was  a 
man  of  pure  life  and  earnest  purpose.  His 
zeal  in  the  Master's  service  was  unbounded, 
and  he  accomplished  great  good  during  his 
long  and  useful  life.  He  married,  August  12, 
1796,  in  Pittsfield,  Vermont,  Betsey  McCary, 
died  February  16,  1863.  Children:  i.  Eliza- 
beth, bom  June  5,  1797 ;  married  Deacon  James 
Carey^  2.  Eunice,  born  December  29,  1799; 
married  Alvah  Brown.  3.  Isaac,  born  October 
22,  1801,  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  1872. 
4.  William  McCary,  born  September  16,  1803, 
died  unmarried,  iSiSs.  5.  Nathaniel,  of  further 
mention.  6.  Elmina,  born  August  10,  1807; 
married  John  Scott,  of  Jamestown,  New  York. 
7.  Safford,  born  April  15,  1810,  died  1879; 
child,  James  W.  Eddy.  8.  Hiram,  born  May 
17,  1813;  married  (first)  Elizabeth  L.  Haw- 
ley,  Fdbmary  7,  1839;  she  died  January  7, 
1856;  he  married  (second)  Frances  C.  Adams, 
May  5,  1857,  and,  in  1881,  was  a  distinguished 
clergyman   of  Jersey  City,   New  Jersey.     9. 


Zachary,  born  December  19,  181 5;  married 
(first)  Susan  Gray,  1835;  she  died  March, 
1847;  he  married  (second)  Malvina  R.  Coch- 
ran, April  26,  1848;  he  was  an  eminent  clergy- 
man of  the  Congregational  church,  stationed  at 
Northampton,  Massachusetts;  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  and  Detroit,  Michigan;  Williams  Col- 
lege conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity. 

(VIII)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Rev.  Isaac  and 
Betsey  (McCary)  Eddy,  was  bom  in  Vermont, 
November  29,  1805;  died  April  7,  i860,  at 
Jamestown,  New  York.  He  removed  from 
Vermont  to  New  York  state,  settling  in  Chau- 
tauqua county.  He  married,  January  i,  1828, 
Electa  F.  Sprague,  born  February  2,  1806,  died 
April  8,  1878,  daughter  of  Captain  Sprague, 
of  Wardsboro,  Vermont.  Children:  i.  Eph- 
raim Evander,  of  further  mention.  2.  Halbert 
Parsons,  bom  February  10, 183 1 ;  married,  No- 
vember 3,  1858,  Maria  McEl fresh,  bom  Octo- 
ber 15,  1829;  children:  Ernest  Halbert,  born 
August  2T,  1859,  died  March  27,  1882;  Nellie 
Sophronia,  bom  January  13,  1862,  married 
A.  M.  Rogers,  of  Warren,  Pennsylvania.  3. 
Maria  Elmina,  married,  October,  1854,  John 
M.  Gardner;  children:  Eva  Maria,  married 
Charles  M.  Meade,  and  has  Norman  Gardner 
Meade,  born  May  25,  1876;  Carrie  Electa,  died 
August  9,  1865.  4.  Zachariah,  died  in  infancy. 
5.  Lucy  Taylor,  bom  May  18,  1836;  married 
(first),  May  14,  i860,  Joseph  C.  Thomas,  died 
April  27,  1865;  married  (second),  August  22, 
1871,  Milo  Harris;  children  by  first  marriage: 
Nathaniel  Eddy,  bom  October  i,  1862;  Lizzie 
Maria,  born  August,  1865.  6.  Henry  Clay, 
born  September  5,  1841 ;  married,  in  1863, 
Susan  James ;  children :  Florence  Electa,  bom 
1867;  Grace,  May,  1874;  Harry,  died  in  in- 
fancy ;  Charles,  born  August  8,  1879.  7.  Electa, 
died  in  infancy. 

(IX)  Ephraim  Evander,  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Electa  F.  (Sprague)  Eddy,  was  born 
March  13,  1829,  died  June  17,  1867.  He  was 
a  lifelong  resident  of  Jamestown,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  few  years  spent  in  Titus ville  and 
Tidioute,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  engaged,  all 
his  active  life,  in  the  hotel  business,  both  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  and  in  Pennsylvania. 
He  married,  October  4,  1853,  Betsey  A.  Cowan, 
bom  December  3,  1830.  Children:  i.  Frank 
Cowan,  born  January  2,  1855.  2.  Wilton  Na- 
thaniel, born  November  8,  1858,  died  October 
7,  1879,.  when  about  to  enter  his  junior  year  in 


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Yale  College.  3.  Harry,  born  May  14,  1863, 
died  July  17,  1864.  4.  Elton  Ephraim,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(X)  Elton  Ephraim,  youngest  son  of  Eph- 
raim Evander  and  Betsey  A.  (Cowan)  Eddy, 
was  bom  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  March  22, 
1866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Jamestown  Business  College.  When  he 
arrived  at  legal  age  he  engaged  in  the  business 
of  fire  insurance,  a  line  of  activity  he  still  con- 
tinues. He  has  a  well-established  agency,  and 
represents  standard  ccmipanies  of  New  York 
and  Massachusetts.  He  is  a  man  of  quiet 
tastes,  reserved  manners  and  thorough-going 
business  methods.  He  served,  for  six  years, 
in  the  "Fenton  Guards,"  New  York  National 
Guards,  ranking  as  a  corporal.  He  was  honor- 
ably discharged  in  September,  1892.  Mr.  Eddy 
is  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Western  Sun 
Chapter,  No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  James- 
town Exempt  Firemen's  Association,  and  Cha- 
dakoin  Boat  Club,  of  Jamestown,  of  which  he 
is  now  commodore,  having  been  elected  in 
1910.  He  is  a  Republican,  but  takes  little 
active  part  in  politics,  and  is  an  attendant  of 
the  Congregational  church.  He  married,  at 
Jamestown,  June  8,  1892,  Achsah  S.  Hiller, 
born  April  28,  1870,  died  December  22,  1909. 
She  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Michi- 
gan, Ann  Arbor,  and,  for  four  years  prior  to 
her  marriage,  taught  in  the  public  schools  of 
Jamestown.  She  was  a  woman  of  superior 
gifts,  a  willing  worker  in  the  church  and  charit- 
able causes,  an  attendant  of  the  Congregational 
church,  and  highly  esteemed  in  her  city.  Child, 
Wilton  Nathaniel,  bom  in  Jamestown,  April 
17,  1893;  now  a  student  in  the  junior  class 
of  Jamestown  high  school,  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  and  Chadakoin  Boat  Qub. 

Achsah  S.  (Hiller)  Eddy  was  a  daughter  of 
John  D.  and  Libbie  M.  (Smith)  Hiller,  of 
Jamestown  and  Smiths  Milk,  New  York.  John 
D.  Hiller  was  a  son  of  John  T.  Hiller,  of 
Smiths  Mills,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York. 
He  was  bora  at  Smiths  Mills,  October  16, 
1833.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
Fredonia  Academy  and  the  State  Normal  Col- 
lege, at  Albany,  New  York,  graduating  frcrni 
the  latter  with  honors,  class  of  1855.  In  1857 
he  married  and  began  mercantile  life  at  Smiths 
Mills,  where  he  continued  nineteen  years.  In 
1877  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New  York, 
where  he  resided  until  his  sudden  death,  No- 
vember 5,  1887,  from  concussion  of  the  brain, 


caused  by  falling  and  striking  his  head  on  the 
stone  walk.  He  led  an  active  public  life.  In 
1864-65  he  was  clerk  of  the  town  of  Hanover, 
Chautauqua  county.  During  1868-69  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Chau- 
tauqua county,  and,  in  1873-74  was  a  member 
of  the  New  York  house  of  assembly.  He  was 
a  man  of  commanding  presence,  and  mind  culti- 
vated by  constant  study. 

He  married,  1857,  Libbie  M.,  daughter  of 
Rodney  B.  and  Achsah  (Blodgett)  Smith,  of 
Smiths  Mills,  and  a  sister  of  Major  Hiram 
Smith.  She  survived  her  husband,  who  also 
left  two  daughters:  Mrs.  A.  W.  Niblock,  of 
Bay  City,  Michigan,  and  Achsah  S.,  wife  of 
Elton  Ephraim  Eddy,  of  Jamestown. 


This  is  a  local  name  in  Nor- 
CRISSEY    mandy,  and  came  into  England 

with  William  the  Conqueror.  It 
is  found  on  the  roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  and  it 
appears  in  various  forms  in  subsequent  Eng- 
lish records.  In  America  it  is  not  a  common 
name,  yet  it  may  be  found  in  nearly  every  state. 

(I)  Mighil  Cresse  (as  he  wrote  the  name, 
one  of  twenty-three  different  forms  of  the  fam- 
ily name)  came  from  England,  with  his  brother 
William,  in  1649,  landing  at  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts. In  1658  he  said  he  was  thirty  years  old. 
He  lived,  for  a  time,  in  the  family  of  Lieuten- 
ant Thomas  Lathrop,  who,  with  sixty  of  his 
soldiers,  fell  in  the  battle  of  Bloody  Brook, 
near  Deerfield,  September  18,  1675.  From 
June,  1652,  to  May,  1663,  he  lived  in  the  fam- 
ily of  Joshua  Ray,  at  "Royal  Side,"  Salem, 
now  Beverly.  He  married,  in  1658,  Mary 
Bachelder,  bom  in  SaJem,  in  1640,  daughter  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Bachelder,  of  "Royal  Side." 
She  was  baptized  at  Salem,  April  19,  1640,  and 
died  in  August,  1659.  He  then  removed  to 
Ipswich,  and  married,  April  6,  1660,  Mary, 
born  there.  May  2,  1641,  daughter  of  Mark 
Quilter.  He  died  in  Ipswich,  m  April,  1670. 
Child  by  first  wife,  John,  of  whom  further. 
Children  by  second  wife:  Mighil,  William  and 
Mary.  Mary,  his  widow,  survived  him  and 
removed,  in  1671,  to  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
where  she  died  May  7,  1707. 

(II)  John  Crissey,  only  child  of  Mighil 
Cresse,  by  his  first  wife,  was  bora  at  "Royal 
Side,"  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  August,  1659. 
After  the  death  of  his  father  he  lival  with  his 
Grandfather  Bachelder.  In  1675  he  chose  in 
court  his  uncle,  Joseph  Bachelder,  as  his  guar- 
dian.   He  was  a  tailor,  and  resided  at  "Royal 


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•  i'^-jM   Samuel,  XaMianieland  SvK'anus. 

w  .'  it<  t  uamc-d  settled  in  Stockton,  C'hau- 

I  ■.    v-nty.  !^\\v  York,  and  Sylvanjs  Liter 

■.  •'■   fartl.er  \vx*^t. 

\    S-;aiUieh  -'o-n  of  John  iz)  and  Martlia 

n      :')    C'ris^t-y,  was  Iv^rn   in   \eTn'>nt, 

.'  -'.    \"J\.  yVx'\  in  Stockton.   Xew  York, 

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•!  -n.  !r».d  acre^  •'.■f  'and.  In  i8i()he  settled 

:^  •  :l  t'^ii  ].>art  of  the  same  town,  on  lot 

\  .   in:pr'*!nu:  a  tnict  of  one  hundred  and 

u:*''-  ol  vvild  land,  which  he  cV-ared  and 

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Side,"  on  land  formerly  owned  by  his  Grand- 
father Bachelder.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Sec- 
ond C3iurch,  at  Beverly.  His  grave  is  marked 
by  a  slate  stone,  inscribed:  "Here  lyeth  the 
body  of  Deacon  John  Cresy,  who  died  July  ye 
22nd,  1735,  in  ye  76th  year  of  his  age."  His 
will,  dated  June  12,  1734,  was  probated  Au- 
gust 18,  1735.  He  married  Sarah,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1665,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Tredwell)  Gaines,  of  Ipswich.  She  died  at 
"Royal  Side,"  April  4,  1751.  Children:  Mary; 
John^  died  young;  Sarah ;  John  (2d)  ;  Joseph; 
Daniel;  Job;  Benjamin;  Hannah;  Abigail; 
Noah. 

(HI)  Daniel,  sixth  child  and  fourth  son  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Gaines)  Crissey,  was  born 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  July  11,  1698.  He 
probably  removed  to  New  Harfipshire,  as  sev- 
eral of  his  sons  did,  and,  in  1740,  to  Connecti- 
cut, where  trace  is  lost.  He  married,  October 
20,  1720,  Sarah  Ingleson,  of  Salem.  Children 
John,  of  whom  further;  Ruth,  died  young 
Mary  Ruth ;  Sarah ;  Daniel ;  Joseph ;  Elizabeth 
Richard ;  Ebenezer ;  Anna. 

(IV)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Ingleson)  Crissey,  was  born  in  1721, 
in  Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  removed  to  New 
Hampshire,  settling  in  -the  town  of  Bath.  In 
1790  he  went  to  Fairfax,  Vemiont.  He  was 
a  very  religious  man,  and  was  leader  of  the 
first  public  service  held  for  worship  in  that 
town,  in  June,  1790.  The  meeting  was  held  in 
a  log  cabin,  John  Crissey  conducting  the  serv- 
ice, while  his  son  James  constituted  the  choir. 
He  married  Martha  Davenport.  Children :  John, 
fames,  Gould,  Samuel,  Nathaniel  and  Sylvanus. 
The  three  last  named  settled  in  Stockton,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  and  Sylvanus  later 
removed  farther  west. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Martha 
C  Davenport)  Crissey,  was  born  in  Vermont, 
March  2,  1771,  died  in  Stockton,  New  York, 
March  i,  1848.  He  came  from  Fairfax,  Ver- 
mont, to  Stockton,  New  York,  in  1815,  ^"^  took 
up  one  hundred  acres  of  land.  In  1816  he  settled 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  same  town,  on  lot 
No.  30,  comprising:  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  wild  land,  which  he  cleared  and 
improved,  making  it  his  residence  until  his 
death.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Baptist  church,  in  Delanti,  and  occasionally 
filled  the  pulpit,  being  a  deeply  religious  man. 
He  married,  in  1799.  Lucy  Grosvenor.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Almira,  married  Ethan  Cooley;  child, 
Gcnevra,  married  Mortimer  Ely.     2.  Harlow, 


of  whom  further.  3.  Jason,  died  1875;  mar- 
ried Roxana,  daughter  of  Rev.  Washington 
Winsor;  children:  Mary,  married  Lucien  C. 
Warren^  Dr.  Sardis  Crissey;  Jirah,  and  Ed- 
ward. 4.  Lucy,  married  Chauncey  Winsor, 
of  Delanti;  children:  Wealthy  Ann,  married 
Hiram  Lazell,  of  Stockton;  Washington,  a 
merchant  of  New  York.  5.  Cynthia,  married 
Zalmon  Jennings,  and  removed  to  Pennsyl- 
vania. 6.  Martha,  died  at  age  of  twelve  years. 
7.  Samuel,  married  Julia  Grant ;  children :  Lucy, 
married  Cassius  Perrin;  Forest;  Myra,  mar- 
ried George  Putnam. 

(VI)  Harlow,  son  of  Samuel  and  Lucy 
(Grosvenor)  Crissey,  was  born  December  i8, 
1802,  at  Fairfax,  Vermont;  died  April  30, 
1892,  in  Stockton,  New  York.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  a  man  greatly  beloved  and  re- 
spected. He  married  Anna  Shepard,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1826.  They  celebrated  their  golden  wed- 
ding, and,  ten  years  later,  November  2,  1886, 
their  sixtieth  anniversary,  when  one  hundred 
and  fifty  people,  including  children,  other  rela- 
tives and  friends,  assembled  to  honor  the  event. 
They  lived  together  six  more  years,  making 
sixty-six  years  of  married  life.  Anna  Shep- 
ard was  born  at  Ashfield,  Massachusetts,  March 
29,  1807,  died  August  29,  1894,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Rachel  (Cobb)  Shepard,  of  Mas- 
sachusetts; she  was  a  first  cousin  of  Mary 
Lyon,  the  founder  of  Mount  Holyoke  (Massa- 
chusetts) College.  Children:  i.  Newton,  bom 
April  6,  1828;  now  a  resident  of  Jamestown, 
New  York,  retired  from  business;  married 
Cynthia  Miller;  children:  Charles  M.,  de- 
ceased; Anna  L. ;  Mary  R. ;  Jennie  C,  mar- 
ried S,  B.  Burchard.  2.  Samuel  S.,  born  Au- 
gust 13,  1833;  resided  at  Fredonia,  New  York, 
where  he  died  July  28,  191 1;  married  (first) 
Mary  Leonard,  (second)  Ella  Kingsbury ;  chil- 
dren by  first  wife :  Jay,  George,  Howard ;  child 
by  second  wife:  Newton  K.,  deceased.  3. 
Seward  M.,  bom  April  9,  1839 ;  now  a  resident 
of  Jamestown,  New  York;  married  Lucy  A. 
Wood;  children:  Belle  A.,  married  Frank  A. 
Wilcox;  Minor  S.,  married  Grace  Relf.  4. 
Elverton  B.,  of  whom  further. 

(VII)  Elverton  B.,  son  of  Harlow  and  Anna 
(Shepard)  Crissey,  was  born  in  Stockton,  New 
York,  June  23,  1843  >  ^^^  *^  Jamestown,  New 
York,  February  29,  1908.  He  was  educated 
at  the  public  schools  of  Stockton  and  at  Fre- 
donia Academy.  He  first  engaged  in  teaching, 
following  his  profession  in  Stockton  and  Brock- 
ton, New  York,  and  Marengo,  Illinois.    In  the 


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spring  of  1870  he  removed  to  Missouri,  buying 
a  tract  of  land  at  King's  City,  near  St.  Joseph, 
and  resided  there  seven  years,  having  formed  a 
strong  liking  for  his  adopted  state,  and  that 
ever  remained  with  him.  He  was  widely  and 
favorably  known,  and  was  called  to  the  office 
of  county  assessor.  Returning  to  Brockton 
he  resumed  his  old  profession,  teaching  for  a 
time,  but  later  located  in  Sinclairville,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  milling  business.  In  1882,  in 
association  with  Joy  Love,  he  organized  a  bank, 
under  the  firm  name  of  E.  B.  Crissey  &  Com- 
pany, bankers.  Soon  followed  the  organiza- 
tion of  another  bank  at  Cherry  Creek,  in  1890, 
where  he  resided  for  a  year.  He  then  removed 
to  Jamestown,  where  he  organized  the  Farm- 
ers' &  Mechanics'  Bank,  from  which  he  later 
withdrew  to  organize  the  Union  Trust  Com- 
pany. A  few  years  later  he  sold  his  interest 
in  the  last-named  institution,  and  became  head 
of  the  Farmers'  &  Mechanics'  Bank,  which 
position  he  retained  until  his  death.  He  also 
retained  ownership  of  the  Cherry  Creek  Bank, 
and,  besides,  organized  the  firm  of  E.  B.  Cris- 
sey &  Company,  bankers,  at  South  Dayton,  and 
the  First  National  Bank,  at  Falconer.  The 
private  bank  of  Crissey  &  Crissey,  at  Little 
Valley,  New  York,  which  he  also  organized, 
was  later  managed  by  his  son,  Harlow  J. 
Crissey. 

Mr.  Crissey  was  recc^nized  as  a  wise,  con- 
servative financier,  and  a  man  of  great  public 
spirit.  He  possessed  a  tender  heart,  and  cher- 
ished warm  sympathy  for  those  in  distress,  and 
an  instinctive  desire  to  assist  those  in  need. 
He  served  his  city  as  a  member  of  the  board 
of  public  works,  and  rendered  efficient  service. 
He  was  most  liberal  in  his  donations  to  all 
worthy  objects,  especially  to  the  Associated 
Charities,  which  he  aided  in  organizing,  and 
in  which  he  always  held  official  position.  He 
was  of  a  cultured,  refined  nature,  a  lover  of 
books,  especially  of  the  poets,  and  delighted  in 
his  home  and  librarv»  which  was  well  stocked 
with  the  choicest  literature.  He  was  inde- 
pendent and  liberal  in  his  views,  both  political 
and  religious ;  was  connected  with  the  lodges 
of  Masons  and  Odd  Fellows,  and  deeply  inter- 
ested in  all  that  conduced  to  the  social  or  ma- 
terial betterment  of  his  city. 

The  resolutions  adopted  by  the  institutions, 
with  which  Mr.  Crissey  was  connected,  breathe 
a  spirit  of  love  and  respect  that  is  unusual. 
From  the  Farmers'  and  Mechanics*  Bank : 


There  was  about  Mr.  Crissey  a  personality  which 
drew  men  to  him,  and  it  was  to  him  they  went  in 
their  hours  of  adversity  as  in  their  moments  of  suc- 
cess. His  advice  and  his  encouragement  comforted 
and  aided  them  in  their  adversity,  as  did  his  con- 
gratulations cheer  them  in  their  success.  His  love 
for  children  was  marked;  his  interest  in  the  young 
man,  starting  out  on  .life's  journey,  prompted  him  to 
extend  much  material  assistance.  He  was  a  believer 
in  men.  and  in  all  that  was  characteristic  of  the  man. 

From  the  resolutions  adopted  by  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Falconer: 

Mr.  Crissey  was  a  man  of  wide  experience,  rare 
ability,  and  one  in  whom  sympathy  had  to  do  with 
judgment.  Many  a  young  man,  in  this  community, 
looks  back  to  the  aid  and  counsel  of  this  man  as  the 
starting  point  of  his  success. 

From  resolutions  of  the  Associated  Char- 
ities : 

Realizing  keenly  our  loss  of  so  sincere  and  prac- 
tical a  friend,  we  desire  to  place  on  record  our  deep 
appreciation  of  his  helpful  consideration  and  assist- 
ance, and  of  his  willingness,  amidst  his  many  duties, 
to  give  of  his  time  and  ability  to  the  furtherance  of 
the  work  of  this  association,  in  which  he  was  so 
deeply  interested. 

In  the  diary  presented  by  Mr.  Crissey  to  the 
customers  of  the  bank  he  had  caused  to  be 
printed  the  following :  • 

He  has  achieved  success  who  has  lived  well,  laugh- 
ed often,  and  loved  much ;  who  has  gained  the  re- 
spect of  intelligent  men  and  the  love  of  little  chil- 
dren ;  who  has  left  the  world  better  than  he  found 
it;  who  has  never  lacked  appreciation  of  earth's 
beauty,  or  failed  to  express  it ;  who  has  always  look- 
ed for  the  best  in  others,  and  given  the  best  he  had; 
whose  life  was  an  inspiration,  whose  memory  a  bene- 
diction. 

In  his  banking  operations  he  was  unusual. 
Dunns:  the  last  thirty  years  of  his  life  he 
organized  seven  banks,  and,  at  the  last,  was 
manager  of  four  large  and  prosperous  financial 
institutions.  Yet  he  was  not  possessed  of  a 
ruling  desire  to  make  money.  When  a  friend 
suggested  to  him  that  it  would  be  easier  for 
him  to  make  impersonal  investments  in  gen- 
eral securities,  rather  than  in  individual  loans, 
he  answered,  "My  business  is  not  first  of  all 
to  make  money ;  it  is  to  do  good  in  this  com- 
munity." Among  the  many  tributes  paid  him 
there  was  often  this:  "I  could  not  have  kept 
my  home  if  he  had  not  helped  me";  or,  "He 
helped  me  send  my  children  through  school," 
and  similar  expressions.     Yet  he  did  nothing 


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with  a  view  to  popularity — it  was  his  love  of 
humanity.  His  interest  was  so  fresh  and  gen- 
eral, his  personality  so  strong  and  full  of  the 
joy  of  living,  that  he  will  be  remembered  as  a 
man  who  did  not  grow  old.  He  was  singularly 
attractive  in  conversation  and  in  public  speak- 
ing, with  a  keen  quick  wit,  and  a  mind  well 
stored  with  the  best  in  literature.  Absolutely 
reliable  himself  he  stood  for  what  was  right, 
even  if  the  penalty  might  be  personal  loss  or 
possibility  of  being  misunderstood. 

Mr.  Crissey  married,  January  2,  1867,  at 
Sinclairville,  New  York,  Mary  Langworthy, 
bom  there,  March  29,  1844,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Cornelia  (Love)  Langworthy.  Cornelia 
Love,  born  in  Gerry,  New  York,  died  Decem- 
ber 24,  1891,  aged  seventy-five  years  and  eight 
months,  daughter*  of  John  and  Mary  Love. 
John  Love  came  to  New  York  from  Vermont, 
and  located  near  Sin'clairville.  Jacob  Lang- 
worthy was  born  in  Washington  county,  New 
York,  September  30,  1806,  died  October  4, 
1883,  son  of  James  and  Rhoda  (Shaw)  Lang- 
worthy. He  came  to  Chautauqua  county  when 
he  was  eighteen  years  old,  later  purchased  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  acres,  one  and  a  half 
miles  west  of  Sinclairville,  where  he  lived  a  suc- 
cessful farmer's  life  until  his  death.  The  fam- 
ily attended  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
Mr.  Langworthy  was  a  man  of  high  character, 
beloved  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  married, 
March  6, 1834,  Cornelia  Love.  Children:  Ellen, 
died  at  age  of  fifteen;  John,  died  April  19, 
1896;  Janet,  died  aged  eleven;  Mary,  married 
Elverton  B.  Crissey ;  Lewis,  of  Cherry  Creek ; 
Emily,  died  aged  twenty-two  months ;  Charles, 
died  aged  thirty-three  years.  Jacob  was  the 
second  son  of  James  Langworthy,  a  farmer  of 
Washington  county.  New  York.  He  came  to 
Chautauqua  county  a  few  years  before  his 
death,  and  made  his  home  with  his  children. 
He  died  September  4,  1846,  aged  sixty-five 
years.  He  married  Rhoda  Shaw,  who  died 
July  27,  1847,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph,  Jacob,  Albert,  Alonzo,  Lavina, 
Lydia. 

Children  of  Elverton  B.  and  Mary  (Lang- 
worthy) Crissey:  i.  Lena  Cornelia,  born  Janu- 
ary 12,  1868;  married  Frank  Merz,  president 
of  the  Union  Trust  Company,  of  Jamestown ; 
children:  Lucy  A.,  Elizabeth  L.,  Margaret  C, 
Francis  C.  2.  Harlow  Jacob,  born  Julv  15, 
1870;  now  president  of  Citizens'  Trust  Com- 
pany, of  Fredonia,  New  York ;  married  Jessie 
Blackstone;  children:  Rachel  V.,  Eleanor  V., 


Caroline  F.  3.  Lucy  Love,  born  July  17,  1873 ; 
married  Henry  P.  Robertson,  president  of  H. 
P.  Robertson  Furniture  Company,  of  James- 
town; children:  Mary  Crissey,  Lucius  Elver- 
ton. 4.  Harold  Elverton,  born  October  26, 
1883 ;  now  vice-president  of  Farmers'  &  Me- 
chanics' Bank,  of  Jamestown. 

Mrs.  Mary  (Langworthy)  Crissey  survives 
her  husband.  She  is  a  resident  of  Jamestown, 
New  York,  where  she  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem. 


It  may  be  said  of  the  late  Lucius 
WARN  ER  Bolles  Warner,  without  detract- 
ing aught  from  any  other  whose 
name  stands  high  on  the  rolls  of  Jamestown's 
useful  citizens,  that  his  honesty,  integrity,  his 
career  of  industry,  his  public-spirited  services 
and  liberal  contributions  for  the  development 
and  prosperity  of  his  town,  furnish  an  example 
that  may  be  followed  by  every  young  man  that 
aspires  to  a  position  of  thrift,  usefulness  and 
respectability. 

Lucius  Bolles  Warner,  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Mary  Spencer  (Miner)  Warner,  was  bom 
at  Millington,  Middlesex  county,  Connecticut, 
March  3,  1828.  He  located  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  in  1850,  where  he  was,  for  five 
years,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  furni- 
ture. This  not  proving  profitable  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  lumber  trade,  erected  a  plan- 
ing mill  on  Allen  street,  which  was  destroyed 
by  fire ;  later  bought  a  planing  mill  and  a  lum- 
ber yard,  on  Baker  street,  south  of  the  outlet, 
and  continued  there  in  successful  business  until 
his  death.  For  over  half  a  century  Mr.  War- 
ner was  identified  with  the  business  interests 
of  Jamestown,  and  held  intimate  relations  with 
many  important  enterprises.  He  was  at  the 
head  of  a  very  large  and  prosperous  business 
of  his  own,  was  connected  with  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank,  the  Jamestown  Street  Railway 
Company,  Lake  View  Cemetery  Association 
and  many  others,  also  president  of  the  James 
Prendergast  Library.  No  man  did  more  to 
advance  the  material  interests  of  the  city.  The 
Warner  block,  in  the  business  section  of  the 
city,  was  one  of  his  methods  of  showing  his 
faith  in  his  adopted  city.  Starting  from  a 
modest  beginning  he  acquired  ample  fortune 
and  honorable  position.  In  the  earlier  days  of 
this  community,  when  character  was  being 
given  to  the  municipality  and  its  institutions, 
he  was  one  of  the  controlling  and  directing 
spirits,  and  his  influence  was  always  exerted 


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for  good.  He  was  a  liberal  supporter  of  the 
church,  and  lived  a  pure  Christian  life.  He 
served  on  the  board  of  education,  and  was 
always  a  warm  friend  of  the  cause  of  better 
opportunities  for  the  children.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  supporter  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church.  In  political  faith  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, but  took  no  active  part  in  political  affairs 
nor  desired  any  office,  but  unsolicited  he  held 
a  number  of  offices  of  public  trust,  in  which 
he  rendered  good  service.  He  was  highly  re- 
garded as  a  financier,  and  was  regarded  as  a 
safe  and  disinterested  adviser.  He  held  the 
goodwill  and  respect  of  the  citizens  of  James- 
town, while  his  relations  with  his  employees 
were  of  the  friendliest  nature.  He  was  of 
strong  individuality,  self-reliant,  even  temper- 
ed on  trying  occasions  and  uniformly  kind  to 
all. 

Mr.  Warner  married,  in  Jamestown,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1854,  Mary  Minerva,  bom  May  11, 
1836,  daughter  of  Rev.  William  D.  and  Mi- 
nerva (Densmore)  Henry,  the  former  of  whom 
was  born  April  24,  1807,  died  September,  1896, 
a  minister  of  the  Congregational  church,  and 
the  latter  born  1806,  died  December  16,  1888, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Lydia  (Belden)  Dens- 
more, of  Seneca  Castle,  near  Geneva,  New 
York.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Warner, 
living  at  the  present  time  (1911)  :  i.  Frederick 
Henry,  born  May  13,  1863.  2,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, born  November  30,  1866;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1890,  Robert  Newland  Marvin  (see 
forward),  sixth  child  of  Judge  Richard  Pratt 
and  Isabella  (Newland)  Marvin. 

Mr.  Warner  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
February  14,  1905.  His  memory  is  warmly 
cherished  there,  where  he  was  well  known  for 
over  a  half  a  century.  The  funeral  services 
were  held  at  the  family  residence,  on  Forest 
avenue,  and  a  large  concourse  of  friends  gath- 
ered to  pay  their  final  respects  to  a  man  esteem- 
ed by  all.  The  several  organizations,  of  which 
he  was  a  member,  were  represented  by  del^a- 
tions  of  members,  among  them  being  the  Lake 
View  Cemetery  Association,  the  James  Pren- 
(lergast  Free  Library  Association,  the  James- 
town Street  Railway  Company  and  the  First 
National  Bank.  The  employees  of  the  Warner 
Mill  attended  the  service  in  a  body.  In  his 
address  the  Rev.  Dr.  Otis  A.  Smith,  pastor  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  gave  a  touch- 
ing and  tender  eulogy.  The  remains  were  laid 
to  rest  in  Lake  View  Cemetery. 

As  a  permanent  memorial,  to  the  memory 


of  her  husband,  Lucius  B.  Warner,  his  widow, 
Mary  H.  Warner,  on  February  20, 191 1, donated 
the  Warner  mansion,  on  Forest  avenue,  James- 
town, to  the  Agnes  Association,  as  a  perpetual 
home  for  old  people.    Her  letter  is  as  follows : 

lamestown,  New  York,  Feb.  20,  191 1. 
Mrs.  Charles  M.  Dow,  President  Agnes  Association. 

Dear  Mrs.  Dow :  In  fulfillment  of  a  lon^  cherish- 
ed desire  to  establish  a  permanent  memonal  to  my 
late  husband,  Lucius  B.  Warner,  in  this  city,  where 
practically  his  whole  life  was  spent  (and  in  which 
memorial  I  desire  my  own  name  to  be  associated 
with  that  of  my  husband),  I  hereby  present  to  the 
Agnes  Association  the  Warner  homestead,  on  Forest 
avenue,  with  the  condition  that  it  be  perpetually 
maintained  as  a  home  for  ''old  people,"  who,  in  their 
declining  years,  are  left  alone,  or  through  material 
misfortune  may  be  in  partially  dependent  circum- 
stances. 

The  property  has  a  frontage  of  197  feet,  with  the 
residence  and  stable  thereon,  and  it  is  free  from  d^bt, 
except  that  which  will  be  incurred  in  paving  Forest 
avenue,  and  this  expense  I  desire  to  bear.  With 
the  house  I  purpose  giving  some  of  the  furnishings 
and  personal  belongings. 

With  kindliest  sentiments  toward  those  who  in  my 
former  home  may  find  a  comfortable  dwelling  place 
in  the  sunset  of  their  lives,  and  trusting  my  action 
will  meet  with  the  hearty  approval  of  yourself  and 
your  associates  of  the  Agnes  Association,  believe  me. 

Very  sincerely  yours, 
Mary  H.  Warner. 

In  reply  Mrs.  Dow  said : 

I  believe  all  our  citizens  will  rejoice  with  us  in 
this  splendid  gift — a  large  well  appointed,  modem 
home,  with  commodious,  airy  rooms,  broad  verandas 
and  sloping  lawns,  situated  centrally,  on  an  eminence, 
on  a  street  car  line,  and,  in  addition,  another  build- 
ing, which  can  be  remodeled  for  practical  use,  with 
plenty  of  land  that  will  allow  for  building  enlarge- 
ment, as  needs  demand. 

I  think  you  will  agree  with  me  that  if  we  had  our 
choice  of  a  property,  in  looking  over  our  city  this 
would  have  been  chosen  as  in  every  way  most  suit- 
able for  this  home. 

In  all  the  years  to  come  may  the  donor  be  as  blest 
as  she  has  blessed  others,  in  providing  a  home  for 
the  dear  old  people  of  our  city  and  county. 

The  following  resolution  was  offered  and 
unanimously  adopted  at  a  special  meeting  of 
the  governing  board  of  the  Agnes  Association : 

Resolved,  That  the  Agnes  Association  does  here- 
by accept  the  generous  and  magnificent  gift  of  Mary 
H.  Warner,  in  accordance  with  her  offer  of  Feb. 
20th,  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  aged  people  to  be 
benefitted  thereby,  and  the  members  pledge  them- 
selves, so  far  as  in  their  power,  to  carry  out  the 
wishes  of  the  donor,  in  all  respects,  by  making  this 
a  home  for  aged  people. 

The  following  resolution  was  also  offered 
and  unanimously  adopted : 


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Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Agnes  Associa- 
tion be  and  are  hereby  extended  to  Mary  H.  Warner, 
for  and  on  behalf  of  the  people  to  be  benefitted  there- 
by, for  her  very  generous  gift  of  her  Forest  avenue 
home,  to  be  made  a  home  for  aged  people. 

This  was,  indeed,  a  fitting  monument  to  a 
man  like  Lucius  B.  Warner,  a  monument  which 
is  more  lasting,  in  the  hearts  of  the  people, 
than  any  shaft  of  granite  or  bronze  that  might 
lift  its  head  in  cemetery  or  public  square.  It 
is  a  monument  that  will  live  in  the  coming 
years  and  shed  its  light  and  benefit  upon  this 
community  in  behalf  of  men  and  women  who 
have  taken  their  share  in  the  heat  of  the  battle 
during  their  prime,  and  who  find  themselves, 
in  life's  declining  years,  without  the  aid  of  lov- 
ing shoulders  to  lean  upon  and  willing  hands  to 
minister  to  them,  in  tiieir  own  homes.  May 
the  pleasure  that  Mrs.  Warner  has  thus  pro- 
vided for  many  who  are  unknown  to  her,  and 
may  the  comforts  that  they  will  be  able  to  re- 
ceive here  in  the  future,  crown  her  own  de- 
clining years  with  peace  and  happiness,  is  the 
wish  of  the  people  of.  Jamestown  and  com- 
munity. The  home  will  not  be  for  the  old 
people  of  Jamestown  alone,  but  for  those  of 
Chautauqua  county,  and  will  be  conducted 
alone  lines  similar  to  those  of  the  Agnes  Home» 
the  occupants  paying  for  the  privilege  of  resid- 
ing there,  and  the  institution  supporting  itself. 

(The  Marvin  Line). 
Judge  Richard  Pratt  Marvin,  father  of  Rob- 
bert  Newland  Marvin,  was  bom  in  Fairfield, 
Herkimer  county.  New  York,  December  23, 
1803,  son  of  Selden  and  Charlotte  (Pratt) 
Marvin,  grandson  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable 
(Selden)  Marvin,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Reinold  Marvin,  one  of  the  original  settlers 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  having  come  to  this 
country  from  England,  about  the  year  1636- 
37.  In  1826  Richard  Pratt  Marvin  began  the 
study  of  law,  with  George  W.  Scott,  in  New- 
ark, Wayne  county.  New  York,  and  continued 
it  with  Mark  H.  Sibley,  of  Canandaigua,  and 
Isaac  Seeley,  in  Cherry  Valley.  In  May,  1829, 
in  New  York  City,  he  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice, as  an  attorney  and  counselor,  in  the  su- 
preme court,  and  as  a  solicitor  in  the  court  of 
chancery.  In  June,  1829,  he  established  him- 
self in  Jamestown,  where  he  remained  until 
his  death.  He  entered  into  partnership  with 
Samuel  A.  Brown,  who  was  then  district  attor- 
ney. In  1835  he  was  elected  to  the  assembly, 
in  which  he  devoted  himself  principally  to 
railroad  facilities;  was  a  member  of  congress 


for  four  years,  from  1837  to  1841 ;  in  1847  was 
elected  judge  of  the  eighth  judicial  district, 
which  office  he  held,  by  reelection,  for  nearly 
twenty-five  years.  He  was  an  Abolitionist, 
and  few  worked  harder  to  free  the  slaves  than 
he  did.  In  the  fall  of  1834  he  married  Isabelle 
Newland,  who  died  in  February,  1872,  uni- 
versally beloved  by  all  who  knew  her.  Judge 
Marvin  died  January  11,  1892,  ripe  in  honors, 
in  usefulness,  in  years,  in  everything  that  makes 
up  the  sum  of  human  eminence. 

Robert  Newland  Marvin  was  born  in  James- 
town, New  York,  October  13,  1845.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  Jamestown 
Academy,  Hartwick  Seminary  and  Bryant  & 
Stratton  s  Business  College,  in  Buffalo.  Upon 
his  return  to  Jamestown  he  becan>e  bookkeeper 
for  Marvin  &  Company,  and  was  given  charge 
of  his  father's  extensive  business  interests, 
continuing  until  the  death  of  his  father,  when 
he  was  given  full  control  as  executor  of  the 
estate.  In  the  development  of  his  father's 
estate  he  reclaimed  an  extensive  swamp,  estab- 
lished Marvin  Park  thereon,  and  made  avail- 
able, for  manufacturing  and  residential  pur- 
poses, many  acres  of  land.  By  the  late  Mary 
A.  Prendergast  he  was  named  as  executor  of 
the  vast  property,  which,  through  her  will,  was 
transmuted  into  St.  Luke's  Memorial  Church 
and  the  James  Prendergast  Free  Library.  He 
was  also  trustee  of  the  association  having  in 
charge  the  Library  and  Art  Gallery,  and,  for 
several  years,  was  president  of  the  board.  Of 
other  uncounted  estates  he  was  the  faithful 
executor,  absolute  trust  being  placed  in  his 
ability  and  uprightness.  For  two  years,  1886- 
87,  he  was  president  of  the  Chautauqua  Coun- 
ty Agriculture  Society ;  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers and  served  as  president  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua Lake  Railway  Company.  In  1885  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  and  held  that 
office  until  September,  1887.  Upon  the  death 
of  Alexander  T.  Prendergast  he  was  chosen 
director  of  the  National  Chautauqua  County 
Bank  to  fill  the  vacancy,  and  remained  in  that 
capacity  until  his  death,  serving  continuously 
on  the  most  important  committees  of  the  board. 
He  was  a  director  and  president  of  the  James- 
town Street  Railway  Company.  Among  other 
organizations,  with  which  he  was  connected  in 
a  prominent  way,  were  the  Gustavus  Adolphus 
Orphans*  Home,  of  which  he  was  chairman  of 
the  committee  that  secured  the  necessary  funds 
from  Jamestown  people ;  the  New  York  State 


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Charities  Aid  Association ;  the  Woman's  Chris- 
tian Association  Hospital,  of  which  he  was  a 
member  of  the  advisory  committee ;  the  Pres- 
ton Farming  Company,  of  North  Dakota ;  the 
Lakewood  Land  &  Improvement  Company; 
honorary  member  of  the  Fenton  Guards,  the 
Firemen's  Exempt  Association,  and  the  Cha- 
dakoin  Club.  He  organized  the  first  telephone 
exchange  in  Jamestown,  and  was  president  of 
the  corporation;  was  the  organizer  and  presi- 
dent of  the  first  water  company  formed  in 
Jamestown ;  member  of  the  first  and  all  subse- 
quent boards  of  water  commissioners,  after  the 
city  took  over  the  private  water  company; 
chairman  of  committee  that  drafted  the  first 
city  charter  of  Jamestown ;  foreman  of  Ellicott 
Hook  &  Ladder  Company;  president  and  life 
member  of  the  New  York  State  Firemen's 
Association,  and  president  of  the  Lake  View 
Cemetery  Association. 

Throughout  his  life  he  was  an  attendant  and 
generous  supporter  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  the  various  departments  for  Chris- 
tian and  philanthropic  work  connected  there- 
with. He  was  a  leader  in  Republican  politics, 
a  Blaine  elector  in  1884,  and  was  a  delegate  to 
innumerable  conventions.  For  four  terms  he 
represented  the  town  of  Ellicott,  embracing 
Jamestown,  on  the  board  of  supervisors,  and 
would  have  been  continued  in  office  had  he  con- 
sented to  serve  longer.  He  distinguished  him- 
self as  a  supervisor  by  inaugurating  reforms  in 
methods  of  treating  the  indigent  and  insane,  and 
it  is  to  his  lasting  credit  that  plans  which  he 
devised  and  put  into  operation  for  ameliorating 
the  condition  of  the  unfortunate  classes  were 
generally  adopted  throughout  the  state  and 
have  resulted  most  beneficiently.  To  a  natural 
dignity  of  manner  Mr.  Marvin  added  a  genial- 
ity that  won  him  hosts  of  friends  and  made 
him  welcome  everywhere.  He  was  hospitable, 
charitable,  generous,  with  a  ready  sympathy 
for  those  in  affliction  or  need.  A  keynote  to 
his  success  in  his  many  undertakings  was  his 
executive  force  and  mastery  of  detail  in  what- 
ever engaged  his  attention. 

Mr.  Marvin  married,  February  6, 1890,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Warner,  aforementioned,  who  sur- 
vives him,  residing  in  Jamestown. 

Mr.  Marvin,  after  a  life  of  usefulness  and 
activity,  during  which  he  strove  most  earnestly 
to  fulfill  every  duty  and  responsibility,  and 
succeeded  in  so  doing,  as  tributes  from  all  lips 
attested,  died  February  6,  1909,  on  the  nine- 


teenth anniversary  of  his  marriage,  a  sad  co- 
incidence. Interment  was  in  Lake  View  Ceme- 
tery. 

Daniel  Prophet  Wescott,  fur 
WESCOTT    over  forty  years  a  resident  of 

Jamestown,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Norwich,  Chenango  county.  New  York, 
February  14,  1823;  died  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  October  i,  1868;  son  of  Rev.  Arthur 
Wescott,  a  minister  of  Addison,  New  York. 

Daniel  P.  W^escott  received  a  good  common 
school  education,  and  then  was  apprenticed  to 
the  tailor's  trade.  He  came  to  Jamestown  and 
entered  the  employ  of  C.  M.  Butler,  as  a 
journeyman  tailor.  He  was  a  good  workman, 
industrious  and  trustworthy.  In  a  few  years 
he  had  so  won  his  employer's  esteem  that  he 
admitted  him  to  a  partnership  in  the  merchant 
tailoring  business.  The  firm  was  a  prosper-  < 
ous  one  and  continued  in  successful  operation 
until  Mr.  Butler's  retirement.  Mr.  Wescott 
continued  the  business  alone  until  1861,  when 
the  great  fire  of  that  year  swept  away  the 
building  he  occupied,  with  all  its  contents. 
With  his  accustomed  energy  Mr.  Wescott  re- 
built, replacing  the  old  with  a  commodious 
brick  store.  H^  continued  in  business  until 
failing  health  warned  him  to  retire.  He  was 
an  excellent  business  man  and  stood  high  in 
public  esteem.  In  1844  he  was  converted,  dur- 
ing a  religious  revival  in  Jamestown,  and  join- 
ed the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  becoming 
an  active  and  useful  religious  worker.  He 
loved  his  church  and  many  yet  remember  the 
earnestness  and  fervor  of  his  exhortations. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  a  fact  that  aroused  the  prej- 
udice of  some  of  the  church  members.  This 
finally  led  Mr.  Wescott  to  withdraw  from  the 
Wesleyan  Church  and  connect  with  the  Pres- 
byterian, much  to  the  regret  of  nearly  the  en- 
tire Wesleyan  congregation.  He  remained 
a  useful,  consistent  member  of  his  adopted 
church  until  his  death.  He  was  an  active 
worker  in  the  Sunday  school,  for  several  years 
serving  as  superintendent.  He  possessed  nat- 
ural musical  talent,  had  a  good  voice,  and,  for 
years,  was  leader  of  the  choir  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  was  warm  hearted  and 
generous,  stood  loyally  by  his  friends,  whose 
names  were  legion,  devoted  to  his  family,  and 
faithful  in  all  his  obligations.  Mr.  W^escott 
exemplified  in  his  life  the  highest  type  of  citi- 


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\  a^  educated  in  t!ie  pnbhc  seb<>. >bs,  aiid  \^  liv'ii  lii*- 
•Idem  of  a  trade  C(MifpnUc(l  hini  he  (ieei  le  I 
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-.•'j-rtnticeshif),  and,  fur  many  vears,  f(>d<>«A'\i      dc-;.  ;.Md,  in   184S.  \iu    "• 
"(e  ."ixnpation  of  a  builder.     In  iK^o  he  /el-      Mid  c'lddM-n.  Marv.  <  .\. 
t'^id    n  JamestC'Vvn.  where  he  installed  a  bay      and.    b>ank )    came  ti.  d  •     •  •     . 

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zenship.    He  was  a  Republican  in  ix)litics,  but 
never  sought  public  office. 

He  married  (first),  at  Corning,  New  York, 
September  13,  1847,  Leonora  Pratt,  born  at 
Milo,  Yates  county,  New  York,  died  August 
2,  i860,  daughter  of  Joel  B.  Pratt,  of  Col- 
chester, Connecticut,  where  he  was  born  in 
1795,  died  February  21,  1869,  at  Corning,  Xew 
York.  She  was  a  sister  of  George  W.  Pratt, 
born  April  17,  1821,  died  October  3,  1906, 
editor  of  the  Corning  JourftaL  He  married 
(second),  September  10,  1863,  Sarah  R.  Wil- 
son, born  at  Lewis,  New  York,  February  i, 
1827,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  and  Jane  Agnes 
(Livingston)  Wilson.  Dr.  Wilson  was  a  native 
of  Essex  county,  New  York,  died  1862.  His 
wife,  Jane  Agnes  (Livingston)  Wilson,  was 
born  1803,  died  on  her  fifty-fifth  birthday. 
Their  children  were:  Theophilus,  deceased; 
William  L.,  died  in  Jamestown ;  Mary  Jane, 
died  May  22,  1889,  in  her  seventieth  year,  her 
husband,  William  W.  Lathrop,  was  a  soldier  of 
the  Mexican  war;  Sarah  R.,  married  Daniel 
Prophet  Wescott ;  Margaret  A.,  married  Rich- 
ard Garfield.  Children  of  first  marriage  of 
Mr.  Wescott:  Leonora  P.,  married  William 
Carnahan;  Claudius  Beverly,  died  1898,  aged 
thirty-seven  years;  William  Steel,  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Harvey,  Illinois;  Daniel  Pratt,  of 
Jamestown.  Child  of  second  marriage:  Guy, 
bom  July  12,  1864,  died  January  12,  1894, 
having  been  an  invalid  for  several  years.  Mrs. 
Wescott  survives  her  husband  and  retains  her 
residence  in  Jamestown,  where  she  has  lived 
since  childhood.  Her  former  residence,  in  the 
city,  was  purchased  by  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal congregation,  in  1883,  as  a  site  for  a 
new  church  edifice.  She  then  purchased  her 
present  home,  at  417  Lafayette  street.  She  is 
very  active  for  her  years,  attends  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  is  greatly  loved  by  all. 


Marvin  Niles  Everett,  son  of 
EVERETT    John  and  Elizabeth  (Walker) 

Everett,  was  born  in  Saratoga 
county.  New  York,  March  24,  1828;  died  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  February  4,  1909.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  when  the 
problem  of  a  trade  confronted  him  he  decided 
to  learn  carpentering.  He  served  a  regular 
apprenticeship,  and,  for  many  years,  followed 
the  occupation  of  a  builder.  In  1850  he  set- 
tled in  Jamestown,  where  he  installed  a  hay 
press,  in  association  with  his  brother.  The 
hay,  purchased  from  the  farmers,  was  com- 


pressed in  bales,  then  loaded  on  flat  boats,  built 
by  themselves,  and  floated  to  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  other  river  points.  *This  business 
was  successful,  and,  with  the  profits,  timber 
lands  were  purchased  and  a  sawmill  erected, 
near  Sinclairville,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  After  four  years  of  successful  lumber- 
ing he  went  west,  in  1854.  He  located  in  the 
gold  camps  of  California,  meeting  with  fair 
success  as  a  miner  of  the  precious  metal.  In 
i860  he  returned  to  Jamestown  and  resumed 
his  early  trade.  He  erected  many  buildings  in 
Jamestown  and  vicinity,  then  purchased  a  farm, 
at  Garry,  New  York,  that  he  operated  for  five 
years.  He  then  spent  two  years  farming,  in 
the  state  of  Kansas,  then  returned  east,  settling 
at  Falconer,  New  York.  In  1881  he  erected  a 
fine  brick  house,  which  was  his  residence  for 
thirty  years.  In  Falconer  he  devoted  himself 
almost  exclusively  to  bee  culture.  This  be- 
came his  absorbing  interest.  He  made  a  close 
study  of  the  bee,  secured  the  very  best  work- 
ers, and  had  one  of  the  largest  and  best  pro- 
ducing bee  farms  in  the  section.  About  1888 
he  built  the  Hotel  Everett,  which  is  one  of  the 
leading  hotels  of  Jamestown.  The  hotel  was 
built  for  an  investment,  and  was  operated 
under  lease  by  others,  until  later  in  life  it  was 
conducted,  for  four  years,  by  his  wife.  Through 
kindness  to  others,  in  financial  distress,  he  lost 
quite  heavily.  His  former  residence,  at  105 
West  Second  street,  is  now  known  as  the  "Mar- 
vin House,"  and  is  conducted  by  his  widow. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  Falconer,  and  his  one  hundred  dol- 
lar subscription  was  the  first  made  toward  the 
building  of  the  first  church  of  that  denomina- 
tion in  that  city.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, but  never  sought  or  cared  for  public  office. 
He  was  highly  esteemed  in  his  city  as  a  good 
citizen  and  an  upright  man. 

He  married  (first)  Emma  Jane  Ferry,  died 
in  1866,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Susan  Ferry. 
He  married  (second),  March  3,  1875,  Viola  D. 
Oburg,  born  at  Ashville,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 14,  1854,  daughter  of  Oscar  and  Bebe 
( Wellman)  Oburg.  Oscar  Oburg  was  born  in 
Sweden,  February  25,  1833,  son  of  Peter  and 
Margaret  (Hilgren)  Oburg,  of  Upby,  Sweden. 
Oscar  Oburg  learned  the  tailor's  trade  in  Swe- 
den, and,  in  1848,  the  entire  family  (parents 
and  children,  Mary,  Caroline,  Pontius,  Oscar 
and  Frank)  came  to  the  United  States,  set- 
tling at  Sugar  Grove,  Pennsylvania.  In  185 1 
thev  came  to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 


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NEW  YORK. 


being  one  of  the  three  first  Swedish  families 
to  settle  near  Jamestown,  where  now  they  are 
so  numerous  m\d  prosperous.  Later  than  1851 
Peter  Oburg,  the  father,  and  his  wife  removed 
to  New  Albany,  Indiana,  where  he  died  at  the 
age  of  sixty-one  years,  the  mother  at  the  age 
of  sixty-two.  Oscar  Oburg  followed  farming 
and  also  had  a  shoe  store  in  Ashville,  New 
York.  He  was  drafted  into  the  United  States 
service,  during  the  civil  war,  but  was  released 
from  service  on  account  of  his  family  of  young 
children,  on  procuring  a  substitute. 

He  married,  February  28,  1852,  Bebe  Well- 
man,  born  April  17,  1834,  daughter  of  Barna- 
bas and  Permelia  (Bullock)  Wellman.  Chil- 
dren :  Elon  M.,  born  December  20,  1852,  mar- 
ried Mary  Sherman;  Viola  D.,  married  Mar- 
vin Niles  Everett ;  Minnie  M.,  born  October  26, 
1856,  unmarried ;  Lelia  C,  born  March  20, 1859, 
married  (first)  John  C.  Walter,  and  (second) 
R.  M.  Lee;  Abbie  D.,  born  January  3,  1861, 
married  Charles  Wellman ;  Francis  Victor,  bom 
April  9,  1863,  married  Irene  Grunder. 

Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith  and  his 
SMITH  wi fe  Elizabeth,  with  children  Sam- 
uel, Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Philip, 
passengers  of  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  of  Ipswich, 
William  Andrews,  master,  left  England,  April 
30,  1634,  and  landed  in  Boston.  He  was 
probably  a  member  of  the  transient  settlers  of 
Dorchester,  or  its  vicinity,  that  joined  the  ex- 
odus to  the  Connecticut  valley,  in  1635,  and 
lived  in  Wethersfield  up  to  1661,  when  he  went 
up  the  river  to  Hadley,  where  he  was  an  orig- 
inal settler  of  that  town,  established  out  of 
the  new  plantation  near  Northampton,  May  22, 
1659.  Here  he  held  important  offices  in  the 
church,  which  he  helped  to  organize,  and  of  the 
town  which  was  co-existant  with  the  church. 
He  probably  gained  his  title  of  lieutenant  by 
holding  that  rank  in  the  militia,  organized  for 
the  defense  of  the  settlers  against  the  Indians. 
As  the  inventory  of  his  estate  was  published 
January  17,  1681,  he  probably  died  in  1680, 
and  was  supposed  to  be  seventy-eight  years  of 
age,  at  his  death,  which  would  make  him  thirty- 
two  years  of  age  when  he  left  England,  and 
make  his  birth  year  about  1602.  His  widow, 
Elizabeth  Smith,  died  March  16,  1686,  at  the 
age  of  eighty-four  years.  Children  of  Lieu- 
tenant Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Smith:  i.  Sam- 
uel, born  in  England,  about  1625 ;  he  was  eight 
years  of  age  when  he  was  brought  to  New 
England,  and  he  is  supposed  to  have  removed 


from  Wethersfield  to  New  London,  and  thence 
to  Virginia,  prior  to  1664;  he  was  accom- 
panied by  his  wife  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Henry  Smith,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut. 
2.  Elizabeth,  born  in  England,  about  1627 ;  mar- 
ried, about  1646,  Nathaniel  Foote,  of  Wethers- 
field, Connecticut,  she  being  his  second  wife: 
after  his  death  she  married  William  Gull.  3. 
Mary,  born  in  England,  approximately  in  1630 ; 
married,  in  Wethersfield,  John  Graves.  4. 
Philip,  see  forward.  5.  Chileab,  born  in  New 
England,  probably  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
in  1635.  6.  John,  bom  in  Wethersfield,  prob- 
ably in  1637,  was  slain  by  the  Indians  on  the 
mead6ws  of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  May  30. 
1676,  while  defending  his  home  and  people. 

(II)  Philip,  second  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  was 
born  in  England,  about  1633.  ple  was  the 
youngest  of  their  four  children  who,  with  the 
father  and  mother,  made  up  the  family  when 
they  came  to  New  England,  and  was  in  his 
mother's  arms  at  their  coming.  He  was  brought 
up  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  mar- 
ried Rebecca,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Foote,  and 
stepdaughter  of  his  sister,  Elizabeth  (Smith) 
Foote.  He  removed,  with  his  father,  to  Had- 
ley, about  1 661,  and,  with  him,  helped  to  found 
the  town  and  church.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  ^ 
church,  lieutenant  in  the  town  militia,  and  a 
representative  in  the  general  court  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Bay  Colony.  He  was,  according  to 
the  account  left  by  Cotton  Mather,  "murdered 
with  an  hideous  witchcraft,"  January  10,  1685, 
and  his  widow  married  Major  Aaron  Cook,  Oc- 
tober 2,  1688.     She  died  in  Hadley,  April  6, 

1 701.  Children  of  Lieutenant  Philip  and  Re- 
becca (Foote)  Smith:  i.  Samuel,  bom  in 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  in  January,  1659. 
2.  Child,  died  before  being  named,  January  2, 
1661.  3.  John,  born  December  18,  1661.  4. 
Jonathan,  see  forward.  5.  Philip,  born  about 
1665.  6.  Rebecca,  born  about  1667;  married, 
1686,  George  Stillman,  of  Wethersfield  and 
Hadley;  she  died  in  Hadley,  October  7,  1750. 
7.  Nathaniel,  born  about  1669.  8.  Joseph,  bom 
about   1671-72.     9.   Ichabod,  born   April   11. 

^675. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Philip  and  Rebecca 

(Foote)  Smith,  was  born  in  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, about  1663.  He  was  brought  up  in 
that  frontier  town,  and  endured  all  the  hard- 
ships that  visited  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that 
period.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Kellc^g,  who  emigrated  to  Bos- 


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ton  in  1639,  was  among  the  first  settlers  of 
Hadley,  in  1661,  and  commanded  the  troops 
fromHadley  in  the  Great  Falls  fight,  in  King 
Philip's  war,  in  1675. 

(IV)  Elisha,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Abigail 
(Kellogg)  Smith,  was  born  July  10,  1705,  died 
November,  1786.  He  was  widely  laiown  as 
"Goodman"  Smith,  and  his  wife  as  "Goody" 
Smith.  About  1732  he  removed,  with  his  fam- 
ily, to  what  was  afterward  called  Whateley. 
He  married  Sarah  Field,  who  died  July  17, 
1795,  aged  eighty-five  years,  the  result  of  a 
broken  bone.    They  had  eleven  children. 

(V)  Benjamin,  eldest  child  of  Elisha  and 
Sarah  (Field)  Smith,  was  bom  November  5, 
1728,  died  February  6,  1793.  He  served  in 
the  revolution,  under  different  enlistments  and 
in  various^companies.  At  the  Lexington  alarm 
he  marched  in  Captain  Henry  Stiles'  company, 
of  Whateley.  During  the  Saratoga  campaign, 
of  1777,  he  served  in  the  company  of  Captain 
Solomon  White,  of  Whateley.  His  first  mar 
riage,  recorded  at  Hadley,  was  to  Abigail  Smith, 
probably  a  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Abigail 
(Alexander)  Smith.  She  was  born  July  19, 1723. 

He  married  (second)  Elizabeth ,  before 

1771.  Children  by  first  wife:  Elijah,  married 
Miriam  Morton;  Solomon,  married  Polly  or 
Mary  Pratt;  Rachel,  married,  April  29,  1781, 
Aaron  Pratt;  Elihu,  married  Anna  Belden; 
Harwell,  married,  1782,  Mary  Pratt;  Mary, 
born  1769,  died  1886,  married  Joseph  Gilbert, 
of  Whateley.  Children  by  second  wife :  Eliz- 
abeth, baptized  January  6,  1771 ;  Isaac,  of  fur- 
ther mention ;  Rebecca,  baptized  February  14, 
1773;  Lydia,  baptized  March  26,  1775;  Will- 
iam Coe,  baptized  November  12,  1776. 

(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth 
Smith,  was  baptized  March  8,  1772,  at  Whate- 
ley, Massachusetts.  In  1802  he  removed  to  the 
town  of  Gorham,  Ontario  county,  New  York. 
In  1804  he  removed  to  Sheridan,  Chautauqua 
county,  and  later  settled  in  Hanover,  same 
county.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  served  in  the 
war  of  1812.  Pie  was  part  of  the  force  that 
attempted  to  save  the  then  village  of  Buffalo 
from  destruction,  in  181^.  The  exposure  and 
fatigue  of  that  campaign  mduced  a  fever,  which 
resulted  in  his  death.  He  married,  October  26, 
1792,  Roxy  Morton.  Children,  the  first  five 
bom  in  Whateley:  i.  Henry  (Harry),  born 
October  21,  1793;  married  Beulah  Blodgett; 
be  sierved  in  the  war  of  18 12,  returning  home 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  and  became  the 

bead  of  the  family.    2.  Benjamin,  born  August 
3-w 


2,  1794;  married  Pauline  Scott.     3.  Matilda, 

born  November  20,  1796;  married  (first) 

Mulgrove,  (second)  Ben  Scott.  4,  Rodney  B., 
of  further  mention.  5.  Roxy  B.,  born  October 
25,  1801 ;  married  Amos  Bennett.  6.  Tirzah, 
married  Sidney  Frisbie,  7.  Hiram,  married 
Joan  Frisbie.  8.  Attley,  married  a  Miss  Scott. 
9.  Caroline  Esther,  bom  in  Hanover,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  May  18,  181 1 ;  mar- 
ried, January  2T,  1828,  Leonard  Howard;  they 
had  fourteen  children. 

(VII)  Rodney  B.,  son  of  Isaac  and  Roxy 
(Morton)  Smith,  was  born  February  3,  1798, 
in  Whateley,  Hampden  county,  Massachusetts, 
died  at  Smiths  Mills,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  May,  1873.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  years 
he  volunteered  to  take  his  elder  brother  Henry's 
place  in  the  army,  that  the  latter  might  return 
home  and  care  for  the  seven  smaller  children, 
who  were  orphaned  within  the  year  by  the  loss 
of  both  father  and  mother.  Henry  wa^  biit 
eighteen  years  old,  but  could  better  manage 
home  affairs  than  the  younger  brother.  Rod- 
ney B.  served  out  his  brother's  enlistment  and 
was  in  the  engagements  at  Black  Rock,  Chip- 
pewa and  Williamsville.  After  the  war  he 
returned  home  and  helped  Henry  in  the  care 
of  the  home  and  children.  In  1824  he  became 
a  sub-contractor,  under "  Thompson  &  Bird, 
for  the  construction  of  the  Black  Rock  dam, 
in  connection  with  the  Erie  canal.  Later  he 
obtained  additional  contracts  direct,  and  con- 
tinued in  that  business  until  the  canal  was  com- 
pleted. He  then  returned  to  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty, and,  having  acquired  considerable  capital, 
purchased  a  small  mill,  owned  by  his  brother 
Henry,  enlarged  and  operated  it.  This  local- 
ity was  afterward  known  in  the  county  as 
Smiths  Mills.  He  also  erected  a  distillery,  and, 
for  thirty  years,  continued  in  business  at  Smiths 
Mills.  He  was,  for  many  years,  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  but,  in  later 
years,  became  very  liberal  in  his  religious  views. 
He  married  Achsah  Blodgett,  who  bore  him 
fourteen  children,  seven  sons  and  seven  daugh- 
ters, of  whom,  in  1891,  four  were  living: 
Hiram,  of  further  mention ;  Lyman  B.,  a  law- 
yer of  Buffalo;  Myron,  an  officer  of  the  Third 
Wisconsin  Cavalry,  during  the  civil  war,  later 
a  farmer  of  Kansas ;  Byron,  who  remained  on 
the  old  homestead. 

(VIII)  Hiram,  son  of  Rodney  B.  and  Ach- 
sah (Blodgett)  Smith,  was  born  at  Smiths 
Mills,  town  of  Hanover,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  October  19,  1819.    He  was  reared 


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on  the  farm  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  the  old  Fredonia  Academy.  His 
youthful  manhood  was  spent  in  the  various 
pursuits  in  which  his  father  was  engaged,  mill- 
ing, distilling,  merchandising  and  farming,  at 
Smiths  Mills.  From  an  early  age  he  took  an 
active  part  in  county  politics.  He  was  a  natural 
leader  of  men,  positive  and  aggressive,  force- 
ful rather  than  diplomatic,  yet  always  a  leader, 
and,  all  through  his  life,  was  a  dominant  factor 
in  the  politics  of  Western  New  York,  even  be- 
fore the  organization  of  the  Republicain  party. 
In  1853  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua county  board  of  supervisors  from  Han- 
over, serving  several  years  as  a  Democrat. 
When  the  Republican  party  was  organized  he 
transferred  his  allegiance  to  the  new  party, 
was  their  candidate  for  the  assembly,  in  1859, 
and  was  elected  by  a  large  majority,  and  re- 
elected, in  i860,  on  the  same  ticket  that  carried 
the  name  of  Abraham  Lincoln,  for  President 
of  the  United  States.  He  continued  his  affilia- 
tion with  the  Republican  party  until  the  Gree- 
ley campaign  of  1872,  when  he  returned  to  tlie 
Democratic  party,  with  which  he  remained 
until  his  death.  He  was  the  Democratic  candi- 
date for  congress  in  1884,  and  again  in  1890, 
neither  time  expecting  an  election,  as  the  nor- 
mal Republican  majority  in  the  district  was 
more  than  ten  thousand. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  re- 
tired from  the  legislature  and  enlisted  in  the 
service  of  the  government.  He  was  appointed, 
by  President  Lincoln,  quartermaster  of  the 
United  States  army,  and,  at  the  end  of  four 
years  active  service,  was  mustered  out,  with 
the  rank  of  major.  On  entering  the  service 
he  had  disposed  of  his  interests  at  Smiths 
Mills,  and  on  returning,  four  years  later,  set- 
tled in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  engaged 
in  business  two  years.  In  1867  he  returned 
to  Chautauqua  county,  settling  in  Jamestown, 
engaging  first  in  merchandising,  then  in  the 
fire  and  life  insurance  business,  which  he  fol- 
lowed very  successfully  until  age  compelled 
his  retirement  from  business.  He  died  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  February  18,  1905,  in 
his  eighty-sixth  year.  He  was  a  strong  char- 
acter, and,  in  youth  and  young  manhood,  gave 
promise  of  an  unusual  distinguished  career, 
but  his  environment  and  principles  did  not 
always  harmonize,  hence  he  did  not  achieve 
the  distinction  which  was  accorded  men  of 
inferior  attainments.  He  was  a  splendid  type 
of  physical  manhood,   and,   when   seated   on 


horseback,  presented  a  figure  seldom  equalled. 
He  was  richly  endowed  with  the  qualities  of 
both  moral  and  physical  courage,  and  was  one 
of  the  most  popular  men  in  his  community, 
and  frequently,  when  his  party  desired  to  make 
a  good  showing  at  the  polls,  he  was  the  chosen 
standard-bearer.  He  was  too  aggressive  and 
positive  in  his  nature  to  be  a  good  politician. 
He  was  a  good  fighter,  but  no  compromiser. 
I  f  he  believed  in  anything  he  believed  in  it  with 
all  his  force,  and  fought  for  it  against  any 
odds.  Yet  he  was  a  man  of  geniality,  and  a 
most  agreeable  companion,  thoroughly  posted 
in  the  events  of  the  day  and  always  interested 
in  public  questions  of  any  nature. 

He  married  (first),  September  10,  1844, 
Melissa,  born  July  22,  1823,  died  January  10, 
1892,  daughter  of  Major  George  Love,  of 
Forestville.  She  was  a  woman  of  strong  in- 
dividuality and  great  benevolence.  She  drew 
to  her  a  large  circle  of  friends  by  whom  she 
was  deeply  mourned.  He  married  (second), 
September  10,  1894,  Anna  L.  Gray,  of  James- 
towm,  New  York,  who  survives  him.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Mary  Love,  born  at  Smiths 
Mills,  New  York,  March  14,  1846;  married, 
February  4,  1875,  Mason  M.  Skiff,  of  James- 
town ;  children,  Marion,  Bertha  and  Warner 
Mason  (see  Skiff  forward).  She  is  a  member 
of  St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  the  Fortnight 
Literary  Club,  St.  Luke's  Guild,  Political  Equal- 
ity Club  and  the  Associated  Charities.  2.  Colo- 
nel George  B.,  graduate  of  West  Point  United 
States  Military  Academy,  1875;  passed  through 
the  intervening  grades  to  that  of  paymaster, 
with  rank  of  colonel ;  served  in  the  Philippines, 
where  he  was  head  of  the  paymasters'  depart- 
ment :  returned  to  the  United  States ;  was  sta- 
tioned at  Denver,  Colorado,  now  at  Washing- 
ton. He  has  served  as  paymaster  since  1882, 
having  been  appointed  to  that  position  by  Presi- 
dent Chester  A.  Arthur.  He  married  Corinne 
Barrett,  of  Jamestown,  and  has  two  sons :  Bar- 
rett and  Rodney  H. 

(The  Morton  Line). 

Roxy  (Morton)  Smith,  wife  of  Isaac  Smith, 
was  a  descendant  of  George  Morton,  the  first 
of  the  name  to  found  a  family  in  America. 
The  name  of  Morton,  Moreton  and  Mortaigne 
is  earliest  found  in  old  Dauphine,  is  still  ex- 
istent in  France,  where  it  is  represented  by  the 
present  Comtes  and  Marquises  Morton  de  Cha- 
brillon,  and  where  the  family  has  occupied 
many  important  positions,   states  the  "Gene- 


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alogy  of  the  Morton  Family,"  from  which  this 
sketch  is  taken. •In  the  annals  of  the  family 
there  is  a  statement  repeatedly  met  with  that 
as  a  result  of  a  quarrel  one  of  the  name  mi- 
grated from  Dauphine,  first  to  Brittany  and 
then  to  Normandy,  where  he  joined  William 
the  Conqueror.  Certain  it  is  that  among  the 
names  of  the  followers  of  William,  painted  on 
the  chancel  ceiling  in  the  ancient  church  of 
Dives,  in  old  Normandy,  is  that  of  Robert 
Comte  de  Mortain.  It  also  figures  on  Battle 
Abbey  Roll,  the  Domesday  Book,  and  the  Nor- 
mal Rolls,  and  it  is  conjectured  that  this  Count 
Robert,  who  was  also  half-brother  of  the  Con- 
<jueror,  by  his  mother  Harlotte,  was  the  found- 
er of  the  English  family  of  that  name.  In  the 
Hayeux  tapestry  he  is  represented  as  of  the 
Council  of  William,  the  result  of  which  was 
the  intrenchment  of  Hastings  and  the  conquest 
of  England.  Count  Robert  held  manors  in 
nearly  every  county  in  England,  in  all  about 
eight  hundred,  among  which  was  Pevensea, 
where  the  Conqueror  landed,  and  where,  in 
1087,  Robert  and  his  brother  Odo,  Bishop  of 
Bayeux,  were  besieged  six  weeks  by  William 
Rufus.  Here  Camden  (1551-1628)  found  "the 
most  entire  remains  of  a  Roman  building,  to  be 
seen  in  Britain."  When  William,  Earl  of  More- 
ton  and  Cornwall,  son  of  Robert,  rebelled 
against  Henry  I.,  that  prince  seized  and  razed 
his  castles,  but  this  one  seems  to  have  escaped 
demolition.  In  early  Norman  times  this  W^ill- 
iam  built  a  castle  at  Tamerton,  Cornwall,  and 
founded  a  college  of  canons,  as  appeared  by 
the  Domesday  Book,  where  it  is  called  Lan- 
staveton.  On  the  north  side  of  the  Gretna,  in 
Richmondshire,  stands  an  old  manor  house, 
called  Moreton  Tower,  from  a  lofty,  square 
embattled  tower  at  one  end  of  it.  Of  the  fam- 
ily of  Morton  were  the  Earls  of  Dulcie  and 
Cornwall;  Robert  Morton,  Esquire,  of  Baw- 
try :  Thomas  Morton,  secretary  to  Edward  III. ; 
William  Morton,  bishop  of  Meath ;  Robert  Mor- 
ton,bishop  of  Worcester,  in  i486 ;  John  Morton, 
the  celebrated  cardinal  archbishop  of  Canter- 
'bury  and  lord  chancellor  of  England,  1420- 
1500;  Albert  Morton,  secretary  of  state  to 
James  I. :  Thomas  Morton  (i  564-1659),  bishop 
of  Durham  and  chaplain  to  James  II.  Promi- 
nent among  the  English  Mortons,  who  early 
•came  to  America,  were  Thomas  Morton, 
Esquire ;  Rev.  Charles  Morton :  Landgrave  Jo- 
seph Morton,  proprietary  governor  of  South 
Carolina,  and  George  Morton. 

(I)  George  Morton,  the  first  of  the  name  to 


found  a  family  in  America,  and  the  ancestor 
of  former  Vice-President  Levi  P.  Morton,  was 
born  about  1585,  at  Austerfield,  Yorkshire, 
England,  and,  it  is  believed,  was  of  the  ancient 
Mortons,  who  bore  for  arms :  Quarterly,  gules 
and  ermine;  in  the  dexter  chief  and  sinister 
base,  each  a  goat's  head  erased  argent  attired 
or.  Crest:  A  goat's  head,  argent  attired  or. 
Hunter,  in  his  '^Founders  of  New  Plymouth," 
suggests  that  he  may  have  been  the  George 
Morton  hitherto  unaccounted  for  in  the  fam- 
ily of  Anthony  Morton,  of  Bawtry,  one  of  the 
historical  families  of  England,  and  that  from 
Romanist  lineage  "he  so  far  departed  from 
the  spirit  and  principles  of  his  family  as  to 
have  fallen  into  the  ranks  of  the  Protestant 
Puritans  and  Separatists."  Of  George  Mor- 
ton's early  life  no  record  has  been  preserved, 
and  his  religious  environments  and  the  causes 
which  led  him  to  unite  with  the  Separatists  are 
alike  unknown.  His  home,  in  Yorkshire,  was 
in  the  vicinage  of  Scrooby  Manor,  and  possi- 
bly he  was  a  member  of  Brewster's  historic 
church :  but  it  is  only  definitely  known  that  he 
early  joined  the  Pilgrims  at  Leyden,  and  con- 
tinued of  their  company  until  his  death.  When 
the  first  of  the  colonists  departed  for  Amer- 
ica, Mr.  Morton  remained  behind,  although 
he  '*much  desired"  to  embark  then  and  intend- 
ed soon  to  join  them.  His  reasons  for  such  a 
course  is  a  matter  of  conjecture.  As  he  was  a 
merchant,  possibly  his  business  interests  caused 
his  detention,  or,  what  is  more  probable,  he 
remained  to  promote  the  success  of  the  colony 
by  encouraging  emigration  among  others.  That 
he  served  in  some  official  capacity,  before  com- 
ing to  America,  is  undoubted.  One  writer 
states  that  he  was  "the  agent  of  those  of  his 
sect  in  London,"  and  another,  that  he  acted  as 
"the  financial  agent  in  London  for  Plymouth 
County."  The  work,  however,  for  which  this 
eminent  forefather  is  most  noted,  and  which 
will  forever  link  his  name  with  American  his- 
tory, is  the  publication  issued  by  him  in  Lon- 
don, in  1622,  of  what  has  since  been  known 
as  "Mourt's  Relation."  This  "Relation"  may 
justly  be  termed  the  first  history  of  New  Eng- 
land, and  is  composed  of  letters  and  journals 
from  the  chief  colonists  at  Plymouth,  either 
addressed  or  intrusted  to  George  Morton,  whose 
authorship  in  the  work  is  possibly  limited  to 
the  preface.  The  "Relation"  itself  is  full  of 
valuable  information,  and  still  continues  an  au- 
thority. Shortly  after  it  was  placed  before  the 
public  George  Morton  prepared  to  emigrate  to 


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America,  and  sailed,  with  his  wife  and  five 
children,  in  the  "Ann,"  the  third  and  last  ship 
to  carry  what  are  distinctively  known  as  the 
"Forefathers,"  and  reached  Plymouth  early  in 
June,  1623.  "New  England's  Memorial"  speaks 
of  Mr.  Timothy  Hatherly  and  Mr.  George 
Morton  as  "two  of  the  principal  passengers 
that  came  in  this  ship,"  and,  from  Morton's 
activity  in  promoting  emigration,  it  may  be  in- 
ferred that  the  "Ann's"  valuable  addition  to 
the  colony  was  in  a  measure  due  to  his  efforts. 
He  did  not  long  survive  his  arrival,  and  his 
early  death  was  a  serious  loss  to  the  infant 
settlement  His  character  and  attainments  were 
such  as  to  suggest  the  thought  that,  had  he 
lived  to  the  age  reached  by  several  of  his  dis- 
tinguished contemporaries,  he  would  have  filled 
as  conspicuous  a  place  in  the  life  of  the  colony. 
The  memorial  thus  chronicles  his  decease: 

Mr.  George  Morton  was  a  pious,  gracious  servant 
of  God,  and  very  faithful  in  whatsoever  public  em- 
ployment he  was  bet  rusted  withal,  and  an  unfeigned 
well-wilier,  and  according  to  his  sphere  and  condi- 
tion a  suitable  promoter  of  the  common  good  and 
growth  of  the  plantation  of  New  Plymouth,  laboring 
to  still  the  discontents  that  sometimes  would  arise 
amongst  some  spirits,  by  occasion  of  the  difficulties 
of  these  new  beginnings ;  but  it  pleased  God  to  put 
a  period  to  his  days  soon  after  his  arrival  in  New 
England,  not  surviving  a  full  year  after  his  coming 
ashore.  With  much  comfort  and  peace  he  fell  asleep 
in  the  Lord,  in  the  month  of  June  anno  1624. 

He  married  Juliana  Carpenter,  as  shown  by 
the  entry  in  the  Leyden  records :  "George  Mor- 
ton, merchant,  from  York  in  England,  accom- 
panied by  Thomas  Morton,  his  brother,  and 
Roger  Wilson,  his  acquaintance,  with  Juliana 
Carpenter,  maid  from  Baths  in  England,  ac- 
companied by  Alexander  Carpenter,  her  father, 
and  Alice  Carpenter,  her  sister,  and  Anna  Rob- 
inson, her  acquaintance."  "The  banns  pub- 
lished 6-16  July,  1612 ;  the  marriage  took  place 
23  July-2  August,  1612."  Mrs.  Morton  mar- 
ried (second)  Manasseh  Kempton,  Esquire,  a 
member  of  the  first  and  other  assemblies  of 
the  colony.  She  died  at  Plymouth,  18  Febru- 
ary, 1665,  in  the  eighty-first  year  of  her  age, 
and  is  mentioned  in  the  town  records  as  "a 
faithful  servant  of  God."  Children  of  George 
and  Juliana  (Carpenter)  Morton:  Nathaniel, 
Patience,  John,  Sarah,  Ephraim  and  George. 

(H)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  and 
Juliana  (Carpenter)  Morton,  was  bom  in  Eng- 
land.   He  married  and  had  issue. 

(HI)  Richard,  son  of  George  (2)  Morton, 
married  Ruth ,  and  had  issue. 


(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  Richard  Morton, 
was  bom  in  Hatfield,  in  May^i676.  He  mar- 
ried. May  8,  1701,  Sarah  Kellogg,  born  May 

2,  1682,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Moody) 
Kellogg.  Children:  i.  Abraham,  bom  May  2, 
1703 ;  settled  probably  in  Shutesbury.  2.  Rich- 
ard, October  i,  1704;  settled  in  Athol.  3. 
Sarah,  April,  1707;  married  Samuel  Smith. 
4.  Samuel,  September  8,  1709;  married  Lydia 
Smith;  settled  in  Athol.  5.  Abigail,  Januar}*^ 
6,  171 1,  died  February  i,  1715.  6.  Moses,  died 
young.  7.  Daniel,  mentioned  below.  8.  Abi- 
gail, February  i,  1723,  died  young.  9.  Noah, 
settled  in  Athol ;  married  Rhoda  Waite. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Abraham  Morton,  was 
born  December  23,  1720,  at  Hatfield,  died  June 
20,  1786.  He  lived  on  Chestnut  Plain  street, 
Whateley,  where  the  house  of  the  late  Rufus 
Dickinson  now  stands.  He  married  (first),  in 
1743,  Esther  Bardwell,  born  December  16, 1723. 
died  October  27,  1762,  daughter  of  Ebenezer 
and  Mary  (Field)  Bardwell,  of  Hatfield.  He 
married  (second)  Eleanor  Waite,  December  6, 
1764,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Submit  (Hast- 
ings) Waite.  John  Waite  was  the  oldest  son 
of  the  famous  Sergeant  Ben  Waite,  the  hero 
of  the  Connecticut  valley  as  an  Indian  fighter. 
Eleanor  Waite  was  born  April  4,  1730,  died 
April  I,  1816,  aged  eighty-six  years.  Children : 
I.  Hannah,  born  September  7,  1744;  married 
Matthew  Graves.  2.  Tabitha,  July  i,  1747; 
married  Dr.  Charles  Doolittle.  3.  Sarah,  De- 
cember 14,  1749;  married  Oliver  Smith.  4- 
Mercy,  November  25,  1751 ;  married  John 
Lamson.  5.  Joel,  December  22^  1754.  6.  Dan- 
iel, February  12,  1756.    7.  Esther,  November 

3,  1758;  married  Dr.  Lucius  Doolittle.  8.  Jus- 
tin,  September  25,  1760.  9.  Consider,  October 
12,  1762.  10.  Tirzah,  January  24,  1771 ;  mar- 
ried William  Mather.  11.  Roxy,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Roxy,  daughter  of  Daniel  Morton,, 
married  Isaac  Smith  (see  Smith  VI). 

(The  Skiff  Line). 

Mason  M.  Skiff  is  a  son  of  Valentine  Skiff,, 
and  a  direct  descendant  of  James  Skiff,  the 
ancestor  of  all  the  Skiffs  in  America,  claiming 
early  colonial  ancestry.  He  was  of  Welsh 
birth  and  ancestry,  but  came  to  America  from 
England,  at  what  precise  time  is  unknown.  He 
was  a  proprietor  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  in 
1637,  but  nothing  is  known  of  him  with  cer- 
tainty, prior  to  that  date.  He  removed  to* 
Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  in  that  year.    Lynn 


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was  a  grant  from  old  Plymouth,  and  settle- 
ment began  there  in  1629,  incorporated  in  1630. 
On  October  3, 1639,  the  general  court,  at  Sand- 
wich, "Resolved  that  a  summons  be  sent  James 
Skiff  to  answer  to  things  as  shall  be  objected 
against  him  in  regard  to  traducing  the  law 
about  refusing  to  take  the  oath  of  fidelity."  In 
1659  James  Skiff,  town  deputy  from  Sand- 
wich, was  rejected  by  the  general  court  for 
his  "toleration  of  Quakers."  He  was  one  of 
the  first  eleven  members  of  the  church  in  Sand- 
wich, and  was  often  chosen  for  responsible 
duty.  He  died  later  than  1688,  as  he  was 
known  to  have  been  alive  on  that  date.  The 
maiden  name  of  his  wife,  Mary,  is  unknown. 
She  died  in  Sandwich,  September  21,  1673. 
Their  eleven  children,  all  bom  in  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts,  were :  James,  Stephen,  Nathan- 
iel, Samuel,  Bathsheba,  Mary,  Miriam,  Pa- 
tience, Benjamin,  Nathan  and  EUzabeth. 

Valentine,  great-great-grandson  of  the  emi- 
grant, James  Skiff,  was  bom  in  Goshen,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1818.  He,  early  in  life,  learned 
the  trade  of  jeweler,  and  was  located  in  dif- 
ferent towns  and  cities  in  Massachusetts.  In 
1845  he  located  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
in  company  with  E.  A.  Whipple,  forming  the 
firm  of  Skiff  &  Whipple.  In  1848  and  1849 
Mr.  Skiff  published  the  first  directory  of  Spring- 
field. About  1850  he  removed  to  Savannah, 
Georgia,  where  he  continued  the  jewelry  busi- 
ness until  the  spring  of  1863,  remaining  there 
during  the  first  two  years  of  the  civil  war. 
Then  fearing  impressment  in  the  confederate 
army  he  closed  out  his  business,  and,  with  a 
party  of  ten  Union  men  like  himself,  made  his 
way  to  the  Union  lines,  through  the  mountains 
of  Tennessee  and  Kentucky.  He  established  a 
jewelry  business  in  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, afterward  conducted  by  his  brother,  J.  M. 
Skiff.  His  health  failing  he  again  went  south 
and  conducted  a  business  in  Athens,  Georgia, 
for  twenty  years.  In  July,  1901,  he  came  north, 
and,  on  September  17,  of  that  year,  was  thrown 
from  a  wagon  in  Williamsburgh,  Massachu- 
setts, death  resulting.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and 
a  highly-respected  man.  He  married  (first) 
Grace,  daughter  of  David  S.  Mason,  one  of  the 
first  woolen  manufacturers  in  this  country. 
She  died  in  Savannah,  Georgia,  1853.  He 
married  (second),  in  1858,  Arminda  Webb,  of 
New  Paltz,  New  York.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Mason  M.,  of  further  mention ;  Valentine,  died 
immarried ;  Charles  W.,  of  Westfield,  Massa- 


chusetts.   Child  by  second  wife:  Viola,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hampton. 

Mason  M.,  son  of  Valentine  and  Grace 
(Mason)  Skiff,  was  born  at  Sherburne  Falls, 
Massachusetts,  November  14,  1842.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  entered  Union 
College,  Schenectady,  New  York,  whence  he 
was  graduated.  After  following  mining  engi- 
neering for  a  time  he  adopted  his  father's  busi- 
ness and  became  a  jeweler.  During  the  civil 
war  he  was  at  Savannah  with  his  father,  later 
coming  north  and  engaging  in  the  jewelry  busi- 
ness, with  an  uncle,  in  New  York  City.  About 
1866  he  settled  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
where  he  continued  in  the  jewelry  business 
until  1876.  He  then  became  interested  in 
banking  and  has  since  been  connected  with 
several  of  the  leading  banks  and  trust  com- 
panies of  that  city,  many  of  which  he  helped 
to  organize.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Bank 
of  Jamestown,  and  is  considered  one  of  the 
wisest  and  best  financiers  in  the  city,  and  a 
thoroughly  well-equipped  man  for  any  busi- 
ness. He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Episcopal  church,  which  he 
has  served  as  vestryman.  He  married  (first) 
Mrs.  Sophy  Putnam;  no  children.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  February  4,  1875,  Mary  Love 
Smith,  daughter  of  Major  Hiram  and  Lucy 
(Love)  Smith,  of  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York  (see  Smith  VIII).  Children:  Marion, 
born  September  5,  1876;  Bertha,  March  25, 
1878:  Warner  Mason,  October  5,  1883. 

The  Crandalls  of  Rhode  Is- 
CRANDALL*    land  are  of  Welsh  descent, 

the  name  in  that  language 
being  Craum  Dell,  meaning  iron  dell.  Several 
of  this  name  arrived  at  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1634. 

(I)  The  ancestor  of  the  New  York  branch. 
Rev.  John  Crandall,  appears  in  Massachusetts 
records  in  1635.  At  that  time  the  persecution 
of  Roger  Williams  was  causing  great  excite- 
ment in  the  colonies,  many  being  opposed  to 
the  extreme  measures  of  the  Puritans.  In  the 
autumn  of  1635  the  church  at  Salem  dismissed 
him  from  their  pulpit,  and  he  was  ordered  to 
leave  the  colony  in  six  weeks.  In  the  winter  of  , 
1636  the  authorities  at  Boston  ordered  his 
arrest,  but  he  learned  of  their  plans  and  fled 
into  the  wilderness,  reaching  Narragansett  Bay 
in  the  spring.  He  was  treated  kindly  by  the 
sachems  of  Narragansett  Indians,  from  whoni 
he  obtained  large  grants  of  land  and  founded 


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the  city  of  Providence.  Rev.  John  Crandall 
was  also  persecuted  for  his  religious  opinions, 
and,  after  his  imprisonment  in  Boston,  sought 
safety  in  Providence,  soon  after  was  of  New- 
port, where  he  was  associated  with  the  early 
Baptists,  later  still  was  of  Westerly,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  was  the  first  elder  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  was  prominent  in  the 
latter  town,  which  he  represented  as  deputy. 
He  died  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  1678,  hav- 
ing moved  there  on  account  of  the  Indian 
war.  He  had  two  wives ;  the  first  died  August 
I,  1670,  the  second  wife,  Hannah,  died  1678. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  John,  died  1704; 
married  Elizabeth  Gorton;  five  children.  2. 
James.  3.  Jane,  died  171 5;  married  Job  Bab- 
cock.     4.   Sarah,  married  Josiah  Witter.     5. 

Peter,  died  1734;  married  Mary  ;  he 

was  deputy,  justice  of  the  peace,  and  lieutenant. 
6.  Joseph,  died  1737;  married  Deborah  Bur- 
dick;  three  children.  7.  Samuel,  died  1736; 
married  (first)  Sarah  Colley;  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Gay  lord ;  seven  children.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  8.  Jeremiah,  died  1718; 
married  Priscilla  Warner.  9.  Eber,  of  whom 
further. 

(II)  Eber,  youngest  son  of  Rev.  John  and 
his  second  wife,  Hannah  Crandall,  was  born 
1676,  died  1727.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of 
Westerly,  June  29,  1702.  He  bought  land  in 
1709;  will  proved  September  15,  1727.  He 
lived  in  Westerly  and  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 

He  married  (first) ,  (second) 

Lanphere,  (third)  Mary  Cottrell,  who 

died  1727.  In  his  will  he  says:  "To  my  wife 
Mary  equal  share  of  whole  estate,  with  all  her 
children  and  mine  that  I  had  also  by  my  for- 
mer wife,  to  each  child,  John,  Eber,  Samuel, 
Joseph,  children  I  had  by  my  second  wife  and 
to  my  five  children,  that  my  now  wife  hath 
living,  Mary,  Nathaniel,  Jonathan,  Ebenezer 
and  Jeremiah,  one-tenth  of  estate,  when  said 
children  are  of  age.  Executors  may  sell  land 
and  put  children  out  apprentice." 

(III)  Jeremiah,  ninth  child  of  Eber,  and 
youngest  by  his  third  wife,  Mary  (Cottrell) 
Crandall,  was  baptized  1718,  in  Rhode  Island; 
died  at  Ghent,  Columbia  county.  New  York. 
About  the  time  of  the  revolutionary  war  he 

'  settled  in  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  later 
joining  others  of  his  family  in  Ghent.  He 
married,  at  South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island, 
February  2,  1746-47,  Elizabeth  Casey,  bom  in 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  1720,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Casey,  born  about  1686,  died  March, 


1752;  married,  September  23,  1715,  Dorcas 
Ellis,  who  died  prior  to  1744,  daughter  of 
James  Ellis,  of  Stonington,  Rhode  Island.  Sam- 
uel was  a  son  of  Thomas  Casey,  bom  1637, 
died  at  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  171 1 ;  married 
Sarah  Davis,  who  died  in  1706.  Children  of 
Jeremiah  Crandall :  Samuel,  of  whom  further ; 
Esther,  born  March  13,  1753;  Jeremiah,  Sep- 
tember 19, 1755 ;  Dorcas,  May  24, 1758 ;  James, 
January  29,  1764,  died  July  22,  1848. 

(IV)  Samuel,  eldest  child  of  Jeremiah  and 
Elizabeth  (Casey)  Crandall,  was  bom  in  South 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  September  18,  1750; 
died  in  the  town  of  Ghent,  Columbia  county. 
New  York,  August  25,  1822.  He  settled  in 
Dutchess  county.  New  York,  after  his  mar- 
riage and  prior  to  the  revolutionary  war.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends  and 
a  school  teacher.  He  removed  to  Columbia 
county  about  1794.  At  the  first  election  held  in 
Chatham,  in  that  county,  April  7,  1818,  he  was 
elected  commissioner  of  public  schools.  There 
.  was  quite  a  numerous  settlement  of  Quakers 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town  of  Ghent,  and 
among  them  none  bore  a  better  reputation  than 
Samuel  Crandall.  He  married,  January  11^ 
1776,  in  Dutchess  county,  Kezfah  Stillwell. 
Children:  Esther,  bom  August  4,  1776,  died 
1777;  William  Pitt,  October  31,  1777;  Anna, 
November  20,  1780,  died  1782;  Mercy,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1783;  Stephen,  of  whom  further;  Paul- 
ine, September  7,  1790;  Elihu,  September  2, 

1795. 

(\  )  Stephen,  fifth  child  and  second  son  of 

Samuel  and  Keziah  (Stillwell)  Crandall,  was 
born  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1786;  died  December  12,  1839,  at  Port- 
land, New  York.  He  moved  from  Kinder- 
hook  to  Portland,  New  York,  1836.  He  mar- 
ried, January  22,  1818,  Christianna  Benjamin, 
born  at  Ghent,  New  York,  June  12,  1792,  died 
October  i,  1868,  daughter  of  William  Benja- 
min, born  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  April  16, 
1768,  died  November,  1841.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1790,  Mary  Juliana  Beebe,  died  Febru- 
ary 7,  1832,  aged  sixty-three  years,  daughter 
of  John  Beebe,  born  December  5,  1727;  mar- 
ried, November  9,  1749,  Mary  Hill,  daughter 
of  James,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Hill. 
John  Beebe,  son  of  John  Beebe,  born  Decem- 
ber T,  1701,  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  died 
July  15,  1788,  at  Canaan,  New  York;  mar- 
ried, about  1726,  Ruth  Pratt,  born  March  16, 
1706,  died  September  15,  1794,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  Pratt.    John  Beebe,  son  of 


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Benjamin   Beebe,  bon>  about    1663,  at   New 
London,  Connecticut,  died  about  1752;  mar- 
ried Hannah  Wheeler.     Benjamin  Beebe,  son 
of  John  Beebe,  born  1628,  died  1708;  married 
Abigail   York,   about    1655,   born    1638,   died 
March  9,  1725,  daughter  of  James  York,  of 
Stonington.    William  Benjamin,  son  of  Eben- 
€zer  Benjamin,  died  December  22,  1789,  at  the 
age  of  fifty-five  years;  married,  November  26, 
1 761,  his  cousin,   Phoebe  Benjamin,  baptized 
September  29,  1745,  died  November  2,  181 3, 
daughter  of  Daniel  Benjamin,  born  in  Preston, 
Connecticut,  September  17,  1714,  died  July  31, 
1756;  married  Phoebe  Guile,  March  13,  1739, 
or   1740.     Daniel   Benjamin   was  brother  of 
Obed  Benjamin,  who  was  born  in  Barnstable, 
Massachusetts,  August  15,   1701,  died   1738; 
married   Mary  Yarrington.     Obed  Benjamin 
was  son  of  Joseph  Benjamin,  bom 'about  1664, 
at  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  died  1738;  mar- 
ried, August  25,  1698,  Elizabeth  Cook,  of  Pres- 
ton, Connecticut.     Joseph  Benjamin  was  son 
of  Joseph  Benjamin,  who  was  born  in  New 
Town   (Cambridge,  Massachusetts),  Septem- 
ber 16,  1633,  son  of  John  Benjamin,  the  first 
of  that  name  in  America,  an  emigrant  from 
England,  in   1632.     Stephen  and  Christianna 
( Benjamin)  Crandall  had  ten  children :  Urania ; 
William  Benjamin,  of  whom  further ;  Samuel, 
of   whom   further;  James;   Hosea  Ballou,  of 
whom  elsewhere ;  Mary  P. ;  Winchester ;  Lydia 
H. ;  Edward ;  Matilda. 

(VI)  \yilliam  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  Ste- 
phen  and  Christianna   (Benjamin)   Crandall, 
born  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  August 
22,  1820;  died  in  Westfield,  New  York,  July 
16,  J890.    He  married,  November  16,  1848,  at 
Westfield,  New  York,  Sylvia  S.  Bandall,  born 
February  19,   1825,  at  Winsted,  Connecticut, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Bandall,  of  Winchester, 
born    1799,   married    (first)    Mariam   Amelia 
Hart,    bom    1802,    (second)    Thirza   Russell. 
Mariam    Amelia   Hart,   daughter  of   Samuel 
Hart,  born  1771,  at  Southington,  Connecticut, 
died  March  2i5, 1826.  He  married  Mariam  Bas- 
sett,  of  V^ermont,  born  May  5,  1776,  daughter 
of  Elemueland  Patience  (Waters)  Bassett.  He 
w^as  a  son  of  Abel  and  Mariam  (Tuttle)  Bas- 
sett, grandson  of  Joseph  and  Mariam  (Brad- 
ley)   Bassett,  and  great-grandson  of  Captain 
John   Bassett,  born  December  24,  1642,  died 
February  8,  1714;  married  Mercy,  daughter  of 
Christopher  Todd,  baptized  February  18,  1656, 
died  April  8,  17 17.    Samuel  Hart,  son  of  Luke 
Hart,  bom  January  8,  1738,  or  1739,  at  South- 


ington, Connecticut;  married,  March,  1764, 
Deborah,  born  November  10, 1734,  at  Branford, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Barnes, 
born  December  13,  1702,  died  February  11, 
1770.  He  married,  December  7,  1727,  Han- 
nah Abbott.  The  son  of  Stephen  Barnes,  born 
at  Southampton,  Long  Island,  married  Mary 
Barnes.  Stephen,  said  to  be  a  son  of  Samuel, 
of  Easthampton,  Long  Island,  who  was  a  son  of 
Joshua  Barnes,  of  Easthampton,  Long  Island. 
Luke,  son  of  Hawkins  Hart,  born  March  i, 
1 708,  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  died  April  17. 
1756,  at  Southington;  married  (second),  April 
5, 1738,  Esther  Gridley,  born  March  17, 1706,  at 
Farmington.  Hawkins,  son  of  Hawkins  Hart, 
born  at  Farmington,  1677,  died  May  24,  1735, 
at  Wallingford;  married,  September  7,  1 701, 
Sarah  Royce,  born  April  3,  1683,  ^^  Walling- 
ford, Connecticut,  died  January  31,  1733.  He 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  Hart,  bom  1643,  ^'^^^ 
August  27,  1726;  married  Ruth  Hawkins,  born 
October  24,  1649,  died  October  9,  1724.  Sam- 
uel, son  of  John  George  Bandall,  bom  1754. 
died  April  8, 1832 ;  married  (first),  1779,  Sarah. 
Barber,  born  1761,  died  1829,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Barber,  born  17 14,  died  January,  1797 ; 
married  (secdnd)  Hannah,  bom  June  8.  1728, 
died  1819,  daughter  of  Noah  Humphrey,  born 
in  Simsbury,  1707,  where  he  died;  married, 
April  27,  1726,  Hannah  Case,  born  January 
30,  1698-99.  Noah,  son  of  Samuel  Humphrey, 
born  May  15,  1656,  died  June  15,  1736;  mar- 
ried Mary  Mills,  born  December  8,  1662,  died 
April  4, 1730.  Samuel,  son  of  Michael  Humph- 
rey, who  married,  October  14,  1647,  Priscilla 
Grant,  born  in  England,  September  14,  1626. 
Dr.  Samuel  (2)  Barber,  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Barber,  who  was  born  1690,  died  December  18, 
1725;  married,  December  17,  1712,  Sarah  Hol- 
comb.  He  was  a  son  of  Lieutenant  Thomas  Bar- 
ber, baptized  July  14,  1644,  died  May  10,  1713; 
married.  December  17,  1663,  Mary  (Phelps) 
Marcy.  Lieutenant  Thomas  Barber,  son  of 
Thomas  Barber,  born  1614,  died  September  10, 

1662 ;  married,  October  7,  1640,  Jane . 

who  died  September  11,  1662.  William  Benja- 
min and  Sylvia  S.  (Bandall)  Crandall  had  two 
children:  Samuel  Charles,  of  whom  further; 
Frank  William,  of  whom  further. 

(VII)  Samuel  Charles,  son  of  William  Ben- 
jamin and  Sylvia  S.  (Bandall)  Crandall,  was 
born  in  Westfield,  New  York,  March  18,  1853. 
He  was  educated  in  Westfield  and  attended 
Westfield  Academy.  A  year  after  attaining 
his   majority   he   established   an   undertaking 


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house  in  his  native  town,  which  he  still  con- 
tinues. He  is  prominent  in  all  enterprises  for 
thfe  benefit  of  Westfield  and  Chautauqua  county, 
being  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  establishing 
the  local  telephone  company  of  Westfield.  He 
is  manager  as  well  as  a  director  of  this  com- 
pany, besides  holding  directorships  in  various 
other  telephone  companies  in  adjacent  towns. 
He  held  the  office  of  president  of  the  village  of 
Westfield  for  three  terms,  and,  for  fifteen 
years,  was  coroner  of  Chautauqua  county.  He 
is  also  prominent  in  educational  work,  being  a 
member  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Fre- 
donia  State  Normal  School.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  By  the  will  of  the  late  Hon.  S. 
Frederick  Nixon,  of  Westfield,  he  was  made 
one  of  the  executors  of  his  estate,  which  occu- 
pies much  of  his  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Summit  Lodge,  of 
Westfield. 

He  married,  September  19,  1888,  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  Eugena  S.,  born  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
(Bell)  Johnston.  Children:  Herbert  J.,  born 
October  18,  1890;  William  Bell,  September  20, 
1892. 

(Vn)  Frank  William,  son  of  William  Ben- 
jamin and  Sylvia  S.  (Bandall)  Crandall,  was 
born  April  30, 186 1, in  Westfield,  New  York.  He 
received  his  education  in  Westfield,  graduating 
from  Westfield  Academy  in  1880.  He  chose 
banking  for  his  life  work,  and  his  success  has 
certainly  justified  the  choice.  On  July  i,  1880, 
he  entered  the  First  National  Bank  of  West- 
field,  as  office  boy.  By  his  close  application  to 
his  work  and  his  willingness,  together  with  his 
courteous  manner  toward  those  with  whom 
he  had  dealings,  he  gained  the  confidence  of 
his  employers,  and  his  advance  through  the 
lower  grades  of  banking  was  rapid.  Seven 
years  after  entering  the  bank  he  was  made 
assistant  cashier.  In  1890  he  was  elected  a 
director  of  the  bank,  and,  in  1892,  was  appoint- 
ed cashier.  He  held  this  position  until  he  was 
advanced  to  the  position  he  now  holds,  that 
of  vice-president.  Mr.  Crandall  did  not  con- 
fine himself  to  the  Westfield  bank.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  banking  firm  of 
E.  A.  Skinner  &  Company,  of  Ripley,  which 
was  opened  January  20,  1891.  This  institution 
developed  into  the  First  National  Bank,  of 
Ripley,  New  York,  and  received  its  charter 
from  the  government  September  i,  1902.  Mr. 
Crandall  is  president  of  this  institution.  He 
has  given  much  of  his  time  in  the  service  of 


his  village,  having  acted  as  clerk  from  1884  to 
1887.  I^  1893  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
village,  and  reelected  in  1894-95.  From  1896 
to  1908  he  was  a  member  of  the  water  board 
commissions,  serving  as  president  and  superin- 
tendent. He  was  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
the  Patterson  Library,  of  Westfield,  of  which 
he  has  been  treasurer  since  1896.  This  is  an- 
other position  which  he  occupies  solely  for  the 
public  benefit.  He  has  been  connected  with 
the  supreme  treasurer's  office  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum  for  over  thirty  years,  and  there,  as 
elsewhere,  has  proven  of  great  value. 

He  was  reared  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
faith,  but,  in  1887,  he  became  connected  with 
St.  Peter's  Episcopal  Church,  and,  for  many 
years,  has  acted  as  its  treasurer,  and  he  is  now 
senior  warden  and  is  one  of  the  church  sup- 
porters. He  has  been  a  member  of  the  board 
of  visitation  of  the  Gowanda  State  Hospital 
since  1902,  a  position  which  he  has  held  by  the 
appointment  of  the  governor  of  the  state  of 
New  York.  In  no  position  which  he  has  at- 
tempted to  fill  has  Mr.  Crandall  failed  in  any 
respect.  His  rapid  rise  in  the  First  National 
Bank,  of  Westfield,  prophesied  a  career  of 
great  usefulness,  and  this  prophecy  has  assur- 
edly been  fulfilled.  He  has  been  a  lifelong 
resident  of  Westfield,  and  is  numbered  among 
its  foremost  citizens,  respected  and  admired  by 
all.  His  life  has  been  a  shining  example  to  all 
young  men,  showing  that  nothing  is  needed  to 
succeed  but  character,  determination  and  per- 
severance. 

He  married,  June  29,  1887,  in  Westfield, 
New  York,  Catherine  Louise  Patterson,  bom 
in  Corning,  New  York,  July  23,  1862,  daughter 
of  George  Washington  Patterson.  Children: 
I.  Francis  William,  born  January  13,  1889; 
graduate  of  Yale  College,  B.  A.,  191 1.  2. 
George  Patterson,  bom  June  21,  1891 ;  entered 
Yale  College,  191 1. 

(The  Patterson  Line). 

John  Patterson  was  bom  about  1640,  in 
Argyleshire,  Scotland,  probably  died  in  Priest- 
land,  Ireland.  He  moved  to  Priestland,  near 
Bush  Mills,  Antrim  county,  Ireland,  about 
1680.  He  was  at  the  historic  siege  of  Derry, 
'with  his  family,  from  December,  1688,  to  July, 
1689,  where  one  of  his  sons  died  of  starvation, 
being  found  dead  with  his  mouth  full  of  weeds. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  Patterson,  was 
born  about  i(566,  in  Scotland;  died  at  Priest- 
land,  Ireland.    He  lived,  nearly  all  his  life,  on 


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the  Priestland  homestead,  which,  at  his  death, 
he  bequeathed  to  his  son  John.  He  married, 
about  1689-90,  Rachel  Thompson.  Children: 
John,  Robert,  Rachel. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Robert  and  Rachel 
(Thompson)  Patterson,  born  1690,  in  Priest- 
land,  county  Antrim,  Ireland ;  died  there.  He 
married,  probably  early  in  1709,  Sarah  Farrier, 
who  died  in  county  Antrim,  Ireland.  Children : 
Robert,  John,  William,  James,  Peter. 

(IV)  Peter,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Farrier)  Patterson,  was  bom  in  Priestland, 
county  Antrim,  Ireland,  1715 ;  died  at  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  March  28,  1800.  He 
was  the  American  emigrant  of  the  Patterson 
family,  settling  in  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1737.  He  married,  March  22,  1744, 
Grizel  Wilson,  bom  October  14,  1722,  at  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire,  died  June  29,  181 7, 
at  Londonderry,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wilson, 
died  in  Londonderry,  June  28,  1772.  He  mar- 
ried Grizel  Carr.  Thomas  Wilson  was  the  son 
of  James  and  Margaret  (Ross)  Wilson.  Peter 
and  Grizel  (Wilson)  Patterson  had  ten  chil- 
dren: Robert,  Thomas,  Sarah,  John,  Rachel, 
Margaret,  Sarah,  Grizel,  James,  Elizabeth. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Peter  and  Grizel  (Wil- 
son) Patterson,  was  born  at  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  October  23,  1746;  died  at  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  May  20,  1834.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  his  native  town,  and  served 
through  the  revolutionary  war.  He  married, 
June  I,  1775,  Elizabeth  Wallace,  bom  in  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire,  October  4,  1755, 
died  December  30,  1833,  daughter  of  James 
Wallace,  born  in  Ireland,  1 71 2,  died  Octo- 
ber 30,  1791,  in  Londonderry,  New  Han^)- 
shire;  married,  December  17,  1742,  Mary,  born 
July  28,  1720,  died  February  13,  1814,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Wilson,  born  in  Ireland,  died 
January,  1721 ;  married  Elizabeth  Fulton,  1719, 
bom  in  Ireland,  1697,  died  July  8,  1732.  James 
Wallace  was'  the  son  of  Thomas  Wallace,  who 
^vas  bom  in  Ireland,  1672,  died  August  22, 
1754,  in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire;  mar- 
ried, in  Ireland,  1704,  Barbary  Cochrane,  bom 
in  Ireland,  about  i67i6,  died  September  2,  1771, 
in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  (Wallace)  Patterson  had  twelve 
children :  Grizel,  James,  Peter,  Robert,  Mary, 
Margaret,  Thomas,  William,  Elizabeth,  David, 
Jane,  George  Washington. 

(VI)  G«)rge  Washington,  son  of  Thomas 
and  Elizabeth  (Wallace)  Patterson,  was  bom 
at  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  November 


II,  1799;  died  in  Westfield,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1879.  He  finished  his  school  education 
at  the  Pinkerton  Academy,  Deny,  New  Hamp- 
shire. In  181 7  he  began  to  teach  school  at 
Pelham,  New  Hampshire,  but,  in  1818,  he  gave 
up  teaching  and  moved  to  Leicester,  near  Mos- 
cow, Livingston  county.  New  York,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  fanning  mills, 
in  which  business  he  was  interested  for  twenty- 
six  years,  during  which  time  he  was  mostly  at 
his  shops  on  his  farm.  He  remained  there 
until  1841,  when  he  moved  to  Westfield,  New 
York,  to  take  the  agency  of  the  Chautauqua 
Land  Office,  as  successor  to  Governor  Seward, 
who  succeeded  the  agent  of  the  Holland  Land 
Company,  at  the  Chautauqua  office.  When 
much  of  the  land  had  been  sold  Mr.  Patterson 
purchased  the  remainder  and  the  securities  of 
the  company  and  continued  the  sales  at  the 
Westfield  office  until  his  death,  when  the  title 
to  the  unsold  lands  passed  to  his  only  son.  Mr. 
Patterson  began  his  long  career  as  a  public 
servant  soon  after  moving  to  Leicester,  New 
York,  and,  from  1824  until  his  death,  he  was 
only  out  of  the  public  service  for  a  short  time. 
In  his  case  the  office  always  sought  the  man, 
never  the  man  the  office.  When  the  office  of 
justice  of  the  peace  became  elective  he  was 
chosen  for  that  office,  which  he  held,  by  suc- 
cessive elections,  until  he  moved  to  Westfield. 
He  was  school  commissioner,  commissioner  of 
highways,  justice  of  the  peace,  brigade  pay- 
master and  supervisor  of  Leicester;  was  a 
member  of  the  state  assembly  for  eight  years, 
and  speaker  of  the  house  in  1839  and  1840. 
After  coming  to  Westfield  he  was  appointed 
basin  commissioner,  at  Albany,  by  Governor 
Seward;  harbor  commissioner,  at  New  York, 
by  Govemor  Clark,  ind  quarantine  commis- 
sioner of  the  port  of  New  York,  by  Governor 
Morgan.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  national 
Republican  convention  that  nominated  John  C. 
Fremont  for  president,  and  to  the  national  Re- 
publican convention  t^at  nominated  Abraham 
Lincoln  for  a  second  presidential  term.  He 
was  supervisor  of  Westfield  for  three  years, 
president  of  Westfield  Academy,  and  president 
of  the  board  of  education  for  many  years.  He 
represented  Chautauqua  county  in  the  state 
constitutional  convention  in  1846;  was  elected 
lieutenant-govemor  of  the  state  of  New  York 
in  1848,  and,  in  1876,  was  elected  to  the  forty- 
fifth  session  of  the  national  congress  by  the 
Republican  party.  He  was  a  director  in  the 
Buffalo  &  State  Line  railroad  from  the  time 


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of  its  organization,  June,  1849,  until  the  time 
of  its  consolidation,  May,  1867,  and.  from  that 
date  until  June,  1868,  a  director  of  the  Buffalo 
&  Erie  railroad,  now  a  part  of  the  Lake  Shore  & 
Michigan  Southern  railread.  Among  the  legis- 
lative measures  originated  by  him  was  the  free 
banking  law  of  New  York,  the  original  bill  of 
which  he  drew  and  which  was  passed.  The 
main  provisions  of  the  free  banking  laws  of 
the  United  States,  giving  the  people  a  secured 
currency  under  governmental  supervision,  were 
taken  from  the  New  York  law.  He  was  a 
ready  speaker  and  was  in  great  demand  during 
political  campaigns.  He  had  a  wonderful  mem- 
ory for  facts  and  dates  and  a  fund  of  anecdotes 
to  fit  every  occasion. 

He  married,  February  24,  1825,  Hannah 
Whiting  Dickey,  born  in  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  August  4,  1800,  died  February  10, 
1886,  at  Westfield,  New  York.  She  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Pinkerton  Academy,  of  London- 
derry, later  teaching  school  at  Greigsville,  New 
York.  She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Dickey, 
born  January  19,  1766,  died  September  12, 
1837;  married,  November  12,  1795,  Rhoda 
Vamum,  born  January  11,  1775,  died  August 
31,  1838,  daughter  of  Captain  Ebenezer  Var- 
num,  bom  February  23,  1745,  died  March 
13,  181 3,  at  Dracut,  Massachusetts;  married 
(second),  March  28,  1768,  Hannah,  born  July 
12, 1742,  daughter  of  Isaac  Fox,  born  February 
17,  1712;  married,  May  17,  1739,  Abigail  Pres- 
cott,  born  February  18,  1716,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Esther  (Wheeler)  Prescott.  Isaac 
Fox  was  a  son  of  Nathaniel  Fox,  born  Decem- 
ber 18,  1683;  married,  January  11,  1709,  or 
1 7 10,  Hannah  Merriam.  Nathaniel  Fox,  son 
of  Eliphalet  Fox,  born  about  1644,  died  Au- 
gust 15,  171 1 ;  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
and  Ann  (How)  Stone,  widow  of  Isaac  Hunt. 
Captain  Ebenezer  Vamum  was  son  of  Major 
Joseph  Varnum,  born  May  7,  17 10,  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1783;  married,  May  25,  1739,  Rachel 
Goodhue,  born  June  28.  1719,  died  March  16, 
1746,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Good- 
hue. Major  Joseph  Varnum  was  son  of  Colo- 
nel Joseph  Varnum,  born  March  15,  1672,  died 
December  23,  1749;  married,  October  3,  1697, 
in  Dracut,  Massachusetts,  Ruth  Jewett,  bom 
about  1681,  died  November  28,  1728,  daughter 
of  Captain  Joseph  and  Ruth  (Wood)  Jewett. 
Colonel  Joseph  Varnum  was  son  of  Samuel 
Varnum,  bom  about  1620,  at  Draycott,  Eng- 
land, died  after  1673,  ^^  Dracut,  Massachu- 
setts; married  Sarah  Langton.     John  Dickey 


was  son  of  Matthew  Dickey,  bom  November, 
1728,  in  Ireland,  died  October  2,  1802.  He 
came  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  to  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  revolution- 
ary soldier,  and  also  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  warsl  He  married,  November,  1764, 
Janet,  bom  January  28,  1733,  died  July,  1808, 
daughter  of  John  Wallace,  who  died  March 
20,  1777,  and  who  married.  May  18,  1721. 
Annis,  daughter  of  John  Barnet.  Matthew 
Dickey,  son  of  John  Dickey,  came  from  Lon- 
donderry, Ireland,  to  Londonderry,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1729;  married  Margaret,  born  1679. 
died  February  9,  1747,  at  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  daughter  of  Alexander  and  Cath- 
erine Reed.  Hon.  George  Washington  and 
Hannah  Whiting  (Dickey)  Patterson  had  tw^o 
children :  i.  George  Washington,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 2.  Hannah  Whiting,  born  August  15, 
1835,  at  Leicester,  New  York:  died  May  I2» 
1894,  at  Westfield,  New  York.  She  became  a 
woman  of  wide  philanthropy.  Through  her 
generosity  the  Patterson  Library,  of  Westfield. 
New  York,  was  founded  by  an  endowment  of 
$100,000,  as  a  memorial  to  her  parents.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  to 
whose  missionary  work  she  gave  her  hearty 
and  generous  support.  Few  knew  her  many 
good  works.    She  died  unmarried. 

( VII)  George  Washington  ( 2) ,  son  of  George 
Washington  ( i )  and  Hannah  Whiting  ( Dickey ) 
Patterson,  was  born  at  Leicester,  Livingston 
county.  New  York,  February  25,  1826;  died  at 
Westfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  April 
29,  1904.  He  came  from  Leicester  to  West- 
field,  witli  his  parents,  in  1841,  and  attended 
the  old  Westfield  Academy,  finishing  his  pre- 
paration for  college  at  the  Lima  (New  York) 
Seminary.  In  1844  he  entered  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege, and  graduated  in  1848,  with  the  degree 
of  B.  A.,  and,  in  185 1,  with  the  degree  of 
M.  A.  He  was  an  enthusiastic  member  of  the 
Psi  Upsilon  fraternity,  and  was  appointed  sec- 
retary of  his  class  for  life.  From  1849  ^^ 
185 1  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Haven  & 
Smith,  of  Buffalo.  He  engaged  in  manufac- 
turing in  Westfield,  New  York,  from  1851  to 
1854,  and,  in  this  time  also,  assisted  his  father 
as  agent  of  the  Chautauqua  Land  Company. 
He  then  moved  to  Coming,  New  York,  and. 
for  twenty  years,  followed  the  banking  busi- 
ness, as  cashier  and  president  of  the  George 
Washington  Bank.  In  1876  he  returned  to 
Westfield,  where  he  lived  until  his  death.  When 
the  board  of  water  commissions  was  oi^n- 


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ized,  in  1888,  Mr.  Patterson  was  elected  presi- 
dent, holding  this  position  until  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  resign,  in  1901.  He  thought  out 
many  ingenious  details  for  the  city's  water 
system.  He  organized  and  was  president  of 
the  Patterson  Library,  of  Westfield,  New  York, 
which  his  sister,  Hannah  W.  Patterson,  gave 
to  the  town,  as  a  memorial  to  her  parents. 
During  his  life  he  held  many  positions  of  trust 
and  responsibility,  in  all  of  which  he  served 
faithfully  and  well.  For  many  years  he  was 
a  vestryman  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  of  West- 
field. 

He  married,  September  17,  1861,  at  Corn- 
ing, New  York,  Frances  De  Etta  Todd,  born 
in  Toddsville,  New  York,  November  4,  1838, 
died  June  14, 1909,  at  Cooperstown,  New  York, 
and  buried  at  Westfield,  New  York.  She 
moved,  with  her  parents,  to  Corning,  in  1850, 
and  attended  Coming  Academy,  and  later  the 
Cooperstown  (New  York)  Seminary  and  Fe- 
male Collegiate  Institution.  After  her  mar- 
riage, while  residing  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
she  became  president  of  the  Union  Relief  Asso- 
ciation, of  Westfield,  at  the  time  of  its  organ- 
ization, which  office  she  held  until  the  time  of 
her  death.  She  was  a  member  and,  for  many 
years,  chairman  of  the  Chautauqua  county 
committee  of  the  State  Charities  Aid  Associa- 
tion, and  was  also  an  officer  of  the  Chautauqua 
County  Society  for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty 
to  Children.  Upon  the  death  of  her  husband 
she  became  custodian  of  the  Chautauqua  land 
office  records.  When  the  Patterson  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  was 
formed,  in  February,  1898,  Mrs.  Patterson 
was  made  regent,  which  office  she  held  during 
her  lifetime.  She  derived  her  eligibility  to  mem- 
bership in  that  organization  from  her  great- 
grandfathers. Captain  Robert  Carr,  Jehiel  Todd 
and  Gillis  Frink,  and  from  her  great-great- 
grandfathers, John  Frink  and  Stephen  Wright. 

She  was  a  daughter  of  Zerah  Todd,  bom 
November  13,  1813,  at  Toddsville,  New  York, 
died  July  30,  1886, -at  Corning,  New  York.  He 
was  a  paper  manufacturer  at  Toddsville,  New 
York,  until  1849,  when  he  moved  to  Coming, 
New  York,  and  became  interested  in  railroad- 
ing. He  was  cashier  of  the  George  Washing- 
ton Bank,  and  a  trustee  of  the  village  of  Corn- 
ing. He  married,  March  20,  1834,  Martha, 
born  April  8,  181 1,  at  Toddsville,  New  York, 
died  June  22,  1887,  at  Corning,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Wheeler  Carr,  born  No- 
vember 24,  1773,  died  March  13,  1850;  mar- 


ried Lois,  born  March  27,  1779,  died  February 
20, 1837,  daughter  of  David  and  Martha  Tillot- 


son. 


Benjamin  Wheeler  Carr,  son  of  Robert  Carr,, 
born  May  23,  1741,  died  October  20,  1823; 
married,  December  31, 1765,  at  Plainfield,  Con- 
necticut, Prudence,  born  May  20.  1745,  died 
May  8,  1827,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Wheeler, 
born  June  29,  1704;  married,  January  29, 1729- 
30,  Prudence  Huet,  born  September  26,  171 1. 
Benjamin  Wheeler,  son  of  Ephraim  Wheeler, 
bom  April  26,  1678;  married,  April  20,  1698, 
Elizabeth  Spalding.  Ephraim  Wheeler,  son  of 
Sergeant  Thomas  W^heeler,  died  December  24, 
1704;  married,  July  23,  1677,  Widow  Sarah 
Starnes.    Robert  Carr,  was  son  of  Daniel  Carr. 

Zerah  Todd  w^as  son  of  Lemuel  Todd,  born 
January  19,  1782,  died  June  23,  1851 ;  married,, 
March  i,  1804,  Sarah,  bom  August  28,  1781, 
died  March  16,  1876,  daughter  of  Gillis  Frink, 
born  May  12,  1753,  died  February  26,  1823; 
married  Sarah,  born  April  22,  1756,  died  1844, 
daughter  of  Stephen  Wright,  born  July  31,. 
1716;  married,  January  16,  1745-46,  Miriam, 
born  July  11,  17 19,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Sikes.  Stephen  Wright  was  son  of 
Henry  Wright,  born  June  8,  1677,  died  1768; 
married,  March  15,  171 1,  Sarah  Root,  bom 
July  2Ty  1683.  Henry  Wright  was  son  of  Abe! 
Wright,  bom  1631,  died  October  29,  1725  r 
married,  December  i,  1659,  Martha,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Martha  Kitcherell.  Gillis  Frink 
was  son  of  John  Frink,  born  October  2,  1732, 
died  January  29,  1821 ;  married,  November  22^ 
1750,  Anna  VVilcox  Pendleton.  John  Frink 
was  son  of  Benjamin  Frink,  bom  June  25, 
1 7 10;  married.  January  12,  1732,  Tacy  Bur- 
dick.  Benjamin  Frink  was  son  of  Lieutenant 
John  Frink,  born  March  18,  1671,  died  March 
2,  1718;  married,  February  15,  1693-94,  Han- 
nah Prentis,  born  June,  1672. 

Lemuel  Todd  was  son  of  Jehiel  Todd,  born 
November  3,  1761,  at  Wallingford,  Connecti- 
cut, died  January  28,  1843 1  married  Hannah, 
born  October  i,  1758,  died  July  21,  1836, 
daughter  of  Glover  Street,  born  May  28,  1735, 
died  November  28,  1826;  married,  1755,  Lydia 
Allen,  born  June  2,  1736,  died  February  13, 
1 81 7.  Glover  Street  was  son  of  Samuel  Street, 
bom  May  10,  1707,  died  October  15,  1792: 
married,  November  12,  1734,  Keziah  Munson, 
born  January  13,  1706.  Samuel  Street  was  son 
of  Samuel  Street,  born  July  2^,  1667,  at  New- 
Haven,  Connecticut;  married,  July  14,  1690, 
Hannah  Glover,  born  October  10,  1672,  died 


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July  8,  171 5.  Jehiel  Todd  was  son  of  Stephen 
Todd,  born  March  23,  1735,  died  December  23, 
181 1 ;  married  Rachel  Johnson,  born  March  6, 
1740,  died  August  26,  1826.  Stephen  Todd 
was  son  of  Stephen  Todd,  bom  December  4, 
1702,  died  December  29,  1772;  married.  May 
26,  1726,  Lydia  Ives,  born  March  7,  1709. 
Stephen  Todd  was  son  of  Samuel  Todd,  born 
July  I,  1672,  died  December,  1741 ;  married, 
September  16, 1698,  Susanna  Tuttle,  born  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1679,  died  October  10,  1737. 

Samuel  Todd  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Todd, 
baptized  April  20,  1645,  died  April,  1714;  mar- 
ried, November  2f>,  1668,  Mary,  born  April  30, 
1653,  died  September  26,  1724,  daughter  of 
William  and  Abigail  (Pritchard)  Bradley. 
Samuel  Todd  was  the  son  of  Christopher  Todd, 
baptized  January  11,  1617,  died  April  23,  1686, 
at  New  Haven;  married  Grace,  daughter  of 
Michael  Middlebrook,  of  Hold  Mills,  York- 
shire, England.  Christopher  Todd  came  from 
Pontefract,  England,  to  Boston,  in  1637 ;  was 
a  signer  of  the  fundamental  agreement  in  New 
Haven,  1639.  He  built  the  first  flouring  mill 
of  the  colony  of  New  Haven.  He  owned  con- 
siderable property  in  what  is  now  the  center  of 
the  city.  Christopher  Todd  was  the  son  of 
William  Todd,  born  June  29,  1593,  at  Ponte- 
fract, England:  interred  May  8,  161 7,  York, 
England;  married.  May  22,  1614,  Katherine, 
baptized  November  29,  1596,  daughter  of  John 
Warde,  married,  July  22,  1593,  Isabel  Brew- 
ster. William  Todd,  son  of  Sir  William  Todd, 
married,  September  24,  1592,  Isabel  Rogerson. 
Sir  William  Todd  was  sheriff,  and,  in  1487, 
mayor  of  York,  England.  The  Todd  family 
came  about  1400  from  Scotland. 

George  Washington  (2)  and^  Frances  De 
Etta  (Todd)  Patterson  had  four  children,  all 
bom  at  Corning,  New  York:  i.  Catharine 
Louise,  bom  July  23.  1862;  graduated  from 
Vassar  College,  with  the  degree  of  B.  A. ;  she 
married,  June  29,  1887,  at  Westfield,  New 
York,  Frank  William  Crandall.  2.  George 
Washington  (3),  born  February  i,  1864;  he 
graduated  from  Yale  College,  in  1884,  with 
the  degree  of  B.  A.,  and,  in  1891,  with  that  of 
M.  A. ;  in  1887  he  graduated  from  the  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology,  with  the  de- 
gree of  B.  S. ;  he  studied  law  in  the  Harvard 
Law  School  in  1888-89;  ^^  was  awarded  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Philosophy,  at  Munich,  in 
1899  5  he  is  now  a  professor  of  electrical  engi- 
neering at  the  University  of  Michigan,  and 
has  written  several  treatises  on  electrical  and 


mathematical  subjects.     He  married,  July  2, 

1890,  at  Adjrian,  Michigan,  Merib  Susan,  daugh- 
ter of  Josiah  Cass  and  Angie  (Brown)  Row- 
ley ;  children :  i.  Gertmde,  torn  May  30,  1891 ; 
ii.  George  Washington  (4),  born  January  19, 
1893;  iii.  Robert  Rowley,  bom  July  31,  1895. 

3.  Hannah  Whiting,  bom  March  5,  1866,  died 
November  12,  1903,  at  Rockford,  Illinois ;  she 
graduated  from  the  school  of  painting  of  Vas- 
sar College,  in  1885.    She  married,  October  22, 

1891,  at  Westfield,  New  York,  Harry  Faris 
Forbes,  bom  October  11,  1862,  died  November 
19,  191 1,  of  Rockford,  Illinois,  son  of  Alex- 
ander Duncan  and  Elizabeth  Ostrum  Forbes ; 
children :  i.  Alexander  Duncan,  bom  April  10, 
1894,  died  February  10,  1895 ;  ii.  Duncan  Pat- 
terson, bom  August  26,  189(5;  iii.  Harry  Faris, 
born  October  15,  1900,  died  October  22,  1900. 

4.  Frances  Todd,  bom  May  8,  1868;  she  took 
the  degree  of  B.  A.  at  Vassar  College,  in  1888. 
She  married,  at  Westfield,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1895,  Lieutenant  William  Harry  Faust, 
United  States  navy,  son  of  Howard  S.  and 
Elizabeth  (Donald)  Faust,  of  Napoleon,  New 
York ;  children :  i.  Howard  Patterson,  bom  De- 
cember 10,  1896,  in  San  Francisco,  California ; 
ii.  Frances  Patterson,  January  15,  1901,  in  Ann 
Arbor,  Michigan ;  iii.  Elizabeth  Patterson,  July 
31.  i903»  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  died  August 
16,  1906,  in  Westfield,  New  York;  iv.  George 
Patterson,  October  31,  1905,  in  Buffalo,  New 
York. 


( VI )  Samuel,  second  son  and 
CRANDALL    third  child  of  Stephen  (q.  v) 

and  Christianna  (Benjamin) 
Crandall,  was  bom  at  Kinderhook,  Columbia 
county.  New  York;  died  at  Brocton,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  1904.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  that  early  day, 
and,  on  growing  to  manhood,  became  a  car- 
penter and  builder.  He  owned  a  sawmill  and 
was  a  well-known  builder,  having  erected  many 
residences  in  the  town.  He  married  Deborah 
Hadden,  born  in  Hunter,  Greene  county,  New 
York,  died  in  Brocton,  Chautauqua  county, 
in    1907,  aged    seventy    years,   daughter    of 

Charles    and    (Eggleston)    Hadden. 

Child,  Charles  F. 

(VII)  Charles  F.,  only  child  of  Samuel  and 
Deborah  (Hadden)  Crandall,  was  born  in  Broc- 
ton, town  of  Portland,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  July  2,  1868.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  Buffalo  Business  Col- 
lege.   After  completing  his  studies  he  was  em- 


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ployed  at  the  Brooks  Locomotive  Works,  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  going  from  there  to  a  clerk- 
ship in  the  offices  of  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michi- 
gan Southern  railroad,  remaining  two  years. 
In  1892  he  established  a  gentlemen's  clothing 
and  furnishing  store  in  the  village  of  Brocton, 
continuing  until  1894,  when  he  founded  his 
present  lumber  and  hardware  business.  He 
continued  alone  until  1901,  when  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  W.  I.  and  F.  M.  Thayer, 
trading  under  the  firm  name  of  the  Brocton 
Hardware  &  Lumber  Company.  The  business 
was  incorporated,  with  Charles  F.  Crandall  as 
president.  In  1906  he  purchased  an  interest 
in  the  business  of  his  cousin.  Jay  E.  Crandall, 
now  the  Crandall  Panel  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  panels  and  baskets ;  Charles  F.  Cran- 
dall, secretary  and  treasurer.  Since  1900  he 
has  been  associated  with  the  Crandall  Grape 
Shipping  Company,  and,  for  the  past  two  years, 
a  director  of  the  State  Bank  of  Brocton.  He 
is  a  member  of  Lake  Shore  Lodge,  No.  851, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  also  belongs  to 
Chapter  and  Commandery,  at  Dunkirk,  and 
Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
at  Buffalo.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  No.  937,  and 
Brocton  Lodge,  No.  284,  Knights  of  !^thias. 
He  is  an  active  Republican,  and,  from  1897  to 
1904,  was  supervisor,  representing  Portland  on 
the  county  board.  He  occupies  a  leading  posi- 
tion in  his  community,  where  he  is  held  in  the 
highest  esteem. 

He  married,  December  22,  1893,  in  Brocton, 
Helen  M.  Roberts,  born  in  Fredonia,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Hanson  D.  and  Emma 
(Moss)  Roberts,  and  granddaughter  of  Theo- 
dore S.  Moss.  Children,  all  born  in  Brocton: 
Marion,  March,  1895;  Frances,  March,  1897; 
Emily,  May,  1905;  Helen,  May,  1907. 

(VI)  HoseaBallou, fifth  child 
CRANDALL  of  Stephen  (q.  v.)  and  Chris- 

tianna  (Benjamin)  Crandall, 
was  bom  at  Kinderhook,  Columbia  county. 
New  York,  in  1827;  died  in  Brocton,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  1893.  He  came  to 
Brocton  in  1837,  and,  for  some  time,  followed 
farming,  later  became  a  carpenter  and  wagon- 
maker.  He  was  also  a  manufacturer  of  grape 
baskets,  and,  in  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  en- 
gaged in  grape  culture.  He  was  well  known 
in  the  town  and  was  highly  regarded  by  his 
associates.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Randall, 
(second)  Phoebe  M.,  daughter  of  Andrew  Kel- 


sey,  (third)  Peace  Submit  Titus.  His  only 
living  child  is  Jay  E.,  by  his  second  wife.  He 
had  a  child,  Armond  H.,  by  his  first  wife. 

(VII)  Jay  E.,  son  of  Hosea  Ballou  and  his 
second  wife,  Phoebe  M.  (Kelsey)  Crandall, 
was  bom  at  the  village  of  Brocton,  Portland^ 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  September  22, 
i860.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and,  on  the  completion  of  his  studies,  entered 
commercial  life.  His  most  important  enter- 
prise was  inaugurated  April  i,  1887,  when 
he  began  the  manufacture  of  grape  baskets 
in  Brocton,  the  numerous  vineyards  of  the 
town  making  a  demand  for  large  quantities  of 
baskets.  From  a  small  beginning  this  has  be- 
come a  large  and  flourishing  business.  In  1903 
L.  H.  Skinner  was  admitted  a  partner,  and 
equipment  was  installed  in  the  enlarged  factory 
for  the  manufacture  of  veneer  panels.  In 
1906  he  admitted  his  cousin,  Charles  F.  Cran- 
dall, and  the  firm  reorganized  as  the  Crandall 
Panel  Company,  with  Jay  E.  Crandall,  presi- 
dent. This  is  a  most  prosperous  enterprise, 
and  converts  a  large  amount  of  raw  material 
into  a  beautiful,  finished  product,  for  which 
there  is  an  increasing  demand.  Mr.  Crandall 
is  also  connected  with  the  Crandall  Grape  Ship- 
ping Company,  an  important  factor  in  handling 
the  immense  grape  crop  of  Chautauqua  county. 
He  has  served  two  years  as  president  of  the 
village  corporation  and  twelve  years  as  trustee. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  of 
Brocton,  and  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias. 

He  married,  March  16,  1884,  in  Brocton, 
Julia  Adella  Cary,  born  in  Sheridan,  daughter 
of  Martin  and  Lydia  (Harris)  Cary.  Chil- 
dren: Olive  M.,  bora  March  11,  1885;  Lizzie 
Aline,  June  3,  1890;  Archibald  J.,  August  25, 
1892;  Cary  Kelsey,  January  13,  1895. 


The  Partridge  family  of 
PARTRIDGE     Jamestown,    New    York, 

trace  to  an  American  an- 
cestor, John  Partridge,  of  English  birth  and 
parentage.  The  origin  of  the  family  in  Eng- 
land is  thus  given : 

In  the  year  1066,  at  the  historic  battle  of  Hastings, 
William,  Duke  of  Normandy,  defeated  Harold,  then 
King  of  England,  and  ascended  to  the  English 
throne,  and,  to  his  new  possession,  he  soon  added 
his  own  little  duchv  of  Normandy.*  To  those  of  his 
countrymen,  who  nad  assisted  him  in  his  work  of 
conquest,  William  made  grants  of  lands  in  the  con- 
quered kingdom,  the  number  and  size  of  which  de- 
pended upon  the  value  of  the  service  rendered.  After 
the  death  of  William  his  successors  carried  out  this 


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same  policy,  during  the  wars  of  the  next  century. 
AH  land  of  value  was  soon  disposed  of,  and  the 
estates  of  the  British  nobles  ^ve^e  seized,  confiscated 
and  turned  over  to  the  intrepid  Normans,  who  thus 
became  the  landed  gentry  of  England.  Among  those 
who  thus  received  grants  was  one  described,  by  Eng- 
lish antiquarians,  as  "Partridge,  the  Norman.'*  He 
is  said  to  have  emigrated  during  the  reign  of  Stephen 
(1135-54),  and,  in  recognition  of  his  military  service, 
to  have  received,  from  Henry  H.  (1154-89),  estates 
in  Essex,  though  the  family  afterward  settled  in 
Gloucestershire.  Certain  it  is  that,  in  the  next  cen- 
tury (1254),  "Richard  de  Pertriche"  (that  being  the 
Norman  and  original  spelling  of  the  name)  is  in- 
disputably recorded  as  the  head  of  the  family,  with 
manors  in  the  county  of  Gloucester.  These  royal 
grants  not  only  proved  the  family  to  have  been  in 
high  favor  at  court,  but  at  once  marked  it  as  one  of 
imcient  distinction. 

Concerning  the  English  birth  and  home  of 
John  Partridge  there  is  little  definite  informa- 
tion, but  a  great  deal  that  may  help  to  prove 
his  identity.  In  volume  ii.,  state  records  of 
Connecticut,  on  file  in  the  state  house  at  Hart- 
ford, is  the  will  of  John  Beebe,  dated  May  18, 
1650,  made  on  shipboard,  while  coming  to  New 
England  from  England.  The  will  is  witnessed 
by  John  and  William  Partridge,  whose  signa- 
tures are  identical  with  those  of  John  and  Will- 
iam Partridge,  of  Medfield,  Massachusetts. 
The  name  of  the  ship  is  not  mentioned,  nor  is 
it  known  from  what  port  in  England  they  sail- 
ed, nor  where  a  landing  was  made  in  America. 
The  testator  describes  himself  as  **John  Beebe, 
husbandman,  late  of  Broughton  in  the  county 
of  Northampton."  The  "Visitation  of  Essex,'' 
made  in  the  year  1634,  gives  (xiii  part,  page 
465)  the  children  of  Captain  John  Partridge, 
of  Navestock,  as:  John,  aged  about  fourteen 
years;  William,  Jane  and  Margaret.  From 
further  information  obtained  from  the  vicar  of 
the  parish  of  Navestock  it  appears  that  of  these 
children  William  was  born  in  1622 ;  Margaret. 
1628.  In  his  will,  made  August  4,  1692,  Will- 
iam Partridge,  of  Medfield,  states  his  age  as 
"about  seventy  years."  This  would  agree  with 
the  parish  records,  and  indicates  the  same 
William  given  in  the  "Visitations,"  as  the  son 
of  Captain  John  Partridge,  of  Navestock.  An- 
other coincidence  is  in  the  age  of  Margaret 
Stacy,  of  Medfield,  relict  of  Thomas  Mason, 
who  in  her  will,  made  1695,  gives  her  age  as 
about  "sixty-seven  years."  Again  the  birth 
date  of  Margaret  Partridge,  born  1628,  agrees. 
John  and  William  Partridge,  of  Medfield,  were 
brothers,  and  the  conclusion  seems  strong  that 
they  were  the  sons  of  Captain  John  Partridge, 
of  Navestock,  England. 


John  Partridge,  with  William,  his  brother, 
and  sister  Margery  (Margaret),  came  to  Med- 
field, Massachusetts,  from  Dedham,  in  1653. 
He  was  in  Dedham  at  least  a  year  earlier,  for, 
on  "ye  7  ye  i  month,  1652,"  he  shared,  with 
others,  in  the  division  of  five  hundred  acres  of 
land  (see  Dedham  town  records,  vol.  iii.,  p. 
211).  John  and  William  took  up  their  house 
lots  in  Medfield,  in  "Bachelors  Roe,"  now 
North  street.  Their  lots  were  near  each  other, 
and  another  near  neighbor  was  Thomas  Mason, 
who  married  Margery  (Margaret)  Partridge, 
April  23,  1653,  the  first  recorded  marriage  in 
Medfield.  John  and  William  both  signed  the 
"proprietors  agreement,"  drawn  (it  is  sup- 
posed) by  Ralph  Wheelock,  founder  of  Med- 
field. They  appear  to  have  been  good  and 
useful  citizens,  both  serving  a  term  as  select- 
man, and  John  being  chosen  clerk  of  the  market 
in  1672.  In  1676,  when  Medfield  was  burned 
by  the  Indians,  John's  house  and  barn  were 
destroyed,  with  a  quantity  of  grain  and  sev- 
eral head  of  cattle.  William  Partridge  was 
twice  married  and  had  a  large  family.  John 
Partridge  married,  December  18,  1655,  Mag- 
dalen, died  in  Medfield,  December  27,  1677, 
daughter  of  John  and  Magdalen  Bullard,  early 
of  Watertown,  later  of  Medfield.  He  died 
May  28.  1706.  In  his  will,  proved  June  25, 
1706,  mention  is  made  of  sons  John,  Eleazer, 
Samuel.  Zachariah;  daughter  Rachel,  wife  of 
Theophilus  Clark ;  and  three  of  his  grandchil- 
dren, Eleazer  and  Obadiah  Adams  and  Han- 
nah Rockwood.  Children:  i.  John,  of  further 
mention.  2.  Hannah,  born  April  15,  1658,  died 
March  8,  1680.  5.  Deborah,  born  August  16, 
1662,  died  November  8,  1736.  4.  Abiel,  born 
June  13,  1667,  died  July  2,  1667.  5.  Experi- 
ence, twin  of  Abiel,  died  July  5,  1667.  6. 
Rachel,  born  July  12,  1669,  died  December  k 
1717.  7.  Samuel,  born  February  22,  1671,  died 
December  12,  1752.  8.  Zachariah.  bom  July 
2,  1674,  died  September  23,  1716.  9.  Mary, 
born  February  15,  1677. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mag- 
dalen (Bullard)  Partridge,  was  bom  in  Med- 
field, Massachusetts,  September  21,  1656.  He 
settled  in  what  was  later  known  as  Millis,  that 
portion  of  Medfield  lying  west  of  the  Charles 
river.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  settle  in  that 
section  and  was  active  in  having  it  set  off  as 
the  town  of  Med  way.  In  17 10  he  was  chosen 
master  of  the  school  established  for  the  resi- 
dents of  the  west  side.  He  was  a  deacon  of 
the  Medway  church  and  quite  prominent  in 


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the  town.  He  was  present  at  Deerfield  when 
the  news  came  of  the  return  of  the  captives 
taken  at  the  Deerfield  massacre,  and  is  said  to 
have  made  a  copy  of  Benjamin  Waiters  letter, 
announcing  their  arrival  at  Albany,  New  York, 
which,  in  company  with  John  Plimpton,  he 
brought  to  Medfield  and  delivered  to  Rev.  John 
Willson,  by  whom  it  was  forwarded  to  the 
governor  of  the  colony.  He  married  (first), 
December  24,  1678,  Elizabeth  Rockwood,  born 
in  Medfield,  April  3,  1657,  died  July  22,  1688. 
daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Margaret  ( Hol- 
brook)  Rockwood.  He  married  (second)  Eliz- 
abeth Adams,  born  in  Medfield,  March  18, 
1666,  died  August  14,  1719,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Elizabeth  (Fuzzell)  Adams.  He 
married  (third),  April  17,  1721,  Hannah  Shef- 
field, born  in  Sherburne,  April  18,  1663,  died 
July  19.  1754,  daughter  of  WilHam  and  Mary 
Sheffield.  John  Partridge  died  in  Medway, 
December  9,  1743.  His  will  was  proved  Sep- 
tember 14,  1744.  In  it  all  his  children  are 
named.  Stephen,  the  youngest  son,  received 
the  homestead,  but  dying  before  his  father, 
and  the  latter  not  making  a  new  will  the  prop- 
erty passed  to  Stephen's  widow,  who  married 
(second)  Abner  Ellis.  Children  by  first  wife: 
I.  Elizabeth,  born  September  13,  1679,  died 
April  25,  1706.  2.  Mary,  born  February  26, 
1681,  died  February  14,  1754.  3.  John,  born 
about  1683,  ^^^^^  September  6,  1756.  4.  Renoni. 
bom  May  25,  1687,  died  December  26,  1769. 
•Children  of  second  marriage :  5.  Jonathan,  born 
November  25,  1693.  6.  Hannah,  born  March 
16,  1696,*  died  October  12,  1751.  7.  Deborah, 
born  March  i,  1698,  died  August  30,  1740. 
S,  James,  of  further  mention.  9.  Sarah,  born 
January  8,  1702.  10.  Stephen,  born  April  16, 
1706,  died  March  10,  1732. 

(HI)  James,  son  of  John  (2)  and  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Elizabeth  (Adams)  Partridge,  was 
bom  in  the  town  of  Medfield  (Millis),  Massa- 
chusetts, October  8,  1700,  died  March  9,  1769. 
He  resided  in  Medway,  where  his  children 
were  bom.  He  was  in  the  colonial  service  in 
1722,  and,  in  1742,  purchased  his  brother  Jon- 
athan's farm,  near  Medway  Village.  He  mar- 
ried, January  29,  1729,  Keziah  Bullard,  bom  in 
Medway,  December  2,  171 1,  died  July  25.  1799. 
-daughter  of  Malachi  and  Bethia  (Fisher)  Bul- 
lard. In  his  will,  which  was  dated  April  23, 
1762,  he  mentions  sons  James,  Malachi,  Elea- 
zer,  Stephen,  Joel,  Nathan ;  daughters  Keziah 
Thompson,  Lois  Pond,  Bethia  Hixon,  Eliza- 
beth, Lydia  and  Chloe.     Children:   i.  James, 


born  October  10,  1730.  2.  Malachi,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1 73 1.  3.  Keziah,  born  November 
12,  1733,  died  October  31,  1784.  4.  Asa,  born 
March  6,  1735,  died  April  28,  1759.  5.  Lois, 
lx)rn  September  20,  1736.  6.  Bethia,  born 
November  22,  1738,  died  September  5.  1818. 
7.  Eleazer,  born  April  19,  1740,  died  March 
19,  1834.  8.  Lydia,  bom  December  6,  1743, 
died  January  27,  1816.  9.  Stephen,  born  June 
10,  1746,  died  June  14,  1818.  10.  Joel,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  11.  Eunice,  born  July  26,  1749, 
died  young.  12.  Nathan,  born  March  26,  1751, 
died  May  25,  1785.  13.  Hannah,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1753,  died  Diecember  25,  1756.  14. 
Pllizabeth,  died  September  18,  18 18,  unmarried. 
15.  Chloe,  born  April  11,  1756. 

(IV^)  Joel,  son  of  James  and  Keziah  (Bul- 
lard) Partridge,  was  born  in  Medway.  Massa- 
chusetts, Febmary  19,  1748,  died  in  the  same 
town,  February  13,  1823.  He  resided  near 
Medway  village,  on  the  farm  owned  by  his 
father.  He  married  Waitstill  Morse,  bom  in 
West  Medway,  March  6,  1745,  died  in  Med- 
way, March  8,  1825,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Rebecca  (Cozzins)  Morse.  Children:  i.  Eze- 
kiel, of  ifurtlier  mention.  2.  Abigail,  born 
January  9,  1777,  died  i860;  married  Ezra 
Adams.  3.  Catherine,  born  April  i,  1779,  died 
in  1871 ;  married  Stephen  Adams.  4.  Tamar, 
born  August  8,  1781 ;  married  Job  Partridge. 
5.  Joel,  born  March  i,  1784,  died  August  19, 
1852.  6.  Jerusha,  bom  May  2,  1787;  married 
Daniel  Mann,  of  Westboro,  Massachusetts.  7. 
Ede,  born  June  25,  1789;  married  Nathaniel 
Clark.  8.  James,  born  September  3,  1793,  died 
April  26,  1816. 

(V)  Ezekiel,  son  of  Joel  and  Waitstill 
(Morse)  Partridge,  was  born  in  Medway, 
Massachusetts,  July  i,  1775,  died  February  19, 
1826.  He  resifled  in  Medway  until  1808,  then 
removed  to  W^orcester,  Massachusetts,  which 
was  afterward  his  home.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1800.  in  Medway,  Deborah  Harding, 
born  May  26,  1775.  Children,  first  four  bom 
in  Medway,  the  others  in  Worcester:  i.  An 
infant  born  and  died  October,  1800.  2.  Eliza- 
beth, born  October  8,  1802,  died  September  29, 
1887.  3.  Elbridge  Gerry,  born  October  21, 
1804.  4.  Almond,  born  February  20,  1807,  died 
August  4,  1838.  5.  Joel,  born  November  11, 
i8cS,  died  May  22,  1896.  6.  Abigail  Harding, 
born  December  27,  1810,  died  April  26,  1898; 
married  Israel  Moore.  7.  Albert  Adams,  of 
further  mention.  8.  James  Seth  Harding,  Oc- 
tober 19,  1819. 


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(VI)  Albert  Adams,  son  of  Ezekiel  and 
Deborah  (Harding)  Partridge,  was  born  in 
Worcester,  Massachusetts,  May  2,  1814,  died 
at  Jamestown,  New  York,  April  18,  1899.  He 
was  educated  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  piano  making.  In  1840 
he  settled  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  where, 
for  thirty  years  he  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  furniture,  in  partnership  with  Will- 
iam Breed.  In  1870  he  sold  out  to  his  partner, 
and,  for  ten  years,  was  engaged  in  oil  produc- 
tion, in  partnership  with  Levi  C.  Wade.  He 
was  a  man  of  deep  religious  principles  and 
an  earnest  Bible  student.  For  many  years  he 
was  deacon  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  of 
Jamestown.  He  was  greatly  opposed  to  human 
slavery  and  used  all  his  influence  towards  its 
abolition,  taking  sides  with  the  foremost  Aboli- 
tionists of  his  day.  On  the  formation  of  the 
Republican  party  he  joined  that  organization, 
continuing  until  his  death.  He  was  success- 
ful in  business  and  acquired  considerable  real 
estate  in  Jamestown.  He  was  a  man  of  the 
strictest  integrity  and  maintained  all  his  life  a 
leading  position  in  his  community.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  April  17, 
1837,  Mary  Adaline  Taft,  born  in  that  city, 
June  2T^  1812,  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
February  25,  1895,  daughter  of  Adolphus  and 
Sarah  E.  Taft.  Children:  i.  Mary  E.,  born 
July  3,  1838,  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts; 
died  February,  1879;  married  Rev.  James 
Thomas  Sunderland;  children:  Albert,  Anna, 
Lester,  Ruth,  Ralph  and  Clyde,  the  latter  de- 
ceased. 2.  Albert  Harding,  born  August  9, 1840, 
in  Jamestown,  New  York ;  died  March,  1884 ; 
married  Jennie  C.  Dale ;  children :  Charles,  de- 
ceased ;  Joseph,  Fred,  both  of  Pittsburgh,  Penn- 
sylvania; Dale,  deceased.  3.  George  A.,  born 
August  3,  1842,  at  Jamestown,  New  York; 
died  March  20,  1843,  ^^  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. 4.  Adaline  E.,  born  May  9,  1844,  in 
Jamestown,  New  York;  died  January,  1884; 
married  Horace  A.  Fox;  no  issue.  5.  Ellen 
M.,  born  May  15,  1846,  at  Jamestown,  New 
York;  resides  in  Akron,  Ohio,  unmarried.  6. 
Elbridge  Gerry,  of  further  mention.  7.  Abby 
R.,  bom  March  14,  1850,  in  Jamestown,  New 
York ;  died  April  6,  1895,  in  Jamestown,  New 
York;  married  Marcus  N.  Ahlstrom;  child, 
Gladys  M.  8.  Emma  F.,  bom  July  3,  1852,  in 
Jamestown,  New  York;  married  Jackson  H. 
Harder,  now  of  Pontiac,  Michigan.  9.  Maria 
A.,  bom  September  25,  1854,  in  Jamestown, 
New  York ;  married  Dr.  James  P.  Boyd ;  chil- 


dren :  James,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio ;  Althea,  mar- 
ried Jackson  Moody,  of  Akron,  Ohio;  Robert, 
now  deceased,  and  Marie.  This  family  resides 
at  Akron,  Ohio. 

(VII)  Elbridge  Gerry,  son  of  Albert  Adams 
and  Mary  A.  (Taft)  Partridge,  was  bom  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  May  12,  1848.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  of  Jamestown  he 
entered,  in  1865,  Cedar  Valley  Seminary,  from 
whence  he  was  graduated  in  1868.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  traveled  through  the 
southern  states,  and,  for  a  few  months,  was 
located  in  Kentucky,  after  which  he  returned 
to  Jamestown,  New  York,  and,  for  two  years, 
was  in  charge  of  the  office  of  the  George 
Wood  &  Company,  a  furniture  manufacturing 
company.  He  then  entered  the  employ  of 
Henry  Comstock,  undertaker  and  furniture 
dealer.  In  association  with  Messrs.  Breed, 
Aldrich  and  Johnson  he  conducted  a  business, 
for  five  years,  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  G. 
Partridge  &  Company,  and  then  sold  his  inter- 
est to  his  partners.  He  later  associated  in 
business  with  Theodore  F.  Van  Dusen,  with 
whom  he  continued  for  two  years.  He  then 
purchased  his  partner's  interest  and  has  since 
conducted  business  alone.  He  is  the  leading 
undertaker  of  his  city,  and  conducts  a  thor- 
oughly modem  mortuary  establishment  at  21 
West  Second  street.  His  residence,  at  25  Me- 
chanic street,  was  formerly  the  home  of  his 
father..  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  affiliated  with  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Western  Sun  Chapter,  No.  67,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Jamestown  Commandery,  No.  61, 
Knights  Templar;  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Buifalo,  and  is  a  thirty-second  de- 
gree Mason  of  the  Ancient  and  Accepted  Scot- 
tish Rite,  Buffalo  Consistory.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Or- 
der of  Elks.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  in  religious  faith  a  Congregationalist. 

He  married  (first),  in  Maywood,  Cook  coun- 
ty, Illinois,  Althea  Chase  Merrill,  who  died 
May  28,  1884.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward F.  and  Anna  (Chase)  Merrill.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Florence  Anne  Clement,  born  at 
San  Prarie,  Illinois,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  E.  (Thompson)  Clement,  a  descendant 
of  John  Dix,  a  revolutionary  soldier.  Chil- 
dren of  first  marriage,  born  at  Jamestown,  New 
York:  i.  George  H.,  bom  January  19,  1873; 
now  superintendent  of  the  Metal  Door  Manu- 
facturing   Company,  of    Bradford,  Pcnnsyl- 


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vania.  2.  Albert  G.,  born  August  25,  1880; 
now  secretary  to  the  president  of  the  Fire 
Stone  Tire  &  Rubber  Company,  of  Akron, 
Ohio;  he  married  Edith  Harpham.  3.  Louis 
M.,  bom  January  20,  1883;  now  in  business 
with  his  father ;  he  married  Lulu  C.  Shearman. 
Child  of  second  marriage :  4.  Genevieve  Sarah, 
born  June  10,  1887;  resides  at  home. 

James  (2)  Kidder,  son  of  James 
KIDDER  (i)  Kidder,  was  born  in  1626, 
at  East  Grinstead,  county  of 
Sussex,  England.  He  was  of  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts, 1649.  He  removed  to  Billerica, 
where  he  had  land  granted  him.  He  married, 
in  1649,  Ann,  daughter  of  Elder  Francis  Moore. 
Children,  born  in  Cambridge :  Hannah,  Doro- 
thy, James,  John,  Thomas,  Nathaniel,  Eph- 
raim,  Stephen,  Samuel,  Sarah,  Joseph.  James 
Kidder,  the  father,  died  April  16,  1676.  Ann, 
his  widow,  married  (second)  William  Under- 
wood. 

(HI)  Ephraim,  son  of  James  (2)  and  Ann 
(Moore)  Kidder,  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  August  31,  1660.  He  inherit- 
ed the  family  homestead  at  Billerica,  where  he 
died  September  25,  1724.  He  married,  August 
4,  1685,  Rachel  Crosby,  who  died  in  1721.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph,  Ephraim  (2),  Rachel,  Hannah, 
Dorothy,  twin  of  Hannah;  Thomas,  Benja- 
min, Richard. 

(IV)  Richard,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Rachel 
(Crosby)  Kidder,  was  born  in  Billerica,  Mas- 
sachusetts, May  10,  1705.  He  removed  to 
Dudley,  Massachusetts,, where  he  was  one  of 
the  early  settlers.  Dudley  was  incorporated 
a  town,  June  i,  1732.  The  first  town  meeting 
was  held  "at  the  house  of  William  Carters,*' 
March  20,  1733.  Among  other  officers  elected 
were  five  selectmen,  of  whom  Richard  Kidder 
was  fourth.  March  13,  1735,  he  was  chosen 
on  a  committee  concerning  church  affairs. 
March  30,  1739,  he  was  elected  third  select- 
man, again  elected  March  28,  1743,  and  March 
3,  1745.  He  was  elected  constable  "for  the 
east  end  of  ye  town,"  March  6,  1749.  He  was 
elected  surveyor  of  highways,  March  15,  1759. 
He  now  drops  from  the  records,  his  sons  tak- 
ing his  place  in  the  public  life  of  the  town.  He 
seems  to  have  been  a  well-to-do,  active  citi- 
zen, and  had  the  confidence  of  his  townsmen. 
His  wife's  name  was  Hannah,  but  the  Dudley 
records  do  not  give  her  surname.  Children: 
I.  Rachel,  born  October  8,  1729;  married  Jesse 
Dimmock,  May  4,  175 1.    2.  Hannah,  born  No- 

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vember  8,  1731 ;  married,  August  17,  1775, 
Alexander  Brown.  3.  Samuel,  of  further  men- 
tion. 4.  Eunice,  bom  December  7,  1735;  mar- 
ried, April  16,  1765,  Joseph  Upham.  5.  Rich- 
ard, born  May  9,  1738.  6.  David,  born  June 
28,  1740;  married,  February  3,  1768,  Susanna 
Upham.  7.  Benjamin,  bom  September  27, 
1743;  served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and 
held  many  important  town  offices  in  Dudley; 
he  married,  November  9,  1775,  Phebe  Sabin. 
8.  Nathaniel,  born  August  8,  1746,  died  De- 
cember 9,  1756.    9.  Thomas,  born  August  21, 

1750- 

(V)  Samuel,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 

Richard  and  Hannah  Kidder,  was  born  in  Dud- 
ley, Massachusetts,  Febmary  8,  1734.  At  a 
town  meeting,  held  March  i,  1762,  he  was 
elected  "sealer  of  leather,"  and  reelected  twelve 
years  in  succession,  until  1775.  In  1734,  and, 
in  1769,  he  was  also  elected  "tithing  man.".  In 
1776  he  was  elected  constable  for  the  west  end 
of  the  town  of  Dudley.  In  1776  the  town 
meeting  voted :  "To  grant  Samuel  Kidder's  and 
others  petition  to  have  Innoculation  for  the 
Small  Pox  set  up  in  our  town."  He  married, 
September  27,  1787,  Zilpah  Bacon.  They  had 
two  children  baptized  at  Dudley:  Ezbi  (writ- 
ten also  Ezbai)  and  Nathan,  both  baptized 
January  23,  1791.  Soon  after  this  he  removed 
to  Vermont,  where  he  followed  farming,  and 
died  January,  1805.  I"  Vermont  five  children 
were  bom,  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 

(VI)  Ezbi  or  Ezbai,  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
and  Zilpah  (Bacon)  Kidder,  was  baptized  in 
the  Dudley,  Massachusetts,  church,  January 
23,  1 79 1,  probably  having  been  born  two  years 
earlier.  He  was  but  an  infant  when  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  where 
he  received  his  early  education.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  in  1805,  he  became  the 
head  of  the  family  and  support  of  his  widowed 
mother.  In  181 3  he  came  to  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty. New  York,  probably  on  a  prospecting  trip, 
for  he  soon  returned  to  Vermont.  In  1816  he 
again  came  to  Chautauqua  county,  settling  in 
the  town  of  Carroll  (now  Kiantone).  He  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  and,  in  connection  with 
farming,  carried  on  contracting  and  building. 
Many  of  the  old  farm  houses  and  barns,  in 
Carroll  and  Kiantone,  were  built  by  him  dur- 
ing his  active  years.  His  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred acres  was  purchased  from  a  Mr.  Blowers, 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Jamestown.  Mr. 
Kidder  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  coming 
into  that  party  at  its  formation,  having  previ- 


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ously  been  a  Whig.  At  the  first  town  meet- 
ing, held  March  6,  1826,  in  Carroll,  he  was 
elected  highway  commissioner,  and,  in  1838, 
supervisor.  When  the  town  of  Kiantone  was 
formed,  at  the  election  held  February  23,  1854, 
he  was  elected  the  first  supervisor  of  that  town. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  of  Jamestown,  and  a  man  highly  es- 
teemed. He  married,  in  1824,  Louisa,  daugh- 
ter of  Xoah  Sherman,  a  native  of  Wardsboro, 
Vermont,  and  his  wife,  Laura  (Hubbard)  Sher- 
man, of  Rrimfield,  Massachusetts.  Ezbai  and 
Louisa  (Sherman)  Kidder  had  four  children, 
one  son  and  three  daughters,  all  deceased. 

(Vn)  Samuel  (2),  only  son  of  Ezbai  and 
Lottisa  (Sherman)  Kidder,  was  born  on  the 
farm  in  Kiantone,  Qiautauqua  county,  New 
York,  October  12,  1825,  died  at  Jamestown, 
October  18,  1898.  He  was  reared  on  the  farm 
and  educated  in  the  public  schools,  later  attend- 
ing Jamestown  Academy.  He  inherited  the 
homestead  to  which  he  added  two  hundred 
acres,  which  he  brought  to  a  high  state  of  culti- 
vation, and  made  it  one  of  the  finest  farms  in 
the  county.  He  was  a  very  successful  busi- 
ness man,  owning,  in  addition  to  his  farm,  about 
twelve  acres  of  building  lots,  now  a  part  of  the 
city  of  Jamestown.  Four  years  previous  to 
his  death  he  retired  and  moved  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Jamestown  Congregational  Church,  and  in  poli- 
tics was  an  old-line  Whig  in  his  early  days, 
afterward  affiliating  with  the  Democratic  party. 
He  w.as  a  man  of  great  industry  and  was 
highly  regarded  for  his  upright  life  and  reli- 
able character.  He  was  generous  to  his  chil- 
dren, starting  them  in  life  with  good  educa- 
tions and  on  farms  of  their  own.  He  married. 
October  17,  1854,  Eleanor  Partridge,  born 
April  I,  1832,  eldest  child  of  Joel  andv^zuba 
Partridge  (see  Partridge  VI).  Children:  i. 
Lucy  Ida,  born  September  11,  1855,  died  April 
15,  1910;  married  William  C.  Parker:  chil- 
dren: Harold,  died  in  infancy;  Marjory.  2. 
Willard  H.,  born  May  22,  1857 ;  married  Anna 
Miller.  3.  John  Edward,  born  February  17, 
185Q,  died  August  9,  1877,  while  in  college. 
4.  Henrv  E.,  born  April  23,  i86t  ;  married 
Grace  Sherrod:  children:  Anna  E.,  Edward, 
Paul,  Ernest,  Edna,  Samuel :  live  in  Knoxville, 
Tennessee.  5.  George  C,  born  August  24, 
1863;  married  Lillian  Van  Duzee:  children: 
Raymond  and  Howard  H.  6.  Dora  L.,  born 
January  19,  1866,  died  April  9,  1892,  unmar- 
ried.   7.  Samuel  P.,  bom  April  18,  1868 :  mar- 


ried Flora  Wyman :  children :  Ruth,  Ralph, 
Eleanor  and  Samuel.  This  family  resides  on 
the  old  homestead,  which  has  never  passed  out 
of  the  family  name.  8.  Mary  L.,  bom  August 
7,  1870;  married  William  H.  Wells;  child, 
Clarence  W. :  this  family  resides  at  Cyclone, 
McKean  county,  Pennsylvania.  9.  Jay  H., 
bom  February  10,  1873,  ^'^^1  December  17, 
1874.  10.  Fannie  E.,  born  July  28,  1875 ;  now 
a  resident  of  Jamestown. 

(The  Partridge  Line). 

(\'I)  Joel  Partridge,  fifth  child  of  Ezekiel 
(q.  V.)  and  Deborah  (Harding)  Partridge, 
was  born  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember II,  1808,  died  May  22,  1896,  at  James- 
town. He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  W^orcester,  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter 
and  became  a  well-know^n  contractor  and  build- 
er. In  1827  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  where  he  was  also  engaged  in  contract- 
ing and  building  for  many  years,  also  owning 
and  operating  several  river  boats.  Among  the 
many  buildings  erected  by  him  in  Jamestown 
was  the  old  Baptist  church.  He  was  the  first 
resident  on  Prospect  street.  His  original  home- 
stead, at  70  Prospect  street,  is  now  the  house 
of  Mrs.  Porter  Sheldon.  He  was  reared  in  the 
Congregational  faith,  but,  in  his  latter  years. 
became  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
In  the  earlier  days  of  Jamestown  Mr.  Part- 
ridge made  the  journey,  on  horseback,  to  his 
old  home  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  and 
there,  among  friends  and  acquaintances  of 
earlier  days,  raised  the  funds  with  which  to 
purchase  a  church  in  Jamestown.  He  became 
a  very  prosperous  business  man,  was  strictly 
upright  and  honorable  in  all  his  dealings,  and 
was  held  in  the  highest  esteem. 

He  married  (first),  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, February  26,  1831,  Azuba  Goodale, 
born  in  Worcester.  August  25,  181 3,  died  in 
Jamestown,  April  26,  1841,  daughter  of  Paul 
and  Azuba  (Newton)  Goodale.  He  married 
(second),  at  Jamestown,  December  31,  1841, 
Mary  R.  Pennock,  born  at  Strafford,  Vermont, 
December  22,  181 5,  died  at  Jamestown,  De- 
cember 2,  1888,  daughter  of  Adonijah  and  Bet- 
sey (Bacon)  Pennock.  Children  of  first  mar- 
riage, all  born  in  Jamestown:  i.  Eleanor,  bom 
April  I,  1832 :  married,  October  17,  1854,  Sam- 
uel  Kidder  (see  Kidder  VII).  2.  Adeline,  bom 
December  25,  1834,  died  in  infancy.  3.  James 
N.,  born  December  26,  1834,  twin  of  Adeline, 
died  March   18,  1896.     4.  Elbridge  D.,  bom 


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February  8,  1836,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Charles 
B.,  born  July  18,  1838,  died  at  the  age  of  forty- 
one  years.  6.  Edward  P.,  died  in  infancy. 
Children  of  second  marriage  *  7.  Charles  Ed- 
ward, died  in  infancy.  8.  Joei  Augustus,  born 
December  12.  1845,  ^i^^^  March  14,  1892.  9. 
George,  born  March  14,  1847,  died  in  infancy. 
10.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  August  4,  1848.  11. 
Louis  P.,  born  December  19,  1850,  died  March 
2Q,  1882.  12.  Francis  Edwin,  born  September 
13,  1854;  married  Anna  Berry;  two  children: 
Emogine,  who  married  Jerome  Fisher  Jr.,  and 
Irene,  unmarried. 


Thomas  Nichols,  emigrant  an- 
NICHOLS     cestor,  was  born  in  England, 

and  came  to  America  before 
i^>55,  as  he  was  married  at  Maiden  that  year. 
He  was  doubtless  a  relative  of  Thomas  Nichols, 
W'ho  was  a  planter  in  the  adjoining  town  of 
Cambridge,  before  1638,  when  he  removed  to 
Hingham.  Thomas  had  a  brother  George  in 
England,  who  was  the  executor  of  the  estate 
of  their  father,  Walter  Nichols,  a  clothier  of 
Coggeshall,  county  of  Essex,  England.  James 
Nichols,  perhaps  another  brother,  married, 
April,  1660,  at  Maiden,  Mary,  daughter  of 
George  Felt.  Thomas  Nichols*  removed,  as 
early  as  as  1665,  to  Amesbury,  and  had  a  seat 
in  the  meeting  house  there,  in  1667 ;  belonged 
to  the  train  band,  1680,  and  died  before 
1720.  He  married,  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts, 
September,  1655,  Mary  Moulton.  Children: 
Thomas,  died  young;  Josiah,  twin  of  Thomas, 
died  young;  Ebenezer  (a  daughter),  married 
Benoni  Tucker ;  Thomas,  of  further  mention ; 
Samuel;  Rachel;  John,  married  Abigail  Sar- 
gent; Sarah,  married  Roger  Stevens. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Mary  (Moulton)  Nichols,  was  born  at  Ames- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  October  16,  1670.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
His  will  was  dated  November  16,  1724,  and 
proved  December  7,  following.  He  married 
(first)  Jane  Jamison,  born  February  23,  1673- 
74.  daughter  of  John  and  Esther  (Martin) 
Jamison.  He  married  (second),  April  30, 
1 73 1,  Judith  Hoages,  of  Newbury.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Anna,  married  Samuel  Colby; 
Jonathan,  of  further  mention ;  Mary,  married 
Ralph  Blaisdell ;  Esther,  married  Ichabod  Col- 
by :  Thomas ;  David,  married  Hannah  Gaskill ; 
Rachel:  Stephen.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Ebenezer  and  Benjamin. 


(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  his 
first  wife,  Jane  (Jamison)  Nichols,  was  born 
at  Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  December  13, 
1697.  He  probably  married  (first),  January 
16,  1718,  Mary  Challis.  He  married  (second) 
Mary  McWayne,  and  settled  in  Worcester 
county,  Massachusetts.  Among  his  children 
was  Jonathan,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
and  Mary  (McWayne)  Nichols,  was  born  in 
Bolton,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  July 
26,  1754.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  his  father's 
farm,  and,  in  May,  1775,  at  Swanzey,  New 
Hampshire,  enlisted  in  Colonel  Read's  regi- 
ment, to  serve  under  General  Stark.  At  the 
end  of  their  term  of  enlistment,  eight  months, 
the  regiment  was  mustered  out.  In  August, 
1776.  he  again  enlisted  in  Colonel  Bedell's  regi- 
ment, and  served  five  months  in  General  Stark's 
brigade.  In  July,  1777,  at  the  call  of  General 
Stark  for  men  to  meet  the  troops  sent  out  by 
the  British  General  Burgoyne,  to  destroy  the 
American  stores  at  Bennington,  he  enlisted  in 
the  regiment  of  Colonel  Nichols.  At  the  battle 
of  Bennington,  August  16, 1777,  he  was  wound- 
ed, but  not  severely.  He  served  three  months 
under  his  third  enlistment.  The  surrender  of 
Burgoyne  took  the  seat  of  active  warfare 
away  from  New  England,  and  he  did  not  again 
enlist.  After  the  war  he  removed  to  Orange 
county,  X'^ermont,  where  he  married.  He  was 
the  owner  of  a  good  farm  in  Thetford,  Ver- 
mqnt,  and,  that  year,  was  elected  sheriff  of 
Orange  county.  He  allowed  a  debtor  to  escape 
after  having  been  committed  to  his  care,  which 
caused  his  bond  to  be  escheated,  and  lost  him 
his  farm.  In  October,  181 3,  with  his  family, 
he  came  to  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
driving  a^hree-horse  team  the  entire  distance, 
consummg  six  weeks  on  the  journey.  He  died 
at  the  home  of  his  son  in  1842.  In  1832  he 
made  application  for  a  revolutionary  pension, 
which  was  granted,  and  continued  until  the 
death  of  his  wife,  in  1844.  Both  are  buried  in 
the  old  Ripley  burying  ground.  He  married, 
January  i,  1792,  Phene  Sackett,  born  in  Litch-* 
field  county,  Connecticut;  children,  five  sons 
and  three  daughters,  all  of  whom  married  and 
became  heads  of  families. 

(V)  Reuben,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  and  Phene 
(Sackett)  Nichols,  was  born  in  Thetford,  Ver- 
mont, about  1800,  died  at  Colesburg,  Iowa. 
He  removed  to  Iowa  after  his  marriage,  set- 
tling in  Delaware  county,  village  of  Colesburg. 


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He  married  Huldah  Farnsworth.  Children: 
Miles  C,  Freeman,  and  a  son  who  was  killed 
in  the  civil  war. 

(VI)  Miles  Chandler,  son  of  Reuben  and 
Huldah  (Farnsworth)  Nichols,  was  born  in 
Fredonia,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
March  29,  1833,  died  February  4,  1872.  He 
was  educated  at  Fredonia  Academy,  and  went 
west  with  his  parents,  settling  in  Delaware 
county,  Iowa.  He  taught  school  at  Colesburg 
for  twenty  terms,  cultivated  a  farm,  later  re- 
moving to  a  farm  near  the  town  of  Greeley, 
where  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first),  October  22,  1857,  Sarah 
Ruth  Grimes,  born  September  16,  1840,  died 
February  9,  1870,  daughter  of  Hon.  Joseph 
Grimes,  of  Colesburg.  Children:  i.  Carrie 
Adela,  bom  September  16,  1858.  2.  Charlie 
Hanson,  born  October  16,  1861.  3.  Nellie, 
born  April  14,  1862.  4.  James  R.,  bom  June 
9»  1863.  5.  Luella,  bom  January  5,  1865.  6. 
Mary,  born  June  12,  1866.  7.  Frank  R.,  born 
February  17,  1868.  8.  Joseph  M.,  born  Janu- 
ary 22,  1870,  died  July  25,  1870.  All  the  chil- 
dren that  survive  reside  in  Iowa.  Miles  Chand- 
ler Nichols  married  (second),  in  Earlville, 
Iowa,  April  19,  1871,  Mary  Jane  Smiley,  born 
in  Harmony,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
May  I,  1840,  daughter  of  Simon  and  Anna 
Maria  (Bemus)  Smiley;  child,  Miles  Chand- 
ler, of  further  mention.  Mary  Jane  (Smiley) 
Nichols  survived  her  husband  and  married 
(second)  Henry  S.  Bennett.  Children  by  her 
second  marriage:  Willard  Smiley,  born  April 
2T,  1882,  married  Alice  Alsko,  he  served  five 
years  in  the  United  States  navy,  and  was  with 
Admiral  Remy,  on  flagship  "Brooklyn,"  dur- 
ing the  Boxer  troubles  in  China ;  Lucile,  bom 
December  3,  1884,  now  in  charge  of  the  refer- 
ence department  of  the  Prendergast  Public 
Library,  at  Jamestown.  Simon  Smiley  was  the 
son  of  William  Smiley,  whose  children  were: 
James,  Simon,  Alexander  and  Aseneth.  Simon 
Smiley  was  educated  and  lived  in  Chautauqua 
county,  where  he  owned  several  tracts  of  land, 
lying  on  both  sides  of  Lake  Chautauqua.  He 
followed  farming  all  his  days,  and  died  at  his 
farm  on  the  east  side  of  Lake  Chautauqua. 
He  was  school  trustee  and  a  man  of  high 
character.  He  was  a  Universalist  in  religion, 
and  a  Republican.  He  married,  August  25, 
1836,  Anna  Maria  Bemus,  born  April  3,  181 1, 
died  March  23,  1892,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 


Jane  (Atkins)  Bemus.  Children:  Simon  (2)  ; 
Mary  Jane,  the  only  survivor,  married  (first) 
Miles  C.  Nicholt,  (second)  Henry  S.  Bennett; 
Alice  Maria,  born  September  8,  1844;  Helen 
H.,  March  25,  1846;  Willard,  October  13. 
185 1.  Simon  and  his  wife,  Anna  M.,  are 
buried  at  Bemus  Point,  on  the  shores  of  Lake 
Chautauqua. 

(VII)  Miles  Chandler  (2),  only  son  of 
Miles  Chandler  (i)  and  his  second  wife,  Mary 
Jane  (Smiley)  Nichols,  was  born  in  Delaware 
county,  Iowa,  August  10,  1872.  He  was  one 
year  old  when  his  mother  returned  to  the  home 
of  her  parents  in  New  York,  where  he  attend- 
ed the  public  schools.  At  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  he  accompanied  the  family  to  Sunbright, 
Morgan  county,  Tennessee,  later  attending  the 
Normal  School,  at  Rugby,  supplementing  his 
studies  by  a  correspondence  course  with  the 
Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College,  at  Buf- 
falo. At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  began 
teaching  in  Morgan  county.  In  1892  the  fam- 
ily returned  to  Chautauqua  county,  where  he 
pursued  a  course  of  advanced  study.  He  again 
followed  the  profession  of  an  instructor,  teach- 
ing nineteen  terms  in  the  Chautauqua  county 
public  schools.  He  then  abandoned  that  pro- 
fession to  engage  in  business  life.  For  some 
years  he  was  with  the  Art  Metal  Constraction 
Company,  Jamestown  Metal  Furniture  Com- 
pany, and  in  a  responsible  position  at  Syracuse, 
New  York,  from  where  he  returned,  in  1910. 
to  accept  the  position  of  general  manager  of 
the  Interior  Metal  Manufacturing  Company, 
of  Jamestown.  He  has  always  been  deeply 
interested  in  the  educational  work  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association,  and  both  taught 
and  was  superintendent  of  the  evening  school 
maintained  by  that  association;  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a 
strong  advocate  of  the  cause  of  temperance. 
He  is  an  Independent  in  politics. 

Charles  Templeton  Howard,  son 
HOWARD  of  David  and  Agnes  (Temple- 
ton)  Howard,  was  born  in  Bel- 
fast,   Ireland,   September    12,    1822,   died   in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  May  6,  1905. 

He  received  a  good  education,  and  early 
began  an  active  business  life.  At  the  age  of 
twelve  years  he  was  weigh  master  in  one  of 
the  linen  mills  of  Belfast,  in  charge  of  all  out- 
going goods.  The  company,  with  which  he 
was  connected,  had  a  large  foreign  trade,  which 
was  carried  in  vessels.     At  the  age  of  four- 


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teen  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  shipping 
and  loading  department  One  of  the  vessels 
he  loaded  was  destined  for  the  United  States, 
and  in  her  he  made  his  first  visit  to  this  coun- 
try. He  did  not  long  remain,  returning  on  the 
same  vessel.  In  the  years  spent  in  the  linen 
mill  he  had  acquired  an  expert  knowledge  of 
bookkeeping  and  was  noted  for  his  accuracy 
and  speed,  as  well  as  for  his  method.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  years  he  again  came  to  the 
United  States,  which  was  ever  afterward  his 
home.  His  first  employment  was  as  porter  at 
the  old  Astor  House,  in  New  York  City.  He 
met  there  many  men  from  the  west,  whose  talk 
of  the  greatness  of  their  section  so  impressed 
him  that,  at  the  first  favorable  opportunity,  he 
gave  up  his  position  and  went  to  the  lumber 
woods  of  Michigan.  After  some  time  spent 
there  he  returned  east  as  far  as  Akron,  Ohio, 
where  he  obtained  work  in  a  large  iron  foun- 
dry, as  general  helper.  One  night  the  head 
bookkeeper  was  badly  mixed  and  not  able  to 
make  his  accounts  balance.  Young  Howard, 
seeing  his  predicament,  offered  to  help  him. 
He  was  laughed  at  for  his  kind  offer,  and  was 
asked,  "What  do  you  know  about  bookkeep- 
ing?" He  took  the  remark  good  naturedly, 
and  replied,  "I  have  had  some  experience  and 
believe  I  can  help  you."  He  soon  had  the 
tangle  unraveled,  which  so  pleased  the  book- 
keeper that  he  obtained  him  a  position  in  the 
office,  where  his  ability  was  quickly  made  mani- 
fest. He  gained  rapid  favor  with  his  superiors, 
who  ^ye  him  every  opportunity  to  get  thor- 
oughly familiar  with  their  particular  line  of 
business.  Later,  when  the  Akron  Foundry  & 
Machine  Company  needed  a  head  bookkeeper, 
he  obtained  the  coveted  position.  He  became 
expert  not  only  in  foundry  bookkeeping,  but 
in  foundry  management  and  methods.  He 
later  was  employed  at  Niles  and  Sharon,  Ohio, 
and,  at  Youngstown,  Ohio,  built  the  Mahon- 
ing Furnaces,  which  he  owned  and  operated 
with  much  financial  success.  He  also  owned 
and  operated  the  Etna  Furnace,  of  Youngs- 
town. He  also  acquired  some  coal  mining 
interests,  being  associated  with  Governor  Tod. 
Prior  to  the  civil  war  he  purchased  a  farm  on 
Long  Island,  which  he  later  exchanged  for 
farm  land  in  Vir^nia,  not  far  from  Washing- 
ton, District  of  Columbia.  Here  he  lived  for 
some  time.  He  was  once  arrested  and  con- 
fined in  jail,  at  Alexandria,  on  the  charge  of 
smuggling  goods  into  the  southern  lines,  but 
was  released  ten  days  later,  the  charge  not 


being  proven.  He  had  been  to  the  city,  with 
the  governess  of  his  family,  to  purchase  goods 
for  her  wedding  outfit,  and  this  was  the  only 
ground  for  their  arrest,  on  returning  with  their 
purchases.  He  was  appointed  quartermaster 
by  the  United  States  government,  serving  for 
several  years.  After  the  war  was  over  and 
conditions  seemed  favorable  he  opened  a  gen- 
eral store  at  Manassas,  Virginia.  This  was 
followed  by  a  residence  in  Steamburg,  New 
York,  where,  with  a  brother-in-law,  Robert 
Carson,  a  general  store  was  established.  After 
a  time  he  sold  his  interest  and  went  to  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  became  superintend- 
ent of  a  large  iron  foundry.  He  remained  in 
St.  Louis  for  some  time,  then  located  in  the 
oil  fields  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Bradford.  After 
a  few  years  there  and  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
where  he  owned  a  grocery  store,  he  sold  out 
and  settled  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  about 
1 88 1,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  and  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  Alvina  Carson,  bom  at 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  August  4, 1833,  died 
October  11,  1878,  daughter  of  Adam  and  Mary 
Carson.  Children:  Emma  Stella,  born  in 
Youngstown,  Ohio,  unmarried ;  Robert,  died 
young ;  Elizabeth,  deceased ;  Minnie  Ida,  mar- 
ried John  B.  Northrup,  and  had  a  son  Howard ; 
Daisy,  married  Henry  A.  Doering,  a  merchant 
of  Jamestown ;  Frank  Jones,  deceased,  married 
Mary  Dempsey,  children:  Charles,  Dempsey 
and  Louis;  and  Zaidee,  died  in  infancy.  He 
married  (second),  at  Jamestown,  Lucia  Ann 
Pennock,  born  at  Jamestown,  April  28,  1845, 
daughter  of  Peter  Pennock,  a  descendant  of 
the  early  Pennocks,  who  settled  at  New  Har- 
lem, now  a  part  of  the  city  of  New  York. 

Peter  Pennock  was  a  son  of  Adonijah  and 
Betsey  Pennock,  of  Vermont,  where  Peter  was 
born.  He  settled  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
when  a  young  man,  engaged  in  brick  manu- 
facturing, and  became  prominent  in  the  early 
history  of  the  city.  He  married  Phinetta  South- 
wick,  born  in  Rome,  New  York,  who  bore  him 
ten  children :  Lucia  Ann,  of  further  mention ; 
Clarice,  Florence,  Alvin,  Louis,  and  five  who 
died  in  infancy. 

Lucia  Ann,  eldest  child  of  Peter  and  Phin- 
etta (Southwick)  Pennock,  married  (first) 
Henry  Burnham.  Children:  i.  May,  died  at 
the  age  of  forty- four  years ;  she  married  Frank 
Holcomb,  and  had  a  daughter  who  died  in  in- 
fancy, and  a  son,  Robert  Earl  Holcomb.  2. 
John,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years. 


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She  married  (second)  Charles  Templeton 
Howard.  Child,  Elizabeth  O.  Howard,  who 
resides  with  her  mother.  Mrs.  Howard  has 
been  engaged  in  the  millinery  business,  in 
Jamestown,  for  over  half  a  century,  and,  for 
half  of  that  time,  has  been  in  her  present  loca- 
tion, loi  Cherry  street.  She  has  an  established 
business  among  the  best  in  her  city,  and  main- 
tains a  high  character  both  in  business  and 
private  life.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  (Scientist),  and  a  woman  thorough- 
ly respected  and  esteemed. 


John  Cowles,  a  former  resident 
COWLES     and  highly-esteemed  citizen  of 

Jamestown,  New  York,  was 
born  on  the  Isle  of  Man,  February  4,  1828, 
died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  January  31, 
1892.  He  grew  to  youthful  manhood  on  his 
native  Isle,  where  he  received  a  good  educa- 
tion. At  the  age  of  sixteen  years,  in  company 
with  his  sister  Esther,  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  settling  in  Rochester,  New  York.  Esther 
Cowles,  born  April  i,  1829,  married  John  S. 
Brown,  of  Rochester,  New  York,  where  they 
reside.  She  is  the  mother  of  sons  who  are 
known  throughout  the  United  States,  from 
their  connection  with  the  nursery  business. 

John  Cowles,  after  settling  in  Rochester, 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  about  twenty  years.  He  located  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  conducting  from  that 
city  his  business  in  the  Bradford,  Pennsyl- 
vania^ oil  fields.  He  was  associated,  for  a  time, 
with  S.  D.  Parks,  and  later  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Robert  Bryan.  He  was  a  man  of  good 
business  ability  and  commanded  universal  re- 
spect for  his  manly  qualities.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  married,  in 
Rochester,  New  York,  in  1857,  Kate  Moore, 
born  in  county  Fermanagh,  Ireland,  June  22, 
1833,  daughter  of  Christopher,  born  1788,  died 
1870,  and  Katherine  (Stephenson)  Moore, 
born  1800,  died  1840.  She  came  to  the  United 
States  in  1854,  joining  her  sister,  Mrs.  Robert 
Bryan,  in  Rochester,  New  York.  Three  years 
later  she  was  married  to  John  Cowles.  She 
was  one  of  a  large  family  of  children :  James, 
died  in  Ireland ;  William,  died  at  Port  Hope, 
Canada ;  John,  died  at  Linden,  Canada ;  Chris- 
topher, of  Bendigo,  Australia;  Anna  (de- 
ceased), married  Jared  Woods;  Margaret  (de- 
ceased), married  James  Glasgow,  of  Roches- 
ter, New  York;  Elizabeth  (deceased),  married 


Robert  Bryan,  of  Jamestown;  Kate,  married 
John  Cowles.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cowles : 
I.  Kate,  bom  1859,  died  December  31,  1908; 
she  was  a  well-educated  woman  and  held  the 
important  position  of  bookkeeper  for  a  large 
firm  in  Rochester,  New  York.  2.  Wesley,  born 
1861,  died  August  19,  1900,  a  young  man  of 
great  promise.  3.  Alinnie,  born  1866,  died 
November  4,  1894;  she  was  a  well-educated 
and  lovable  woman.  Mrs.  Cowles  survives  her 
husband  and  children  and  resides  at  150  Bar- 
rett street,  Jamestown,  New  York.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  church,  and  interest- 
ed in  all  good  works.  Despite  her  years  she 
is  active  and  maintains  more  than  a  passing 
interest  in  current  affairs. 


The  progenitor  of  the  Clark  fam- 
CI.ARK     ily  and  the  first  to  settle  in  New 

York  state  was  Watrous  Clark, 
born  in  the  state  of  Massachusetts  in  1759. 
He  served  with  his  two  brothers  in  the  navy, 
during  the  revolution,  they  being  both  lost  at 
sea.  After  the  close  of  the  war  Watrous  Clark 
removed  to  New  York  state,  settling  in  Otsego 
county,  where  he  followed  farming  until  his 
death,  in  1831.  He  was  something  of  a  work- 
er in  iron  and  metal,  having  considerable  in- 
genuity and  skill  with  both.  He  made  his  own 
farming  implements  and  did  other  such  work  as 
could  be  done  with  limited  tools  and  material. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and 
did  not  mingle  in  politics.  He  married*  Sarah 
Saxton,  of  Columbia  county.  New  York.  Chil- 
dren :  Three  sons  and  five  daughters. 

(II)  Lot,  second  son  of  Watrous  and  Sarah 
(Saxton)  Qark,  was  born  in  Columbia  county. 
New  York,  near  Kinderhook,  in  1788,  died  in 
1862.  He  received  a  good  common  school 
education,  studied  law,  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and,  for  twelve  years,  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  Norwich,  Chenango  county.  New 
York,  and,  for  several  years,  was  district  attor- 
ney for  that  county.  Abandoning  the  law  he 
became  a  promoter  of  large  and  important 
public  enterprises,  perhaps  the  most  important 
being  the  original  suspension  bridge  across  the 
Niagara  river,  below  the  falls.  He  was  the 
organizer  of  the  company  that  built  that  struc- 
ture, and  its  president  until  his  death,  in  1862. 
He  was  a  large  landowner,  being,  at  one  time, 
one-third  owner  of  a  tract  in  the  Empire  state, 
and  of  several  large  tracts  in  states  farther 
west.  Politically  he  was  an  old-time  Democrat 
and  a  power  in  his  party.    He  was  elected  a 


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member  of  the  eighteenth  congress,  served  in 
1823-24.  He  was  not  in  accord  with  his  party 
upon  the  sub-treasury  bill,  and,  in  1840,  voted 
for  Gen.  William  Henry  Harrison  for  Presi- 
dent. He  was  the  leader  of  the  New  York 
delegation  in  congress  and  very  popular.  In 
1840  he  became  an  intimate  friend  of* Henry 
Clay  and  other  prominent  W^higs.  In  1846  he 
was  elected  to  the  New  York  legislature,  where 
he  forced  an  act  for  the  enlargement  of  the 
Erie  canal.  When  Andrew  Jackson  was  Presi- 
dent he  offered  Mr.  Clark  a  seat  in  his  cabi- 
net, as  attorney-general,  but  the  honor  was  de- 
clined. He  married  (first)  Lavinia,  daughter 
of  Daniel  Crosby,  born  in  Connecticut,  re- 
moved to  Broome  county.  New  York,  where 
he  owned  and  tilled  a  large  farm;  he  died  in 
Chenango  county,  in  1820,  aged  eighty  years. 
Children  of  Lot  and  Lavinia  (Crosby)  Clark: 
Hiram  Carter;  Lot  C,  a  lawyer  of  Staten 
Island,  district  attorney  for  eleven  years,  and 
private  counsel  for  Commodore  Vanderbilt  for 
several  years;  Joseph  B.,  removed  to  Detroit, 
Michigan,  where  he  was  alderman  and  promi- 
nent in  public  life;  William  C.  removed  to 
Illinois,  where  he  owned  a  large  landed  estate. 
(Ill)  Hiram  Carter,  eldest  son  of  Lot  and 
Lavinia  (Crosby)  Clark,  was  born  at  Norwich, 
Chenango  county,  New  York,  July  16,  18 16, 
died  July  25,  1891,  and  is  buried  in  the  town 
of  his  birth.  He  was  educated  in  private 
schools  and  under  private  tutors.  He  was  ap- 
pointed to  a  cadetship  at  West  Point  United 
States  Military  Academy,  but  resigned.  From 
1833  to  1837  he  was  associated  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  in  the  grocery  business,  at  Augusta, 
Georgia.  He  then  studied  law  rnd  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  New  York,  in  1840.  He 
practiced  law  in  Norwich,  and,  in  1849,  edited 
a  history  of  Chenango  county.  In  the  same 
year  he  went  to  San  Francisco,  California, 
where  he  practiced  law  until  1865.  In  1866 
he  returned  to  New  York  state  and  soon  after- 
ward went  abroad,  spending  six  of  the  ensu- 
ing ten  years  in  London,  England.  While 
abroad  the  columns  of  the  San  Francisco  Daily 
Bulletin  were  enlivened  by  regjular  correspond- 
ence from  his  facile  pen.  Returning  from 
England,  in  1871,  he  located  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  devoting  the  remainder  of  his  life 
to  literary  recreation,  travel  and  newspaper 
correspondence.  While  residing  in  Augusta 
the  Seminole  war  broke  out  and  Mr.  Clark 
enlisted  in  the  Richmond  Blues,  a  famous 
military  organization,  and  served  six  months 


in  the  United  States  army,  receiving  for  his 
services  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land. 
It  was  by  his  pen,  however,  that  he  gained 
prominence.  He  was  one  of  the  most  prolific 
newspaper  correspondents  of  his  day.  Among 
an  interesting  collection  of  his  papers  are  many 
letters  from  prominent  men  of  the  earlier  day. 
He  possessed  strong  personal  political  convic- 
tions, but  never  sat  in  a  political  convention, 
never  asked  for  himself  nor  ever  assisted  an- 
other to  obtain  a  nomination,  in  fact  kept 
absolutely  aloof  from  politics.  He  regarded 
the  law  as  a  full  occupation  for  any  man  with- 
out an  admixture  of  politics.  His  finely-train- 
ed mind  was  a  rich  storehouse  of  facts,  and  he 
was  a  most  delightful  companion.  His  reminis- 
cences of  public  men  and  events  would  have 
made  a  most  interesting  book. 

He  married  (first),  November  23,  1857, 
Mrs.  Sarah  Thompson,  born  in  Nottingham, 
England,  died  1869.  He  married  (second), 
in  187 1,  Jane,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dickson,  of 
New  York,  of  Scotch  parentage. 

(The  Dickson  Line). 

(I)  Jane  (Dickson)  Clark  descends  in  the 
third  generation  from  George  Dickson,  born 
in  Smallholm,  Scotland,  September  30,  1755, 
died  at  Windsor,  New  York,  January  30,  1846. 
He  came  from  Scotland,  settling  near  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  in  1761.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
a  millwright,  having  a  water  power  and  mill 
on  his  farm.  He  was  a  soldier.  After  the 
revolutionary  war  he  settled  in  Washington 
county.  New  York.  He  married,  May  4,  1780, 
Eunice  Greenleaf,  born  1760,  died  September 

15,  1839.  Children :  George,  born  July  4,  1781 ; 
Eunice,  August  14,  1783 ;  Susanna,  September 
^y  1785 ;  John  M.,  February  6,  1788;  Elizabeth, 
May  4,  1790;  Stephen,  August  13,  1792;  Will- 
iam, April  17,  1795;  Nancy,  August  4,  1796; 
Alexander,  October  14,  1798;  David,  February 
27,  1801 ;  Samuel,  of  further  mention. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  George  and  Eunice 
(Greenleaf)  Dickson,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Salem,  Washington  county,  New  York,  March 

16,  1805,  died  March  16,  1861.  He  was  reared 
on  the  farm  and  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  Salem.  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter, 
and  followed  it  at  Windsor,  New  York,  dur- 
ing his  earlier  years.  He  removed  to  Norwich, 
Chenango  county.  New  York,  where,  for  fif- 
teen years,  he  was  superintendent  of  the  wood- 
working department  of  the  Maydole  Hammer 
Factory,  then  a  prominent  Norwich  enterprise. 


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He  was  held  in  high  esteem  by  his  associates 
and  attained  prominence  in  the  town.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  poHtics  and  served  as  school 
commissioner.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic order,  belonging  to  lodge  and  chapter.  In 
religious  faith  he  was  an  Episcopalian,  and  a 
strictly  good  man.  He  married,  January  28, 
1 83 1,  Eliza  Ann  Schiffer,  born  September  29, 
1807,  died  November  22,  1889,  daughter  of 
Philip  and  Nancy  (Church)  Schiffer.  Philip 
Schiffer  was  born  1784,  died  1862;  married, 
November  3,  1806,  Nancy  Church,  descendant 
of  Richard  Church,  born  in  England,  1610, 
died  at  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  December  16, 
1667;  married  Ann  Weatherfield,  and  had 
issue.  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  Church,  was 
born  in  1640,  had  Samuel  (2),  born  August 
19,  1667,  had  Nathaniel,  born  February  7, 
1704,  had  Eber,  bom  December  14,  1734,  had 
Josiah,  bom  July  22,  1761,  died  March  21, 
1821 ;  married  Comfort  Robbins,  born  Febru- 
ary 2T,  1766,  died  June  27,  1854;  children: 
Robert,  Nancy,  Elizabeth,  Jeremiah,  Jessie, 
Francis,  Mary  Ann,  William,  Harry  and  John. 
Nancy,  eldest  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Com- 
fort (Robbins)  Church,  married  Philip  Schif- 
fer. Eliza  Ann,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Nancy 
Schiffer,  married  Samuel  Dickson.  Children 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dickson:  i.  Henry  Schiffer, 
born  September  3,  1835,  died  March,  1871 ;  he 
was  a  soldier  of  the  civil  war,  enlisted  in  the 
Forty-fourth  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry, 
served  his  full  term  of  enlistment  and  six 
months  on  a  second  term.  2.  Jane,  of  further 
mention.  3.  George  M.,  born  August  28,  1848 ; 
married  Martha  Willson ;  child,  Mabel  C,  born 
April  28,  1875. 

(Ill)  Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Eliza  Ann  (Schiffer)  Dickson,  married  Hiram 
Carter  Clark.  She  survives  her  husband  and 
resides  in  Jamestown.  A  member  of  her  house- 
hold is  her  niece,  Mabel  C.  Dickson,  daugh- 
ter of  her  younger  brother,  George  M. 


Paige  is  a  later  or- 
PAIGE-DICKERSON    thography   of   the 

name  Page,  which 
was  first  taken  as  a  surname  by  one  who  was 
a  page  to  a  royal  or  titled  person. 

The  American  ancestor  of  the  family,  herein 
recorded,  is  Nathaniel  Paige,  who  came  from 
England  to  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  about 
1685,  with  wife  and  three  children.  The  earli- 
est trace  of  him  is  found  in  his  deposition  that, 
on  the  loth  of  March,  1685-86,  he  saw  Joseph 


Dudley  take  peaceable  possession  of  certain 
real  estate  in  Billerica,  Massachusetts.  On  the 
organization  of  a  town  government,  June  2, 
1686,  he  was  appointed,  by  President  Joseph 
Dudley,  one  of  the  two  marshals  (sheriffs)  of 
Suffolk  county,  and  it  was  ordered  that  the 
president  "have  an  honorable  maintenance, 
when  it  is  known  how  the  revenue  will  arise, 
and  that  Mr.  Paige  have  five  pounds  a  quarter 
for  his  attendance  upon  the  President."  He 
was  also  licensed  by  the  county  court  of  Suf- 
folk, August  2,  1686,  as  an  innholder  in  Rox- 
bury.  He  was  one  of  the  eight  original  pur- 
chasers from  the  Indian  sachems,  December 
27,  1686,  of  the  territory  now  embraced  in  the 
town  of  Hardwick,  Massachusetts.  A  month 
afterward  the  same  persons,  together  with 
Ralph  Bradhurst,  in  like  manner,  bought  the 
territory  now  embraced  in  the  towns  of  Leices- 
ter and  Spencer.  These  purchases  were  merely 
speculations,  however,  and  brought  no  pecuni- 
ary benefit  for  many  years.  For  immediate 
use  he  bought  of  George  Grimes,  March  i, 
1688,  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres, 
in  the  town  of  Billerica  (now  Bedford),  where 
he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
The  inventory  of  his  estate  indicates  that  he 
was  a  prosperous  farmer.  His  lands  were 
valuable,  were  well  stocked  with  all  kinds  of 
farm  animals,  and  among  his  possessions  was 
"a  serving  man,"  valued  at  fifteen  pounds.  His 
real  estate  at  Billerica,  and  his  wild  lands,  he 
devised  to  his  two  sons  (a  double  portion  being 
given  to  the  elder),  and  two  hundred  acres  he 
owned  in  Dedham,  near  Neponset  bridge,  was 
divided  equally  between  his  two  daughters. 
Whether  he  was  in  Boston  on  business,  on  a 
visit  or  for  medical  aid  does  not  appear,  but  he 
died  in  that  city,  April  12,  1692.  His  will, 
dated  on  the  day  preceding  his  death,  describes 
him  as  "of  Bilreky  in  the  County  of  Essex, 
New  England,  yeoman,  being  weak  and  sick 
of  body,"  and  is  signed  "Natt  Paige,"  in  an  un- 
usually plain  and  distinct  handwriting. 

He  married  Joane ,  who  survived  him 

until  1724.  Children :  i.  Nathaniel,  married  Sus- 
anna, daughter  of  Major  John  Lane,  of  Bill- 
erica, he  was  a  farmer,  selectman,  cornet  of  a 
troop  of  horse  and  prominent  in  the  towns  of 
Billerica  and  Bedford,  after  the  incorporation 
of  the  latter.  2.  Elizabeth,  married  John  Simp- 
kins.  3.  Sarah,  married  Samuel  Hill.  4.  Chris- 
topher, of  further  mention. 

(II)  Christopher,  youngest  child  and  second 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Joane  Paige,  was  born  in 


NEW  YORK. 


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Billerica  (now  Bedford),  February  6,  1690. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  a  joiner,  and  resided  on 
the  easterly  road  to  Gilhiertville.  He  removed 
to  Hardwick  early  in  1735.  He  was  active  in 
the  management  of  the  common  property  of 
the  proprietors,  and  in  the  final  effort  to  ob- 
tain incorporation  as  a  town.  He  was  a  mod- 
erator of  the  first  town  meeting,  held  in  Hard- 
wick, 1739,  selectman  for  seven  years  and  as- 
sessor five  years.  He  was  also  moderator  of 
all  the  meetings  the  proprietors  held  in  Hard- 
wick. At  the  organization  of  the  church,  No- 
vember 17,  1736,  his  name  stands  first  on  the 
list  of  members,  and  he  was  elected,  December 
3,  1736,  as  its  first  deacon.  This  office  he  re- 
signed, April  13,  1749  (and  probably  his  mem- 
bership also),  and  became  a  member  of  the 
church  at  Nitchwaug,  now  Petersham.  This, 
caused  a  breach  between  the  two  churches, 
which  was  not  healed  for  twenty  years.  He 
died  March  10,  1744.  An  obituary,  published 
in  the  Massachusetts  Gazette,  March  31,  1744, 
says :  "At  Hardwick,  Deacon  Christopher  Paige, 
aged  eighty-three  years  and  twenty-one  days, 
comfortable  hope  of  a  better  life;  he  left  a 
widow  and  has  had  twelve  children,  nine  now 
living  and  three  dead,  eighty-one  grandchil- 
dren, sixty-six  living  and  fifteen  dead.  A  fu- 
neral sermon  was  preached  by  the  Reverend 
Mr.  Hutchinson,  at  his  funeral  the  Monday 
following."  Deacon  Paige  married  (first)  Jo- 
anne   ,.died  October  27,  1719.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon 
George  (2)  Reed,  and  granddaughter  of  George 
(i)  Reed,  who  was  born  in  England,  about 
1729,  and  great-granddaughter  of  William 
Reed,  who  married  Mabel  Kendall,  and  came 
from  England,  in  1635,  with  wife  and  three 
children,  later  returned  to  England,  where  he 
died  in  1656.  Children  of  Deacon  Christopher 
Paige:  Joanne,  Christopher  (2),  William, 
George,  Timothy,  Jonas,  Elizabeth,  Lucy,  Na- 
thaniel, John,  Elizabeth  (2)  ;  but  eleven  chil- 
dren are  recorded,  although  the  obituary  says 
twelve. 

(HI)  George,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Christopher  and  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth 
(Reed)  Paige,  was  born  in  Billerica,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  17,  1725.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
resided  on  a  farm,  adjoining  the  homesteads  of 
his  father  and  his  brother  William.  He  died 
May  8,  1781.  He  married,  June  4,  1752,  Ro- 
silla,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Whitcomb.  She 
was  noted  for  her  industry  and  energy.  She 
survived  him  and  married  (second)  Captain 


William  Breckinbridge,  of  Ware,  whom  she 
also  outlived.  After  his  death  she  returned  to 
Hardwick,  resided  on  the  homestead,  with  her 
son  Paul,  until  her  death,  October  29,  1807. 
Children:  Nathaniel,  George,  Nathan,  Paul, 
Peirce,  Anna. 

(IV)  Nathan,  third  son  and  child  of  George 
and  Rosilla  (Whitcomb)  Paige,  was  born  in 
Hardwick,  Massachusetts,  August  7,  1762.  He 
removed  to  Royalton,  Vermont,  where  he  died. 
He  married,  April  25,  1784,  Hannah  Cobb. 
Children:  Alfred,  a  physician;  William,  Otis, 
Nathan,  Lucius,  Edward,  Betsey,  Hannah.  It 
is  said  there  were  two  more  daughters  who 
probably  died  young. 

(\')  Otis,  third  son  of  Nathan  and  Hannah 
(Cobb)  Paige,  was  born  in  Vermont,  about 
the  year  i8(X),  died  at  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  at  the  age  of  seventy-five 
years.  He  removed  from  Vermont  to  Elling- 
ton and  there  purchased"  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred acres,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of 
his  days.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  and  held  the  office  of  deacon 
for  forty-one  years.  He  was  a  man  of  quiet 
domestic  tastes,  and  is  remembered  by  his  chil- 
dren as  never  having  spoken  to  them  an  un- 
kind word.    He  married  Mary  Bigelow,  born 

in  Vermont,  daughter  of  Rev. Bigelow, 

a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
She  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-five  years  and 
left  behind  her  a  precious  memory.  They  were 
the  parents  of  eleven  children,  three  of  whom 
died  in  infancy.  , 

(VI)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Otis  and  Mary 
(Bigelow)  Paige,  was  born  at  Ellington,  New 
York,  June  25,  1840.  She  married  Benjamin 
S.  Dicicerson,  bom  at  Spring  Creek,  near  the 
city  of  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  January,  1826, 
died  at  Jamestown,  New  Yprk,  April  ;6,  1901, 
and  is  buried  in  Lake  View  Cemetery.  He  was 
a  son  of  Samuel  Dickerson,  who  came  to  Spring 
Creek  from  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  Ben- 
jamin S.  was  one  of  three  sons,  Joseph,  Ben- 
jamin S.  and  William.  He  was  but  seven  years 
old  when  his  mother  died,  and  he  went  to  live 
with  strangers.  His  first  home  was  not  a  pleas- 
ant one  and  he  endured  a  great  deal  of  ill  treat- 
ment and  hardship  until  he  met  Captain  Alex- 
ander, of  Frewsburg,  who  took  him  into  his 
home  and  reared  him  as  his  own  son,  a  kind- 
ness which  was  never  forgotten  by  the  lad.  At 
the  age  of  sixteen  years  he  came  to  Jamestown 
and  learned  the  trade  of  a  tailor,  which  he 
followed  in  that  city  for  twenty-seven  years. 


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NEW  YORK. 


He  invested  in  land,  which  was  afterward  laid 
off  in  city  lots,  upon  which  he  built  a  residence, 
at  1 02 1  North  Main  street,  now  the  home  of 
his  widow.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  in  early  married  life. 
He  was  a  man  of  good  business  ability  and 
highly  respected  in  his  community. 

He  married  (first)  Ellen  Williams.  Chil- 
dren :  Herbert,  who  died  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
five  years,  and  Frank,  died  in  childhood.  He 
married  (second)  Sarah  Paige.  Children  :  i. 
Ellen  S.,  born  February  8,  1866,  died  Febru- 
ary 30,  1886;  married  Arthur  A.  Lee;  she  was 
finely  educated  and  a  musician  of  ability;  no 
living  issue.  2.  Frank  B.,  born  February  2, 
1869,  died  aged  eighteen  months. 


The  Griswolds  of  Connecti- 

GRISWOLD  cut,  from  whom  the  Gris- 
wolds of  Jamestown,  New 
York,  descend,  are  descendants  of  Edward  and 
Matthew  Griswold,  who  settled  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  1639.  Their  English  home  was 
at  Kenilworth,  county  of  Warwick,  England. 
They  were  men  of  education  and  property,  and 
after  their  arrival  in  the  new  colony  took  com- 
manding positions  and  became  prominent  in 
colonial  affairs. 

(I)  Edward  Griswold  was  bom  about  1607, 
died  at  Kenilworth,  Connecticut,  1691.  He 
was  deputy  from  Windsor  and  from  Kenil- 
worth for  more  than  twenty  years,  was  fre- 
quently a  commissioner,  and,  in  1678,  was  on 
a  committee  to  establish  a  Latin  school  in  New 
London,  and  was  the  first  deacon  of  Kenil- 
worth   (now   Clinton)    church.     He  married 

(first),   1630,  in  England,   Margaret  , 

who  died  August  23,  1670.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah,  widow  of  James  Bemis.  Eleven 
children. 

(H)  John,  eleventh  child  of  Edward  and 
his  first  wife,  Margaret  Griswold,  was  born  and 
baptized  August  i,  1652.  He  removed  from 
Windsor  to  Kenilworth,  where  he  died  Au- 
gust 7,  1 7 17.  He  was  a  man  of  property,  in- 
telligence and  influence ;  deacon  in  the  church. 

He  married   (first)   Mary  ,  who  died 

October  27,  1679;  married  (second)  Bathsheba 

,  who  died  March  19,   1736.     Fifteen 

children. 

(HI)  Daniel,  fourteenth  child  of  John  and 
his  second  wife,  Bathsheba  Griswold,  was  born 
in  Kenilworth,  Connecticut,  October  25,  1696. 
He  married,  March  9,  1721,  Jerusha  Stevens. 
Three  children. 


(IV)  Daniel  B.,  eldest  son  of  Daniel  and 
Jerusha  (Stevens)  Griswold,  was  born  1722; 
married,  October  22,  1750,  Mary  BushnelL 
Twelve  children. 

(V)  Daniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Daniel  B.  and 
Mary  (Bushnell)  Griswold,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1756,  died  about  1795.  ^^  came  to 
New  York  state  and  owned  land,  now  the  site 
of  the  city  of  Utica,  New  York.  For  a  time 
he  was  a  resident  of  the  town  of  Cambridge. 
Washington  county,  New  York.  He  married 
Horton  (or  Houghton),  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Gris- 
wold, w^as  born  in  Cambridge,  Washington 
county,  New  York,  September  28,  1788,  died 
1854.  He  was  a  clothier,  and  learned  the 
<:ording  business.  During  the  war  of  1812  the 
first  cording  machine  was  set  up,  and,  to  pre- 
vent the  British  from  capturing  it,  he  took  it 
to  Vermont.  He  came  to  (lenesee  county,  New 
York,  about  1820,  where  he  owned  lands  at 
what  is  now  the  city  of  Utica,  which  he  inherit- 
ed from  his  father.  About  1832  he  settled  in 
the  tow^n  of  Poland,  Chautaucjua  county,  where 
he  engaged  in  farming  until  his  death.  He 
settled  on  lot  No.  24,  on  the  Ellington  town 
line,  where  he  engaged  in  lumbering,  in  connec- 
tion with  his  farm.  He  was  an  old-line  Whig, 
and  held  several  of  the  town  offices.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  in  Burlington,  Vermont,  May  25. 
181 5,  Mary  Hills,  born  at  Upton,  Massachu- 
setts, November  25,  1795,  died  at  the  town  of 
Poland,  New  York,  September  24, 1844,  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  Hills,  a  native  of  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (second)  Mary  Bentley.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  Mary  L.,  Hiram  H.,  Sarah, 
Fannie,  Elvira,  Daniel. 

(VH)  Daniel  (4),  son  of  Daniel  (3)  and 
Mary  (Hills)  Griswold,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Perry,  Wyoming  county,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1830.  He  was  fourteen  years  of  age 
when  his  mother  died,  and  shortly  after  he 
commenced  life  for  himself.  He  obtained  a 
good  common  school  education,  and,  after 
working  for  some  time  on  a  farm,  b^an  buy- 
ing scythes,  snaths,  window  sashes,  doors,  and 
other  manufactured  articles.  Loading  his  pur- 
chases on  a  flat  boat,  when  spring  opened  he 
floated  his  Yankee  notion  boat  down  the  Alle- 
ghany, Ohio  and  Mississippi  rivers,  as  far  as 
Memphis,  Tennessee,  disposing  of  his  cargo 
at  the  different  river  towns,  being  well  sold  out 
by  the  time  he  arrived  at  Memphis.  He  con- 
tinued this  line  of  business  for  several  years, 
until  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war.     Hi<i 


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\  I  Daiuii  !>.,  oldc.-t  Sou  of  Daniel  an« 
I  .  ^levrlls )  (Iri^woUl,  was  born  17J- 
'.    (  JcIoIkt    22,    1750.    Ma'-y    ]ii:<hi»<  1: 

0    cllilvlRMl. 

^  >    Daniel  1  2),  eUlt-t  ^(^n  of  Danlvl  C.  ai.." 
\    (  fJMslniolD    (Irisw.  4(1.   \va-'   born    lanii- 


^7'    J75'^^  died  about    ij<^^.     He  came 


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Nt  \v  \(n'k  >tato  and  owne.i  land,  now  the  >!t.. 

•f  the  rity  of  I'tica,  New   York.     For  a  tiin 

i:?  \wtN  a  tcsident'nf  the  t(»wT.  of  ('amt'rid^c 

W'a^hin^tr.n  cc^nnty,  Xew   N'ork.     lie  nia^ric  1 

{i(,rton  I  or  Ibni^^hton  ).  and  had  issiu* 

(\'^)  Daiiiel  {7,),  M»n  of  Daniel  (2)  (in^ 
\v(^Id.  w:i<  hf»rn  in  Ca^Tihridj^e.  \Vashinii:t'  u 
c<M'Pr\,  \*cw  York,  Sept\:rnl>er  28,  \';;'S?.,  (he-.! 
i^^;.  i  Mv-  was  a  ciothi<*r,  and  learned  the 
-*.*u:.>-i;  !>usine'^<.  Dnrinp^  the  war  oi  1812  li  >- 
!••  I  cord.ii'i,^  niachine  v  a<  >et  iip.  and,  to  prt - 
'  ^'Hi  the  r>!iiis]i  in-in  captnii'iij  it  he  tof^k  i. 
t  >  \  erniont.     He-  canie  to  ( It-tie^ee  coimt\.  Nc\ 

->tk.  ;d>^»ut    :H2(),  where  he  owned  lanfl>  at 
•what  i>  now  the  cit\  ai  I'tica.  which  he  inh.er-.t- 
..]  from  his  fath'.M-.     AIm^U  1832  he  seilled  i-^ 
:h.e  town  ..f  Poland,  (iiar^rnqua  coimty.  wher:- 
lu*  eiii^a^ed   in    fartMini:  until   ^lis  death.      I  i . 
■»ttled  ou  l(>t   \().   24,  on  the   h".;iingt«»n   tox-i. 
»!.',  where  he  ent'a^ed  in  i\unl>ering,  in  C(>!Ui'-e 
'I'Mi  with  h'"-  n^rni.    lie  was  an  old-line  WIj^, 
jud  I'K'M  several  of  the  town  offices.     He  mar 
ried  (hr.sti.  in  lUirlington.  \  erniont.  May  ^-. 
I  Si  5,  ^[ary  Flills,  born  at   rpton,  M'is>aci-»r- 
setts,  Xf»veml>er  25,  I7<)5.  die  1  at  the  town  '•:" 
Toland,  .\ew  Y'ork,  Sei>temb<'r  24.  1844,  dau^-^^- 
tL"  <»f  Moses  Hills,  a  native  of  Xfassachu'-eti- 
ro- married  (second)  M.ir}   Hentlev.   Chil..rr  .. 
a-i  ^\v  fir^t  wife:  Mary  ],,,  Ffiram  IL.  Sar:^::. 
f  ;  w\u\  bjvira.  Daniel. 

(  \M  I  )    Daniid   (4),  ^on  of  Daniel   « ^4  >   ai",-' 
Mary  (  Hil'-  )  (iriswold.  wa:  born  in  t!ie  tow  t; 
of  rVrr\,  Wyoming  cotinty.  New  Yi»rk,  Fc^> 
ru'irv  18,  1830.     lie  w-is  fourteen  years  (>i  at."* 
wh'ii   lis  !ii(;tlier  died,   and   sli,>rtly  after   lu 
i'i»mmen( '.'d   lite    Ut  himself.      He  obt.'Mneo   n 
^^ood    ciMUUKni    v(-h(v>l    Cvhication,    and.    af*-" 
wt.rkinij  for  ^^T.ie  time  otj  a  farm,  hej^an  buv- 
'u^  M\tiirs.  -naths,  window  Sfi^hes.  d'v>rs.  and 
oTher  manr, f.'K'iured  nrt'(des      Loading  hi?  pur- 
cha*^'.-  oTi  a  tint  boat,  wIumi  spring  opened  li* 
fi-n--  }  •,  «.  S'ankee  notion  lx)at  dtjw  n  the  Mh 
Ki'.ii\^.  <-'}ii(»  and  Mi^^i^^ipJ)i  rivers,  as  far  a" 
.\!<':nf)hi».   Tennessee,  d]s|n».>ing  of  his   carg- » 
at  the  difT'^rent  rivei  tr)W!is,  being  w'ell  ^<'^ld  <a't 
by  the  time  he  arrived  at  Memphis..   lie  cc^n - 
tinued  this  line  of  business  for  several  years 
until  the  breaking  out  t^f  the  civil  war.     TTis 


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last  cargo  was  of  potatoes,  which  he  had  hard 
work  to  dispose  of,  but  fortunately  obtained  a 
letter  to  the  quartermaster  of  the  Union  army, 
At  Parkersburg,  West  Virginia,  who  gladly 
purchased  the  entire  cargo.  He  sold  his  boat 
and  returned  to  New  York  state,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  the  lumbering  business,  which  he  still 
continues.  In  1888  he  purchased  the  Prender- 
gast  tract,  in  partnership  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  William  Townsend.  In  1905  he  purchased 
the  lumber  business  of  D.  L.  Sullivan.  In  addi- 
tion to  other  property  Mr.  Griswold  owns  a 
half  interest  in  a  farm  of  nine  hundred  and 
seven  acres,  known  as  the  Prendergast  farm, 
which  is  located  in  Pennsylvania  and  New 
York.  He  was  senior  member  of  the  lumber- 
ing firm  of  Griswold  &  Townsend,  of  Kian- 
tone,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York.  In  1881 
ne  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Chautauqua 
County  National  Bank,  and.  May  8,  1890,  was 
chosen  president,  which  position  he  held  for 
several  years.  In  1871  Mr.  Griswold  removed 
to  Red  House,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
and,  in  1873,  settled  in  Jamestown,  where  he 
has  ever  since  resided.  He  has  led  an  active, 
energetic  life,  has  been  very  successful  in 
business,  and  gives  little  evidence  of  his  eighty 
years.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has 
always  taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs. 
From  1865  to  1869  he  was  supervisor  from 
the  town  of  Poland.  In  1884-85  he  represented 
the  town  of  Ellicott,  and,  in  1886,  was  chosen 
one  of  the  supervisors  from  the  city  of  James- 
town, and  later  served  on  the  board  of  public 
works  of  the  city. 

He  married,  November  18,  1868,  Martha 
Townsend,  daughter  of  John  Townsend,  of 
the  town  of  Carroll  (see  Townsend  VII). 
Children:  Grace,  Hugh,  Daniel,  all  of  whom 
died  in  infancy ;  Martha  T.,  born  July  13,  1877, 
resides  with  her  father ;  Harry  T.,  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  1882,  now  vice-president  of  the  Union 
Lumber  Company. 

(The  Townsend  Line). 

(I)  Martha  (Townsend)  Griswold  descends 
through  nine  generations  of  Townsends  from 
Roger  de  Townsende,  the  first  of  the  line  of 
whom  there  is  definite  historical  knowledge. 
The  line  continues  in  England  to  Thomas 
Townsend,  the  American  ancestor,  born  at 
Bracon  Ash,  county  of  Norfolk,  England.  Tra- 
dition and  family  records  state  that  he  came 
from  England  and  settled  at  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1637.    He  was  a  cousin  of  Gov- 


ernor John  W^inthrop  and  was  supposed  to 
have  been  a  relative  of  the  first  Lord  Town- 
send,  who  was  created  Baron  by  Charles  II. 
He  was  a  man  of  education,  and  beautiful 
specimens  of  his  handwriting  are  still  pre- 
served in  the  office  of  the  secretary  of  statej  in 
Boston.  He  died  December  22,  1677.  He 
married  Mary  Newgate  (or  Newdigate),  who 
survived  him  many  years. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
( Newgate)  Townsend,  was  the  second  of  five 
children,  and  was  born  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
about  1638,  died  December  21,  1704.  He  set- 
tled at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts,  where  he  ac- 
quired considerable  property,  which  he  dis- 
posed of  by  will.  He  died  at  Chelsea  and  is 
interred  in  the  old  burying  ground  at  Rum- 
ney  Marsh  (Revere).  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Davis,  and  had  ten  chil- 
dren. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  and  Abigail 
(Davis)  Townsend,  was  born  September  10, 
1668,  died  April  16,  1718.  He  married,  March 
22,  1695,  Elizabeth  Waltham,  died  March  30, 
174Q,  aged  eighty-three  years. 

(IV)  Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  Townsend,  son  of 
Jonathan  (i)  and  Elizabeth  (Waltham)  Town- 
send,  was  bom  in  1697,  died  1762.  He  was 
a  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  and  was  or- 
dained pastor  of  the  Congregational  church,  at 
Needham,  Massachusetts,  March  23,  1719,  and 
served  that  congregation  until  his  death,  Sep- 
terriber  30,  1762.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Captain  Gregory  Sugars.    Seven  children. 

(V)  Sanniel  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  (2) 
and  Mary  (Sugars)  Townsend,  was  born  in 
Needham,  Massachusetts,  May  15,  1729,  died 
in  Tyringfham^  Massachusetts,  September  11, 
1822.  He  was  a  revolutionary  soldier.  He 
married,  June  21,  1757,  Ruth  Tolman,  born 
in  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Tim- 
othy and  Elizabeth  ( Wadsworth)  Tolman,  and 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Jane  (Vose) 
Tolman.     Eight  children. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Ruth 
(Tolman)  Townsend,  was  born  in  Needham. 
Massachusetts,  December  11,  1765.  He  mar- 
ried Rhoda  Hall,  who  died  August  12,  1835. 
Five  children. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  William  and  Rhoda 
(Hall)  Townsend,  was  born  January  28,  1796, 
died  i860.  In  1817  he  came  to  Kennedy,  New 
York,  afterward  purchasing:  a  farm  in  Carroll, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming  and  lumbering.  He  was  a  Whig 


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and  a  Republican.  He  married  Adelia  Hitch- 
cock, born  in  Otsego  county,  New  York,  May 
4,  1810,  daughter  of  Samuel  Hitchcock,  born 
November  26,  1787;  married  Mary  McCor- 
mack,  born  May  10,  1788.  Samuel  was  the  son 
of  Ashbel  Hitchcock,  bom  July  i,  1765,  in 
O&wego  county,  New  York;  came  to  Chau- 
tauqua county  in  1817;  married  Eunice  Dun- 
bar, who  died  April  30,  1834.  Ashbel,  the  son 
of  Joel  Hitchcock,  married,  April.  14,  1757, 
Lois  Scott.  Mary  (McCormack)  Hitchcock 
was  a  daughter  of  John  McCormack,  born  in 
Massachusetts,  June  10,  1756;  married  Abigail 
Hartson. 

John  and  Adelia  (Hitchcock)  Townsend 
had  four  sons  and  six  daughters,  one  of  whom, 
Martha,  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Carroll,  in 
1837.  She  taught  several  years  in  the  schools 
near  her  home,  later  she  attended  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Al- 
bany, and  then  continued  her  profession  as 
teacher  until  her  marriage  with  Daniel  Gris- 
wold,  November  18,  1868.  After  their  removal 
to  Jamestown  she  served  nine  years  on  the 
board  of  education,  and,  when  failing  health 
compelled  her  to  retire  from  the  board,  she 
retained  a  deep  interest  in  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion. She  was  a  member  of  the  Fortnightly 
Club,  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion, and  vice-president  of  the  Chautauqua 
County  Historical  Society.  She  died  January 
21,  1910.  She  was  a  woman  of  fine  executive 
ability,  devoted  to  all  worthy  causes,  and  died 
deeply  regretted. 


This  branch  of  the  Hatch  family 

HATCH     was  founded  in  America  by 

Hatch,  who  settled  in  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut.  He  had  two  brothers  who 
came  to  America  with  him,  one  settling  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  the  other  going  to  Nova 
Scotia.  The  New  London  settler  was  a  baker 
by  trade.  He  married  and  had  issue:  Elijah, 
Peter,  Joshua,  Daniel,  Stephen,  John,  Molly, 
Eliza,  Susan. 

(H)  Elijah,  son  of Hatch,  married 

Naomi  Phelps  and  settled  at  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  Eleazer,  married  Abby 
Lamb ;  Samuel,  married  Submit  Webster ;  Asel, 
married  Eunice  Hovey;  Joseph,  married  Me- 
linda  Webster;  Tryphena,  unmarried;  Sally, 
married  a  Mr.  Griswold;  David,  of  further 
mention;  Jonathan,  married  Betsey  Powie; 
Naomi,  married  Eleazer  Fitch. 

(HI)  David,  son    of    Elijah    and    Naomi 


(Phelps)  Hatch,  was  bom  July  30,  1774,  died 
May  5,  1866.  He  married  (first)  Patty  Tis- 
dale,  (second)  Sally  Baird.  Children:  Laura, 
born  December  10,  1798,.  married  George 
Martin;  Elizabeth,  January  3,  1801,  married 
David  Matthews;  a  son,  November  29,  1803; 
David  Tisdale,  May  20,  1809;  Solomon  G.,  of 
further  mention. 

(IV)  Solomon  Griswold,  son  of  David  and 
Patty  (Tisdale)  Hatch,  was  bom  in  the  town 
of  Busti,  Chautauqua. county.  New  York,  Au- 
gust 13,  1 81 3,  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
in  1862.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Busti  until  1867, 
when  he  settled  in  Jamestown.  In  political 
faith  he  was  a  Democrat.  He  married  Au- 
gusta Ann  Green,  born  June  20,  1820,  died 
December  11,  1894,  daughter  of  Enoch  (2) 
and  Adah  (Hubbard)  Green,  granddaughter 
of  Enoch  Green,  a  Baptist  minister,  who  mar- 
ried Phebe,  daughter  of  Josiah  Ward.  Adah 
Hubbard,  was  a  descendant  of  George  Hub- 
bard, born  16 16,  who  married  Elizabeth  Tay- 
lor. They  had  eight  children.  Their  son,  Na- 
thaniel Hubbard,  born  1652,  died  1738,  mar- 
ried Mary  Earl,  died  1732.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren. Their  son,  Nathaniel  (2)  Hubbard,  bom 
September  14,  1690,  married,  1716,  Sarah  John- 
son, settled  at  Middletown,  Connecticut.  They 
had  ten  children.  Their  son,  Nodiah  Hubbard, 
born  March  14,  1735,  died  May  4,  1817;  mar- 
ried, in  1764,  Mrs.  Phebe  Crowell,  a  widow. 
They  had  seven  children.  Their  son,  Samuel, 
born  February  23,  1767,  married  Huldah  Cro- 
well. Their  daughter  Adah  Hubbard,  bom 
January  20,  1793;  married  Enoch  (2)  Green. 
Their  daughter,  Augusta  Ann  Green,  married 
Solomon  Griswold  Hatch.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hatch:  Delos  Whitney,  born  Octo- 
ber 17,  1839,  died  December  4,  1894;  Charles 
Alonzo,  June  2,  1849,  ^^^  ^  resident  of  James- 
town ;  Fred  Enoch,  of  further  mention ;  Cor- 
nelia Augusta,  February  6,  1855,  married  Clif- 
ford M.  Barrett,  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 

(V)  Fred  Enoch,  third  son  of  Solomon  Gris- 
wold and  Augusta  Ann  (Green)  Hatch,  was 
born  on  the  farm  at  Busti,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  June  6,  1852.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  at  Busti,  and,  after  his  parents 
removed  to  Jamestown,  completed  his  studies 
in  the  schools  there.  He  worked  on  the  farm 
during  his  earlier  boyhood,  but,  at  the  age  of 
fifteen,  the  family  removed  to  Jamestown, 
where,  after  leaving  school,  in  1870,  he  became 
a  dmggist's  apprentice,  in  the  pharmacy  of 
E.  L.  Larkin.    After  serving  nine  months  he 


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took  a  position  temporarily  in  a  dry  goods 
store,  later  returning  to  the  drug  business.  He 
was  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Dr.  C.  S.  Hazeltirie 
until  October  14,  1872,  when  the  business  was 
purchased  by  P.  L.  Kimball,  with  whom  he 
remained  until  April  5,  1878.  On  that  date 
Mr.  Hatch  purchased  the  store  and  business. 
He  still  continues  and  is  one  of  Jamestown's 
oldest  merchants  in  point  of  continuous  years 
in  business  there.  His  pharmacy  is  one  of  the 
largest  in  the  city  and  is  well  equipped  for  the 
modem  drug  trade.  He  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Fenton  Metallic  Manufacturing 
Company,  later  merged  as  the  Art  Metal  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  is  a  stockholder.  He  was 
also  one  of  the  members  of  the  Empire  Vot- 
ing Machine  Company.  Mr.  Hatch  is  an  ener- 
getic, capable  man  of  business,  and  reached 
success  from  a  very  humble  beginning.  With- 
out capital  in  his  earlier  years  he  has  built  up 
a  large  and  profitable  business.  He  had  as  an 
early  partner,  Clyde  W.  Preston,  who,  after 
four  years,  sold  to  Alexis  Crane.  Mr.  Crane 
later  sold  his  interest  to  William  C.  Briggs, 
and  then  Mr.  Hatch  purchased  Mr.  Briggs' 
interest,  and  became  sole  owner.  He  stands 
high  in  commercial  circles  and  is  held  in  uni- 
versal esteem.  He  is  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  August  4,  1886, 
Helen  L.  Bemus,  born  in  that  city,  daughter  of 
Dr.  William  P.  and  Helen  O.  (Norton)  Bemus. 
Children:  William,  now  connected  with  the 
Art  Metal  Company;  Helen  Olive,  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1890,  graduate  of  Saint  Mary's  Hall, 
Burlington,  New  Jersey,  class  of  1910;  Fred 
Enoch  (2)  ;  Dorvill  Kent. 


This  family  settled  in  New  York 
BEMUS     state  prior  to  the  reyolution.  The 

earliest  record  in  this  state  is  of 
Major  Jotham  Bemus.  Joseph  Bemis,  emi- 
grant ancestor,  was  bom  in  Dedham,  Essex 
county,  England,  1619,  and  came  to  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  with  his  sister  Mary,  as 
early  as  1640.  He  was  a  blacksmith  and  a 
fairly  well-to-do  farmer.  His  wife  was  named 
Sarah,  and  they  may  have  married  in  England. 
They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children.  From 
this  family  the  Bemus  family  of  New  York 
sprang. 

(I)  Major  Jotham  Bemus  was  a  soldier  and 
officer  of  the  revolutionary  war.  His  family 
lived  at  Bemis  Heights,  Saratoga  county,  New 


York,  their  farm  including  Bemis  Heights,  the 
historic  battle  ground,  made  famous  by  the 
defeat  and  capture  of  the  British  army  com- 
manded by  Burgoyne.  The  name  originally 
seems  to  have  been  spelled  Bemis.  Major 
Jotham  Bemus  died  in  the  town  of  Pittstown, 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York.  He  married 
Tryphena  Moore. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Major  Jotham  Bemus, 
was  born  at  Bemis  Heights,  Saratoga  county. 
New  York,  February  25,  1762,  and,  in  early 
life,  removed  to  Pittstown,  Rensselaer  county, 
with  his  father,  where  he  married  Mary  (Polly) 
Prendergast.  In  1805  he  accompanied  his 
father-in-law,  William  Prendergast  Sr.  and 
family  (twenty-five  persons  in  all)  to  Ten- 
nessee, and,  in  1806,  to  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  where  he  settled  at  Bemus  Point 
(Hamed  for  him),  on  Lake  Chautauqua,  in  the 
town  of  Ellery,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death,  January  2,  1830.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 2J,  1782,  Mary  (Polly)  Prendergast,  born 
March  13,  1760,  died  July  11,  1845,  daughter 
of  William  Prendergast.  Children :  Daniel,  a 
physician  of  Meadville,  Pennsylvania;  Eliza- 
beth, married  Captain  John  Silsby,  removed 
to  Iowa;  Tryphena,  married  John  Griffiths; 
Thomas ;  Charles,  of  further  mention ;  Me- 
hitable,  married  Daniel  Hazeltine,  of  James- 
town, where  she  died  September  22,  1887,  in 
her  ninety-fifth  year;  James,  married  Try- 
phena Boyd. 

(III)  Charles,  fifth  child  of  William  and 
Mary  (Polly)  (Prendergast)  Bemus,  was  born 
in  Pittstown,  Rensselaer  county,  New  York, 
August  31,  1791.  He  came,  with  his  parents, 
to  Chautauqua  county,  and  later  lived  at  Bemus 
Point  on  land  originally  purchased  by  his 
father,  and  died  October  10,  1861,  at  James- 
town, New  York.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1812,  as  first  lieutenant,  and  witnessed  the 
burning  of  Buffalo  in  1813.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  181 1,  Relepha  Boyd,  born  July  20, 
1790,  died  January  2, 1843.  Children :  i.  James, 
went  to  California,  in  1850,  and  never  return- 
ed. 2.  Ellen,  married  Daniel  Smiley ;  removed 
to  Wisconsin.  3.  Matthew,  married  Marcellia 
Walters,  and  died  in  March,  1879.  4.  Daniel, 
married  (first)  Adeline  Strong,  (second)  Jane 
Griffith;  he  died  December  31,  1889.  5.  Jane, 
died  1886;  married  Edward  Copp.  6.  John, 
died  July  24,  1872 ;  married  Catherine  Howell. 
7.  William  P.,  of  further  mention.  8.  Mehit- 
able,  married  Philip  A.  Strong;  removed  to 
Iowa.    9.  Dr.  E.  Marvin,  died  in  Wisconsin,  in 


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1861.  10.  Colonel  George  H.,  a  lawyer  of 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Dr.  William  Prendergast  Bemus,  sev- 
enth child  of  Charles  and  Relepha  (Boyd) 
Bemus,  was  bom  at  Bemus  Point,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  October  4,  1827, 
died  at  Buffalo,  September  19,  1890,  where 
he  practiced  his  profession  for  thirty-eight 
years,  without  interruption.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Ellcry  public  schools,  Fredonia 
high  school,  and  under  private  tutors.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Shanahan,  of  War- 
ren, Pennsylvania,  attended  lectures  at  Ober- 
lin  College,  and  was  graduated,  M.  D.,  from 
the  Berkshire  Medical  Institute,  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  at  Ashville,  New  York,  four 
years  later  removing  to  Jamestown,  continuing 
there  in  practice  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
skillful  physician  and  held  a  commanding  posi- 
tion among  the  practitioners  of  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  ever  ready  to  respond  to  any 
appeal  for  medical  assistance,  and  the  amount 
of  his  free  practice  was  immense.  It  is  known 
of  him  tiiat  he  never  went  to  law  to  collect  a 
bill  for  professional  service.  He  was  gentle 
and  sympathetic  in  the  sick  room,  and  so  con- 
stantly mindful  of  the  comfort  of  his  patients 
that  they  came  to  regard  him  with  sincere  and 
deep  aflfection.  He  died  deeply  regretted  and 
the  exceptionally  large  number  of  persons  that 
attended  his  funeral  demonstrated  the  respect 
and  love  in  which  Dr.  Bennis  was  held  by  his 
community.  He  was  a  member  of  the  St. 
Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown,  and 
an  ardent  Democrat  in  politics.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Cleveland  Democratic  Club,  and, 
though  active  in  the  Democratic  party,  never 
aspired  to  or  held  any  political  office.  He  was 
secretary  of  the  board  of  pensions  at  James- 
town, a  non-political  office.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chautauqua  County  Medical  Soci- 
ety, the  members  of  which  attended  the  funeral 
in  a  body. 

He  married  (first),  in  1855,  Helen  O.  Nor- 
ton, who  died  March  7,  1874,  daughter  of 
Squire  Morris  Norton,  of  Ashville,  New  York. 
He  married  (second),  June  3,  187^,  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Pr^ther,  born  in  Venango  county, 
Pennsylvania,  August  31,  1838,  daughter  of 
Abraham  C.  and  Sarah  (McCalmont)  Prather 
(see  Prather  IV).  She  survives  her  husband 
and  resides  in  Jamestown,  in  which  city  she 
has  made  her  residence  since  October  11,  1873. 
Early  in  life  she  became  a  member  of  the 


United  Presbyterian  Church,  but,  after  her 
marriage  to  Dr.  Bemus,  became  a  member  of 
St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown. 
Children  of  first  marriage :  Helen  L.,  married 
Fred  E.  Hatch,  of  Jamestown  (see  Hatch  V)  : 
Dr.  Morris  N.  Bemus,  of  Jamestown.  Child 
of  second  marriage:  A  daughter  who  died  in 
infancy. 

The  Prather  family  of  James- 
PR  ATHER    town.  New  York,  descend  from 

English  and  Scotch  ancestors, 
who  settled  in  America  at  an  early  date,  prob- 
ably in  Maryland,  where  it  is  known  there 
were  three  brothers  bearing  that  name,  one  of 
whom  was  the  father  of  Henry  Prather,  of  the 
second  generation. 

(II)  Henry  Prather  was  born  in  Maryland, 
September  14,  1732  (o.  s.),  died  August  29, 
1775.  He  lived  on  the  Prather  homestead 
farm,  which  was  an  original  grant  from  King 
George,  of  England.  He  married.  May  9, 
1754,  Elizabeth  Hicks,  born  February  11,  1736 
(o.  s. ) ,  of  Danish  parentage.  Children :  Thomas 
Hicks,  born  April  2,  1755 ;  Henry,  died  in  in- 
fancy; John,  born  January  16,  1759;  Mar>% 
October  31,  1760;  Abraham,  October  16,  1762 ; 
Henry,  October  3,  1764;  Bazil,  April  4,  1770; 
Eleanor,  February  6,  1772. 

(III)  Thomas  Hicks,  son  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  (Hicks)  Prather,  was  born  in  the 
state  of  Maryland,  April  2,  1755.  Later  he 
removed  to  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  died  February  15,  1818.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution.  He  married  Elizabeth  Crun- 
kleton,  January  25,  1776.  She  was  born  Feb- 
mary  22,  1758,  died  June  20,  1831.  Children: 
Polly,  bom  November  7,  1776;  Henry,  August 
5,  1778;  Sarah,  October  25,  1780;  Ruhany,  I>e- 
cember  16,  1784;  Abraham  C,  see  forward; 
Rebecca,  November  18,  1789;  Thomas  H.,  May 

7,  1794. 

(IV)  Abraham  Crunkleton,  son  of  Thomas 

Hicks  and  Elizabeth  (Crunkleton)  Prather, 
was  born  in  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  19,  1786,  died  July  7,  1850.  About 
the  year  1798  his  father  took  up  a  tract  of  land 
in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  and,  with 
his  two  sons,  Abraham  and  Robert,  rode  from 
Maryland  to  Venango  county  on  horseback, 
bringing  with  them  the  necessaries  of  life  and 
some  of  the  comforts  prepared  by  the  mother. 
The  father  remained  with  the  boys  for  awhile, 
saw  them  comfortably  settled  in  a  log  cabin, 
then  left  them  and  returned  to  Maryland.  Dur- 


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ing  this  early  period  the  boys  were  often  mo- 
lested by  a  band  of  roving  Indians,  which  occa- 
sionally ransacked  their  cabin  and  destroyed 
their  crops.  This  .fact,  together  with  the  dis- 
pute between  their  father  and  the  Holland 
Land  Company  concerning  the  land  they  occu- 
pied for  several  years,  caused  them  to  return 
to  Maryland.  Abraham  C.  finally  returned, 
purchased  the  tract,  built  a  log  cabin  and  ever 
afterward  made  it  his  home.  He  cleared  the 
tract  of  timber,  converting  it  finally  into  a  well- 
tilled  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres, 
situated  in  Cornplanter  township,  Venango 
county,  Pennsylvania,  the  nearest  postoffice 
being  at  the  village  of  Plumer.  He  prospered 
in  his  afiPairs,  and,  from  time  to  time,  pur- 
chased additional  lands,  on  some  of  which  was 
a  large  amount  of  valuable  pine  timber.  He 
operated  a  tannery,  a  business  which  he  had 
learned  from  his  father.  It  is  said  that  the  old 
vats  can  yet  be  seen.  During  the  war  of  181 2 
he  shouldered  his  musket,  and,  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  James  Ricketts,  walked  from  Venango 
county  (  a  distance  of  about  sixty  miles)  to 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  enlisted  and 
served  during  the  war,  as  shown  by  the  records 
at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Prather 
was  one  of  the  most  highly-respected  men  of 
his  county,  very  energetic  and  capable  in  busi- 
ness, kind  and  jovial  in  disposition. 
He  married,  F'ebruary  7,  1822,  Sarah  Mc- 
%  Calmont,  bom  in  Center  county,  Pennsylvania, 
Februar}'  14,  1803,  died  December  26,  1874, 
daughter  of  Henry  McCalmont,  who  was  born 
in  MiifRin  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  15, 1776, 
died  February  5,  1855,  granddaughter  of  John 
McCalmont,  born  in  Ireland,  January  11,  1750, 
died  August  3,  1832,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  accompanied 
hy  his  wife,  both  of  Scotch  parentage.  John 
McCalmont  is  buried  at  Plumer,  his  wife  at 
Franklin,  Pennsylvania.  Abraham  C.  Prather 
and  wife  are  buried  at  Plumer,  Venango  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  where  their  graves  are  mark- 
ed by  suitable  monuments,  as  is  that  of  her 
father,  Henry  McCalmont,  and  his  wife,  Eliz- 
abeth (Wilson)  Prather.  Children:  1.  Henry 
M.,  born  May  17,  1823,  died  December  2,  1907 ; 
married  Elizabeth  Muss;  children:  Anna, 
Sarah  and  George.  2.  Julia  Ann,  born  Febru- 
ary 19,  1825,  died  unmarried,  April  i,  i860. 
3.  Mary,  bom  October  20,  1827,  died  June  27, 
1909:  married  Philip  Hatch,  also  deceased: 
children :  Jennie,  David  and  Elizabeth.  4.  John 


S.,  born  February  17,  1830,  died  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio;  married  Anna  Henry,  also  deceased; 
child,  Alice.  5.  Jane  W.,  born  May  18,  1832, 
died  October  3,  1851,  unmarried.  6.  George 
C,  born  May  16,  1835,  died  unmarried,  No- 
vember 24,  1871.  7.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born 
August  31,  1838;  married  Dr.  William  P. 
Bemus  (see  Bemus  IV).  8.  Abraham  S.,  of 
further  mention.  9.  Rebecca  R.,  born  Decem- 
ber IT,  1843:  married  John  W.  McClure;  chil- 
dren: Harry,  deceased;  Lottie;  John  Charles, 
a  resident  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  a  veteran 
of  the  Spanish- American  war,  enlisting  from 
California.  10.  Robert  T.,  born  February  22, 
1847,  ^li^  November  2,  1851. 

(V)  Abraham  S.,  eighth  child  of  Abraham 
Crunkleton  and  Sarah  (McCalmont)  Prather, 
was  born  at  the  old  homestead  farm  in  Venan- 
go county,  Pennsylvania,  February  24,  1841. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  supple- 
mented by  a  special  business  course  at  Duff's 
College,  Pittsburgh.  He  was  reared  on  the 
farm,  and  began  his  business  career  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Prather  Brothers,  lumber 
dealers  of  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Later  he  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  oil 
business,  and  still  later,  for  a  number  of  years, 
was  engaged  in  the  banking  business.  In  the 
year  1873  Mr.  Prather  came  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  lumber,  and  where  he  built  the  first 
brick  manufacturing  plant,  which  he  operated 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  which  was  destroy- 
ed by  fire,  February  4,  1881,  later  he  returned 
to  the  lumber  trade.  August  14,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Forty- 
second  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, ranking  as  first  sergeant.  He  was 
honorably  discharged,  January  6,  1863,  on  ac- 
count of  disability.  His  name  appears  on  the 
war  records,  at  Washington,  as  Abram  S. 
Prather.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  James  M. 
Brown  Post,  No.  285,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  was  elected  the  first  commander 
of  the  post,  after  its  organization  in  1882.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Shepherd  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Titusville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1866,  but,  on  removing  to  Jamestown, 
became  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No. 
145,  of  that  city.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Western  Chapter,  No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons ; 
Jamestown  Council,  and  Rose  Croix  Com- 
mandery,  No.  38,  of  Titusville.  He  belongs  to 
Linion  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.    He  is 


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a  Republican  in  politics,  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  of  the  Men*s  Qub  of 
that  congregation. 

He  married  (first),  February  4,  1864,  Lucy 
Jane  Holmden,  bom  September  21,  1844,  died 
December  24, 1885.  Her  father,  Thomas  Holm- 
den, was  born  in  England,  and  came  to  the 
United  States,  with  his  parents,  and  located  in 
Cornplanter  township,  Venango  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. His  father  was  a  Baptist  minister 
and  preached  in  that  locality,  where  he  took  up 
a  tract  of  four  hundred  acres  of  land.  Thomas 
Holmden  married  Sarah  Henderson ;  both  died 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  leaving  six  children:  El- 
bridge,  Lucy  Jane,  Eliza,  Henry,  Miles  and 
Mary.  Mr.  Prather  married  (second),  De- 
cember 14,  1892,  Martha  Fuller,  born  in  the 
town  of  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  November  23,  1848,  daughter  of  Arad 
and  Melvina  A.  (Bill)  Fuller.  Children  of 
first  marriage:  i.  Sarah  May,  born  Septem- 
ber 21,  1865,  died  July  10,  1877.  2.  John  H., 
of  further  mention.  3.  Myrtle,  born  March  16, 
1868;  married  Charles  Wiltsie,  who  survives 
her.  4.  Lucy  Ama,  born  December  3,  1869; 
married  Addison  H.  Brown;  children:  Pra- 
ther H.,  Herbert  A.,  John  A.  and  Albert  Lowell. 
This  family  resides  at  Dallas  Texas.  5.  George 
A.,  born  October  11,  1873,  ^*^d  March  4,  1875. 
6.  Ida  Florence,  born  August  2,  1875,  died  Au- 
gust 16,  1876.     No  issue  by  second  marriage. 

(VI)  John  H.,  eldest  son  of  Abraham  S. 
and  Lucy  Jane  (Holmden)  Prather,  was  borri 
at  Plumer,  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  No- 
vember 21,  1866.  He  was  about  seven  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  removed  to  James- 
town, where  he  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years 
he  entered  the  law  office  of  C.  R.  Lockwood, 
of  Jamestown,  under  whom  he  studied  for  three 
years.  In  the  fall  of  1888  he  entered  Buffalo 
Law  School,  from  whence  he  was  graduated 
in  the  spring  of  1890,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  same  year.  While  he  is  regularly 
qualified  to  practice  in  all  courts  of  the  state 
of  New  York,  Mr.  Prather  does  not  practice 
his  profession  but  conducts  a  general  real 
estate  business  in  Jamestown.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Jamestown  Metal 
Furniture  Company,  serving  as  president  until 
its  consolidation  with  the  Art  Metal  Company, 
one  of  the  leading  and  most  successful  busi- 
ness enterprises  of  Western  New  York.  He 
has  always  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  de- 
velopment of  his   city    and    suburbs,   Maple 


Springs  on  Lake  Chautauqua  and  Allen  Park, 
being  two  of  his  more  recent  promotions.  He 
is  a  man  of  excellent  judgment,  liberal  in  all 
his  views,  and  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by 
his  townsmen.  He  served  in  the  New  York 
National  Guard  for  four  years,  as  a  member 
of  the  well-known  and  popular  Fenton  Guards. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  and,  in  1897,  was  ex- 
alted ruler  of  Jamestown  Lodge,  No.  263,  being 
the  sixth  member  to  hold  that  office  since  the 
organization  of  the  lodge.  His  affiliations  with 
the  Masonic  order  are  with  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Western  Star 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jamestown  Com- 
mandery.  Knights  Templar;  Ismailia  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  an  attendant  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church. 

He  married,  at  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania, 
June  8,  1898,  Margaret  Evelyn  McFate,  born 
May  8,  1869,  at  Cochranton,  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Robert  W.  and  Hul- 
dah  Jane  (Ricketts)  McFate. 

(The  McFate  Line).       ' 

(I)  The  family  of  McFate  was  long  seated 
in  Scotland,  where,  as  a  mark  of  distinction, 
they  bore  arms :  A  bull  and  dagger,  indicating 
courage  and  persistency.  Robert  McFate  came 
out  of  Scotland  and  settled  in  Ireland,  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Drumharev,  county  Donegal. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Brown.  Children :  James, 
John  and  Joseph.  The  line  herein  traced  is 
that  of  Joseph. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Brown)  McFate,  married,  in  Ireland,  1752, 
Jane  Culbertson.  In  1796,  with  his  son  John 
and  daughters  Mary  and  Isabel,  he  came  to 
the  United  States,  settling  in  the  state  of  Dela- 
ware. He  is  buried  in  the  city  of  Wilmington, 
in  that  state.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  in 
Ireland,  1754,  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1798,  during  the  Irish  rebellion,  remained  in 
this  country  about  one  year,  then  returned  to 
Ireland,  where  he  died  May,  1842.  He  inar- 
ried  (first)  Mary  Dunlap,  (second)  his  cousin, 
Elizabeth  McFate ;  children  by  first  wife :  Jane, 
Robert,  Sarah,  Mary  and  Laticia ;  children  by 
second  wife:  John,  Elizabeth,  Margaret  and 
Samuel.  2.  William,  went  from  Ireland  to 
England,  where  it  is  supposed  he  died,  as  no 
tidings  ever  came  from  him.  3.  Robert,  of 
further  mention.  4.  John,  came  to  the  United 
States,  with  his  father,  in  1796;  died  unmar- 


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ried,  May  lo,  1842,  aged  seventy- four  years; 
buried  in  Franklin  cemetery.  5.  Mary,  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1796;  married,  in  Dela- 
ware, Robert  Dunlap,  and  removed  to  South 
Carolina,  where  Robert  died.  She  returned 
north  about  1804  and  settled  in  Venango  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  where  she  married  (second) 
Thomas  Anderson.  They  lived  six  miles  north 
of  Oil  City.  She  died  January,  1863,  aged 
eighty-three  years.  Thomas  died  September 
3>  1859,  aged  seventy- three  years.  They  are 
buried  in  the  Plumer  graveyard.  6.  Isabel, 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1796;  married 
John  McKissick  and  settled  in  Westmoreland 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  John  died.  She 
returned  to  Venango  county,  with  her  bachelor 
brother,  John  McFate,  about  1804,  and  settled 
four  miles  north  of  Franklin,  where  she  died 
September,  1847,  ^^^^  seventy-six  years.  She 
is  buried  in  the  old  Shenango  cemetery,  Craw- 
ford county,  Pennsylvania. 

(Ill)  Robert  (2),  second  son  of  Joseph 
and  Jane  (Culbertson)  McFate,  was  born  in 
Donegal  county,  Ireland,  in  1765.  He  came 
to  the  United  States  in  1792,  settling  in  Sher- 
man's Valley,  Cumberland  county,  Pennsyl-" 
vania,  where  he  married,  in  1793,  Jane  Culbert- 
son. In  1798  they  removed  to  Greensburg, 
Westmoreland  county,  and  soon  after  to  Venan- 
go county,  Pennsylvania.  For  three  years  he 
made  his  home  on  a  farm  three  miles  from  Oil 
City,  then  removed  two  miles  further  north, 
and  settled  on  a  tract  of  wild  land.  He  cleared 
a  farm  from  the  wilderness,  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death,  July  28,  1829,  aged  sixty-four 
years.  The  McFates  were  instrumental  in 
organizing  the  first  church  in  that  neighbor- 
hood, in  1824.  Rev.  Daniel  McLean  was  the 
first  pastor  and  organizer  of  the  congregation, 
called  the  Associate  or  Seceder  church,  of 
Cherry  Run.  Robert  McFate  was  one  of  the 
first  elders  of  the  congregation  and  held  the 
office  until  his  death.  His  son  Joseph  succeed- 
ed him.  Children:  i.  A  child,  died  in  infancy. 
2.  Jane,  born  in  Sherman's  Valley,  Pennsyl- 
vania, August  22,  1796;  married  James  Miller; 
children:  Robert,  Margaret,  Elizabeth,  Jane, 
Nancy  and  Mary.  3.  Mary,  bom  in  Sherman's 
Valley,  February,  1798;  married  John  Neill,  an 
elder  of  the  Cherry  Run  church;  children: 
Jane,  Robert,  William,  Joseph,  Mary  Ann  and 
John.  4.  Isabel,  bom  in  Greensburg,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1800,  died  April  28,  1864;  married 
William  Lytle  and  lived  in  Venango  and  Craw- 
ford counties,  Pennsylvania;  children:  John, 

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Jane,  Nancy,  Mary,  Eliza,  Isabel,  Margaret, 
William,  Robert  and  Sarah.  5.  Joseph,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  6.  Nancy,  bom  in  Venango 
county,  Pennsylvania;  married  Mark  Ward; 
children:  John,  Robert,  James,  Moses,  Mark, 
oseph,  Samuel  and  Mary  Jane.  Nancy  died 
anuary  5,  1859,  aged  fifty-six  years.  Her 
husband  died  December  22,  1854,  aged  fifty- 
six  years.  They  are  buried  in  the  Presbyter- 
ian church  graveyard  at  Cherry  Tree,  Venango 
count}%  Pennsylvania.  7.  Samuel,  born  in 
Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1809;  mar- 
ried, in  January,  1832,  Elizabeth  Black;  chil- 
dren :  Robert,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Jane,  Joseph 
and  Mary.  Samuel  died  November  21,  1843, 
and  is  buried  in  the  Plumer  graveyard.  8. 
Elizabeth,  born  December  14,  1814;  married 
her  cousin,  Samuel  McFate,  August  15,  1844; 
she  died  September  19,  1884,  "a  Christian  of 
the  most  beautiful  type";  her  husband  died 
September  22,  1870;  children:  Jane,  Samuel, 
Robert,  John.  9.  Robert,  born  in  Venango 
county,  Pennsylvania,  February,  1816;  mar- 
ried Laticia  McFate,  February  15,  1859,  and 
lived  near  Plumer,  Pennsylvania,  until  1867; 
he  then  removed  to  Crawford  county,  purchas- 
ing a  farm  near  Cochranton ;  both  were  mem- 
bers of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church.  10. 
A  child,  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  son  and  fifth  child 
of  Robert  (2)  and  Jane  (Culbertson)  McFate, 
was  born  in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, February  9,  1802,  died  February  15, 
1879.  He  lived,  for  thirty-two  years  after  his 
marriage,  on  part  of  the  old  farm  of  his  father, 
in  Venango  county ;  he  then  sold  out,  and,  in 
1865,  removed  to  Cochranton,  Crawford  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  where  he  lived  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  married,  January  10,  1832, 
Margaret  McKnight,  born  in  Ireland,  August, 
1806,  died  in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania, 
April  20,  1884,  daughter  of  David  and  Mary 
(Williams)  McKni^t.  David  McKnight  was 
born  in  Ireland,  1771.  He  married,  in  his  na- 
tive land,  Marv  Williams,  bom  1776.  After 
the  birth  of  six  children  they  came  to  the 
United  States,  in  181 1,  bringing  four  children 
and  leaving  two  with  their  grandfather,  Daniel 
Williams.  They  landed  in  Philadelphia,  later 
going  to  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania, 
and,  in  1812,  settling  in  Crawford  county, 
north  of  Sugar  Lake.  Then,  in  a  few  years, 
he  removed  near  the  lake  and  cleared  a  farm, 
where  they  lived  the  remainder  of  their  days. 
In  1822  the  two  children  left  in  Ireland,  Mar- 


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garet  and  Marv  Ann,  joined  their  parents  in 
Pennsylvania.  David  McKnight  died  August, 
1835,  aged  sixty-four  years.  His  wife  Mary 
died  October,  1851,  aged  seventy-five  years. 
Children :  Andrew,  Jane,  Thomas,  Daniel,  Mary 
Ann,  Margaret,  married  Joseph  McFate.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McFate:  i.  Mary  Jane, 
born  October  16,  1832,  died  April  7,  1834.  2. 
Robert  W.,  of  further  mention.  3.  Daniel, 
bom  January  11,  1836;  settled,  in  1867,  in 
Crawford  county,  on  a  farm  two  miles  north 
of  Cochranton.  He  married,  March  9,  1865, 
Margaret  McFate;  children:  Francis  Joseph 
and  Lizzie  Bell,  others  dying  in  infancy.  4. 
John  G.,  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, December  16,  1837;  married,  February 
14,  1866,  Elizabeth  Burchfield;  settled  first  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  later  at  Greenville,  Mercer 
county,  Pennsylvania.  Children :.  William  P., 
Howard  C,  Percy  E.,  Cornell  R.,  LeGrand, 
La  Pierre,  Mary  E.,  John  K.  Derwood.  5. 
Sarah  Jane,  born  October  4,  1839,  died  Octo- 
ber 2,  1864;  married,  October  27,  1863, 

;  child,  Sadie.    6.  Daniel  H.,  bom  Au- 


gust 24,  1841 ;  was  postmaster  at  Cochranton, 
Pennsylvania,  and  a  member  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  Church;  married,  December  2, 
1869,  Maria  Louisa  Stainbrook;  children: 
Arthur  C,  Dora  Vienna  and  Gaylord  L.  7. 
Eliza  Jane,  bom  February  23,  1844,  died  Janu- 
ary 19,  1862.  8.  Joseph  S.,  born  October  16, 
1848;  settled  in  Cochranton;  member  of  the 
United  Presbyterian  Church ;  married;  March, 
1871,  Nancy  J.  Green ;  children:  Sadie  M.  and 
Lizzie  L.  9.  Thomas  A.,  died  September  17, 
1851,  aged  five  years.  10.  William  A.,  born 
April  29,  1 851;  settled  on  the  old  McFate 
homestead,  at  Cochranton ;  married,  Septem- 
ber, 1875,  Matilda  Coley. 

(V)  Robert  W.,  eldest  son  and  second  child 
of  Joseph  (2)  and  Margaret  (McKnight)  Mc- 
Fate, was  born  in  Venango  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  25,  1834.  After  marriage  he  re 
moved  to  Plumer,  Pennsylvania,  removing,  in 
September,  1866,  to  Cochranton,  Pennsylvania. 
He  married,  April  12,  1865,  Huldah  Jane, 
daughter  of  James  and  Jane  (McCalmont) 
Ricketts,  maternal  granddaughter  of  John  Mc- 
Calmont, bom  in  Ireland,  January  11,  1750. 
Children  of  Robert  W.  and  Huldah  Jane  Mc- 
Fate :  Joseph  Vernon,  bom  December  26,  1866 ; 
Margaret  Evelyn,  May  8,  1869,  married  John 
H.  Prather;  James  Lee,  May  30,  1871,  married 
Esther  Naylor  Ray ;  John  Clare,  November  30, 
1873,  married  Ruby  Thomas. 


(The  Fuller  Line). 

(I)  Martha  (Fuller)  Prather  descends  from 
John  Fuller,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Cam- 
bridge village,  Massachusetts.  He  was  born 
in  161 1,  settled  in  Cambridge  in  1644.  In  De- 
cember, 1658,  he  purchased  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  land,  which  by  subsequent  pur- 
chase he  increased  to  one  thousand  acres.  This 
tract  was  long  known  as  the  "Fuller  Farm." 
He  divided  it  among  his  five  sons  by  his  will 
dated  1696,  one  son,  Isaac,  having  died  before 
him.  He  married  Elizabeth  .  Chil- 
dren: John,  bom  1645,  ^^^^  aged  seventy-five 
years;  Jonathan,  1648,  died  aged  seventy- four 
years;  Elizabeth,  married  Job  Hyde;  Joseph, 
born  February  10,  1652,  died  at  the  age  of 
eighty-eight  years ;  Joshua,  April  2,  1654,  died 
aged  ninety-eight  years;  Jeremiah,  February 
4,  1658,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years ; 
Bethia,  November  23, 1661,  married  Lieutenant 
Nathaniel  Bond ;  Isaac,  died  unmarried.  The 
longevity  of  these  five  sons  was  remarkable. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  Fuller,  married  (first)  Abigail  Bal- 
ston,  1682;  married  (second),  October  14, 
1714,  Margaret  Hicks.  His  will,  proved  1720, 
mentions  wife  Margaret,  four  sons  and  three 
daughters.  His  four  brothers  were  made  ex- 
ecutors of  his  will.  Children:  Sarah,  bom 
October  5,  i68.'^;  John  (3),  married  Sarah 
Chinery ;  Abigail,  born  March  8,  1688 ;  James, 
February  4.  1690;  Hannah,  August  31,  1693; 
Isaac,    November   22,    1695,   niarried   Abigail 

;  Jonathan,  died  young ;  Jonathan,  born 

March  28,  1700,  married  Elizabeth  Woodward ; 
Caleb,  of  further  mention. 

(III)  Caleb,  youngest  child  of  John  (2)  and 
Margaret  (Hicks)  Fuller,  was  bom  February 
24,  1702,  died  1770.  He  married  (first)  Tem- 
perance Hyde,  died  August  25,  1749.  He 
married  (second),  December  27,  1750,  Mary 
Hovey.  Children:  Ephraim,  born  December 
3,  1725,  married  Esther  Warren;  Nehemiah, 
September  16,  1727;  William,  of  further  men- 
tion ;  Bethia,  November  13,  1734,  married  John 
Murdock;  Ann,  March  31,  1739. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Caleb  and  Temper- 
ance (Hyde)  Fuller,  was  born  June  2,  1732, 

died  1802.    He  married  (first)  Elizabeth , 

who  bore  him  Caty  and  Nathaniel.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Persis  Paine,  a  descendant  of 
Thomas  Paine,  the  immigrant,  and  a  relative  of 
Robert  Treat  Paine.  Children :  William,  Per- 
sis, Witt,  and  a  daughter. 

(V)  Witt,  son  of  William  and  Persis  ( Paine) 


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Fuller,  was  born  near  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
about  1760;  settled  in  Vermont,  where  he  died 
about  1810.  Married  Deborah  Garfield.  Chil- 
dren: Persis,  Betsey,  Lucy,  Laura,  Walden, 
Nathan,  Arad  and  Amos. 

(VI)  Amos,  son  of  Witt  and  Deborah  (Gar- 
field) Fuller,  was  bom  in  Vermont,  in  1798, 
died  in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 2T^  1879.  After  his  marriage  he  came, 
in  1833,  with  his  wife  and  young  children,  from 
Norwich,  Windsor  county,  Vermont,  to  Buf- 
falo, by  way  of  the  Erie  canal,  byt  later,  in 
the  same  year,  removed  to  Chautauqua  county, 
where  he  engaged  in  lumbering  in  the  town  of 
Poland.  For  several  years  he  was  justice  of 
the  peace  and  later  assessor  of  the  town.  He 
also  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  a  Whig  in 
politics,  later  a  Republican.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  for 
many  years,  but  late  in  life  became  a  Uni- 
versalist.  He  was  a  man  of  great  strength  and 
very  large.  He  married  Charity  Roberts,  in 
Vermont.  Children :  Arad,  of  further  mention : 
Lucy  A.,  Clarissa  M.,  Danford  D.,  Mary  W. 
and  Laura  A.  None  of  the  daughters  reached 
womanhood.  Danford  D.  removed  to  Iowa, 
later  to  Dakota,  where  he  died  in  1885. 

(VII)  Arad,  eldest  child  of  Amos  and  Char- 
ity (Roberts)  Fuller,  was  born  in  Windsor 
county,  Vermont,  November  13,  1822,  died 
April  II,  1887.  He  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict school  and  helped  his  father  in  his  lum- 
bering operations  until  1844,  when  he  pur- 
chased fifty  acres  of  partly  improved  land,  in 
the  northwestern  part  of  Poland,  and,  in  184&, 
added  one  hundred  acres  to  the  original  farm. 
On  March  4,  1844,  he  married,  and  at  once 
took  his  bride  to  his  farm,  which  was  ever 
afterward  their  home.  He  prospered  in  busi- 
ness, and,  year  after  year,  improvements  were 
made  and  additional  acres  purchased,  until  the 
farm  comprised  six  hundred  acres  of  well- 
cultivated,  fertile  fields.  From  1855  to  1870 
he  made  dairying  a  specialty,  later  giving  espe- 
cial attention  to  the  breeding  and  raising  of 
thoroughbred  short-horn  stock.  For  many 
vears  he  was  a  member  of  the  American  Short 
Horn  Breeders  Association,  and,  by  his  ex- 
ample and  precept,  interested  his  neighbors  in 
improving  their  own  herds.  He  was  broad 
and  liberal  minded,  very  generous  and  sym- 
pathetic, and  deeply  interested  in  the  course  of 
education.  He  helped  young  men  along  in  the 
world,  while  his  wife  was  equally  kind  hearted 


and  generous.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  believed  in  the  enfranchisement  of  women 
and  aided  the  cause  of  woman's  suffrage  all 
he  could. 

He  married  Melvina  A.,  second  daughter  of 
Norton  B.  and  Samantha  (Ransom)  Bill.  She 
was  born  in  Perry,  Genesee  (now  Wyoming) 
county,  New  York,  May  22,  1824,  died  June 
28,  1894.  She  retained  the  management  of 
the  farm  one  year  after  her  husband's  death, 
assisted  by  her  daughter  Martha,  then  removed 
to  Jamestown.  She  was  a  most  capable  woman 
and  greatly  beloved.  Children:  i.  Sophia  C, 
married,  April  25,  1872,  J.  H.  Ely,  and  resides 
at  Kennedy,  New  York.  2.  Martha,  married 
Abraham  S.  Prather,  and  resided,  for  several 
years,  at  "Fuller's  Farms,"  the  home  of  her 
childhood  and  middle  age ;  she  is  now  a  resident 
of  Jamestown  (see  Prather  V).  3.  Frank,  mar- 
ried, March  29,  1876,  Elizabeth  Phillips,  and 
resides  at  Lillydale,  New  York. 


John  Benham  and  his  sons, 
HEXHAM      John  and  Joseph,  came  from 

Plymouth,  England,  in  the  ship 
"Mary  and  John,"  and  landed  at  Nantasket, 
near  Boston,  Massachusetts,  May  30,  1630. 
They  settled  at  Dorchester  (now  South  Bos- 
ton), and  were  allotted  land  among  the  original 
proprietors.  John,  senior,  was  a  brickmaker 
and  the  "town  crier,"  and  belonged  to  the  Old 
South  Church,  of  Boston.  In  1638  they  joined 
Eaton  and  Davenport'9  colony,  and  were  num- 
bered among  the  seventy  original  families  who 
colonized  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  A  four- 
acre  house  lot  and  sixteen-acre  out  lot  were 
assigned  them.  In  1670  Joseph  Benham,  the 
younger  son,  went  to  Wallingford,  a  few  miles 
north  of  New  Haven,  and  became  an  original 
proprietor  of  that  town.  When  John  Benham 
or  his  sons  were  born  in  England  is  unknown, 
or  who  was  his  English  wife  is  uncertain.  He 
married  (second),  November  16,  1659,  at  Bos- 
ton, Margery,  widow  of  Thomas  Allcock,  of 
Dedham,  Massachusetts,  who  died,  within  a 
few  weeks,  after  reaching  her  husband's  home, 
in  New  Haven.  John  Benham  died  in  1661. 
From  Connecticut  the  Benhams  scattered  in 
every  direction.  At  least  thirty  of  them  were 
in  the  revolutionary  war,  others  in  the  war  of 
18 1 2,  and  a  hundred,  at  least,  in  the  civil  war. 
Henry  Washington  Benham  graduated  from 
West  Point,  at  the  head  of  his  class  of  fifty,  on 
July  I,  1837.    He  was  a  successful  general  in 


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the  civil  war,  and  a  noted  military  engineer,  at 
Boston,  after  the  war.  His  cousin,  Andrew  K. 
Benham,  was  rear-admiral  in  the  civil  war, 
took  General  Grant  around  the  world,  com- 
manded on  our  naval  difficulty  with  Brazil, 
and  brought  that  government  to  time,  and  re- 
tired in  i894.  He  was  appointed  on  a  com- 
mission, with  Admiral  Dewey,  to  investigate 
the  Sampson-Schley  imbroglio.  His  father, 
Timothy  Green  Benham,  was  a  commodore  in 
the  navy.  Henry  H.  Benham,  son  of  the  gen- 
eral, is  now  a  captain  in  the  regular  army,  at 
Manilla.  Daniel  Benham,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
is  colonel  of  the  Seventh  United  States  In- 
fantry. Major  Robert  Benham  figured,  with 
Daniel  Boone,  in  the  pioneer  Indian  wars  of 
Kentucky  and  Ohio. 

The  Benhams  have  not  only  been  prominent 
in  the  army  and  navy,  but  have  graced  the 
pulpit,  the  professions,  and  literary  circles. 
Joseph  Benham,  of  Kentucky,  and  later  of 
Cincinnati,  was  a  noted  lawyer  and  orator,  and 
welcomed  General  Lafayette,  in  an  eloquent 
address,  at  Cincinnati,  in  1832.  His  daughter, 
Henrietta  Benham,  married  George  D.  Pren- 
tice, the  founder  of  the  Louisville  Courier- 
Journal,  and  contributed  no  little  to  its  merits. 
Opie  Read,  the  novelist,  now  of  Chicago,  mar- 
ried the  sister  of  Philo  D.  Benham,  the  man- 
ager of  the  American  Illustrated  Methodist 
Magazine,  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  Scores  of 
ministers  of  the  gospel  bear  the  name  of  Ben- 
ham. Rev.  William  Benham,  the  noted  rector 
of  the  church  of  St.  Edmunds  the  King, 
Lombard  street,  London,  is  a  canon  in  the 
Church  of  England,  and  author  of  the  "Dic- 
tionary of  Religion"  and  other  works.  David 
Benham  was  a  bishop,  in  England,  as  early  as 
A.  D.  1246.  The  Benhams  are  enrolled  in  the 
British  navy,  and  figure  in  civil  life  in  London 
and  surrounding  counties. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Benham,  the  immi- 
grant, settled  in  New  Haven  with  his  father, 
but,  in  1670,  removed  to  Wallingford,  Connec- 
ticut, with  the  first  settlers  of  that  town.  He 
died  in  1702.  He  married  Winifred  King;  chil- 
dren: Mary,  Joseph,  Sarah,  Johannah,  Eliza- 
beth, John,  John,  Mary,  Samuel,  Sarah,  James 
and  Winifred. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Benham,  was 
born  November  3,  1671,  in  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  and  among  his  children 
was  a  son  Nathan. 

(IV)  Nathan,  born  about  1700,  in  Walling- 
ford, Connecticut,  son  of  John  Benham,  mar- 


ried Mary 


Among  his  children  was  a 


son  Ebenezer. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son*  of  Nathan  Benham,  was 
born  October  31,  1726;  was  a  resident  of  Wall- 
ingford, Connecticut.  He  married,  November 
23,  1750,  Elizabeth  Hotchkiss,  Among  his 
children  was  a  son  Isaac. 

(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  Ebenezer  Benham,  was 
born  in  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  October  21, 
1760.  He  settled  in  New  York  state,  after  a 
short  residence  in  Vermont,  locating  in  Ontario 
county,  th^  little  more  than  a  wilderness.  He 
cleared  a  farm  and  was  one  of  the  well-to-do 
men  of  his  neighborhood.  He  married  a  wife 
of  Scotch  descent,  and  had  children :  Isaac  and 
Joseph,  who  died  in  Michigan ;  Betsey,  died  in 
Michigan;  Phoebe  Ann,  died  in  New  York 
state,  and  Alvin. 

(VII)  Alvin,   son   of   Isaac   Benham,  was 
born  in  Massachusetts,  in  1808 ;  died  in  Naples, 
Ontario  county,  New  York,  March,  1850.    He 
was  a  man  of  education,  and,  early  in  life,  was 
a  school  teacher.    Later  he  was  a  bookkeeper 
for  a  large  firm,  in  Naples.     He  was  a  man 
of  integrity  and  highly  regarded  in  his  town. 
He  married,  in   1823,  Martha  Kinney,  bom 
in  Naples,  March  10,  1806,  died  at  Mendon, 
Michigan,  in  June,  1870,  daughter  of  Peabody 
and  Priscilla  Kinney.  Her  father  was  a  farmer, 
and  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Ontario 
county,  coming  there  from  Massachusetts,  his 
native  state.    He  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of 
18 12,  yet  met  his  death  by  a  runaway  team. 
Mrs.  Benham  survived  her  husband,  and  brave- 
ly met  the  burdens  laid  upon  her,  bringing  up 
her  young  family,  and  later  seeing  them  settled 
in  life.     Children:  i.  Ozias  P.,  died  in  1889, 
leaving  five  sons.     2.  Cordelia,  bom  April  i,. 
1828,  died  in  Michigan,  in  1853;  married  Silas 
Rogers.    3.  Sarah  J.,  bora  June  29,  1830;  mar- 
ried S.  S.  Avery,  whom  she  survives,  a  resi- 
dent of  Mendon,  Michigan;  now  past  eighty 
years  of  age,  she  is  active  and  cheerful,  and  as 
"Aunt  Sarah"  is  known  and  beloved  by  the 
entire  village.    4.  Theodore  I.,  born  June  10, 
1832,  died  1897;  three  children.    5.  Morris  P., 
bora  May  3,  1834,  died  at  Devil's  Lake,  North 
Dakota,  in  1887,  leaving  a  widow  and  three 
sons;  he  served  three  years  in  the  civil  war, 
in  Company  C,  Seventeenth  Regiment,  Michi- 
gan Infantry,  and  was  honorably  discharged, 
with  a  good  record.    6.  Charles  H.,  born  May, 
1839;  served  four  years  in  the  civil  war.  Com- 
pany B,  Fiftieth  Regiment,  New  York  Engi- 
neering Corps,  and  was  honorably  discharged. 


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1861.  10.  Colonel  George  H.,  a  lawyer  of 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Dr.  William  Prendergast  Bemus,  sev- 
enth child  of  Charles  and  Relepha  (Boyd) 
Bemus,  was  born  at  Bemus  Point,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  October  4,  1827, 
died  at  Buffalo,  September  19,  1890,  where 
he  practiced  his  profession  for  thirty-eight 
years,  without  interruption.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Ellcry  public  schools,  Fredonia 
high  school,  and  under  private  tutors.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Shanahan,  of  War- 
ren. Pennsylvania,  attended  lectures  at  Ober- 
lin  College,  and  was  graduated,  M.  D.,  from 
the  Berkshire  Medical  Institute,  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  at  Ashville,  New  York,  four 
years  later  removing  to  Jamestown,  continuing 
there  in  practice  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
skillful  physician  and  held  a  commanding  posi- 
tion among  the  practitioners  of  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  ever  ready  to  respond  to  any 
appeal  for  medical  assistance,  and  the  amount 
of  his  free  practice  was  immense.  It  is  known 
of  him  that  he  never  went  to  law  to  collect  a 
bill  for  professional  service.  He  was  gentle 
and  sympathetic  in  the  sick  room,  and  so  con- 
stantly mindful  of  the  comfort  of  his  patients 
that  they  came  to  regard  him  with  sincere  and 
deep  aflFection.  He  died  deeply  regretted  and 
the  exceptionally  large  number  of  persons  that 
attended  his  funeral  demonstrated  the  respect 
and  love  in  which  Dr.  Bemus  was  held  by  his 
community.  He  was  a  member  of  the  St. 
Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown,  and 
an  ardent  Democrat  in  politics.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Cleveland  Democratic  Club,  and, 
though  active  in  the  Democratic  party,  never 
aspired  to  or  held  any  political  office.  He  was 
secretary  of  the  board  of  pensions  at  James- 
town, a  non-political  office.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chautauqua  County  Medical  Soci- 
ety, the  members  of  which  attended  the  funeral 
in  a  body. 

He  married  (first),  in  1855,  Helen  O.  Nor- 
ton, who  died  March  7,  1874,  daughter  of 
Squire  Morris  Norton,  of  Ashville,  New  York. 
He  married  (second),  June  3,  187^,  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Pr^ther,  born  in  Venango  county, 
Pennsylvania,  August  31,  1838,  daughter  of 
Abraham  C.  and  Sarah  (McCalmont)  Prather 
(see  Prather  IV).  She  survives  her  husband 
and  resides  in  Jamestown,  in  which  city  she 
has  made  her  residence  since  October  ri,  1873. 
Early  in  life  she  became  a  member  of  the 


United  Presbyterian  Church,  but,  after  her 
marriage  to  Dr.  Bemus,  became  a  member  of 
St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown. 
Children  of  first  marriage:  Helen  L.,  married 
Fred  E.  Hatch,  of  Jamestown  (see  Hatch  V)  ; 
Dr.  Morris  N.  Bemus,  of  Jamestown.  Child 
of  second  marriage:  A  daughter  w^ho  died  in 
infancy. 

The  Prather  family  of  James- 
PR  ATH  ER    town.  New  York,  descend  from 

English  and  Scotch  ancestors, 
who  settled  in  America  at  an  early  date,  prob- 
ably in  Maryland,  where  it  is  known  there 
were  three  brothers  bearing  that  name,  one  of 
whom  was  the  father  of  Henry  Prather,  of  the 
second  generation. 

(II)  Henry  Prather  was  born  in  Maryland. 
September  14,  1732  (o.  s.),  died  August  29. 
1775.  He  lived  on  the  Prather  homestead 
farm,  which  was  an  original  grant  from  King 
George,  of  England.  He  married.  May  9, 
1754,  Elizabeth  Hicks,  bom  February  11,  1736 
( o.  s. ) ,  of  Danish  parentage.  Children :  Thomas 
Hicks,  born  April  2,  1755 ;  Henry,  died  in  in- 
fancy; John,  born  January  16,  1759;  Mar>*, 
October  31,  1760;  Abraham,  October  16,  1762; 
Henry,  October  3,  1764;  Bazil,  April  4,  1770: 
Eleanor,  February  6,  1772. 

(III)  Thomas  Hicks,  son  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  (Hicks)  Prather,  was  born  in  the 
state  of  Maryland,  April  2,  1755.  Later  he 
removed  to  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  died  February  15,  1818.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution.  He  married  Elizabeth  Crun- 
kleton,  January  25,  1776.  She  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1758,  died  June  20,  1831.  Children: 
Polly,  bom  November  7,  1776;  Henry,  August 
5,  1778;  Sarah,  October  25,  1780;  Ruhany,  De- 
cember 16,  1784;  Abraham  C,  see  forward; 
Rebecca,  November  18,  1789;  Thomas  H.,  May 

7*  1794. 

(IV)  Abraham  Crunkleton,  son  of  Thomas 

Hicks  and  Elizabeth  (Crunkleton)  Prather. 
was  born  in  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  19,  1786,  died  July  7,  1850.  About 
the  year  1798  his  father  took  up  a  tract  of  land 
in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  and,  with 
his  two  sons,  Abraham  and  Robert,  rode  from 
Maryland  to  Venango  county  on  horseback, 
bringing  with  them  the  necessaries  of  life  and 
some  of  the  comforts  prepared  by  the  mother. 
The  father  remained  with  the  boys  for  awhile, 
saw  them  comfortably  settled  in  a  log  cabin, 
then  left  them  and  returned  to  Maryland.  Dur- 


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ing  this  early  period  the  boys  were  often  mo- 
lested by  a  band  of  roving  Indians,  which  occa- 
sionally ransacked  their  cabin  and  destroyed 
their  crops.  This  .fact,  together  with  the  dis- 
pute between  their  father  and  the  Holland 
Land  Company  concerning  the  land  they  occu- 
pied for  several  years,  caused  them  to  return 
to  Maryland.  Abraham  C.  finally  returned, 
purchased  the  tract,  built  a  log  cabin  and  ever 
afterward  made  it  his  home.  He  cleared  the 
tract  of  timber,  converting  it  finally  into  a  well- 
tilled  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres, 
situated  in  Cornplanter  township,  Venango 
county,  Pennsylvania,  the  nearest  postoffice 
being  at  the  village  of  Plumer.  He  prospered 
in  his  affairs,  and,  from  time  to  time,  pur- 
chased additional  lands,  on  some  of  which  was 
a  large  amount  of  valuable  pine  timber.  He 
operated  a  tannery,  a  business  which  he  had 
learned  from  his  father.  It  is  said  that  the  old 
vats  can  yet  be  seen.  During  the  war  of  1812 
he  shouldered  his  musket,  and,  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  James  Ricketts,  walked  from  Venango 
county  (  a  distance  of  about  sixty  miles)  to 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  enlisted  and 
served  during  the  war,  as  shown  by  the  records 
at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Prather 
was  one  of  the  most  highly-respected  men  of 
his  county,  very  energetic  and  capable  in  busi- 
ness, kind  and  jovial  in  disposition. 

He  married,  February  7,  1822,  Sarah  Mc- 
Calmont,  bom  in  Center  county,  Pennsylvania, 
Febniar}'  14,  1803,  died  December  26,  1874. 
daughter  of  Henry  McCalmont,  who  was  born 
in  MtifBin  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  15, 1776, 
died  February  5,  1855,  granddaughter  of  John 
McCalmont,  born  in  Ireland,  January  11,  1750, 
died  August  3.  1832,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  accompanied 
by  his  wife,  both  of  Scotch  parentage.  John 
McCalmont  is  buried  at  Plumer,  his  wife  at 
Franklin,  Pennsylvania.  Abraham  C.  Prather 
and  wife  are  buried  at  Plumer,  Venango  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  where  their  graves  are  mark- 
ed by  suitable  monuments,  as  is  that  of  her 
father,  Henry  McCalmont,  and  his  wife,  Eliz- 
abeth (Wilson)  Prather.  Children:  1.  Henry 
M.,  born  May  17,  1823,  died  December  2,  1907 ; 
married  Elizabeth  Muss;  children:  Anna, 
Sarah  and  George.  2.  Julia  Ann,  born  Febru- 
ary 19,  1825,  died  unmarried,  April  i,  i860. 
3.  Mary,  born  October  20,  1827,  died  June  27, 
1909;  married  Philip  Hatch,  also  deceased; 
children :  Jennie,  David  and  Elizabeth.  4.  John 


S.,  born  February  17,  1830,  died  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio;  married  Anna  Henry,  also  deceased; 
child,  Alice.  5.  Jane  W.,  born  May  18,  1832, 
died  October  3,  1851,  unmarried.  6.  George 
C,  born  May  16,  1835,  died  unmarried,  No- 
vember 24,  1 87 1.  7.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born 
August  31,  1838;  married  Dr.  William  P. 
Bemus  (see  Bemus  IV).  8.  Abraham  S.,  of 
further  mention.  9.  Rebecca  R.,  born  Decem- 
ber II,  1843;  married  John  W.  McClure;  chil- 
dren :  Harry,  deceased ;  Lottie ;  John  Charles, 
a  resident  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  a  veteran 
of  the  Spanish-American  war,  enlisting  from 
California.  10.  Robert  T.,  born  February  22, 
1847,  ^li^  November  2,  1851. 

(V)  Abraham  S.,  eighth  child  of  Abraliam 
Crunkleton  and  Sarah  (McCalmont)  Prather, 
was  born  at  the  old  homestead  farm  in  Venan- 
go county,  Pennsylvania,  February  24,  1841. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  supple- 
mented by  a  special  business  course  at  Duff's 
College,  Pittsburgh.  He  was  reared  on  the 
farm,  and  began  his  business  career  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Prather  Brothers,  lumber 
dealers  of  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Later  he  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  oil 
business,  and  still  later,  for  a  number  of  years, 
was  engaged  in  the  banking  business.  In  the 
year  1873  Mr.  Prather  came  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  lumber,  and  where  he  built  the  first 
brick  manufacturing  plant,  which  he  operated 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  which  was  destroy- 
ed by  fire,  February  4,  1881,  later  he  returned 
to  the  lumber  trade.  August  14,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Forty- 
second  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, ranking  as  first  sergeant.  He  was 
honorably  discharged,  January  6,  1863,  on  ac- 
count of  disability.  His  name  appears  on  the 
war  records,  at  Washington,  as  Abram  S. 
Prather.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  James  M. 
Brown  Post,  No.  285,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  was  elected  the  first  commander 
of  the  post,  after  its  organization  in  1882.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Shepherd  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Titusville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1866,  but,  on  removing  to  Jamestown, 
became  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No. 
145,  of  that  city.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Western  Chapter,  No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons ; 
Jamestown  Council,  and  Rose  Croix  Com- 
mandery,  No.  38,  of  Titusville.  He  belongs  to 
L'uion  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.    He  is 


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1861.  10.  Colonel  George  H.,  a  lawyer  of 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Dr.  William  Prendergast  Bemus,  sev- 
enth child  of  Charles  and  Relepha  (Boyd) 
Bemus,  was  born  at  Bemus  Point,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  October  4,  1827, 
died  at  Buffalo,  September  19,  1890,  where 
he  practiced  his  profession  for  thirty-eight 
years,  without  interruption.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Ellery  public  schools,  Fredonia 
high  school,  and  under  private  tutors.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Shanahan,  of  War- 
ren, Pennsylvania,  attended  lectures  at  Ober- 
lin  College,  and  was  graduated,  M.  D.,  from 
the  Berkshire  Medical  Institute,  of  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  He  began  the  practice 
of  his  profession  at  Ashville,  New  York,  four 
years  later,  removing  to  Jamestown,  continuing 
there  in  practice  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
skillful  physician  and  held  a  commanding  posi- 
tion among  the  practitioners  of  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  ever  ready  to  respond  to  any 
appeal  for  medical  assistance,  and  the  amount 
of  his  free  practice  was  immense.  It  is  known 
of  him  that  he  never  went  to  law  to  collect  a 
bill  for  professional  service.  He  was  gentle 
and  sympathetic  in  the  sick  room,  and  so  con- 
stantly mindful  of  the  comfort  of  his  patients 
that  they  came  to  regard  him  with  sincere  and 
deep  affection.  He  died  deeply  regretted  and 
the  exceptionally  large  number  of  persons  that 
attended  his  funeral  demonstrated  the  respect 
and  love  in  which  Dr.  Bemus  was  held  by  his 
community.  He  was  a  member  of  the  St. 
Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown,  and 
an  ardent  Democrat  in  politics.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Cleveland  Democratic  Club,  and, 
though  active  in  the  Democratic  party,  never 
aspired  to  or  held  any  political  office.  He  was 
secretary  of  the  board  of  pensions  at  James- 
town, a  non-political  office.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chautauqua  County  Medical  Soci- 
ety, the  members  of  which  attended  the  funeral 
in  a  body. 

He  married  (first),  in  1855,  Helen  O.  Nor- 
ton, who  died  March  7,  1874,  daughter  of 
Squire  Morris  Norton,  of  Ashville,  New  York. 
He  married  (second),  June  3,  187^,  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Prather,  born  in  Venango  county, 
Pennsylvania,  August  31,  1838,  daughter  of 
Abraham  C.  and  Sarah  (McCalmont)  Prather 
(see  Prather  IV).  She  survives  her  husband 
and  resides  in  Jamestown,  in  which  city  she 
has  made  her  residence  since  October  11,  1873. 
Early   in  life  she  became  a  member  of  the 


United  Presbyterian  Church,  but,  after  her 
marriage  to  Dr.  Bemus,  became  a  member  of 
St.  Luke's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Jamestown. 
Children  of  first  marriage:  Helen  L.,  married 
Fred  E.  Hatch,  of  Jamestown  (see  Hatch  V)  : 
Dr.  Morris  N.  Bemus,  of  Jamestown.  Child 
of  second  marriage:  A  daughter  who  died  in 
infancy. 

The  Prather  family  of  James- 
PR  ATHER    town.  New  York,  descend  from 

English  and  Scotch  ancestors, 
who  settled  in  America  at  an  early  date,  prob- 
ably in  Maryland,  where  it  is  known  there 
were  three  brothers  beating  that  name,  one  of 
whom  was  the  father  of  Henry  Prather,  of  the 
second  generation. 

(II)  Henry  Prather  was  born  in  Maryland, 
September  14,  1732  (o.  s.),  died  August  29, 
1775.  He  lived  on  the  Prather  homestead 
farm,  which  was  an  original  grant  from  King 
George,  of  England.  He  married.  May  9, 
1754,  Elizabeth  Hicks,  bom  February  11,  1736 
(o.  s. ) ,  of  Danish  parentage.  Children :  Thomas 
Hicks,  born  April  2,  1755;  Henry,  died  in  in- 
fancy; John,  born  January  16,  1759;  Mar)-, 
October  31,  1760;  Abraham,  October  16,  1762; 
Henry,  October  3,  1764;  Bazil,  April  4,  1770: 
Eleanor,  February  6,  1772. 

(III)  Thomas  Hicks,  son  of  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  (Hicks)  Prather,  was  bom  in  the 
state  of  Maryland,  April  2,  1755.  Later  he 
removed  to  the  state  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  died  February  15,  1818.  He  was  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution.  He  married  Elizabeth  Crun- 
kleton,  January  25,  1776.  She  was  bom  Feb- 
niary  22,  1758,  died  June  20,  1831.  Children: 
Polly,  bora  November  7,  1776;  Henry,  August 
5,  1778;  Sarah,  October  25,  1780;  Ruhany,  De- 
cember 16,  1784;  Abraham  C,  see  forward; 
Rebecca,  November  18,  1789;  Thomas  H.,  May 

7.  1794. 

(IV)  Abraham  Crunkleton,  son  of  Thomas 

Hicks  and  Elizabeth  (Cmnkleton)  Prather, 
was  born  in  Franklin  county,  Pennsylvania, 
September  19,  1786,  died  July  7,  1850.  About 
the  year  1798  his  father  took  up  a  tract  of  land 
in  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania,  and,  with 
his  two  sons,  Abraham  and  Robert,  rode  from 
Maryland  to  Venango  county  on  horseback, 
bringing  with  them  the  necessaries  of  life  and 
some  of  the  comforts  prepared  by  the  mother. 
The  father  remained  with  the  boys  for  awhile, 
saw  them  comfortably  settled  in  a  log  cabin, 
then  left  them  and  returned  to  Maryland.  Dur- 


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63 


ing  this  early  period  the  boys  were  often  mo- 
lested by  a  band  of  roving  Indians,  which  occa- 
sionally ransacked  their  cabin  and  destroyed 
their  crops.  This  .fact,  together  with  the  dis- 
pute between  their  father  and  the  Holland 
Land  Company  concerning  the  land  they  occu- 
pied for  several  years,  caused  them  to  return 
to  Maryland.  Abraham  C.  finally  returned, 
purchased  the  tract,  built  a  log  cabin  and  ever 
afterward  made  it  his  home.  He  cleared  the 
tract  of  timber,  converting  it  finally  into  a  well- 
tilled  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres, 
situated  in  Cornplanter  township,  Venango 
county,  Pennsylvania,  the  nearest  postoffice 
being  at  the  village  of  Plumer.  He  prospered 
in  his  affairs,  and,  from  time  to  time,  pur- 
chased additional  lands,  on  some  of  which  was 
a  large  amount  of  valuable  pine  timber.  He 
operated  a  tannery,  a  business  which  he  had 
learned  from  his  father.  It  is  said  that  the  old 
vats  can  yet  be  seen.  During  the  war  of  1812 
he  shouldered  hismusket,  and,  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  James  Ricketts,  walked  from  Venango 
county  (  a  distance  of  about  sixty  miles)  to 
Erie,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  enlisted  and 
served  during  the  war,  as  shown  by  the  records 
at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  Prather 
was  one  of  the  most  highly-respected  men  of 
his  county,  very  energetic  and  capable  in  busi- 
ness, kind  and  jovial  in  disposition. 

He  married,  February  7,  1822,  Sarah  Mc- 
Calmont,  bom  in  Center  county,  Pennsylvania, 
February  14,  1803,  died  December  26,  1874, 
daughter  of  Henry  McCalmont,  who  was  born 
in  MSfflin  county,  Pennsylvania,  March  15, 1776, 
died  February  5,  1855,  granddaughter  of  John 
McCalmont,  born  in  Ireland,  January  11,  1750, 
died  August  3,  1832,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  from  the  north  of  Ireland,  accompanied 
by  his  wife,  both  of  Scotch  parentage.  John 
McCalmont  is  buried  at  Plumer,  his  wife  at 
Franklin,  Pennsylvania.  Abraham  C.  Prather 
and  wife  are  buried  at  Plumer,  Venango  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  where  their  graves  are  mark- 
ed by  suitable  monuments,  as  is  that  of  her 
father,  Henry  McCalmont,  and  his  wife,  Eliz- 
abeth (Wilson)  Prather.  Children:  1.  Henry 
M.,  born  May  17,  1823,  died  December  2,  1907 ; 
married  Elizabeth  Muss;  children:  Anna, 
Sarah  and  George.  2.  Julia  Ann,  born  Febru- 
ary 19,  1825,  died  unmarried,  April  i,  i860. 
3.  Mary,  bom  October  20,  1827,  died  June  27, 
1909;  married  Philip  Hatch,  also  deceased; 
children :  Jennie,  David  and  Elizabeth.  4.  John 


S.,  born  February  17,  1830,  died  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio;  married  Anna  Henry,  also  deceased; 
child,  Alice.  5.  Jane  W.,  born  May  18,  1832, 
died  October  3,  185 1,  unmarried.  6.  George 
C,  born  May  16,  1835,  died  unmarried,  No- 
vember 24,  187 1.  7.  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born 
August  31,  1838;  married  Dr.  William  P. 
Hemus  (see  Bemus  IV').  8.  Abraham  S.,  of 
further  mention.  9.  Rebecca  R.,  born  Decem- 
ber II,  1843;  married  John  W.  McClure;  chil- 
dren: Harry,  deceased;  Lottie;  John  Charles, 
a  resident  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  a  veteran 
of  the  Spanish- American  war,  enlisting  from 
California.  10.  Robert  T.,  born  February  22, 
1847,  died  November  2,  1851. 

(V)  Abraham  S.,  eighth  child  of  Abraham 
Crunkleton  and  Sarah  (McCalmont)  Prather, 
was  bom  at  the  old  homestead  farm  in  Venan- 
go county,  Pennsylvania,  February  24,  1841. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  supple- 
mented by  a  special  business  course  at  Duff's 
College,  Httsburgh.  He  was  reared  on  the 
farm,  and  began  his  business  career  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Prather  Brothers,  lumber 
dealers  of  Venango  county,  Pennsylvania. 
Later  he  was  extensively  engaged  in  the  oil 
business,  and  still  later,  for  a  number  of  years, 
was  engaged  in  the  banking  business.  In  the 
year  1873  Mr.  Prather  came  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  lumber,  and  where  he  built  the  first 
brick  manufacturing  plant,  which  he  operated 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  which  was  destroy- 
ed by  fire,  February  4,  1881,  later  he  returned 
to  the  lumber  trade.  August  14,  1862,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and  Forty- 
second  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, ranking  as  first  sergeant.  He  was 
honorably  discharged,  January  6,  1863,  on  ac- 
count of  disability.  His  name  appears  on  the 
war  records,  at  Washington,  as  Abram  S. 
Prather.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  James  M. 
Brown  Post,  No.  285,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  was  elected  the  first  commander 
of  the  post,  after  its  organization  in  1882.  He 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Shepherd  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  at  Titusville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1866,  but,  on  removing  to  Jamestown, 
became  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No. 
145,  of  that  city.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Western  Chapter,  No.  67,  Royal  Arch  Masons ; 
Jamestown  Council,  and  Rose  Croix  Com- 
mandery.  No.  38,  of  Titusville.  He  belongs  to 
L'nion  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry.    He  is 


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Richardson  (one  of  the  joint  patentees  of  West 
Farms),  became  possessed  of  a  great  portion 
of  the  "Great  Planting  Neck/' 

(VII-VIII)  Another  son  of  John  Leggett 
(i),  and  a  brother  of  Gabriel,  of  West  Farms, 
settled  in  Columbia  county,  New  York,  in  the 
town  of  Ghent,  and  was  the  father  of  John 
Leggett  (3),  of  Ghent,  born  about  1695,  died 
1772;  married,  1722,  Bata  or  Batha  De  La 
Mater,  daughter  of  Jacobus  and  Gertrude  Ys- 
selteyn  De  La  Mater,  of  Claverack.  Jacobus 
De  La  Mater  was  a  trustee  of  Kingston,  New 
York,  and  a  firm  supporter  of  the  church  there 
for  some  years,  until  he  settled  in  Marbleton, 
upon  land  (two  hundred  and  ninety-six  acres) 
bought  in  1715,  where  he  died  in  1741.  Jacobus 
was  the  youngest  son  of  Claude  Le  Maitre  (as 
his  autograph  is  written),  ancestor  of  the  entire 
Delamater  family  in  this  country.  He  was  a 
Huguenot  exiled  from  his  home,  in  Richebourg, 
Artois,  France,  and,  while  living  in  Amster- 
dam, Holland,  married  Hester  Du  Bois,  who 
was  his  second  wife,  and  also  of  a  French 
refugee  family.  Claude  spent  some  of  his  first 
years,  in  America,  at  Flatbush,  Long  Island, 
working  at  his  trade  of  carpenter.  He  then 
settled  in  Harlem,  where  he  served  four  terms 
as  magistrate.  In  1675  he  was  chosen  deacon. 
He  died  about  1683,  aged  seventy  years.  Chil- 
dren of  John  L^gett  (3),  of  Ghent,  and 
Bata  ( De  La  Mater)  Leggett ;  John,  born  1723 ; 
Jacobus,  born  1726;  Tobias. 

(IX)  Jacobus  (James)  Leggett,  son  of  John, 
of  Ghent,  was  born  1726;  married,  November 
4,  1769,  Catherine  Reyes.  The  oldest  Leggett 
homestead,  in  West  Ghent,  Columbia  county, 
was  built  of  brick,  in  1750,  by  John  Leggett, 
father  of  Jacobus.  The  date  and  the  initials  of 
the  members  of  the  family  are  in  brick,  over 
the  door  and  windows.  The  second  home- 
stead, built  of  stone,  was  built  before  1772, 
probably  also  by  John  Leggett  (i),  as  in  his 
will,  written  in  1772,  he  refers  to  "the  other 
farms."  The  stone  house  was  occupied  by 
James  Leggett,  and  the  succeeding  two  genera- 
tions were  born  there.  The  third  homestead 
was  a  frame  dwelling,  standing  in  the  post 
road.  These  homes  are  all  standing  in  the 
western  part  of  the  town  of  Ghent,  Columbia 
county,  about  two  miles  from  the  Stratsville 
station,  on  the  Albany  Southern  railroad.  Chil- 
dren of  Jacobus  and  Catherine  Leggett:  John, 
born  December  23,  1770;  then  four  daughters, 
and  Jacobus,  born  October  11,  1785;  John, 
married  Mary  Van  Alstyne,  February  22, 1795, 


children:  James,  then  three  daughters,  and 
William,  who  married  Emily  A.  Sargent,  and 
had  four  daughters;  Charles  F.,  and  William 
James,  who  married,  1776,  Mary  E.  Parsell. 

(X)  Jacobus  (2),  son  of  Jacobus  and  Cath- 
erine (Reyes  or  Reyer)  Leggett,  was  »born 
October  11,  1785;  married,  i&)5,  Fitje  Kittle, 
daughter  of  John  J.,  or  Andrew  Kittle,  of 
Ghent.  The  Kittles  were  prominent  in  the 
early  settlement  of  Ghent,  and  held  the  im- 
portant offices  of  supervisor,  town  clerk  and 
justice  of  the  peace.  Children:  Catherine, born 
October  28, 1807 ;  John,  March  27, 1810 ;  James, 
February  22,  1812;  Henry  K.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Margaret,  born  September  10, 1816;  John 
Tobias,  April  17, 1822;  Christina,  June  6, 1825 ; 
Andre  Kittle,  July  18,  1828. 

(XI)  Henry  Kittle,  son  of  James  (2)  (Ja- 
cobus) and  Fitje  (Kittle)  Leggett,  was  born 
in  the  Leggett  stone  homestead,  town  of  Ghent, 
Columbia  county,  New  York,  October  31, 1814 ; 
died  in  Kalamazoo  county,  Michigan,  March 
9,  1884.  He  received  a  good  education,  and 
was,  for  several  years,  engaged  in  teaching  at 
Hudson,  New  York,  and  in  Wayne  county. 
New  York,  removing  to  the  latter  county  in 
youthful  manhood.  He  located  in  the  town 
of  Arcadia,  where  he  taught  for  a  time,  until 
his  marriage  in  1838,  when  he  purchased  a 
farm  and  followed  agricultiffe  until  1854.  In 
the  latter  year  he  disposed  of  his  Wayne  county 
property  and  went  west,  settling  in  St.  Joseph 
county,  Michigan,  later  removing  to  Branch 
county,  same  state,  finally  settling  in  Wakeshma 
township,  Kalamazoo  county,  where  he  pur- 
chased and  cultivated  a  good  farm  until  his 
death,  in  1884.  He  was  a  man  of  more  than 
ordinary  mental  ability,  well  read,  and  thor- 
oughly informed  on  the  leading  public  ques- 
tions of  his  day.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, and,  in  early  life,  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  but,  after  removing  to  Michi- 
gan, attended  the  Reformed  church,  there  being 
no  church  of  his  own  denomination  in  the 
neighborhood.  He  married,  May,  1838,  Cor- 
nelia, daughter  of  Martin  Fredenburgh,  of 
Wayne,  but  formerly  of  Columbia  county.  New 
York.  She  died  March  21,  1890,  aged  sixty- 
nine  years.  Children,  both  born  in  Arcadia, 
Wayne  county,  New  York:  i.  Martin  T.,  born 
August  21,  1843,  ^icd  August  II,  1884;  he 
married  Harriet  Gardner,  November  15,  1876; 
no  issue.    2.  Harriet  S.,  of  further  mention. 

(XII)  Harriet  S.,  only  daughter  of  Henry 
Kittle  and  Cornelia   (Fredenburgh)   Leggett, 


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was  bom  in  the  town  of  Arcadia,  Wayne  coun- 
ty, New  York,  November  5,  1846.  She  mar- 
ried, in  St.  Joseph  county,  Michigan,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1863,  Major  Tower  S.  Benham,  a  vet- 
eran officer  of  the  civil  war  (see  Benham). 


This  branch  of  the  Johnson 
JOHNSON     family    of    Jamestown,  New 

York,  descends  from  Swedish 
ancestors  and  is  of  recent  settlement  in  the 
United  States. 

Oscar  Franz  Johnson  was  bom  in  Odeshog, 
Ostergollands,  Sweden,  August  10,  1854.  He 
was  well  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  prov- 
ince, and,  until  1873,  was  engaged  in  farming 
with  his  father.  On  May  5,  of  that  year,  in 
company  with  his  brother  Charles  A.,  he  sail- 
ed for  the  United  States,  landing  at  New  York, 
June  17,  coming  in  the  steamship  "City  of 
Bristol."  He  continued  his  journey  to  James- 
town, New  York,  where  he  arrived  June  19, 
1873.  ^^  obtained  a  position  on  a  farm  at 
Levant,  and,  the  following  winter,  worked  in 
the  lumber  woods.  In  the  spring  of  1874  he 
hired  with  Joseph  Linquist,  and,  in  1875,  with 
David  Allen,  of  Falconer,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained until  1877.  I"  th^it  year  he  received  an 
urgent  call  from  his  father,  stating  he  needed 
his  services  on  the  home  farm.  He  returned 
to  Sweden  at  once,  remaining  until  the  sale  of 
the  homestead,  and  the  removal  of  his  parents 
to  a  home  in  the  county  seat!  In  the  spring  of 
1878  he  returned  to  the  United  States,  on  the 
steamship  "Britannia,"  of  the  W^hite  Star  line, 
arriving  in  New  York  in  May,  and  at  once 
proceeded  to  Jamestown.  He  worked,  for  a 
few  months,  for  the  Jamestown  Ice  Company, 
then  became  coachman  for  Judge  Cook,  of 
Jamestown,  remaining  with  him  until  1881. 
In  that  year,  in  company  with  his  brothers, 
Charles  A.  and  Herman  A.,  he  purchased  the 
Jamfestown  Ice  Company,  and  consolidated  it 
with  the  Clifton  Ice  Company,  forming  the 
Johnson  Ice  Company.  The  business  pros- 
pered, and,  in  1886,  the  brothers  erected  the 
company's  present  plant,  at  the  "landing,"  in- 
cluding a  large  ice  storage  plant  at  Fluvanna. 
About  1892  Herman  A.  Johnson  sold  his  inter- 
est to  John  W.  Johnson,  and  the  business  was 
conducted  until  1899.  Later  Oscar  F.  and 
Charles  A.  Johnson  purchased  all  the  holdings 
of  the  other  partners  and  became  sole  owners, 
operating  until  1901,  when  they  sold  to  the 
present  Johnson  Ice  Company,  but  retained  a 


stock-holding  interest  in  the  new  company. 
Oscar  F.  was  chosen  vice-president  and  super- 
intendent, holding  those  offices  until  1905,  and 
since  then  he  has  been  vice-president.  On  Feb- 
ruary I,  1906,  he  purchased  a  one-half  inter- 
est in  the  firm  of  Anderson  &  Ohlquist,  cloth- 
iers, hatters  and  gentleman's  furnishers,  the 
firm  then  becoming  Ohlquist  &  Johnson. 

Mr.  Johnson  has  also  acquired  other  import- 
ant business  connections.  He  is  a  stockholder 
and  a  director  of  the  Crown  Metal  Construc- 
tion Company;  the  Bell  Oil  &  Gas  Company, 
of  Warren,  Pennsylvania;  was  an  original 
stockholder  of  the  Bank  of  Jamestown;  vice- 
president  and  director  of  Cortland  Publishing 
Company,  and,  in  1896,  built  the  "John  Block," 
a  three-story  brick  structure.  He  owns  other 
city  property,  including  his  present  residence 
at  711  West  Eighth  street.  He  is  an  excellent 
man  of  business  and  sustains  a  high  reputation 
in  his  city.  He  belongs  to  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
No.  145,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  Western 
Sun  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Jamestown 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar;  the  Knights 
of  Pythias,  and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  He  is  a  Republican,  and,  in 
earlier  days  was  active  in  political  life.  He 
served  as  assessor  and  was  a  delegate  to  the 
national  convention  that  nominated  William 
B.  McKinley  for  President.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Lutheran  Church,  and,  for  fifteen 
years,  was  trustee.  He  now  serves  as  director 
on  the  board  governing  the  Swedish  Orphan- 
age, of  Jamestown. 

He  married,  October  17,  1882,  at  James- 
town, Augusta  Nyquist,  born  in  Sweden,  Oc- 
tober 11,  1852,  daughter  of  John  Nyquist.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  A  daughter,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Qay- 
ton  Oscar,  born  October  7,  1886;  graduate  of 
Jamestown  high  school,  class  of  1902;  took 
post-graduate  course,  1905 ;  entered  Michigan 
University,  whence  he  was  graduated,  electrical 
engineer,  June  24,  1909;  now  connected  with 
the  electrical  department  of  the  Crown  Metal 
Construction  Company ;  member  of  lodge  and 
chapter  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  of  the 
Lutheran  church. 


This  family  originally  were  na- 
SIMON     tives  of  France,  but,  in  1690,  fled 

from  their  native  land,  on  account 
of  religious  and  political  persecutions,  and  set- 
tled in  Germany,  at  Heidelberg.  In  their  adopt- 
ed land  they  were  usually  tanners,  and  of  good 


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standing  in  their  communities.  The  grand- 
father of  Philip  Frederick  Simon,  of  James- 
town, New  York,  was  John  Philip  Simon,  a 
tanner.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(II)  John  Frederick,  son  of  John  Philip 
Simon,  was  born  in  Heidelberg,  Germany, 
where  he  died  in  1902,  aged  seventy-five  years. 
He  owned  and  operated  two  large  tanneries  at 
Heidelberg,  and  was  a  man  of  considerable 
prominence.  He  married  Matilda  Frank,  who 
died  ih  1887,  aged  fifty-six  or  fifty-seven  years. 
Children:  i.  Philip  F.,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Emma,  married  Carl  Schaff,  and  resides  in 
Aschaffenberg,  Germany,  where  her  husband 
is  in  the  employ  of  the  government,  as  civil 
engineer.  Children :  Leonore  and  Richard.  3. 
Matilda,  married  Clemens  Gehrenbeck,  and  re- 
sides at  Halle,  Germany ;  child,  Gertrude. 

(III)  Philip  Frederick,  only  son  of  John 
Frederick  Simon,  was  born  in  Heidelberg,  Ger- 
many, March  20,  1854.  He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Heidelberg,  finishing  his  studies 
in  Switzerland.  After  leaving  school  he  work- 
ed with  his  father  two  years  in  the  tanneries, 
then  served  the  required  years  in  the  German 
army.  He  engaged  in  office  and  clerical  work 
for  two  and  one-half  years,  then  spent  two 
years  in  office  work  at  Antwerp,  Belgium.  In 
1876  he  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  at 
Buffalo,  New  York,  remaining  four  months, 
going  thence  to  Sheffield,  Pennsylvania,  later 
to  Pittsburgh,  and  other  western  cities,  finally, 
in  1877,  returning  to  Germany.  In  1881  he 
again  came  to  the  United  States,  locating  at 
Buffalo,  where,  for  six  years,  he  was  book- 
keeper for  a  Buffalo  brewing  company.  About 
1887  he  moved  to  Eldred,  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  bottling  business,  continuing 
until  1895.  In  that  year  he  came  to  James- 
town, New  York,  and  purchased  the  plant  of 
the  Milwaukee  Bottling  Company,  and  later 
became  president  of  the  Jamestown  Brewing 
Company,  a  position  he  now  fills.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  National  Chautauqua  County 
Bank ;  member  of  lodge,  council,  chapter,  com- 
mandery,  shrine  and  consistory  of  York  and 
Scottish  Rite  Masonry,  and  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  club  is  the 
Jamestown. 

He  married,  in  1878,  in  the  city  of  Speyer, 
Germany,  Babette  Faust,  daughter  of  Franz 
and  Adele  (Griiner)  Faust.  Children:  Hed- 
wig;  Emma,  married  Frederick  Hemphill,  of 
Jamestown,  children:  Babette  and  Philip. 


Colonel  Henry  Baker,  progenitor 
BAKER    of  the  Bakers  of  Jamestown,  New 

York,  herein  recorded,  was  born 
in  Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  in  1779,  died 
July  31,  i860,  and  is  buried  in  Lsikeview  ceme- 
tery, at  Jamestown.  In  1814  he  enlisted  in  the 
American  army,  as  a  fifer,  serving  until  the 
war  closed.  In  18 17  he  located  at  Fluvanna, 
in  the  town  of  EUicott,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York.  His  whole  fortune,  at  that  time, 
consisted  of  fifty  cents  in  money  and  his  land 
warrant  for  war  services.  This  land  was 
located  in  Illinois,  then  considered  too  far  dis- 
tant to  be  of  much  value,  and  he  sold  it  to  Dr. 
Foote  for  ten  dollars,  taking  his  pay  in  plug 
tobacco  at  one  dollar  a  pound.  Before  the  war 
he  had  learned  the  trade  of  shoemaker,  and, 
on  coming  to  Fluvanna,  built  a  small  shop,  and 
for  some  years,  carried  on  his  trade.  He  soon 
became  engaged  in  lumbering  and  regularly 
turned  the  proceeds  of  his  shoe  shop  into  saw 
logs,  which  he  sold  at  the  sawmill.  In  1820  he 
removed  to  Jamestown,  where  he  carried  on 
the  shoemaking  business  for  several  years,  em- 
ploying journeymen  shoemakers  to  do  the 
work  in  the  shop,  while  he  employed  his  time 
in  buying  logs  or  performing  the  duties  of 
constable,  to  which  office  he  was  several  times 
reelected.  In  the  fall  of  1823,  in  company  with 
R.  F.  Fenton,  he  rented  the  Ballard  Tavern, 
but,  after  eighteen  months,  retired.  In  1825 
he  entered  into  partnership  with  Alvin  Plum, 
purchased  lands  and  a  water  power  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Cassadauga,  where  they  built  a 
sawmill.  The  next  year  he  sold  it  to  Mr.  Plum 
and  purchased  an  interest  in  the  store  of  Bar- 
ret &  Budlong,  continuing  in  business  until 
1837.  In  1836  he  was  one  of  a  company  which 
purchased  the  property  of  Judge  Prendergast, 
at  Jamestown  consisting  of  the  immense  water 
power,  sawmills,  gristmills,  one  thousand  acres 
of  land  on  the  south  side  of  the  outlet,  five  or 
six  hundred  acres  on  the  north  side,  and  numer- 
ous lots  scattered  throughout  the  village.  In 
1847  ^^  purchased  his  partner's  interest  and 
became  sole  owner  of  the  property.  In  1846 
he  engraged  in  mercantile  business  with  Rufus 
W.  Pier,  continuing  until  1849.  ^^r  many 
years  before  his  death  he  was  the  owner  of 
six  hundred  acres  of  land,  lyingr  south  of  the 
outlet,  and,  in  1850,  having  built  a  large  and 
commodious  residence,  houses  for  his  help  and 
several  large  barns,  he  removed  thither  and 
devoted  his  time  thereafter  largely  to  farming. 


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He  made  additional  purchases,  from  time  to 
time,  until  he  was  surrounded  with  over 
eighteen  hundred  acres  of  highly  cultivated 
land.  He  was  always  an  ardent  politician,  a 
member  of  the  Whig  and  later  of  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  was  a  fluent  speaker,  influ- 
ential in  the  county,  and,  for  many  years,  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  EUicott. 

When  a  regiment  of  militia  was  formed  R. 
F.  Fenton  was  the  first  colonel,  Mr.  Baker 
succeeding  him  in  1824.  He  was  an  ardent 
Union  man,  and,  with  his  consent,  three  of  his 
sons  volunteered  for  their  country's  defence. 
During  the  darkest  hours  of  the  civil  war 
efforts  were  being  made  to  raise  still  another 
regiment  in  Chautauqua  county.  During  a 
meeting,  held  in  Jamestown,  Colonel  Baker 
came  in  and  took  his  seat  on  the  platform.  In 
response  to  repeated  calls  he  said: 

I  know  we  are  called  upon  to  make  sacrifices,  but, 
thank  God,  we  have  a  country  worthy  of  them.  I 
was  willing  that  my  two  oldest  boys  should  go  when 
their  country  called,  but  I  did  not  want  Charley  to 
go.  He  was  too  young  to  endure  the  fatigue,  and  I 
told  him  so.    But  he  said  to  me :  "Father,  you  know 

rou  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812,  when  no  older  than 
am  now.  I  want  to  go  and  help  save  the  country  in 
this  awful  time  of  trouble,  and  I  want  your  consent." 
My  friends,  what  could  I  do?  Oh,  there  was  but 
one  thing  to  do,  and  I  said  to  him :  "Go,  Charley,  go, 
and,  if  wounded,  don't  let  it  be  in  your  back.  If  you 
will  be  a  soldier,  I  would  rather  see  you  dead  than  a 
poor  soldier."  I  have  just  received  the  intelligence, 
so  long  after  the  last  battle  on  the  James  river,  that 
Jim  was  wounded,  at  Malvern,  and  taken  prisoner, 
and  has  had  a  leg  off  at  the  hip,  and  Charley  is  in 
the  hospital,  sick  with  that  dreadful  Chickahominy 
fever,  and  the  last  I  heard  of  Dick  his  company  was 
serving  the  artillery  at  Yorktown.  God  only  knows 
whether  I  shall  ever  see  them  again.  I  do  not  expect 
to  see  all  of  them.  I  do  hope  that  at  least  one  of 
them  will  come  home.  (He  stopped  for  a  moment 
and  gazed  at  the  American  flag  suspended  over  the 
platform,  and,  with  tears  streaming  down  his  hag- 
gard face,  he  continued).  My  family  is  dear  to  me. 
It  makes  me  faint  to  think  of  losing  my  boys.  But 
I  love  my  country.  I  almost  worship  that  blessed  old 
flag.  There  must  never  be  another  flag  in  any  part 
of  these  United  States,  as  long  as  a  man  remains  in 
the  north  to  defend  its  stars  and  stripes.  Raise  your 
regiment,  and  that  quickly.  The  country  needs  the 
men.  I  have  no  more  sons  to  give,  but  I  will  give 
more  money,  and  keep  on  giving  as  long  as  I  have 
a  cent  left,  and  if  I  had  three  more  sons,  old  enough 
to  bear  a  musket,  I  would  give  them,  too.  We  must 
save  that  flag. 

The  old  patriot  was  spared  to  see  all  three 
of  his  sons  once  more,  although  they  all  died 
later  as  the  result  of  their  army  privations. 
He  died  July  31,  1863. 


Colonef  Baker  married  (first),  in  the  fall  of 
1822,  Anna  Keyes,   who  died  the   following 
May.     On  August  3,  1828,  he  married  (sec- 
ond), Maria,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Fish,  one  of 
the  earliest  settlers  of  Chautauqua  county.  She 
was  born  in  Otsego  county,  in  1804,  died  No- 
vember 19,  1893.     Her  paternal  grandfather 
was  with  Putnam  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war,  in  1756.    Her  mother,  when  a  young  girl 
in  Massachusetts,  heard  the  cry  "The  British 
are  out,'*  and  caught  the  horses,  while  her 
father  and  brother  molded  bullets  before  hast- 
ening to  the  field  at  Lexington.     Her  father 
was  lieutenant  in  the  Connecticut  line  during 
the  revolution,  and  her  husband  was  fifer  tK>y 
in  18 12,  and  colonel  in  1842.    On  the  first  call, 
in  1 861,  her  three  sons  enlisted,  the  youngest 
a  mere  lad.    Learning  that  one  of  them  was 
down   with   the   fever  and   another   severely 
wounded,  she  hastened  to  Philadelphia,  where 
she  was  obliged  to  accept  a  position  as  army 
nurse,  in  order  to  care  for  her  son.    She  died 
in  her  ninetieth  year,  her  last  words  being. 
"Tm  tired,  I  must  rest  a  little."    They  were  the 
parents  of  ten  children  and  two  others  adopt- 
ed:    I.  Anna,  married  Michael  W.  Hutton. 
born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland.    2.  Richard  H.,  of 
further  mention.     3.  James,  bom  in  James- 
town, 1840;  enlisted  in  company  B,  Seventy- 
second   Regiment,   New  York  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, and,  at  the  battle  of  Malvern  Hill,  was 
severely  wounded,  causing  the  loss  of  a  leg 
and  leaving  him  an  invalid  for  life.    He  was  a 
member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  was  buried  with  military  honors,  according 
to  the  ritual  of  that  organization.    He  was  un- 
married.   4.  Grace,  married  William  Breeden^ 
and  removed  to  New  Mexico.     5.  Augustus. 
6.  Scott.    7.  Charles  S.,  born  in  Jamestown,  in 
1844,  died  1895,  aged  fifty-one  years  six  months 
and  seven  days.    When  eighteen  years  of  age 
he   enlisted    in    Company  B,  Seventy-second 
Regiment,    New    York    Volunteer    Infantry, 
which  left  Jamestown,  in  May,  1861.     After 
a  year  and  a  half  of  service  he  contracted  a 
fever  which  ended  his  military  career.    When 
twenty  years  of  age  he  met  with  an  accident 
which  deprived  him  forever  of  his  sight,  and 
caused  other  serious  injuries.    He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Jamestown,  and 
a  Republican.     He  married   (first),  in   1864. 
Eva  Jones,  who  died  within  a  year.    He  mar- 
ried (second),  in  1866,  Katherine  HeflFerren. 


^^^v^. 


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NEW  YORK. 


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bom  at  Troy,  New  York,  June  13,  1849,  died 
1906.  They  had  six  children,  two  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  those  remaining  are:  Henry 
T.,  educated  in  the  United  States  Naval  Acad- 
emy, at  Annapolis ;  Lucy  F.,  educated  at  Mount 
Holyoke;  Scott  E.,  married  E.  Blanche  Fisher ; 
Sidney  S. 

(II)  Richard  Henry,  eldest  son  of  Colonel 
Henry  and  Maria  (Fish)  Baker,  was  born 
May  20,  1832,  died  September  25,  1880,  on 
the  train  between  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  James- 
town, New  York,  while  returning  from  Colo- 
rado, where  he  had  gone  for  the  benefit  of  his 
health.  He  was  reared  and  educated  on  the 
old  family  farm,  in  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  where  he  lived  until  entering  the  army. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Ninth  Regiment,  New  York 
Cavalry,  serving  as  first  lieutenant  one  year. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  James- 
town, where  his  after  life  was  passed.  He  was 
a  man  of  great  natural  ability;  a  fine  student 
during  his  school  years,  with  a  mind  clear  and 
capable  of  comprehending  and  using  knowl- 
edge, which  could  benefit  his  neighbors  and 
friends.  He  was  public-spirited  and  active  in 
town  aflFairs.  He  served  several  terms  as  trus- 
tee of  the  village  corporation,  and,  the  year 
preceding  his  death,  was  president  of  the  vil- 
lage. He  was  active  in  the  volunteer  fire  de- 
partment, was  foreman  of  Rescue  Engine  Com- 
pany and  filled  the  office  of  assistant  chief  engi- 
neer of  the  department.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  married,  at  Jamestown,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1854,  Mary  L.  Winsor,  bom  in  that 
city,  October  20,  1835.  Children:  i.  William 
Henry,  born  September  4,  1856,  died  Septem- 
ber 30,  1874.  2.  Lewis  Hall,  bom  July  24, 
1858 ;  married  Ada  Hall ;  children :  Robert  and 
Kenneth ;  resides  in  Jamestown,  New  York. 
3.  Charles  Hugh,  bom  December  28,  i860, 
died  November  11,  1882.  4.  Samuel  Winsor, 
bom  June  7,  1864;  married,  June  18,  1890, 
Grace  Ella,  daughter  of  Dr.  James  T.  Ed- 
wards; children:  Richard  Edward,  bom  Sep- 
tember 6,  1892;  Dorothy,  February  4,  1896; 
James,  November,  1905.  Mr.  Baker  is  secre- 
tary of  the  American  Axe  &  Tool  Company, 
and  resides  at  McKeesport,  Pennsylvania:  5. 
Frederick  James,  born  August  26,  1871 ;  mar- 
ried, September  9,  1902,  Elizabeth  Marie  Cady, 
of  Jamestown.  Mr.  Baker  resides  at  McKees- 
port, Pennsylvania.  He  is  in  charge  of  the 
Southern  Jobbing  Company  of  the  American 
Axe  &  Tool  Company. 


(The  Winsor  Line). 

(I)  Mary  L.  (Winsor)  Baker  is  a  grand- 
daughter of  Abraham  and  Sophia  (Bigelow) 
Winsor,  who  settled  in  the  town  of  Eaton, 
Madison  county,  liJew  York,  prior  to  the  year 
1805.  ^^  i8to  Abraham  Winsor  removed  to 
the  Holland  Purchase,  locating  in  Gerry,  now 
Sinclairville,  named  in  honor  of  Major  Sin- 
clair, brother-in-law  of  Abraham  Winsor.  Here 
he  built  an  ashery  and  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  pearl  and  potash,  marketing  his  pro- 
duct in  Pittsburgh,  which  city  he  reached  by 
boat.  In  1820  he  removed  to  Dexterville, 
where  he  engaged  in  lumbering.  He  lived  in  a 
log  house,  but  soon  purchased  a  tract  of  land 
on  which,  after  clearing  away  the  heavy  tim- 
ber, he  erected  what  at  that  time  was  one  of 
the  best  houses  in  the  village.  There  he  resided 
until  his  removal  to  Jamestown,  New  York, 
where  he  died. 

(H)  Samuel  Bigelow,  son  of  Abraham  and 
Sophia  (Bigelow)  Winsor,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Eaton,  Madison  county,*  New  York, 
September  29,  1805,  died  in  Jkmestown,  New 
York,  July  7,  1888.  He  worked  with  his 
father  until  1825,  when  he  went  to  Kiantone 
to  work  as  a  carpenter  on  the  new  house  being 
built  by  William  Sears,  his  future  father-in- 
law,  where  he  became  acquainted  with  his  wife, 
then  a  child  of  twelve  years.  He  remained  in 
Kiantone  the  next  winter,  attending  the  district 
school,  boarding  with  Mr.  Sears.  The  follow- 
ing spring  he  retumed  to  Jamestown,  where, 
for  several  years,  he  worked  at  his  trade.  In 
1830  he  was  converted  and  joined  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  of  Jamestown,  remain- 
ing a  faithful  member  of  that  communion  until 
his  death.  He  married,  August  25,  1831,  at 
Jamestown,  Anna  Sears,  born  at  Kiantone, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  August  29, 
181 5,  died  June,  1892,  daughter  of  William 
Sears,  born  at  Dover,  Vermont,  February  29, 
1788,  died  at  Kiantone,  New  York,  August  10, 
1827.  He  married,  at  Dover,  Vermont,  Rhoda 
Cheney,  born  in  Dover,  April  21,  1787.  In 
181 1  they  removed  to  New  York  state,  with  all 
their  household  goods  loaded  upon  a  sled, 
which,  drawn  by  a  yoke  of  oxen,  traversed 
five  hundred  miles  of  wilderness  in  twenty- 
nine  days,  finally  reaching  Chautauqua  county, 
where  they  settled.  The  country  then  was 
wild  and  their  home  was  the  hunting  ground 
of  the  Seneca  Indians,  who  were  numerous  in 
the  section.  Mr.  Sears  became  prominent  in 
the  town,  serving  as  highway  commissioner, 


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and  owning  considerable  land.  The  church,  at 
Kiantone,  is  built  on  land  donated  by  his 
widow,  Rhoda  (Cheney)  Sears.  William  Sears 
was  a  son  of  Ebenezer  Sears,  who  enlisted  at 
Yarmouth,  Massachusetts,  and  served  in  the 
war  of  the  revolution.  His  application  for  a 
pension  was  granted,  at  which  time  he  was 
seventy-seven  years  old,  as  stated  in  his  appli- 
cation, made  August  i6,  1832.  Children  of 
Samuel  B.  and  Anna  (Sears)  Winsor:  i.  Will- 
iam S.,  born  September  6, 1832,  of  Port  Offord, 
Oregon.  2.  Mary  L.,  of  further  mention.  3. 
Ruby  C,  born  May  16,  1834;  married  Hiram 
Hazzard.  4.  Henrietta  Maria,  born  December 
15,  1837;  married,  July  7,  1862,  Captain  Sam- 
uel J.  Bailey,  a  veteran  officer  of  the  civil  war, 
commanding  Company  I,  Seventy-second  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry.  She 
died  January  22,  1878.  5.  Angeline  Brooks, 
born  August  8,  184:^.  6.  Woodley  Chandler, 
born  June  6,  1845,  of  Olean,  New  York.  After 
their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winsor  resided 
in  Jamestown,  where,  on  August  25,  i88t,  they 
celebrated  the  golden  anniversary  of  their  wed- 
ding, and  received  the  hearty  congratulations 
of  their  many  relatives  and  friends.  Colonel 
Winsor  was  a  resident  of  Jamestown  sixty- 
six  years.  He  was  colonel  of  the  old  One  Hun- 
dred and  Sixty-second  Regiment,  New  York 
National  Guard,  when  it  was  one  of  the  famous 
regiments  of  the  state.  She  jqined  the  Meth- 
odist church,  at  Jamestown,  the  year  after  her 
husband,  and,  with  him,  constituted  an  im- 
portant part  of  the  early  congregation. 

(HI)  Mary,  second  daughter  and  third  child 
of  Colonel  Samuel  Bigelow  and  Anna  (Sears) 
Winsor,  was  born  in  Jamestown,  October  20, 
1835.  She  married,  in  Jamestown,  December 
14,  1854,  Richard  Henry  Baker,  whom  she  sur- 
vives. She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  Jamestown,  and  a  charter  member 
of  Jamestown  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution.  She  gains  admission  to  this 
patriotic  order  by  right  of  the  military  service 
of  her  maternal  ancestor,  Ebenezer  Sears,  her 
great-grandfather.  She  also  joins  by  right  of 
the  soldier  of  the  revolution  and  of  the  war 
of  1812,  Ebenezer  Cheney,  father  of  Rhoda 
Cheney,  wife  of  William  Sears,  father  of 
Anna  Sears,  wife  of  Samuel  Bigelow  Winsor, 
father  of  Mary  L.  (Winsor)  Baker.  Mrs. 
Baker  continues  her  residence  in  Jamestown, 
where  she  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem.  She  is 
very  much  interested  in  historical  matters  and 
keeps  thoroughly  posted  on  all  current  topics 


of  the  day.  She  comes  of  patriotic  ancestry, 
and,  by  marriage,  allies  with  another  family 
who  have  served  their  country  well  in  time 
of  stress  and  danger. 


The  Frank  family  of  Chautauqua 
FRANK  county.  New  York, descends  from 
one  of  the  old  German  families 
of  Pennsylvania,  although  this  branch  of  the 
family  early  settled  in  New  York  state.  The 
progenitor  came  from  Germany  and  was  a 
true  type  of  the  thrifty  German  emigrant. 

Henry  Frank  and  his  brother  Christopher 
came  from  Germany  together,  landed  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  settled  near  that  city 
and  remained  seated  there  for  a  number  of 
years.  This  was  about  1740.  They  were  well- 
to-do  farmers,  and,  prior  to  the  revolution,  re- 
moved to  New  York  state,  settling  in  the  Mo- 
hawk valley,  at  Frankfort,  Herkimer  county, 
on  the  banks  of  the  Mohawk  river.  There 
may  have  been  others  of  the  name  earlier  set- 
tled there,  which  accounts  for  the  name  Frank- 
fort. Henry  Frank  married  and  had  sons 
Henry,  Lawrence  and  Jacob,  all  of  whom 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  Henry  and 
Jacob  being  killed.  His  daughters  were  Eve 
and  Mary,  twins,  and  Margaret.  Eve  married 
John  Frank,  a  kinsman.  Mary  married  a  Mr. 
Myers,  and  had  a  son  John,  an  early  settler  of 
the  town  of  Carroll.  During  the  French  and 
Indian  war  the  wife  of  Henry  Frank  was  cap- 
tured by  the  Indians  with  her  children,  and 
carried  away  captive  to  Canada.  The  twin 
sisters  were  then  ten  years  of  age.  Eve  was 
kept  in  captivity  three  years,  Mary  a  year 
longer.  At  the  time  of  the  capture  Mrs. 
Frank  had  a  son  Lawrence,  eighteen  months 
old,  whom  she  was  obliged  to  carry  and  march 
as  rapidly  as  the  remainder  of  the  party  or 
have  the  baby  killed.  Whether  the  family 
were  ever  reunited  does  not  appear,  only  the 
facts  of  the  return  of  the  twins  being  given. 
John  Frank,  of  another  family,  was  captured 
at  the  same  time.  Later  he  was  a  soldier  of 
the  revolution  and  again  captured,  but  escaped. 
(II)  Lawrence,  son  of  Henry  Frank,  was 
born  in  Frankfort,  Herkimer  county.  New 
York,  October,  1749.  He  was  carried  away 
by  the  Indians  when  an  infant,  as  stated,  later 
was  returned.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war.  In  1777  he  was  cap- 
tured by  the  Indians  and  Tories,  and  carried 
to  Quebec,  where  he  was  held  prisoner  three 
years  and  three  months.    He  then  returned  to 


NEW  YORK. 


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Herkimer  county,  later  settling  in  the  town  of 
Busti,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  where 
he  died  April  13,  1813.  He  married,  in  Frank- 
fort, New  York,  Mary  Myers,  born  in  Ger- 
many, in  1753,  came,  when  young,  to  America 
with  her  parents.  She  died  in  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  December,  1831.  Children: 
Lawrence  (2),  died  in  Herkimer  county;  Mar- 
garet, married  a  kinsman,  Stephen  Frank,  and 
died  in  Ohio;  Elizabeth;  Peter,  died  in  Ohio; 
Henry  L.,  married  Margaret  Damon,  and  re- 
moved to  Kirkland  county,  Ohio,  where  both 
died ;  John  L.,  of  further  mention ;  Michael ; 
Joseph,  born  October  2,  1796;  Matthew,  De- 
cember 22,  1798. 

(HI)  John  L.,  son  of  Lawrence  and  Mary 
(Myers)  Frank,  was  born  in  Frankfort,  Herki- 
mer county,  New  York,  November  29,  1786, 
died  at  Busti  Corners,  July  4,  1875.  He  was 
reared  a  farmer,  and,  in  181 1,  just  one  century 
ago,  removed  to  Chautauqua  county,  where 
he  settled  in  the  town  of  Busti,  lot  62,  town- 
ship I,  range  11,  later  removed  to  lot  6,  range 
12,  same  township.  He  was  a  man  much  re- 
spected by  the  entire  community.  He  was  a 
devout  Christian  and  an  earnest  worker  in  the 
church.  He  was  one  of  the  fourteen  original 
members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  estab- 
lished in  Busti)  and  was  always  active  and 
prominent  in  its  affairs.  His  old  family  Bible, 
published  in  1810,  now  owned  by  his  grandson, 
Warren  A.  Frank,  has  the  family  records  writ- 
ten by  himself,  with  the  old  style  goose  quill 
pen.  He  married  Lucretia  Chapman,  born 
March  25,  1791,  died  March  14,  1874.  Four 
of  their  children  died  in  infancy;  the  others 
are:  i.  Michael  C,  bom  October  24,  1808; 
married  Sally  Sherwin;  children:  John  S., 
Harriet  E.,  Mary  J.,  Matthew,  Alice,  Electa 
and  Adelaide.  2.  Almira,  born  July  18,  1810; 
married  Ransom  Burroughs;  both  deceased. 
3.  Charles,  of  further  mention.  4.  Alonzo, 
born  September  6,  181 5 ;  married  Jane  Woodin, 
and  resides  at  Blockville,  New  York;  chil- 
dren: Lavant,  Harriet  M.,  Jane  and  Ophelia. 
5.  Mary  Jane,  bom  April  22,  1819;  married 
Jacob  Chambers,  and  resides  at  Pine  Grove, 
Pennsylvania.  6.  Harriet  M.,  born  June  i, 
1 821,  deceased;  married  Denison  Palmer.  7. 
Lx)renzo,  born  October  6,  1823;  married  Me- 
lissa Barnes ;  children :  West,  Sidney  and  Clare. 
8.  Davis,  married  (first)  Alvira  Brown,  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  Brown;  children:  Theodore, 
George,  Dwight,  Laverne,  Duane,  De  Etta  and 
Elarl.    9.  Marietta,  born  December  13,  1830; 


married  Samuel  Smith ;  children :  Levant  and 
Frank.  10.  Ariel,  married  Margaret  Stewart ; 
children :  Emmet  and  Frederick. 

(IV)  Charles,  third  child  of  John  L.  and 
Lucretia  (Chapman)  Frank,  was  bom  in  the 
town  of  Busti,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
July  22,  1812,  died  in  the  same  town,  December 
24,  1878.  He  was  the  first  white  child  known  to 
have  been  born  in  the  town.  He  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools  and  at  Jamestown,  New 
York.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  the  farm, 
later  he  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade,  at 
which  he  worked  in  both  Jamestown  and  Busti. 
He  owned  a  good  farm  of  forty  acres,  on  which 
he  resided,  Busti  always  being  his  home.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  town  politics,  always 
voting  the  Democratic  ticket  until  1856,  when 
he  joined  with  the  Republican  party.  He  held 
many  of  the  local  offices,  and,  in  1858,  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace,  holding  that  office 
until  his  death.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  serving  as 
steward  and  class  leader.  His  integrity  was 
unquestioned  and  no  man  stood  higher  in  pub- 
lic esteem  and  confidence.  He  was  always 
interested  in  local  and  family  history  and  gave 
much  valuable  assistance  in  compiling  "Young's 
History  of  Chautauqua  County,"  in  1875.  In 
genealogical  matters  he  was  exceedingly  well 
informed  and  preserved  for  posterity,  not  only 
the  records  of  his  own  family  but  those  of 
many  others. 

He  married,  October  24, 1833,  Mary  Woodin, 
born  in  Chautauqua  county,  in  181 5,  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  Woodin,  of  Busti,  a  soldier  and 
pensioner  of  the  war  of  1812.  Mary  (Woodin) 
Frank  was  a  devout  Christian  and  an  active 
worker  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
She  survived  her  husband  and  died  at  the 
home  of  her  son,  George  D.,  at  Elizabethtown, 
Kentucky,  where  she  is  buried.  Children:  i. 
Warren  Alonzo,  of  further  mention.  2.  George 
Dallas,  born  in  Busti,  New  York,  January  5, 
1844;  farmer  of  Busti  for  many  years,  going 
south  about  1882,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in 
fruit  farming  at  Elizabethtown,  Kentucky;  he 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  a  Republican ;  he  married 
Bella  Moore;  no  issue.  3.  John  J.,  of  further 
mention. 

(V)  Warren  Alonzo,  eldest  son  of  Charles 
and  Mary  (Woodin)  Frank,  was  bom  in  Busti, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  November  30, 
1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Busti  and  at  Jamestown   Academy.     He 


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began  life  as  a  general  farmer,  but  later,  with 
his  two  brothers,  purchased  a  beautiful  farm 
bordering  on  Lake  Chautauqua,  where  he  spe- 
cialized in  fruit  growing.  The  Frank  Fruit 
Farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty-six  acres  be- 
came famous  in  the  county,  its  products  annual- 
ly carrying  off  the  highest  premiums  in  their 
class,  wherever  exhibited.  Warren  A.  Frank 
later  purchased  his  brothers'  interests  and 
operated  the  farm  himself,  until  a  decade  ago, 
when  he  practically  retired  from  active  life. 
He  is  an  expert  in  bee  culture,  having  had  at 
times  one  hundred  hives.  At  the  Pan-Amer- 
ican Exposition,  in  Buffalo,  he  was  in  charge 
of  the  department  devoted  to  bees  and  honey. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  often  chosen 
ilelegate  to  state  conventions.  He  sat  in  the 
Chautauqua  county  delegation  at  the  conven- 
tions that  nominated  Governors  Fassett  and 
Higgins.  He  represented  Busti,  for  two  terms, 
in  the  Qiautauqua  county  board  of  supervisors, 
and  was  a  worker  for  the  interests  of  his  town. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  Grange,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry,  and  of  Chautauqua  Tribe,  Im- 
proved Order  of  Red  Men,  of  Columbus,  Penn- 
sylvania. Like  his  father  he  takes  a  deep  inter- 
est in  historical  matters  and  in  the  preserva- 
tion of  genealogical  data. 

He  married,  October  25,  1870,  Melissa  Mar- . 
tin,  born  in  Busti,  New  York,  July  22,  1842, 
died  November  22,  1884,  daughter  of  Lorenzo 
and  Mercy  (Jenkins)  Martin.  She  was  a 
devoted  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  a  woman  of  energy  and  usefulness. 
Children:  i.  Myrtle  M.,  born  in  Busti,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1874;  married,  August  30,  1894,  Harry 
Root,  now  engaged  in  the  express  and  dairy 
business  in  Jamestown,  but  resides  in  Busti ; 
children:  Bessie  M.,  born  June  23,  1898;  Roy, 
February  4,  1905.  2.  Bertha  D.,  married  Rob- 
ert W.  Nobbs,  now  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania, 
where  Mr.  Nobbs  is  engaged  with  the  Amer- 
ican Express  Company ;  child,  Howard  Frank 
Nobbs,  born  March  30,  191 1. 

(V)  John  Jerry,  youngest  son  of  Charles 
and  Mary  (Woodin)  Frank,  was  born  in  Busti, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  June  21,  1848. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Busti 
and  at  Jamestown  Academy.  He  grew  up  on 
the  farm,  and,  in  association  with  his  two 
brothers,  operated  the  Frank  Fruit  Farm,  on 
Lake  Chautauqua,  and  carried  on  a  general 
business,  under  the  firm  name  "Frank  Broth- 
ers." They  were  in  successful  business  for  a 
term  of  eighteen  years  and  built  up  more  than 


a  local  reputation  for  the  excellence  of  their 
products.  In  1800  John  J.  Frank  sold  his 
interest  to  his  brother,  Warren  Alonzo,  and 
removed  to  Chattanooga,  Tennessee,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  and  general  insur- 
ance business  for  seven  years.  In  1888  he 
returned  to  Busti.  engaged  in  farming  for  a 
year,  then  located  in  Jamestown,  which  has 
since  been  his  home  and  place  of  business. 
His  offices,  in  the  Hall  Block,  are  devoted  to 
the  detail  of  his  extensive  real  estate  business, 
as  he  specializes  in  residence  properties  and 
has  been  very  successful.  He  is  a  public- 
spirited  man  and  has  done  much  for  the  im- 
provement of  his  city.  He  was  a  prime  mover 
in  the  establishment  of  the  Jamestown  Public 
Market,  which  was  first  opened  for  business, 
November  30,  1910.  This  enterprise  met  with 
strong  opposition,  but  the  results  have  shown 
it  to  have  been  a  wise  and  needed  improve- 
ment. Mr.  Frank  is  president  of  the  James- 
town Real  Estate  Association  and  chairman 
of  the  market  committee.  He,  at  one  time, 
was  sole  owner  of  the  Jamestown  Razor  Com- 
pany^ but  has  sold  this  property.  He  is  also 
at  the  head  of  the  Beechwood  business  board. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  of  Jamestown,  as  was  his  wife.  His 
home  is  at  No.  in  East  Second  street,  his 
summer  residence  at  Beechwood.  He  is  fond 
of  outdoor  sports  and  has  a  local  reputation 
as  an  expert  disciple  of  Isaac  Walton. 

He  married  (first),  in  Chattanooga,  Tennes- 
see, June  4,  1883,  Emma,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Sarah  Roberts.  She  was  an  active  worker 
in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society.  She  died 
May  4,  1907,  aged  fifty-seven  years,  and  is 
buried  in  Busti.  He  married  (second),  July 
21,  1909,  Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  James  and 
Lucinda  (Kemp)  Solliday,  of  Greensburg, 
Pennsylvania.  She  is  an  active  member  of 
the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and 
president  of  the  Clotho  Society. 


The  earliest  traditions  of  the 
MOSHER     Mosher  family  locate  them  in 

Alsace.  France,  about  the  year 
1580.  Their  home  was  in  the  southern  part 
of  the  province,  near  Strassburg.  The  name 
is  compounded  of  two  German  words  Mos  and 
Herr,  which  when  combined  means  Mosslord 
or  "Lord  of  the  Moss.'*  This  may  be  taken 
to  imply  that  the  founder  of  the  family  name 
was  a  man  of  prominence,  and  had  his  resi- 


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dence  on  a  mossy  mound  or  hill.  After  Alsace 
was  annexed  to  France^  both  the  German  and 
French  languages  were  in  use.  The  French 
spelled  the  name  Mosier  or  Motier.  In  Eng- 
land the  German  method  of  spelling  the  name 
prevailed,  Mosher.  In  religion  the  family  were 
Protestants,  and,  with  many  others,  fled  to 
England^o  escape  persecution.  It  is  supposed 
they  went  to  England  under  the  leadership  of 
Hugh  Mosher,  prior  to  the  year  1600.  They 
located  in  Manchester,  Chester  and  London. 
The  Manchester  records  show  that  five  Mosh- 
er brothers  were  engaged  in  business  in  that 
city  in  1616,  partners  and  silk  weavers.  They 
were:  William,  John,  Thomas,  Stephen  and 
George.  The  American  ancestor,  Ensign  Hugh, 
was  a  son  of  Stephen  Mosher. 

(II)  Ensign  Hugh  Mosher,  son  of  Stephen 
Mosher,  of  Manchester,  England,  sailed  for 
America  and  reached  Boston  in  1636.  Another 
Hugh  Mosher,  son  of  Thomas  Mosher,  settled 
in  Maine.  A  third  Hugh  Mosher,  son  of  John 
Mosher,  was  prominent  in  the  East  India  Com- 
pany, and  died  wealthy,  without  issue.  It  was 
his  fortune  that  the  Moshers  of  the  United 
States  tried  unsuccessfully  to  obtain  in  recent 
years.  Hugh,  son  of  Stephen  Mosher,  first 
settled  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  where  he  be- 
came a  friend  of  Roger  Williams,  pastor  of  the 
Salem  church,  and  was  in  full  sympathy  with 
his  religious  views.  When  Williams  was  ban- 
ished from  Massachusetts,  in  October,  1636, 
Mosher  went  with  him  to  Rhode  Island,  and 
shared  his  hardships  and  sufferings.  When 
Williams  was  in  a  position  to  do  so  he  repaid 
the  devotion  of  his  friend  with  the  permanent 
title  to  a  fifth  part  of  the  township  of  West- 
erly, Rhode  Island.  August  4,  1676.  In  1669 
Hugh  Mosher  was  appointed  ensign  of  a  mili- 
tary company  by  the  general  court,  and  took 
part  in  King  Philip's  war,  during  which  war 
two  of  his  sons  were  killed.  In  1674  he  was 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church,  in  Dart- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  but  was  always  called 
by  his  military  title,  Ensign  Hugh  Mosher.  He 
died  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  1694.  He 
married  Lydia  Maxon.  Children :  Hugh,  John, 
Nicholas,  Joseph,  Daniel  and  James. 

(III)  Rev.  Hugh  (2)  Mosher,  eldest  son 
of  Ensign  Hugh  (i)  and  Lydia  (Maxon) 
Mosher,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
in  1633,  died  1713.  He  was  a  minister  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  a  man  of  high  standing. 
He  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Hemdell.     Children:     Nicholas,  bom 


1666;  John,  1668;  Joseph,  1670;  James,  1675; 
Rebecca,  1677;  Daniel,  1678;  Mary,  1679. 

(IV)  James,  son  of  Rev.  Hugh  (2)  and 
Rebecca  (Hemdell)  Mosher,  was  born  1675. 
He  removed  to  New  London,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died.  He  married  (first),  July  6, 
1704,  Catherine  Tosh.  He  married  (second). 
May  23,  1714,  Mary  Duval.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Daniel,  born  October  13,  1705; 
Mary,  January  i,  i;707;  James,  December  11, 
1709;  John,  171 1 ;  William,  November  9,  1712. 
Children  of  second  wife:  John  William,  of 
further  mention ;  Timothy,  born  October  27. 
1716;  Jonathan,  May  9,  1718;  David,  March 
29,  1720;  Jeremiah,  June  16,  1722:  James, 
April  24,  1724;  Phebe,  May  20,  1726. 

(V)  John  William,  son  of  James  and  his 
second  wife,  Mary  (Duval)  Mosher,  was  born 
June  4,  1715.  He  married,  at  (jroton,  Massa- 
chusetts, Elizabeth,  born  October  15,  1720, 
daughter  of  Zachariah  and  Abigail  Lawrence. 
Children:  i.  Mary,  born  April  11,  1743;  mar- 
ried, 1772,  William  Graham.  2.  John  (lieu- 
tenant), a  daring  officer  of  the  revolutionary 
war;  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William 
Warren,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Arthur  War- 
ren, one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Weymouth.  3. 
James,  born  July  31,  1747.  4.  Abigail,  born 
August  17,  1749;  killed  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill.  5.  David,  born  August  2,  1752;  killed  at 
Bunker  Hill.  6.  Josiah,  born  May  31,  1757, 
an  able  and  courageous  officer  of  the  revolu- 
tion; married  Rebecca  Doolittle.  Josiah  and 
John  settled  in  Oneida  county.  New  York, 
after  the  revolution.  7.  Elizabeth,  born  July 
31,  1760;  married  Samuel  Moody  Emerson. 
8.  Hannah,  born  April  5,  1764. 

(VI)  A  son  of  John  William  and  Elizabeth 
(Lawrence)  Mosher,  presumably  James,  born 
July  31,  1747;  served  in  the  revolution,  under 
two  enlistments,  from  Pepperell,  Massachu- 
setts. He  marched,  with  Captain  John  Nut- 
ting's company,  on  the  "Lexington  Alarm"  of 
April  19,  1775  ;  served  six  days ;  enlisted  again, 
April  25,  1775,  as  corporal  of  the  same  com- 
pany; served  three  months  and  six  days. 

(VII)  Peter,  grandson  of  John  William 
Mosher,  and  believed  to  be  a  son  of  James 
Mosher,  was  born  in  Massachusetts,  about 
1775,  died  in  Oppenheim,  Fulton  county.  New 
York,  1816.  He  settled  in  Fulton  county,  in 
1796.  He  purchased  a  farm  in  the  then  wilder- 
ness that  is  now  in  the  possession  of  a  grand- 
son, Chauncey  Mosher.  He  married  Mary 
Rarrick.     Children :  John  P.,  Peter.  Ephraim. 


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Jeremiah,  Abraham,  Leonard,  Elizabeth,  Cor- 
nelia and  Polly. 

(VIII)  Ephraim,  son  of  Peter  and  Mary 
(Rarrick)  Mosher,  was  born  in  Oppenheim, 
Fulton  county.  New  York,  1804,  died  at  Fal- 
coner, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  1875. 
He  was  reared  and  educated  in  Fulton  county, 
where  he  remained  until  1832,  when  he  re^ 
moved  to  Chautauqua  county,  settling  first  in 
the  town  of  Ellington,  where  he  purchased  a 
farm.  He  later  sold  this  farm  and  purchased 
another  in  Poland,  same  county.  He  owned 
two  adjoining  farms  of  sixty  and  seventy-five 
acres,  in  Poland,  which  he  operated  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  Democrat  until  his  later 
years,  when  he  became  a  Republican.  He 
served  as  collector  of  Ellington,  and  was  high- 
ly regarded  in  his  community.  He  was  a 
dealer  in  fine  stock  and  took  active  part  in 
the  development  of  his  town.  He  married 
(first)  Maria  Helmick,  (second),  in  1844, 
Lucretia  Abbey,  born  in  Guilford,  Chenango 
county,  New  York,  1816,  died  1897,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Eva  (Ingersoll)  Abbey.  Henry 
Abbey  was  born  September  3,  1787,  died  Au- 
gust 26,  1875.  Eva  Ingersoll  was  bom  Au- 
gust 8,  1789,  died  January  23,  1857.  Lucretia 
was  a  woman  of  more  than  ordinary  attain- 
ments. She  took  a  prominent  part  in  church 
and  social  affairs  and  left  a  noble,  womanly 
record  as  a  memorial.  She  was  a  founder  and 
first  president  of  the  Pine  Hill  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation, of  Falconer,  and  on  each  recurring 
Memorial  Day  her  grave  is  decorated  by  her 
loving  friends.  Henry  Abbey,  her  father,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  settled  in  Guil- 
ford, Chenango  county,  New  York,  coming 
from  there  to  Ellington,  Chautauqua  county. 
He  married  Eva  Ingersoll,  May  i,  1814.  Henry 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  Abbey,  who  removed 
from  Salem,  Massachusetts,  to  Enfield,  Con- 
necticut, in  1680.  He  built  and  operated  a 
hotel  there  that  is  standing  to-day.  He  served 
eight  years  in  the  English  army  during  colonial 
wars  and  served  in  the  continental  army  dur- 
ing the  revolution.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Catherine,  Margaret,  Ephraim  and  Ezra.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Harriet  M.,  bom  April 
19,  1845,  married  Robert  Cowden,  of  James- 
town; Victoria,  December  25,  1847,  married 
Samuel  Ely,  of  Falconer;  Stiles  Burt,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(IX)  Stiles  Burt,  only  son  of  Ephraim  and 
lAicretia  (Abbey)  Mosher,  was  born  in  Po- 
land, Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  March 


2y^  1 85 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and,  for  many  years  was  engaged  in 
farming.  He  has  been  engaged  in  broom  mak- 
ing of  late  years,  and  in  lighter  pursuits.  He 
resides  on  a  part  of  the  old  homestead,  which 
was  a  tract  of  about  twenty  acres  that  at  pres- 
ent forms  part  of  the  village  of  Falconer.  He 
is  held  in  high  esteem  and  has  served  %s  village 
trustee  and  on  the  school  board.  Mosher  street, 
in  the  village,  is  named  in  the  family  honor. 
He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  an  attendant 
of  the  Unitarian  church.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1879,  Martha  M.  Cook,  born  in  Attica, 
New  York,  February  11,  1858,  died  November 
I,  1908,  daughter  of  John  N.  and  Anna  (Koh- 
ley)  Cook.  Children:  i.  Gertrude  E.,  bom 
July  29,  1880;  graduate  of  Falconer  high 
school,  Fredonia  Normal  School  and  Syracuse 
University,  class  of  1903;  taught  at  Goshen 
and  Falconer,  New  York,  in  the  public  schools  ; 
is  now  a  resident  of  Falconer.  2.  Harriet 
Anna,  bom  August  7,  1884;  married  William 
W.  Densmore;  children:  Burt  Ellsworth  and 
Dorothy  Irene.  3.  Harry  Abbey,  born  June 
18,  1892.  4.  Henry  Ephraim,  twin  of  Harry 
Abbey;  both  sons  were  educated  in  the  Fal- 
coner high  school  and  reside  at  home.  In 
191 1  Henry  E.  Mosher  was  honored  by  an 
appointment  from  New  York  state  at  large  to 
the  United  States  Military  Academy,  West 
Point,  New  York,  by  United  States  Senator 
James  A.  O'Gorman,  of  New  York. 

John  Norbert  Cook  (formerly  Koch),  father 
of  Mrs.  Martha  M.  (Cook)  Mosher,  was  born 
at  Ehrang,  province  of  the  Rhine,  Germany, 
July  13,  181 3,  died  at  Olean,  New  York,  June, 
1889,  son  of  John  Koch,  of  Germany.  John 
Norbert  Cook  received  a  classical  education  in 
the  gymnasium  of  his  native  province  and  be- 
came a  fluent  linguist,  speaking  several  lan- 
guages, also  teaching  them.  He  came  to  New 
York  City,  February  26,  1846,  and  from  there 
went  to  Bennington,  New  York,  from  thence 
to  Attica,  New  York,  finally  settling  in  Olean, 
where  he  died.  He  was  a  farmer  in  the  United 
States,  but  probably  lived  a  retired  life  after 
going  to  Olean.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Cath- 
olic church  and  a  man  highly  esteemed. 

He  married,  in  1844,  at  Ehrang,  Germany, 
Anna  Kohley,  who  accompanied  him  to  the 
United  States.  Children,  all  but  the  first  bom 
in  New  York  state:  Jacob,  born  in  Germany, 
1845;  Grace,  1851 ;  Kate,  1853;  Frank  C, 
1855;  Martha  M..  1858,  married  Stiles  Burt 
Mosher;  Anna,  1861 ;  John  W.,  1862. 


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John  Koch,  father  of  John  Norbert  Cook, 
was  born  1769,  died  1859.  He  was  a  man  of 
good  education,  and  a  graduate  of  the  Gym- 
nasium. His  wife's  name  was  Elizabeth.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  John  Norbert,  Peter,  Ger- 
heart  and  Hans. 


The  antiquity  of  the  Hutch- 
HUTCHINSON  inson  family  is  very  great. 

Its  origin  has  been  assigned 
to  one  Uitchensis,  said  to  have  been  a  Nor- 
w^ian,  and  to  have  come  from  Normandy 
with  William  the  Conqueror,  but  there  is  no, 
record  of  the  family  after  the  Ccxiquest  until 
1282,  after  which  the  history  of  the  family  is 
definitely  known.  The  coat-of-arms :  Per  pale 
gules  and  azure  semee  of  cross-crosslets  or,  a 
lion  rampant  argent.  Crest:  Out  of  a  ducal 
coronet  or  a  cockatrice  with  wings  endorsed 
azure,  beaked  combed  and  wattled  gules. 

(I)  Bernard  Hutchinson,  of  Cowlan,  York- 
shire, England,  was  living  in  1282.  He  bore 
the  coat-of-arms  above  described.  His  wife 
was  the  daughter  of  John  Bo)rvill,  Esq.,  of  one 
of  the  best  families  of  Yorkshire.    Children: 

John,  mentioned  below ;  Robert,  married 

Newcomen,  of  Saltfleetlby,  Lincolnshire ;  Mary, 
married  William  Sutton,  of  Washingborough, 
Lincolnshire. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Bernard  Hutchinson,  mar- 
ried Edith  Wouldbie,  of  Wouldbie.  Children : 
James,  mentioned  below;  Barbara,  married 
Lewis  Ashton,  of  Spalding,  Lincolnshire ;  Julia, 
married  AUyne  Bruxbie,  of  Shobie;  Margaret, 
married  William  Champemowne,  of  Devon- 
shire. 

(HI)  James,  only  son  of  John  Hutchinson, 
was  of  Cowlam,  and  married  Ursula  Gregory, 
of  Nafferton,  Yorkshire.  Children:  William, 
mentioned  below;  John,  married  daughter  of 
John  Conyers;  Barbara,  married  John  Ha- 
thome,  of  Cransweke  (Cranswick)  ;  daughter, 
married  John  Ocam,  Esq.;  Eleanor,  married 
Thomas  Brown,  Esq. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  James  Hutchinson, 
married  Anne  Bennett,  daughter  of  William 
Bennett,  of  Thackley,  in  the  West  Riding  of 
Yorkshire,  England.  Children :  Anthony,  men- 
tioned below;  Oliver,  married  daughter  of 
John  Tindall;  Mary,  married  Jervas  Abtost; 
Alice,  married  William  English. 

(V)  Anthony,  son  of  William  Hutchinson, 
married  (first)  Judith  Crosland,  daughter  of 
Thomas,  (second)  Isabel  Harvie,  daughter  of 
Robert.     Children  of  second  wife:  William; 

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Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  John ;  Richard,  supf- 
posed  to  have  settled  in  Ireland ;  Leonard ;  Ed- 
mund; Francis;  Andrew. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Anthony  Hutchinson, 
bought  the  principal  part  of  the  township  of 
Owthorpe,  Nottinghamshire,  the  remaining  por- 
tion afterward  coming  into  the  family  of  his 
descendants.  He  lived  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
VIII.  He  owned  also  an  estate  at  Colston 
Bassett,  a  few  miles  east  of  Owthorpe.  His 
actual  residence  was  at  Cropwell  Butler.  He 
was  living  as  late  as  October  9,  1550.  Chil- 
dren: William;  John;  Lawrence,  mentioned 
below. 

(VH)  Lawrence,  son  of  Thomas  Hutchin- 
son, resided  at  ToUertown,  a  town  between 
Owthorpe  and  Nottingham.  He  married  Isa- 
bel   ,  who  survived  him.    His  will  was 

dated  July  2,  1577,  and  proved  at  York,  Octo- 
ber 9,  following.  Children :  Robert ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Agnes;  Richard;  William. 

(VIII)  Thomas  (2), son  of  Lawrence  Hutch- 
inson, resided  at  Newark,  in  Nottinghamshire, 
and  died  in  1598.  His  will  was  proved  May 
II,  that  year,  and  dated  March  i.  Children: 
William,  died  before  his  father ;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below ;  Joan. 

(IX)  Thomas  (3), son  of  Thomas  (2)  Hutch- 
inson, inherited  his  father's  estate  at  Newark, 
but  removed  to  Arnold,  near  Nottingham,  be- 
tween 1601  and  1605.  He  married  Alice , 

who  survived  him.  He  was  buried  at  Arnold, 
August  17,  1618,  his  will  being  dated  March  4, 
preceding.  He  bequeathed  to  all  his  children, 
most  of  whom  were  doubtless  bom  at  New- 
ark, before  his  removal  to  Arnold.  Children : 
John,  married  twice,  lived  at  Arnold;  Isabel, 
married  Adam  Barker;  Humphrey,  living  in 
1618;  Elizabeth;  Robert,  baptized  at  Newark, 
September  6,  1601,  lived  at  Arnold;  Richard, 
mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  baptized  at  Arnold, 
June  16,  1605. 

(X)  Richard,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Hutchin- 
son, was  born  1602-03.  I^  1660  he  deposed 
that  his  age  was  fifty-eight.  He  married,  at  Cot- 
grave,  county  Nottingham,  England,  December 
7,  1627,  Alice  Bosworth,  probably  daughter  of 
Joseph  Bosworth,  of  Southell,  otherwise  known 
as  the  Cathedral  Church,  of  Nottinghamshire. 
He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and  came  to 
America,  in  1634,  with  his  wife  Alice  and  four 
children,  and  settled  in  Salem,  Massachusetts. 
He  had  a  grant  of  land  from  Salem  in  1636, 
and  the  next  year  a  grant  of  twenty  acres  more, 
"provided  he  will  set  up  a  plough."    It  is  said 


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that,  at  that  time,  there  were  but  thirty-seven 
ploughs  in  the  entire  colony.  In  1664  he  had 
another  parcel  of  land  granted  him,  and,  in 
1660,  still  another.  The  land  was  situated  in 
the  vicinity  of  Hathorn's  Hill,  Beaver  Dam 
Brook,  now  called  Beaver  Brook,  which  runs 
through  Middleton  into  the  Ipswich  river.  He 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Salem 
church  as  early  as  1636,  He  bought  a  farm 
of  a  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  at  Salem  Village, 
now  Danvers,  of  Elias  Stillman,  in  1648,  which 
was  his  homestead  afterward.  He  served  on  a 
committee  of  the  town  to  survey  Jeffrey's 
creek,  now  Manchester,  and  Mackerel  Cove. 
He  married  (second),  in  October,  1668,  Sarah 
Standish,  widow  of  James  Standish,  of  whose 
estate  Hutchinson  was  appointed  administrator, 
April  I,  1679.  His  will  was  dated  January  19, 
1679,  and  proved  September  26,  1682.  His 
widow  married  (third)  Thomas  Roots,  of  Man- 
chester, whom  she  also  survived.  Children  of 
first  wife,  the  first  five  born  in  England:  i. 
Alice,  baptized  at  North  Muskham,  Notting- 
hamshire, September  2T,  1628,  died  there  same 
year.  2.  Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Arnold,  August 
30,  1629;  married  Deacon  Nathaniel  Putnam, 
of  Danvers.  3.  Mary,  baptized  at  North  Musk- 
ham, December  28, 1630 ;  married  Thomas  Hale, 
of  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  4.  Rebecca,  born 
1632;  married  James  Hadlock,  of  Salem.  5. 
Joseph,  mentioned  below.  6.  Abigail,  baptized 
at  Salem,  December  25, 1636;  married  Anthony 
Ashby.  7.  Hannah,  baptized  June  20,  1639: 
married,  April  12,  1662,  Daniel  Boardman.  8. 
John,  born  May,  1643;  married,  July,  1672, 
Sarah  Putnam. 

(XI)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  Hutchinson, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1633.  He  came  to 
America,  with  his  father,  and  settled  on  part 
of  the  homestead  conveyed  to  him  by  deed  of 
gift,  March  16,  1666.  He  also  had  a  grant  of 
land  in  Salem.  In  1673  ^^  ^^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^  com- 
mittee to  build  a  parsonage  at  Danvers,  and  he 
gave  the  land.  He  was  one  of  the  petitioners 
for  the  setting  oflF  of  the  town  of  Danvers,  then 
called  Salem  Village.  He  conveyed  most  of 
his  real  estate  to  his  sons  before  his  death,  and 
died  intestate.  He  married  (first)  Abigail, 
daughter  of  John  Gedney,  (second),  February 
28,  1678,  Lydia  (Buxton)  Small,  widow  of  Jo- 
seph Small ;  she  was  admitted  to  the  church  at 
Danvers,  April  27,  1690.  Children  of  first  wife, 
all  baptized  at  the  First  Church,  in  Salem,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1666:  Abigail,  died  young;  Bethia, 
died  1690:  Joseph,  died  May,  1751 ;  John,  died 


1746,  married  May  7,  1694,  Mary  Gould ;  Ben- 
jamin, baptized  September  26,  1666,  died  intes- 
tate, 1733.  Children  of  second  wife:  Abigail, 
born  June  14,  1679;  Richard,  May  10,  1681, 
married,  February  16,  1714,  Rachel  Bunce; 
Samuel,  of  whom  further;  Ambrose,  June  4, 
1684,  married  Ruth  Leach;  Lydia,  September 
13,  1685,  married  George  Nourse;  Robert,  No- 
vember 3,  1687,  married  Elizabeth  Putnam. 

(XII)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Hutchinson, 
was  born  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  October 
9,  1682,  third  child  of  Lydia  (Buxton)  Small, 

,  second  wife  of  Joseph  Hutchinson.  His  tomb- 
stone, in  Windham,  Connecticut,  reads :  "Here 
lies  the  body  of  Mr.  Samuel  Hutchinson,  who 
lived  a  sober,  virtuous  life  and  hopefully  died 
in  the  faith  of  ye  Lord  Jesus,  February  22nd, 
1758,  in  the  77th  year  of  his  age.''  He  removed 
to  Windham,  Connecticut,  about  1710,  as  that 
year  he  ceased  to  be  taxed  in  Danvers.  He 
married,  June  14,  1715,  Rachel,  sister  of  Will- 
iam Allen,  who  came  to  Windham  with  Sam- 
uel Hutchinson.  Her  gravestone,  at  Windham, 
reads:  "In  memory  of  Mrs.  Rachel  Hutchin- 
son, wife  of  Mr.  Samuel  Hutchinson,  who  died 
May  ye  6th,  1752  (or  3),  in  ye  77th  year  of 
her  age."  Children :  Sarah,  born  May  12,  1716 ; 
Samuel,  April  18,  1718;  Joseph,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(XIII)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Hutchinson, 
was  born  in  Windham,  Connecticut,  February 
25,  1719-20,  died  there,  November  21,  1804. 
He  married  (first),  November  11,  1742,  Ruth 
Read,  of  Windham.  Children:  Eleazer,  bom 
February  12.  1745,  died  February  29,  1824, 
married  Olive  Abbott;  Elisha,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Rachel,  born  August  5,  1748,  died  No- 
vember, 1825.  He  married  (second)  Mary 
Warren,  of  Windham. 

(XIV)  Elisha,  son  of  Joseph  Hutchinson, 
was  born  in  Windham,  Connecticut,  November 
22,  1746,  died*  there.  May  12,  1824.  He  mar- 
ried, October  i,  1766,  Eunice  Hyde,  of  Frank- 
lin, Connecticut,  who  died  May  i,  1833.  He 
settled  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  Children,  all 
bom  in  Lebanon:  i.  Daniel,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Rachel,  born  August  21,  1769;  in  her  forty- 
first  year  married  Daniel  Terry.  3.  Eunice, 
born  October  24.  1771,  died  April  16,  1815: 
married  Deacon  John  Hayward.  4.  Elisha, 
bom  December  25. 1774 ;  married  Mary  ( Polly) 
Tilden.  5.  Ruth,  October  19,  1779,  died  May 
4,  1 8 10;  married  Timothy  Bailey. 

(XV)  Dr.  Daniel  Hutchinson,  son  of  Elisha 
Hutchinson,  was  bom  in  Lebanon,  Connect!- 


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cut,  November  23,  1767,  died  there,  October 
II,  1827.  He  married,  (Dctober  20,  1787,  Sus- 
anna Throop,  of  Lebanon,  who  died  in  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  October  31,  1857,  and  i5 
buried  in  Lebanon,  beside  her  husband.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Lebanon :  i.  Joseph,  born  Au- 
gust I,  1788;  married  Sarah  Maxwell,  died  in 
Nevada  City,  November  24,  1873;  served  in 
the  Mexican  war,  on  the  staff  of  General  Scott. 

2.  Captain  Erastus,  born  December  5,  1790, 
died  August  4,  1843 »'  married  Nancy  Loomis. 

3.  John,  of  whom  further.  4.  Eunice,  born 
June  10,  1795;  married  Dr.  Anson  Foote,  of 
Guilford.  5.  Elisha,  born  October  12,  1800, 
died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  August,  1862 ;  mar- 
ried Marietta  Bailey,  of  Lebanon.  6.  Daniel, 
born  July  20,  1805,  died  at  Black  Rock,  Erie 
county.  New  York,  March  21,  1853.  With  the 
children  of  Dr.  Daniel  Hutchinson  the  history 
of  the  family  in  Erie  county  begins. 

(XVI)  John,  third  son  of  Dr.  Daniel  Hutch- 
inson, was  bom  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1792;  died  in  Williams ville,  Erie 
county,  New  York,  August  25,  1865.  He  first 
came  to  Buffalo  in  1815,  and,  for  a  time,  work- 
ed for  Jonas  Williams,  who  had  a  tannery  at 
Williamsville,  and  was  the  first  postmaster  of 
that  village,  which  was  named  in  his  honor. 
In  1818  he  returned  to  Lebanon,  married,  and 
returned  to  Williamsville  with  his  bride,  mak- 
ing the  entire  journey  by  wagon  and  team.  He 
later  purchased  the  tannery  from  Mr.  Will- 
iams, which  he  operated  for  about  half  a  cen- 
tury. (This  old  plant  was  consumed  by  fire 
in  1865).  The  leather  made  at  the  tannery 
was  sold  through  his  son,  John  Martin  Hutch- 
inson, who  had  a  wholesale  leather  store  in 
Buffalo.  John  Hutchinson  was  a  man  of  im- 
portance in  Williamsville  and  Erie  county.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  a  pillar  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  was  first  chief  of  the  village 
fire  department,  and  seems  to  have  transmitted 
to  his  posterity  an  interest  in  matters  pertain- 
ing to  fire  protection,  as  both  his  son  and  grand- 
son were  intimately  connected  with  Buffalo's 
fire  department  in  later  days.  He  married,  in 
1 8 18,  Harriot  Martin,  of  Connecticut.     Chil- 

•dren:  John  Martin,  of  whom  further;  Helen 
Mar,  married  William  H.  Randall,  a  Baptist 
minister,  and  chaplain  in  the  civil  war,  holding 
the  rank  of  major,  no  issue. 

(XVII)  John  Martin,  only  son  of  John 
Hutchinson,  was  born  in  Williamsville,  Erie 
county,  New*  York,  March  25,  1820;  died  in 
Buffalo,   New   York,   August    17,    1886.     He 


worked  with  his  father  and  became  familiar 
with  the  manufacture  and  qualities  of  leather 
at  the  Williamsville  tannery.  At  the  age  of 
nineteen  years,  in  1839,  he  became  head  of  the 
sales  department,  opening  a  warehouse  and 
salesrooms  in  Buffalo.  Here  until  1867  he 
marketed  the  output  of  his  father's  tannery. 
Trade  was  established  all  through  the  middle 
and  northern  west,  Buffalo  being  the  distribut- 
ing center.  He  continued  actively  engaged  in 
the  leather  business  until  the  death  of  his 
father,  in  1865.  The  business  was  then  grad- 
ually closed  up,  and,  in  1867,  he  retired,  de- 
voting himself  thereafter  to  his  private  con- 
cerns. He  was  one  of  Buffalo's  great-hearted 
prominent  men.  He  was  appointed  by  Mayor 
Brush,  in  1887,  a  member  of  the  first  board  of 
fire  commissioners,  appointed  under  the  act 
creating  a  paid  fire  department  in  Buffalo,  and 
reappointed,  in  1885,  by  Mayor  Scoville.  He 
was  also  a  member  of  the  old  volunteer  depart- 
ment, having  become  a  charter  member  of 
Taylor  Hose  Company,  No.  i,  November  13, 
1850,  continuing  until  1875.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Marine  Bank  (then  a  state  bank)  ;  di- 
rector of  the  Suspension  Bridge  Company, 
Niagara  Falls ;  director  of  the  Buffalo  &  Eric 
railroad,  which  was  later  merged  into  what  is 
now  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern 
railroad ;  trustee  of  the  Buffalo  City  and  Coun- 
ty Hall ;  trustee  of  the  Buffalo  State  Hospital ; 
trustee  of  the  Buffalo  City  Cemetery ;  and  one 
of  the  incorporators  of  the  Church  Charity 
Foundation  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
in  Buffalo,  and  always  took  a  deep  interest  in 
this  society,  which  maintains  homes  for  aged 
persons  and  rears^and  educates  orphans.  He 
was  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Association, 
and  one  of  the  trustees  of  its  real  estate.  He 
was  also  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Buffalo 
Driving  Park  Association.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  and  was 
a  member  of  the  vestry.  Formerly  a  Whig,  he 
became  a  Democrat  when  the  Whig  party  dis- 
rupted, and  was  thereafter  a  loyal  fnember  of 
that  party,  serving,  at  one  time,  as  chairman 
of  the  Democratic  county  committee.  He  was 
a  man  of  generous  impulse  and  ever  ready  to 
aid  in  charitable  and  philanthropic  work.  He 
stood  high  in  his  community,  both  as  a  man  of 
business  and  in  good  citizenship. 

He  married,  January,  1851,  Eunice  Alzina, 
died  March  13,  1852.  daughter  of  Rufus  How- 
ard, of  Frankfort,  New  York. 

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John  Martin  and  Eunice  A.  (Howard)  Hutch- 
inson, was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  north- 
west corner  of  North  Division  and  Ellicott 
streets,  March  7,  1852,  his  mother  dying  a  few 
days  after  his  birth.  He  was  educated  in 
public  school  No.  10,  private  schools,  and  Cen- 
tral High  School.  While  preparing  to  enter 
Harvard  University  failing  eyesight  frustrated 
his  plans  and  hastened  the  beginning  of  his  busi- 
ness career.  In  1870,  being  then  but  eighteen 
years  of  age,  he  became  a  partner  (his  father 
purchasing  an  interest  for  him)  in  the  pork- 
packing  firm  of  L.  W.  Drake  &  Company.  He 
continued  in  this  business  until  1875,  when  the 
firm's  packing  house,  in  Buffalo,  was  destroyed 
by  fire.  Market  conditions,  at  the  time,  not 
being  favorable,  it  was  decided  not  to  rebuild, 
and  the  firm  was  dissolved.  He  then  became 
interested  in  advertising,  and,  in  the  autumn  of 
1875,  established  the  first  newspaper  advertis- 
ing agency  ever  operated  in  Buffalo.  This 
necessitated  printing  machinery,  from  which 
the  business  broadened  and  developed  into  a 
complete  printing  and  publishing  plant,  located 
in  the  Hutchinson  building,  especially  con- 
structed for  its  home,  with  three  large  cylinder 
presses  constantly  employed  in  doing  every 
kind  of  general  printing.  As  the  printing  busi- 
ness grew  the  advertising  branch  was  abandon- 
ed. Mr.  Hutchinson  conducted  this  enterprise 
most  successfully  until  1895,  when  it  was 
closed  out.  Since  then  he  has  devoted  himself 
to  the  management  of  his  large  estate.  In 
1882  he  becan^e  a  partner  of  Thurstone  & 
Company,  wholesale  and  retail  drugs,  and  con- 
tinued this  connection  until  1886.  He  invested 
heavily  in  Buffalo  real  est^e,  as  opportunity 
offered,  much  of  which  he  has  improved  with 
buildings,  office  and  apartment,  maintaining  a 
suite  of  offices  in  the  "Hutchinson  Building." 
He  is  senior  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Marine  National  Bank,  and  chairman  of 
the  finance  committee,  having  been  elected  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago  to  fill  the  place  made 
vacant  by  the  death  of  his  father. 

He  is  also  active  in  public  city  affairs;  is 
president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  Buffalo 
City  Cemetery  (Forest  Lawn) ;  treasurer  of 
the  endowment  fund  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
Church,  and  a  member  of  the  board  of  man- 
agers of  the  Church  Charity  Foundation  of 
the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  of  which  his 
father  was  an  incorporator.  A  graceful  tribute, 
to  the  memory  of  his  parents'  interest  in  the 
homes  maintained  by  the  society,  is  found  in 


the  beautiful  red  sandstone  Hutchinson  Memo- 
rial Chapel,  erected  by  Mr.  Hutchinson  and 
presented  to  the  society  as  a  memorial.  He  is 
a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church, 
and  chairman  of  the  finance  committee.  His 
interest  in  the  welfare  of  St.  Paul's  impelled 
Mr.  Hutchinson  to  have  built  and  installed  in 
the  church  a  magnificent  pipe  organ,  said  to  be 
without  a  peer  in  the  United  States  for  tone 
and  the  variety  of  its  mechanical  attachments. 
This  organ  is  in  sections,  in  different  parts  of 
the  church,  electrically  connected,  and  all  con- 
trolled by  one  keyboard.  Its  range  is  remark- 
able, varying  from  the  flutelike  notes  of  a  bird 
to  the  grandest,  deepest  volume.  Under-  the 
control  of  the  skillful  organist,  Mr.  Webster, 
this  organ  forms  a  most  delightful  addition  to 
the  impressive  services  of  St.  Paul's.  The 
organ  was  presented  to  the  church  in  the  name 
of  Mr.  Hutchinson  and  his  wife. 

As  president  of  the  Buffalo  City  Cemetery, 
Mr.  Hutchinson  has  done  a  great  deal  to  secure 
burial  facilities  for  the  old  soldiers  of  Buffalo, 
and  on  the  walls  of  his  office  is  a  certificate  of 
associate  membership  in  Chapin  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  acknowledging  these 
favors  and  expressing  their  gratitude.  He  has 
always  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  early  fam- 
ily home,  Williamsville,  having  donated  the  site 
upon  which  the  village  hall  and  hose  house 
now  stands,  and  where  the  fire  department, 
to  which  he  has  been  most  generous,  has 
named  a  company  in  his  honor.  He  has  also 
been  intimately  connected  with  the  fire  depart- 
ment of  Buffalo.  In  1891  he  was  appointed 
fire  commissioner  by  Mayor  Bishop,  and,  in 
1900,  by  Ms^yor  Diehl,  a  member  of  the  first 
union  station  commission,  serving  two  years 
and  being  reappointed  by  Mayor  Knight.  Mr. 
Hutchinson  enjoys  the  unique  honor  of  having^ 
been  the  only  Democrat  ever  elected  to  office 
from  the  old  tenth  ward,  always  known  as  the 
strongest  Republican  ward  in  Buffalo.  In  1887 
he  was  a  candidate  of  his  party  for  alderman, 
and  was  elected,  running  one  thousand  votes 
ahead  of  his  ticket.  He  refused  a  renomina- 
tion,  and,  shortly  afterward,  the  city  was  re- 
districted  and  old  ward  lines  swept  away.  He 
is  actively  interested  in  the  success  of  his  party 
and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  Democratic  general  commit- 
tee of  Erie  county.  He  is  an  honorary  mem- 
ber of  the  Exempt  Fireman's  Association ;  life 
member  of  the  Veteran  Volunteer  Fireman's 
Association;  life  member  of  the  Buffalo  Soci- 


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<*^:Av^A  of  tlic  .skillfiil  organist,  y.r.  \Veb-t<.r. 
&  <  (.Tir,'in  inriiis  a  most  deh^Mii  ful  achiitu  n  ;  > 
t' «:    iini)ivs-ive    servu  es    of    St.    Paurs.      Th': 
iTcran  was  t^iesmied  to  ih'.»  vh-ir-.n  in  t!'0  narn- 
•if  \\:.  Hiitchin-<.in  an!  l)\~  N\!ft. 

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.\'r.  Ilntcii'^i^-.n  has  done  a  great  deal  to  ser^ie 
'•'iri-d  lacilities  for  the  old  yoldier.s  <.»f  ]^»vfiat'» 
:t»i  I  (vn  tile  walls  o^"  his  office  i^  a  certiiicate  »  . 
as-..K:iate  nienif>riHiip  in  Chipin   Tost,  L.t'iI 
A. Try   ot   the   Rer.iihHc,   acknowlC'l::in£{   thr  • 
fa^'''/s  MTid  exfjrc^^itii.f  their  ^^ratitnOe.     lie  h.'.  • 
al.'  jVS  i;jl:en  a  (\{:*.\)  nilert-t  in  the  eailv   f.  in- 
jiy  home,  \\  ilh.inisv  ille,  luu  ■li:  donated  the  -lu- 
\.v.iO\\    vvhicl)   t!:e   villi^'je   hail   and   h  >  ^    !■< ''so 
nfvv   sir  :idh,  and    where  the   hre  d«*part.ii^'n; 
to    whli.il    he    has    been     n)o./.     j^une'^^'r^.    I*;. - 
.K'ujied  a  coTiip.Miy  in  his  li*  n  )i,     lie  lia.-  rij^.* 
bten  iT.tnn;:;e'y  conTTeeled  with  the  tire  depart 
r..e:t    >f  I'mValo.     in   tSoi  lie  was  aupoiiur  ' 
fiie  ct^Mini^.sioncr  by  I\[:'.or   Evisl^.j^,  ar.-.I,   i: 
i'>o,  l»y  ^'avor  ];ieh!    a  n^^nibei   i»f  the  ^.'\ 
union    >tation   coini^''H>i' .ti,   .'ervinir  two  }e;  ts 
aM  1  1-t'ii:'^  re''^0|j(.imed  Ivv   ^!ayor  l^nij^ht.     N  v 
Hi^tei'.in^'on  en;*'\-  the  inii-ne  h"pf^r  (;!  lia\in^ 
been  il.e  onh    Donn^^at  ever  elected  to  otV-.'o 
ivi  m  tl'"  o'li  tnnli  ward,  alw.'y^  k'v:»wn  a<  ■    e 
^trt  !\i;e5t  Re]\d>r.v\'in  wa^d  In.  I-jIwdo.   In  iS'^f 
hic  w.ts  a  e.^niidate  <h'  hi.^  narjy  foi  al-ernian. 
aI^l  \va<  elcttel,  rnnning  one  tlionsan^^   V'»'i- 
nhea<l  oi  hi^-  luket.     H»*  rrfu-cd  a  ren^:.i"ii 
lion.  and.  ^l^•^tl^    tu'terwar  i,  the  city  wa.s  le 
diisi'i.ted  ap(t  el«:  vvard  lir.e^  j-w  ept  away,     l-i 
is  .1'  iTvcdy  inti.:e-K'd  in  the  -'loces.s  of  his  p-ir:  ' 
and  has  ^crv   t  as  a  member  of  \\v    e>:"cn:'\' 
conrn'tuc  of  the  l.'em<M:ratic  j^r^nr'-al  c  p  '■/:■ 
t'jc  of  Fn'e  Comity.     He  i>  an  honi.r.i''v  me' 
ber  oi"  th.e  l'.\*^-n].t  Fireman's  .'\.sMM-\r,l.>n  ;  ■'*'" 
memb.  r  of  f^ie  \'ett»ran  Vr)hintr(!r  hi»"eT:i.  t-'< 
A'ist»v.i:'.i  »ii;  hfc  n.iember  of  tlie  Hun  d  ..  ^.  . '- 


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85 


ety  of  Natural  Sciences,  Buffalo  Historical 
Society,  Buffalo  Free  Library  Association  and 
Buffalo  Orphan  Asylum ;  member  of  the  Church 
Home  League,  and  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association.  He  holds  life  membership 
in  the  Masonic  bodies  of  Buffalo;  Ancient 
Landmarks  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ; 
Adytum  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Key- 
stone Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Hugh 
De  Payens  Commandery,  Knights  Templar, 
and  is  a  member  of  Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of 
the  Mystic  Shrine. 

A  valuable  gift  by  Mr.  Hutchinson  and  his 
wife  to  the  city  of  Buffalo  and  to  the  cause  of 
education  is  the  recent  donation  of  a  valuable 
site,  on  Chippewa  street,  for  the  erection  of  a 
new  Central  High  School,  to  be  known  as  the 
Hutchinson  High  School.  This  gift  to  their 
alma  mater  was  duly  accepted  and  acknowl- 
edged in  a  handsomely  engrossed  and  bound 
resolution,  adopted  and  signed  by  the  boards  of 
aldermen  and  councilmen  of  the  city,  and  pre- 
sented to  the  joint  givers.  Mr.  Hutchinson  has 
spent  an  active,  busy  life,  and  has  cause  for  con- 
gratulation as  he  takes  a  retrospective  view  of 
his  past  life.  He  is  held  in  highest  esteem,  and 
has  lived  a  life  of  usefulness  that  deserves 
the  highest  commendation. 

He  married,  September  25,  1872,  Jeanie 
Blanche,  daughter  of  Corneal  and  AlRson  (  Bath- 
gate) Ganson,  of  a  prominent  Buffalo  family. 
She  is  a  member  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church 
and  auxiliary  societies,  and  equally  interested, 
with  her  husband,  in  good  works.  Children, 
born  in  Buffalo:  i.  Martha  Williams,  graduate 
of  the  Ogontz  School,  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania; married,  October,  1896,  Geoffrey  M. 
Purcell,  and  resides  in  San  Gabriel,  near  Los 
Angeles,  California;  children,  two  died  in  in- 
fancy, living :  Howard  Geoffrey,  born  October, 
1897,  ^^^  Ganson.  2.  Blanche,  graduate  of 
Buffalo  Female  Seminary;  married,  October 
24,  1900,  John  Henry  Baker ;  children :  Sarah 
Hutchinson,  born  October  15,  1901 ;  Jean  Wat- 
scMi,  born  April  27,  1903;  John  Hutchinson, 
bom  July  9,  1905,  and  Edward  Folsom,  bom 
July  13,  1907.    

This  family  was  planted  in  Amer- 
KNAPP    ica  by  Nicholas  Knapp,  born  (it 

is  supposed)  in  Bury  St.  Mary's, 
Sussex,  England,  died  in  Stamford,  Connecti- 
cut, April  16,  1670.  He  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  Winthrop's  fleet,  1630,  settled  at  Water- 
tow-n,  Massachusetts,  where  he  is  listed  as  a 


proprietor  in  1636-37.  He  was  fined  March  i, 
163 1,  by  the  court,  five  pounds  for  taking  upon 
him  to  cure  the  scurvy  by  a  water  of  no  value, 
which  he  sold  at  a  dear  rate  (  Colonial  Rec- 
ords). In  1648  he  removed  to  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  had  land  in  1649.  ^^  ^^^ 
in  April,  1670,  his  will  being  dated  April  15, 
of  that  year.  His  first  wife  Eleanor  died  June 
16,  1658.  He'  married  (second),  March  9, 
1659,  Unica,  widow  of  Peter  Brown,  who  had 
also  been  the  widow  of  Clement  Buxton.  Chil- 
dren, bom  in  Waterf ord :  Jonathan,  December 
27,  1631 ;  Timothy,  December  14, 1632 ;  Joshua, 
January  5,  1635;  Caleb,  of  further  mention; 
Sarah,  January  5,  1639 ;  Ruth,  January  6,  1641 ; 
Hannah,  March  6,  1643;  Moses  and  Lydia, 
probably  bom  in  Stamford. 

(H)  Caleb,  son  of  Nicholas  Knapp,  born  in 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  January  20,  1637, 
moved  to  Stamford,  with  the  family,  in  1648. 
His  wife  was  Hannah.  His  will,  bearing  date 
of  October  3,  1674,  names  children:  Caleb; 
John,  of  further  mention;  Moses;  Samuel; 
Sarah,  and  Hannah. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Caleb  and  Hannah  Knapp, 
was  born  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  July  25, 
1664.  He  married,  June  10,  1692,  Hannah 
Ferris.  Children:  Samuel,  bom  August  27, 
1695;  John,  of  further  mention;  Hannah, 
March  10,  1698-99;  a  son,  August  15,  1701 ; 
Charles,   March  9,   1703;  Deborah,  June  28, 

1705. 

(IV")  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Han- 
nah (Ferris)  Knapp,  was  bom  in  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  August  14,  1697.  He  married 
and  had  issue. 

(V)  Jolifl  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Knapp,  was 
born  about  1730.  He  settled  in  Danbury,  Con- 
necticut, where  others  of  the  family  preceded 
him.  He  is  credited  in  the  history  of  Stam- 
ford with  two  hundred  and  twenty-three  days 
military  service  during  1776.  He  married  Ruth 
Gr^ory.  Children:  Samuel,  born  1760,  mar- 
ried Mary  Lindsey;  Elizabeth,  married  Ezra 
Nichols ;  Jehu,  of  further  mention ;  Ruth,  mar- 
ried Baker  Bass;  John,  born  May  13,  1772, 
married  Lucy  Merwin ;  Chloe,  married  Joseph 
Mansfield:  Levi,  born  May  i,  1777,  married 
Elizabeth  Hamilton. 

(VI)  Jehu,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Ruth 
(Gregory)  Knapp,  was  bom  November  17, 
1767.  He  left  Massachusetts,  and,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1821,  settled  on  lot  49,  town  2  (Harmony), 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  and  is  buried 
at  Panama,  in  the  same  town.     He  married 


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Lx)is  Wood.  Children:  i.  Noah,  died  March 
30,  1866.  He  came  to  Harmony  with  his 
father,  settled  on  lot  41,  and  afterward  had  the 
homestead  farm.  He  married  and  had :  Laura, 
John,  Clarissa,  Lucy,  Hannah,  Mary,  Levi, 
Emmeline,  Charlotte  and  Cornelius    (twins), 

Cornelia.  2.  Lucy,  married Kirkpatrick. 

3.  Levi,  married  and  had  a  son  Levi  (2),  who 
was  living  in  Eugene,  Iowa,  in  1879.  4.  Lu- 
cinda,   married  Haines,  and  lived   in 


Panama ;  son,  Austin.    5.  Nancy,  married 

Joslyn ;  sons,  Frank  and  Fred,  who  lived  near 
Conneautville,  Pennsylvania.  6.  Jehu,  died  in 
Auburn,  New  York;  daughter,  Ann  Eliza.  7. 
Darius,  of  further  mention.  8.  Orrin,  married 
and  removed  to  Sheridan,  Montcalm  county, 
Michigan.  9.  Cyrus,  killed  by  a  falling  tree, 
in  Panama,  aged  eighteen.  10.  Harriet,  mar- 
ried Hiram  Smith;  lived  at  Conneautville, 
Pennsylvania,  where  she  died. 

( VH)  Darius,  son  of  Jehu  and  Lois  (Wood) 
Knapp,  was  born  April  24,  1805,  died  January 
24,  1866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  became  a  prosperous  farmer  of 
Panama,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  He 
was  of  prominence  in  the  town  of  Harmony 
and  held  some  of  the  town  offices.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  married  Polly  Ed- 
wards, bom  November  3,  1807,  died  Decem- 
ber 5,  1877,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Sybil 
(Seeley)  Edwards.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer, 
bom  April  19,  1831,  died  August  7,  1831.  2. 
Elpha,  August  8,  1834,  died  March  24,  1835. 
3.  Charles,  May  16,  1838,  died  September  10. 
1868;  married  Alice  Berry.  4.  Mary,  May  31, 
1840;  married  Henry  C.  Steward.  5.  James, 
of  further  mention. 

(Vni)  James,  son  of  Darius  and  Polly 
(Edwards)  Knapp,  was  bom  in  the  town  of 
Harmony,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
September  23,  1841,  died  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  March  20,  1910,  and  is  buried  in  Lake- 
view  cemetery.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
home  farm,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  lived  in  the  village  of  Panama, 
and  conducted  his  farming  operations  there 
until  1889,  when  he  removed  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business, 
continuing  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  in- 
herited considerable  wealth  to  which  he  added 
substantially  through  his  own  efforts.  He  was 
charitable  and  kindly-hearted,  never  distress- 
ing his  tenants  when  unable  to  meet  their  obli- 
gations.    He  held  a  large  amount  of  city  and 


suburban  property,  and  had  many  calls  upon 
his  charity.  He  was  extremely  public-spirited, 
but  so  very  unassuming  that  few  knew  the 
extent  of  his  influence  in  his  city.  He  took  no 
active  part  in  political  affairs,  but  always  sup- 
ported the  Republican  party.  He  took  an  espe- 
cial interest  in  the  preservation  of  family  his- 
tory and  had  carefully  preserved  his  own  from 
the  earliest  days  in  America.  He  was  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Baptist  church,  but  held  no  mem- 
bership in  secret  orders  or  clubs,  being  essenti- 
ally a  home  man.  He  married,  at  Panama, 
January  6,  1869,  Ellen  Lewis,  born  there,  Oc- 
tober 24,  1846,  daughter  of  Perrin  and  Lury 
(Cook)  Lewis  (see  forward).  Children:  i. 
Lewis  D.,  born  at  Panama,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1872 ;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  village,  Jamestown  high  school  and 
Jamestown  Business  College;  was  five  years 
in  the  drug  business,  in  Jamestown,  now  is 
engaged  in  the  management  of  the  family 
estate;  he  is  a  Republican  and  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church.  2.  Mabel,  bom  Februar}' 
28,  1874,  died  April  16,  1903 ;  she  was  educated 
in  the  Jamestown  grammar  and  high  schools ; 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  a 
devoted  Christian ;  she  married,  September  14, 
1893,  Royal  C.  Burnham;  son,  Kenneth  K., 
born  October  9,  1894.  Mrs.  Knapp  survives 
her  husband,  a  resident  of  Jamestown,  New 
York. 

(The  Lewis  Line). 

This  is  one  of  the  oldest  names  in  English 
history  and  one  of  the  most  numerous  and  dis- 
tinguished in  American  history.  It  is  claimed 
by  many  genealogists  that  the  name  was  origin- 
ally spelled  Louis,  and  was  known  in  France 
as  early  as  the  eighth  century,  when  that  coun- 
try was  a  part  of  the  Roman  Empire.  Gene- 
alogists also  attempt  to  establish  the  fact  that 
all  of  the  Lewis  name  in  America  descended 
from  one  common  stock  of  Huguenot  re- 
fugees, who  fled  from  France,  on  the  revoca- 
tion of  the  **  Edict  of  Nantes,"  in  1685 ;  but  the 
records  show  that  in  many  counties  of  England 
there  were  many  of  the  name  to  be  found  cen- 
turies before  that  event,  and  indeed  there  were 
many  of  them  in  Virginia  previous  to  1685. 
The  name  of  Louis  in  continental  Europe  and 
Lewis  in  England  is  too  old  and  too  numerous 
to  be  traced  to  a  common  origin.  Indeed,  the 
name  Lewis  i§  too  widely  dispersed  in  Amer- 
ica and  traceable  to  too  many  different  sources 
to  admit  of  any  "common  origin"  theory  even 
here. 


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It  is  asserted  that  General  Robert  Lewis  was 
the  first  of  the  name  in  America  known  to 
history  or  genealogy.  He  was  a  native  of  Bre- 
con, Wales,  and  came  here,  in  1635,  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  sailing  from  Gravesend,  Eng- 
land, in  April,  of  that  year,  and  settling  in 
Gloucester  county,  Virginia.  These  facts  are 
all  denied  and  even  his  existence  is  doubted. 
But  the  proofs  are  substantial,  and  he  may  be 
accepted  as  a  fact.  The  records  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay  Colony  name  Humphrey*  Lewis  in 
May,  1629.  William  Lewis  and  his  wife  and 
only  son  William  came  to  Boston  in  1632,  in 
the  ship  "Lion."  The  family  is  exceedingly 
numerous  in  New  York,  there  being  several 
associations  and  a  periodical  published  called 
The  Lcivis  Letter.  In  the  Mohawk  Valley 
David  Lewis  kept  an  inn,  near  Schenectady,  in 
1 71 3.  Lewis  county,  New  York,  is  named  in 
honor  of  Major-General  Morgan  Lewis,  of 
French  ancestry,  son  of  Francis  Lewis,  a  signer 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  He  was 
a  famous  general  of  the  revolutionary  and 
18 1 2  wars  with  Great  Britain,  and  governor  of 
New  York,  1804-07,  defeating  Aaron  Burr. 

This  branch  of  the  family  came  to  New 
York  from  Vermont,  where  Enos  Lewis  re- 
sided in  Rutland  county.  He  was  born  April, 
1773,  died  April  26,  1861,  in  his  eighty-ninth 
year.  His  wife  Eunice,  born  1772,  died  May 
15,  1862.  Their  son,  Perrin  Lewis,  was  born 
in  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  April  2,  1803, 
died  January  29,  1890.  He  was  well  educated 
in  Vermont,  and  learned  the  cabinetmaker's 
trade.  In  1832  he  settled  in  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty. New  York,,  where  he  conducted  a  farm  and 
worked  at  his  trade. 

He  married  (first),  October  27,  1825,  Emily 
Francis,  born  November  30,  1806,  died  No- 
vember 25,  1826.  He  married  (second)  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1827,  Lury  Cook,  born  December  8, 
1803,  died  January  30,  1892,  daughter  of  Fran- 
cis and  Susannah  Cpok,  of  Hamburg,  Erie 
county.  New  York.  Francis  Cook  died  1810, 
leaving  a  widow  and  seven  children  at  the 
home  in  Hamburg.  During  the  war  of  181 2 
their  home  was  visited  by  the  Indians.  Lury 
Cook  was  sent,  by  her  mother,  to  summon 
help,  and  it  was  not  until  after  the  burning  of 
Buffalo,  in  181 3,  that  the  family  were  reunited. 
Children  of  Perrin  and  Lury  (Cook)  Lewis: 
Emily,  bom  February  18,  1828,  died  Septem- 
ber 26, 1839 ;  Cherlina,  March  23, 1830,  married 
(first)  Dr.  John  R.  Bush,  (second)  William 
Walrodt:   Martha,   December  20,    1831,  died 


September  i,  1849,  married  Moses  Bush; 
Eunice,  died  age  two  years;  Alta,  September 
12, 1835,  married  Rev.  Austin  D.  Bush ;  Eunice, 
December  7,  1837,  died  October  27, 1840;  Will- 
iam Henry,  April  2,  1840,  living  at  W^interset, 
Iowa;  Perrin  Francis,  May  26,  1844;  Ellen, 
October  24,  1841^,  married  James  Knapp; 
Charles  Albert,  July  5,  1849,  living  at  Free- 
land,  Michigan. 

The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Leets 
LEET    of  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 

was  William  Leete,  bom  in  Hunt- 
ingtonshire,  England,  in  161 1,  where  he  was 
bred  to  the  law,  and  served  for  a  considerable 
time  as  a  clerk  of  the  bishop's  court,  at  Cam- 
bridge. In  this  capacity  he  saw  much  of  the 
oppression  and  cruelty  practiced  upon  the  con- 
scientious Puritans,  and  was  led  to  examine 
thoroughly  their  doctrines  and  practice.  The 
result  was  that  he  himself  became  a  Puritan, 
and  resigned  his  office.  He  came  to  New  Eng- 
land with  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield's  company, 
signed  the  plantation  covenant,  June  i,  1639, 
and,  for  forty  years,  served  his  brethren  in  the 
stations  which  his  ability  and  education  hap- 
pily fitted  him  for.  He  was  an  assistant,  1643- 
57,  and  from  165 1  to  1658  the  magistrate  of 
the  town,  and  one  pf  the  court  of  magistrates 
for  the  jurisdiction  of  the  New  Haven  colony 
for  a  much  longer  period.  In  1658  he  was 
chosen  deputy  governor  of  the  colony,  which 
dignity  he  held  until  the  union  with  the  colony 
of  Connecticut,  in  1664.  Upon  the  union  he 
was  elected  magistrate,  and  then  in  Connecti- 
cut, from  1669  to  1676,  deputy  governor.  On 
the  death  of  Governor  Winthrop,  in  1676  he 
was  chosen  governor,  which  office  he  held  until 
his  death  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  April  16. 
1683.    Dr.  Trumbull  says  of  him: 

A  man  of  figure  a  rigid  Puritan,  and  a  stem  Re- 
publican. For  forty  years  he  was  magistrate,  deputy 
governor  or  governor  of  one  of  the  colonies.  In 
both  colonies  he  presided  in  times  of  the  greatest 
difficulty,  yet  always  conducted  himself  with  integrity 
and  wisdom,  so  as  to  meet  the  public  approval. 

He  was  the  chief  magistrate  of  the  county 
court  of  New  Haven  county  after  its  forma- 
tion in  1664,  and  held  that  office  until  his  re- 
moval to  Hartford  on  his  election  to  the  office 
of  governor.  After  that  time  he  remained 
there,  managing  the  affairs  of  the  government 
of  the  whole  colony  until  his  death  in  1683, 
full  of  years  and  honors.  His  tombstone  was 
discovered  about  1830,  at  Hartford,  while  re- 


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moving  s<Mne  earth  that  had  been  allowed  to 
accumulate  in  the  ancient  burial  yard  at  that 
city.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
town  of  Guilford,  with  Rev.  Henry  Whitfield, 
"a  great  divine  and  a  man  of  wealth,''  and  was 
one  of  the  pillars  of  his  church. 

He  had  three  wives,  the  first,  Ann  , 

being  the  mother  of  his  children.  They  were 
married  in  England,  and  his  son  John  is  said 
to  have  been  the  first  white  child  born  in 
Guilford.  This  was  in  1639,  shortly  after 
its  settlement.  He  married  (second),  167 1, 
Sarah,  widow  of  Henry  Rotherford,  (third) 
Mary,  widow  of  Rev.  Nicholas  Street,  and 
former  widow  of  General  Francis  Newman. 
Children:  i.  John,  of  further  mention.  2.  An- 
drew, an  early  commissioner,  justice  of  the 
peace,  assistant,  1677,  and  annually  reelected 
untU  his  death,  October  31,*  1702.  He  is  said 
to  have  had  the  principal  agency  in  recovering 
the  charter  of  the  colony  during  the  time  of 
Governor  Andross,  who  usurped  the  govern- 
ment, and  that  he  kept  it  for  a  season  at  his 
house.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
Jordan,  one  of  the  principal  settlers,  and  after 
the  return  of  his  father  to  England,  about 
1660,  occupied  his  estate  and  dwelling  house 
on  the  northwest  corner  of  the  Guilford  Green. 
3.  William,  freeman,  1^71 ;  representative, 
1677;  died  June  i,  1687,  leaving  a  widow 
Mary,  and  a  daughter  Mary.  4.  Abigail,  mar- 
ried Rev.  John  Trowbridge.  5.  Caleb,  born  Au- 
gust 24,  165 1,  died  aged  twenty-one  years.  6. 
Graciana,  bom  December  22,  1653.  7.  Pereg- 
rine, born  January  2,  1658,  died  young.  8. 
Joshua,  died  February  22,  1660.    9.  Ann. 

(H)  John,  eldest  child  of  Governor  Will- 
iam and  Ann  Leete,  was  bom  1639,  died  No- 
vember 25,  169S.  His  was  the  first  English 
birth  in  the  new  town  of  Guilford,  Connecti- 
cut, of  which  his  father  was  a  founder  and 
where  the  life  of  John  was  passed.  He  was 
made  a  freeman,  1671,  and  elected  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court  in  1685.  He  married, 
October  4,  1670,  Mary,  died  March  9,  1712, 
daughter  of  William  Chittenden.  Children: 
Ann,  born  August  5,  1671 ;  John,  June  4,  1673 » 
Joshua,  July  7,  1676;  Sarah,  December  16, 
1677;  Peletiah,  of  further  mention;  Mehitable, 
December  10,  1683 ;  Mary,  December  26,  1686 : 
David,  December  23,  1689,  died  young. 

(HI)  Deacon  Peletiah  Leete,  son  of  John 
and  Mary  (Chittenden)  Leete,  was  born  in 
Guilford,  1680,  died  there  October  13,   1768, 


aged  eighty-eight  years.  He  was  the  owner 
of  Leete's  Island,  which  was  fortified  with  a 
block  house  in  1778,  for  which  service  the 
town  of  Guilford  voted  thirty  shillings  on  De- 
cember II,  of  that  year.  He  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court,  1723-26-27-35-36-39-40.  He 
was  elected  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
church,  December  30,  1754,  holding  that  office 
until  his  death.  (The  office  of  deacon  was 
held  by  generation  after  generation  of  the 
family  fi'om  the  time  of  Governor  Leete). 
Leete's  Island  was  originally  granted  to  Gov- 
ernor Leete,  but  remained  a  horse  pasture  until 
Peletiah,  a  grandson  of  the  governor,  settled 
there  in  1706.  He  was  a  prominent  man,  and 
is  said  to  have  owned  one  hundred  head  of 
cattle.  He  married  and  had  issue,  including 
Peletiah,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  Peletiah  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Peletiah 
(i)  Leete,  was  born  about  1720.  He  inherited 
the  Leete's  Island  homestead,  and  erected  the 
block  house  in  1778,  spoken  of  in  the  preceding 
generation,  as  a  means  of  defense  against  the 
British  and  refugees.  The  members  of  the 
Leete  family  were  intensely  loyal  to  the  cause 
of  independence  and  suffered  much  loss  of 
property  through  depredations  of  the  enemy. 
Peletiah  lost  a  son,  Simeon,  in  one  of  the  fights 
the  militia  of  Guilford  had  with  a  party  that 
attacked  the  settlers,  in  1781.  Peletiah  (2) 
married  and  had  issue. 

(V)  Simeon,  son  of  Peletiah  (2)  Leete, 
was  born  1753,  ^^t  Guilford,  killed  in  the  revo- 
lution at  the  age  of  twenty-eight  years.  On 
June  18,  1781,  a  party  of  one  hundred  and  fifty 
British  and  refugees  landed  from  vessels  at 
Leete's  Island,  Guilford  Harbor,  and  burned 
a  house  and  two  barns  belonging  to  Daniel 
Leete.  In  a  skirmish  which  took  place,  Simeon 
Leete  (then  the  head  of  a  family)  was  mortally 
wounded  and  died  the  next  day.  He  was  one 
of  the  five  persons  who  served  from  Guilford 
that  were  killed  in  the  baJttle.  He  married  and 
had  issue,  including  a  son  Anson. 

(VI)  Captain  Anson  Leet,  son  of  Simeon 
Leete,  was  born  in  Guilford,  Connecticut,  died 
at  Point  Chautauqua,  on  Chautauqua  Lake, 
New  York.  He  came  to  New  York  state  in 
181 1,  settling  first  in  the  town  of  Stockton, 
Chautauoua  county,  where  he  remained  two 
years.  He  then  secured  from  the  Holland 
I. and  Company  the  tract  of  land  including 
Point  Chautauoua,  where  he  resided  until  his 
death.     His  old  farm  was  sold  to  the  Point 


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Chautauqua  Association,  and  is  now  one  of 
the  most  noted  resorts  on  the  lake.  He  bought, 
for  four  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  acre,  in  the 
spring  of  181 7,  the  tract  now  known  as  Point 
Chautauqua,  then  and  for  long  afterward 
known  as  Leet's  Point.  The  homestead  where 
some  of  his  children  were  born  was  not  sold  to 
the  association,  but  was  reserved  by  the  own- 
er, William  Leet,  as  a  residence.  Captain  An- 
son Leet  was  a  Whig  in  politics  and  took  active 
interest  and  part  in  county  affairs.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Connecticut,  Abigail  Dudley.  Chil- 
dren :  Jonathan,  Simeon,  Lewis,  Marie ;  Frank- 
lin, of  further  mention ;  Caroline,  Mary  Eliza ; 
William,  born  in  the  old  homestead  at  Leet's 
Point,  June  24,  18 18,  a  farmer,  and,  for  two 
terms  treasurer  of  Chautauqua  county,  mar- 
ried (first),  December  2Ty  1840,  Eliza  Ann 
Strang,  (second)  December  21,  1852,  Harriet 
S.  Belden.  A  son  of  William,  Willis  D.  Leet, 
also  served  as  treasurer  of  Chautauqua  county. 

( VH)  Franklin,  son  of  Captain  Anson  Leet, 
was  born  at  Leet's  Point  (Point  Chautauqua), 
Xew  York,  July  20,  181 5,  died  in  Jamestown, 
December  11,  1907.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
owned  one  hundred  acres  of  the  original  farm 
on  which  he  was  born  and  now  owned  by  the 
Chautauqua  Point  Association.  .He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Christian  church,  at 
13ewittville,  and  all  his  life  a  strong  advocate 
of  the  cause  of  temperance.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  was  justice  of  the  peace, 
town  auditor,  and  held  several  minor  offices. 
He  was  a  man  of  high  character,  quiet  and  re- 
served in  manner,  a  worthy  descendant  of  the 
old  Puritan  governor,  William  Leete. 

He  married  (first),  Sally  Sumner,  born  in 
Ellery,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  in  1819, 
died  April  4,  1865,  daughter  of  Darius  and 
Desire  (Marsh)  Sumner.  Children:  i.  Sarah 
Eliza,  born  December  10, 1840 ;  married  Charles 
E.  Young,  and  resides  at  Point  Chautauqua. 
2.  Carrie  A.,  born  November  23,  1843 »  niarried 
David  H.  Geddes,  and  resides  at  Knoxville, 
Tennessee.  3.  Fayette  G.,  born  May  15,  1847; 
married  Helen  Olds;  children:  Mattie,  Frank 
and  Merton;  Frank  is  the  only  living  child. 
4.  Charles  Sumner,  of  further  mention.  5. 
^lartha,  bom  March  27,  1854,  died  December 
4,  1865.  6.  Emma  C,  married  John  L.  Bag- 
ley,  the  present  postmaster  at  Point  Chau- 
tauqua (191 1 ).  7.  Elsie  E.,  for  the  past  twen- 
ty-five years  a  teacher  in  the  Jamestown  high 
school.  8.  Lizzie  M.,  born  May  i,  i860;  mar- 
ried Daniel  W.  Levier ;  children :  Ethel,  Will- 


iam and  Lucy.  Franklin  Leet  married  (sec- 
ond), April  II,  1867,  Louisa,  daughter  of 
Festus  Jones,  of  Ellery,  New  York;  she  died 
at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years.  Children:  9. 
George  F.,  bom  September  16,  1869;  married 
Alma  Scofield;  children:  Esther  and  Allan. 
10.  Harriet  L.,  born  December  14,  1871 ;  super- 
intendent of  a  department  in  the  Cleveland 
Hospital,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

(Vni)  Charles  Sumner,  son  of  Franklin 
and  Sally  (Sumner)  Leet,  was  bom  at  Dewitt- 
ville,  now  Point  Chautauqua,  New  York,  May 
14,  1 85 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Dewittville  and  Mayville,  and  grew 
to  early  manhood  on  the  farm.  In  1870  he 
went  to  Mayville  and  began  an  apprenticeship 
at  the  trade  of  carpenter,  but  ill  health  com- 
pelled him  to  give  this  up  and  to  return  to  the 
farm.  He  remained  home  until  he  was  twen- 
ty-five, then,  for  two  and  one-half  years,  work- 
ed at  milling  for  Amos  K.  Warren.  In  1882 
he  removed  to  Jamestown,  where,  for  a  year, 
he  was  engaged  with  Partridge  &  Breed,  furni- 
ture dealers.  For  the  next  ten  years  he  was 
engaged  in  the  portrait  business,  then,  for  three 
years,  was  local  and  travelling  salesman  for 
James  G.  Smith,  paper  dealer.  He  was  then, 
for  one  year,  with  the  Jamestown  Candy  Com- 
pany: six  years  bookkeeper  for  the  Johnson 
Ice  &  Coal  Company,  and  one  year  for  the 
Chautauqua  Refrigerating  Company.  In  1910 
he  became  keeper  of  records  of  Jamestown 
Tent,  No.  9,  Knights  of  the  Maccabees,  with 
offices  at  No.  loi  East  Third  street.  He  has 
been  a  prominent  member  of  that  order  for 
nineteen  years,  holding  many  offices  of  trust, 
including  that  of  trustee  for  three  tents  that 
are  now  consolidated.  He  is  an  attendant  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics. 

He  married,  October  29,  1873,  at  Ellery, 
New  York,  Lillian  M.  Haskins,  born  there, 
June  28,  1855,  daughter  of  James  and  Amy 
Haskins.  James  Haskins  died  in  1885,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  His  wife  Amy  died  April 
I,  1903,  aged  seventy- four  years.  Their  chil- 
dren :  Ira  A.,  now  of  Denver,  Colorado ;  Hiram, 
of  Cherry  Creek,  New  York;  Sarah  C,  de- 
ceased; Lillian  M,,  married  Charles  S.  Leet. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters  of  Rebekah, 
past  presiding  officer  of  Lincoln  Council, 
Daughters  of  Liberty,  and  commander  of 
Jamestown  Hive,  Order  of  the  Maccabees. 
Child:  Jessie  M.,  born  April  11,  1878;  gradu- 
ate of  Jamestown  high  school ;  married.  Sep- 


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tember  6,  1899,  Arthur  W.  Davison;  children: 
Floyd  Arthur,  bom  September  6,  1903 ;  Merle 
Leet,  October  16,  1906. 


The  family  of  Wilcox  is  of 
WILCOX     Saxon  origin,  and  was  seated 

at  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  in  the 
county  of  Suffolk,  England,  before  the  Nor- 
man Conquest  (1066).  Sir  John  Dugdale,  in 
his  visitation  of  the  county  of  Suffolk,  men- 
tions fifteen  generations  of  this  family  previ- 
ous to  1600.  In  the  reign  of  King  Edward  III. 
Sir  John  Wilcox  was  entrusted  with  several 
important  commands  against  the  French,  and 
had  command  of  the  crossbowmen  from  Nor- 
folk, Suffolk  and  Essex.  John  William  Wil- 
cox, of  Bury  Priory,  in  Suffolk,  an  eminent 
Queen's  coun5el,  was  a  representative  of  this 
ancient  family.  William  Wilcox,  who  was 
chosen  lieutenant-governor  in  the  early  times 
of  the  Massachusetts  colony,  was  the  first  pf 
the  name  who  is  recorded  on  the  list  of  the 
early  officers. 

(I)  John  Wilcox  was  an  original  proprietor 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1639,  and  was 
surveyor  of  highways,  1642-44;  juror,  1645; 
called  senior  in  1648,  and  selectman  in  1649. 
He  died  before  October,  1666,  when  his  widow 
makes  her  will.  He  had  three  children :  John, 
Ann,  and  another. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wilcox, 
was  born  in  England,  and  probably  came  to 
America  with  his  father.  After  his  second 
marriage  he  removed  to  Middletown.  He  died 
May  24,  1676,  and,  March  i,  1677,  the  court 
ordered  distribution  of  his  estate.  He  married 
(first),  September  17,  1646,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  William  Wadsworth.  He  married  (second), 
January  18,  1650,  Catherine  Stoughton.  He 
married  (third)  Mary,  widow  of  John  Farns- 
worth,  of  Dorchester,  before  that  widow  of 
a  Mr.  Long.  He  married  (fourth)  Esther, 
daughter  of  William  Corn  well.  He  had  one 
child,  Sarah,  by  wife  Sarah;  John,  Thomas, 
Mary,  Israel  and  Samuel  by  wife  Catherine; 
and  Ephraim,  Esther  and  Mary  by  wife  Esther. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  John  (2)  and  his 
fourth  wife,  Esther  (Corn well)  Wilcox,  was 
born  July  9,  1672.  He  removed  to  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut.  He  married,  August  23, 
1698, .  Children :  Esther,  Eph- 
raim and  John. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  Ephraim  Wilcox, 
was  born  August  8,  17 — ;  married  Hannah 
,  and  lived  in  Middletown.  Connecticut. 


Children:  John,  Samuel,  Hezekiah,  Joseph. 
Hannah ;  Giles,  of  further  mention ;  Simeon, 
Submit,  Comfort  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Giles,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Hannah 
Wilcox,  was  born  January  2,  1750.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  by  his  second  wife:  Johanna, 
Lucinda :  Thomas  Liffit,  served  in  the  war  of 
1812 ;  Wilbur,  also  served  in  that  war ;  Daniel : 
Samuel,  of  further  mention. 

(V^I)  Samuel,  son  of  Giles  Wilcox,  was 
born  in  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut,  July 
15,  1798;  died  at  May ville,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  January,  1873.  He  came  to  New 
York  state  in  1827,  settling  in  the  town  of 
Villenova,  Chautauqua  county,  but,  after  a 
short  residence  there,  removed  to  Jamestown. 
Although  a  man  of  limited  education  he  pos- 
sessed great  natural  ability,  and,  from  boy- 
hood, had  a  wonderful  capacity  for  adapting 
himself  to  existing  circumstances  and  making 
the  very  most  of  his  opportunities.  He  was, 
at  one  time,  captain  of  the  well-known  lake 
steamer,  "William  H.  Seward" ;  served  as  con- 
stable and  deputy  sheriff ;  was  of  unusual  abil- 
ity as  a  collector  of  accounts,  and  was  in  con- 
stant demand  for  that  purpose  by  the  local 
merchants ;  was,  for  several  years,  in  the  hotel 
business,  having  houses  of  entertainment  at 
Jamestown,  Mayville  and  North  East  Center, 
New  York.  He  took  an  active  part  in  local 
politics,  and  was  an  effective  party  worker. 
He  had  a  wide  acquaintance  all  over  the  county, 
and  was  held  in  high  esteem.  He  married 
Ephaul  Eckor,  bom  on  a  farm,  near  Russell, 
New  York,  in  1803;  died  at  Mayville,  New 
York,  aged  eighty-six  years.  She  was  of  a 
Mohawk  Valley  family,  of  Dutch  ancestry,  and 
had  brothers :  Henry,  Peter  and  John ;  sisters : 
Peggy  and  Betsey,  twins. 

(VII)  Captain  Alfred  Wilcox,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Ephaul  (Eckor)  Wilcox,  was  born  in 
Villenova,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  May 
8,  1829.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Mayville  and  Jamestown,  and  began  his 
long  and  active  business  life  on  his  father's 
steamer,  the  "William  H.  Seward,"  having  the 
restaurant  privilege.  He  continued  two  years, 
then  went  to  school  again  for  a  short  time,  to 
complete  his  education.  He  then  returned  to 
the  lake,  and,  for  forty  years,  was  engaged  as 
owner  and  captain  of  lake  boats.  In  1854  he 
built  his  first  boat.  In  1863,  in  association  with 
James  and  T.  Howell,  he  built  the  side-wheel 
steamer  "Chautauqua  No.  2."  After  a  year  or 
two  she  was  sold  to  other  parties,  and,  in  An- 


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gust,  1871,  while  taking  '*wood"  at  "Whitney's 
Point,"  her  boiler  exploded,  killing  eight  per- 
sons and  wounding  several  more.  In  1867  the 
steamer  "Post  Boy"  appeared  on  the  lake.  She 
was  soon  after  purchased  by  Alfred  Wilcox, 
who  altered  her  build,  and  rechristened  her  the 
'*A.  R.  Tew."  In  1869  she  was  destroyed  by 
fire.  Later,  in  association  with  others,  he  built 
a  three-deck  steamer,  "The  Mayville,"  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  feet  keel  and  forty-two  feet 
beam,  with  a  carrying  capacity  of  twenty-two 
hundred  passengers.  This  and  "The  James- 
town" were  the  two  largest  boats  on  Lake 
Chautauqua.  Captain  W^ilcox  also  built  the 
"W.  B.  Shattock,"  now  known  as  the  "Pitts- 
burg,"  and,  for  forty  years,  was  the  best  known 
captain  on  the  lake.  After  abandoning  active 
participation  in  lake  navigation  he  engaged 
quite  extensively  in  the  real  estate  business,  and 
has  large  holdings  in  Jamestown  and  vicinity, 
also  considerable  property  at  Melburn  Beach, 
Florida.  He  built  the  Wilcox  block,  a  three- 
story  brick  block,  at  174  Fairmount  avenue, 
and  another  at  183.  Despite  his  years  he  gives 
personal  attention  to  his  affairs  and  is  a  man 
of  influence  in  his  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  of  Jamestown,  and  a  lib- 
eral contributor  to  the  building  fund  of  other 
churches  in  the  city.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat. 

Captain  Wilcox  married  (first),  March  10, 
1850,  Maryett  Barton,  bom  March  9,  1835, 
died  March,  1895,  daughter  of  William  and 
Louisa  (Ellsworth)  Barton.  Children:  i.  One 
died  in  infancy.  2.  Ida  L.,  born  February  11, 
1859;  married  Captain  George  J.  Cornell,  of 
Mayville ;  child,  John  L.  Captain  Wilcox  mar- 
ried (second)  Clara  Honneysett,  born  at  May- 
ville, New  York,  daughter  of  James  (2)  and 
Ellen  (West)  Honneysett.  James  (i)  Honney- 
sett came  from  England,  February  18,  1826. 
and  settled  at  Mayville,  New  York. 


The  Gron  family  of  Jamestown  are 
GRON     of   Swedish  birth  and  parentage. 

Andrew  Gron,  the  founder,  was 
bom  in  Sweden,  and  came  to  the  United  States 
with  his  wife  and  seven  children,  settling  in 
the  town  of  Busti,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  in  1850.  He  purchased  a  small  farm,  on 
the  plank  road  north  of  Mayville,  which  he 
cleared  and  cultivated,  residing  thereon  until 
his  death,  at  the  age  of  seventy  years.  He  was 
a  Lutheran  in  religion,  and  a  man  of  industry 
and  thrift.    He  married  Mary  Simpson,  born 


April  I,  181 1,  died  February  2,  1897.  Chil- 
dren :  Caroline,  married  and  removed  to  Ohio ; 
Louisa,  married  J.  S.  Westbury;  Charles,  of 
Lakewood,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war;  Fred- 
erick A.,  see  forward ;  Augusta,  married  Ben- 
jamin Brown  ;  Christina,  married  Nelson  Stan- 
ton; Hannah,  married  Arthur  A.  Amidon,  of 
Jamestown ;  two  sons  died  in  infancy. 

( II)  Frederick  A.,  son  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Simpson)  Gron,  was  born  near  Stockholm, 
Sweden,  January  26,  1841 ;  died  November  9, 
1904,  and  is  buried  in  Lakeview  cemetery.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents, 
and,  until  of  age,  lived  with  Ira  Young,  of 
Busti.  In  October,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany F,  Ninth  Regiment,  New  York  Cavalry, 
and  saw  three  years  of  hard  service.  When 
his  term  expired  he  reenlisted,  and  served  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  His  brother  Charles 
served  in  the  same  company  and  regiment.  They 
were  both  good  soldiers  and  fought  bravely  for 
their  adopted  country.  After  the  war  the 
brothers  settled  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  and. 
for  twenty-four  years,  were  engaged  in  the 
livery  business  together.  They  were  thrifty, 
successful  business  men  and  accumulated  con- 
siderable property,  including  city  holdings,  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres  near  the  city  limits, 
and  a  brick  block  and  residence  on  Spring 
street.  All  property  was  held  jointly  until  the 
dissolution  of  partnership,  when  an  equitable 
division  was  made.  Frederick  A.  Gron  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  church.  He  was  a  just  man,  deyoted 
to  his  family,  and  highly  regarded  as  a  busi- 
ness man  and  a  neighbor. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  March  21,  1871, 
Caroline  M.  Peterson,  bom  in  Sweden,  Sep- 
tember I,  1848,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
Christina  Peterson.  Children,  all  born  in  James- 
town: I.  Mabel,  born  April  16,  1872;  married 
Charles  Parks:  children:  Marjorie  and  Fred- 
erick Gron.  2.  Bertha  May,  born  July  4,  1874; 
graduate  of  Jamestown  hi^h  school,  1893;  ^^^ 
a  teacher  in  public  school  No.  i.  3.  Edna,  born 
May  13,  1882 ;  graduated  from  the  high  school, 
1902,  and  taught,  for  one  year,  in  the  James- 
town public  school;  in  June,  191 1,  she  married 
Herman  Paquin,  a  grocer  in  Jamestown. 


The  name  Hunt  is  from  the  Saxon 
HUNT     word,  "hunti,"  a  wolf.  The  names. 

Hunt,  Hunte,  Hunter,  Hunting, 
Huntting,  Huntington,  Hunton  and  Huntley, 
all  have  Jhe   same  origin.     Hundt,  Huntus, 


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Hontus,  Hunding,  Hundings  and  Huntingas 
are  other  old  forms  of  this  patronymic.  The 
arms  of  one  branch  of  the  Hunt  family  is 
per  pale,  argent  and  sable,  a  saltire,  counter- 
charged. Crest,  a  lion's  head,  erased,  per  pale, 
argent  and  sable  collared,  gules,  lined  and  ring- 
ed, or.  The  crest,  in  the  early  days  of  the 
Hunt  family,  was  always  a  wolf's  head. 

One  of  the  first  names,  of  whom  any  record 
exists,  was  Adam  le  Hunt,  who  lived  at  Not- 
tingham, England,  in  1295.  Ralphe  le  Hunt, 
who  refused  the  offer  of  knighthood,  lived  in 
the  fourteenth  century.  In  the  time  of  Henry 
Vni.  a  Henry  Hunte  lived  in  Yorkshire. 

This  branch  of  the  Hunt  family  in  America 
is  supposed  to  spring  from  one  of  the  younger 
sons  of  Thomas  Hunt,  of  Shrewsbury,  Eng- 
land, son  of  Richard  Hunt,  bailiff  of  Shrews- 
bury, in  1613.  Thomas  Hunt  was  high  sheriff 
of  Shropshire,  in  1656,  and  a  colonel  in  the 
service  of  parliament.  He  died  1669.  Thomas 
Hunt,  of  Rye,  removed  to  West  Chester,  New 
York,  where  he  purchased  the  Grove  Farm, 
which  was  patented  to  him  by  Governor  Nich- 
ols, December  4,  1667.  His  will  is  dated  Octo- 
ber 6,  1694.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Edward  Jessup.  Children :  Thomas,  of  fur- 
ther mention ;  Josiah,  a  trustee  of  the  town  of 
Winchester ;  Joseph ;  John ;  Abigail,  married 
John  Pinckney. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Hunt, 
of  Grove  Farm,  West  Chester,  New  York,  was 
a  trustee  of  the  freehold  and  commonalty  of 
the  town  of  West  Chester,  in  1692.  He  mar- 
ried and  has  sons:  Thomas,  Augustus,  Lewis, 
Robert,  and  a  daughter  Abigail. 

(HI)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Hunt,  was  known  as  Thomas,  of  Hunt's  Point. 
He  married  Sarah  Ward.  Children:  Thomas 
(4),  born  1727;  Jesse,  of  further  mention; 
Ward,  of  East  Chester. 

(IV)  Jesse,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Hunt,  was 
high  sheriff  of  Westchester  county.  New  York, 
and  proprietor  of  Hunter's  Island.  He  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Staples.  Children :  Captain  Thomas, 
Lieutenant  Jesse,  Samuel,  and  a  daughter. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Jesse  Hunt,  was  born 
in  West  Chester,  New  York,  about  1750.  He 
served  in  the  revolution,  as  private  of  the  First 
Regiment,  Westchester  county  militia,  under 
Colonel  Joseph  Drake.  After  the  war  was  over 
he  lived  in  Ehitchess  county,  later  in  Columbia 
county.  He  married  Margaret  Currier,  and 
had  issue. 

(VI)  Stephen,  son  of  Samuel  Hunt,  mar- 


ried Bridget  Sprague.  Children:  Lucy,  bom 
December  28,  1788;  Jasper,  August  20,  1790, 
died  October  29,  1791 ;  Elvin,  of  further  men- 
tion; Gibson,  June  24,  1794;  Amy,  November 
27,  1796;  Amelia,  November  9,  1798;  Thomas, 
April  21,  1801  (whose  sketch  follows)  ;  David, 
May  18,  1804;  Margaret,  February  28,  1807, 
died  September  28,  1889;  Mary,  August  19, 
1809;  Thankful,  March  10,  1812. 

(VII)  Elvin,  son  of  Stephen  Hunt,  was  bom 
July  15,  1792,  died  1871.  He  came  to  Chau- 
tauqua county  from  Washington  county.  New 
York,  where  his  parents  lived  near  the  eastern 
boundary.  Elvin  and  his  brother  Thomas  were 
famous  makers  of  axe  helves,  ox  yokes  and 
farm  tools,  made  of  wood.  Elvin  was  an  ex- 
cellent worker  in  wood,  having  great  natural 
mechanical  genius.  His  goods  were  in  great 
demand  for  their  excellence,  and  the  brothers 
were  kept  busily  engaged  supplying  the  de- 
mand. So  great  was  the  reputation  of  Hunt's 
goods  that  they  always  commanded  the  highest 
prices.  Such  goods  now  are  of  secondary  im- 
portance, but,  in  those  days,  a  good  axe  helve, 
yoke  or  other  wooden  tool  was  of  great  value 
and  eagerly  sought  for.  Elvin  Hunt  married 
Sylvia  Lee.  Children:  Anthony,  of  James- 
town, deceased ;  Stephen,  of  Ellicott,  deceased ; 
George,  never  married ;  Jasper,  of  Jamestown, 
deceased,  married  Lavilla  Sherman;  John  L., 
of  further  mention;  Reuben,  of  Jamestown, 
deceased,  married  Eveline  Bailey,  and  has  one 
son,  Fred  C,  of  Jamestown ;  Desire,  deceased, 
married  Samuel  Bratt;  Bridget,  died  unmar- 
ried ;  Amelia,  deceased,  married  Edward  Taft, 

(VIII)  John  Lee,  son  of  Elvin  Hunt,  was 
born  in  Washington  county.  New  York,  April 
12,  1830,  died  June  7,  1874.  He  was  well  edu- 
cated, and  followed  the  calling  of  an  agricul- 
turist all  his  life.  He  was  a  great  lover  of 
fine  horses,  and  was  an  expert  handler  and 
driver.  He  owned  a  small  farm  in  Ellicott, 
now  Jamestown,  west  side,  near  the  boat  land- 
ing. He  was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married  Aurilla  Nelson,  bom  November  21, 
1833,  daughter  of  George  and  Julia  (Wake- 
field) Nelson,  died  July  23,  1904.  Children:  i. 
George  E.,  born  November  25,  1854;  for  the 
past  twenty  years  has  been  engaged  in  the 
livery  business  at  Falconer,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York;  he  married  Lizzie  Loucks;  chil- 
dren :  John  Lee  and  (jeorge  E.  (2).  2.  Frank, 
of  further  mention.  3.  Kate,  died  in  infancy. 
4.  William  H.,  bora  November  18,  1868;  now 
a  resident  of  Jamestown,  New  York :  married 


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Alice  Oddy  (or  Eddy)  ;  child,  Charles  Donald. 
5.  Corydon  H.,  born  July  28,  1870,  died  Febru- 
ary 22,  1872. 

(IX)  Frank,  second  son  of  John  Lee  Hunt, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Ellicott,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York  (his  birthplace  now  within 
the  corporate  limits  of  the  city  of  Jamestown), 
January  28,  1857.  He  was  reared  on  the  home 
farm,  where  he  early  developed  the  great  love 
for  horses  and  other  animals  that  has  been  one 
of  the  ruling  characteristics  of  his  life.  He 
was  educated  in  the  primary,  intermediate  and 
high  schools  of  Jamestown,  and  remained  at 
home  until  the  death  of  his  father.  He  then 
purchased  the  home  farm,  in  association  with 
his  brother,  George  E.  He  finally  abandoned 
agriculture,  and,  for  two  years,  worked  for 
S.  E.  Millspaugh,  at  the  insurance  business. 
In  1885  he  entered  the  Ontario  Veterinary  Col- 
lege, at  Toronto,  Canada,  whence  he  was  gradu- 
ated Doctor  of  Veterinary  Surgery,  in  1887. 
He  then  returned  to  Jamestown,  where  he 
opened  an  office  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  His  practice  grew  rapidly,  causing 
his  removal  to  more  spacious  quarters.  The 
press  of  business  became  so  great  that  he  form- 
ed a  partnership  with  Dr.  Frank  G.  Shepard, 
state  veterinarian,  which  still  continues.  Their 
hospital,  the  largest  in  the  city,  is  well  equipped 
for  veterinary  work,  and  accommodates  all 
classes  of  animal  patients.  The  firm's  offices 
are  at  214  Washington  street.  Dr.  Hunt  owns 
a  fine  farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty-four 
acres,  in  the  town  of  Harmony,  which  he  pur- 
chased in  1902.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  of  the 
Knights  of  Maccabees.  He  is  a  Unitarian  in 
religious  faith,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics,  al- 
though, for  many  years,  he  was  affiliated  with 
the  Republican  party. 

He  married  (first),  September  23,  1887,  ^^ 
Jamestown,  Kate  L.  Crosby,  born  in  the  town 
of  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  April  15,  1854, 
died  June  19,  1895,  daughter  of  Eliakim  and 
Angeline  (Emory)  Crosby.  She  was  a  woman 
of  fine  education  and  unusual  talent.  She 
taught,  for  thirteen  years,  in  the  schools  of 
Jamestown,  including  the  higher  branches  of 
the  high  school.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Unitarian  church,  and  a  woman  of  pure  Chris- 
tian life.  He  married  (second),  in  Jamestown, 
May  20,  1903,  Charlotte  Bertha  Wing,  bom  at 
Naples,  Ontario  county,  New  York,  July  25, 
1 87 1,  daughter  of  Pratt  and  Helen  Bertha 
(Jones)  Wing.    She  was  engaged  in  the  millin- 


ery business.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  a  lady  held  in  the 
highest  esteem. 

(VH)  Thomas  (4)  Hunt,  seventh 
HUNT    child  and  fourth  son  of  Stephen 

(q.  V.)  and  Bridget  (Sprague) 
Hunt,  was  born  April  21,  1801,  died  in  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  at  the  advanced  age 
of  eighty-eight  years.  His  parents  lived  in 
Washington  county.  New  York,  near  the  east- 
ern boundary  line.  In  1830,  in  company  with 
his  brother  Elvin,  he  came  to  Chautauqua 
county,  settling  in  the  town  of  Busti,  on  a  farm. 
The  old  log  house  in  which  he  lived  is  yet 
standing.  Thomas  and  Elvin  were  both  expert 
woodworkers,  and  famed  in  their  day  for  the 
superiority  of  their  ox  yokes,  axe  helves  and 
other  wooden  tools  used  in  that  day.  Little 
importance  now  is  attached  to  such  tools,  but 
then  they  were  in  great  demand,  and  those 
made  by  the  Hunts  were  deemed  the  very  best. 
Thomas  was  also  a  farmer  and  owned  his  own 
land.  He  was  held  in  high  regard  by  his  neigh- 
bors, among  whom  he  lived  for  over  half  a 
century.  He  married  Lucy  Nelson,  born  March 
15,  1802,  died  January  23,  1872.  Children: 
Eliza,  deceased ;  Cornelius,  of  further  mention ; 
Charles,  of  Jamestown ;  Laura,  deceased ;  Cal- 
vin, of  Jamestown ;  Stephen ;  Mary,  deceased ; 
Wilson,  died  in  childhood. 

(VHI)  Cornelius,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  (4) 
and  Lucy  (Nelson)  Hunt,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Cambridge,  Washington  county.  New 
York,  May  tt],  1827.  He  was  a  child  of  three 
years  when  his  parents  came  to  Chautauqua 
county.  He  attended  the  district  school  when 
a  boy,  but,  at  the  age  of  twelve  years,  began 
working  in  the  woods  and  in  the  shop,  cutting 
pine  logs  and  making  oak  staves,  taking  up,  at 
that  early  age,  a  man's  work.  At  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  he  began  working  on  the  farm 
of  William  H.  Tew,  remaining  fifteen  months, 
receiving  ten  dollars  monthly  for  his  services. 
He  next  worked  for  Abram  Martin,  of  Kian- 
tone,  continuing  until  he  was  twenty-one,  when 
he  married  and  began  housekeeping  in  James- 
town. He  worked  in  the  rake  factory,  and 
later  in  the  furniture  factory,  as  a  finisher, 
continuing  twenty-seven  years.  He  purchased 
thirty-four  acres  of  land,  lying  within  the  cor- 
poration limits,  and,  from  time  to  time,  erected 
dwellings  thereon,  also  doing  a  profitable  real 
estate  business.  He  has  now  been  a  resident 
of  Jamestown  over  sixty  years,  and  is  one  of 


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the  well-known,  highly  respected  men  of  that 
city,  as  well  as  one  of  the  very  oldest  living 
residents.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and, 
for  twelve  years,  served  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  health.  For  over  half  a  century  he 
has  been  an  active  devoted  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  he  has 
served  as  steward,  class  leader  and  trustee. 

He  married,  January  i,  1848,  Clarinda  A. 
Hanchett,  bom  1829,  died  1910.  She  is  buried 
in  Lakeview  cemetery,  by  the  side  of  her 
daughter  Cora,  in  the  Hunt-Meredith  lot,  where 
a  suitable  monument  marks  her  resting  place. 
Children:  Grace,  died  aged  nine  years;  Olive, 
died  aged  six  years;  Cora,  born  May  15,  1856, 
died  August  19,  1880,  she  married  Jackson  C. 
Meredith,  born  January  17,  1847,  di^^  January 
i8,  1899. 

Mr.  Hunt,  since  the  death  of  his  wife,  has 
made  his  home  with  the  Brainard  Taylor  Hark- 
ness  family,  of  Jamestown.  Mr.  Harkness  is 
a  grandson  of  Jacob  and  a  son  of  Henderson 
Harkness,  born  at  Granville,  New  York ;  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Bishop ;  chil- 
dren: Julia,  Brainard  T.,  Edward,  Sarah  and 
William.  Brainard  T.  Harkness  was  born  in 
Salem,  Washington  county,  New  York,  July 
3,  1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Salem  Academy.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  blacksmith,  which  he  has  followed  up  to  the 
present  date  (1911).  Since  1880  he  has  been 
in  the  employ  of  the  Hall  Company,  at  James- 
town, New  York.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  civil 
war,  having  enlisted,  December  26,  i86i,  in 
Company  D,  Fourth  Regiment,  New  York 
Heavy  Artillery.  He  saw  hard  and  continu- 
ous service  with  the  hard-fought  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  participated  in  many  of  the  historic 
battles  of  the  war,  escaping  injury  until  May 
19,  1864,  when  he  received  a  severe  wound 
which  incapacitated  him  from  further  service. 
He  is  a  Republican,  and  past  commander  of 
James  M.  Brown  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  (serving  in  1907). 

He  married,  February  10,  1875,  at  James- 
town, Effie  Belle  Tefft,  born  there,  October  3, 
1850,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Franklin  Tefft, 
a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  Company  E,  Twenty- 
first  Regiment.  New  York  Cavalry,  ranking  as 
sergeant.  Mr.  Tefft  married  Harriet  Melinda 
Hanchett.  Children :  Frank,  Effie  B.  and  Theo- 
dore. Children  of  Brainard  Taylor  Harkness : 
I.  Louis  Tefft,  born  March  12,  1877;  superin- 
tenfient  of  the  Empire  Voting  Machine  Com- 


pany ;  he  married  Myrtle  M.  Guild.  2.  Harriet 
Melinda,  born  April  12,  1878;  educated  James- 
town high  school ;  resides  at  home. 

The  family  of  this  name  is  of 

BROWN  that  splendid  Scotch  race  that 
has  made  its  impress  for  moral- 
ity and  progress  in  every  land  which  has  been 
opened  up  to  civilization,  and  its  members  are 
found  in  every  honorable  walk  in  life. 

(I)  Major  James  Brown,  paternal  grand- 
father of  Donald  S.  Brown,  was  a  native  of 
Scotland,  where  he  died  at  an  advanced  age. 
He  served  in  the  British  army,  and  attained 
the  rank  of  major.  He  married  Margaret  Mc- 
Conochie,  by  whom  he  had  three  children,  two 
of  whom  lived  to  maturity — Colonel  James  M., 
of  whom  further,  and  Flora,  who  remained  in 
Scotland. 

(H)  Colonel  James  Malcolm  Brown,  son  of 
Major  James  Brown,  was  born  November  24. 
1825,  in  Woolwich,  the  principal  military  depot 
in  England,  his  father  then  being  there  on  duty. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  Scotch 
schools,  and  was  subsequently  sent  to  a  Scotch 
university,  where  he  studied  pharmacy.  His 
enterprising  spirit  being  awakened  to  the  possi- 
bilities open  in  the  United  States,  he  came  here 
in  the  fall  of  1844.  The  war 'with  Mexico  was 
then  impending,  and  his  inherent  military  spirit 
led  him  to  enlist,  in  January,  1845,  •"  Company 
A,  Fourth  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry, 
in  which  was  serving  Lieutenant  (afterwards 
General)  U.  S.  Grant,  and  that  young  officer 
and  young  Brown  became  well  acquainted,  and, 
for  some  time,  shared  the  same  tent.  Mr. 
Brown's  knowledge  of  medicine  having  become 
known  he  was  soon  appointed  hospital  steward, 
and  was  afterward  promoted  to  the  rank  of 
assistant  surgeon.  He  served  in  all  the  battles 
of  General  Taylor's  army  until  his  regiment 
was  detached  to  join  General  Scott,  under 
whom  he  participated  in  all  the  battles  and 
operations  from  Vera  Cruz  to  the  Mexican 
capital.  After  peace  was  restored  Surgeon 
Brown  was  stationed  at  P'ort  Mackinac  until 
January  22,  i8^o,  when  he  resigned. 

I^ocating  in  Detroit,  Michigan,  he  read  law, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  practiced  his  pro- 
fession until  1853,  when  he  removed  to  James- 
town, New  York.  He  there  resumed  law  prac- 
tice, anrl  also  took  an  active  interest  in  mili- 
tary matters,  serving  with  the  Lowry  Light 
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New  York  Militia, as  captain.  He  was  among  the 
first  to  respond  to  President  Lincoln's  call  for 
troops,  after  Fort  Sumter  had  been  fired  upon. 
He  recruited  and  organized  Company  B,  Sev- 
enty-second Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry  (first  known  as  the  Third  Regiment, 
Sickle's  Excelsior  Brigade),  and  was  elected 
captain.  May  28  he  left,  with  his  company, 
for  Camp  Scott,  Staten  Island,  where  he  was 
mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States. 
He  resigned  his  captaincy,  November  5,  1861, 
in  order  to  organize  the  One  Hundredth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteers,  of  which  he  was 
commissioned  colonel.  This  regiment  became 
a  part  of  the  **Eagle  Brigade,"  and,  under  com- 
mand of  Colonel  Brown,  participated  in  the 
campaigns  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  from 
the  siege  of  Yorktown  to  the  battle  of  Seven 
Pines,  or  Fair  Oaks,  where  he  fell  at  its  head, 
May  31,  1862.  His  body  was  never  recovered. 
He  was  a  soldier  of  peerless  courage,  and  a 
most  efficient  officer.  Hf  fell  in  defence  of 
the  liberties  of  his  adopted  country,  and  left  a 
record  of  which  it  may  be  justly  proud.  His 
name  is  maintained  in  honor  by  James  M. 
Brown  Post,  No.  285,  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  his  memory  will  live  through  all 
time  in  the  annals  of  his  town,  county  arfd 
state. 

Colonel  Brown  married,  at  Detroit,  Michi- 
gan, January  15,  1852,  Charlotte  Cook,  born  at 
Argyle,  Washington  county,  New  York,  in 
1825,  daughter  of  Dr.  Robert  and  Elizabeth 
(Sutherland)  Cook.  Children:  i.  Robert,  born 
October,  1852,  died  June  6,  1854.  2.  Donald 
Sutherland,  of  further  mention.  3.  Edward 
Cook,  bom  August  28,  1856,  died  February  11, 
1907.  4.  Augustus  Franklin  Allen,  born  De- 
cember 23,  1858,  died  January  26,  1898.  5. 
Malcolm  James,  born  June,  1861,  died  July, 
1864. 

(Ill)  Donald  Sutherland,  son  of  Colonel 
James  Malcolm  and  Charlotte  (Cook)  Brown, 
was  born  at  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  September  24,  1854.  His  early 
education  was  obtained  under  the  instruction 
of  Miss  Calista  Jones  and  Emerson  Sterns,  at 
district  school  No.  i.  He  then  entered  James- 
town Academy,  under  Rev.  Rufus  King,  con- 
tinuing until  the  establishment  of  the  James- 
town Union  School  and  Collegiate  Institute, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1874.  He  then  entered  the  University  of  Ro- 
chester, Rochester,  New  York,  from  whence  he 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1878.  In  1880  he  began 


the  study  of  law  at  Jamestown,  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  Bootey  &  Fowler.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  at  Buffalo,  1883,  practiced 
until  1896,  then  abandoned  the  law  and  sub- 
sequently took  up  the  pursuit  of  agriculture, 
which  he  still  continues  (191 1).  Mr.  Brown 
takes  no  active  part  in  politics,  is  independent 
in  thought,  and  usually  acts  with  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  was  reared  in  the  Presbyterian 
faith,  but  is  not  a  member  of  any  denomina- 
tion. 

During  the  war  with  Spain  he  enlisted  in 
Company  E,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment,  New  York 
Volunteer  Infantry,  serving  as  corporal  from 
May  I  to  November  19,  1898.  On  June  9, 
1 89 1,  he  entered  the  Thirteenth  Separate  Com- 
pany, now  Company  E,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment, 
New  York  National  Guard,  and  has  served 
continuously,  including  the  war  with  Spain,  up 
to  the  present  date  (1911),  now  ranking  as 
first  sergeant.  He  is  a  member  of  Samuel  M. 
Porter  Camp,  No.  45,  United  Spanish  War 
Veterans,  of  which  he  was  adjutant  three  years, 
and  is  now  senior  vice-commander.  Is  also 
past  commander  of  James  Hall  Camp,  No.  1 1 1, 
Sons  of  V^eterans.    Mr.  Brown  is  unmarried. 

On  his  maternal  side  Donald  S.  Brown  is 
descended  from  the  Cooks.  His  great-grand- 
father, Thomas  Cook,  was  born  in  county  Cork, 
Ireland,  in  1747,  arrived  in  New  York  in  De- 
cember, 1764,  and  became  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  Washington  county.  New  York, 
where  he  died.  He  served  in  the  American 
army  during  the  revolutionary  war.  He  was  a 
Covenanter  in  religious  belief.  H«  married 
Mary  Ann  Mehon,  who  bore  him  eight  chil- 
dren, one  of  whom  was  Dr.  Robert  Cook,  born 
in  Lansingburg,  New  York,  in  September, 
1775;  served  as  surgeon  in  the  war  of  1812: 
married  Elizabeth  Sutherland;  daughter  of 
Major  Sutherland,  who  served  in  the  British 
army  during  the  war  of  1812.  Dr.  Cook  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Argyle,  Washington  county, 
for  forty  years,  then  practiced,  for  some  time, 
in  New  York  City,  and,  in  1854,  came  to 
lamc.stown,  where  he  died. 


The  name  of  Towne,  Town  and 
TOWNE  Towns,  as  it  is  sometimes  spell- 
ed, is  not  one  of  frequent  occur- 
rence. It  may,  however,  be  foimd  here  and 
there,  generally  in  communities  of  Anglo-Saxon 
derivation.  The  earliest  record  at  hand  is  of 
A.  D.  1274.  when  William  de  la  Towne,  of 
Alvely,  a  village  of  Shropshire,  England,  was 


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engaged  in  prosecuting  a  suit  at  law  against 
one  of  the  officers  of  the  parish,  and,  the  next 
year,  was  serving  on  a  jury  at  Astley.  The 
next  record  is  one  hundred  and  forty  years 
later,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  IV.,  when,  upon 
the  windows  of  the  church  at  Kennington, 
Kent  county,  impaled  with  that  of  Ellis,  of  the 
same  place,  were  the  arms  of  a  family  by 
name  Towne,  being:  "Argent  on  a  chevron 
sable,  three  cross-crosslets  ermine."  Thomas 
et  Towne,  who  at  this  time  possessed  much 
land  about  Charing  and  who  bore  the  same 
coat-of-arms,  married  Benedict  a,  only  daugh- 
ter of  John  Brampton,  alias  Detling,  of  Detling 
Court,  and  thereby  inherited  a  manor  in  Throw- 
ley,  where  he  removed  and  erected  a  seat  one- 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  church,  which  he 
named  "Towne  Place." 

The  next  reference  to  the  name  is  in  the 
county  of  Lincoln,  where  it  has  existed  over 
four  hundred  years.  In  A.  D.  1459  William 
Towne,  D.  D.,  was  collated  (became  the  clergy- 
man) at  Stow,  in  Lindsay,  and,  in  1470,  was 
appointed  almoner  to  King  Henry  VI.  In  old 
age  he  accepted  an  income  from  the  parish, 
and  he  died  in  1496.  In  1470  John  Towne,  Pro- 
fessor of  Divinity,  was  precentor  of  Lincoln, 
and,  in  1473,  prebend  of  Dunholme.  John 
Towne,  of  Isby  county,  of  Lincoln,  made  his 
will  1540.  John  Towne,  of  Ludborough,  made 
his  will  in  1637,  naming  sons:  Leonard,  John 
and  William. 

The  earliest  the  name  is  found  in  America 
is  in  1635,  when  William  Towne  was  an  in- 
habitant of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  made  a  freeman,  February  2,  1637;  was 
town  clerk  in  1639;  purchased  land  at  Cam- 
bridge in  1653 ;  was  tythingman  in  1680 ;  died 
April  30,  1685,  aged  eighty  years.  Amount  of 
his  estate  was  One  hundred  and  eighteen  pounds 
thirteen  shillings  six  pence.  His  wife,  Martha, 
died  in  January,  1674. 

The  ancestor  of  the  American  family,  herein 
recorded,  is  William  Towne,  of  whose  birth- 
place or  parentage  nothing  can  be  told,  though 
he  may  have  been  the  son  of  Richard  and  Ann 
Towne,  of  Braceby,  Lincolnshire,  England. 
The  earliest  positive  information  of  him  is  at 
Yarmouth,  Norfolkshire,  where,  in  the  church 
of  St.  Nicholas,  on  March  25,  1620,  he  mar- 
ried Joanna  Blessing,  and  there  six  of  their 
children  were  bom.  He  next  appears  at  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  where  "11-8  mo.,  1640,  granted 
to  William  Towne  a  little  neck  of  land  right 
over  against  his  house  on  the  other  side  of  the 


river."  He  remained  in  Salem  until  165 1, 
when  he  purchased  a  tract  of  forty  acres  at  the 
newly  incorporated  town  of  Topsfield.  In  1652 
he  sold  his  property  in  Salem  and  purchased 
additional  property  in  Topsfield.  In  1663  he 
and  his  wife  conveyed  to  son  Joseph,  "in  con- 
sideration of  natural  affection  and  the  contem- 
plated marriage  of  their  sonne  Joseph  Towne 
to  Phebe  Perkins,"  two-thirds  "of  the  home 
wherein  they  did  dwell"  and  other  property. 
He  died  about  1672,  and,  from  the  final  settle- 
ment of  the  estate  of  his  widow,  she  seems  to 
have  survived  him  about  ten  years.  Children : 
I.  Rebecca,  born  February  21,  1621 ;  married 
Francis  Nurse ;  she  was  executed  at  Salem,  in 
1692,  as  a  witch,  as  was  her  sister  Mary,  her 
sister  Sarah  escaping  with  her  life.  2.  John, 
February  16,  1623.  3.  Susanna,  October  20, 
1625.  4.  Edmund,  of  further  mention.  5. 
Jacob,  married  Catherine  Symonds.  6.  Mary, 
executed  at  Salem,  1692.  Children  baptized  at 
Salem:  7.  Sarah,  married  (first),  January  11, 
1660,  Edward  Bridges ;  married  (second)  Peter 
Cloyes ;  she  suffered  terrible  persecution,  with 
her  sisters,  at  the  hands  of  the  fanatical  Puri- 
tans, but  did  not  lose  her  life.  8.  Joseph,  born 
about  1639. 

(II)  Edmund,  son  of  William  and  Joanna 
(Blessing)  Towne,  was  baptized  at  Yarmouth, 
Norfolk  county,  England,  June  28,  1628 ;  died 
at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  prior  to  May  3, 
1678,  the  date  of  the  inventory  of  his  estate. 
He  came  to  Massachusetts  with  his  parents, 
and  after  the  removal  from  Salem  to  Topsfield 
continued  his  residence  there  all  his  life.  He 
was  a  member  of  a  committee  from  Topsfield, 
who,  in  1675,  presented  a  petition  to  the  gen- 
eral court  for  leave  to  form  military  companies 
to  protect  the  inhabitants  from  the  Indians 
while  at  work.  He  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Browning.  Her  will  was  proved 
December  16,  1717.  Children:  i.  Mary.  2. 
Thomas,  bom  in  Topsfield,  1655 ;  was  in  Cap- 
tain Lothrop's  company,  at  Hatfield,  August 
12,  1675,  2ind  may  have  been  one  of  the  very 
few  of  that  company,  numbering  eighty-eight 
men,  who  escaped  from  the  fatal  encounter 
with  the  Indians,  at  the  battle  of  "Bloody 
Brook,"  September  18,  1675 ;  he  married  Sarah 
French.  3.  Sarah,  born  April  26,  1657  J  car- 
ried a  Mr.  Pritchett.  4.  William,  of  further 
mention.  5.  Joseph,  bom  September  2,  1661 ; 
married  Amy  Smith.  6.  Abigail,  bom  August 
6,  1664;  married  Jacob  Peabody.  7.  Benjamin, 
born  May  26,  1666.    8.  Rebecca,  born  Febru- 


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ary  2,  1668 ;  married  a  Mr.  Knight.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, born  November  2,  1669 ;  married  Thomas 
Wilkins.  10.  Samuel,  bom  February  11,  1673 ; 
married  Elizabeth  Knight. 

(III)  William  (2),  son  of  Edmund  and 
Mary  (Browning)  Towne,  was  born  at  Tops- 
field,   Massachusetts,   March    13,    1659.     He 

married    (first)    Eliza  ,  who  was  the 

mother  of  several  children,  all  of  whom  died 
in  infancy.  He  married  (second),  August  22, 
1694,  Margaret,  widow  of  John  Willard,  who 
had  been  executed  at  Salem  about  two  years 
previous,  during  the  witchcraft  delusion.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Mary,  born  July  3,  1695 ; 
William,  died  in  infancy;  William  (2),  Febru- 
ary 25,  1699;  Isaac,  of  further  mention;  Icha- 
boid,  February  18,  1703;  Jeremiah,  May  27, 
1705,  married  Elizabeth ;  Deborah,  Au- 
gust 16,  1707,  married  J.  Kenny;  Mercy,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1709,  married  John  Towne  Jr.; 
Keziah,  February  9,  171 5,  married  Robert  Fitz, 
of  Sutton,  November  9,  1739. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Mar- 
garet (Willard)  Towne,  was  born  at  Tops- 
field,  April  10,  1 701 ;  died  at  Sutton,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  the  estate  of  his  widow  was 
settled  in  1796.  He  married,  January  7,  1738, 
Lydia  Estey.  Children:  Lydia,  born  April  5, 
1739,  married,  June  2, 1767,  Robert  Fitz ;  Isaac, 
August  4,  1 741 ;  Asa,  of  further  mention ; 
Eunice. 

(V)  Asa,  son  of  Isaac  and  Lydia  (Estey) 
Towne,  was  born  in  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
December  2,  1743.  He  was  married  in  Suttoq, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  several  children  born 
there;  later  he  removed  to  Connecticut.  He 
married,  February  11,  1761,  a  kinswoman, 
Eunice  Towne,  who  died  November  9,  1806. 
Children,  born  in  Sutton:  Eunice,  baptized 
February,  1762;  Dorcas,  baptized  January  9, 
1764;  Eunice,  baptized  September  28,  1766; 
Anna,  baptized  April  29,  1769;  Asa,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(VI)  Asa  (2),  son  of  Asa  (i)  and  Eunice 
(Towne)  Towne,  was  born  about  1770.  He 
married  and  had  issue,  including  a  son  Francis. 

(VII)  Francis,  son  of  Asa  (2)  Towne,  was 
a  native  of  Connecticut,  died  at  the  age  of 
seventy-five  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  man  of 
good  repute.  He  owned  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  in  the  town  of  Arkwright, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  where  much 

of  his  life  was  spent.    He  married  Sallie  Cobb, 
7— w 


a  native  of  Connecticut.  Children:  Hiram, 
deceased ;  Warren,  of  further  mention ;  Charles, 
deceased;  Joel,  deceased;  Thomas,  deceased; 
Albert,  deceased ;  Sebia,  married  Welcome.  Pat- 
terson; Viola,  married  Porter  Turner;  three 
children  who  died  young. 

(VIII)  Warren,  second  son  of  Francis  and 
Sallie  (Cobb)  Towne,  was  bom  February  9, 
1833,  d*^d  January  17,  I910.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  grew  up  on  the  old 
homestead  in  Chautauqua  county,  where  his 
after  life  was  spent.  He  was  a  devoted  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which 
he  served  as  steward  and  class  leader.  He 
lived  a  just  and  upright  life  and  his  death  was 
deeply  regretted.  He  is  buried  in  Abbey  ceme- 
tery. He  married,  at  Villenova,  New  York, 
September  7,  1859,  Mary  A.  Ward,  botn  May 
7,  1837,  daughter  of  Warren  and  Harriet  (Hal- 
stead)  Ward.  She  survives  her  husband,  a 
resident  of  Forestville,  Chautauqua  county. 
Like  her  husband,  she  is  a  faithful  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  Warren  Ward, 
a  farmer  and  carpenter,  died  May  24,  1877, 
aged  seventy-five  years.  His  wife,  Harriet 
(Halstead)  Ward,  is  living  in  191 1,  aged  nine- 
ty-six years,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Sarah  Hal- 
stead.  Children:  Florclla,  married  Horace 
Towne;  Gerry  Clinton,  died  in  Howard  City, 
Michigan ;  Mary  A.,  married  Warren  Towne ; 
Fenner  E.,  of  Nashville,  New  York.  Children 
of  Warren  and  Mary  A.  Towne:  i.  Erving  A., 
born  May  24,  1863 ;  married  Rena  Vinton.  2. 
Morris  E.,  of  further  mention.  3.  Burton  L., 
born  September  4,  1868 ;  married  Cora  Henry ; 
children :  Blanche,  Nina  E.  and  Warren  C.  4. 
Ethel  M.,  bom  May  20,  1877 ;  married  Gard- 
ner S.  Mansfield;  children:  Gladys  L.,  Ruth 
M.,  Robert  L.  and  Doris  L. 

(IX)  Morris  E.,  second  son  of  Warren  and 
Mary  A.  (Ward)  Towne,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Arkwright,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
October  30,  1865.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  spent  his  early  life  on  the 
home  farm.  On  arriving  at  manhood  he  pur- 
chased a  small  farm  at  Arkwright  Center,  and 
dealt  extensively  in  live  stock.  He  conducted 
business  in  Fredonia,  New  York,  where,  for 
ten  years,  he  was  engaged  in  speculating  in 
horses  and  cattle.  In  1895  he  came  to  James- 
town, and,  for  one  year,  ojjerated  a  meat 
market.  Later,  until  1906,  he  was  employed  as 
a  traveling  salesman  by  Himebaugh  Brothers, 
manufacturers  of  furniture,  of  Jamestown.  In 


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the  year  last  named  he  organized  the  M.  E. 
Towne  Furniture  Company,  with  plant  on 
Holmes  street,  Jamestown,  which  he  purchased. 
He  is  there  transacting  a  very  large  and  profit- 
able business  in  house  furnishings.  He  erected 
his  present  elegant  house,  in  Jamestown,  in 
1900.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics,  tak- 
ing an  active  interest  in  the  welfare  of  his 
party,  and  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
county  committee.  He  is  a  member  of  Mt. 
Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  and  Western  Sun  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  both  of  Jamestown. 

He  married,  January  i,  1885,  at  Villenova, 
New  York,  Effie  E.,  born  March  2,  1867, 
daughter  of  Harrison  and  Ellen  (Putney) 
Sharp.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Forestville  Academy.  Previous  to  her 
marriage  she  taught  in  the  schools  of  Villenova, 
Ball  Hill  and  Pope  Hill.  She  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  active  in 
the  work  of  the  church  societies.  Harrison 
Sharp,  son  of  Peter  and  Polly  Sharp,  was  born 
at  Hanover,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York. 
January  19,  1836,  died  February  21,  1907.  He 
was  a  farmer  of  the  town  of  Villenova,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  and  much  interested  in  church 
and  Sunday  school  work.  He  was  a  Meth- 
odist, as  were  his  parents.  His  father  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty  years,  his  mother  at  seventy- 
five.  He  was  a  Republican  and  served  his  town 
as  assessor. 

He  married  (first)  Sallie  Putney,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1857;  she  died  January  22,  1861,  leav- 
ing a  son.  Fred  D.  Sharp,  who  died  October 
18,  1901 ;  married  Lizzie  Kenner ;  children : 
Floyd  E.,  Morton  Ray,  Anna  L.,  Florence  and 
Elton.  Harrison  Sharp  married  (second) 
Ellen  Putney,  a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  born 
May  14,  1846,  who  survives  him.  Children: 
Effie  E.,  married  Morris  E.  Towne;  Curtis  M.. 
married  Latha  Dykeman ;  Clair  D.  (deceased), 
married  Edna  Hiller;  Bessie  May,  married 
Edward  Lilly.  Children  of  Morris  E.  and 
Effie  E.  Towne:  i.  Alta  Mae,  born  at  Ark- 
wright,  May  18,  1887;  graduate  of  Jamestown 
high  school,  class  of  1906;  married,  August  30, 
1910,  Oscar  C.  Johnson,  manager  of  the  Reli- 
ance Clothing  House,  of  Jamestown.  2.  Jessie 
Allene,  born  January  10,  1901,  at  Jamestown, 
New  York.  3.  Mildred  Alberta,  bom  in  James- 
town, September  i.  loai. 


The  Bush  family  is  of  ancient  Eng- 

BUSH  lish  origin.  The  first  pioneer  of 
the  family  in  this  country  was  Ran- 
dolph or  Reynold  Bush,  who  was  a  proprietor 
of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1641.  He 
mortgaged  land  there  in  1644,  and  redeemed  it 
in  1657.  He  doubtless  removed  soon  after- 
ward to  Connecticut. 

(I)  Jonathan  Bush,  probably  a  son  of  Ran- 
dolph Bush,  was  born  in  1650,  died  in  1739. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Enfield, 
Connecticut,  and  his  name  appears  on  the  rec- 
ords as  early  as  1680.  He  owned  the  fourth 
lot,  on  the  west  side,  at  the  upper  end  of  the 
town,  and  afterwards  lived  north  of  Fresh- 
water.   He  married  Sarah .    Children, 

born  at  Enfield :  Jonathan,  mentioned  below : 
John,  born  November  22,  1685,  died  young; 
Sarah,  married,  in  17 18.  Benjamin  Sittan,  and 
settled  at  Somers,  Connecticut,  formerly  part 
of  Enfield:  Daniel,  born  November  13,  1689; 
Ebenezer,  August  19,  1692 ;  Caleb,  December 
27,  1697:  Sarah,  September  2T,  1699. 

(H)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Bush,  was  born  about  1682,  in  Enfield;  died 
February  28,  1746.  His  epitaph  reads:  "He 
fineshed  his  Pessabel  (peaceable)  and  exem- 
plary life  Febry.  ye  28th  in  the  65th  year  of 
his  age."  He  was  a  wheelwright  by  trade.  His 
children  quitclaimed  their  rights  in  the  estate 
of  their  grandfather,  Jonathan  Bush.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel  Kibbe,  of  Enfield,  who  died  in 
1786,  aged  ninety-eight  years.  Children,  born 
at  Enfield:  Jonathan,  May  2,  1710,  lived  in 
Springfield,  Massachusetts;  Joshua,  August  17, 
1712,  married  Experience  French;  Moses. 
1714;  Aaron,  mentioned  below;  Rachel,  born 
May  30,  1722,  married  Job  Larkham;  Caleb, 
August  7,  1725,  married  Martha,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Pease:  Elizabeth,  January  12,  1727- 
28. 

(HI)  Aaron,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Bush, 
was  born  August  18,  1717,  died  at  Enfield,  in 
1805.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  and,  for 
many  years,  held  offices  of  trust  and  honor  in 
his  native  town.  He  was  highway  surveyor 
i"  1753*  collector  of  taxes  in  1755,  tything- 
man  in  1767,  on  the  school  committee  in  1770, 
and  held  these  offices  and  others  at  diflFerent 
times.  He  married,  September  21,  1743,  Alice 
French,  born  April  30,  1720,  died  December 
2,  1778.  Their  home  was  on  Terry  Lane.  Chil- 
dren, born   at   Enfield :   Alice.   September  26, 


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1744;  Aaron,  August  23,  1746;  Moses,  men- 
tioned below;  Oliver,  May  12,  1750;  Elizabeth, 
May  5,  1752;  Rufus,  July  16,  1754;  Abel; 
Sarah,  November  14,  1756;  Mary,  April  13, 
1759;  John,  September  25,  1763. 

(IV')  Moses,  second  son  of  Aaron  Bush, 
was  bom  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  July  2^^  1748. 
He  settled  in  Suffield,  Hartford  county,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Lucretia  Ensign.  His 
eldest  son,  Heman,  born  1777,  married,  1799, 
Abby  Fross,  and  settled  in  Litchfield,  Herki- 
mer county,  New  York.  Later  he  settled  in 
the  town  of  Ellicott,  Chautauqua  county.  He 
had  a  large  family  and  descendants  are  numer- 
ous in  this  county. 

(V)  Ensign,  son  of  Moses  Bush,  was  born 
about  1780,  in  Suffield,  Connecticut;  died  in 
the  town  of  Chautauqua,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York.  He  settled  in  Litchfield,  Herki- 
mer county,  with  his  father,  and  there  follow- 
ed his  trade  of  carpenter  and  joiner.  In  1827 
he  came  to  Chautauqua,  and  there  followed 
his  trade.  He  was  an  excellent  mechanic,  and 
not  only  erected  dwellings,  but  fashioned  furni- 
ture, spinning  wheels,  in  fact  anything  required 
that  could  be  made  of  wood.  He  married 
Sarah  Rose,  who  bore  him  four  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

(VI)  Datus  Ensign,  son  of  Ensign  Bush, 
was  born  in  Litchfield,  Herkimer  county.  New 
Y'ork,  June  6,  1808;  died  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  December  7,  1891.  While  helping  his 
father  in  his  carpenter  work  the  lad  cut  him- 
self, which  so  disgusted  him  with  edged  tools 
that  he  decided  to  learn  the  trade  of  mason. 
He  served  a  two  years  apprenticeship  with  a 
mason  at  Fredonia,  but  finding  he  was  not  a 
skilled  workman  went  to  Westfield,  where  lie 
spent  two  more  years  as  apprentice,  under  a 
more  competent  instructor.  After  serving  his 
time  he  began  business  as  a  contractor.  His 
first  contract  was  to  do  the  brick  work  on  the 
then  new  and  commodious  county  jail  at  May- 
ville.  This  was  in  1833.  In  the  fall,  of  that 
year,  he  moved  to  Jamestown,  where  he  work- 
ed at  his  trade  until  cold  weather  put  a  stop  to 
outside  work.  After  spending  the  winter  with 
his  parents  he  returned  to  Jamestown  in  the 
spring  of  1834,  and  resided  there  until  his 
death.  He  followed  his  trade  until  incapaci- 
tated by  age,  then  retired.  He  was  a  hard- 
working, industrious  man,  very  positive  in  his 
nature,  quick  to  resent  an  injury,  but  just  as 
quick  to  forget  and  forgive  one,  honest  and 
charitable,  a  good  neighbor,  a  loving  husband 


and  father.  He  usually  supported  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  was  an  earnest,  devoted  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
married  (first),  in  1835,  Elizabeth  Thayer, 
born  January  13,  181 1,  who  died  March  i, 
1850.  He  married  (second)  Ann  Hollenbeck, 
who  survived  him.  Children  of  first  marriage ; 
four  died  in  infancy  and  childhood;  those  who 
reached  matufe  years:  i.  Phoebe  Ann,  married 
H^nry  J.  Whallon,  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania ;  she 
died  December  26,  1878,  leaving  seven  daugh- 
ters. 2.  Frank  Benjamin.  3.  Frederick  George, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second  mar- 
riage; two  died  in  infancy:  EHzabeth  A.  (de- 
ceased), married  F.  S.  Morgan. 

(VII)  Frederick  George,  son  of  Datus  En- 
sign and  his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  (Thayer) 
Bush,  was  born  at  421  East  Second  street, 
Jamestown,  New  York,  March  5,  1846.  He 
was  educated  in  Jamestown  Academy,  and, 
when  a  lad  of  thirteen  years,  began  learning 
the  trade  of  mason,  under  the  direction  of  his 
father.  He  continued  with  him  several  years, 
becoming  not  only  an  expert  workman,  but  also 
thoroughly  informed  as  to  the  best  methods  of 
construction.  He  then  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  brother,  Frank  Benjamin.  One  of 
his  first  contracts  was  the  erection  of  the  Henry 
Smith  Cotton  Mills,  at  Jamestown.  He  also 
erected  several  school  buildings  in  that  city, 
one  of  which  is  the  building  located  on  the 
comer  of  West  Third  street  and  Fairmount 
avenue.  He  also  built  the  "Osmer  block,''  in 
1884.  He  and  his  brother  built  what  is  now 
known  as  the  Dolan  block,  one  of  the  large 
structures  in  Jamestown.  A  most  important 
building,  erected  by  Mr.  Bush,  and  one  that 
materially  added  to  the  architectural  beauty  of 
the  city,  is  the  "Frederick,"  on  East  Second 
street.  The  lower  floor  of  this  building  is  de- 
voted to  stores,  the  three  upper  floors  are 
divided  into  commodious  apartments  for  fam- 
ilies. No  expense  was  spared  to  make  this  a 
thoroughly  modern  apartment  block,  both  in 
beauty  of  finish  and  in  convenient  appliances, 
electrical  and  mechanical.  For  four  years  Mr. 
Bush  was  a  partner  in  the  planing  mill  firm  of 
Peterson  &  Bush.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Edwin  Schultz  &  Company,  paint 
dealers,  later  Bush  &  Freeman,  then  F.  G. 
Bush.  In  1909  Mr.  Bush  sold  to  the  Northrup 
Paint  Company  and  retired  permanently  from 
active  business  life.  Mr.  Bush  built  many 
dwellings  in  East  Jamestown  and  sold  them. 
He  was  active  in  building  up  the  city.    He  is  a 


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self-made  man.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  politically  a  Pro- 
hibitionist. 

He  married  (first),  October  i,  1866,  Emma 
A.  Hewitt,  born  January,  1845,  died  May  12, 
1869.  He  married  (second),  October  8,  1878, 
Kathryn  Conet,  born  in  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  January  10,  1858,  daughter 
of  John  and  Maria  T.  (Case)  Conet.  Child 
by  first  marriage :  Frederick  Lincoln,  born  JuJy 
16,  1867 ;  married  Nora  Rappole.  John  Conet, 
a  descendant  of  John  F.  and  Mary  (Rice) 
Conet,  was  born  in  Johnstown,  Montgomery 
county,  New  York,  March  26,  1824.  He  mar- 
ried Maria  T.  Case,  born  in  Ellington,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  March  13,  1830. 


The  American  ancestor,  so  far  as 
ORMES    known  at  present,  of  the  Orms 

or  Ormes  family  of  Jamestown, 
New  York,  was  John  Orms,  of  Watertown  and 
Spencer,  Massachusetts.  The  name  is  spelled, 
by  his  descendants,  Orme,  Ormes  and  Orms. 
John,  the  ancestor,  used  the  latter  form.  The 
family  have  furnished  the  world  with  many 
noted  physicians,  beginning  with  the  second 
generation,  continuing  to  the  present.  Dr. 
James  Orms,  1709-85,  was  the  first  practicing 
physician  of  Spencer,  Massachusetts.  Dr.  Cor- 
nelius Ormes,  for  thirty  years  a  practicing 
physician  of  Panama,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  is  credited  with  being  the  first 
surgeon  in  the  United  States  to  successfully 
operate  on  and  remove  the  ovaries. 

(I)  John  Orms  settled  in  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, as  early  as  1706.  He  purchased 
land  in  Spencer,  Massachusetts,  whither  he  re- 
moved, and  died  April  12,  1755.  He  married, 
March  24,  1704-05,  Elizabeth  Phillips,  who 
survived  him  thirty  years,  and  died  May  19, 
1785,  aged  one  hundred  years  five  months  nine 
days.  Children:  1.  John,  born  October  16, 
1706,  died  July  16,  171 5.  2.  James,  born  Octo- 
ber 19,  1709,  died  1785 ;  was  the  first  practicing 
physician  of  Spencer,  Massachusetts;  married 
(first),  1733,  Frances  Hinds,  (second),  1736, 
Rachel  How,  (third),  1742,  Tabitha  Wright. 
3.  Jonathan,  of  further  mention.  4.  John,  born 
July  24,  1716;  moved  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  5.  Sarah,  born  August  24,  1721.  6. 
Elizabeth,  born  February  2,  1725. 

(H)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(PhilHps)  Orms,  was  born  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  October  27,  1712.     He  settled 


in  Spencer,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  and 
among  his  children  was  a  son  Jonathan. 

(HI)  General  Jonathan  (2)  Orms,  son  of 
Jonathan  "(i)  Orms,  was  born  October  20, 
1764,  at  VVindham,  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
carpenter  and  millwright.  He  settled  in  Fair 
Haven,  \'ermont,  about  1788,  stopping,  for  a 
time,  at  Pittsfield,  Vermont.  He  was  engaged, 
by  Dr.  Simeon  Smith,  in  building  a  forge  on 
the  west  side  of  the  falls,  which  he  afterward 
owned,  and  on  which  he  built  the  saw  and 
grist  mills  so  long  known  as  "Orms  Mills.'' 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  in  the  West 
Haven  part  of  the  town,  afterward  lived,  for 
many  years,  south  of  the  highway,  in  Fair 
Haven.  He  built  his  two-story  dwelling  there, 
in  1804.  He  filled  many  town  offices,  and  was 
general-in-chief  of  all  the  militia  in  Vermont 
during  the  war  of  181 2,  and  had  his  head- 
quarters in  Bennington.  He  removed  to  Castle- 
ton  Corners  in  1842,  and  died  there,  August 

4,  1850,  aged  eighty-five  years.  He  is  buried 
by  his  first  wife,  in  West  Haven.  He  married 
f first),  about  1790,  Eunice  Hines,  died  in 
West  Haven,  March  27,  1824,  aged  fifty-five 
years.  He  married  (second)  a  widow,  Annah 
(Doyle)  Gaines,  died  January  14,  1837,  aged 
sixty-seven  years.  He  married  (third)  Widow 
Lura  Weston,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Lyman, 
who  survived  him.  Children  by  first  wife:  i^ 
Pamelia,  bom  1792;  lived  with  her  brother,  at 
Whitehall,  New  York.  2.  Allen,  removed  to 
Northampton,  Iowa.  3.  Sophia,  married  Alan- 
son  Loveland.  4.  Alanson,  died  aged  three 
years.  5.  Betsey,  married  John  Ransom,  of 
Poultney,  Vermont,  and  removed  to  Cleveland^ 
Ohio.  6.  Caroline,  married  Ezra  Greenough. 
7.  Dan,  born  February  13,  1804;  married 
(first)  Amelia  Gaines,  (second)   Mrs.  Sarah 

5.  Cook.  8.  Jonathan,  removed  to  Whitehall. 
New  York.    q.  Cornelius,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  Dr.  Cornelius  Ormes,  son  of  General 
Jonathan  (2  )and  Eunice  (Hines)  Orms,  was 
born  at  West  Haven,  Vermont,  August  4, 1807. 
After  receiving  a  thorough  academical  educa- 
tion he  entered  upon  the  study  of  medicine 
with  Professor  Theodore  Woodward,  at  that 
time  the  most  noted  surgeon  of  the  eastern 
states,  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from 
Castleton  Medical  College  in  1832.  After  prac* 
ticing,  for  a  time,  in  partnership  with  his  pre- 
ceptor, he  removed  to  Chautauqua  county  and 
opened  an  office  in  Panama,  February  13,  1833. 
In  that  early  day  the  inhabitants  of  this  por- 


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tion  of  the  county  and  the  adjacent  parts  of 
Pennsylvania  were  largely  engaged  in  lumber- 
ing, and  Dr.  Ormes'  surgical  experience,  ob- 
tained under  Professor  Woodward,  peculiarly 
fitted  him  for  the  exigencies  constantly  arising 
in  that  occupation.  His  ride  soon  extended 
into  northern  Pennsylvania,  then  almost  a  wil- 
derness, and  his  duties  entailed  upon  him  great 
hardships  from  the  bad  roads  which  he  was 
compelled  to  traverse,  and  the  severe  exposures 
to  which  he  was  frequently  subjected.  The 
success  which  attended  his  practice,  however, 
soon  gained  for  him  a  high  reputation,  which 
was  unceasingly  enhanced  down  to  the  time  of 
his  death.  As  the  country  became  more  fully 
occupied  and  settled  the  accidents  of  pioneer 
life  necessarily  diminished,  and  Dr.  Ormes 
turned  his  attention  to  new  fields  for  the  em- 
plo3mient  of  his  surgical  ability.  He  made  a 
special  study  of  ovarian  diseases,  and  soon 
established  a  national  reputation  for  the  treat- 
ment and  removal  of  ovarian  tumors.  During 
his  life  he  removed  a  large  number  of  these, 
and  he  continued  to  operate  successfully  for 
their  extirpation  up  to  within  a  few  months  of 
his  decease.  In  two  of  his  operations  the 
uterine  appendages  were  all  involved;  the 
tumor  in  one  being  of  the  colloid  variety,  and 
weighing  fifty-one  pounds,  while  the  uterus 
measured  eleven  inches  in  length,  was  enten- 
sively  sphacelated  from  lung  pressure  and  its 
cavity  wholly  obliterated.  The  entire  mass 
was  successfully  removed  and  the  patient  still 
lives  in  the  enjo)mrient  of  excellent  health 
( 191 1 ).  In  1863  Dr.  Ormes  removed  to  James- 
town and  the  better  field  greatly  enlarged  his 
already  extensive  practice.  In  1872  he  was 
called  to  the  chair  of  obstetrics  and  uterine  sur- 
gery in  the  Detroit  Homoeopathic  College,  and 
discharged  its  duties  with  marked  advantage 
to  the  college  and  the  cause  of  homoeopathy. 
Dr.  Ormes  was  first  instigated  to  examine  the 
new  system,  by  Dr.  Joseph  Bimstill,  then  of 
Westfield,  New  York,  afterwards  of  Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts.  After  much  study  and  a  care- 
ful comparison  of  results  from  the  old  and  the 
new  systemfs,  he  gave  in  his  adhesion  to 
homoeopathy  and  consistently  practiced  it  from 
1848  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Dr.  Ormes  was, 
at  the  time  of  his  death  and  had  been  for  many 
years,  president  of  the  Homoeopathic  Medical 
Society  of  Chautauqua  and  Cattaraugus  coun- 
ties, was  one  of  the  physicians  from  Western 
New  York  who  assisted  to  reorganize  the  state 
society  in  1861,  and  in  which  he  was  a  perma- 


nent member  at  the  time  of  his  decease ;  was  a 
member  of  the  new  Homoeopathic  Medical 
Society  of  Western  New  York,  and  "Senior" 
in  the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  he 
having  been  elected  a  member  in  1856.  In  all 
of  these  societies  he  occupied  a  prominent 
place,  and  in  all  was  the  frequent  recipient  of 
positions  of  responsibility  and  of  honor.  It 
will  thus  be  seen  that  Dr.  Ormes  was  gathered 
"like  a  shock  of  com  fully  ripe."  Few  physi- 
cians have  acquired  as  extensive  and  enviable 
a  reputation,  and  none  will  be  more  missed  by 
the  profession  for  those  genial  and  excellent 
qualities  of  manhood  which  shed  an  additional 
lustre  upon  the  achievements  of  an  intellectual 
life. 

He  died  April  20,  1886.  "Heroic  Surgery," 
Detroit  Post  and  Tribune,  under  date  of  Janu- 
ary 8,  1879,  said : 

The  account  in  to-day's  papers,  from  our  Grand 
Rapids'  correspondent,  giving  the  particulars  of  a 
wonderful  surgical  operation,  is  very  interesting,  but 
he  is  not  quite  right  in  his  statement  that  it  has  never 
before  been  done  in  this  country.  In  the  Transac- 
tions of  Homceopathic  Medical  Society  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  vol.  8,  page  550,  is  reported  a  case 
exactly  like  this»  which  occurred  at  Grand  Rapids, 
with  the  exception  that  the  patient  recovered.  The 
surgeon  was  Dr.  Cornelius  Ormes,  of  Jamestown, 
New  York,  who  has  a  widely  extended  reputation  as 
a  surgeon.  The  patient,  a  lady,  thirty-nine  years  of 
age,  had  a  cancerous  disease  involving  the  uterus 
and  ovaries.  On  the  twenty-third  of  April,  1870,  this 
entire  mass,  greatly  enlarged,  was  removed.  In  the 
following  June,  the  patient  was  about  the  house,  and, 
on  August  I,  walked  two  and  one-half  miles.  In 
1872  and  1873,  Dr.  Ormes  lectured  to  the  class  in  the 
Homceopathic  College,  in  this  city,  and,  I  have  learn- 
ed from  him,  that  the  cure  was  permanent. 

He  married,  May  4,  1835,  Angeline  J. 
Moore,  born  September  15,  1814,  died  August 
13,  1893.  Children:  Francis  D.,  of  further 
mention;  William  H.,  bom  January  11,  1843, 
died  July  4,  1854;  James  C,  August  15,  1845, 
died  November  16,  1870;  Julia  E.,  December 
23,  1846,  died  April  19, 1888,  married  David  N. 
Marvim  children :  Isabelle  and  Maud. 

(V)  Dr.  Francis  Denman  Ormes,  eldest 
child  of  Dr.  Cornelius  and  Angeline  J.  (Moore) 
Ormes,  was  born  in  the  village  of  Panama, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  April  2,  1838. 
His  preparatory  education  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools,  and,  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years, 
he  entered  Oberlin  College,  Ohio,  completing 
his  studies  at  Fort  Edward  Collegiate  Institute, 
Fort  Edward,  Saratoga  county,  New  York. 
Returning  to  Panama  he  began  the  study  of 


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medicine  with  hiis  father,  and,  in  1862,  entered 
the  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  graduating  M.  D.  in  1863.  He 
practiced  one  year  at  Panama,  then  went  to 
Jamestown,  where  he  was  associated  with  his 
father  in  practice.  As  Cornelius  Ormes  & 
Son  they  successfully  continued  until  the  death 
of  his  father.  Since  then  he  has  practiced 
alone,  having  a  well  established  practice  and 
being  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  his  city. 
He  is  surgeon  and  physician  for  the  James- 
town Street  Railway  Company  and  for  the 
Chautauqua  Traction  Company.  He  holds 
membership  in  the  leading  national,  state  and 
county  homoeopathic  medical  societies;  the 
American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy;  the  Na- 
tional Society  of  the  United  States;  Western 
New  York  Society,  and  the  Chautauqua  Coun- 
ty Society.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Jamestown 
board  of  health  and  served  as  physician  to  the 
poor.  He  is  prominent  iii  the  Masonic  order, 
belonging  to  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  Western  Sun 
Chapter,  Jamestown  Commandery,  of  his  own 
city,  and  Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  Buffalo.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  at  Franklin,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1864,  Leona,  born  May  28,  1843, 
died  April  30,  1898,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Almira  (Steward)  Glidden.  Children:  i.  Jessie, 
married  Arthur  H.  Greenlund,  and  resides  in 
Jamestown;  child,  Leona,  born  September  21, 
1905.  2.  Eh*.  Cornelius  Frank,  born  July  27, 
1874;  was  educated  in  the  New  York  College 
of  Homoeopathy,  whence  he  was  graduated 
M.  D.,  in  class  of  1900.  He  was  interne  at 
Buffalo  Homoeopathic  Hospital,  and,  in  1900, 
b^an  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  James- 
town, where  he  has  been  successful.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  state,  county  and  city  homoeo- 
pathic medical  societies,  and  of  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons^  also  chap- 
ter, commandery  and  shrine.  He  married,  No- 
vember 17,  1909,  Pauline  Backus.  3.  Grace, 
married  Joseph  W.  Graff,  and  resides  in  James- 
town ;  children :  Helen  and  Dickson.  4.  Leona, 
married  Herbert  J.  Goodwill,  and  resides  in 
Jamestown ;  child,  Francis. 

Allen  is  the  name  of  an  ancient 

ALLEN     family  in  the  county  of  Durham, 

England,  and  of  another  in  the 

county  of  Essex.     The  name,  in  early  days, 

was  spelled  A  Ion,  Alwyne,  AUeine,  Allyn,  and 

in  other  ways,  but  in  New  England,  as  well  as 


England,  the  common  spelling  is  now  Allen. 
The  first  person  of  whom  any  account  has  been 
handed  down,  bearing  the  name  Alon  or 
Alwyne,  is  the  Bard  of  Briton,  uncle  of  Carac- 
tacus,  who  had  for  ancestors  a  long  line  of 
British  kings  and  who  must  have  been  born 
at  the  very  dawn  of  the  Christian  era.  The 
next  historic  personage  of  the  name  is  "Alana. 
Chieftan,"  who  was  slain  on  the  field  of  Cam- 
Ion,  A.  D.,  542.  The  third  of  the  name  is 
**Alan,  a  saint,"  who  was  born  in  Armoricia 
(Brittany,  a  fertile  province  of  France).  He 
left  his  native  country  and  became  a  member 
of  the  College  of  Illyd,  in  Glamorganshire.  He 
had  three  sons  who  became  members  of  the 
same  college  and  distinguished  ornaments  of 
the  Welsh  church.  Alan  ( i )  **Sergeant,"  com- 
manded a  division  or  wing  of  the  army  of 
William,  at  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and  con- 
tributed largely  to  the  result  of  that  battle, 
which  gave  William  the  title  of  Conqueror. 
Alan  was  fully  rewarded  by  gifts  of  immense 
tracts  of  land,  becoming,  next  to  the  king,  the 
richest  person  in  England.  He  had  four  broth- 
ers, all  of  whom  received  lands  and  titles  and 
founded  families.  Miss  Yonge,  in  her  **His- 
tory  of  Christian  Names,"  says  that  one  of  ihe 
Alans  located  in  Scotland  and  there  married 
an  heiress  whose  grandson,  Alan,  married 
Eva,  daughter  of  the  Lord  of  Tippermur,  and 
was  both  the  progenitor  of  the  race  of  Stewart 
and  of  the  Alens  and  Aliens,  who  have  ever 
since  filled  Scotland.  From  the  earliest  days 
of  heraldry  the  Aliens  have  borne  arms.  No 
less  than  sixty-two  families  have  had  that 
honor  bestowed  upon  them  in  the  past  six  cen- 
turies. 

The  Aliens  of  Jamestown,  New  York,  de- 
scend from  Walter  Allen,  oile  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  old  Newbury  in  1640,  later  of 
Watertown,  and  died  at  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1673.  Descendants  settled  in  Prince- 
ton, Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  where 
the  progenitor  of  this  branch  settled  about  the 
time  of  the  revolution,  and  was  foully  murder- 
ed by  a  man  whom  he  had  arrested  on  a  charge 
of  murdering  his  own  father. 

(I)  Captain  Elisha  Allen  was  a  resident  of 
Princeton,  Massachusetts.  He  held  the  ap- 
pointment of  deputy  sheriff  and  was  murdered 
by  a  prisoner,  Samuel  Frost,  July  16,  1793. 
Captain  Allen  was  then  in  his  forty-eighth 
year.  He  left  a  widow,  Miriam,  and  children, 
all  born  in  Princeton :  Lavina,  born  August  20, 
1779;  Sally,  April  16,  1781 ;  Peter,  August  21, 


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1783;  Elisha,  of  further  mention;  Polly,  May 
12,  1788. 

(II)  Elisha  (2),  son  of  Captain  Elisha  (i) 
and  Miriam  Allen,  was  born  in  Princeton, 
Massachusetts,  September  5,  1786,  died  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  September  30,  1830. 
He  lived  in  Vermont  for  a  time  and  there 
married.  In  1816  he  came  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  purchased  the  lot  at  the  corner  of 
Third  and  Main  streets  (on  which  Dix  and 
Smith  were  then  erecting  a  tavern)  and  other 
property.  In  the  spring  of  1816  he  returned 
to  Vermont,  but,  in  1817,  again  came  to  James- 
town, bringing  his  wife  and  two  sons,  Au^ 
gustus  and  Dascum.  He  also  purchased  a 
farm  on  what  is  now  South  Main  street,  on 
which  he  lived  several  years.  He  also  occu- 
pied, as  a  dwelling,  a  part  of  the  house  that 
stood  on  the  present  site  of  "Allen  Square,'' 
Main  street,  where  he  died.  His  property,  at 
Third  and  Main  streets,  was  kept  as  a  hotel  by 
many  different  landlords,  and  was  destroyed  by 
the  great  fire  of  1852.  His  sons  then  erected 
a  new  building  of  brick,  known  as  the  "Allen," 
later  as  the  "Gifford  House."  • 

He  married,  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  in  the 
spring  of  1812,  Juliette  Holbrook,  born  in 
Sturbridge,  Massachusetts,  June  6,  1790.  Chil- 
dren, first  two  born  in  Wardsboro,  the  others 
in  Jamestown:  i.  Augustus  Franklin,  gi  fur- 
ther mention.  2.  Dascum,  born  September  5, 
1815,  died  in  Jamestown,  April  7,  1872;  he 
grew  to  manhood  in  that  village  and  became  a 
wealthy  lumberman,  known  from  Jamestown 
to  Cincinnati  as  the  "big-hearted  lumberman" ; 
his  fortune  was  somewhat  impaired  by  his 
goodness  of  heart;  he  could  see  no  friend  in 
trouble  and  his  unbounded  credit  was  at  their 
service,  the  result  being  that  he  had  to  pay 
large  sums  to  protect  paper  on  which  he  was 
the  endorser.  He  married,  November  14,  1839, 
Susan  W.  Darling ;  children :  Horace  F. ;  Mary 
Eveline,  died  in  infancy ;  Florence  A.,  married 
Charles  W.  Grant,  and  Frank  H.  3.  Adeline, 
born  December  23,  181 7,  died  in  Jamestown, 
December  29,  185 1.  4.  Prudence  Olivia,  born 
May  13,  1821,  died  in  Jamestown,  January  12, 
1854.  5.  Abner  Holbrook,  born  August  10, 
1823,  died  in  1846. 

(III)  Augustus  Franklin,  eldest  son  of 
Elisha  (2)  and  Juliette  (Holbrook)  Allen, 
was  born  in  Wardsboro,  Vermont,  December 
13,  1813.  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1875.  He  was  a  child  of  three  years 
when  his  parents  came  to  Jamestown,  and  a 


lad  of  seventeen  years  when  his  father  died, 
when  he  became  the  recognized  head  of  the 
family.  He  attended  the  academies  at  Fre- 
donia  and  Jamestown,  acquiring  a  good  Eng- 
lish education.  While  yet  a  minor  he  became 
engaged  in  the  mercantile  and  lumbering  busi- 
ness in  association  with  his  younger  brother, 
Dascum,  which  they  conducted  extensively  and 
with  much  profit.  Later  another  brother,  Ab- 
ner H.,  was  admitted.  The  brothers  continued 
in  successful  business  until  1846,  when  they 
dissolved  and  divided  the  property,  Dascum 
continuing  the  lumber  business  which  later  be- 
came Allen  &  Maurice.  Augustus  F.  Allen,  in 
1848,  became  a  partner  of  Daniel  H.  Grandin, 
in  woolen  manufacturing.  In  1867  the  firm 
of  Allen,  Preston  &  Company  Vas  formed,  of 
which  he  was  a  member  until  death.  This  gives 
little  idea  of  Mr.  Allen's  importance  in  the 
village  of  Jamestown  and  the  town  of  EUicott. 
He  stood  in  the  front  rank  of  energetic  busi- 
ness men.  No  man  did  more  in  building  up 
the  interests  of  Jamestown  than  he.  Nor  was 
his  activity  confined  to  business,  but  he  gave 
much  time  to  the  public  service.  He  served 
as  supervisor  as  often  as  his  other  duties  would 
permit,  some  seventeen  terms  in  all.  In  1867 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  state  consti- 
tutional convention  and  bore  an  honorable  part 
in  the  deliberations  of  that  body.  Although  a 
Republican  he  accepted,  in  1867,  nomination 
as  an  independent  candidate  for  the  state  sen- 
ate, but  was  defeated.  In  1874,  having  be- 
come fully  allied  with  the  "liberal  Republicans" 
who  fused  with  the  Democrats,  he  was  nomi- 
nated and  elected  to  congress.  His  health  had 
been  failing  and  he  was  poorly  equipped  for 
the  strain  of  the  hotly-contested  campaign 
which  resulted  in  his  election.  He  broke  down 
and  before  his  family,  who  were  in  Europe, 
could  reach  him  he  was  dead.  He  literally 
"died  in  the  harness."  He  took  active  part  in 
the  prosecution  of  the  civil  war.  In  early  life 
he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  a  regiment  of 
state  militia,  with  his  brother  Dascum  as  lieu* 
tenant-colonel,  and  subsequently  attained  the 
rank  of  brigadier-general.  He  was  commis- 
sioned colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth 
Regiment,  New  York  Volunteers,  which  served 
in  the  civil  war,  and  for  the  purpose  of  com- 
pleting its  organization,  for  several  months  he 
gave  his  personal  attention  to  recruiting  men 
for  the  service.  For  over  forty  years  he  was 
an  active  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church; 
and  a  supporter  of  all  the  benevolences  of  the 


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village.     He  died  generally  and  genuinely  la- 
mented. 

He  married  Margaret  Cook,  who  died  Au- 
gust 22,  1885,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Alfred  Douglass,  of  further  mention. 
2.  Charlotte  A.,  bom  1851,  died  June  20,  1888, 
aged  thirty-seven  years ;  married  James  Black ; 
child,  Mabel  Virginia,  died  September  14, 1871. 

(IV)  Alfred  Douglass,  son  of  Augustus 
Franklin  Allen,  was  born  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  died  May  8,  1877.  He  was  educated  in 
the  Jamestown  schools,  and  after  completing 
his  studies  at  once  entered  the  milling  business 
at  Jamestown  with  his  brother-in-law,  James 
Black,  continuing  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
successful  business  man  and  an  exemplary 
citizen.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order  and  his  burial  service  was  conducted 
under  the  beautiful,  impressive  ceremonies  of 
the  Knights  Templar  over  a  departed  Sir 
Knight.  He  married,  September  29,  1869,  Vir- 
ginia Mahon,  daughter  of  Samuel  A.  Mahon, 
of  Fort  Wayne,  Indiana.  Children:  i.  Au- 
gustus Franklin,  of  further  mention.  2.  Al- 
fred D.  Jr.,  bom  April  19,  1877 ;  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Jamestown ;  the  Gun- 
nery, Washington,  Connecticut,  and  the  Berke- 
ly  School,  in  New  York  City.  He  served  in 
the  Spanish  war,  Forty-sixth  Regiment,  United 
States  Volunteer  Infantry,  for  one  year,  in  the 
Philippines,  after  which  he  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  in  Jamestown.  He  is  now  a 
banker  of  Oklahoma  City,  Oklahoma.  He  is 
unmarried. 

(V)  Augustus  Franklin  (2),  eldest  son  of 
Alfred  Douglass  and  Virginia  (Mahon)  Allen, 
was  bom  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1873.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jamestown ;  the  Gunnery,  Washing- 
ton, Connecticut ;  Phillips  Exeter  ( New  Hamp- 
shire) Academy;  Harvard  University  and  Buf- 
falo Law  School.  His  business  has  been  prin- 
cipally real  estate  operating.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics ;  was  supervisor,  1905-06 ;  mem- 
ber of  the  state  assembly,  1906-10,  and,  in 
191 1,  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Jamestown, 
a  position  he  now  most  acceptably  fills.  He 
served  as  second  lieutenant  of  the  Two  Hun- 
dred and  Second  Regiment,  New  York  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  during  the  Spanish- American 
war ;  is  a  member  of  the  Jamestown  Club,  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  the 
Eagles,  Moose,  and  Knights  of  Pythias.  He 
is  an  attendant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church. 


The  earliest  records  of  the 
CADWELL     Cadwell  family  do  not  indi- 

•  cate  an  earlier  settler  in  Amer- 
ica than  Thomas,  of  Hartford.  The  name 
may  be  another  form  of  Caldwell,  but  the  line 
herein  traced  has  always  held  to  the  orthograph 
as  used  herein. 

(I)  Thomas  Cadwell,  a  Welshman,  was  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  1632,  as  that  year, 
March  9,  he  bought  land,  consideration  forty- 
five  pounds.  He  was  chimney  viewer,  con- 
stable and  ferryman.  After  his  death  his 
widow  had  charge  of  the  ferry.  He  married, 
in  1668,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Robert  Wilson, 
of  Farmington,  and  daughter  of  Edward  Steb- 
bins.    Ten  children. 

(II)  Matthew,  fourth  son  of  Thomas  Cad- 
well, was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Octo- 
ber 5,,  1668,  died  there,  April  22,  1720.  He 
owned  land  near  the  Farmington  line,  but  ex- 
changed it  for  the  old  homestead.  He  mar- 
ried Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Beckly,  of 
Wethersfield.     Nine  children. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Matthew  Cadwell,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  November  30, 
1702.     He  married  and  had  a  son  John. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Cadwell, 
was  bom  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  January' 
9,  1758,  died  in  Fabius,  Onondaga  county, 
New  York,  March,  1834.'  He  enlisted  in  the 
revolutionary  army.  May,  1776,  under  Captain 
Jonathan  Wells  and  Colonel  Walcott,  serving 
eight  months.  In  March,  1777,  he  reenlisted 
under  Captain  Jared  Cone,  serving  two  months. 
In  August,  1778,  under  Captain  Richard  Pit- 
kins,  served  two  months.  In  July,  1780,  as 
sergeant,  served  three  months  under  Captain 
Booth  and  Colonel  Hezekiah  Willys.  Among 
other  operations  was  engaged  in  Sullivan's  re- 
treat from  Rhode  Island.  He  was  carried  on 
the  revolutionary  rolls  as  a  pensioner.  After 
the  war  he  settled  in  Onondaga  county.  New 
York.  He  married  Amar ,  bom  Octo- 
ber Q,  1762.    Among  their  children  was  John. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Amar 
Cadwell,  was  born  April  10, 1783,  died  Novem- 
ber 2, 1876.  He  came  with  the  family  from  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  to  Onondaga  county,  New- 
York,  settling  in  the  town  of  Fabius,  where  he 
became  a  prosperous  farmer,  owning  five  valu- 
able farms.  His  homestead  was  in  the  village  of 
Fabius  and  the  farm  which  he  cultivated  ad- 
joined it.  He  was  of  a  very  reserved  disposi- 
tion, but  had  many  friends  and  was  highly  re- 
spected.    He  was  a  Whig  in  politics,  and  a 


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member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  married  Betsey  Trowbridge,  bom  April  19, 
1788,  died  June  16,  1828.  Children:  I.  Jerusha, 
bom  Au^st  24,  1807;  married  Anson  Cad- 
well.  2.  Louisa,  bom  April  22,  1810,  died  un- 
married. 3.  John  Edwin,  of  further  mention. 
4.  Stephen  Edgar,  bom  April  15,  1815,  died  in 
the  west. 

(VI)  John  Edwin,  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Betsey  (Trowbridge)  Cadwell,  was  bom  in 
the  village  of  Fabius,  New  York,  January  11, 
1812,  died  October  13,  1883,  a  lifelong  resident 
of  Fabius,  only  a  few  years  having  been  spent 
elsewhere.  He  was  educated  in  the  village 
school,  and  leamed  the  trade  of  tanner.  When 
a  young  man  he  married  and  went  west,  set- 
tling at  Sycamore,  Illinois,  purchasing  there  a 
tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres.  He 
raised  grain  for  which  he  found  a  profitable 
market  in  Chicago.  He  prospered,  but,  after 
six  years,  sold  his  western  farm  to  his  brother, 
Stephen  Edgar,  and  returned  to  Fabius.  He 
located  on  a  farm  he  owned  north  of  the  vil- 
lage, but  later  settled  on  the  old  homestead, 
managing  the  different  properties.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  politics ;  was  path  master,  village  trus- 
tee and  held  other  offices.  He  and  his  family 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  is 
buried,  with  others  of  the  family,  in  the  family 
plot  at  Fabius.  He  married  Jemima  Sumner 
Benson,  born  in  Pomfret,  Onondaga  county, 
New  York,  1817,  died  July  19,  1872,  daughter 
of  David  and  Jane  Benson.  Before  marriage 
she  was  a  school  teacher.  Children:  i.  Sarah 
J.,  bom  November  22,  1837 ;  married  Millard 
A.  Robinson.  2.  Lucien  B.,  born  December  9, 
1839;  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war ;  died  in  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.  3.  John,  of  further  mention. 
4.  Ella,  bom  March  .29,  1844;  unmarried,  and 
lives  on  the  old  homestead  at  Fabius.  5.  A 
child  died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  John  (4),  son  of  John  Edwin  and 
Jemima  Sumner  (Benson)  Cadwell,  was  bom 
at  Sycamore,  Illinois,  June  4,  1842,  and  when 
but  a  few  months  old  was  brought  to  Fabius, 
New  York,  by  his  parents.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  spent  his  boyhood 
(lays  on  the  farm.  On  attaining  his  majority 
he  went  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  he  spent 
four  years  as  bookkeeper.  He  then  came  east 
and,  for  two  years,  was  bookkeeper  for  Mc- 
Farland,  Smith  &  Company,  of  Titusville, 
Pennsylvania.  In  1872  he  came  to  Jamestown, 
New  York,  and  formed  a  partnership  with 
Hiram  Smith,  and,   for  a  year  and  a  half, 


manufactured  sash  balances.  He  then  became 
bookkeeper  for  the  Jamestown  Woodseat  Chair 
Company,  later  becoming  a  member  of  the 
firm.  He  continued  a  partner  with  this  firm 
for  twelve  years,  then  sold  out.  He  then,  in 
partnership  with  his  son,  Eugene  Benson  Cad- 
well, organized  the  Cadwell  Cabinet  Company 
and  established  his  present  business,  manufac- 
turing telephone  booths  and  interior  fittings 
for  banks  and  public  buildings.  The  first  order 
the  company  secured  was  from  Colonel  Parker, 
of  the  Metropolitan  Telephone  Company,  and 
was  for  one  hundred  booths,  aggregating  six 
thousand  dollars.  This  was  the  largest  order 
ever  given  for  booths  at  that  time,  and  at  once 
gave  the  company  standing  and  prestige. 
They  are  a  prosperous  company  and  rated  as 
one  of  Jamestown's  most  successful  industries. 
Mr.  Cadwell  was,  at  one  time,  lieutenant  of  the 
Fenton  Guards.  He  was  a  member  of  the  EUi- 
cott  Hook  &  Ladder  Company.  Mr.  Cadwell 
resides  at  212  Lakeview  avenue,  which  he  pur- 
chased in  1899.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  and  was  chairman  of  the 
board  of  trustees ;  he  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics and  served  as  village  trustee.  Mr.  Cad- 
well was  the  last  president  of  the  village  of 
Jamestown. 

He  married  (first),  December  19,  1864,  at 
Pompey  Hill,  Onondaga  county,  New  York, 
Fannie  A.  Webb,  born  December  19,  1844, 
died  March  22,  1884,  daughter  of  Charles  E. 
Webb.  Children:  Frank  Webb  and  Eugene 
Benson,  of  further  mention.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), February  25,  1893,  Carrie  E.  Staples, 
born  September  8,  1857,  daughter  of  Alva  S. 
and  Mary  (Rouse)  Staples.  Child,  Marion 
Staples,  bom  May  12,  1895 ;  a  student  in  James- 
town high  school. 

( VIII)  Frank  Webb,  eldest  son  of  John  (4) 
and  Fannie  A.  (Webb)  Cadwell,  was  born  at 
Pompey  Hill,  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
October  19,  1868.  He  was  educated  in  public 
and  private  schools  at  Jamestown,  and  is  now 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  Cadwell  Cabi- 
net Company.  He  is  a  Republican,  a  Presby- 
terian, and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  married  Jennie 
Wilson,  daughter  of  John  T.  Wilson. 

(VIII)  Eugene  Benson,  youngest  son  of 
John  (4)  and  Fannie  A.  (Webb)  Cadwell, 
was  born  at  Enterprise,  Pennsylvania,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1870.  He  was  educated  in  public  and 
private  schools  of  Jamestown,  and  is  a  partner 
with  his  father  in  the  Cadwell  Cabinet  Com- 


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Peter  Pennock  was  a  son  of  Adonijah  and 
Betsey  Pennock,  of  Vermont,  where  Peter  was 
born.  He  settled  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
when  a  young  man,  engaged  in  brick  manu- 
facturing, and  became  prominent  in  the  early 
history  of  the  city.  He  married  Phinetta 
Southwick,  born  in  Rome,  -New  York,  who 
bore  him  ten  children :  Lucia  Ann,  of  further 
mention ;  Clarice ;  Florence ;  Alvin  ;  Louis,  and 
five  who  died  in  infancy. 

Lucia  Ann,  eldest  child  of  Peter  and  Phin- 
etta (Southwick)  Pennock,  married  (first) 
Henry  Bumham.  Children:  i.  May,  died  at 
the  age  of  forty-four  years ;  she  married  Frank 
Holcomb  and  had  a  daughter  who  died  in 
infancy,  and  a  son,  Robert  Earl  Holcomb.  2. 
John,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years. 
She  married  (second)  Charles  Templeton 
Howard.  Child,  Elizabeth  O.  Howard,  who 
resides  with  her  mother.  Mrs.  Howard  has 
been  engaged  in  the  millinery  business  in 
Jamestown  for  over  half  a  century,  and  for 
half  of  that  time  has  been  in  her  present  loca- 
tion, loi  Cherry  street.  She  has  an  establish- 
ed business  among  the  best  in  her  city,  and 
maintains  a  high  character  both  in  business  and 
private  life.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  (Scientist),  and  a  woman  thoroughly 
respected  and  esteemed. 


The  Doering  family,  herein  re- 
DOERIXG     corded,  springs  from  German 

and  Irish  ancestry,  the  Doer- 
ings  having  long  been  seated  in  Germany, 
the  Howards  in  Ireland.  The  founder  of  the 
family  in  the  United  States,  Henry  Doering, 
came,  when  young,  from  Hesse  Darmstadt, 
Germany.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and 
served  in  the  United  States  army  during  the 
Mexican  war.  After  that  war  was  ended  he 
joined  the  tide  of  emigration  westward,  finally 
locating  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  contracting  and  building.  He  became 
one  of  the  leading  men  in  his  business,  and 
erected  many  of  the  large  buildings  of  St. 
Louis.  Perhaps  his  greatest  undertaking  was 
the  placing  of  the  piers  and  masonry  for  the 
great  bridge  across  the  Mississippi,  at  St.  Louis, 
known  as  the  **Eads  Bridge,"  one  of  the  most 
important  construction  enterprises  of  that  day. 
At  times,  during  the  progress  of  that  work, 
Mr.  Doering  had  seven  hundred  and  fifty  men 
employed,  besides  a  fleet  of  scows,  steamers 
and  smaller  boats.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  the  Independent  Order 


of  Odd  Fellows ;  politically  a  Republican.  He 
married,  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  Maria  Guer- 
dan,  who  bore  him  fifteen  children,  five  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.  The  others:  Emma 
Elizabeth;  Henry,  died  young;  Henry  A.,  of 
further  mention ;  Oscar  Frank ;  Emile  Guer- 
dan ;  Ellsworth  G. ;  Harry  Hugh ;  Guido  A. ; 
Hugo  B.,  and  Alma  I. 

(II)  Henry  August,  son  of  Henry  Doering, 
was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  August  18, 
1854.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  that  city  and  Bryant  &  Stratton's  Business 
College.  His  first  employment  was  as  time 
and  bookkeeper  for  his  father,  then  largely  en- 
gaged in  contracting.  In  1877  he  came  east, 
settling  at  Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  where,  for 
seven  years,  he  successfully  engaged  in  the 
production  of  oil.  From  Bradford  Mr.  Doer- 
ing came  to  Jamestown,  New  York,  where  he 
spent' a  year  with  the  wholesale  grocery  house 
of  B.  F.  Lounsbery,  as  bookkeeper.  He  then 
formed  a  partnership  which  purchased  the 
Harrop  crockery  business,  operating  under  the 
firm  name  of  Harris,  Underwood  &  Doer- 
ing. This  firm  continued  in  successful  busi- 
ness seventeen  years,  when  Mr.  Harris  retired, 
his  interest  being  purchased  by  his  partners, 
who  continued  as  Underwood  &  Doering.  Later 
Mr.  Doering  sold  to  Mr.  Underwood  and  re- 
tired from  the  firm.  In  1909  he  opened  a 
crockery  store  on  Main  street,  moving,  after 
one  year,  to  his  present  location,  opposite  the 
New  Sherman  Hotel,  known  as  the  Jamestown 
Crockery  Company,  H.  A.  Doering,  proprietor. 
His  business  is  well  established  and  prosper- 
ous, his  lines  being  those  usually  carried  by 
crockery  houses.  He  is  also  connected  with  the 
Gurney  Ball  Bearing  Company,  which  manu- 
factured a  new  and  greatly  improved  ball  bear- 
ing, largely  used  by  automobile  makers.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  Presbyterian. 
His  fraternal  orders  are  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  the  Eagles. 

He  married,  in  St.  Louis,  October  4,  1876, 
Daisy  Howard,  bom  in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1855,  daughter  of  Charles  Temple- 
ton  and  Alvina  (Carson)  Howard.  Mrs.  Doer- 
ing is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  the  Travellers  and  Mozart  clubs,  of  James- 
town. 


This  branch  of  the  Cole  family  was 
COLE     founded  in  America  by  Rev.  Ben- 
nett Coleman,  born  in  the  parish 
of  Thules,  county  Clare,  Ireland,  August  5, 


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1754.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Dublin  Univer- 
sity, and  educated  for  the  priesthood,  but  the 
records  are  silent  as  to  whether  or  not  he  took 
holy  orders.  In  1776  he  came  to  the  American 
colonies  as  a  British  soldier,  with  the  army  of 
Lord  Howe.  He  was  in  the  battles  around 
New  York  and  at  White  Plains,  managed  to 
be  taken  prisoner  by  Captain  Lee,  of  Wash- 
ington's army.  He  was  taken  to  Washington's 
headquarters,  where  he  declared  his  wish  to 
become  a  soldier  of  the  army  of  independence, 
October  3,  1776.  He  was  enlisted  in  Troop  B, 
Second  Light  Dragoons,  under  the  name  which 
he  ever  afterward  bore,  Benjamin  Cole.  He 
was  detailed  as  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  ad- 
jutant-general, serving  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  and  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Corn- 
wallis,  at  Yorktown.  He  was  mustered  out 
of  the  service  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina, 
twelve  hundred  miles  from  Franklin,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  settled,  covering  the  dis- 
tance on  foot.  He  was  borne  on  the  rolls  as  a 
revolutionary  pensioner  until  his  death.  His 
papers,  etc.,  are  now  in  the  possession  of  Bar- 
nard F.  Salisbury,  Ellicottville,  New  York.  In 
Franklin  he  taught  school,  married  and  then 
entered  the  employ  of  the  original  American 
Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society,  traveling 
and  preaching  in  every  one  of  the  thirteen 
states  of  the  original  Union.  He  moved  his 
residence  to  Marlboro,  Vermont,  from  thence 
to  Phelps,  Ontario  county,  New  York,  finally 
coming  to  Humphrey,  Cattaraugus  county. 
New  York,  where  he  died.  He  married  Rachel 
Salisbury.  Children:  Mary,  married  General 
Phineas  E.  Maltier;  Seth,  married  Lucretia 
;  Stephen  S.,  of  further  mention;  Ben- 
jamin; Betsey,  married  Foster  B.  Salisbury; 
Sarah,  married  David  Wheeler  (2)  ;  Elijah, 
died  at  the  age  of  twenty-four  years. 

(II)  Stephen  S.,  son  of  Rev.  Benjamin  Cole, 
was  born  in  Marlboro,  Windham  county,  Ver- 
mont, 1804,  died  1877.  He  grew  up  on  a  Ver- 
mont farm  with  relatives,  remaining  until  he 
was  nineteen  years  of  age,  then,  without  a  cent 
of  money,  made  the  journey  to  Cattaraugus 
county,  settling  near  his  father,  in  Humphrey. 
He  took  up  land,  prospered,  and  added  other 
parcels,  until  his  farm  comprised  four  hundred 
acres,  on  which  he  built  a  comfortable  house. 
He  rose  to  prominence  in  public  life,  was  super- 
visor, justice  of  the  peace  many  years,  and,  in 
1850  and  1851,  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
New  York  legislature.  He  stumped  Catta- 
raugus county  for  the  first  Republican  candi- 


date, General  John  C.  Fremont,  and  was  always 
allied  with  that  party.  He  was  tendered  the 
nomination  of  his  party  for  congress  when 
Fenton  was  nominated,  but  declined  the  honor. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  recruiting  volunteers 
for  the  Union  army,  during  the  civil  war,  and 
used  his  voice  and  influence  for  the  abolition 
of  human  slavery.  He  was  a  man  of  extra- 
ordinary talents.  As  an  orator  he  was  unsur- 
passed in  the  county,  having  a  wonderful  voice 
and  a  well-stored  mind.  He  spent  his  last 
days  in  retirement  on  the  farm,  but  retained  an 
active  interest  in  public  affairs  until  his  death. 
He  was  a  generous  contributor  to  all  churches 
and  was  everywhere  regarded  a  good  man  and 
a  most  useful  citizen.  He  married,  January, 
1838,  Lemira  Precinda,  daughter  of  Alonzo  P. 
Berry,  of  Syracuse,  New  York.  Children:  i. 
Marvin  S.  2.  Rosalia,  married  (first)  Mark 
Sill,  (second)  Eugene  Reynolds;  children:  i. 
Minnie,  married,  and  had  Ona  and  Claire;  ii. 
Lemira.  3.  Helen  L.,  married  Albert  McKoon ; 
children:  i.  Bertha,  married  Frank  Hyatt,  of 
Auburn,  New  York,  eight  children;  ii.  Vera, 
married  L3mian  Phipps,  two  children ;  iii.  Eu- 
sebia,  married  Julius  Vahue,  three  children ;  iv. 
Kitty.  4.  Delia,  married  Frank  Reynolds ;  two 
children.  5.  George  Wilson,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(HI)  George  Wilson,  youngest  son  of  Ste- 
phen S.  and  Lemira  Precinda  (Berry)  Cole, 
was  born  in  Humphrey,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  December  31,  1858.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  grammar  and  high  schools, 
and  b^^n  life  as  a  farmer,  later  going  to  Eldred, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching  in 
the  public  schools.  Deciding  upon  the  pro- 
fession of  law  he  entered  the  office  of  ex-Con- 
gressman William  G.  Laidlaw,  of  Ellicottville, 
with  whom  he  studied  law  until  1884,  when  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  spent  one  year 
as  clerk  for  Ansley  &  Davie,  then  was  taken  as 
partner  by  J.  J.  Inman,  with  whom  he  was 
associated  in  Salamanca  from  May,  1886,  to 
December,  1891,  as  Inman  &  Cole.  Until  1895 
he  practiced  alone,  then  formed  a  partnership 
with  Hon.  James  S.  Whipple,  which  existed 
until  1897.  Since  then  he  has  practiced  alone, 
with  offices  in  Salamanca.  He  was  elected 
police  justice  in  1893,  reelected  in  1896.  In 
190 1  he  was  elected  district  attorney,  reelected 
1904-07-10,  and  now  holds  that  office.  He  has 
made  a  most  creditable  record  as  a  prosecutor 
and  has  secured  some  notable  convictions.  He 
is  learned  in  the  law  and  thoroughly  skilled  in 


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its  application.  He  is  a  member  of  the  county 
bar  a3SOciation,  which  he  has  served  as  secre- 
tary. He  is  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order, 
belonging  to  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery. 
He  married,  July  23,  1902,  Lucia  E.,  born 
January  3,  1874,  daughter  of  Blanchard  B. 
and  Helena  (Ferrin)  Weber.  Children:  Irene 
Weber,  born  September  18, 1903 ;  Ruth  Marian, 
July  5,  1906.      

The  Fanchers  of  Salamanca, 
FAXCHER    New  York,descend  from  Enos 

Fancher,  of  Herkimer  county. 
New  York,  a  farmer  and  a  blacksmith,  located 
at  German  Flats.  He  married  Sally  Roberts, 
of  English  and  Welsh  parentage.  They  had 
sons:  Enos,  Rufus,  George,  John  and  William; 
daughters :  Harriet,  Sally  and  Amanda. 

(II)  Captain  William  Fancher,  son  of  Enos 
and  Sally  (Roberts)  Fancher,  was  born  at 
German  Flats,  Herkimer  county.  New  York, 
June  I,  1823,  died  May  24,  1862,  a  veteran  of 
two  wars.  His  father  died  when  he  was  yet 
an  infant,  but  his  mother  kept  her  boys  with 
her,  and  William  was  given  a  good  common 
school  education.  When  he  reached  the  age 
of  sixteen  years  he  went  to  work  with  his 
brother,  George  Fancher,  of  West  Winfield, 
Herkimer  county,  to  learn  the  blacksmith's 
trade.  He  remained  with  him  one  year,  but, 
not  liking  the  business,  he  left  and  enlisted  in 
the  United  States  regular  army,  July  13,  1841, 
for  a  term  of  five  years.  He  enlisted  in  Al- 
bany, and  was  honorably  discharged  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  at  New 
York  City,  July,  1846,  having  attained  the 
rank  of  first  sergeant.  Company  F,  Second 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry.  He  saw 
hard  service  during  these  five  years,  first  in 
Florida  against  the  Indians,  and  with  General 
Scott's  army  during  the  Mexican  war.  He 
fought  in  many  of  the  battles  of  that  war,  and 
was  present  at  the  taking  of  the  city  of  Mexico, 
and  the  battles  preceding  its  surrender  to  Gen- 
eral Scott.  After  the  close  of  the  Mexican 
war  he  was,  for  some  time,  engaged  as  recruit- 
ing officer  for  the  United  States  army.  After 
his  discharge  from  the  army,  in  1846,  he  en- 
listed in  the  United  States  navy,  serving  four 
years,  and  gaining  the  rank  of  lieutenant.  Dur- 
ing this  period  he  saw  service  in  foreign  waters, 
his  vessel  being  part  of  the  fleet  sent  to  China 
and  Japan.  He  was  honorably  discharged  in 
San  Francisco,  in  1850,  and,  for  a  time,  was 
employed  in  the  custom  house  in  that  city.    In 


the  spring  of  1851  he  joined  his  brother,  John 
Fancher,  at  Leon,  New  York,  and  with  him 
worked,  for  a  year,  at  the  blacksmith's  trade. 
At  the  end  of  the  year  the  brothers  bought  a 
fann  of  one  hundred  and  forty-six  acres  in  the 
east  part  of  the  town  of  Leon,  which  Lieuten- 
ant Fancher  cultivated  until  the  outbreak  of 
the  civil  war.  He  was  popular  in  the  town  and 
held  the  office  of  supervisor  as  well  as  other 
responsible  positions.  In  the  spring  of  1861 
a  company  of  home  guards  was  formed  in  the 
town,  of  which  he  was  elected  captain.  In 
September,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  United 
States  army  and  was  commissioned  captain 
of  Company  K,  Sixty-fourth  Regiment,  New 
York  Volunteers.  He  saw  active  service  with 
his  regiment  until  the  latter  part  of  March, 
1862,  when  he  was  stricken  down  by  typhoid 
fever.  May  i,  of  that  year,  he  was  granted  a 
furlough  and  returned  home.  He  reached  the 
residence  of  his  father-in-law,  Thomas  Mills, 
May  17,  and  died  there.  May  24,  1862.  He 
was  a  brave  soldier,  a  good  citizen,  a  man  of 
strict  integrity  and  was  held  in  the  highest 
esteem. 

He  married,  September,  1852,  Lydia  Mills, 
bom  December  15,  1832,  in  Leon,  died  May  9, 
1886,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Nancy  (Mc- 
Lauthlin)  Mills,  and  granddaughter  of  David 
McLauthlin.  Children:  i.  Evangeline,  bom 
June  22,  1853;  married,  January  21,  1872,  Dr. 
Alvin  A.  Hubbell;  child,  Beulah,  born  June 
27f  1873,  married,  January  19,  1895,  Ernest 
Ward  Olmstead,  and  has  Ward  Hubbell,  bom 
August  28,  1897,  and  Richard  Hubbell,  July 
24,  1900.  2.  Albert  T.,  of  further  mention. 
Captain  William  Fancher  is  buried  at  Leon 
Center. 

(Ill)  Albert  T.,  only  son  of  Captain  Will- 
iam and  Lydia  (Mills)  Fancher,  was  born 
January  18,  1859,  in  the  town  of  Leon,  Catta- 
raugus county.  New  York.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  at  Chamberlain  Insti- 
tute. He  engaged  in  farming  and  mercantile 
business  for  mafty  years  in  Leon,  but  has 
always  been  heavily  interested  in  oil  produc- 
tion. He  is  president  and  manager  of  the 
Finante  Oil  Company,  operating  wells  in  In- 
dian Territory  and  Oklahoma.  He  owns  many 
valuable  oil  properties  that  have  made  him  a 
wealthy  man,  and  are  still  producing  large 
quantities.  Mr.  Fancher  is  a  man  of  great 
energy  and  business  ability,  and  the  success 
that  has  come  to  him  has  been  fairly  earned. 
Reverses    have    never    discouraged    him,  but 


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rather  spurred  him  on  to  greater  effort.  He 
has  given  much  time  to  the  public  service,  both 
in  county  and  state.  He  was  supervisor  four 
years,  clerk  of  Cattaraugus  county  three  years ; 
member  of  the  state  assembly  four  consecutive 
terms,  1898-1902;  member  of  the  state  senate, 
elected  in  1892  by  a  plurality  of  twelve  thou- 
sand, reelected  to  the  senate,  in  1904,  by  a 
plurality  of  fifteen  thousand,  reelected  in  1906 
by  a  plurality  in  excess  of  ten  thousand.  He 
served  on  the  important  senate  committees: 
Indian  affairs,  (chairman);  railroads;  insur- 
ance, (chairman);  internal  affairs;  engrossed 
bills;  railroads,  commerce  and  navigation; 
military  affairs  and  agriculture.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  committees  on  insurance  during 
his  last  term,  and  of  Indian  affairs  during  his 
first  two.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and 
affiliated  with  many  of  the  fraternal  and  social 
organizations  of  SalamancSi.  He  is  identified 
with  the  financial,  industrial  and  commercial 
development  of  his  village,  in  which  he  takes 
a  deep  interest.  He  married  Mayme  Darragh, 
January  26,  1909. 

The  surname  Whitmore  is 
WHITMORE    identical  with  Whittemore, 

the  former  being  the  more 
common  spelling  in  the  English  family.  The 
name  is  of  local  origin,  the  family  taking  their 
name  from  the  Manor  of  Whitmore,  or  Whyte- 
mere,  of  Staffordshire.  England.  This  manor 
was  granted  by  the  '^Conqueror''  to  Ricardus 
Forestariers,  according  to  the  Book  of  Domes- 
day, 1086.  He  had  as  tenants  Ulfac,  Aldwin, 
Amulf  and  Avisa,  the  latter  it  is  supposed 
being  the  Saxon  owner  of  the  place.  Avisa  de 
Whitmore  also  held  lands  from  the  Conqueror 
in  other  parts  of  England.  The  English  line- 
age is  traced  from  iioo  through  sixteen  gen- 
erations to  Thomas  Whittemore  ( 2 ) ,  the  Amer- 
ican ancestor,  born  in  Hartfordshire,  England, 
came  to  New  England  prior  to  1640,  settled  at 
Charlestown  (Maiden),  Massachusetts.  He 
had  three  wives  and  thirteen  children.  The 
line  of  descent  is  through  his  second  son  Dan- 
iel, his  son  John,  his  son  David,  who  settled  in 
Litchfield,  New  Hampshire.  His  son  Jacob, 
bom  1746,  in  Litchfield,  married  Eliza  Davis. 

(VI)  Eli,  son  of  Jacob  Whitmore,  came  to 
Onondaga  county.  New  York,  settling  in  the 
town  of  Skaneateles,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing. He  married  and  had  children:  Elias,  of 
whom  further,  and  Abram  (q.  v.). 

(VII)  Elias,  son  of  Eli  Whitmore,  was  born 


September  22,  1802,  died  October  5,  1875.  He 
came  to  Onondaga  county  with  his  father, 
married  there,  and,  in  1828,  with  his  wife, 
came  to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York.  They 
traveled  in  a  sled  drawn  by  two  oxen,  with 
all  their  belongings  packed  on  the  sled.  Elias 
settled  in  the  town  of  Sherman  on  lot  i,  range 
14,  which  he  purchased  from  the  Holland  Land 
Company.  His  lot  contained  one  hundred  acres 
for  which  he  paid  one  dollar  and  a  quarter  per 
acre.  He  cleared  his  farm  and  lived  there 
until  his  death,  well  known  and  respected.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  first  a 
Whig,  later  a  Republican. 

He  married,  in  1827,  Betsey  Norton,  born 
October  11,  181 1,  died  November,  1888,  daugh- 
ter of  Eland  Norton  and  granddaughter  of 
Major  Norton,  of  Onondaga  county,  an  officer 
of  the  revolution.  He  died  at  the  great  age  of 
one  hundred  and  eight  years.  Children  of 
Elias  Whitmore :  i.  Amelia  T.,  born  December, 
1829,  died  1898;  married  Helenas  H.  Hawks. 
2.  David  R.,  July,  1831,  died  October,  1875:  a 
veteran  of  Company  E,  Ninth  Regiment,  New 
York  Cavalry.  3.  Eli  (2),  April  30,  1833, 
died  September,  1850.  4.  Sarah,  September 
22,  1837;  married  George  W.  Rice.  5.  Jabez. 
1839,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Qiarles  W^,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  7.  Esther,  November,  1843 : 
married  William  H.  Hubbard.  8.  Alice,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1853,  died  1899;  married  Burt  Moore. 

(VIII)  Charles  Willard,  sixth  child  and 
third  son  of  Elias  and  Betsey  (Norton)  Whit- 
more, was  born  in  a  log  house  in  Sherman, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  June  21,  1841. 
He  was  educated  in  public  and  private  schools, 
working  on  the  farm  during  the  summer 
months.  At  the  age  of  nineteen  years  he  began 
teaching,  boarding  around  among  the  patrons 
of  the  school.  His  salary  was  one  dollar  per 
day.  On  April  20,  1861,  being  not  yet  twenty 
years  of  age,  he  enlisted,  for  three  months,  in 
the  Sixty-eight  Regiment,  New  York  militia. 
His  regiment  drilled  in  Jamestown,  but  the 
term  of  service  of  the  men  expired  before  the 
regiment  was  mustered  in.  On  May  28,  1861, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Seventy-second 
Regiment,  New  York  Infantry,  as  a  private. 
He  was  mustered  into  the  United  States  serv- 
ice at  Staten  Island,  New  York,  his  being  the 
first  company  to  leave  Chautauqua  county  for 
the  front.  He  served  his  time  in  the  Seventy- 
second,  and,  December  7,  1863,  reenlisted  in 
Company  L,  Fifteenth  Regiment,  New  York 
Cavalry;  on  June  17,  1865,  he  was  transferred 


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NEW  YORK. 


Ill 


to  Company  L,  Second  New  York  Provisional 
Cavalry.  He  was  honorably  discharged,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1865,  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  and 
paid  off  at  Elmira,  New  York.  He  then  return- 
ed to  his  home  iil  Chautauqua  county,  where 
he  followed  agriculture  until  1872.  He  then 
became  a  book  agent,  at  which  he  was  very 
successful.  He  sold  Grant's  "Tour  of  the 
World*'  and  Blaine's  "Twenty  Years  in  Con- 
gress," in  the  meantime  studying  law  and  fit- 
ting himself  for  that  profession.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  New  York  bar  in  1881,  practiced 
until  1885  in  Chautauqua  county,  then  moved 
to  the  state  of  Kansas,  where  he  took  up  a 
homestead  under  the  "Soldiers  Act."  He  re- 
ceived his  patent  from  the  government  after  a 
year's  residence,  and»  in  1889,  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  state  courts,  and,  in  1891,  was 
admitted  to  the  supreme  court.  A  new  county 
was  organized  and  he  was  given  the  privilege 
of  naming  it  after  his  old  New  York  home  and 
birthplace,  Sherman.  In  1896  he  was  elected 
judge  of  the  probate  court  of  Sherman  county, 
holding  until  1900.  In  1901  he  disposed  of  his 
Kansas  interests  and  returned  to  Chautauqua 
county,  later  setthng  at  Jamestown,  where  he 
has  an  office.  He  has  retired  from  active  prac- 
tice, his  business  being  pension  attorney,  money 
brokerage  and  real  estate. 

Judge  Whitmore  has  given  a  great  deal  of 
time  and  interest  to  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  having  helped  to  organize  several 
posts.  In  1866  he  was  one  of  the  organizers 
of  the  post  at  Panama,  Chautauqua  county: 
was  a  charter  member  and  an  organizer  of 
James  M.  Brown  Post,  of  Jamestown,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1882,  also  Sheldon  Post,  Sherman,  New 
York,  of  which  he  was  the  first  adjutant  and 
later  commander.  In  1884  and  1885  he  was 
assistant  department  inspector  of  the  state  of 
New  York.  On  going  to  Kansas  he  took  a 
transfer  from  his  own  post  and  at  Good  Land, 
Kansas,  organized  William  S.  Robertson  Post, 
No.  428,  of  which  he  was  commander,  and 
also  assisted  in  organizing  Black  Eagle  Post, 
No.  453,  at  Horton,  Kansas.  In  1891  he  took 
a  transfer  from  William  S.  Robertson  Post 
and  joined  Lincoln  Post,  No.  i,  at  Topeka, 
Kansas.  On  May  7,  1909,  he  transferred  and 
rejoined  James  M.  Brown  Post,  at  Jamestown, 
New  York,  which  he  helped  to  organize  before 
removing  west.  He  is  a  life  member  of  Siloam 
Lodge,  No.  225,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
at  Topeka,  Kansas,  having  been  complimented 


by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  lodge  and  given  a 
life  membership,  in  response  to  his  request  for 
a  demit  after  coming  east.     He  is  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married  (first)  Helen  Sabin.  born  May 
10,  1850,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  Sabin,  of 
French  Creek,  New  Y'ork.  Child:  William 
Leverne,  bom  January  15,  1869,  died  March 
15,  1879..  His  wife  died  January  10,  1891. 
He  married  ( second ) ,  January  28,  1901,  Jennie 
Smith,  born  May  18,  1849. 


The  name  is  used  in 
WH ITTEMORE     England  and  America  in 

both  forms,  W^hitmore 
and  Whittemore,  members  of  the  same  family 
using  both  spellings. 

( VII )  Abram  Whittemore,  son  of  Eli  Whit- 
more (q.  v.),  was  born  in  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  continued  his  residence  until  death. 
He  was  engaged  in  manufacturing.  He  mar- 
ried Martha  Marshall.  Children:  Amos,  a 
farmer :  Rev.  Joseph  Richards,  whose  son  is  a 
graduate  of  Amherst  College  and  a  minister  of 
the  Congregational  church :  Paul  Cragin ;  John 
Mark ;  Abram ;  Martha ;  Mary. 

(VIII)  Abram  (2),  son  of  Abram  (i) 
Whittemore,  was  born  on  the  New  Hampshire 
farm,  February  8,  1823,  died  October  4,  1902. 
in  Wilkes-Barre,  Pennsylvania.  He  resided  in 
the  west  for  many  years,  going  to  Milwaukee. 
Wisconsin,  about  1848.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  book  business  there  until  1902,  member  of 
firm  of  Rood  &  Whittemore,  and  then  came  to 
Wilkes-Barre.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  and  for  many  years  was 
clerk  of  Plymouth  Church  in  Milwaukee.  He 
married,  October  4,  1854,  in  Milwaukee,  Sarah 
Cornelia  Stoddard,  daughter  of  Lyman  Stod- 
der  (see  Stodder  VIII).  Children:  i.  Mary 
Cornelia,  of  Buffalo.  New  York.  2.  Charles 
Albert,  of  Withee,  Wisconsin.  3.  Arthur  C. 
of  East  Aurora,  New  York.  4.  Gertrude  A., 
died  in  infancy.  5.  George  Abram,  died  young. 
6.  Sarah  Estelle,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Foristall 
Grahame,  an  osteopathic  physician  of  Ham- 
burg, Erie  county.  New  York.  8.  Hartford, 
deceased,  g.  Marion  Alice,  graduate  of  the 
Atlantic  School  of  Osteopath,  D.  O. ;  now  in 
practice  in  Buffalo.  Mrs.  Abram  Whittemore 
survives  her  husband,  residing  at  No.  302  Hud- 
son street,  Buffalo. 


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(The  Stodder  Line). 

The  name  is  derived  from  the  office  of 
standard  bearer,  and  was  anciently  written  De 
la  Standard.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  ancient 
family  of  Stodder  or  Stoddard  of  London  is : 
Sable :  three  etoiles  and  a  bordure  gules.  Crest : 
Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  a  demi  horse,  salient 
ermine.  Motto:  Festina  lente.  In  the  office 
of  Heraldry,  England,  the  following  origin  of 
the  family  in  England  is  found:  "WilHam 
Stoddard,  knight,  came  from  Normandy  to 
England  with  VVilliam  the  Conqueror,  who 
was  his  cousin.  Of  his  descendants  there  is 
record  of  Richard  Stoddard,  of  Nottingham, 
Kent,  near  Eltham,  about  seven  miles  from 
London  Bridge,  where  was  located  the  family 
estate  of  about  four  hundred  acres,  which  was 
in  possession  of  the  family  in  1490,  how  much 
before  is  not  known,  and  continued  until  the 
death  of  Nicholas  Stoddard,  a  bachelor,  in 
1765."  The  name  is  found  as  Stodder,  Stodar, 
Stoddar  and  Stoddard. 

(I)  John  Stodder,  the  planter  and  ancestor 
of  all  the  famiHes  who  bore  that  surname  in 
Hingh^m,  Massachusetts,  and  vicinity,  had  a 
grant  of  land  there  in  1638.  He  was  made  a 
freeman,  May  18,  1642,  when  he  was  called 
"of  Hull.''  The  Christian  name  of  his  wife, 
whom  he  probably  married  in  England,  was 
Anna  or  Hannah.  John  Stodder  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1661.  His  will  mentions  three  sons 
and  one  daughter.  Children:  John,  Hannah, 
Elizabeth,  Daniel,  Samuel. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Stodder,  the  emi- 
grant, was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
June  14,  1640,  died  September  16,  1731,  aged 
ninety-one  years.  He  was  selectman  in  1691, 
and  known  as  "sergeant."  He  married  (first), 
January  6,  1666.  Elizabeth  Gill,  baptized  in 
Hingham,  June,  1647,  died  May  8, 1693,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Otis)  Gill.  He 
married  (second),  January  12,  1699,  Mrs. 
Martha  (Beal)  Chubbuck.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Elizabeth,  Tabitha,  Samuel,  Mary,  Ste- 
phen, Thomas,  Simon,  Rachel,  Jeremiah,  Jon- 
athan; David,  died  young;  David. 

(HI)  Jeremiah,  son  of.  Samuel  Stodder, 
was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1683,  died  May  4,  1763.  He  followed 
the  trade  of  shipwright  in  Hingham.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  (surname  unknown),  who  died 
December  18,  1775,  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
Children:  Jeremiah,  Zebulon,  Elizabeth,  Sea- 
burf,  Elijah,  Samuel,  John,  Mary,  Noah,  Reu- 
ben. 


(IV)  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  (i) 
Stodder,  was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
November  7,  1709,  died  July  2,  1790.  He  fol- 
lowed his  father's  trade,  shipwright.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  June  12,  1729,  Sarah  Macvarlo, 
born  in  Hingham,  March  2,  171 1,  died  January 
29*  1775-  fi^  married  (second)  Mrs.  Lydia 
(Vickery)  (Low)  Goold,  widow  of  Joshua 
Goold,  her  second  husband.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Isaiah,  Sarah,  James,  Mary,  Jeremiah, 
Sarah,  Enoch,  David;  Rhoda,  died  young; 
Matthew,  Rhoda,  Huldah,  Elizabeth,  Noah. 

(V)  Jeremiah  (3),  son  of  Jeremiah  (2) 
Stodder,  was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
May  5,  1738.  He  moved  to  Bellingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  died.  He  married,  March 
13,  1760,  Rebecca  Bates,  born  in  Hingham, 
November  9,  1740,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mar- 
tha (Clark)  Bates.  Children:  Elijah,  Elzekiel. 
Jeremiah,  Rebecca. 

(VI)  Ezekiel,  son  of  Jeremiah  (3)  Stod- 
der, was  bom  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 15,  1762,  died  there,  1822,  He  married, 
October  30,  1784,  Lucy  Forrester,  of  Belling- 
ham, and  settled  in  Upton,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  marriage  is  recorded  and  the  birth 
of  his  children.  Lucy,  his  wife,  died  July  28, 
1844.  Children:  Elijah,  born  November  28, 
1785;  Ezra,  November  8,  1787,  died  young; 
Lucy,  December  11,  1788;  Lyman,  March  16, 
1 791 ;  Polly,  April  19,  1793;  Lucretia,  August 
15»  179s  J  Austin,  December  30,  1797,  died 
young;  Electa,  July  13,  1799;  Ezekiel,  August 
4,  1801,  died  young;  Hartford,  November  22, 
1803;  Rebekah,  March  14,  1807;  Rev.  Ezekiel, 
April  7,  1810. 

(VII)  Lyman,  third  son  of  Ezekiel  Stod- 
der, was  born  in  Upton,  Massachusetts,  March 
16,  1791.  He  resided  in  Upton  until  after  the 
birth  of  his  children,  who  are  all  recorded  in 
Upton  under  the  spelling  Stoddard,  his  own 
and  that  of  all  his  brothers  and  sisters  being 
Stodder  in  the  record  of  births.  In  1838  he 
located  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  until  his  death. 
He  is  buried  in  Forest  Home  cemetery  in  that 
city.  He  married,  1819,  Apphia  Colburn,  born 
in  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  1798,  died  1840. 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Marion  (Wood ) 
Colburn,  of  Lebanon,  a  descendant  of  Edward 
Colburn,  the  emigrant.  Children:  Henrietta 
Maria,  born  January  9,  1820 ;  Ezekiel  A.,  Janu- 
ary 5,  1822;  Almira  Wood,  August  25,  1824; 
Maryette  E.,  May  14,  1826;  Sarah  Cornelia, 
March  24,  1828;  Jane  A.,  twin  of  Sarah  C.  ; 


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George  L,,  born  August  2,  1831 ;  James  H., 
March  21,  1835;  Charles  C,  died  in  infancy. 
(VIII)  Sarah  Cornelia  Stoddard,  daughter 
of  Lyman  Stodder,  was  born  in  Upton,  Massa- 
chusetts, March  24,  1828.  She  married,  Octo- 
ber 4,  1854,  Abram  (2)  Whittemore  (see 
Whittemore  VIII). 

The  following  is  the  coat-of- 
WILLIAMS     arms  of  the  ancient  family 

of  Williams  in  Wales,  Lin- 
colnshire and  Yorkshire,  which  families  be- 
came one  by  marriage :  Sable,  a  lion  rampant 
argent,  armed  and  langried  gules.  Crest:  A 
cock.  The  name  of  Williams  is  very  ancient, 
and  probably  extends  throughout  the  civilized 
world.  Most  of  the  original  members  of  the 
name  were  doubtless  of  Welsh  extraction.  The 
genealogy  is  traced  by  various  writers  to 
remote  periods,  but  there  is  little  definite  infor- 
mation at  hand  prior  to  the  time  of  Oliver 
Cromwell,  the  Protector,  whom,  Carlyle  says, 
was  a  Williams.  Oliver  Cromwell  was  born 
April  25,  1599.  Carlyle  says  he  descended 
from  General  Williams,  of  Berkshire,  or  Mor- 
gan Williams,  of  Glamorganshire.  The  "Ency- 
clopedia Americana"  says  the  genealogy  of 
Cromwell  is  traced  to  Richard  Williams,  who 
assumed  the  name  of  Cromwell  from  his 
maternal  uncle,  Thomas  Cromwell,  Secretary 
of  State  to  Henry  VIII.,  and  through  William, 
ap  Yevan  ap,  to  the  barons  of  the  eleventh 
century.  Farmer  in  his  genealogy  says :  "Rob- 
ert Williams,  of  Roxbury,  was  the  common 
ancestor  of  the  divines,  civilians  and  warriors 
of  the  name  who  have  honored  the  country  of 
their  birth."  It  has  also  been  said  that  the  his- 
tory of  the  Williams  family  in  America  em- 
braces a  considerable  portion  of  the  history  of 
New  England  if  not  of  the  United  States.  The 
name  of  Roger  Williams  can  never  be  for- 
gotten while  the  city  of  Providence  stands,  nor 
can  that  of  William  Williams  as  long  as  there 
is  a  list  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  in  existence.  Military  men  of 
high  rank  have  abounded  in  every  war.  Col- 
onel Ephraim  Williams  was  the  founder  of 
Williams  College.  In  civil  life  the  name  is 
equally  prominent. 

(I)  Robert  Williams  came  from  Norwich, 
England,  in  1638,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  that  year.  He 
died  in  Roxbury,  September  i,  1693,  said  to 
have  been  nearly  one  hundred  years  of  age. 
His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Stratton,  whom 

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he  married  in  England.  She  died  July  28, 
1674,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  He  married 
(second)  Martha  Strong,  who  died  in  1704, 
in  her  ninety-second  year.  His  gravestone 
cannot  be  found  in  the  Roxbury  burying 
ground,  although  those  of  his  wife  Elizabeth 
and  his  son  Samuel  have  been  identified. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Samuel,  of  further 
mention,  Isaac,  born  1638;  Stephen,  1640*; 
Thomas,  died  young. 

(II)  Deacon  Samuel  Williams,  eldest  son 
of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  (Stratton)  Williams, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1632,  died  September 
28,  1698.  He  settled  in  Roxbury,  and  became 
a  freeman  March,  1658.  He  was  held  in  high 
repute  and  was  deacon  of  the  church  for  many 
years.  He  married  Theoda,  daughter  of 
Deacon  William  Park,  of  Roxbury,  a  man  of 
prominence,  who  came  from  England.  She 
survived  her  husband  and  married  (second) 
Stephen  Peck.  She  died  August  26,  1718. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy;  Samuel 
(2),  married  (first)  Sarah  May,  (second) 
Dorothy  (Wolf)  Dtnison;  Martha,  died  in 
childhood;  Elizabeth,  married  Stephen  Paine; 
Theoda,  died  in  childhood;  John,  of  further 
mention;  Ebenezer,  settled  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut;  Deborah,  married  Joseph  War- 
ren, she  was  grandmother  of  General  Joseph 
Warren,  who  fell  at  Bunker  Hill,  June  17, 
1775;  Martha,  married  Jonathan  Hunt;  Abi- 
gail, married  Experience  Porter;  Park,  mar- 
ried Priscilla ,  and  settled  at  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut. 

(III)  Rev.  John  Williams,  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  and  Theoda  (Park)  Williams,  was 
bom  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  December  10, 
1664,  died  at  Deerfield,  June  12,  1729.  He  was 
educated  at  Harvard  College  through  the  gen- 
erosity of  his  maternal  grandfather,  Deacon 
William  Park,  and  was  graduated  in  1683,  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years.  He  studied  for  the 
ministry  and  became  the  first  minister  to  the 
church  of  Deerfield,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
spring  of  1686.  Deerfield  was  then  a  frontier 
settlement  and  continually  exposed  to  Indian 
attack.  His  salary  was  to  be  sixty  pounds 
yearly,  later  raised  to  eighty  pounds,  "the  town 
to  pay  this  salary  to  me  in  pease,  wheat,  Indian 
corn  and  pork."  Soon  after  his  settlement  at 
Deerfield  he  married,  and  continued  as  pastor 
until  January  29,  1703,  when  Deerfield  was 
captured  and  burned  by  a  party  of  two  hun- 
dred French  and  one  hundred  and  forty 
Indians.    He,  with  his  wife  and  five  children, 


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were  made  prisoners,  his  two  youngest  sons 
were  murdered  before  his  eyes,  and  on  the 
journey  to  Canada  his  wife  was  tomahawked 
because  her  strength  failed  and  she  could  not 
keep  up  with  the  rapidly  moving  party.  Her 
body  was  shortly  afterward  found  by  a  party 
of  men  from  Deerfield  and  brought  back  and 
buried  in  the  Deerfield  burying  ground,  where 
her  gravestone  bears  this  inscription :  '*Here 
lyeth  the  body  of  Mrs.  Eunice  Williams,  the 
virtuous  and  desirable  consort  of  the  Reverend 
John  Williams  and  daughter  of  Reverend 
Eleazer  and  Mrs.  Esther  Mather  of  Northamp- 
ton. She  was  born  August  2,  1664,  and  fell  by 
the  rage  of  the  barbarous  enemy.  March  i, 
1703-4.  Her  children  rise  up  and  call  her 
blessed."  Rev.  Williams  was  carried  to  Can- 
ada and  held  prisoner  one  year  and  nine 
months,  was  then  redeemed,  and  left  Quebec 
October  25,  1706,  and  arrived  safely  at  Boston, 
November  21,  with  fifty-seven  other  ransomed 
prisoners,  among  them  two  of  his  children. 
He  accepted  a  call  from  his  old  church  and 
returned  there  in  December.  About  1709  he 
was  appointed  chaplain  in  the  army  in  the  ex- 
pedition against  Canada,  but  soon  returned. 
He  died  in  Deerfield,  aged  sixty-five  years. 
He  was  a  faithful  minister  of  the  Gospel  and 
a  writer  of  no  mean  ability.  He  was  widely 
known  and  held  in  high  estimation,  as  may  be 
learned  by  his  appointment  to  preach  to  a 
general  convention  of  clergymen  of  Massa- 
chusetts at  Boston.  His  first  wife,  Eunice 
Mather,  was  daughter  of  Rev.  Eleazer,  son 
of  Richard  Mather,  of  Dorchester,  born  in  the 
county  of  Lancaster  in  1 596 ;  she  was  a  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  John  Warham,  minister  of 
Exeter,  England,  came  to  New  England  and 
was  minister  at  Windham,  Connecticut.  His 
second  wife  was  Abigail  Allen,  cousin  of  his 
first.  She  died  June  21,  1754.  Children  of 
first  wife:  i.  Eliakim,  died  young.  2.  Rev. 
Eleazer,  born  July  i,  1688;  graduate  of  Har- 
vard College :  ordained  minister  of  the  church 
at  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  October  10,  1710. 
He  was  absent  from  Deerfield  when  the  town 
was  destroyed,  thus  escaping  the  fate  that 
overtook  the  rest  of  his  family.  He  married 
Mary  Hobart,  and  had  issue.  3.  Samuel,  was 
taken  captive  and  carried  to  Canada,  redeemed, 
returned  to  Deerfield,  where  he  died  at  the  age 
of  t\yenty-four  years ;  unmarried.  4.  Esther, 
carried  away  captive,  returned  and  married 
Rev.  John  Meacham;  no  male  issue  survived 
infancy.     5.  Stephen,  of  further  mention.  6. 


Eunice,  carried  away  captive  when  eight  years 
of  age.  When  the  others  were  redeemed  she 
was  left  among  the  Indians  and  no  money 
could  procure  her  redemption.  She  soon  for- 
got the  English  language,  became  an  Indian 
in  her  habits,  married  an  Indian,  by  name 
De  Rogers,  and  bore  him  three  children.  After 
1758  she  visited  Deerfield  in  her  Indian  dress 
and  attended  meeting  in  her  father's  church. 
Every  effort  was  made  to  persuade  her  to  leave 
the  Indians  and  remain  among  her  relatives, 
but  she  preferred  the  Indian  mode  of  life  and 
never  forsook  them.  She  lived  to  a  great  age, 
and  made  two  other  visits  to  her  childhood 
home.  7.  Rev.  Warham,  was  taken  prisoner 
with  his  father,  being  but  four  years  of  age. 
He  survived  captivity  for  three  years,  and 
after  being  graduated  from  Harvard,  1719, 
studied  divinity,  and  was  ordained  minister  of 
Watertown,  west  precinct,  now  Waltham,  June 
II,  1723,  continuing  until  February  10,  1751, 
when,  as  he  was  pronouncing  the  benediction, 
he  was  stricken  with  palsy  and  died  the  follow- 
ing June.  He  married  Abigail  Leonard  of 
Norton,  and  had  issue.  8.  John,  born  January 
15,  1703-4,  was  slain  by  the  Indians  at  the 
taking  of  Deerfield.  9.  Eliakim  (2),  died 
young.  Children  of  Rev.  John  Williams  by 
second  wife:  John,  died  young;  Eliakim; 
Elijah:  Abigail,  married  (first)  Colonel  Hins- 
dale, (second)  Colonel  Benjamin  Silliman,  no 
issue ;  Sarah,  died  aged  eighteen  years. 

(IV')  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  son  of  Rev. 
John  Williams  and  his  first  wife,  Eunice 
(Mather)  Williams,  was  born  in  Deerfield. 
Massachusetts,  May  14,  1693,  died  June  10, 
1782,  in  the  ninetieth  year  of  his  age  and  the 
sixty-sixth  of  his  ministry^  He  was  captured 
by  the  Indians,  January  29,  1703,  and  with 
his  father,  brothers  and  sister,  carried  to  Can- 
ada; was  redeemed  and  returned  to  Boston, 
November  21,  1705.  On  his  return  from  cap- 
tivity he  was  educated  at  Harvard,  graduating 
in  171 3.  He  kept  a  school  at  Hadley  one  year 
afterward,  and  then  went  to  Longmeadow, 
Massachusetts,  November  4,  17 14,  to  preach. 
He  was  ordained  minister  over  that  church 
and  society,  July  3,  1718.  He  served  his  coun- 
try as  chaplain  for  the  armies  in  three  cam- 
paigns at  Cape  Breton,  in  1745,  from  which 
he  returned  sick  to  Boston  in  December,  recov- 
ering and  returning  home  February  i,  1746. 
He  was  at  Lake  George  in  1755-56,  and  was 
chaplain  of  the  regiment  commanded  by  his 
kinsman,  Colonel  Ephraim  Williams,  killed  in 


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an  early  morning  scout,  September  8,  1755. 
In  1756  he  was  chaplain  in  the  regiment  com- 
manded by  another  kinsman,  Dr.  Thomas 
Williams,  of  Deerfield.  He  came  home  sick 
before  the  army  disbanded.  He  was  a  faithful 
chaplain,  much  loved  and  honored  by  officers 
and  men.  He  was  instrumental  in  sending  a 
missionary  to  the  Indians  at  Stockbridge, 
going  to  New  Haven,  September  9,  1734,  and 
engaging  Rev.  John  Sergeant  for  that  purpose. 
He  published  a  sermon  at  the  ordination  of 
John  Keep  at  Sheffield  in  1772,  and  left  many 
interesting  manuscripts.  He  died  in  the  sixty- 
sixth  year  of  his  active  ministry,  seven  of  his 
sons  being  present  at  his  funeral.  Yale  Col- 
lege conferred  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Divinity  in  1741,  and  Dartmouth  the  same 
honor  in  1773.  He  married,  soon  after  his 
ordination,  Abigail  Davenport,  of  Stamford, 
Connecticut,  died  August  26,  1766.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  September  6,  1767,  Sarah, 
widow  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  Burt,  and  daugh- 
ter of  David  Chapin,  of  Chicopee.  She  died 
November  10,  1790,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
Children  by  first  marriage:  i.  John,  married 
Ann  Colton ;  nine  children.  2.  Stephen,  grad- 
uate of  Yale  College ;  was  ordained  at  Wood- 
stock, Second  Society.  November,  1747;  mar- 
ried Martha  Hunt;  six  children.  3.  Eunice, 
married  William  Stebbins ;  their  child,  William 
Stebbins,  was  a  graduate  of  Yale,  and  for 
twenty-nine  years  minister  at  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut. 4.  Warham,  of  further  mention.  5. 
Ensign  Samuel,  married  Lucy  Burt ;  eight  chil- 
dren; a  daughter,  Jerusha  Mather  Williams, 
was  for  many  years  preceptress  of  Deerfield 
Academy.  6.  Lieutenant  Davenport,  died  aged 
twenty-seven  years.  7.  Martha,  married 
(first)  a  Mr.  Reynolds,  (second)  Deacon  Ely, 
of  Longmeadow.  Her  children  were  by  her 
first  husband,  who  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Peter 
Reynolds,  of  Enfield,  Connecticut.  8.  Rev. 
Nathan,  graduated  at  New  Haven  College, 
1756;  ordained  at  Tolland,  Connecticut,  April 
30,  1760,  died  April  15,  1829,  in  the  ninety- 
fourth  year  of  his  age  and  sixty-sixth  of  his 
ministry,  having  been  a  member  of  the  church 
for  seventy  years ;  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Captain  Eliakim  Hall,  of  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut. 

(V)  Rev.  Warham  Williams,  son  of  Rev. 
Stephen  and  Abigail  (Davenport)  Williams, 
was  bom  at  Longmeadow,  Massachusetts,  Jan- 
uary 7,  1726,  died  April  4,  1788.  He  was 
graduated  at  Yale  College,  1745,  after  having 


been  four  years  tutor  of  the  college.  He 
studied  divinity,  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
church  at  North  ford,  January  13,  1750,  at 
which  time  the  church  was  gathered.  North- 
ford  was  a  parish  of  Branford,  Connecticut. 
From  1769  to  1788  he  was  a  fellow  of  the  Cor- 
poration of  Yale  College,  in  which  office  and  in 
the  ministry  he  continued  until  his  death,  in 
the  sixty-third  year  of  his  age  and  thirty- 
eighth  of  his  ministry.  He  married,  November 
13,  1752,  Ann,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hall, 
of  Cheshire.  She  died  March  — ,  1776.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Whiting,  widow  of 
Colonel  William  Whiting,  of  New  Haven. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i.  Warham,  mar- 
ried Ann  Wilford.  2.  Stephen,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Samuel  Hall.  4.  Davenport,  mar- 
ried Mary  Atwater.  5.  Ann,  married  (first) 
Rev.  Jason  Atwater,  (second)  Rev.  Lynde 
Huntington,  (third)  Rev.  Barker.  6.  William 
Augustus,  married  Betsey  Chapin,  of  Hart- 
ford. 7.  Lucy,  married  Elihu  Foote.  8.  Abi- 
gail, died  young.  9.  Abigail  (2),  married  Ste- 
phen Maltby.  10.  Eunice  Kilbourne  Cooke. 
II.  Samuel.  12.  Sarah,  born  March,  1776, 
married  Dr.  Pynchon. 

(VI)  Stephen,  son  of  Rev.  Warham  and 
Ann  (Hall)  Williams,  was  born  at  Long- 
meadow, Massachusetts,  December  31,  1754. 
He  settled  in  the  town  of  Vernon,  Oneida 
county.  New  York,  about  1798,  died  there  May 
2,  1823.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  for 
many  years  had  been  chaplain  of  his  lodge. 
He  married  Eunice  Taintor.  Children:  i. 
Eunice,  married  Dr.  John  F.  Gray,  of  New 
York.  2.  Aurelia.  3.  Jonathan  Law,  died 
without  issue.  4.  Stephen,  married  and  died 
in  Vernon,  Oneida  county.  New  York,  about 
1840;  children:  Henry,  Julien,  James,  Eliza- 
beth, Abigail.  5.  Ezra,  of  further  mention. 
6.  Harry,  died  without  issue. 

(VII)  Dr.  Ezra  Williams,  third  son  of 
Stephen  and  Eunice  (Taintor)  Williams,  was 
born  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  September 
6,  1789.  died  at  Dunkirk,  New  York,  March 
25,  i860.  He  studied  medicine,  and  practiced 
his  profession  in  Utica,  New  York,  until  1820, 
when  with  wife  and  two  children  he  removed 
to  Western  New  York,  going  to  BuflFalo  by 
the  Erie  canal.  He  there  boarded  a  steam- 
boat, intending  to  go  to  Sandusky,  Ohio. 
When  they  arrived  at  Dunkirk  (a  stopping 
point  for  lake  boats)  he  was  so  impressed  with 
the  location  that  he  went  no  farther.    He  pur- 


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chased  a  farm  of  one  thousand  acres,  princi- 
pally timber  land,  cleared  a  farm,  and  ever 
afterward  lived  there.  This  home  was  at  what 
is  now  Seventh  street  and  Central  avenue,  and 
the  entire  farm  is  now  covered  with  streets 
and  dwellings.  He  divided  his  tract 'into  small 
farms  and  had  many  tenants  clearing  and  cul- 
tivating. He  erected  saw  mills,  had  a  black- 
smith shop  on  his  property,  and  was  one  of 
the  pioneer  founders  of  Dunkirk  to  whom  the 
growth  and  prosperity  of  that  city  and  section 
is  due.  He  married,  at  Utica,  New  York, 
October  4,  181 5,  Sarah  Austin  King  Clarke, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Walter  King,  of  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  a  Congregational  minister  who 
was  stricken  by  death  in  his  pulpit,  while  con- 
ducting a  service.  Sarah,  when  a  young  girl, 
was  adopted  by  her  aunt,  Mrs.  Erastus  Clarke, 
of  Utica.  Her  mother's  maiden  name  was 
Austin,  and  her  grandmother's  maiden  name 
was  Porter,  a  second  cousin  of  Peter  Porter, 
the  original  settler  at  Niagara  Falls.  Sarah  Will- 
iams died  January  6, 1856.  Children:  i. Erastus 
Qark,  bom  at  Utica,  New  York,  September  6, 
1816;  married  (first)  Corinne  M.  Webster, 
(second)  Helen  M.  O'Brien;  three  children  by 
first  wife.  2.  King  Stephen,  bom  at  Utica,  died 
aged  two  and  one-half  years.  3.  Julien  Porter, 
died  in  infancy.  4.  Emelie  Sophie,  married  at 
Ehinkirk,  October  24,  1842,  Rev.  Charles  Louis 
Hequembourg  (seeHequembourg)  ;  seven  chil- 
dren. 5.  Heloise  Electa,  married  April  22, 
1844,  Theodore  Hequembourg,  brother  of  Rev. 
Charles;  six  children;  she  died  May,  1872, 
and  he  married  (second)  Mrs.  Almeda  Gould. 
6.  King  Porter,  died  aged  two  years.  7.  Ade- 
laide Aurelie,  died  unmarried,  at  the  age  of 
forty-five  years.  8.  Julien  Taintor,  of  further 
mention.  9.  Theodora  King,  died  unmarried, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-five  years.  10.  Catherine 
Augusta,  married,  January  2,  1854,  Charles  H. 
Whitney,  of  Boston.  11.  Walter  King,  mar- 
ried, July  6,  1862,  Rebecca  Laura  Thompson ; 
two  children.  12.  Henry  George,  died  aged 
eighteen  years. 

(Vni)  Julien  Taintor,  eighth  child  of  Dr. 
Ezra  and  Sarah  King  Clarke  Williams,  was 
born  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  November  15, 
1828,  died  April  10,  1905.  His  academical 
education  was  obtained  in  the  Dunkirk  and 
Fredonia  Academies,  graduating  from  the 
latter  in  1849.  Deciding  upon  the  profession 
of  medicine,  he  entered  Buffalo  Medical  Col- 
lege, where  he  took  a  two  years'  course,  sup- 
plemented by  a  course  in  Castleton  Medical 


College,  V^ermont,  whence  he  was  graduated 
M.  D.  in  1851.    He  located  in  Dunkirk,  where 
until  1882  he  was  engaged  in  practice  of  his 
profession  and  in  the  drug  business.     In  the 
latter  year  he  purchased  the  plant  of  the  Dun- 
kirk Printing  Company,  and  later  a  newspaper 
plant,  publishing  The  Grape  Belt.    The  Dun- 
kirk Printing  Company,  of  which  he  became 
editor-in-chief,    published    the    Evening    Ob- 
server, The  Grape  Belt  and  the  Chautauqua 
Farmer,  all  influential  papers  of  Chautauqua 
county,  and  of  lasting  benefit  to  that  county 
and  the  city  of  Dunkirk.    His  sons  were  asso- 
ciated in  the  publishing  business  with  him,  and 
are  now  ( 191 1 )  still  at  the  head  of  the  corpor- 
ation.   Dr.  Williams  always  g^tve  much  of  his 
valuable  time  to  the  public  service.     In  1858 
he  was  elected  a   member    of   the    Dunkirk 
Board  of  Education,  a  position  he  held  for 
nearly  half  a  century.    In  1864  he  was  elected 
to  the  New  York  State  Assembly,  served  one 
term,  and  was  again  elected  in  1885.    In  1865 
he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Fenton  one  of 
the  three  commissioners  to  locate  and  erect 
Willard  Hospital.     In    1887   he   was  elected 
supervisor  to  represent  Dunkirk  in  the  count)' 
board,  serving  until  1891.     He  was  always  a 
firm  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
was  a  leader  in  Western  New  York.    He  was 
a  man  of  positive  convictions,  a  fearless  but 
fair  fighter,  and  had  the  respect  even  of  those 
opposed    to    him    politically.    He    was    well 
known,  and  maintained  a  high  reputation  for 
integrity  and  uprightness  of  •character.     He 
married,  at  Dunkirk,  December  15,  185 1,  Julia 
King  Thompson,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Rum- 
ford  Thompson,  bom  in  Woburn,  Massachu- 
setts, graduate  of  Harvard  College,  class  of 
1816,  and  at  his  death  in  1880  was  the  last  sur- 
vivor of  his  class ;  he  married  Eunice  Draper. 
Ebenezer  R.  was  a  son  of  Elbenezer  (i)  and 
Rhoda  (Putnam)  Thompson.    She  was  a  near 
relative  of  General  Israel  Putnam.    Ebenezer 
(i)  was  a  son  of  Hiram  Thompson,  a  soldier 
of  the  revolution,  and  first  cousin  to  Benjamin 
Thompson,  the  celebrated  "Count  Rum  ford," 
of  Massachusetts,  a  brilliant  and  much  mis- 
understood   character    of    the    revolutionary 
period.     Children  of  Dr.  Julien  T.  and  Julia 
King  (Thompson)  Williams,  all  bom  in  Dun- 
kirk, New  York:     i.  Henrietta  Clark,  bom 
September  10,   1853,    died    there   March    14, 
191 1 ;  married  Walter  Scott,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania;  children:  Walter Rumford, died 
1892;  Geraldine  Dunbar;  Maxwell  Williams; 


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Adelaide  Louise.  2.  Henry  Kirk,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Jessie  Carlisle,  married  Charles 
Watson  Hinkley,  of  Chicago,  Illinois;  child: 
Gerald  Watson,  bom  February  12,  1889.  4. 
(ieraldine,  born  October  16,  i860,  died  May 
9,  1867.  5.  Adelaide  Thornpson,  married  Dr. 
Harry  Draper  White,  of  Rome,  New  York; 
child,  Julia  Kirk  White.  6.  Mabel  Walton,  un- 
married. 7.  Gerald  Bismarck,  born  April  i, 
1870;  educated  in  Dunkirk  Union  Schools;  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Dunkirk  Printing  Company,  then  con- 
trolled by  his  father  and  brother,  was  later 
admitted  to  the  corporation,  and  in  1900  was 
elected  vice-president  and  secretary,  a  position 
he  now  fills.  He  is  editor  of  the  Evening  Ob- 
server. In  1903  he  was  appointed  private  sec- 
retary by  Lieutenant-Governor  Frank  W. 
Higgins.  He  is  a  member  of  Buffalo  Chapter 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  Young 
Men's  Association  of  Dunkirk,  and  of  other 
social  and  fraternal  organizations.  He  mar- 
ried, October  5,  1906,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
the  late  John  MacLeod,  of  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky. Oiildren :  Eunice,  born  July  25,  1907 ; 
John  MacLeod,  March  24,  191 1. 

(IX)  Henry  Kirk,  eldest  sort  of  Dr.  Julien 
Taintor  and  Julia  King  (Thompson)  Williams, 
was  bom  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  May  8,  1856. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Dunkirk  Union 
Schools,  later  entered  Cornell  University,  class 
of  1880,  he  took  a  course  in  science  and  civil 
engineering,  and  was  engineer,  in  charge  of 
the  construction  of  the  New  York,  Chicago 
and  St.  Louis  railroad,  (the  Nickel  Plate) 
between  Brocton  and  Angola.  In  1885  he  be- 
came engaged  in  the  oil  business  at  Bradford, 
Pennsylvania,  and  in  1886  was  chosen  presi- 
dent of  the  Bermuda  Oil  Company,  continuing 
until  1888,  when  he  became  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  ownership  of  the  Dunkirk  Print- 
ing Company,  and  has  ever  since  been  con- 
nected with  that  corporation  as  general  man- 
ager, and  since  1901  as  president  and  general 
manager.  The  corporation  publishes  the  Even- 
ing OJjserzfer,  a  daily  newspaper;  The  Grape 
Belt,  and  the  Chautauqua  Farmer,  a  semi- 
weekly  newspaper.  Mr.  Williams  is  a  capable, 
prosperous  man  of  business,  and  created  one 
of  the  leading  newspaper  properties  of  West- 
ern New  York.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
but  demands  clean  candidates  in  order  to  re- 
ceive the  support  of  his  papers.  He  has  never 
^>een  an  aspirant  for  office,  although  in  1896  he 

was   supervisor,    and    in    1906    member    of 


assembly  from  the  Second  Chautauqua  dis- 
trict, declining  a  renomination.  His  college 
fraternity  is  Alpha  Delti  Phi,  and  he  is  prom- 
inent in  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Dun- 
kirk Lodge,  Chapter  and  Commandery,  and 
Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of"  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
and  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  October  10,  1889,  at  Bradford, 
Pennsylvania,  May  Elizabeth  Willis,  daughter 
of  John  and  Ruth  Willis.  Children:  i.  Dor- 
othy Eunice,  bom  January  5,  1892.  2.  Julien 
Willis,  born  December  28,  1893,  ^'^d  Septem- 
ber 4,  1898.  3.  Jessie  Carlisle,  born  July  14, 
1896.  4.  Henry  Kirk  (2),  born  October  17, 
1899.  5.  Julien  Taintor  (2),  bom  October  5, 
1902. 

Nicholas,  father  of 
HEQUEMBOURG      Charles    Louis 

Hequembourg,  the 
American  ancestor  of  the  family  herein  re- 
corded, was  a  resident  of  Blangy,  diocese  of 
Rouen,  canton  of  Eu,  France,  in  1759.  He 
married  Marie  Marthe  Fauvet.  Sons :  Charles 
Louis,  of  further  mention ;  Nicholas,  and  An- 
thony. The  two  latter  are  supposed  to  have 
gone  to  Italy. 

*  (II)  Charles  Louis,  son  of  Nicholas  and 
Marie  Marthe  (Fauvet)  Hequembourg,  was 
born  as  per  the  following  copy  of  the  register 
of  baptisms,  marriages  and  burials  of  the  par- 
ish Church  of  Our  Lady,  of  Blangy,  diocese 
of  Rouen,  district  (canton)  of  Eu:  "To-day, 
Tuesday,. second  day  of  October,  1759,  by  me 
undersigned  priest,  has  been  baptized  at  the 
church  a  boy  born  yesterday,  from  the  legiti- 
mate marriage  of  Nicholas  Hequembourg, 
marshal,  and  of  Marie  Marthe  Fauvet,  his 
spouse;  has  been  named  Charles  Louis  by 
Charles  Louis  Lotte,  journaman  tanner  and 
Genevieve  Beauvaier.  his  godfather  and  god- 
mother undersigned."  Signed,  Charles  Louis 
Lotte,  Genevieve  Beauvaier.  Witnessed  No- 
vember, 1 781,  under  the  signature  and  seal  of 
the  provost  vicar.  (The  original  of  the  above 
certificate  is  now  owned  by  the  Dunkirk  fam- 
ily). 

Charles  Louis,  in  1780  or  1781,  being  then 
twenty-two  years  of  age,  came  to  America, 
and  after  his  marriage,  May  20,  1786,  to  Mer- 
cey  Clark,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  took 
up  his  residence  at  Hartford  in  the  same 
state.  Children:  i.  Charles,  of  further  men- 
tion.    2.  Mary,  married  James  Brewster.     3. 


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Catherine,  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  June 
6,  1797,  died  at  Sumter,  North  Carolina, 
August  18,  1872;  married  Sidney  Clark,  of 
New  York  City,  September  10,  1818;  children: 
Joseph,  Sidney,  James  R.,  Charles  Louis  and 
Elizabeth.  Charles  Louis  Hequembourg  died 
February  28,  1851,  aged  ninety-two  years. 
There  is  no  record  of  the  death  of  his  wife, 
Mercey  Clark. 

(Ill)  Charles,  only  son  of  Charles  Louis 
and  Mercey  (Clark)  Hequembourg,  was  bom 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  October  10,  1788. 
He  was  a  jeweler,  and  was  engaged  in  business 
in  New  Haven,  New  York  City,  Albany, 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
where  he  died  in  1875,  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
five  years,  his  dearth  occurring  the  same  year 
as  that  of  his  eldest  son,  Rev.  Charles  Louis. 
He  married  Mehetable  Emma  Fabian  Morse, 
at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  October  11,  1810. 
Children,  first  six  born  at  New  Haven:  i. 
Charles  Louis  (2),  of  further  mention.  2. 
Emma  M.,  born  July  15,  1813,  died  at  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  May,  1899;  married  at  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  1840,  Edward  E.  Thurber, 
3.  Theodore,  April  24,  181 5,  died  at  Dunkirk, 
June  27,  1888;  married  (first),  at  Dunkirk, 
April  22,  1844,  Heloise  Electa  Williams; 
(second),  October  7,  1874,  Mrs.  Almeda* 
Gould,  of  Dunkirk.  4.  William  Ezekiel,  Octo- 
ber 17,  1817,  died  July  i,  1820.  5.  Susan 
Catherine,  I>ecember  i,  1819,  died  at  Webster 
Grove,  Missouri,  February  23,  1887;  married, 
at  Buffalo,  May  8,  1843,  John  J.  Johnson.  6. 
George  William,  June  6,  1821,  di^d  at  St. 
Louis,  Missouri,  May  27,  1854;  served  in  the 
Mexican  war;  he  married,  at  St.  Louis,  1850, 
Rebecca  Harris.  7.  Harriet  Lansing,  born  at 
Albany,  New  York,  September  23,  1823,  died 
at  Bunker  Hill,  Missouri,  October  2,  1894; 
married,  at  St.  Louis,  September  7,  1848, 
Ezekiel  Pratt,  killed  by  bushwhackers  at 
Bunker  Hill,  Missouri,  July  8,  1862.  8.  Major 
William  Augustus,  born  at  Albany,  New  York, 
November  27,  1828;  served  in  the  civil  war; 
married,  at  St.  Louis,  Helen  Bassett,  born  at 
Hastings,  England,  April  21,  1831,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Fannie  Bassett.  9.  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  George  Gardiner  Frazier,  born  in  New 
York  City,  September  22,  1832:  served  in 
the  Mexican  war;  married,  at  St.  Louis,  Oc- 
tober 26,  i860,  Emma  Targee.  10.  Caroline 
E.,  born  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  July  31, 
183 1,  died  there  November  20,  1832.  11.  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Morse,  born  at  Paterson,  New  Jer- 


sey, January  3,  1834;  married,  at  St.  Louis, 
May  I,  1869,  Adolphus  G.  Braum. 

(IV)  Rev.     Charles    Louis   Hequembourg, 
eldest  child    of    Charles    and    Emma    Fabian 
(Morse)   Hequembourg,    was   born   in    New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  July   19,   181 1,  died  at 
Fort    McPherson,    Nebraska,    December    24, 
1875.     He  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1835,  and  from  Auburn  Theological  Seminary 
in  1836.     He  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian   church,   and   was   in  charge  of 
churches  of  that  faith  in  Sheridan,  Dunkirk 
and   Dansville,   New  York,  and  in  Warren, 
Pennsylvania,    He  served  during  the  civil  war. 
1861-1865,  as  quartermaster's  agent  in  Nash- 
ville. Tennessee.     On  July  2,   1870,  he  was 
appointed  post  chaplain.  United  States  army, 
and  officiated  as  such  at  Camp  Henry,  Or^on, 
November   i,    1870,   to  September,   1873;   ^^ 
Fort  Klamath,  (Dregon,  September  27,  1873, 
to  October  8,  1874;  at  Camp  Douglas,  Utah, 
October  16,  to  November  2,  1874;  transferred 
to  Fort  McPherson,  Nebraska,  December  13, 
1874,  where  he  served  until  his  death.     He 
married,   October   24,    1842,    Emelie    Sc^hie 
Williams,  died  at  Buffalo,  September  2,  1882, 
and  buried  at 'Forest  Hill  cemetery,  Chicago, 
Illinois.    Children :    i.  Sarah  Catherine  Morse, 
born  at  Dunkirk,  New  York,  August  10,  1843 » 
married  Charles  A.  Flanders ;  children :  Charles 
Louis,    Frederick    Courier    Elliott,    Warren 
Beebe.    2.  Charles  Ezra,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Theodore  Milton,  born  in  Danville,  New 
York.    4.  Isabella  Whitney,  bom  in  Dunkirk, 
New  York.     5.  Julien  Erastus,  bom  at  Dun- 
kirk, May  II,  1856;  married  Elizabeth  Ellen 
Fletcher;  children:  Fletcher  Huntington  and 
Julien  Erastus   (2).     6.  Frederick  Williams, 
born  at  Warren,  Pennsylvania,  July  29,  1859 : 
married    Nellie    Gertrude    Groves ;    children : 
Edith  Emelia,  Louis  Albert,  Marion  Gertrude, 
Charles  Louis,   Frederick  Williams   (2).      7. 
Bertha  Theodbra,  born  at  Dunkirk,  October 
22,  1862;  married  Samuel  S.  Bryan;  children: 
Katherine,   Samuel   S.,   Julian   H.,   Elizabeth 
Arnett. 

(V)  Charles  Ezra,  second  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Rev.  Charles  Louis  and  Emelia  Sofia 
(Williams)  Hequembourg,  was  bom  in  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  July  9,  1845,  died  there  Octo- 
ber 17,  1907.  Although  for  forty  years  his 
business  interests  were  mostly  in  other  fields. 
Dunkirk  was  always  his  home.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Dunkirk  and 
Dansville,  New  York,  and  in  Warren,  Penn- 


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sylvania.     Circumstances  early  forced  him  to 
become  a  bread  winner,  his  first  wages  being 
earned  in  summer  work  on  the  farm  and  in 
building  boats  in  winter  for  use  of  the  lumber- 
men in   the   spring.     As    he    grew    older    he 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade.     At  the  age  of 
eighteen  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  68th  Regi- 
ment New  York  Volunteers,  and  went  to  the 
front,  later  joining  the  Army  of  the  Cumber- 
land, and  receiving  an  honorable  discharge  at 
the  close  of  the  war.     He  acquired  a  knowl- 
edge of  civil  engineering,  and  after  the  war 
remained  in  Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  soon 
being  placed  in  charge  of  the  field  work,  sur- 
veys, mapping  lands,  drilling  wells,  building 
pipe  lines,  etc.,  for  the  Tennessee  and  Cumber- 
land Oil  and  Mining  Company.     In  1870  he 
returned  to  Dunkirk  and  began  contracting. 
His  first  large  operation  was  the  erection  of 
school  building  No.  2  in  that  city.    In  the  next 
year  he  erected  the  first  brick  school  house  in 
Titusville,     Pennsylvania.     During     1871-72, 
while  filling  the  office  of  village  engineer,  he 
constructed   the    EHinkirk    Water    Works,   a 
direct  pressure  system  costing  $100,000.     In 
1873-74,  as  engineer  and  contractor,  he  built 
the  waterworks  systems  of  the  towns  of  Hyde 
Park  and  Lake,  now  part  of  the  city  of  Chi- 
cago. These  were  also  direct  pressure  systems 
costing  about  $1,250,000.   Later,  at  Bradford, 
Pennsylvania,  the  Bradford  Gas  Company,  of 
which  he  was  president,  erected  the  St.  James 
hotel  building,  the  second  brick  edifice  that  city 
possessed.    While  engaged  in  these  operations 
he  became  interested  in  oil  developments  and 
was  one  of  the  early  operators  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania field.     His  chief  interest,  however,  was 
in  natural  gas,  of  which  he  made  an  exhaus- 
tive study,  and  to  the  end  of  his  life  he  was 
an  authority  on  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
production  and  use  of  gas.    In  1878,  as  presi- 
dent    and    engineer,     with     associates,     Mr. 
Hequembourg  organized   the   Bradford   Gas, 
Light  and  Heating  Company,  and  the  Tarport 
and  Kendal  Gas,  Light  and  Heating  Company. 
These  were  the  first  corporations  to  supply 
natural  gas  for  light  and  fuel  to  a  municipality. 
The  original  supply  was  obtained  from  natural 
pressure,  but  in  1880  this  was  superseded  by  a 
pumping  station.    It  was  from  the  experience 
gained  in  the  Pennsylvania  fields  that  in  1888, 
as  president  and  engineer  of  the  Columbus 
Construction  Company,  he  was  able  to  under- 
take the  task  of  connecting  Chicago  with  the 
gasfields  of  Indiana,  an  undertaking  he  suc- 


cessfully accomplished.  In  1892  the  Columbus 
Construction  Company  completed  and  turned 
over  to  the  owners  of  the  Indiana  Natural  Gas 
and  Oil  Company  and  the  Chicago  Economic 
Fuel  Gas  Company  what  was  then  the  longest 
pipe-line  system  in  the  world.  In  1892  he  re- 
tired from  active  business  and  took  up  his 
home  life  in  Dimkirk.  To  gratify  his  longing 
for  scientific  research  and  knowledge,  he 
erected  near  his  residence  an  observatory  hav- 
ing a  tower  sixty-five,  feet  high,  in  which  he 
mounted  a  twenty-five  foot  telescope  having  a 
nine  inch  objective.  This  observatory  was 
fitted  with  all  modern  appUances,  instruments 
of  precision,  etc.  On  other  floors  are  library, 
phot(^aphic  room  and  laboratory.  It  was  there 
that  he  loved  to  entertain  his  friends  and  enjoy 
his  astronomical  work  until  an  unfortunate 
slip  on  an  icy  pavement  in  1901  fractured  his 
leg.  After  fhat,  climbing  the  tower  stairs  was 
attended  with  so  much  annoyance  that  he  was 
forced  to  give  up  work  in  this  field.  He  then 
became  interested  in  automobile  construction 
and  patented  an  improved  non-puncturable 
tire  after  a  long  and  serious  test  of  its  value. 

In  1904  he  was  selected  by  the  people  of 
Dunkirk  as  mayor.  His  election  was  not  of  a 
political  nature  but  due  to  a  reform  movement 
He  gave  the  city  a  clean  business  administra- 
tion which  so  pleased  the  voters  that  the  fol- 
lowing term  he  was  the  choice  of  both  parties. 
His  conduct  of  municipal  affairs  was  marked 
by  the  earnestness  and  energy  that  character- 
ized his  conduct  of  his  private  business.  He 
fondly  hoped  to  see  Dunkirk  become  a  large 
city,  and  at  one  time,  at  his  own  expense,  had 
surveys  and  soundings  made  of  the  harbor. 
He  further  brought  about  a  public  movement 
to  get  congress  to  appropriate  sufficient  funds 
for  the  proper  deepening  of  the  channel  and 
anchorage,  and  its  protection  by  breakwaters, 
and  this  was  accomplished  to  a  large  extent. 
A  large  man  physicially,  Mr.  Hequembourg 
possessed  a  heart  great  in  proportion,  and  was 
always  sympathetic,  kind  and  courteous  to  all. 
He  planned  and  solved  large  business  problems 
with  the  skill  of  a  master,  and  frequently 
crossed  swords  with  many  of  the  great  "cap- 
tains of  industry,"  and  rarely  came  oflf 
worsted.  His  qualities  of  self-reliance,  cour- 
age and  inflexibility  of  purpose  rendered  him 
the  successful  engineer,  able  to  develop  large 
interests.  He  was  strictly  a  self  made  man, 
grasping  opportunities  and  compelling  success. 
His  mind  naturally  was  of  a  scientific  quality, 


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although  he  often  remarked  that  his  greatest 
ambition  was  to  be  a  lawyer.  He  possessed 
a  complete  law  and  reference  library  and  took 
keen  delight  in  probing  into  the  depths  of  the 
legal  questions  that  arose  in  connection  with 
his  business  operations.  He  was  a  devoted 
husband  and  father,  doing  all  in  his  power  to 
render  life  happy  and  comfortable  for  his 
family.  The  death  of  his  son,  Louis  Max,  a 
junior  at  Cornell,  seemed  to  completely  break 
his  spirit,  and  in  seven  months  he  followed  him 
to  Fredonia,  where  both  are  at  rest  in  the 
family  plot  in  beautiful  Forest  Hill.  Mr. 
Hequembourg  was  prominent  in  the  Masonic 
order,  holding  the  highest  attainable  degree 
in  the  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  the 
thirty-third.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  and  took  the 
greatest  pride  in  his  membership. 

He  married,  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  Harriet 
Et  Thurber,  who  survives  him,  a  resident  of 
Dunkirk,  where  she  is  held  in  the  highest 
esteem.  Children :  Charles  Guy,  an  engineer 
of  New  York  City,  married  Florence  Dillard ; 
Helen  Maude,  married  John  L.  Hurlbert, 
attorney-at-law,  Dunkirk,  New  York;  Ethel 
Marie,  married  Frederick  Kelly  Wing,  of 
Buffalo;  Mabel  Wilhelmina;  Jessie  Thurber; 
Louis  Max,  died  March,  1907,  aged  twenty- 
two  years,  junior  in  College  of  Civil  Engineer- 
ing at  Cornell  University;  Hilda  Morse. 

This  branch  of  the  Smith  family 
SMITH  in  America  springs  from  Lieuten- 
ant Samuel  Smith,  who,  with  wife 
Elizabeth  and  children  Samuel,  aged  nine; 
Elizabeth,  aged  seven;  Mary,  aged  four,  and 
Philip,  aged  one  year,  sailed  for  New  England 
the  last  day  of  April,  1634,  in  the  ship  "Eliza- 
beth," of  Ipswich,  England.  He  and  his  wife 
were  then  called  thirty-two  years  of  age.  He 
settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  then 
wpnt  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  one  of  the  leading  citizens.  In  1659  he 
settled  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
held  important  offices  in  church  and  town.  He 
died  about  1680.  The  inventory  of  his  estate 
was  taken  January  17,  i68t.  His  wife  died 
March  16,  1686.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  re- 
moved to  New  London,  Connecticut,  thence  to 
Virginia.  2.  Elizabeth,  married  Nathaniel 
Foote,  (second)  William  Gull.  3.  Mary,  mar- 
ried John  Graves.  4.  Philip,  born  1633;  was 
one  of  the  foremost  men  of  his  time,  a  lieuten- 
ant, deacon  and  representative;  he  died  Janu- 


ary 10,  1685,  "murdered  by  an  hideous  witch- 
craft," according  to  Cotton  Mather;  he  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Foote.  5.  Chileab,  died  March 
7,  1 73 1,  aged  ninety-five  years;  married  Han- 
nah Hitchcock ;  fourteen  children.  6.  John,  of 
further  mention. 

(II)  John,  youngest  child  of  Lieutenant 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  was  slain  by  the 
Indians  in  Hatfield  Meadow,  May  30,  1676, 
after  having  been  engaged  in  the  "Falls  fight" 
a  few  days  before.  He  married,  November 
12,  1663,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Part- 
ridge. (Children:  John,  born  May  15,  1665; 
Samuel,  bom  December  7,  1667,  killed  by  fall- 
ing from  a  horse,  June  19,  1681 ;  Joseph,  born 
November  16,  1670;  Benjamin,  of  further  men- 
tion; Marah,  born  1677,  married,  March  10, 
1696,  John  Day. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Partridge)  Smith,  was  bom  in  1673.  He 
settled  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  the  for- 
mer home  of  his  grandfather,  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel, the  immigrant.  He  married,  March  14, 
1700,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Henry  Buck.  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  March  20,  1701 ;  EHzabeth, 
May  5,  1703;  Mary,  February  7,  1706;  Josiah, 
of  further  mention;  Martha,  September  7, 
171 1 ;  Israel,  January  24,  1714;  Joseph,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1716;  Jonathan,  February  — ,  1719; 
Christian,  December  25,  1722. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Ruth 
(Buck)  Smith,  was  bom  January  31,  1709, 
died  October  17,  1773.  He  married,  1761, 
Mary  Treat,  and  had  issue. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Josiah  and  Mary  (Treat) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
1756,  died  February  20,  1832.  He  married 
(first),  March  14,  1781,  Sarah  Hanmer,  died 
April  21,  1800,  (second)  Widow  Jerusha 
(Dix)  Wright,  died  January  5,  1812,  (third) 
Thankful  Bliss,  died  December  27,  1834.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  William,  born  March  17, 
1783.  2.  Pmdence,  died  young.  3.  James, 
born  Febmary  9, 1793 ;  married  Esther  Talcott. 
4.  Josiah,  bom  March  28,  1794;  married  Han- 
nah Goodrich.  5.  Rev.  John,  bom  September 
2,  1796,  died  in  New  York  City,  Febmary  20, 
1874;  graduated  from  Yale  College,  1821 ; 
studied  theology  at  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
and  Princeton,  New  Jersey;  was  actively  en- 
gaged in  the  ministry  until  1863,  with  marked 
success.  "Two  thousand  six  hundred  and 
fifty-three  sermons  and  one  hundred  and  twelve 
lectures  carefully  written  testify  to  his  labors 
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for  forty  years."  He  married  (first)  Esther 
Mary  Woodruff,  (second)  Louisa  L.  Gridley. 
6.  Walter,  of  further  mention.  By  second 
marriage:  Sarah,  born  May  29,  1802;  married 
George  Dwight. 

(VI)  Walter,  youngest  son  of  James  and 
his  first  wife,  Sarah  (Hanmer)  Smith,  was 
bom  March  21,  1800,  died  September  21,  1874. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  and  chose  a  mercantile  career. 
At  the  age  of  fifteen  years  he  was  sent  to  Caz- 
enovia,  New  York,  where  he  engaged  as  clerk 
in  the  store  of  Jacob  Ten  Eyck.  After  being 
with  Mr.  Ten  Eyck  four  years  he  had  so  won 
his  confidence  and  so  impressed  him  with  his 
business  ability  that  he  advanced  the  young 
man  sufficient  capital  to  establish  a  store  of 
his  own  in  Fredonia,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  This  business  was  under  the  sole  man- 
agement of  the  young  man  (then  only  nine- 
teen) and  under  his  own  name,  Walter  Smith. 
The  confidence  of  Mr.  Ten  Eyck  was  fully 
justified,  for  out  of  his  first  year's  profits  all 
money  advanced  by  him  was  repaid,  and  the 
business  left  with  sufficient  capital  to  success- 
fully operate  it.  Mr.  Smith,  in  a  paper  writ- 
ten by  himself,  says:  "From  1819  to  1840  my 
association  in  the  county  of  Chautauqua  was 
close  and  intimate."  He  was  able  from  his 
profitable  business  to  advance  many  of  the 
early  settlers  money  to  make  their  first  pay- 
ments on  their  land,  and  in  return  they  brought 
their  black  salts,  house  ashes  and  farm  pro- 
ducts, to  his  store,  for,  as  Mr.  Smith  writes : 
**We  purchased  ever)rthing  the  farmer  pro- 
duced. My  profits  increased  from  $20,000  the 
first  year  to  $75,cxx>  at  the  close  of  the  sixth 
year  of  my  business,  and  the  cash  received  for 
goods  sold  never  exceeded  ten  per  cent,  in  the 
aggregate  for  the  year.  Nine  per  cent,  profit 
was  charged  the  purchaser,  and  paid  for  in 
black  salts  or  produce.  The  sale  of  pot  and 
pearl  ashes  varied  in  different  years  both  in 
quantity  and  price.  They  were  shipped  to 
Montreal  prior  to  the  opening  of  the  Erie  canal 
in  1825,  by  vessel  to  Black  Rock,  by  open  boat 
to  Schlosser,  by  ox  teams  from  there  to  Lewis- 
ton,  thence  by  vessel  to  Cape  Vincent,  thence 
by  batteaux  down  the  St.  Lawrence  river  to 
Montreal,  where  they  were  sold  by  the  Horatio 
Gates  Company,  who  remitted  the  proceeds  to 
New  York  City  to  my  order.  In  order  to  fur- 
nish the  farmers  with  a  market  for  their  pro- 
duce I  obtained  a  contract  to  supply  the  gov- 
ernment stations  along  the  lakes  with  pro- 


visions. The  farmers  of  Chautauqua  county 
furnished  everything  needed  to  fulfill  my  con- 
tracts, except  white  beans,  which  I  purchased 
in  Ohio.''  Orders  on  Walter  Smith's  store 
and  due  bills  over  his  signature  became  the 
currency  of  the  county,  and  were  duly  honor- 
ed everywhere.  In  1826,  while  in  the  full  tide 
of  prosperity,  he  became  associated  with  De- 
Witt  Clinton  and  others  in  the  proprietorship 
of  the  village  of  Dunkirk,  on  Lake  Erie,  and 
was  one  of  the  most  ardent  advocates  of  the 
building  of  the  Erie  railroad.  He  spent  the 
greater  part  of  the  winters  of  1830  and  1832 
at  Albany,  urging  the  importance  of  the  road 
before  the  legislature,  and  it  was  largely  through 
his  efforts  and  influence  that  the  road  was 
chartered,  April  24,  1832.  He  was  far-sighted, 
and  saw  the  revolution  railroads  would  effect 
in  business,  although  at  that  time  there  were 
only  five  thousand  miles  of  railroad  in  the 
entire  world.  He  predicted  "the  day  will  come 
when  cattle  fatted  in  Indiana,  Illinois  and  Ohio, 
will  be  brought  to  New  York  to  be  sold."  This 
was  thought  entirely  too  visionary,  but  he  was 
correct,  as  later  achievements  demonstrated. 
There  was  a  strong  hope  at  this  time  that  Dun- 
kirk would  be  the  terminus  of  the  Erie  canal, 
which  no  doubt  influenced  the  young  merchant 
to  cast  in  his  lot  with  that  village,  and  for- 
tunate it  was  for  the  future  of  the  place  that 
he  did  so.  He  bought  the  undivided  half  of 
the  property  of  the  Dunkirk  Land  Company, 
and  immediately  turned  his  energy  and  busi- 
ness ability  to  building  up  the  village  and  de- 
veloping the  resources  of  the  surrounding 
country.  Daily  stages  for  passengers  were 
established,  and  a  wagon  line  for  transporta- 
tion between  Ehmkirk  and  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania. Communication  with  Buffalo  was  open- 
ed by  means  of  the  "Pioneer."  He  built  the 
Loder  House,  the  first  hotel  in  the  village. 
Sawmills  were  built  and  a  flouring  mill,  the 
water  being  brought  from  a  distance  of  three 
miles  through  a  raceway.  Such  was  his  atten- 
tion to  the  public  interest  that  his  influence  be- 
came potential  in  the  north  part  of  the  county, 
particularly  in  his  own  village,  so  that  it  was 
facetiously  said  "Dunkirk  had  no  other  God 
than  Walter  Smith."  The  financial  crisis  of 
1836  overtook  and  involved  him  in  the  common 
disaster,  but  with  Mr.  Smith  there  was  no 
abatement  of  effort  nor  loss  of  courage  or 
hope  for  the  future.  In  1843  ^^  removed  to 
Ohio  and  assumed  the  management  of  an  ex- 
tensive iron  plant  near  Vermillion.    In  1852  he 


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returned  to  Dunkirk,  New  York,  where  he  re- 
sided until  his  death  in  1874.  The  press  notices 
at  the  time  of  his  death  were  very  appreciative, 
and  from  one  we  quote :  "This  remarkable  man 
for  almost  half  a  century  occupied  a  large 
space  in  the  business  affairs  of  Western  New 
Y.ork.  Throughout  his  long  career,  marked 
with  patient  endeavor  and  noble  enterprise,  he 
always  maintained  a  reputation  for  generosity, 
courage  and  fidelity.  He  leaves  behind  a  bright 
example  of  all  those  manly  qualities  which 
give  life  its  value  and  reward.  There  was 
nothing  trivial,  narrow  or  false  in  his  char- 
acter. He  had  no  aims  but  were  worthy,  no 
aspirations  but  to  extend  means  and  oppor- 
tunity for  usefulness.  In  all  his  changing  for- 
tunes, under  bright  or  clouded  skies,  he  was 
ever  the  same  bright,  genial,  intelligent  com- 
panion, worthy  and  upright  citizen,  true  and 
steadfast  friend."  He  married,  May  8,  1825, 
Minerva  Pomeroy  Abell,  eldest  daughter  of 
Moseley  W.  Abell,  of  Fredonia,  New  York. 
Children :  Mary  Augusta,  married  Judge  John 
M.  Barbour;  Kate  Eliza  Myers,  died  unmar- 
ried; Walter  C,  now  a  resident  of  Dunkirk; 
Sara  Dwight,  of  further  mention;  Cornelia 
Tryon,  died  unmarried. 

(VH)  Sara  Dwight,  daughter  of  Walter 
and  Minerva  (Abell)  Smith,  married  (first) 
Hoyt  G.  Palmer,  born  in  1839,  died  in  1870. 
She  married  (second)  Andrew  J.  Avery,  of 
Dunkirk,  bom  in  1829,  died  in  1902.  Mrs. 
Avery  is  a  resident  of  Dunkirk,  where  she  has 
many  friends  and  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem. 
She  has  no  children. 


The  progenitor  in  the  United 
HACKETT  States  of  this  branch  of  the 

Hackett  family,  Edward  Hack- 
ett,  was  born  in  county  Tipperary,  Ireland,  in 
1828,  died  in  Wellington,  Ohio,  September  24, 
1897.  He  came  to  the  United  States  at  the 
age  of  twenty  years,  having  spent  the  four 
preceding  years  in  Hamilton,  Canada.  On 
coming  to  the  United  States  he  settled  in  Ohio, 
first  at  Cleveland,  then  Oberlin,  making  final 
location  at  Wellington.  He  was  an  expert 
shoemaker,  and  followed  that  occupation  in 
the  cities  named.  Later,  in  Wellington,  he 
was  elected  city  marshal,  and  served  for  many 
years.  About  two  years  before  his  death,  ill 
health  compelled  him  to  resign  the  office  and 
retire  from  active  life.  He  was  a  gallant  sol- 
dier of  the  civil  war,  a  veteran  of  Company  F, 
One  Hundred  and  Third  Regiment,  Ohio  Vol- 


unteer Infantry,  in  which  he  served  three  and 
one-half  years.  At  the  battle  of  Resaca, 
Georgia,  he  was  wounded  in  the  leg,  but  not 
seriously.  He  was  honorably  discharged  at  the 
expiration  of  his  term  and  returned  to  Ohio. 
He  married  Bridget  O'Neil,  born  in  county 
Derry,  Ireland,  1826,  came  to  Hamilton,  Can- 
ada, with  her  brother  when  quite  young.  She 
died  in  February,  1900,  at  Wellington,  Ohio, 
aged  seventy- four  years.  Of  their  ten  chil- 
dren seven  died  without  issue.  The  living  are : 
I.  Mary  A.,  bom  in  Wellington,  Ohio;  married 
Vander  Bernard;  children:  Edward  Francis 
and  Mary.  2.  tdward  Stevens,  bom  in  Well- 
ington ;  married  Mattie  Patton,  of  Scio,  Ohio  ; 
children:  Patty  and  Henry.  Edward  S.  is  a 
successful  civil  engineer,  now  chief  engineer 
for  the  National  Tube  Works.  3.  John  Matthew, 
of  whom  further. 

John  Matthew,  son  of  Edward  and  Bridget 
(O'Neil)  Hackett,  was  born  in  Wellington, 
Ohio,  February  11,  1865.  He  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  Wellington  and  Cleveland. 
Ohio,  qualifying  in  the  latter  city  for  the  pro- 
fession of  civil  engineer.  He  has  since  led  a 
most  active  and  busy  life,  fulfilling  the  calls 
made  upon  his  professional  skill.  He  was  first 
connected  with  the  engineering  and  surveying 
corps  of  the  Great  Northern  railroad  in  Minne- 
sota, resigning  to  accept  a  professional  position 
with  the  United  States  government  in  northern 
Minnesota.  Returning  to  Ohio,  he  was  engi- 
neer engaged  for  two  and  one-half  years  on 
location  and  in  the  construction  department  of 
the  Wheeling  &  Lake  Erie  railroad.  For  the 
ensuing  two  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  Southern  railroad  in 
a  similar  capacity.  He  was  chief  engineer  for 
the  Jamestown  &  Lake  Erie  railroad  during 
the  construction  of  the  extension  frcMn  Fal- 
coner to  Jamestown,  then  chief  engineer  of  the 
Ohio  River  Junction  railroad,  was  next  called 
to  West  Virginia,  where  he  was  assistant  chief 
engineer  of  the  Meadow  Creek  railroad,  and 
also  engaged  in  mining  operations,  going  from 
there  to  fill  the  position  of  chief  engineer  ^or 
the  Dunkirk,  Allegheny  Valley  &  Pittsburgh 
railroad.  In  1894  he  was  appointed  city  engi- 
neer of  the  city  of  Dunkirk,  filling  that  position 
two  years.  In  1896  he  became  engaged  in  the 
contracting  of  public  works  and  improvements, 
securing  several  contracts  in  different  places 
for  sewer,  paving,  bridge  and  railroad  work. 
In  1906  he  went  to  Virginia  and  became  resi- 
dent engineer   for  the  Tide  Water  railroad. 


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now  known  as  the  Virginia  railway,  built  by 
H.  H.  Rogers,  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company, 
the  most  expensively  built  and  important  pri- 
vate railroad  in  the  country.  In  1908  he  re- 
turned to  Dunkirk,  where  he  was  appointed 
assistant  chief  engineer,  and  placed  in  charge 
of  construction  work  between  Dunkirk  and 
Angola  for  the  Buffalo  &  Lake  Erie  Traction 
Company,  with  headquarters  at  Silver  Creek. 
In  1909  he  was  village  engineer  of  Fredonia 
in  charge  of  the  paving  work  being  done  by 
the  village.  In  the  fall  of  1909  he  was  elected 
city  engineer  of  the  city  of  Dunkirk,  being  the 
first  to  fill  that  office  after  it  was  made  elec- 
tive instead  of  appointive.  He  is  now  (1911) 
filling  that  office.  During  Mr.  Hackett*s  ad- 
ministration of  the  office  of  city  engineer  for 
the  years  1910-11,  he  prepared  plans  and 
specifications  for  public  improvements  for  the 
city  of  Dunkirk,  laid  out  and  supervised  the 
construction  of  public  works  to  the  value  of 
over  $i6o,(X)0,  including  several  reinforced 
concrete  arches  and  bridges,  and  the  sewering 
of  fifteen  different  streets.  He  also  designed 
a  sewer  system  for  the  upper  Central  avenue 
district,  including  over  two  miles  of  pipe  of 
various  sizes  and  diameters ;  this  system  is  now 
under  construction.  He  also  laid  out  and 
supervised  the  construction  of  three  miles  of 
asphalt  pavements,  together  with  over  one  mile 
of  brick,  and  was  the  first  engineer  to  design 
and  construct  a  combination  concrete  curb  and 
gutter  in  Western  New  York,  and  the  first 
engineer  to  lay  an  asphalt  pavement,  using  a 
combination  curb  and  gutter.  Together  with 
his  various  other  duties  Mr.  Hackett  prepared 
plans  and  specifications  for  the  improving  and 
beautifying  of  Washington  Park,  and  super- 
intended the  construction  of  same,  which  con- 
sisted of  concrete  curbing  and  gutters  for  the 
walks  and  drives,  with  the  intervening  spaces 
paved  with  asphaltic  macadam.  That  Mr. 
Hackett's  administration  of  the  office  of  city 
engineer  during  the  past  two  years  was  emi- 
nently satisfactory  to  the  citizens,  was  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  he  received  the  unani- 
mous nomination  by  his  party  in  open  caucus, 
in  October,  191 1,  and  on  November  7th,  at  the 
general  election,  he  was  again  elected  for  an- 
other two-year  term,  defeating  his  opponent 
by  a  majority  of  five  hundred  and  seven,  and 
having  the  honor  of  polling  the  largest  vote 
of  any  candidate  for  any  office  in  the  city  of 
Dunkirk. 
Politically,  Mr.  Hackett  is  a  Republican,  and 


a  member  of  many  professional,  social  and 
fraternal  societies.  November  29,  1899,  he 
married  Cecelia  F.  Welsh,  born  in  Dunkirk, 
New  York,  daughter  of  Thomas  C.  and  Julia 
(Clifford)  Welsh. 


The  Hellers  of  Salamanca,  New 
HELLER     York,  descend  in  paternal  lines 

from  Christopher  Heller,  the 
emigrant  ancestor.  He  was  born  in  Germany 
in  1688,  died  1778.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(II)  Simon,  son  of  Christopher  Heller,  "the 
emigrant,"  was  born  1721,  died  1783.  He  set- 
tled in  Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania.  He 
married  Louise ,  and  had  issue. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Simon  and  Louise  Heller, 
was  born  in  Northampton  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, October  29,  1756,  died  1823.  He  was 
a  farmer  of  Pennsylvania  township,  same 
county,  where  he  was  living  as  late  as  181 8. 
He  served  one  year  and  four  months  as  a 
private  in  the  Third  Regiment  of  the  Colonial 
Line  (see  Pennsylvania  in  the  Revolution,  vol. 
i,  p.  465).  On  page  766  of  the  same  work,  vol. 
ii.,  his  name  appears  as  a  pensioner.  He  mar- 
ried Susan  Hammond. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Susan 
(Hammond)  Heller,  was  born  in  Northamp- 
ton county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1782,  died  No- 
vember 30,  1863.  He  lived  in  Bushkill,  Pike 
county,  Pennsylvania;  Wayne  county,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  Rockland  county,  Ohio,  and  in  Ful- 
ton county,  Illinois.  He  was  twice  married. 
The  name  of  his  first  wife  has  not  been  pre- 
served. He  married  (second)  Belinda  Van 
Auken,  born  in  New  Jersey,  died  November 
23,  1863. 

(V)  John  M.,  son  of  John  (2)  Heller  and 
his  first  wife,  was  born  in  Bushkill,  Pennsyl- 
vania, November  4,  1806,  died  at  Port  Jervis, 
New  York,  March  30,  1857.  He  was  a  car- 
riage manufacturer,  first  located  at  Bushkill, 
then  at  Milford,  Pennsylvania,  finally  settling 
in  Port  Jervis,  where  his  factory  was  located 
on  Front  street,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by 
the  Peck  Hardware  Company.  He  was  ener- 
getic, thrifty,  prosperous  and  a  most  excellent 
citizen.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Port  Jervis 
Lodge,  No.  328,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
He  hiarried  (first)  Margaret  Winfield.  Chil- 
dren: George  Potter,  born  August  22,  1829, 
died  May  10,  1880;  Harvey  Royce,  bom  No- 
vember 21,  1830,  lost  at  sea  on  steamer  "San 
Francisco,"  December  24,  1853 ;  John  Wallace, 
born   October   18,    1832,   died   December  23, 


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1871 ;  Margaret  (twin),  born  October  18,  1832, 
died  November  8,  1882.  He  married  (second), 
February  16,  1833,  Nancy  Newman,  born  June 
9,  1801,  died  December  13,  1883,  daughter  of 
Ira  and  Mary  (Bross)  Newman. 

Ira  Newman  was  the  son  of  Isaac  Newman, 
born  June  3,  1731,  died  1808;  married,  March 
II,  1756,  Abigail  Webb,  born  1735,  died  1786, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Webb,  of  Stamford, 
Connecticut.  Isaac  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Sarah  Newman,  whose  eight  children, 
born  between  April  4,  1724,  and  August  3, 
1743,  were:  Nathaniel  (2),  Samuel,  Sarah, 
Abraham,  Isaac,  Jacob  and  Israel.  Another 
child,  Lydia,  is  not  recorded  in  the  Stamford 
records.  Isaac  Newman  was  a  blacksmith  who 
came  from  Connecticut  and  followed  his  trade 
in  Westchester  county.  New  York.  During 
the  revolution  he  was  a  private  of  Captain 
Gideon  Seelev's  company,  belonging  to  the 
Westchester  County  Regiment  of  Associated 
Exempts,  commanded  by  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Joseph  Benedict.  He  fought  at  the  battle  of 
White  Plains,  October  28,  1776,  and  was  in 
other  active  service  with  his  regiment.  After 
the  war  he  settled  in  Upper  Smithfield  town- 
ship, Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania',  and 
had  the  first  blacksmith's  shop  in  the  township. 
His  wife,  Abigail  Webb,  died  there,  Septem- 
ber II,  1786.  Isaac  Newman,  in  1806,  re- 
moved to  Saratoga  county,  New  York,  where 
he  died  in  the  town  of  Charlton,  March  24, 
1808,  at  the  home  of  his  son  Eli.  He  had  ten 
children.  One  of  them,  Isaac  (2)  Newman, 
was  a  private  of  Captain  Gilbert  Lockwood*s 
company.  Fourth  Regiment,  Westchester  Coun- 
ty Militia,  and  saw  active  service  during  the 
revolution.  Abigail  Webb,  wife  of  Isaac  New- 
man, was  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Webb, 
born  1705,  and  Mary  (Cross)  Webb.  Benja- 
min was  the  son  of  Joseph  (2),  born  1674, 
died  1743,  and  Mary  (Hoyt)  Webb.  Joseph 
(2)  was  the  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Webb,  died 
1685,  ^^^  grandson  of  Richard  Webb,  died 
1676,  son  of  Malcolm  Webb,  of  Dorsetshire, 
England. 

Ira  Newman,  son  of  Isaac  Newman,  was 
bom  June  26,  1773  ^^  November  3,  1776,  died 
March  24,  1831,  at  Milford,  Pennsylvania. 
He  married,  June  2,  1799,  Mary  Bross,  born 
September  9,  1777,  died  1863,  daughter  of 
Hendrick  Bross  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Cool) 
Bross,  daughter  of  Johannes  Cool  and  his  wife, 
Pretunella   (Van  Auken)   Cool,  daughter  of 


Cornelius  and  Zara  (Westbrook)  Van  Auken, 
of  Kingston,  New  York. 

Children  of  John  M.  and  Nancy  (Newman) 
Heller  (his  second  wife)  :  Ira  Burrell,  born 
July  13,  1834,  died  at  Port  Jervis,  November 
22,  1879;  Martin  Van  Buren,  bom  January 
II,  1836;  Thomas  Alonzo,  of  further  mention ; 
Isaac  Labar,  born  August  25,  1841,  died  Octo- 
ber 26,  1856. 

(VI)  Thomas  A.,  son  of  John  M.  and  Nancy 
(Newman)  Heller,  was  bom  at  Bushkill,  Penn- 
sylvania, May  I,  1839,  died  at  Salamanca,  New 
York,  December  5,  1910.  He  was  educated  in 
district  public  schools  in  Pennsylvania,  Eclectic 
Hall,  an  academic  school  conducted  by  his 
uncle,  Ira  Newman,  finishing  liis  education  in 
a  printing  office  in  Milford,  Pennsylvania, 
working  up  to  and  holding  for  a  time  the  posi- 
tion of  editor.  In  1863  he  was  employed  by 
the  United  States  Express  Company  as  mes- 
senger, which  position  he  filled  until  his  pro- 
motion to  the  agency  of  the  company  at  Buck- 
tooth,  now  West  Salamanca,  May  i,  1865.  In 
the  summer  of  1866  the  office  of  the  company 
was  moved  to  Salamanca,  which  up  to  that 
time  had  been  known  as  Hemlock  Crossing, 
trains  stopping  only  occasionally  for  the  ac- 
commodation of  employees  at  the  HenJock 
Mills,  the  only  industry  in  a  practically  un- 
broken wilderness. 

With  the  building  of  the  shops  of  the  Erie 
railroad  and  the  tannery  of  C.  H.  and  G.  L. 
Williams  the  nucleus  was  formed  for  the  fu- 
ture village,  and  the  corduroy  road  at  Hem- 
lock Crossing  became  the  Main  street  of  the 
present  village  of  Salamanca.  During  the  suc- 
ceeding years  many  changes  came  to  the  com- 
munity; the  wilderness  vanished  before  the 
ax  of  the  lumberman,  the  swamp  land  was 
gradually  reclaimed  and  the  buildings  of  the 
pioneer  town  gave  place  to  the  modern  edifice. 
In  the  course  of  time  the  United  States  Ex- 
press Company  withdrew  from  the  lines  of  the 
Erie  railroad  and  Wells,  Farejo  &  Company 
succeeded  it,  with  whom  Mr.  Heller  completed 
forty-seven  years  of  service  in  the  express 
business,  remaining  in  their  employ  up  to  1908 
as  agent  and  from  that  until  the  time  of  his 
death  as  solicitor,  a  position  created  for  him 
in  his  declining  years. 

In  the  earlier  days  the  problems  of  govern- 
ment were  many  and  the  trials  incident  to  pro- 
viding for  the  safety  and  welfare  of  a  fast 
growing  community  taxed  the  resources  of  all 


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prominent  citizens.  Mr.  Heller  was  among  the 
foremost  in  these  matters;  a  member  of  the 
first  school  board  in  1865  and  a  signer  of  the 
petition  for  incorporation  in  1878  he  was 
identified  with  the  movements  which  were  the 
stepping  stones  to  local  government.  These 
matters  attended  to,  the  necessity  of  suitable 
means  for  the  transaction  of  business  was  be- 
ginning to  be  realized  and  a  National  Bank 
was  organized  to  which  Mr.  Heller  contributed 
liberally.  A  disastrous  fire  which  almost  en- 
tirely destroyed  the  business  section  of  the 
village  in  1880  brought  home  the  need  of 
adequate  protection  in  this  line,  and  the  same 
year  Mr.  Heller  organized  and  was  elected 
president  of  the  Salamanca  Water  Works 
Company  which  constructed  a  system  of  water 
works  that  has  been  ever  since  a  prime  fac- 
tor in  the  health  and  prosperity  of  the  town, 
and  eventually  passed  into  the  hands  of  the 
municipality.  At  about  this  time  Mr.  Heller 
saw  the  possibilities  in  the  location  and  organ- 
ized an  association  for  the  development  of 
Wildwood  Cemetery.  The  position  of  presi- 
dent in  this  association  he  held  for  twenty 
years. 

Throughout  his  long  and  busy  career  Mr. 
Heller  was  a  firm  believer  in  the  future  of 
Salamanca  and  was  ever  ready  to  aid  in  any 
movement  for  the  advancement  and  benefit  of 
the  community.  His  activities  were  varied, 
and  though  he  led  a  quiet  life  socially  he  will 
be  long  remembered  by  those  privileged  to 
known  him  intimately,  for  his  genial  spirit,  his 
kindly  wit  and  humor,  and  his  large  fund  of 
information.  He  was  a  great  reader  and  a 
forceful  and  graceful  writer  who  would  have 
graced  an  editorial  chair,  and  he  was  never 
quite  reconciled  to  the  fact  that  fate  led  him 
away  from  the  newspaper  office  in  which  he 
spent  some  of  his  younger  days.  He  had  a 
helping  hand  for  those  less  fortunately  situated 
than  himself,  and  many  a  man  owes  to  him  the 
timely  aid  and  counsel  that  meant  success. 

He  was  a  Unitarian  in  religious  faith,  and  a 
Democrat,  though  never  a  strong  partisan, 
choosing  the  best  men  for  all  local  offices. 
Often  urged  to  take  political  office  by  his  con- 
stituents and  accept  further  promotion  by  his 
employers,  Mr.  Heller  preferred  to  remain 
among  scenes  of  the  earlier  .days,  content  in 
the  friendship  and  respect  of  all  who  knew 
him.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order, 
belonging  to  lodge,  chapter  and  comma'ndery, 
and  was  honored  by  the  highest  offices  in  the 


gift  of  each.  He  also  belonged  to  the  local 
lodge,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  A 
familial  figure  to  all  in  Salamanca,  retaining 
his  interest  and  activity  to  the  last,  he  lived  a 
useful  life  and  died  greatly  regretted. 

He  married,  October  22,  1867,  Elizabeth  P. 
Hale,  born  February  19, 1843  (see  Hale  VHI). 
Child :  Harvey  Edgar,  born  April  16,  1870,. 
who  is  now  superintendent  of  the  Municipal 
Water  and  Light  Department.  Mrs.  Heller 
survives  her  husband,  a  resident  of  Salamanca. 

(The  Hale  Unc). 

The  name  Hale  under  the  different  forms 
of  de  la  Hale,  Hale,  and  Hales,  has  been 
abundant  in  Hertfordshire,  England,  since  the 
early  days  of  the  thirteenth  century.  The 
name  also  prevailed  in  a  dozen  other  counties 
of  England.  Within  the  fifty  years  following 
the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims  at  Plymouth  at 
least  eight  emigrants  of  the  name  of  Hale 
settled  in  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  de- 
scendants of  five  of  whom  are  traced  to  the 
present  day.  The  name  is  also  found  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Virginia  and  Maryland. 
In  New  England  the  name  has  been  brought 
into  prominence  by  Nathan  Hale,  "the  Patriot," 
by  John  P.  Hale,  the  statesman  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  Eugene  P.  Hale,  of  Maine,  and 
others. 

(I)  Thomas  Hale,  the  earliest  known  pro- 
genitor of  the  family  herein  considered,  was  of 
the  parish  of  Walton-at- Stone,  in  Hertford- 
shire, England.  The  parish  record  shows  he 
was  buried  October  19,  1630.  He  was  a  yeo- 
man and  left  a  small  estate.  He  married  Joan 
Kirby,  who  survived  him-  and  married  again. 
Children :  Dionia,  Thomas,  Mary,  Dorothy  and 
Elizabeth. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Joan  (Kirby)  Hale,  was  bom  in  England,  May 
or  June,  1606,  and  was  baptized  in  the  parish 
of  Walton-at-Stone,  June  15,  1606.  In  1635 
he  came  to  America,  settling  at  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  brought  a  letter  from  his  uncle, 
Francis  Kirby,  to  Governor  John  Winthrop,. 
asking  the  latter  to  interest  himself  in  the 
young  man.  He  moved  to  Haverhill  in  1646 
and  his  name  heads  the  list  of  the  first  board 
of  selectmen.  In  1647  he  was  appointed  "to 
try  small  causes."  In  1649  he  was  elected 
constable,  the  first  to  be  chosen  in  Haverhill. 
In  1661  he  returned  to  Newbury,  where  he 
died  December  21,  1682.  He  is  styled  at  dif- 
ferent times  in  the  records  "Glover,"  "Yeo- 


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man,"  and  **Leather  Dresser."  He  married 
Thomasine  (or  Tamosin)  ,  who  sur- 
vived him  forty  days.  Children:  Thomas, 
John,  Samuel  and  Apphia. 

(III)  Thomas   (3),  eldest  son  of  Thomas 

(2)  and  Thomasine  Hale,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, November  18,  1633,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  his  parents.  He  died  in  Newbury, 
October  22,  1688.  He  was  a  man  of  local 
prominence,  filled  numerous  places  in  the  pub- 
lic service  and  left  a  handsome  estate  for  his 
day.  He  married.  May  26,  1657,  Mary  Hutch- 
inson, baptized  at  North  Muskham,  county  of 
Nolts,  England,  December  28,  1630,  daughter 
of  Richard  and  Alice  (Bosworth)  Hutchinson. 
She  survived  him  and  married  (second)  Will- 
iam Watson,  whom  she  also  survived  five 
years,  dying  December  8,  171 5.  Children: 
Thomas,  Mary,  Abigail,  Hannah,  Lydia,  Eliza- 
beth, Joseph  and  Samuel. 

(IV)  Captain  Joseph  Hale,  son  of  Thomas 

(3)  and  Mary  (Hutchinson)  Hale,  was  born 
at  Newbury,  February  20,  1671,  died  at  Box- 
ford,  Massachusetts,  February  13,  1761.  He 
was  a  man  of  means,  active,  ambitious  and 
highly  regarded  as  shown  by  the  public  offices 
he  held.  He  was  selectman  of  Boxford  in 
1702;  as  **Ensign  Joseph  Hale"  he  represented 
Boxford  in  the  general  court  four  terms;  as 
**Lieutenant  Joseph  Hale,"  six  terms ;  as  "Cap- 
tain Joseph  Hale,"  five  terms,  and  as  Joseph 
Hale,  one  term,  1735.  He  married  (first)  No- 
vember 15,  1693,  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
and  Sarah  (Perley)  Watson,  of  Boxford.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Joanna  Dodge,  a 
widow  (published  September  19,  1708).  Chilr 
dren:  Joseph,  Jacob,  Mary,  Ambrose,  Abner, 
Moses,  Sarah.  By  second  wife:  Hepsibah, 
Lydia,  Margaret,  Thomas,  John,  Hannah  and 
Benjamin.  *■ 

(V)  Captain  Thomas  (4)  Hale,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  and  Joanna  (Dodge)  Hale,  was 
born  at  Boxford  or  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
January  8,  1714-15,  died  September  18,  1796. 
He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  North 
Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  and  built  a  tempor- 
ary log  hut  in  the  midst  of  the  woods  two  miles 
south.  Here  he  cut  the  timber  for  his  house 
on  the  Hale  place,  where  he  and  several  gen- 
erations of  his  descendants  lived  and  died. 
The  "Hale  House"  was  destroyed  by  fire  sev- 
eral years  ago  with  the  grand  old  elm  that 
stood  in  front.  He  served  in  the  revolution  as 
second  and  first  lieutenant  under  two  enlist- 
ments, but  was  always  called  "Captain,"  per- 


haps a  later  militia  title.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1740,  Mary  Kimball,  of  Bradford. 
Children:  William,  Thomas,  Mary,  Joanna, 
Eunice,  Anna,  Joanna  (2),  Mercy,  Joseph, 
Abigail;  Mordicai,  a  surgeon  in  the  revolu- 
tionary army ;  Amy,  Elizabeth  and  Lydia. 

(VI)  Hon.  Thomas  (5)  Hale,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Thomas  (4)  and  Mary  (Kimball)  Hale, 
was  born  at  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1744,  died  January  2,  1834.  He  was 
a  farmer ;  was  selectman  and  assessor  several 
years ;  representative  nine  years ;  senator  from 
Worcester  county  twelve  years.  He  was  much 
engaged  in  the  settlement  of  estates  and  in 
other  judiciary  matters,  having  the  deserved 
respect  and  confidence  of  the  entire  commu- 
nity. He  married,  October  i,  1768,  Ruth 
Hardy,  born  May  25,  1744,  died  October  3, 
1828.  Children :  Perley,  married  Hannah  Ed- 
munds ;  Ruth,  married  Nathaniel  Goddard,  and 
died  at  Littleton,  New  Hampshire,  November 
17,  1872,  aged  one  hundred  years  and  six 
months  ;  Thomas  (6),  married  "Widow  Spauld- 
ing ;"  Lucy,  married  Ruf us  Dodge ;  Daniel,  of 
further  mention ;  Mary,  married  Francis  Car- 
ruth;  Anna,  married  Asaph  Olds. 

(VII)  Daniel,  son  of  Hon.  Thomas  (5)  and 
Ruth  (Hardy)  Hale,  was  born  February  27, 
1780,  died  at  Florence,  New  York,  1844.  He 
settled  in  the  town  of  Tabor,  Oneida  county. 
New  York.  He  married,  September  2,  1804, 
Polly  Bartlett,  of  Brookfield,  Massachusetts. 
Children :  Fannie,  Ruth,  Harriet,  Ebenezer  and 
Daniel. 

(VIII)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  and 
Polly  (Bartlett)  Hale,  was  bom  September  14, 
1814,  died  September  i,  1884.  He  married, 
December  20,  1839,  Emily  Chidsey  (or  Chad- 
sey),  born  October  17,  1822,  died  September 
9,  1890,  daughter  of  Timothy  and  Sally 
(Thrall)  Chidsey  (or  Chadsey),  of  Cazenovia, 
Madison  county,  New  York.  Children :  Marion 
Josephine,  Elizabeth  P.  (Mrs.  Heller),  Lucy 
Amelia,  Emily  Frances,  Sarah  Delphine, 
Thomas  Fremont,  Daniel  Trumbull. 


The  Murrays  of  Dunkirk,  New 
MURRAY  York,  descend  from  Scotch  an- 
cestors who  had  long  been 
prominently  connected  with  the  stirring  his- 
tory of  that  country.  The  American  ancestor 
was  William  Murray,  born  in  Scotland,  about 
1690,  died  in  Amherst,  Massachusetts,  about 
1784.  He  came  to  America  in  1720,  settling 
first  at   Londonderry,   New   Hampshire,   and 


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later  removed  to  Amherst,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  died.  He  married,  February  20, 
1723,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Dickinson,  of 
Hatfield  (died  aged  ninety- four),  and  Hep- 
zibah  Wells,  granddaughter  of  Nathaniel  Dick- 
inson and  his  wife  Hannah,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Nathaniel  Dickinson,  who  came  in 
'635,  was  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  1637; 
town  clerk,  1645:  representative,  1646-56;  re- 
moved to  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  1659 ;  deacon 
and  first  recorder;  died  in  Hadley,  June  16, 
1676.  Wife,  Annie .  Children  of  Will- 
iam and  Hannah  Murray:  Elijah,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1723,  died  March,  1742;  William, 
see  forward;  Dorothy,  born  August  4,  1729, 
married,  May  9,  1754,  Abner  Williams:  David, 
bom  November  3,  1735;  Seth,  May  21,  1736; 
Hannah,  1744,  married,  November  22,  1764, 
Timothy  Abbott,  of  Bennington,  Vermont. 

(H)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Dickinson)  Murray,  was  born  July 
30,  1726,  died  about  1762.  He  married  Mercy 
Scott,  a  descendant  of  Samuel  Chapin,  a  found- 
er of  Springfield,  Massachusetts;  of  John 
Hitchcock,  lieutenant  in  King  Philip's  war :  of 
Samuel  Belden.  who  yras  in  the  Deerfield 
massacre ;  of  Hugh  Wells,  who  came  in  1635 ; 
of  William  AUis,  of  King  Philip's  war;  of 
William  Scott,  a  soldier  in  the  great  Falls 
fight,  and  of  Francis  Ball,  who  came  before 
1635.  Children :  Elihu,  of  further  mention ; 
Elijah,  born  June  6,  1756;  Mercy.  September 
t6,  1758;  Martha,  July  14,  1761. 

(HI)  Elihu,  eldest  child  of  William  (2) 
and  Mercy  (Scott)  Murray,  was  born  in  Hat- 
field, Massachusetts,  October  12,  1753,  ^'^^  ^" 
Guilford,  Chenango  county.  New  York,  June 

16,  1835.  He  enlisted  in  the  revolutionary 
army  as  a  private  of  Captain  Israel  Chapin's 
company.  Colonel  John  Fellow's  regiment, 
April  27,  1775.  He  fought  at  Bunker  Hill, 
Long  Island,  Throgg's  Neck,  Bennington  and 
Saratoga;  was  commissioned  captain  before 
1780,  and  afterward  served  in  the  quarter- 
master's department  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  resided  in  Hatfield  and  Deerfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  in  Guilford,  New  York,  where 
he  followed  farming.  He  married.  May  4, 
1782,  Lydia  Strong,  a  descendant  of  Elder 
John  Strong,  who  came  in  1630;  of  Henry 
Woodward,  who  came  in  1635 ;  of  John  Inger- 
soll,  who  came  in  1629,  and  of  Thomas  Bron- 
son,  who  came  in  1633. 

(IV)  Dauphin,  son   of   Elihu    and    Lydia 

(?>\Tong)  Murray,  was  born  in  Guilford,  New 


York,  April  24,  1793,  died  in  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  October  31,  1855.  He  was 
a  farmer  of  Chenango  for  many  years,  later 
removed  to  Steuben  county,  where  he  was 
elected  and  served  a  term  as  sheriflF  of  that 
county.  He  later  became  engaged  as  a  con- 
tractor on  public  works,  and  rriet  his  death  by 
a  railroad  accident  at  Hinsdale,  New  York. 
He  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  held  the 
rank  of  colonel  of  militia.  He  married  Sarah 
Seymour,  a  descendant  of  General  Robert 
Sedgwick,  who  came  in  1635,  founder  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  of 
Boston,  and  governor  of  Jamaica,  1656;  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Stone,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
a  chaplain  in  the  Pequot  war;  of  John  Hop- 
kins, of  Hartford,  and  of  Richard  Bronson. 
Colonel  Murray  had  issue,  including  two  sons 
— Henry  Kennedy,  born  in  Bath,  New  York, 
died  in  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey,  married  Abbie 
Shelden  Billings;  and  Charles  D.,  of  further 
mention. 

(V)  Charles  DeKalb,  son  of  Colonel  Dau- 
phin and  Sarah  (Seymour)  Murray,  was  born 
in  Guilford,  New  York,  May  4,  1831,  died  in 
Dunkirk,  New  York,  September  11,  1902.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  at  the 
age  of  nineteen  years  caught  the  gold  fever, 
joined  the  westward  tide  of  emigration,  and 
finally  reached  San  Francisco.  He  did  not, 
however,  engage  in  mining,  but  fincfing  -no 
other  o|>ening  obtained  employment  as  a  dray- 
man. He  saved  his  wages,  which  were  high, 
and  in  a  short  time  invested  in  a  team  and 
dray  of  his  own.  A  year  later  he  had  accumu- 
lated sufficient  capital  to  enter  the  produce 
commission  business  as  senior  member  of  the 
firm  Murray  &  Foster.  The  firm  carried  on  an 
extensive  business,  shipping  lumber  to  distant 
points,  Mr.  Murray  making  two  voyages  to 
Australia  with  cargoes  of  lumber.  Such  an 
experience  was  full  of  interest  in  those  early 
days  before  the  steam  vessel  and  the  submarine 
cable  had  dispelled  the  romance  connected  with 
that  faraway  land.  He  prospered,  but  in  1855 
was  called  home  by  the  tragic  death  of  his 
father.  He  did  not  return  to  CaHfornia,  but 
engaged  for  several  years  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness at  Hinsdale,  New  York.  The  panic  of 
1857  and  a  serious  strike  on  the  Erie  railroad, 
which  prevented  his  lumber  shipments,  brought 
financial  reverses  which  forced  him  out  of  the 
lumber  business  and  to  begin  life  over  again. 
He  obtained  a  position  as  railway  mail  clerk 
on  the  Erie  road,  running  between  Hornells- 


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ville  and  Dunkirk,  New  York.  He  employed 
all  his  spare  time  in  studying  law,  and  in  i860 
had  so  perfected  himself  that  he  was  admitted 
to  the  New  York  bar.  He  at  once  opened  an 
office  in  Hinsdale,  and  practiced  there  for  four 
years.  He  then  removed  to  Dunkirk,  New 
York,  where  he  won  an  honorable  position  at 
the  bar  and  became  a  conspicuous  figure  in  the 
public  life  of  Western  New  York.  He  served 
one  term  as  mayor  of  Dunkirk,  and  was  re- 
peatedly the  standard  bearer  of  the  Democratic 
party  for  high  offices.  The  district  was  strong- 
ly Republican,  but  on  one  occasion  (1870), 
when  a  candidate  for  congress,  he  reduced  a 
normal  majority  of  six  thousand  to  three  hun- 
dred. This  fact  attested  his  great  popularity. 
He  was  frequently  a  delegate  to  state  and  na- 
tional conventions,  and  in  1884  was  a  delegate 
to  the  national  convention  that  nominated  Gro- 
ver  Cleveland  for  President.  He  also  gave 
much  time  and  valuable  service  to  the  munici- 
pal welfare  of  Dunkirk.  He  served  seven 
years  as  president  of  the  board  of  education; 
was  president  of  the  board  of  water  commis- 
sioners, and  as  mayor  gave  the  city  a  clean 
business  administration.  He  became  deeply 
engaged  in  financial  and  manufacturing  con- 
cerns; was  president  of  the  Merchants'  Na- 
tional Bank,  president  of  the  Hartford  Axle 
Company,  and  vice-president  of  the  United 
States  Radiator  Company.  He  was  a  member 
and  senior  warden  of  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church,  and  an  earnest,  upright  citizen.  Con- 
servative in  business,  public-spirited  and  loyal 
to  his  city,  he  enjoyed  the  friendship  of  a  large 
circle  of  friends  and  the  entire  confidence  of 
his  fellows. 

He  married.  May  20,  i860,  Orpha  A.  Band- 
field,  of  Hinsdale,  New  York,  daughter  of 
George  D.  and  Orpha  S.  (Marsh)  Bandfield, 
of  Vermont.  Children :  i.  Maude,  born  in  Hins- 
dale; married  Henry  M.  Gerrans,  of  Buffalo, 
proprietor  of  the  Iroquois  Hotel;  children: 
Gertrude,  Dorothy  A.,  and  Grace  Orpha,  2. 
Henry  Thomas,  born  in  Hinsdale,  died  July  30, 
1910,  unmarried.  3.  Lewis  Newton,  born  in 
Dunkirk;  married,  1897,  Agnes,  daughter  of 
William  T.  Colman,  of  Dunkirk;  child,  Will- 
iam Colman,  bom  1899. 


The  Langs  of  Dunkirk,  New  York, 
LANG    descend  from  a  long  line  of  Ger- 
man ancestors.     The  first  of  this 
branch  to  settle  in  the  United  States  was  John 
G.  Lang,  born  in  Germany,  died  in  Dunkirk, 


1892.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1850, 
with  his  wife  and  only  son,  John  A.  After  a 
brief  sojourn  in  Buffalo  he  removed  to  Olean, 
New  York,  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming 
until  1873,  when  he  removed  to  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York.  He  and  his  wife  Eva  are 
buried  in  Fredonia,  New  York. 

(H)  John  A.,  only  child  of  John  G.  and 
Eva  Lang,  was  born  in  Germany,  November 
21,  1837,  died  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber II,  1888.  He  came  to  the  United  States 
with  his  parents  in  1853,  and  grew  to  man- 
hood on  the  Olean  farm.  He  was  well  educat- 
ed in  the  German  schools  and  was  a  man  of 
great  intelligence.  He  purchased  the  old  Cole 
farm  on  the  west  side  of  Dunkirk,  now  known 
as  "Hemlock  Grange,"  where  he  resided  for 
several  years.  He  married  Theresa  Fisher, 
born  in  Germany,  died  in  Dunkirk,  New  York, 
March  17, 1910,  aged  seventy-two  years,  daugh- 
ter of  Aloesis  and  Theresa  (Rowe)  Fisher, 
who  came  to  the  United  States  when  she  was  a 
child.  Children,  born  in  Dunkirk:  Louis  J., 
of  further  mention ;  Rose,  died  aged  eighteen 
years;  George  C,  married  Emma  Stocker; 
Elizabeth,  married  Gforge  H.  Graf;  Mary, 
married  John  Klink. 

(HI)  Louis  J.,  eldest  son  and  child  of  John 
A.  and  Theresa  (Fisher)  Lang,  was  born  in 
Dunkirk,  New  York,  March  23,  1867.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Dunkirk  schools  and  remained 
on  the  home  farm  until  he  reached  the  age  of 
twenty-four  years.  In  1891  he  located  in  Berea, 
Ohio,  where  he  successfully  engaged  in  the 
retail  furniture  business  until  1900,  when  he 
removed  to  Dunkirk,  where  he  engaged  in 
furniture  and  household  goods  trade.  He  has 
been  very  successful  in  business,  and  is  rated 
one  of  the  substantial  men  of  his  city.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Evangelical  church,  and  other  organizations  of 
Dunkirk.  He  married,  August  30,  1894,  in 
South  Newstead,  New  York,  Barbara  C.  Graf, 
born  in  Tonawanda,  New  York,  November  17, 
1869,  daughter  of  Louis  Graf,  bom  in  Bavaria. 
Germany,  January  25,  1822,  died  October  10, 
1908.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1839, 
and  for  several  years  travelled  about  the  coun- 
try with  his  brother,  working  at  his  trade  of 
shoemaker.  He  finally  settled  down  and  began 
business  in  a  settled  location  between  Tona- 
wanda and  Lockport,  New  York.  When  he 
was  twenty-seven  years  of  age  he  began  the 
manufacture  of  shoes  in  Tonawanda.  He 
married   (first)   Clarissa  Fletcher.     Children, 


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bom  in  Erie  county.  New  York :  Sarah,  Louis, 
Daniel,  Margaret,  John  Edwin  and  John  Ed- 
ward (twins).  He  married  (second)  Cath- 
erine .Herzog,  bom  in  Darmstadt,  Germany, 
February  28,  1844,  died  March  26,  1906.  She 
came  to  the  United  States  with  her  parents  in 
1855 ;  children :  i.  Mary,  married  G.  Ott,  of 
Geneva,  New  York;  ii.  Kate,  died  young;  iii. 
Barbara  C.,  married  Louis  J.  Lang;  iv.  George 
H.,  married,  June  23,  1898,  Elizabeth,  sister 
of  Louis  J.  Lang,  child,  Lester  Arlington,  born 
in  Dunkirk,  November  22,  1904;  v.  Elizabeth 
H.,  unmarried;  vi.  Herman  B. ;  vii.  William 
G.,  married  Nellie  Lohrenz.  Children  of  Louis 
J.  and  Barbara  C.  Lang;  Louise  K.,  born  June 
3,  1895;  Esther  R.,  September  16,  1896;  Her- 
bert W.,  April  8,  1899. 

This  surname  is  variously  spelled 
ABBEY  Abba,  Abbee,  Abbey,  Abet,  Abbie, 
Abie,  Abbeye  and  Abby.  The  En- 
field branch  of  the  family  has  used  the  forms 
Abby  and  Abbey,  while  the  Windham,*  Con- 
necticut, branch  has  preferred  Abbe  as  a  rule. 
The  origin  of  the  name  is  doubtless  from  some 
location  at  or  near  an  abbey,  from  which  some 
progenitor  took  a  nickname  that  became  a 
family  name  in  accordance  with  a  common  pro- 
cess. The  Abbe  coat-of-arms :  Gules  five  fusils 
in  fesse  between  three  scallop  shells.  Crest 
on  a  wreath  of  three  colors  of  the  shield  (gules 
and  argent)  an  eagle's  head  erased  or.' 

(I)  The  first  settler  doubtless  came  from 
England,  and  tradition  fixes  his  home  in  the 
old  country  at  Norwich,  county  Norfolk.  There 
is  a  tradition  that  the  Enfield  family  came 
from  John  Abbe,  a  native  of  Maryland,  of 
Huguenot  stock,  but  the  records  seem  clearly 
to  show  that  the  Enfield  and  Windham  fam- 
ilies are  descended  from  John  Abbe,  of  Wen- 
ham,  Massachusetts.  Some  remote  ancestor 
may  have  been  Norman  French,  but  John  was 
undoubtedly  English.  He  was  received  as  an 
inhabitant  of  Salem,  January  2,  1636-7,  and 
allotted  an  acre  of  land  "for  an  house  next  be- 
yond ye  gunsmiths  and  three  acres  of  planting 
ground  where  ye  town  hath  appoynted  beyond 
Castle  Hill."  He  had  ten  acres  more  granted 
in  1642  in  Salem,  probably  in  the  part  that  was 
later  Wenham.  He  was  mentioned  first  in 
Wenham  records  in  1643,  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, and  constable  in  i6i59.  He  and  his  wife 
Mary  conveyed  land  at  Wenham  to  their  sons 
John  and  Samuel,  and  completed  the  disposal 

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of  his  real  estate  by  deed  dated  August  3,  1683. 
He  was  at  Reading,  according  to  Savage,  May 
7, 1685,  but  records  prove  he  left  Wenham.  He 

married  (first)  Mary ,  died  September 

9,  1672,  (second),  November  25,  1674,  Mary 
Goldsmith.  He  died  at  Wenham,  about  1690, 
agea  about  severity- four  years.  Children:  i. 
John,  settled  in  Windham,  Connecticut;  was 
admitted  an  inhabitant  there  December  9,  1696; 
dismissed  from  Wenham  to  Windham  church ; 
died  December  11,  1700.  2.  Samuel,  of  fur- 
ther mention.     3.  Sarah.    4.  Marah,  married 

Killam.    5.  Rebecca,  married,  May  13, 

1667,  Richard  Kimball.  6.  Obadiah,  settled  at 
Enfield;  married  Sarah  Warriner,  widow  of 
Joseph.  4.  Thomas,  ancestor  of  the  Enfield 
family. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Abbey,  was  bom 
about  1650,  in  Salem,  or  Wenham,  Massachu- 
setts. His  father  deeded  to  him  ten  acres  of 
land  in  Wenham,  March  29,  1675,  and  he  was 
a  surveyor  there  in  1676.  He  bought  land  of 
Lot  Kilham,  in  Salem  Village,  in  1682,  and  he 
and  his  wife  were  dismissed  to  form  the  Salem 
Village  church  November  15,  1689.  He  had 
other  land  transactions  in  Essex  county.  He 
sold  his  property  April  3,  1697,  to  Zachariah 
White,  of  Lynn,  and  bought  November  4,  1697, 
of  Benjamin  Howard,  of  Windham,  Connecti- 
cut, for  twenty-two  pounds  ten  shillings,  half 
an  allotment  of  land  (five  hundred  acres), 
being  No.  2  at  the  Center,  then  at  or  near 
Bricktop,  with  half  the  house,  etc.  He  was 
admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Windham,  December 
21,  1697.  He  died  in  Windham,  in  March, 
1697-98,  before  he  was  fairly  settled  in  the 
new  home.  He  married,  at  Wenham,  October 
12,  1672,  Mary  Knowlton,  and  she  married, 
after  his  death,  April  27,  1699,  Abraham 
Mitchell,  an  early  Windham  settler,  by  whom 
she  had  a  son  Daniel  Mitchell,  born  and  died 
December  10,  1700.  Children,  born  at  Wen- 
ham and  Salem  Village:  Mary,  about  1674; 
Samuel,  about  1676,  married  Hannah  Silsby, 
and  died  January  15,  1736-37;  Thomas,  about 
1679,  died  at  Windham,  April  i,  1700;  Eliza- 
beth, about  1681,  married  William  Slate ;  Eben- 
ezer,  of  further  mention ;  Mercy,  March  i,  1684- 
85,  married  Jonathan  Ormsby,  of  Windham; 
Sarah,  July  4  or  6,  1686,  married  John  Fowler ; 
Hepsibah,  February  14,  1688-89,  married  Sam- 
uel Palmer;  Abigail,  November  19,  1690,  mar- 
ried probably  Joseph  Ormsby,  of  Rehoboth; 
John,  June  4,  1692,  settled  in  Hartford,  died 


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1790;  Benjamin,  June  4,  1694,  settled  in  Glas- 
tonbury, married  Mary  Tryon ;  Jonathan,  born 
about  1697,  settled  in  VVillington. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Abbey,  was 
bom  at  Salem  Village,  July  31,  1683;  was  of 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  November,  1705,  when 
he  purchased  of  his  brother  Samuel  fifty-five 
acres  of  land  at  Newfound  Meadow  in  Wind- 
hanr.  He  sold  to  Samuel  at  the  same  time, 
land  in  Bushnell  Plain  and  Willimantic.  He 
settled  at  what  is  now  North  Windham,  and 
may  have  lived  in  later  life  at  Mansfield ;  was 
a  member  of  the  Hampton  church  in  1725. 
He  married  Mary  Allen,  daughter  of  Joshua, 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Mansfield,  October 
28,  1707,  and  he  died  December  5,  1758.  She 
died  in  1766.  He  mentions  ten  of  his  thirteen 
children  in  his  will,  the  others  having  died  be- 
fore. Children:  i.  Ebenezer,  born  July  27, 
1708,  of  further  mention.  2.  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember II,  1709;  married  Daniel  Cross,  of 
Mansfield.  3.  Joshua,  January  20,  1710-11. 
4,  Mary,  September  21,  17 12;  married  Jona- 
than Bingham  Jr.  5.  Nathan,  May  6,  1714; 
.settled  in  Mansfield;  married  (first)  Silence 
Ames,  (second)  Lucy  Hovey.  6.  Gideon,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  171 5-16.  7.  Samuel,  October  30, 
1 71 7,  died  March  i,  1718.  8.  Samuel,  April 
24,  1719.  9.  Zerviah,  March  17,  1720-21 ;  mar- 
ried Elihu  Marsh.  10.  Jerusha,  October  22, 
1722;  married  Samuel  Wood.  11.  Abigail, 
August  I,  1724.  12.  Miriam,  August  31,  1726; 
married  William  Cross.    13.  Solomon,  May  29, 

1730. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 

Abbey,  was  born  in  Windham,  July  27,  1708. 

He  married  Abigail-^ ,  February  22,  1729- 

30.  Children:  Mary,  bom  March  26,  1731 ; 
Isaac,  July  25,  1733;  Abner,  August  26,  1737; 
Ebenezer,  June  10,  1739;  Jacob,  August  23, 
1 741 ;  John,  of  further  mention ;  Samuel,  June 
21,  1747. 

(V)  John,  sixth  child  of  Ebenezer  and  Abi- 
gail Abbey,  was  born  in  Windham,  Connecti- 
cut, August  23,  1743.  He  settled  at  Bellows 
Falls,  Connecticut,  where  he  died.  He  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war  as  a  private  of  the 
Continental  army.  He  married,  April  27,  1768, 
Dorothy  Bugbee,  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  John  and  Dorothy 
(Bugbee)  Abbey,  was  born  at  Bellows  Falls, 
Connecticut,  in  1789,  died  in  1876.  After  his 
marriage  he  came  to  New  York  state,  where 
he  finally,  in  1823,  settled  in  the  town  of 
\'illenova  (now  Arkwright),  Chautauqua  coun- 


ty. He  was  a  farmer  all  his  life,  and  owned 
land  in  various  places.  He  married  Hannah 
Woods,  of  Bennington,  Vermont,  daughter  of 
Nathan  Woods,  a  revolutionary  soldier  and 
descendant  of  John  Woods,  born  in  England, 
about  1 610,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  married  Mary  Par- 
menter.  Children  of  David  and  Hannah  Ab- 
bey :  James  Parker ;  Chauncey,  of  further  men- 
tion; Abbial;  Hannah;  John;  David  J.,  and 
one  who  died  young. 

(V^II)  Chauncey,  son  of  David  and  -Han- 
nah (Woods)  Abbey,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Virgil,  Cortland  county,  New  York,  April  i, 
181 5,  died  in  Fredonia,  New  York,  September 
II,  1894.  He  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home 
farm,  and  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools,  becoming  especially  proficient  in  mathe- 
matics. After  arriving  at  manhood  he  became 
the  owner  of  a  farm  at  Arkwright,  containing 
one  hundred  and  ninety-four  acres,  and  there 
for  sixty  years  he  devoted  himself  to  its  man- 
agement and  cultivation.  In  a  community 
noted  for  fine  farms  and  abundant  crops,  his 
was  easily  one  of  the  leaders.  He  brought  his 
acreage  to  a  wonderful  condition  of  produc- 
tiveness and  became  prosperous.  Besides  till- 
ing his  fertile  fields,  he  engaged  extensively  for 
many  years  in  stock  raising  and  dealing.  In 
1856  Mr.  Abbey,  in  association  with  Stephen 
M.  Clements  and  others,  organized  the  Fre- 
donia Bdnk  at  Fredonia,  New  York,  which  in 
1865  was  reorganized  and  incorporated  as  the 
Fredonia  National  Bank.  In  i8iB2  Mr.  Abbey 
was  elected  president,  and  served  in  that  im- 
portant position  twelve  years  until  his  death 
in  1894.  He  was  a  large  stockholder  and  di- 
rector in  both  the  old  and  new  banks,  and  in 
their  management  his  good  judgment  and  sane, 
conservative  business  methods  added  much  to 
their  uniform  success  and  prosperity.  He  be- 
lieved in  Chautauqua  county  farm  property 
as  an  investment,  and  owned  several  valuable 
tracts  in  the  county,  besides  his  farm  at  Ark- 
wright, also  a  well  improved  farm  in  Ohio. 
The  career  of  this  farmer  boy  who  came  from 
lowly  life  to  be  a  leader  in  his  county  is  an  in- 
structive one.  Naturally  slow  and  cautious  in 
business  dealings,  he  broadened  and  expanded 
in  every  way,  becoming  prominent  in  every  de- 
partment of  county  life.  He  acquired  a  knowl- 
edge of  business  forms,  drew  wills,  settled 
estates,  acted  as  guardian,  and  cared  for  the 
investments  of  minors  and  others.  He  was 
the  general  banker  for  the  community,  no  other 


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security  being  required  than  his  word.  In 
matters  of  advice  and  counsel  he  was  much 
sought  after,  and  he  freely  and  willingly  gave 
to  the  many  who  asked  from  his  wise  judg- 
ment and  wide  experience.  His  life  was  suc- 
cessful and  useful,  and  not  given  up  to  selfish, 
ignoble  purpose.  While  he  prospered,  it  was 
not  at  the  expense  of  otl^srs,  but  by  persistent 
effort  wisely  directed,  and  his  wealth  was  right- 
ly used.  He  served  his  town  as  supervisor  for 
eight  years,  which  office  was  the  only  public 
one  he  ever  accepted.  He  supported  the  Re- 
publican party,  and  was  an  attendant  and  lib- 
eral supporter  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

He  married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Stephen  Chase,  of  Charlotte,  New  York.  She 
died  March  28,  1855,  aged  thirty-eight  years. 
Children:  i.  Hannah,  died  young.  2.  Rubie 
Lovina,  a  resident  of  Fredonia,  New  York.  3. 
Rosa  E.,  married  (first)  Manly  M.  Sessions; 
children,  born  in  Hamlet,  New  York:  Chaun- 
cey  David,  married  Clara  Britton,  and  has 
Manly  Morris  and  Elizabeth  Heath;  Sarah 
Mabel,  married  Charles  A.  Hopkins;  she  mar- 
ried (second)  Albertus  Pierce.  4.  Etta  Eliza- 
l)eth,  married  Warren  B.  Hooker  ( see  Hooker). 


The  query  of  Verstigan's,  quot- 
SMITH     ed  below,  has  been  replied  to  by 

Lowen,  who  says :  "The  antiquary 
should  have  been  aware  that  the  radix  of  this 
term  is  the  Saxon  *Smithan,'  to  Smite:  and 
therefore  it  was  originally  applied  to  artificers 
in  wood,  as  well  as  to  those  in  metal,  and  to 
smithers  in  general."  Hence  the  frequency  of 
the  name  is  easily  accounted  for.  The  term 
was  applied  to  everything  which  required  ham- 
mering. 

From  whence  conies  Smith,  all  be  he  knight  or  squire, 
But  from  the  Smith  that  forgeth  at  the  fire. 

For  many  years  the  Smiths  of  primitive 
England  were  regarded  as  sorcerers  and  wiz- 
ards. Vestiges  of  this  have  lingered  long.  In 
papers  of  apprenticeships  to  the  trade  of  a 
smith  in  modern  times  the  expression  some- 
times occurs  "the  art  and  the  mystery"  of  the 
trade  to  be  taught  by  the  master.  Among 
primitive  people,  even  to-day,  the  belief  pre- 
vails that  the  smith  is  a  wizard.  Among  the 
Yakuts  of  northeastern  Siberia  smiths  are  be- 
lieved to  have  healing  and  prophetic  powers. 
Spirits,  these  people  claim,  are  more  afraid  of 
the  clink  of  the  smith's  hammer  and  the  roar 
of  his  bellows  than  of  any  other  earthly  mani- 


festations of  force.  Sir  Walter  Scott's  novel, 
"Kenilworth,"  introduces  a  smith  as  the  wizard 
of  the  plot — ^the  alchemist,  the  prophet,  the 
magician,  who  mysteriously  does  and  makes 
unexpected  things  in  a  remarkable  way.  In 
broad  generic  terms  a  smith  meant  a  "maker 
of  something."  The  name  originated  on  Eng- 
lish soil,  as  a  surname,  though  the  word  from 
which  it  is  derived  was  Saxon,  and  hence 
"Smitan"  was  a  Saxon  word  long  before  the 
days  of  surnames,  and  before  the  Saxons  left 
the  north  of  Europe  for  the  British  Isles. 
Smith,  a  strictly  Anglo-Saxon  word,  became  a 
surname  in  England  first,  and  not  earlier  than 
the  year  1065,  and  was  so  applied  after  the 
vocation  of  the  first  man  to  assume  such  a 
surname,  and  many  other  men  so  engaged  fol- 
lowed the  idea.  Hence,  few,  if  any,  of  them 
were  related.  So  the  Smith  families  of  to-day 
are  divided  by  blood  into  families  that  never 
had  any  relationship  to  each  other  in  their 
origin,  except  as  to  race.  Still,  true  it  may 
have  been,  that  any  European  going  to  Eng- 
land in  the  days  of  the  adoption  of  surnames, 
and  there  taking  up  the  business  of  a  smith, 
may  have  become  a  Smith  in  name  also ;  thus, 
in  the  name  of  Smith,  there  well  may  be  the 
blood  of  Saxon,  Angle,  Teuton,  Gaul,  or  other. 
So,  true  it  is,  that  no  man  can  now  say  what 
was  the  blood  or  prior  nationality  of  any  one 
of  the  various  Smiths  of  England,  who,  hap- 
pening to  be  a  smith  in  that  country  in  the 
twelfth  century,  became  known  by  the  Saxon 
name  of  Smith.  In  the  majority  of  cases  it  is 
merely  safe  to  assume  that  being  on  English 
soil  the  most  of  such  men  were  of  native  stock, 
Saxon,  Angle,  or  Dane.  (From  "The  Making 
of  Smith,"  prepared  for  and  under  the  sug- 
gestions of  T.  Guilford  Smith,  LL.  D.,  of  Buf- 
lafo.  New  York). 

The  line,  as  traced  to  T.  Guilford  Smith, 
begins  with  Ralph  Smyth,  of  Hingham,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  is  said  by  Gushing  to  have  come 
to  America  from  old  Hingham,  England,  in 
1633,  and  indicates  that  he  came  alone.  His 
name  first  appears  upon  Hingham  records  in 
1637,  when  he  drew  a  house  lot  on  Bachelor 
street.  The  colony  records  call  him  "Ralph 
Smyth";  as  late  as  September  22,  1652,  the 
Suffolk  county  probate  records  say  "Ralph 
Smyth,  of  Hingham."  His  name  figures  often 
on  Plymouth  colony  records ;  he  seems  to  have 
been  rather  a  headstrong  character,  and,  sev- 
eral times,  was  haled  to  court,  although,  in 
1660,  he  was  chosen  "constable  at  Eastham." 


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Letters  of  administration  were  granted,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1685,  to  "Grace  Smith,  relict  of  Ralph 
Smith." 

(II)  Thomas  Smith,  (Savage  says)  "prob- 
ably son  of  Ralph,"  was  on  a  list  of  voters  of 
the  town  of  Eastham,  Massachusetts,  in  1675, 
who  had  been  admitted  since  1655.  June  24, 
1690,  he  took  the  freeman's  oath,  at  Barnstable. 
His  wife  was  named  Mary,  and  they  had: 
Ralph,  of  whom  further;  Rebeccah,  Thomas, 
David,  Jonathan,  Isaac  and  Jesse.  Widow 
Mary  Smith  died  March  22,  1736-37. 

(III)  Ralph  (2),  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Smith,  was  born  October  3,  1772.  There  is 
every  reason  to  believe  that  he  is  the  Ralph 
Srnith,  of  Burfington,  New  Jersey,  who  first 
appears  on  the  records  there  in  1725 :  "Ralph 
Smith,  juryman,  March  term,  Burlington  coun- 
ty court."  There  is  little  record  or  trace  of 
Ralph  Smith  in  the  Quaker  records  of  Bur- 
lington, and,  with  the  exception  of  the  petition 
of  his  eldest  son  for  a  guardian  after  Ralph's 
death,  and  the  gravestone  of  Olive  Smith,  his 
wife,  and  the  well-founded  tradition  that  he  is 
buried  by  her  side,  there  appears  no  existing 
record  of  his  life.  This  may  be  accounted  for 
by  the  fact  that  he  was  a  "mariner,"  and  spent 
a  great  part  of  his  life  on  the  sea.  It  is  not 
likely  he  possessed  any  considerable  wealth, 
hence  would  have  little  interest  ashore,  beyond 
his  own  family  circle.  That  he  was  buried  in 
St.  Mary's  churchyard,  Burlington,  is  proven 
by  the  word  of  residents  of  Burlington,  who 
remembered  having  seen  a  headstone  (now 
missing)  by  the  side  of  Olive  Smith,  and  who 
recognized  it  as  marking  the  grave  of  Ralph 
Smith.  He  died  shortly  prior  to  February  28, 
1734,  his  wife  having  died  in  1731.  Children, 
as  far  as  known :  Catherine,  Hugh  and  Ralph. 
Olive,  wife  of  Ralph  Smith,  was  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Duehurst)  Clarke. 
Thomas  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner  of  Bur- 
lington, a  landowner,  and  of  service  in  the 
church.  Olive  was  born  1698.  It  appears  that 
her  mother  rendered  practiciail  service  to  St. 
Mary's  Church,  and,  before  marriage,  she  was 
her  mother's  assistant.  Various  sums  are  noted 
as  having  been  paid  her  in  1 717- 18.  Her  grave- 
stone, still  standing,  says  she  died  July  17, 1731, 
aged  thirty-three  years.  Also  that  a  daughter 
Catherine  died  on  the  same  day.  Hugh,  the 
eldest  son,  became  a  mariner,  which  presup- 
poses a  life  similar  to  that  led  by  his  father. 
He  was  a  builder  of  river  craft  and  ran  river 
boats  for  transporting  freight  and  passengers 


between  Philadelphia  and  Burlington.    He  mar- 
ried, but  there  is  no  record  of  issue. 

(IV)  Ralph  (3),  second  son  of  Ralph  (2) 
and  Olive  Smith,  was  born  February  29,  1724, 
at  Burlington,  New  Jersey.  Of  his  career 
little  is  known.  He  appears  to  have  taken 
charge  of  his  own  fortunes  at  an  early  age. 
He  was  frequently  im  and  perhaps  a  resident 
of  Philadelphia.  He  became  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  most  likely  influenced  by 
hifi  wife,  Margery  Allen,  a  woman  of  strong 
character,  daughter  of  a  distinguished  New 
Jersey  family.  They  were  married  in  Christ's 
Church,  Philadelphia,  April  22,  1749. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  Ralph  (3)  and  Mar- 
gery (Allen)  Smith,  was  bom  August  23,  1761^ 
died  June  21,  1810.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lution, from  Pennsylvania.  "Thomas  Smith, 
Bombardier,*mentioned  in  muster  roll  of  Sep- 
tember 12,  1777,  of  Captain  Andrew  Sum- 
mer's fifth  company,  fifth  class,  Philadelphia 
militia,  regiment  of  foot,  commanded  by  Colo- 
nel John  Eyre."  (Pennsylvania  Archives,  vol. 
13,  page  849).  A  Thomas  Smith  received  a 
commission,  in  1782,  as  a  privateer,  schooner 
"Bloom,"  twenty-five  men,  six  guns.  (This 
may  have  been  the  same  Thomas  Smith).  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He 
married,  at  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Philadelphia,  September  26, 1782,  Grizzel  East- 
wick,  born  July  5,  1763,  died  May  9,  1851, 
daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Eastwick.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Eastwick,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Margaret,  died  aged  fifty- four  years  seven 
months.  3.  Margery,  married  Joseph  Price. 
4.  Thomas,  became  a  rich  man,  and  left  an 
estate  of  $113,000,  over  which  a  bitter  lawsuit 
was  waged,  he  having  left  a  large  amount  to 
the  Friends'  boarding  school,  of  Westtown; 
the  heirs  sought  justice  and  finally  won  their 
case ;  he  was  a  lumber  dealer  of  Philadelphia ; 
unmarried.  5.  Mary  W.,  died,  unmarried,  aged 
twenty-six.  6.  Hugh,  married  Ellen  Chamber- 
lain, of  Flemington,  New  Jersey.  7.  New- 
berry, died,  unmarried,  in  his  fifty-fifth  year; 
a  druggist  of  Philadelphia.  8.  Edward,  died 
in  infancy.  9.  Ann,  twin  of  Edward,  died, 
unmarried,  in  her  fifty-fifth  year.  10.  Sus- 
anna, died,  unmarried,  aged  seventy-six  years ; 
she  was  the  last  survivor  of  the  family.  11. 
William  Allen,  died  aged  thirty-six  years ;  mar- 
ried Ann  E.  Rush. 

(VI)  Charles  Eastwick,  eldest  child  of 
Thomas  and  Grizzel  (Eastwick)  Smith,  was 
born  August  17,   1783,  died  April  17,   1828. 


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His  mother  is  buried  at  Laurel  Hill  Ceme- 
tery, Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.     He  was  a 
druggist,  having  a  store  located  at  the  corner 
of  Second  and  New  streets,  Philadelphia.   He 
married,  April  5,  1808,  at  the  "North  meeting 
house"  (Friends),  Philadelphia,  Mary  Ogden, 
born  "ist  month,  8th  day,  1784,  at  6  o'clock  in 
the  morning  and  7th  day  of  the  week,"  and 
"died  in  (Blossburg)  Tioga  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, nth  month,  2nd  day,  1838,  Mary  Smith, 
late  Ogden,  aged  54  years,  3  months,  one  day." 
She  was  the  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Dorothy 
(Meng)  Ogden.    Children:  i.  Franklin,  mar- 
ried Mary  Guest.     2.  Hugh  Ogden,  died  un- 
married.   3.  Margaret,  married  James  R.  Wil- 
son. 4.  Pemberton,  of  whom  further.  5.  Charles. 
6.  Charles  East  wick,  born   November,   1820, 
died  1900;  he  became  a  man  of  great  promi- 
nence in   Philadelphia;  he  joined  the  Union 
League,   of   Philadelphia,  January   14,   1863, 
seventeen  days  after  its  organization,  and  was 
president,  1877-78 ;  also  president  of  Philadel- 
phia &;  Reading  railroad,  from  1859  to  1869. 
(Vn)  Pemberton,  son  of  Charles  Eastwick 
and  Mary  (Ogden)  Smith,  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia,   Pennsylvania,    September    12,    18 16, 
died  May  14,  1873,  and  is  buried  in  Laurel 
Hill  Cemetery,  with  his  wife  Margaretta.    He 
traveled  in  the  south  in  1835-36-37,  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  firm  of  Wilson,  McCowan  &  Com- 
pany, who  failed  in  1837.     Mr.  Smith  then 
came  north  and  entered  into  partnership  with 
Thomas  Zell,  his  uncle,  forming  the  hardware 
firm  of  Thomas  Zell  &  Company,  with  store  at 
the  comer  of  Eighth  and  Market  streets,  Phila- 
delphia.   Later  the  firm  was  Zell  &  Smith,  and, 
from  1856-64,  Pemberton  Smith.    After  retir- 
ing from  business,  in  1864,  he  traveled  abroad, 
with  his  wife,  for  one  or  two  years,  then  re- 
turned to  Philadelphia,  which  was  his  home 
until  death.    He  gave  much  time  and  interest 
to  educational  and  philanthropic  societies  and 
work,  particularly  the  House  of  Refuge,  in 
Philadelphia,  and  the  Pennsylvania  Society  for 
the    Establishment   and    Support   of   Charity 
Schools.    He  was  a  life  member  of  this  society, 
and  a  leader  in  advancing  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion of  boys  and  girls.  The  schools,  established 
by  the  society,  were  in  a  measure  free  schools, 
and,  after  they  became  factors  in  their  sphere 
of  good  works,  Mr.  Smith  became  one  of  their 
stanchest   supporters.     Outside  of  his  hard- 
ware business  he  made  this  his  chief  endeavor. 
On  January  6  he  was  elected  to  the  board  of 
managers  of  the  House  of  Refuge,  and  served 


for  many  years.  At  various  times  he  was  secre- 
tary and  active  on  committees.  After  1864, 
when  he  retired  from  business,  he  continued 
his  zeal  and  interest,  which  ceased  only  with 
his  death,  and  was  secretary  of  the  society  up 
to  a  short  time  previous  to  his  decease.  He  was 
instrumental  in  having  sewing  taught  to  chil- 
dren in  schools,  in  a  practical  way.  At  the  sug- 
gestion of  his  son,  T.  Guilford  Smith,  he  brought 
into  execution  the  idea  of  introducing  sewing 
machines  into  the  Beck  and  Ludwig  schools. 
He  personally  carried  out  the  innovation,  se- 
cured the  machines  from  the  manufacturers, 
and  made  the  teaching  of  sewing  in  the  schools 
of  practical,  valuable  benefit.  This  idea  was 
adopted  in  other  schools,  and  is  now  an  essential 
feature  of  public  school  work  in  many  cities. 

Pemberton  Smith  married,  December  4, 1838, 
Margaretta  E.  Zell,  a  descendant  of  Jacob 
Zell,  a  German  pioneer  of  note,  who  settled  at 
Lower  Merion,  Montgomery  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1740. 

(Vni)  T.  Guilford,  son  of  Pemberton  and 
Margaretta  E.  (Zell)  Smith,  was  born. in  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  August  27,  1839.  He 
was  educated  in  private  and  public  schools, 
and  was  graduated  as  salutatorian  of  the  thirty- 
second  class  of  the  Central  High  School,  of 
Philadelphia,  with  the  d^ree  of  A.  B.,  in 
1858.  He  then  entered  Rensselaer  Polytechnic 
Institute,  Troy,  New  York,  whence  he  was 
graduated  civil  engineer,  in  1861.  Immedi- 
ately after  his  degree  was  obtained  Mr.  Smith 
entered  the  engineering  department  of  the  Phil*- 
adelphia  &  Reading  railroad.  In  1865  he  re- 
signed to  become  manager  of  the  Philadelphia 
Sugar  Refinery,  an  office  he  held  until  1869. 
In  1870-71  he  was  consulting  engineer  to  sev- 
eral railroads  and  mineral  enterprises  in  the 
south  and  west,  and,  in  their  interest,  visited 
England  and  the  continent,  in  1872.  Being 
deeply  interested  in  prison  reforms  he  was 
also  chosen  as  delegate  to  the  International 
Prison  Congress,  which  met  in  London  that 
year.  On  his  return  to  the  United  States  he 
located  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  has 
had  a  long  and  most  notable  career,  .as  secre- 
tary of  the  Union  Iron  Company,  of  that  city, 
and  representative  of  the  great  steel  producing 
companies.  In  1878  he  became  western  sales 
agent  of  the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Coal  and 
Iron  Company,  and,  in  1883,  of  the  firm  of 
Albright  &  Smith,  sales  agents  of  the  Phila- 
delphia &  Reading  Coal  and  Iron  Company, 
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twenty  years  he  has  been  manager  of  sales  for 
the  Carnegie  Steel  CcMiipany,  and  also  con- 
tinues to  represent  it  and  the  Illinois  Steel 
Company  and  the  United  States  Steel  Pro- 
ducts Export  Company.  For  several  years, 
during  this  period,  he  was  also  active  as  vice- 
president  of  the  New  York  Gar  Wheel  Works, 
and  the  St.  Thomas  Car  Wheel  Company,  of 
St.  Thomas,  Ontario,  and  of  the  Canada  Iron 
Furnace  Company,  limited.  He  is  an  author- 
ity in  the  iron  and  steel  world,  and  commands 
respectful  attention  in  that  business. 

Dr.  Smith  is  noted  for  his  work  in  the  cause 
of  education.  Since  1890  he  has  served  as  a 
regent  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  and,  since  1891,  as  chairman  of  the 
museum  committee  of  the  board  of  regents. 
This  position  is  an  honored  one,  for  the  regents 
.are  elected  for  life  by  the  legislature,  and  to 
them  are  entrusted  all  the  institutions  of  higher 
learning  in  the  commonwealth.  Other  institu- 
tions with  which  he  was  closely  connected  are 
the  University  of  Buffalo,  as  member  of  coun- 
cil; Alfred  University,  which  conferred  the  de- 
gree of  LL.  D.  on  him,  in  1900,  in  recog- 
nition of  his  efforts  in  establishing,  at  Alfred, 
the  New  York  State  School  of  Clays  and 
Ceramics.  He  was  president  of  the  Buffalo 
Library,  and,  during  his  term  of  office,  suc- 
ceeded in  having  the  library  made  free  to  the 
public,  and  secured  an  annual  appropriation  of 
$80,000  from  the  city.  He  was  president  of 
the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts  Academy  for  several 
years,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Buffalo 
Society  of  Natural  Sciences  since  1904,  and 
president  of  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute Alumni  Association  in  1889.  In  1863 
Central  High  School,  of  Philadelphia,  con- 
ferred on  him  the  degree  of  A.  M. ;  Hobart 
College,  in  1899,  LL.  D. ;  Alfred  University, 
in  1900,  LL.  D.  Since  1888  Dr.  Smith  has 
been  president  of  the  Charity  Organization 
Society,  of  Buffalo,  and  is  now  honorary  presi- 
dent of  this  pioneer  society  of  the  United 
States.  He  was  a  director  of  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  in  1894-96,  and,  the 
same  year,  was  delegate  from  the  American 
Society  of  Civil  Engineers  to  the  Eleventh 
International  Congress  of  Medicine  and  Sur- 
gery, at  Rome,  Italy.  In  1894  and  1898  he 
visited  the  Orient  and  Europe,  again  visited 
Europe  in  1901,  and,  in  1907,  Egypt,  Greece 
and  Italy.  In  1904  he  was  prominent  in  the 
reception  of  the  members  of  the  Iron  and  Steel 
Institute.      While   at    Rensselaer    Polytechnic 


Institute  he  was  elected  a  member  of  Delta 
Chapter,  Theta  Delta  Chi.  In  1894  Hobart 
College  made  him  an  honorary  member  of  Phi 
Beta  Kappa.  He  belongs  to  many  societies  of 
a  professional  nature,  among  them  the  Frank- 
lin Institute,  of  Philadelphia;  American  Soci- 
ety of  Civil  Engineers,  and  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Mining  Engineers.  His  other  soci- 
eties, of  a  scientific  and  economic  nature,  are: 
The  American  Academy  of  Political  and  Social 
Science ;  the  American  Economic  Association  ; 
American  Protective  Tariff  League.  His  his- 
torical and  patriotic  societies  are :  The  Histor- 
ical Society  of  Pennsylvania ;  the  Buffalo  His- 
torical Society ;  the  Colonial  Society  of  Penn 
sylvania;  the  Welcome  Society  of  Pennsyl- 
vania; the  New  York  State  Historical  Society ; 
the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  in  the  State  of 
New  York ;  the  Pilgrim  Society  of  Plymouth ; 
the  Sons  of  the  Revolution ;  companion  of  the 
first  hereditary  class  of  the  Military  Order  of 
the  Loyal  Legion.  During  the  Pan-American 
Exposition,  of  1901,  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  of  fine  arts,  also  a  member  of  the 
committee  on  state  and  foreign  relations.  His 
alumni  associations  are:  Central  High  School, 
of  Philadelphia,  and  Rensselaer  Polytechnic 
Institute,  oi  which  he  was  president  in  1899. 
His  clubs  are  the  Buffalo  and  Park. 

His  liberality  and  reverence  for  an  honored 
ancestry  led  Dr.  Smith  to  patiently  pursue  a 
search  of  twenty  years,  and  to  bear  the  heavy 
expense  of  a  compilation  of  "The  Making  of 
Smith,"  a  work  of  four  imperial  quarto  vol- 
umes, beautifully  and  securely  bound,  and  pro- 
fusely illustrated,  m  order  that  the  knowledge 
therein  contained  may  be  preserved  to  his  chil- 
dren and  to  his  children's  children.  The  work 
is  a  valuable  addition  to  the  historical  literature 
of  this  state  and  country.  Three  sets  only  were 
made  of  the  work.  The  first  he  presented  to 
the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania  (on 
view  at  its  building,  1300  Locust  street,  Phila- 
delphia) ;  the  second  to  the  New  York  State 
Library,  at  Albany,  of  which  he  is  a  trustee ; 
the  third  to  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  on 
view  at  its  building,  in  Delaware  Park.  The 
work  is  "a  collection  of  the  records,  etc.,  of 
the  Smith  family  of  Cape  Cod  and  Hingham, 
Massachusetts ;  Burlington,  New  Jersey ;  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  and  Buffalo,  New  York, 
and  of  the  forty-six  families  that  have  become 
allied  therewith  in  America,  since  1630,  and 
in  Europe  prior  thereto."  It  was  prepared 
under  the  suggestions  of  Dr.  Smith,  by  C.  A. 


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Hoppin,  antiquary  of  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
and  London,  England.  It  is  from  this  work 
that  the  record  herein  contained  is  compiled. 

Dr.  Smith  married,  July  14,  1864,  at  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  Rev. 
Dr.  Tustin  officiating,  Mary  Stewart  Ives,  born 
at  Lansingbureh,  New  York.  November  15, 
1839,  daughter  of  Chauncey  Pel  ton  and  Char- 
lotte Brownell  Stewart  Ives,  and  a  descendant 
of  William  Ives,  an  early  settler  at  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  in  1635.     Children: 

1.  Pemberton,  born  June  3,  1865;  now  a 
civil  engineer  and  South  American  representa- 
tive of  the  United  States  Steel  Products  Ex- 
port Company,  located  at  Buenos  Ay  res,  Argen- 
tina ;  married  (first)  Edwina  W.  Winter,  Janu- 
ary 5, 1897,  at  St.  Paul,  Minnesota ;  child :  Pem- 
berton (3),  bom  December  18,  1897.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Pauline  Croes;  child:  Thomas 
Guilford,  born  July  31,  1907. 

2.  Chauncey  Pelton,  born  October  2T,  1869; 
graduated,  1892,  from  medical  department  of 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  then  took  a  post- 
graduate course  at  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital, 
Baltimore,  Maryland;  1893-94  was  assistant 
resident  surgeon  at  Johns  Hopkins  Hospital, 
Baltimore;  1894-99,  assistant  to  Dr.  Roswell 
Park,  the  noted  surgeon  of  Buffalo;  1897- 
1901,  attending  surgeon  at  Fitch  Accident  Hos- 
pital, Buffalo;  1900-1902.  assistant  surgeon  at 
Buffalo  General  Hospital;  1897-1902,  member 
of  Civil  Service  Commission,  of  Buffalo ;  now 
established  in  successful  general  practice,  in 
Buffalo  (191 1 ). 

Among  the  famous  American  ancestors  of 
Dr.  Smith,  all  of  whom  took  special  part  in 
the  history  of  their  times  are :  Nathaniel  Sylves- 
ter, of  Manor  of  Shelter  Island  (New  York). 
The  Sylvesters  were  Englishmen,  who,  through 
their  adherence  to  their  monarch,  Charles  I., 
and  subsequently  to  Charles  II.,  found  it  in- 
convenient to  remain  in  England.  The  monu- 
ment, erected  in  memory  of  his  life  and  serv- 
ices, is  inscribed:  • 

To 
Nathaniel  Sylvester, 
First  resident  nroorietor  of  the 
Manor  of  Shelter  Island, 
Under  f?rant  of  Charles  II..  A.  D.,  1666. 
An  Enfirlishman.  intrepid.  loyal  to  dtity,  faithful  to 
friendship,  the  soul  of  inteerrity  and  honor,  hos- 
pitable to  wealth  and  culture,  sheltering  even 
the  persecuted  for  conscience  sake. 

On  the  south  side :  "Of  the  sufferings  for  con- 


science sake  of  friends  of  Nathaniel  Sylvester, 
most  of  whom  sought  shelter  here,  including 
George  Fox,  founder  of  the  Society  of  Quakers, 
and  of  his  followers :  Mary  Dyer,  Marmaduke 
Stevenson,  William  Robinson,  William  Ted- 
dera,  who  were  executed  on  Boston  Common." 
On  the  east  side:  "Lawrence  and  Lassandra 
Southwick,  deported,  imprisoned,  starved,  whip- 
ped, banished,  who  fled  here  to  die.'' 

Another  ancestor  is  George  Allen,  a  prom- 
inent Quaker,  of  Sandwich,  Massachusetts, 
whose  descendants  founded  Allentown,  New 
Jersey.  Another  ancestor  is  James  Lloyd,  of 
Bristol,  England;  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
Manor  of  Queens  Village,  Lloyd's  Neck,  Long 
Island,  New  York.  Another  is  Henry  How- 
land,  of  England  and  Duxbury,  Massachusetts ; 
another,  William  Bullock,  keeper  of  the  Cele- 
brated Three  Crowns  Tavern,  m  Philadelphia ; 
another,  nbram  Tunes,  of  Germantown,  Penn- 
sylvania, part  owner  of  the  first  paper  mill  in 
America;  another,  Arendt  Klincken,  of  Ger- 
mantown, Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  signers  of 
the  first  written  protest  against  slavery  in 
America,  written  in  1688;  another,  John  Chris- 
topher Meng,  builder  and  trustee  of  German- 
town  Academy,  with  many  more  noted  families 
of  New  England,  New  Jersey,  New  York  and 
Pennsylvania. 

Mary  Ogden,  wife  of  Thomas  Eastwick 
Smith,  descended  from  David  Ogden,  who 
came  in  the  "Welcome,"  with  William  Penn, 
1632.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  Friends' 
meeting  within  the  present  limits  of  Philadel- 
phia. He  married  Martha  Houlston.  Their 
son,  Samuel  Ogden,  married  Esther  Lownes. 
Their  son,  George,  married  Mary  Low.  Their 
son,  Hugh,  married  Anna  Dorothea  Meng. 
Their  daughter,  Mary  Ogden,  married  Charles 
Eastwick  Smith,  grandfather  of  T.  Guilford 
Smith,  of  Buffalo.     . 

The  blood  of  many  nationalities  has  con- 
tributed to  the  "Making  of  Smith,"  ever  since 
landing  in  America.  English,  German,  Dutch 
and  Welsh  are  strongly  represented.  This 
admixture  has  produced,  in  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury, a  most  perfect  type  of  man,  whom  we 
are  proud  to  call  American.  These  families 
date  from  early  colonial  times,  and  cover  every 
branch  of  the  public  service,  civil  and  military. 
Many  of  them  were  Quakers  and  suffered  for 
their  faith;  the  revolutionary  rolls  teem  with 
their  names ;  while  the  world  of  science  has 
been  enriched  by  their  offerings.     The  name 


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of  Smith  is  an  honored  one  in  our  own  land, 
and  the  worthy  members  of  the  past  were  not 
one  whit  superior  to  those  who  now  bear  the 
name. 


While   the  Warrens  of   Eng- 
WARREN    land,  Scotland  and  Ireland  all 

spring,  no  doubt,  from  the  com- 
mon ancestor,  William  de  Warren,  who  came 
to  England  with  the  Conqueror,  there  is  no 
evidence  that  the  early  Warrens,  herein  re- 
corded, were  related  to  John  Warren,  the  emi- 
grant, ancestor  of  another  branch,  with  de- 
scendants in  Western  New  York.  This  branch 
is  believed  to  descend  from  James  Warren, 
who  was  in  Kittery,  Maine,  before  1656.  This 
territory  is  now  included  in  the  town  of  South 
Berwick,  lying  along  the  New  Hampshire  line. 
Canadian  records,  on  the  authority  of  his 
daughter  Grisel  (who  married  and  lived  in 
Canada),  say:  "He  was  born  in  Berwick,  Scot- 
land." Other  records  seem  to  show  he  was 
born  in  England.  If  born  in  Scotland  he  was 
of  English  descent.  He  married  Margaret,  a 
native  of  Ireland.  Tradition  says  James  War- 
ren was  one  of  the  prisoners  taken  by  Crom- 
well, who,  not  knowing  how  else  to  dispose  of 
them,  sent  them  to  America.  James  Warren 
settled  in  Kittery,  in  the  upper  part  of  the 
town  now  South  Berwick.  His  farm  fronted 
on  Cow  Cove,  an  inlet  to  the  river.  His  first 
grant  was  very  poor  land,  and  later  he  had 
grants  near  Warren's  Pond.  He  held  vari- 
ous offices  in  the  town,  being  selectman  several 
years.  He  died  in  1702.  His  will,  made  De- 
cember 9,  1760,  was  proved  December  24, 
1702.  Margaret,  his  widow,  made  her  will  De- 
cember 13,  1712,  probated  October  15,  1713. 
Children:  i.  Gilbert,  bom  1656.  2.  James, 
1658.  3.  Margaret,  1660.  4.  Grisel,  March 
6,  1662;  married  Richard  Otis,  a  blacksmith 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire ;  he  and  his  daugh- 
ter Hannah  were  killed  by  Indians  in  the 
Dover  massacre,  June  28,  1689,  and  Grisel, 
with  her  babe  Margaret,  three  months  old,  with 
others,  were  carried  to  Canada  captives;  she 
remained  in  Canada,  married  a  second  hus- 
band and  died  there.  5.  Jane,  died  before  the 
date  of  her  father's  will. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and 
Margaret  Warren,  was  born  in  Kittery,  Maine, 
in  1658.  He  was  selectman  in  1701-02-03,  and 
held  other  town  offices ;  was  one  of  a  commit- 
tee of  six,  in  1713.  to  treat  with  a  like  com- 


mittee of  Kittery,  on  the  division  between  the 
two  towns,  and,  in  17 19,  was  a  surveyor  to 
run  the  division  line.  He  married,  169 1,  Mary, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Foss,  or  Frost, 
of  Dover,  New  Hampshire.  Children:  Mary 
Margaret,  born  February  23, 1692 ;  James,  men- 
tioned below;  Rachel,  August  26,  1700;  Gil- 
bert, April  30,  1703;  John,  December  16,  1705. 

(III)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  and 
Mary  (Foss  or  Frost)  Warren,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 9,  1698.  He  married  May,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Abigail  (Taylor)  Goodwin,  born 
September  18,  1699.  He  held  various  town 
offices,  and  was  a  well-to-do  farmer.  Children : 
Sarah,  Benjamin,  Elizabeth,  Moses,  James  H., 
Samuel,  Chadboume,  William,  Martha. 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  James  (3)  and  Mary 
(Goodwin)  Warren,  married,  November  27, 
1765,  Mrs.  Mary  Cooper.  Children:  Moses 
(2),  John,  Daniel,  James,  Eunice  Joy,  Mary 
Mehitable. 

(V)  James  (4),  son  of"  Moses  and  Mary 
(Cooper)  Warren,  was  born  about  1775.  He 
removed  to  New  York  state,  and  was  a  farmer 
of  eastern  Otsego  county.  He  married  a  first 
wife  who  bore  him  one  son.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) PhebeLove.  Children:  Horatio, Orsamus, 
Henry,  Defour,  Cynthia,  Lucy. 

(VI)  Orsamus,  son  of  James  (4)  and  Phebe 
(Love)  Warren,  was  born  in  Otsego  county. 
New  York,  June  7,  1800.  He  died  February 
16,  1876.  He  was  a  farmer  and  pioneer  of 
Wyoming  county,  New  York,  later  removing 
to  the  town  of  Wales,  Erie  county,  where  he 
opened  the  first  store  in  the  town,  at  Wales 
Hollow,  in  1823.  James  Wood  later  became 
his  partner.  Mr.  Warren  withdrew  in  1827, 
removing  to  the  town  of  Clarence,  same  coun- 
ty and  state,  where  he  carried  on  a  general 
country  store,  was  long  a  prominent  business 
man,  and  cultivated  a  farm  he  had  purchased 
in  the  town.  He  was  supervisor  of  Clarence 
in  1843.  He  married  (first)  Nancy  Sheldon 
(or  Joslyn),  of  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire, 
born  October  20,  1800,  died  July  8,  1843,  (sec- 
ond)  Harriet  TiflFany.  Children,  all  by  first 
marriage:  i.  James  Dunlap,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Betsey  Elizabeth,  born  January  26,  1824, 
ilied  February  7,  1850.  3.  Harriet  Nancy,  born 
March  26,  1826:  married,  September  27,  1849, 
Spencer  Marsh ;  children :  Wayne  Dodge  and 
James  Warren.  4.  Mary,  born  October  17, 
1828;  married,  August  22,  1856.  Albert  Tracy 
Love,  born   November   11.    1826.    died    May 


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6,  1897;  children:  i.  Julia,  born  May  5, 
1852,  married,  1874,  Guerdon  Prince,  and  had 
Tracy  (died  young)  and  Frances  Miller;  ii. 
Laura,  born  June  11,  1854,  married  Charles 
O.  Rareo;  iii.  Mary,  born  November  11,  1856, 
married  Alpheus  Prince,  and  had  George,  died 
at  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  Howard.  5. 
Sarah,  born  May  22,  1831,  died  August  3,  1898. 
6.  Sophia,  twin  of  Sarah,  died  in  1836.  7. 
Charles,  born  March  30,  1834,  died  December 
28,  1835.  8.  Julia,  born  May  23,  1836  (see 
Warren-Smith).  9.  Horatio  Nelson  (q.  v.). 
10.  Seth  William  (q.  v.).  11.  Lucia,  born  May 
10,  1843,  died  June  5,  1843. 

(VH)  James  Dunlap,  son  of  Orsamus  and 
Nancy  (Sheldon  or  Joslyn)  Warren,  was  born 
in  Bennington,  Wyoming  county.  New  York, 
January  19,  1823,  died  in  Buffalo,  December 
17,  188(6.  He  was  two  years  of  age  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Erie  county,  settling  finally 
in  the  town  of  Clarence.  His  boyhood  was 
spent  in  school,  on  the  farm,  and  in  his  father's 
store.  When  twenty  years  of  age  he  made  a 
tour  of  the  south,  spending  a  year  and  a  half 
in  Natchez,  Mississippi,  completing  his  educa- 
tion. After  his  return  to  Clarence  he  engaged 
in  mercantile  life,  also  in  farming.  Here  he 
also  began  his  public  career.  For  several  years 
he  was  supervisor  of  the  town,  and,  in  1854,  at 
the  age  of  thirty-one  years,  was  elected  treas- 
urer of  Erie  county,  serving  three  years.  Later 
he  served  several  terms  as  clerk  of  the  board 
of  supervisors.  In  April,  1861,  Mr.  Warren 
began  his  career  as  an  editor  and  publisher,  by 
the  purchase,  in  connection  with  Rufus  Wheeler 
and  Joseph  Cander,  of  the  Buffalo  Commercial 
Advertiser,  which  had  been  founded  in  181 1,  as 
the  Buffalo  Gazette,  After  several  changes  of 
name  and  ownership  it  merged,  in  1839,  with 
the  Buffalo  Journal,  and  as  the  Commercial 
Advertiser  has  since  had  a  prosperous  career. 
The  firm  was  first  known  as  Rufus  Wheeler 
&  Company.  In  1862  Mr.  Cander  withdrew, 
and  James  M.  Matthews  was  admitted,  the 
firm  then  taking  the  name  of  Wheeler,  Mat- 
thews &  Warren.  April  29,  1865,  Mr.  Wheeler 
retired,  and  the  firm  style  became  Matthews  & 
Warren,  Mr.  Matthews  becoming  chief  editor. 
This  arrangement  continued  until  October  29, 
1877,  when  the  firm  dissolved,  Mr.  Matthews 
retiring.  From  that  date  until  his  death  Mr. 
Warren  was  sole  owner  and  editor-in-chief. 
Under  his  management  the  paper  became  the 
leading  Republican  newspaper  of  Western  New 


York.  He  was  an  earnest  steadfast  Republican, 
belonging  to  what  was  then  known  as  the  stal- 
wart branch,  and,  as  an  editor,  won  a  distinc- 
tive place  as  an  exponent  of  stalwart  Repub- 
lican principles.  His  conception  of  the  duties 
of  a  journalist  and  of  the  proper  sphere  of  a 
newspaper  were  very  high,  and  he  never  sur- 
rendered them,  but  maintained  his  ideals  with 
unfaltering  constancy.  In  political  life  he  be- 
came very  prominent,  and  was  the  recognized 
leader  of  this  party  in  Western  New  York, 
wielding  wisely  a  very  great  influence.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  county  and  state  central 
committees,  and  frequently  a  delegate  to  state 
and  national  party  conventions.  He  was  of 
great  public  spirit,  and  by  personal  effort 
and  the  influence  of  his  paper,  seconded  all 
enterprises  for  the  public  good  of  Buffalo  and 
Erie  county.  He  maintained  active  control  of  the 
Commercial  Advertiser  until  his  death,  in  De- 
cember, 1886,  when  the  ownership  and  control 
of  the  entire  plant  passed  to  his  sons,  Orsamus 
G.  and  William  C,  under  the  firm  name  of 
James  D.  Warren's  Sons.  The  present  corpora- 
tion name  and  style  is  James  D.  Warren's  Sons 
Company;  William  C.  Warren,  president 
( 191 1 ) .  In  1890  the  word  Advertiser  was  drop- 
ped from  the  title  page,  and  the  name  Buffalo 
Commercial  retained.  The  sons  have  ably 
demonstrated  their  executive  and  editorial  abil- 
ity, and  The  Commercial  retains  its  rank  as  the 
leading  exponent  of  Republican  principles  in 
Western  New  York. 

Mr.  Warren  married  (first)  Laura  Love, 
who  bore  him  a  son,  Orsamus  George,  of  whom 
further.  He  married  (second)  Mary  Mills, 
who  bore  him  three  children:  i.  William  C, 
born  August  4,  1859;  he  was  educated  in 
Briggs  Classical  School,  graduating  1877 ;  grad- 
uated from  Yale  University  in  1880.  He  im- 
mediately associated  with  his  father  in  journal- 
ism, and  still  continues  in  editorial  manage- 
ment of  The  Commercial.  He  is  president  of 
J.  D.  Warren's  Sons  Company ;  director  of  Buf- 
falo General  Electric  Company,  and  a  member 
of  various  societies  and  clubs  of  Buffalo.  He 
married,  April  2,  1891,  Clara  S.  Davock,  born 
October  16,  1871.  Children:  i.  William  C. 
(2),  born  January  29,  1892;  ii.  Charles  L., 
September  i,  1894;  iii.  John  Davock,  June  11, 
1904.  Clara  Davock  is  a  daughter  of  John 
Davock,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  who  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Lockwood,  and  died  July  4, 
1872.  from  accidental  shooting.    2.  Kate,  mar- 


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ried  Isaac  Brownley ;  children :  Isaac  (2) ,  Mary 
and  Adelaide.  3.  Mary,  married  John  H. 
Vought  (see  Vought). 

(VIII)  Orsamus  George,  only  son  of  James 
Dunlap  and  his  first  wife,  Laura  (Love)  War- 
ren, was  born  in  the  town  of  Clarence,  Erie 
county,  New  York,  July  21,  1846.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  high  school  of  Buffalo.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  years  his  father  allowed  him 
to  make  the  tour  of  Europe,  which  was  the 
finishing  feature  of  his  education.  On  his 
return  to  Buffalo,  in  1867,  he  entered  the  count- 
ingroom  of  the  Commercial  Advertiser,  as  a 
bookkeeper,  the  paper,  at  that  time,  being  pub- 
lished by  Matthews  &  Warren.  From  this 
date,  1867,  his  connection  with  the  paper  was 
continuous,  and  only  terminated  by  his  death, 
May  6,  1892.  When  James  D.  Warren  became 
sole  proprietor,  Orsamus  G.  became  business 
manager  and  practical  associate.  On  the  death 
of  James  D.,  December  17,  1886,  the  business 
was  reorganized  as  James  D.  Warren's  Scmis, 
by  Orsamus  G.  and  William  C.  Warren,  the 
latter  yet  president  of  the  company  (1911). 
Orsamus  G.  Warren  had  a  wonderful  aptitude 
for  business  and  newspaper  management,  and, 
from  the  date  of  his  assuming  the  business 
management  of  The  Commercial  Adzfertiser, 
he  was  one  of  the  busiest  men  in  Buffalo. 
While  he  did  not  desire  office  he  was  ambitious 
to  succeed  his  father  as  leader  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  Western  New  York.  The  two 
men  were  the  warmest  of  friends,  and  display- 
ed each  for  the  other  the  deepest  affection. 
When  the  father  died  the  blow  fell  with  crush- 
ing force  upon  the  young  man,  who  did  not 
shrink,  however,  from  assuming  the  respon- 
sibilities that  devolved  upon  him  as  the  eldest 
son.  He  was  at  once  made  a  member  of  the 
Republican  state  committee  and  of  the  execu- 
tive committee.  He  was  an  earnest  and  un- 
tiring worker  for  party  success,  always  sitting 
as  a  delegate  in  state  and  on  two  occasions  in 
national  conventions  of  the  party.  In  Buffalo 
he  was  the  recc^nized  leader  of  the  party,  and, 
through  his  personal  influence  and  through 
the  columns  of  The  Commercial,  he  wielded  a 
great  power.  Not  a  man  of  his  age  had  such 
vast  political  responsibility  thrust  upon  him, 
and  none  administered  a  trust  with  greater 
concern  for  the  public  good  and  less  for  private 
aggrandizement.  But  he  was  always  the  alert 
man  of  business,  and  neither  politics  nor  pleas- 
ure could  divert  him  from  the  service  of  his 


paper.  He  was  the  first  man  in  the  state  to 
take  steps  to  improve  the  press  service,  and, 
for  eight  years,  served  as  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  State  Associated 
Press,  and,  the  last  year  of  his  life,  was  presi- 
dent. He  labored  earnestly  to  improve  the 
service  and  accomplished  many  reforms  and 
betterments.  Notwithstanding  the  exactions 
of  his  paper  and  political  engagements  he  found 
time  to  devote  to  Buffalo  enterprises.  He  was 
vice-president  of  the  Buffalo  Natural  Gas  and 
Fuel  Company ;  director  of  the  American  Ex- 
change Bank;  trustee  of  the  Buffalo  Savings 
Bank;  vice-president  of  the  Depew  Improve- 
ment Company ;  director  of  the  Bellevue  Land 
Company,  and  deeply  interested  in  real  estate 
improvement.  He  was  a  natural  leader  of  men. 
and  secured  his  high  position  in  Buffalo  through 
ability,  industry,  accurate  judgment.  His  rela- 
tions with  staff  and  employees  were  the  most 
cordial,  and  the  resolutions  passed  after  his 
death  showed  how  truly  they  appreciated  his 
greatness  and  goodness.  His  personality  was 
most  attractive,  he  was  devotedly  attached  to 
all  forms  of  manly  .sports,  and  was  a  liberal 
patron  of  the  fine  arts. 

He  married,  October,  1875,  Elizabeth  B. 
Griffin,  born  July  21,  1857,  died  November  18, 
1910.  Children:  i.  Gertrude,  married  John 
Olmsted  (see  Warren-Olmsted).  2.  James  D., 
of  whom  further.  3.  Helen,  born  February 
23,  1883;  married  Raymond  Bissell  (q.  v.).  4. 
Elizabeth  Griffin,  born  March  13,  1885. 

(IX)  James  Dunlap  (2),  only  son  of  Or- 
samus G.  and  Elizabeth  B.  (Griffin)  Warren, 
was  born  in  Buffalo,  December  25,  1879.  He 
was  educated  in  private  schools  until  he  reached 
the  age  of  sixteen  years,  then  entered  the  Hills 
School,  Pottstown,  Pennsylvania,  continuing 
until  1900.  After  completing  his  school  years 
he  entered  the  employ  of  J.  D.  Warren's  Son.-, 
continuing  in  different  capacities  until  1907, 
when  the  corporation  of  J.  D.  Warren's  Sons 
Company  was  formed,  with  William  C.  War- 
ren, president,  and  James  D.  Warren  (2),  vice- 
president;  William  H.  Ellis,  secretary  and 
treasurer.  He  is  now  occupying  the  vice- 
president's  office,  and  in  conduct  of  one  of  the 
leading  publishing  houses  of  the  state.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Westminster  Presbyterian  Church.  His  clubs 
are  the  Saturn,  Park  and  Automobile,  all  of 
Buffalo.  He  married,  June  17,  1907,  Mary 
Eleanor  Bissell.  Child:  James  Dunlap  War- 
ren (3),  born  April  29,  1910. 


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(  VII )  Horatio  Nelson  Warren, 
WARREN     ninth  child  of  Orsamus  (q.  v.) 

and  Nancy  (Sheldon  or  Jos- 
lyn)  Warren,  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Clar- 
ence, Erie  county,  New  York,  October  26, 
1838.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
and  at  Clarence  Academy.  After  finishing  his 
school  years  he  went  to  West  Middlesex,  Penn- 
sylvania, where  he  secured  a  position  as  clerk 
in  a  general  store,  operated  by  a  coal  and  iron 
company,  later  being  advanced  to  the  position 
of  head  bookkeeper.  After  some  years  spent 
in  this  position  the  company  sold  the  store  to 
C  W.  Watson,  and  Mr.  Warren,  who  operated 
it  until  1862,  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  W. 
Watson  &  Company;  Mr.  Warren  receiving, 
as  his  share,  one-third  of  the  profits.  The 
civil  war  was  now  in  full  progress,  and  Mr. 
Warren  began  recruiting  a  company  of  sol- 
diers, which,  on  August  22,  1862,  was  mustered 
in  with  ninety-six  men,  as  Company  A,  One 
Hundred  and  Forty-second  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteer  Infantry.  He  was  chosen 
and  commissioned  captain  of  the  company,  and, 
with  his  regiment,  was  attached  to  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac.  He  saw  hard  service,  par- 
ticipating in  every  battle  fought  by  that  army, 
from  Antietam  to  Appomattox.  He  was  com- 
missioned major,  February  2,  1864;  lieutenant- 
colonel,  September  17,  1864;  colonel,  June  3, 
'865 ;  gaining  these  promotions  by  having  been 
on  the  field  of  battle.  During  the  life  of  the 
regiment  it  lost  seven  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  men.  Colonel  Warren  bringing  his  regi- 
ment home,  numbering  only  three  hundred  and 
twenty-five  men,  who  were  mustered  out  May 
3,  1865.  ^^  ^is  own  Company  A,  which  went 
out  with  ninety-six  men,  but  twenty-two  re- 
turned. The  command  of  his  regiment  de- 
volved upon  Colonel  Warren  from  the  date  of 
his  promotion  as  major,  February  2,  1864, 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  At  the  battle  of 
Dabney's  Mills  he  had  a  horse  shot  under  him. 
At  the  battle  of  Five  Forks  he  was  wounded 
by  a  minie  ball  in  the  side  and  was  taken  to 
City  Point  Hospital,  where  he  was  visited  by 
his  brother,  James  D.  Warren.  At  the  battle 
of  Spottsylvania  he  was  shot  in  the  leg.  Dur- 
ing the  Spanish- American  war  Colonel  Warren 
made  application  for  a  commission,  but  was 
refused  on  account  of  years. 

After  the  close  of  the  civil  war  Colonel  War- 
ren returned  to  West  Middlesex,  where  he  was 
again  ^  "gaged  in  mercantile  life  until  1876.  He 


then  spent  three  years  in  Philadelphia,  and 
came  to  Buffalo  in  1879.  For  the  following  nine 
years  he  engaged  in  commercial  life,  then,  for 
seven  years,  was  connected  with  the  United 
States  Pension  Department.  For  two  years  he 
was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  slate  man- 
tels, and  then  became  general  agent  for  the  yEtna 
Life  Insurance  Company.  He  was  employed 
in  the  Buffalo  custom  house  for  a  year,  and, 
for  the  past  four  years,  has  been  connected 
with  the  Buffalo  water  department.  He  is  a 
member  of  Chapin  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  by  whom  he  was  tendered  the  nomi- 
nation for  commander  (which  he  declined), 
and  the  Union  Veteran  Legion.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church. 

He  married,  September  9,  1861,  Mary  M. 
Everhart,  who  died  May  12,  191 1,  after  a  long 
illness,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Susan  (Hay- 
wood) Everhart.  Children:  i.  Helen,  born 
June  9,  1865,  died  October,  1866.  2.  Albert 
E.,  born  November  29,  1869,  died  1905 ;  he  was 
a  physician  and  surgeon,  located  at  Youngs- 
town,  Ohio ;  he  was  also  surgeon  for  the  Lake 
Shore  Railroad  Company,  and  had  an  exten- 
sive practice.  3.  Henry  D.,  doctor  of  dental 
surgery,  located  at  Warren,  Ohio,  and  carry- 
ing on  a  prosperous  practice ;  he  married  Ade- 
laide Howard. 

(VH)  Seth  William  Warren, 
WARREN     tenth  child  of  Orsamus  (q.  v.) 

and  Nancy  ( Sheldon  or  Joslyn  ) 
Warren,  was  born  in  Clarence,  Erie  county. 
New  York,  March  15,  1841.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  school  and  at  Clarence  Academy, 
graduating  from  the  latter.  On  leaving  school 
he  secured  a  position  in  the  bank  at  Danville, 
New  York,  remaining  there  until  he  located  in 
Buffalo.  He  was  teller  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Buffalo  until  1871 ;  cashier  of  the  Ger- 
man Bank  of  Buffalo  until  1878 ;  cashier  of  the 
White  Bank  until  1894,  when  the  name  was 
changed  to  the  American  Exchange  Bank,  which, 
in  1898,  went  into  voluntary  liquidation,  by 
special  act  of  the  legislature.  He  then  devoted 
two  years  to  his  private  business  concerns,  and 
then  bepan  makmg  a  special  business  of  the 
care  of  large  estates,  a  line  of  activity  he  has 
been  most  successfully  engaged  in  since  1894. 
He  is  a  wise,  conservative  man  of  affairs,  and 
closely  safeguards  the  interests  committed  to 
his  care.     He  is  a  member  of  Ancient  Land- 


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marks  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics. 

He  married,  April  17, 1866,  Henrietta,  daugh- 
ter of  Orsamus  and  Luanna  (Sperry)  Hins- 
dale, who  were  the  parents  of  live  children, 
two  of  whom  died  in  infancy:  i.  Henrietta, 
married  Seth  W.  Warren.  2.  Sergeant  Au- 
gustus M.,  married  Martissa  L.  Kinley,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1865,  and  has  Louise  and  Fred- 
ericka.  3.  Charles  M.,  married  Eva  Vaughn ; 
children:  i.  Bessie,  married,  October  30,  1901, 
Vestor  H.  Morgan,  and  has  three  children: 
Charles  Hinsdale,  bom  December  20,  1902; 
John  Augustus,  August  31,  1904;  Elizabeth, 
May  29,  1906;  ii.  Henry  Vaughn,  married,  July 
20,  1904,  Luella  Crockett,  of  Iowa  City,  Iowa, 
and  has  two  children:  Helen  Louise,  bom 
April  16,  1905 ;  Edwin  Crockett,  May  26, 1909 ; 
iii.  Charles,  deceased. 

Children  of  Seth  W.  and  Henrietta  (Hins- 
dale) Warren:  i.  Emily,  born  August  22,  1868, 
died  August  5,  1890.  2.  Nancy,  born  Decem- 
ber 6,  1870;  married,  October  19,  1898,  Ed- 
ward Carrington  Bull,  and  has :  Edward  Car- 
rington  (2),  born  August  20,  1899;  Emily 
Warren,  March  26,  1902 ;  Julia  Hinsdale,  April 
20,  1905 ;  Nancy,  October  29,  1907. 


(VII)  Julia  (Warren) 
WARREN-SMITH  Smith,  eighth  child  of 

Orsamus  and  Nancy 
(Sheldon  or  Joslyn)  Warren,  was  born  May 
23,  1836;  she  married,  April  29,  1856,  Elisha 
T.  Smith,  born  June  14,  1834,  died  April  9, 
1891,  son  of  William  Warner  and  Cynthia 
(Bailey)  Smith, 

Mr.  Smith  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  began  business  life  as  messenger  boy,  in 
the  Farmers*  and  Mechanics'  Bank  of  Buffalo. 
He  rose  step  by  step  in  the  banking  business, 
to  which  he  devoted  the  greater  part  of  his 
active  life.  He  was  teller  of  the  Marine  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Buffalo,  resigning  that  position 
to  become  cashier  of  the  Third  National  Bank 
of  Buffalo;  in  1865  he  was  chosen  cashier  of 
the  White  Bank,  continuing  until  1888.  In 
that  year  he  severed  his  connection  with  the 
banking  business,  and,  in  association  with  his 
brother,  founded  the  firm  of  A.  B.  Smith  & 
Company,  manufacturers  of  wood  alcohol,  with 
plant  in  Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  and  continued 
active  connection  with  the  company  until  his 
death,  in  1891.  He  was  highly  regarded  in 
banking  circles  as  an  able,  careful  and  thor- 


oughly reliable  financier.  He  was  a,  member 
of  the  Church  of  the  Ascension  (Protestant 
Episcopal),  of  which  he  was  vestryman  for 
several  years.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war 
he  responded  to  the  call  for  three  months' 
men,  enlisting  in  the  Seventy-fourth  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteers.  Children  of  Elisha  T. 
and  Julia  (Warren)  Smith:  i.  Lizzie,  bom 
Febmary  10,  1857,  died  August  27,  1865.  2. 
Sarah,  bom  September  8,  1859,  died  i860.  3. 
Julia,  born  May  26,  1867,  died  1872.  4.  Will- 
iam Warren,  of  whom  further. 

(VIII)  William  Warren,  only  son  and  young- 
est child  of  Elisha  T.  and  Julia  (Warren) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  July 
II,  1872.  He  obtained  his  early  education  in 
private  schools,  then  entered  Yale  University, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  class  of  1893.  After 
completing  his  studies  he  spent  two  years  in 
manufacturing,  then  became  associated  with 
the  A.  B.  Smith  Chemical  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  wood  alcohol.  In  1896  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  company,  a  position 
he  now  fills  (1911).  He  is  an  energetic  man 
of  affairs,  capably  administers  the  duties  of 
his  position,  and  conducts  a  successful  corpora- 
tion. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Saturn  and  Country  clubs  of 
Buffalo. 

He  married,  October  4,  1898,  Mary  MeHssa 
Newhall,  born  June  22,  1873,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel E.  and  Anna  S.  (Hayden)  Newhall,  and 
granddaughter  of  Daniel  and  Melissa  Newhall. 
Daniel  E.  and  Anna  S.  Newhall  had  six  chil- 
dren: Daniel;  Mary  Melissa;  Edward;  Mi- 
nerva; Hayden;  Nathalie,  married  Jeffrey  J. 
Letchworth.  Children  of  William  Warren  and 
Mary  M.  (Newhall)  Smith:  Adrian  Warren, 
born  June  3,  1900;  Hayden  Newhall,  June  22, 
1902;  Margaret,  February  5,  1904. 


(IX)  Gertrude 
WARREN-OLMSTED  (Warren)  Olm- 
sted, eldest  child 
of  Orsamus  G.  and  Elizabeth  B.  (Griffin)  War- 
ren, was  born  in  Buffalo,  and  married,  De- 
cember 31,  1906,  John  Olmsted,  youngest  son 
of  William  D.  Olmsted  and  his  wife,  Mary 
Olive  Mathews,  who  were  the  parents  of  three 
children:  i.  George  William,  married  Olive 
Fames;  child:  George  Brewster  Mathews.  2. 
Lucy  O.,  married  Rev.  Henry  Buck  Master; 
children :  William  Olmsted  Master,  John  Red- 
man Cox  Master,  Henry  Buck  Master.  3. 
John,  of  whom  further. 


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John  Olmsted,  son  of  William  D.  and  Mary 
Olive  (Mathews)  Olmsted,  was  born  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  January  2,  1882.  He  was 
educated  in  private  schools  and  at  the  Hotch- 
kiss  Preparatory  School.  He  then  entered 
Yale  College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1904.  He  came  to  Buffalo, 
after  graduation,  and  was  engaged  iti  different 
lines  until  1906,  when  he  was  elected  secre- 
tary of  the  Niagara  Falls  Milling  Company, 
manufacturers  of  flour,  etc.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.    His  club  is  the  Saturn. 

Children  of  John  and  Gertrude  (Warren) 
Olmsted:  Elizabeth  Warren,  born  December 
3,  1907;  Mary  Louise,  May  27,  1910. 


There  is  a  strong  probability 
BISSELL    that  this  is  one  of  the  Huguenot 

families  that  escaped  to  Eng- 
land after  the  massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew's 
Day,  1572.  The  name  is  derived  from  the 
French,  and  the  family  is  not  one  well  known 
in  England.  There  is  but  one  coat-of-arms 
recorded  in  Burke,  and  that  is  of  a  religious 
rather  than  a  warlike  character :  "Bissell:  Gules 
on  a  bend  argent ;  three  escallops,  sables.  Crest : 
Ademi  eagle  with  wings  displayed  sable  charged 
on  the  neck  with  an  escallop  shell  or.  Motto : 
fn  Recto  Decus  (in  rectitude  honor). 

The  family  of  John  Bissell,  of  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  is  the  only  one  known  to  have 
come  to  America.  Tradition  states  that  he 
came  from  Somerset  county,  England,  to  Plym- 
outh, Massachusetts,  in  1628,  with  a  brother 
Thomas.  That  the  latter  died  at  Plymouth  or 
returned  to  England,  that  he  married  an  In- 
dian girl,  daughter  of  the  Poquennos  Sachem, 
and  died  without  issue,  is  probably  a  mixed  ver- 
sion of  a  similar  tradition  concerning  Thomas, 
son  of  John. 

(I)  John  Bissell,  founder  of  the  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  family  of  Bissells,  settled  there 
prior  to  1640.  In  1648-49  he  received  a  grant, 
from  the  colonial  court,  of  a  monopoly  of  a 
ferry  across  the  Connecticut  river.  In  1662 
he  gave  his  homestead,  with  the  ferry,  to  his 
son  John  (2),  and  removed,  with  his  son  Na- 
thaniel, to  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut, 
below  the  mouth  of  the  Scantic,  being  prob- 
ably the  first  family  to  actually  reside  on  that 
side  of  the  river.  Thirteen  years  later  (King 
Philip's  war)  the  Bissells  had  neighbors,  and 
their  house  was  fortified  and  garrisoned.  In 
1663  John,  junior,  asked  to  be  released  from 


his  ferry  contract,  which  was  granted.  Per- 
haps from  that  time  the  ferry  was  removed 
down  to  the  mouth  of  the  Scantic,  but  certain- 
ly, as  early  as  1667,  Nathaniel  was  ferryman 
there,  and  the  ferry  was  still  known  as  "Bis- 
selFs  Ferry."  John  Bissell  (i)  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court,  1642,  and,  in  later  years, 
a  member  of  the  Windsor  troop  of  horse,  1657- 
58;  captain  of  Windsor  dragoons  during  King 
Philip's  war,  1675 ;  quartermaster  of  Hartford 
county  troop  of  horse,  1677.  His  wife,  whose 
name  is  not  preserved,  died  May  21,  1641. 
John  died  October  3,  1677,  ^g^^  eighty-six 
years.  Children :  Mary,  married  Jacob  Drake ; 
John  (2),  Thomas,  Samuel,  all  born  in  Eng- 
land; Nathaniel  and  Joyce,  born  in  America. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  youngest  son  of  John  Bis- 
sell, and  the  first  child  bom  to  him  in  America, 
was'bom  in  Windsor,  September  24,  and  bap- 
tized September  27,  1640,  died  March  12,  17 13. 
He  became  a  member  of  the  Windsor  church, 
1673.  He  was  ferryman  at  the  mouth  of  the 
Scantic,  under  lease  from  the  general  court, 
1677,  and  served  in  the  Windsor  troop  of 
dragoons,  in  King  Philip's  war.  He  married 
(first),  September  25,  1662,  Mindwell  Moore, 
died  November  24,  1682,  daughter  of  Deacon 
John  Moore,  of  Windsor.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), July  4,  1683,  Dorothy  Fitch,  died  June 
28,  1691,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  Fitch,  born 
in  Bocking,  England,  December  24,  1632,  came 
to  Norwich,  Connecticut,  1648,  died  November 
18,  1702.  Children  of  Nathaniel,  by  first  wife : 
Mindwell,  Nathaniel,  Jonathan  (died  young), 
Hannah,  Abigail  (died  young),  Jonathan  (2), 
Abigail  (2),  Elizabeth,  David.  Children  by 
second  wife :  A  son  (died  in  infancy),  Dorothy • 

(III)  Lieutenant  David,  youngest  child  of 
Nathaniel  and  his  first  wife,  Mindwell  (Moore) 
Bissell,  was  bom  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 18,  1681,  died  October  20,  1733.  He 
married,  February  24,  1703,  Ruth  Warner, 
died  March  i,  1733,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine 
years.  Children :  Nathaniel,  David,  Hezekiah, 
Ruth,  Noah  and  Noadiah. 

(IV)  Noah,  youngest  son  of  Lieutenant 
David  and  Ruth  (Wamer)  Bissell,  was  bom 
June  26,  1716.  "Landord  Noah"  died  August 
22,  1776.  He  married,  December  2,  1741, 
Silence  Burt,  of  Springfield,  died  July  22,  1761, 
aged  forty-one  years.  Children:  Sibyl  (died 
young),  Silence,  Noah  (died  young),  Nathan, 
Sibyl.  Noah,  Roxy. 

(V)  Noah  (2),  son  of  Noah  (i)  and  Silence 
(Burt)  Bissell,  was  bom  November  7,  1753- 


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He  married,  November  17,  1776,  Eunice  Ol- 
cott,  of  East  Windsor,  who  died  November  12, 
1798,  aged  forty-six  years.  Children:  Noah 
(3),  Amelia,  Cynthia,  Flavia,  Ruth,  Solomon, 
Emily  (married  Calvin  Cowen,  of  Chester- 
field, Massachusetts,  later  of  Jamestown,  New 
York),  Benoni  Olcott. 

(VI)  Noah  (3),  eldest  son  of  Noah  (2)  and 
Eunice  (Olcott)  Bissell,  was  born  September 
29,  1777;  died  in  New  York  state,  September 

26,  1842.  He  removed  to  Vermont,  later  to 
New  London,  Oneida  county,  New  York.  He 
married  and  had  sons,  Amos  A.  and  John. 

(VH)  John,  son  of  Noah  (3)  Bissell,  was 
born  in  Pompey,  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
January  22,  1808.    He  died  in  Buffalo,  August 

27,  1889.  When  a  boy,  his  father  removed  to 
Oneida  county,  where  he  was  educated  and 
lived  until  1844.  He  worked  with  his  father 
until  attaining  his  majority,  then  became  inter- 
ested in  canal  boat  building  and  contracting. 
He  built  a  section  of  the  Black  River  canal, 
and  a  portion  of  what  is  now  the  New  York 
Central  railroad,  near  Rome.  He  came  to 
Buffalo  in  1852,  which  was  ever  afterward  his 
hc«ne.  He  organized  the  Bissell  Transporta- 
tion Company,  and  ran  a  line  of  boats  between 
Buffalo  and  Albany.  He  was  very  successful 
in  this  business,  which  was  the  first  individual 
line  operated  on  the  canal.  In  1845-46-47  he 
spent  much  of  his  time  away  from  Buffalo, 
but,  in  1848,  made  it  his  permanent  home,  and, 
for  many  years,  was  a  familiar  figure  around 
the  canal  docks.  In  1875  he  met  with  severe 
financial  reverses,  and  withdrew  from  active 
business  life.  Shortly  afterward  he  was  ap- 
pointed canal  inspector  for  the  port  of  Buf- 
falo, holding  the  office  two  years.  This  was 
his  last  business  engagement.  He  lived  to  be 
eighty-one  years  old,  and  was  a  well-known 
and  highly  respected  citizen.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  in  1834,  Isabella  Jeanette  Hally, 
of  Oneida  county.  New  York.  In  1884  they 
celebrated  the  golden  anniversary  of  their  wed- 
ding, and,  in  1885,  Mrs.  Bissell  died.  Children: 
I.  Mary  Eleanor,  married  Dexter  P.  Rumsey; 
she  died  in  1886.  2.  Arthur  Douglas,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Wilson  S.,  born  in  New  London, 
Oneida  county.  New  York,  December  31,  1847. 
died  in  Buffalo.  He  prepared  for  college  at 
Hopkins  Grammar  School,  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, entered  Yale  University,  in  1865,  was 
graduated  in  1869,  and  at  once  began  the  study 
of  law  in  Buffalo,  with  Laning,  Cleveland  & 


Folsom.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871, 
and  at  once  began  practice.  His  first  law  part- 
ner was  Lyman  K.  Bass,  and  later  he  became 
the  junior  partner  of  Bass,  Cleveland  &  Bis- 
sell. After  Mr.  Cleveland's  election  as  mayor 
of  Buffalo  and  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Bass,  the 
firm  became  Cleveland,  Bissell  &  Sicard.  After 
Mr.  Cleveland's  election  as  governor  he  with- 
drew from  the  firm,  and  Mr.  Bissell  became 
senior  of  the  great  law  firm  of  Bissell,  Sicard, 
Goodyear  &  Carey.  President  Cleveland  had  a 
great  admiration  for  his  young  partner,  and, 
during  his  first  term,  offered  him  several  flat- 
tering positions,  but  nothing  could  tempt  him 
from  the  law.  During  President  Cleveland's 
second  administration  he  again  offered  him 
high  position  in  his  cabinet,  which  Mr.  Bissell 
accepted.  He  became  postmaster-general,  hold- 
ing office  for  two  years,  1893-95,  and  then  re- 
signed for  purely  personal  reasons,  returning 
to  the  law  and  continuing  until  his  death.  He 
was  learned  in  the  law,  a  wise  counselor,  and 
in  command  of  a  large  and  profitable  business. 
In  1888  he  was  presidential  elector  on  the  Dem- 
ocratic ticket,  and  was  always  a  strong  sup- 
porter of  his  party.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Buffalo  Historical  Society,  and  of  various  clubs 
and  organizations  of  his  city  and  state.  He 
married,  February  6,  1890,  Louise  Sturgess,  of 
Geneva,  New  York. 

(VIII)  Arthur  Douglas,  son  of  John  and 
Isabella  Jeanette  (Hally)  Bissell,  was  bom 
January  10,  1844.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  Clinton  Preparatory  School, 
and  Yale  University,  graduating  from  the  4at- 
ter  with  the  class  of  1867.  After  completing 
his  school  years  he  returned  to  Buffalo  and 
associated  in  business  with  his  father,  con- 
tinuing until  1884.  He  was  appointed,  in  1885. 
by  President  Cleveland,  collector  of  customs 
for  the  district  of  Buffalo,  and  served  in  that 
office  four  years.  In  1889  the  People's  Bank 
was  organized,  and  Mr.  Bissell  was  elected 
vice-president,  continuing  as  such  until  1903, 
when  he  was  elected  president,  a  position  he 
now  holds  (1911).  He  has  other  varied  busi- 
ness interests,  including  directorships  in  lead- 
ing companies.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Ceme- 
tery Association  and  the  Library  Association 
of  Buffalo,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Ellicott  and 
University  clubs  of  Buffalo.  He  is  politically 
a  Democrat,  and  in  religious  faith  a  Presby- 
terian. He  married,  June  16,  1874,  Fanny, 
daughter  of  Dan  B.  and  Fanny  A.  (Durkee) 
Castle.  Children :  i.  Thomas  Hally,  bom  March 


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line  "pi^ralcd  on  il  *'  ^<-i!;.;*  in  iS.;.^  ,•«  ;~  ;  »• 
sjH'ni  mnrli  ot  h...  *;  j,*  •^\  tn,M  !•:••  ■'  . 
b\u.  in  184S.  in,..'*  t  '■  ^  ''.;<  )ru*.  iKv.jr  ..-^  .. 
fdi"  inany  yearv,  Aa-  a  «..i'  • -i  'lu^''**  '<»•»'''•' 
the  canal  d(.*ck>  In  .  ■  •  t.  :..t't  witli  •.."■  -.'c 
linanrial  rewr'-ps.  a'"- '  >« ':  m!';.  x\^  h^ro  .:•.■-• 
business  life,  sli-^ni;.  ,it»  .'.»!  i  .>-  \\.i-  .:;» 
j>oiii:'-(i  canal  ij^.  ".'  i  t.'i  '.he  :.H.rt  or'  i'.-.r- 
falo,  r.."^I.lin;j^  tli-  «.**'"\'  l\\  ■  s\  ,  -  i  1m^  '...u-> 
hi.--"  la-»  business  cri^T.u    \>  . '\        »1"  '.i»i'  t<.  ];e 

*  Tf'.iH'-' ::r  \r.'«r<  (•!  '  -  *  *"  i  '.'.'  r.)i>''An 
ar-d  luivibiy  !'v  <{.<;/'■.  •;  -.■  .  '  \  •  ii-.^  in- 
vva^  a   !)eni.  <cr,.t 

1  1':-  Ml.-ip   ('  !.  .il    "*  ^ ..   * 

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<''r"/  .,'u?  •''  I'  •'■  ''  •• '.  <  ..  ^  MiiJr''n: 
1.   \  a-;,    '»'..•    .      n..   :•-   '    ••  i'    l^li'iiscy  ; 

-f  *  •!  '•<!  :.  •  *"'  -  '  '.•!'.  i\.  -,  of  wIi'MTi 
h'.. '■«"'.      {     .♦•      .      **  '  n;   .\;\\    L(»n(l(>n. 

.   '  •    n   r.;   '•  '  ••     -••   1   f /f  ci.'Mc^e  at 

•  •  .  *i  >  I :;  J.  •  ■•  .  »\  '  irtvr^n.  ^'on- 
i,     '     ::»,  ti)''                        •    .-r  •.\-    in  i^)^,  was 

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i  .''-•  ir      j<^  ^va.-?    \..l!^  Itr*  d  tt-  ti  <   hai   ;/ 
r.nd  'it     tn  c  b"!.'Hn  pract'.i  ■.      \li^  .*ir<i  l-*" 
n-M   M' s  L;  n:a:i  k.  H:i->>.  a':d  latrr  l-'c  • 
fb:  KTM  ♦r  'va^fner  uf   i^-l     .  v'lcVv'la;!'' 
>f''\       \iicr  A\.lr.  CIcv' i^»  *     vdtction  o^  : 
"i"  I *..;:'. 'u  and  tiie  r- :•.*.».•  «'t  t.'^  Mr    I'-'. 
:.:  r.  ''tt.jnt.  Lleve'..'^  1.  ;;    -v:;  v  Sica^d 
Mr    '  !•  vciand's  en^ti'-n  t«  •   ^./vr.nn'  't.    ^ 
/':«vs    Tr(-rn  ti-e  i'lrm,    i:i.i    ^W.    l.i.-'-ell   :• 
-f     '  of  the  ^''oat  law  ii-m  of  fii-^cH     - 
*.it  '.'i^car  v^'  <  are) .     i''^,.-i(kpt  C  Icvelain; 
uTiat  a'!nin  riijj.n   for  h  •;  V"--^;;  partne 
(iLirn^it  h:s  hrst  tei'nt.    'iterc  1  i.nn  scvei  i* 
tcring  positions,  lv:i  nothin^^  {•-,:>;'.!  p.i,.- 
frv/ni  tite  law.     DnAiig  f*rtsi<lent  Clev< '. 
sCcotid   auininisi^^uion    lie    it',.iiri   otlcrc-'. 
hi»^i'  positi'^n  ;n  lii>  i.a^"iiu:t,  ^1''.^  Mr.   •.'• 
accei  ted.    I  le  be;  rm -.  '»o^tina-:'.T-s^enej  a'.    ' 
ing  oftke  fur  twr>  \chi.-.  i^^jy;}.,  and  t-    .1 
signrd  for  ])ureh.    pirsofMl  rta.M)ns.  r'-r.'.--- 
to  the  Ian  and  c»nnnii'!ig  unt»l  his  dea:'- 
\va>  kaiiu'd  in  th-.-  law.  a  wi  >    conn.-^c''  '    • 
in  t  •  T'.rr.and  oi  a  laii;e  aii"!  jimlitabk  b" 
In  »c"."*  lie  wa.>  t»r'>-u'ential  electc/r  t^n  p  <   i 
•  '.atu    ti«4:ct,  and   was  aKva  '^  a   ^tr  >n. 
:>  riei  of  hi-.  p.«r:y.     Ife  A'as  a  nienibe:   "'   . 
r.."i"ialo  ilistoncal  Sociel>.**nd  ofvarioi,-  • 
-1     i  .n^^anizati'-.-.s  of  hi^   city  auil   sl.ii'-. 
iiiaii;e<l.  hebrua^'v  i\  iXi^).  I.(»inse  Sir.rt;- 
<  M  Tl. '.  a.  Xcw  York. 

(\'ill)    Arthur   D'T.glas,   N<>n   of  Johii    • 
l-'i.be:la    le'i'iette    (ilallv)    I>i-^<'11,    w\  - 
^ti.i.ary    10.    l>44       lie   was  ed'cale«l    !.• 
pjrlic    sch<^".'.«,    i'l.iPn    Prepaiatory    ^     •• 
and  \  rde  Lp-v-'dfy,  gradnatnig  fr^n^  i'* 
ler  with  the  cla^N  oi  is. 17.     After  ci.r.n- 
Ins  »i«:iioo1   y.  ,i:'>    he   returned   t<»    iUitTa'"    . 
ass..oiated    \n   ^usinv>s    will;    his    fatnt:. 
tUMimij^  until  li<Nv      I  ie  was  appv.'intcd,  I      i    • 
by    Pre-idciit    (  \*\y''  nd,   coll<  ctor   of  *^' 
for  the  district  ^^i  l.i-tl'alo,  and  served  m 
I'tVj.r-   forr  yea-<.      •:*?   rSSg  !ne  Tcj^ple  «    ^ 
v.as   or<;anized,   a:   1    Mr.    rds.-cll    wa.s   c.- 
\ice-[Mesi(lent.  t'.'^f    I'♦'t^^■  a?^  such  uf^ti^    ■ 
wlien  lie  was  eit   t  d  president,  a  p^sit-*  > 
now  holds  (  Pyil  )       jje  has  (-tlier  vjri.-  ' 
iie<>  intere-t'-.  in< ';    '  '*^  directorships  ii^ 
i'lj^  coinpcunes       lit*  i^^  a  ttuste-'  01  thi:  •  ^     • 
t'.Jv    \sSix-i.Pii"  n  111   '   the  ki!)iaT*v    X^-o.-. 
of  rii!i»a!o,  and  i^  \\  nieinlxM-  of  the  Mlli'-     '    . 
I'niversity  chih.-  ■■:    I'Mii'do.     Jli    is  [m'.j? 
a  l)».in.>crj«t.  a'"«i  in  1    (i^ioi'^r   faitli  a   !^' 
tenan.      lie   uiaii:  d,   Jun«*    i^*,    1874,    ^^.j: 
dauirh*e»   rA   \k\\\  1'    Pud   i'anny  .\.   i  1  >!^  ' 
C.a^tl- .  Chiwlnii :  r  'I'n-^n.a-  i  (ally,  b^.^n  .^«.; 


db'S-^^'^-^^<^^^ 


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1875;  attended  Buffalo  public  schools,  was 
student  one  year  in  Lehigh  University,  Bethle- 
hem, 'Pennsylvania,  and  from  there  went  to 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology,  dying 
from  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever  in  the  middle 
of  his  senior  year,  December  20,  1907 ;  he  was 
a  young  man  of  great  promise,  and  his  death 
was  seriously  felt  by  his  family  and  friends. 
2.  Mary  Eleanor,  married  James  D.  Warren 
(  see  Warren ) .  3.  Howard,  of  whom  further. 
4.  Raymond,  of  whom  further.  5.  Arthur 
Douglas;  was  prepared  for  college  in  Buffalo 
public  schools,  and  graduated  from  Yale  in 
class  of  1906 ;  has  since  been  in  office  of  Rogers, 
Brown  &  Company,  manufacturers  and  dealers 
in  pig  iron  and  other  products.  6.  Jeanette, 
married  Bradley  Goodyear.    7.  Lloyd. 

(IX)  Howard,  third  child  and  second  son 
of  Arthur  Douglas  and  Fanny  (Castle)  Bis- 
sell.  was  bom  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1878.  He  was  educated  in  public  school. 
No.  16,  and  the  high  school  of  Buffalo,  then 
entered  Yale  University,  being  graduated  from 
the  latter  with  the  class  of  1900.  After  leav- 
ing college  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  People's 
Bank  of  Buffalo,  continuing  until  1903.  He 
was  with  the  Pittsburgh  Steel  Company  for  a 
year,  then  returned  to  the  bank,  and,  in  1905, 
was  appointed  assistant  cashier,  a  position  he 
now  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  politically  is  a 
Democrat.  His  club  is  the  Park,  of  Buffalo.  He 
married,  October  5,  1910,  Dorothy  Carroll  Tre- 
go, daughter  of  Katherine  (Carroll)  Trego,  of 
Hackensack,  New  Jersey. 

(IX)  Raymond,  fourth  child  and  third  son 
of  Arthur  Douglas  and  Fanny  (Castle)  Bis- 
sell,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  October 
26,  1880.  He  was  educated  in  the  Buffalo 
public  schools  (Central  High)  and  Yale  Uni- 
versity, where  he  was  graduated,  class  of  1902. 
.^fter  leaving  college  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Niagara  Radiator  Company,  remaining  until 
1904.  He  was,  for  a  time,  with  the  Consoli- 
dated Telephone  Company,  in  a  clerical  posi- 
tion, and,  in  June,  1905,  was  elected  treasurer 
of  the  Frontier  Telephone  Company.  In  De- 
cember, 1908,  the  Frontier  consolidated  with 
the  Western  New  York  district,  and  Mr.  Bis- 
sell  was  made  assistant  treasurer.  After  the 
consolidation,  under  the  name  Federal  Tele- 
phone Company,  he  was  elected  assistant  treas- 
urer, a  position  he  now  fills  (1911).  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Westminster   Presbvterian 


Church,  and  in  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  His 
clubs  are  the  Park  and  Ellicott,  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  October  17, 1906,  Helen,  daugh- 
ter of  Orsamus  and  Elizabeth  B.  (Griffin) 
Warren,  of  Buffalo  (see  Warren).  Child: 
Elizabeth  Warren,  born  November  26,  1908. 


/The   Vought   family  trace  in 
VOUGHT      America  to  the  year  1710,  and 

to  Simon  Vought,  born  in  Ger- 
many,  in  1680.  He  married,  in  his  native  land, 
before  1710,  Christina ,  born  1684.  To- 
gether they  came  to  America,  in  17 10. 

(II)  John  Christopher,  son  of  Simon  and 
Christina  Vought,  was  born  February  24,  1714. 
He  married  Cornelia  Putnam. 

(III)  John,  son  of  John  Christopher  and 
Cornelia  (Putnam)  Vought,  was  born  August 
6,  1750,  died  September  7,  1803.  He  married, 
November  22, 1772,  Mary  Grandin,  born  March 
10,  1750.    They  had  ten  children. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Grandin)  Vought,  was  born  December  19, 
1795,  died  January  25,  1873.  He  married. 
May  9,  1820,  Ruth  Voorhees,  born  September 
24,  1798,  died  April  8,  189 1.  They  had  four 
children. 

(V)  John  Henry,  son  of  Abraham  and  Ruth 
(Voorhees)  V^ought,  was  bom  February  13, 
1825,  died  November  4,  1882.  He  married, 
June  9,  1858,  Anne  Webster.  Children,  all 
bom  in  Buffalo:  i.  William  Grandin,  May  14, 
i860;  graduate  of  Yale  University,  1882;  mar- 
ried, June  29,  1888,  Natalie  Sternberg;  chil- 
dren: Grandin  Stemberg,  born  June  20,  1889; 
John  Henry,  July  3,  1892;  Schuyler,  March  6, 
1894.  2.  Walter  Joy,  January  8,  1862;  grad- 
uated from  Yale  University,  1893.  3-  Anne 
Webster,  November  7,  1863;  married,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1895,  Edward  Webster  Dann;  chil- 
dren: Dorothy,  born  August  27,  1896;  Ru- 
dolph, November  5,  1897.  4.  Mary  Verplanck, 
born  November  8,  1866 ;  married,  June  4,  1890, 
William  Lansing;  children:  Ruth  Voorhees, 
born  January  17,  1896,  now  deceased;  Helen 
Webster,  born  August  3,  1898.  5.  John  Henry, 
of  whom  further. 

(VI)  John  Henry  (2),  son  of  John  Henry 
(i)  and  Anne  (Webster)  Vought,  was  born 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  April  29,  1870.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  the  Briggs  School,  in 
Buffalo,  and  entered  Sheffield  Scientific  School. 
Yale  University,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
class  of  1892,  with  degree  of  Ph.  B.     He  at 


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once  took  a  position  with  the  Lehigh  Railroad 
Company,  in  the  mechanical  department,  and 
later  transferred  to  the  Auburn  division  of 
the  same  road,  as  road  foreman  of  engineers, 
and  later  promoted  to  general  foreman  at  the 
Wilkes-Barre  shops.  Next  he  was  promoted 
to  be  master  mechanic,  with  headquarters  at 
Hazleton,  Pennsylvania;  then  assistant  super- 
intendent of  motive  power,  with  headquarters 
at  Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania.  This  was  the  termi- 
nation of  his  railroad  career.  In  1905  he  came 
to  Buffalo  to  take  the  position  of  general  man- 
ager of  the  Buffalo  Coated  Paper  Company. 
In  1907  he  became  president  of  the  Cyclone 
Grate  Bar  Company,  which  position  he  now 
fills  (191 1 ).  He  is  a  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal church,  and  an  Independent  in  politics. 
His  club  is  the  Saturn,  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  October  8,  1895,  Mary  Warren, 
daughter  of  James  D.  and  his  second  wife, 
Mary  (Mills)  Warren  (see  Warren  VII).  Chil- 
dren: Katherine  Warren,  born  January  i,  1897, 
at  Auburn;  New  York;  Anne  Webster,  Janu- 
ary 5,  1902,  at  Hazleton,  Pennsylvania. 

The  name  of  Prescott  is  of 
PRESCOTT  Saxon  origin  and  is  com- 
posed by  the  combination  of 
two  Saxon  words,  priest  and  cottage,  and  sig- 
nifies priest-cottage,  or  priest's  house.  It  is  a 
name  long  known  in  England.  Orders  of 
knighthood  were  conferred  upon  some  branches 
of  the  family  who  were  among  the  nobility  of 
England.  A  coat  of  mail  and  armor,  such  as 
worn  by  ancient  knights,  was  brought  to  this 
country  by  the  emigrant,  John  Prescott,  hence 
it  is  inferred  that  some  of  his  ancestors  had 
been  warriors,  and  probably  had  received  the 
order  of  knighthood.  There  is  also  preserved 
by  his  descendants  a  family  coat-of-arms  which 
was  conferred  upon  a  remote  ancestor  and 
worn  by  the  Prescotts  of  Theobold's  Park, 
Hertfordshire,  Baronets,  and  by  the  ancient 
families  of  Lancashire  and  Yorkshire:  Sable, 
a  chevron  between  three  owls  argent  (two  in 
chief,  one  in  base) .  Crest :  A  cubit  arm  coup- 
ed  erect  vested,  gules  cuff,  ermine  holding  in 
hand  a  pitchpot  (or  hand  beacon),  sable,  fired 
proper. 

The  Prescotts  of  America  have  traced  their 
descent  to  the  times  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and 
to  James  Prescott,  of  Standish,  in  Lancashire, 
one  of  the  gentlemen  of  that  shire  who  were 
required  by  an  order  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  dated 
August,  1564,  to  keep  in  readiness  horsemen 


and  armor.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Roger 
Standish.  Their  son  James,  for  bravery  and 
military  prowess,  was  created  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Dryby,  in  Lincolnshire,  had  new 
arms  granted  him,  and  was  afterward  known 
as  Sir  James  Prescott.  He  married  Alice  Mol- 
ineaux,  and  left  an  only  son  John,  who  mar- 
ried and  had  a  son  James,  the  ancestor  of  the 
New  Hampshire  Prescotts.  James  Prescott*s 
second  son  Roger  (brother  of  Sir  James)  had 
by  his  second  wife,  Ellen  Shaw,  a  son  Ralph, 

baptized  1571-72.    He  married  Ellen  . 

Their  fifth  child,  John  Prescott,  is  the  Amer- 
ican ancestor  of  the  Prescotts  herein  recorded. 
(I)  John,  son  of  Ralph  Prescott,  was  bap- 
tized at  Standish,  in  Lancashire,  England,  1604- 
05.  He  is  named  in  his  father's  will.  He  mar- 
ried, January  21,  1629,  Mary  Platts,  at  Wygan 
in  Lancashire.  He  later  sold  his  lands  in 
Standish,  and  resided  for  some  time  in  Sbwer- 
by,  parish  of  Halifax,  Yorkshire.  He  left  his 
native  land  to  avoid  persecution  and  from  mo- 
tives of  conscience,  seeking  an  asylum  in 
America.  He  first  landed  at  the  island  of  Bar- 
badoes,  in  1638,  where  he  was  a  landowner. 
In  1640  he  came  to  New  England,  settling  at 
Watertown,  Massachusetts, 'where  he  had  large 
grants  of  land.  In  1643  he  associated  himself 
with  Thomas  King  and  others  for  the  purpose 
of  purchasing  of  Sholan,  the  Indian  sachem  of 
the  Nashaway  tribe,  a  tract  of  land  which  was 
to  be  ten*  miles  in  length  and  eight  in  breadth. 
He  is  spoken  of  in  reference  to  this  transac- 
tion as  "J^h'^  Prescott,  the  stalwart  black- 
smith." He  later  settled  on  this  tract,  first 
called  Nashaway,  later  Lancaster.  He  became  a 
leading  spirit  among  the  early  settlers,  his  great 
energy  and  strict  integrity  giving  him  com- 
manding influence.  He  took  the  oath  of  fidel- 
ity in  1652,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in 
1669.  He  was  a  farmer,  also  millwright  and 
blacksmith.  He  built  a  corn  mill  and  began 
grinding  May,  1654,  following  this  by  the  erec- 
tion of  a  sawmill.  Lancaster  suffered  greatly 
from  Indian  depredations,  and  for  three  years 
was  uninhabited.  In  1679  some  of  the  first 
settlers  returned,  among  them  the  Prescotts. 
Mr.  Prescott  lived  to  see  the  town  rebuilt  and 
prosperous.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  athletic 
build,  and  severe,  stern  countenance.  When- 
ever he  had  any  difficulty  with  the  Indians  he 
would  clothe  himself  in  his  coat  of  mail 
(brought  from  England),  with  helmet,  cuirass 
gorget,  which  gave  him  a  fierce  and  frightful 
appearance.     Many  stories  are  told  of   Mr. 


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Prescott  and  his  coat  of  armor,  which  seems 
to  have  stood  him  in  good  stead  in  several 
instances.  •  He  died  in  1683.  Children,  first 
four  bom  in  Sowerby,  England:  i.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Sawyer,  of  Lancaster,  Massachu- 
setts.   2.  Martha,  married  John  Rugg.    3.  John 

(2),  married  Sarah .    4.  Sarah,  married 

Richard  Wheeler.  5.  Hannah,  married,  as  sec- 
ond wife,  John  Rugg,  whose  first  wife  was  her 
sister  Martha.  6.  Lydia,  married  Jonas  Fair- 
banks, who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  when 
Lancaster  was  destroyed,  1676;  she  married 
(second)  Elias  Barron.  7.  Jonathan,  settled 
-in  Concord,  which  town  he  represented  in  the 
general  assembly  nine  years;  he  was  captain 
of  militia,  and  in  1676  his  house  was  fortified 
as  a  garrison  house.  He  married  (first)  Dor- 
othy  ,  (second)  Elizabeth  Hoar,  (third) 

Mrs.  Rebecca  (Wheeler)  Bulkley.  8.  Joseph. 
9.  Jonas,  of  further  mention. 

(H)  Jonas,  ninth  child  of  John  Prescott, 
the  emigrant,  and  Mary  (Platts)  Prescott,  was 
born  at  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  June,  1646, 
died  December  31,  1723.  He  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade  and  had  a  wide  reputation.  The 
town  of  Groton  being  in  need  of  a  smith,  in- 
vited Jonas  Prescott  to  remove  to  near  the 
centre  of  the  town  to  a  lot  of  land  which  the 
town  voted  as  an  inducement.  He  accepted, 
and  built  a  house  and  shop  on  the  land  and 
removed  there  in  1675.  He  also  had  a  corn 
and  saw  mill,  and  became  one  of  the  largest 
land  holders  of  the  town.  He  lived  on  his 
farm  near  Lawrence  Academy,  where,  on  a 
large  stone  in  the  wall  enclosing  the  farm  of 
Stuart  J.  Park,  is  this  inscription : 

J.  P. 
1680 

rebuilt  by 

O.  P.  . 

1784 
rebuilt  by 

S:  J.  Park 
1841. 

The  initials  "J*  P-"  ^^^  f^r  Jonas  Prescott, 
who  lived  upon  the  farm,  and  was  grandfather 
of  Colonel  William  Prescott,  the  hero  of 
Bunker  Hill :  "O.  P."  are  those  of  Oliver  Pres- 
cott, a  brother  of  Colonel  Prescott.  Jonas 
Prescott  married,  December  14,  1672,  Mary, 
bom  September  28,  1653,  died  October  28, 
1735,  daughter  jji  John  and  May  (Draper) 
Loker.  Her  parents  wanted  her  to  marry  a 
lawyer,  and  violently  opposed  her  marrying 
Prescott    They  resorted  to  harsh  and  extreme 

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measures,  but  "love  found  a  way,"  and  they 
were  married.  They  had  a  large  family.  Mary 
lived  to  be  eighty-two  years  of  age,  and  at  that 
time  had  one  hundred  and  seventy-five 
descendants.  Children:  i.  Mary,  married 
Benjamin  Farnsworth.  2.  Elizabeth,  married 
Eleazer  Green.  3.  Jonas  (2),  of  further  men- 
tion. 4.  Nathaniel,  died  young.  5.  Dorothy, 
married  John  Varnum.  6.  James,  died  young, 
7.  Sarah,  married  John  Longley.  8.  Abigail, 
married  James  Prescott.  9.  Martha,  married 
Shuabel  Hobert.  10.  Susannah,  married 
Colonel  William  Lawrence.  11.  Deborah, 
married  Samuel  Parker,  brother  of  James.  12. 
Benjamin,  married  Abigail  Oliver;  an  eminent 
public  deputy,  justice  of  the  peace,  lieutenant- 
colonel  of  militia,  justice  of  the  superior  court, 
and  appointed  to  represent  the  colony  at  the 
court  of  Great  Britain,  but  declined.  He  left 
three  distinguished  sons :  Hon.  James,  Colonel 
William  (of  Bunker  Hill  fame),  and  Dr. 
Oliver,  of  Groton. 

(HI)  Jonas  (2),  son  of  Jonas  (i)  Prescott, 
was  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts,  October 
26,  1678,  died  September  12,  1750.  He  lived 
at  Forge  Valley,  which  since  1730  has  been 
included  in  the  town  of  Westford.  He  en- 
larged and  improved  the  forge  and  iron  works 
erected  by  his  father,  adding  additional  forges 
for  making  iron,  as  well  as  for  other  purposes. 
The  water  privilege  and  works  on  Stony  Brook 
at  Forge  Village  have  ever  since  their  purchase 
of  Andrew,  the  Indian,  been  owned,  held  and 
occupied  by  the  Prescott  family.  JOnas  (2) 
was  captain  of  militia,  justice  of  the  peace  (as 
his  father  had  been),  and  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1720.  He  married  (first),  October  15, 
1699,  Thankful  Wheeler,  of  Concord,  died  No- 
vember I,  1716;  (second),  April  30,  1718, 
Mary  Page,  bom  1687,  died  July  19,  1781, 
aged  ninety-four  years.  Children:  i.  Ebene- 
zer,  of  further  mention.  2.  Jonas  (3),  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth  Spalding;  (second)  Eliz- 
abeth Howard;  (third)  Mrs.  Rebecca  (Jones) 
Barrett ;  was  a  farmer  and  justice  of  the  peace. 
3.  Thankful,  married  Timothy  Spalding.  4. 
Mary,  married  Joseph  Stone.  5.  Sarah,  mar-? 
ried  Deacon  Samuel  Minot.  6.  Dorcas,  mar- 
ried (second  wife).  Deacon  Samuel  Minot. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  eldest  son  of  Jonas  (2) 
Prescott,  was  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts, 
July  19,  1700,  died  December  i,  1771.  In  1730 
he  and  his  brother  Jonas  (3)  and  others  peti- 
tioned the  general  court  to  be  set  oflF  from 
Groton    to    Westford,    which    petition    was 


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granted  that  year.  He  married,  May  24,  1721, 
Hannah  Famsworth.  Children:  Ebenezer  (2), 
married  Elizabeth  Sprague ;  Oliver,  of  further 
mention;  Sarah,  married  John  Edwards; 
Joseph,  twin  of  Sarah ;  David,  married  Abigail 
Wright;   Hannah;   Rebecca,   married    (first) 

James    Hildreth,     (second) Wright; 

Eunice,  married Warren. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah 
(Farnsworth)  Prescott,.was  born  May  5, 1725, 
died  January  i,  1803.  He  was  a  farmer  of 
Westford,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  for 
many  years  deacon  of  the  church.  He  mar- 
ried, June  8.  1749,  Bethia  Underwood,  born 
September  2T,  1729,  died  at  Haward,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  i,  1813.  Children:  i.  Sus- 
anna, married  Nathaniel  Adams.  2.  Hannah, 
married  Richard  Wait.  3.  Colonel  Benjamin, 
of  further  mention.  4.  Betsey,  died  unmarried. 
5.  Bethia.  unmarried.  6.  Oliver,  settled  first  in 
JaflFrey,  New  Hampshire,  then  in  Whitetown, 
Oneida  county.  New  York;  married  Keziah 
Howard.  7.  Polly,  died  in  childhood.  8. 
Phebe,  died  unmarried.  9.  Lucy,  unmarried. 
10.  Mary,  married  (first)  Eliakim  Hutchins; 
(second)  Hezekiah  Sprague.  11.  Abraham, 
deacon,  captain  of  militia,  selectman,  town 
clerk,  overseer  of  the  poor,  representative  to 
the  general  court  several  terms ;  could  read 
and  discuss  topics  of  the  times  when  in  his 
ninety-fifth  year;  died  aged  ninety-seven.  12. 
Isaac,  married  Lucy  Hinckley. 

(VI)  Colonel  Benjamin  Prescott,  son  of 
Oliver  Prescott,  was  born  March  15,  1754, 
died  1839.  He  settled  in  JaflFrey,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1774,  when  it  was  yet  a  wilderness; 
was  a  farmer  and  inn  keeper.  He  acted  as  a 
spy  for  the  American  general,  and  the  day 
previous  to  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  was  cap- 
tured by  the  British,  but  made  his  escape  the 
next  day.  He  was  an  active,  energetic,  influ- 
ential man,  highly  esteemed  for  his  integrity, 
uprightness  and  sound  judgment.  He  repre- 
sented the  town  of  JaflFrey  in  the  New  Hamp- 
shire legislature  for  eleven  years,  was  justice 
of  the  peace,  and  was  much  employed  in  public 
business,  being  a  prominent  and  leading  man 
in  the  town.  He  was  an  inn  keeper  for  forty 
years.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  active  founders, 
from  its  organization  to  his  death.  He  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty-five  years,  "a  shock  of  com 
fully  ripe  for  its  season."  He  married,  De- 
cember 5.  1775,  Rachel  Adams,  of  Chelms- 
ford, born  August  19,  1757.    Children,  all  born 


in  JaflFrey,  New  Hampshire:  i.  Benjamin  (2), 
died  young.  2.  Benjamin  (3),  a  farmer  and 
machinist  of  JaflFrey;  married  widow  Sally 
Hodge.  3.  Oliver,  of  further  mention.  4. 
Rachel,  married  James  Clay,  a  farmer  of 
Rindge,  New  Hampshire.  5.  Eldad,  married 
Clarissa  Hunt.  6.  Nabby,  died  aged  eleven 
years.  7.  John  Adams,  a  farmer  and  manufac- 
turer of  JaflFrey,  justice  of  the  peace,  and  rep- 
resented JaflFrey  in  the  legislature,  1858-59; 
married  Martha  Ryan.  8.  Susannah,  died 
aged  three  ytars.  9.  Bethiah.  died  aged  seven 
years. 

(VII)  Colonel  Oliver  Prescott,  son  of  Colo- 
nel Benjamin  Prescott,  was  born  in  JaflFrey, 
New  Hampshire,  February  9,  1781,  died  No- 
vember 25,  1850.  He  was  a  farmer  and  inn 
holder  in  JaflFrey,  colonel  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire militia,  justice  of  the  peace,  and  held 
other  town  oflSces.  He  represented  JaflFrey  in 
the  New  Hampshire  legislature,  1822-1826  in- 
clusive. He  followed  in  his  father's  footsteps 
in  regard  to  public  service  and  influential  posi- 
tion. He  married  (first).  May  23,  181 1,  Mary, 
born  at  Putney,  Vermont,  March  12,  1782, 
died  March  31,  1839,  daughter  of  James  and 
Betsey  W.  Clay,  of  Putney ;  (second),  January 
7,  1841,  Mrs.  Phebe  (CdBfin)  Brown,  born 
April  14,  1795,  died  August  11,  1844;  (third). 
March  2,T,  1845,  Mary  (Bonner)  Stratton, 
born  June  23,  1789.  The  two  last  wives  were 
residents  of  Winchester,  New  Hampshire. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Oren,  died  aged 
three  years.  2.  Daniel  C,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Elizabeth  (2), 
born  June  20,  1819;  married,  May  6.  1841. 
Colonel  Rufus,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Polly 
Haywood.  (See  Haywood).  She  survives 
her  husband,  a  resident  of  Fredonia,  New 
York. 

(VIII)  Daniel  C,  only  son  of  Oliver  Pres- 
cott and  his  first  wife,  Mary  Clay,  was  born 
July  II,  181 5,  at  JaflFrey,  New  Hampshire,  died 
in  Fitzwilliam,  same  state,  1864.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  JaflFrey,  and  late  in  life  removed  to 
Fitzwilliam,  in  March,  1866. 

He  married,  September  12,  1841,  Abigail, 
born  July  2,  18 14,  at  Fitzwilliam,  died  there, 
1882,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Davidson.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Oren  D..  born  April  29,  1843;  ^^' 
listed,  September  23,  1862,  as  private  in  Com- 
pany G,  Fourteenth  Regiment  New  Hamp- 
shire Volunteers ;  promoted  corporal  and  ser- 
geant; was  ordered  to  Department  of  Gulf  of 
Mexico,  where  he  contracted  the  diseases  of 


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that  climate  which  kept  him  in  the  hospital; 
he  married  Ella  Boynton ;  no  issue.  2.  George 
O.,  bom  February  24,  1845;  married  Electa 
Lennox;  has  child,  Grace.  3.  Mary  A.,  born 
September  21,  1847;  married  John  Poole,  of 
Jaffrey,  and  has  Aime,  and  Oliver,  who  mar- 
ried Mary  Goet,  and  has  Susan  Prescott.  4. 
Susan  L.,  born  July  25,  1850;  married  Charles 
Robbins,  of  Jaffrey;  child,  Edward  Prescott. 
5.  Martha  Jane,  born  September  13,  1852;  now 
a  resident  of  Fredonia,  New  York,  with  her 
aunt,  Mrs.  Colonel  Rufus  Haywood.  Miss 
Prescott  is  prominent  in  society,  and  regent  of 
Benjamin  Prescott  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution.  6.  Marshal  Davison, 
ilied  young.    7.  Frederick  Henry,  died  young. 


The  grandfather  of  Colonel 
HAYWOOD  Rufus  Haywood  was  Benja- 
min Haywood,  a  descendant 
of  the  Haywood  family  of  Eastern  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  a 
resident  of  New  Hampshire.  He  served  in  the 
revolutionary  army,  and  in  one  of  the  battles 
of  that  great  struggle  was  severely  wounded 
in  the  breast  by  a  musket  ball.  After  the  close 
of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  New  Hampshire 
home,  where  he  Hved  a  respected  citizen  until 
his  death.  He  married  and  had  a  son  Benja- 
min, born  1786,  died  February,  1853.  He  in- 
herited industry  and  business  ability,  and  suc- 
cessfully improved  his  business  opportunities. 
He  followed  agriculture  all  his  days,  and 
ranked  as  one  of  the  foremost  and  most  sub- 
stantial farmers  of  his  state.  He  married 
Polly  Sawyer,  a  native  of  New  Hampshire, 
and  a  member  of  the  well-known  and  influen- 
tial family  of  that  name  in  New  Hampshire. 
She  died  in  1842,  aged  forty-six  years.  Chil- 
dren: Adeline,  Rufus,  Albert,  Abbie  and 
Ellen. 

Colonel  Rufus  Haywood,  eldest  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Polly  (Sawyer)  Haywood,  was 
born  in  Jaffrey,  Cheshire  county,  New  Hamp- 
shire, February  6,  1820,  died  in  Fredonia,  New 
York,  May  20,  1891.  He  grew  to  manhood  on 
the  homestead  farm,  and  was  educated  in  Jaf- 
frey Academy.  After  finishing  his  studies  he 
taught  in  the  district  schools  for  five  years. 
He  then  settled  in  Winchendon,  Massachu- 
setts, where  for  a  year  he  conducted  a  meat 
market  and  ran  a  livery.  He  then  returned  to 
Jaffrey,  where  he  purchased  land,  built  a  home 
and  store  building,  and  engaged  in  merchandis- 
ing and  operating  his  farm.    After  three  years' 


successful  business  he  sold  and  removed  to 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  in  partner- 
ship with  H.  O.  Houghton  he  engaged  for  one 
year  in  publishing  law  books.  Closing  out  this 
interest,  he  went  west,  where  he  remained  sev- 
eral years.  While  in  Illinois  he  conducted  a 
hotel  for  one  year  at  Belvidere.  Later  he  was 
teller  of  the  bank  there  for  two  years.  While 
west  he  speculated  in  corn,  with  the  result  of  a 
loss  of  several  thousand  dollars  of  his  capital. 
Leaving  Belvidere,  he  purchased  a  farm  near 
Chicago  and  began  raising,  buying  and  ship- 
ping cattle.  While  here  he  became  convinced 
of  the  future  greatness  of  Chicago  as  a  com- 
mercial centre,  and  invested  largely  in  real 
estate  in  that  city,  which  subsequently  netted 
him  handsome  profits.  In  1855  he  settled  in 
Brocton,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
where  for  several  years  he  engaged  in  the 
stock  business.  In  1861  he  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  Albert  and  a  Mr.  Hub- 
bell.  They  purchased  several  thousand  horses 
and  mules  that  later  were  disposed  of  to  the 
United  States  Government.  In  1863  he  retired 
from  the  firm  and  accepted  an  appointment  as 
paymaster  in  the  Union  army,  ranking  as 
major.  He  was  stationed  at  Washington, 
D.  C,  and  about  the  close  of  the  war  at 
Rochester,  New  York,  where  he  was  in  charge 
of  settling  the  accounts  of  New  York  regi- 
ments of  that  section  as  they  returned  from  the 
field.  He  rendered  efficient  service,  and  was 
brevetted  colonel  by  President  Johnson,  for 
"meritorious  service."  He  was  honorably  dis- 
charged December  31,  1865. 

He  returned  to  Chautauqua  county,  locating 
at  Fredonia,  which  was  his  home  until  death. 
From  1866  to  1876  he  was  largely  engaged  in 
mail  contracts  in  a  dozen  different  states,  but 
held  intimate  relations  with  other  important 
business  enterprises.  In  1866  he  was  one  of 
the  principal  organizers  of  the  Fredonia  Sav- 
ings Bank,  of  which  he  was  president.  In  1877 
he  embarked  in  the  oil  business  at  Oil  City, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  did  a  large  and  profit- 
able brokerage  business.  In  this  business  his 
clear  judgment  and  keen  insight  into  every 
possible  combination  brought  him  through  suc- 
cessfully where  old  and  experienced  operators 
went  down  in  disaster.  While  his  star  was 
still  in  the  ascendant  and  before  age  could  im- 
pair his  mental  powers,  he  left  the  hazardous 
field  of  oil  exploitation  and  confined  his  latter 
investments  to  the  safer  field  of  real  estate. 
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to  agriculture,  and  was  a  warm  friend  of  the 
cause  of  education.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
lodge,  chapter,  and  commandery  of  Knights 
Templar.  Colonel  Haywood  was  big-hearted, 
hospitable  and  generous.  At  his  beautiful 
home  he  extended  to  all  his  friends  a  warm- 
hearted hospitality  that  was  most  cordial  and 
unaffected.  He  was  a  man  of  rare  intelligence, 
honest,  genial  and  strength ful.  His  strength 
of  character  and  sound  business  judgment  car- 
ried him  successfully  through  the  business  bat- 
tles of  life,  kept  him  true  to  every  trust  re- 
posed in  him,  and  the  epitaph  "a  good  citizen'* 
may  be  rightfully  and  justly  written  of  him. 
He  married,  May  6,  1841,  Elizabeth  Pres- 
cott,  who  was  born  in  Jaffrey,  within  half  a 
mile  of  his  boyhood  home  in  New  Hampshire. 
(See  Prescott).  Children:  three  sons;  two 
died  in  infancy,  and  Edward  A.,  born  January 
26,  1 86 1,  died  February  10,  1881. 


The  Winshii>s,  under  a  most 
WIN  SHIP    remarkable  variety  of  spellings, 

were  early  in  New  England, 
being  first  recorded  in  1635  at  Cambridge. 
Later  the  family  settled  at  Lexington  where 
they  were  among  the  most  numerous  and  re- 
spectable families.  Edward  Winship  settled 
in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was 
made  freeman  in  1635.  Was  selectman  of 
Cjimbridge  fourteen  years,  between  1637  and 
1684.  He  was  representative,  1663-64-81  to 
1686.  In  1638  he  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  and  also 
held  a  commission  in  the  militia,  holding  the 
rank  of  lieutenant.  He  was  also  an  active  and 
honored  member  of  the  church.  Lieutenant 
Winship  was  a  large  landowner,  not  only  at 
Cambridge  but  at  "The  Farms'*  and  at  Lex- 
ington. He  died  December  2,  1688,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  died 
September  19,  1690,  aged  fifty-seven.  Eleven 
children  survived:  Sarah,  Mary,  died  young; 
Ephraim,  Mary  (2),  Joanna,  Edward,  died 
young;  Elizabeth,  Edward  (2),  of  further 
mention;  Abigail,  married  William  Russell; 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Margery,  married  John 
Dixon ;  Mehitabel. 

(II)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Edward  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  Winship,  of  Cambridge,  was  born 
March  3,  1654,  died  in  Cambridge,  June  10, 
1718.  He  was  selectman  of  Cambridge,  1691- 
93-95  2i^d  1 70 1.  By  an  instrument  signed 
by  his  heirs  it  appears  that  he  had  seven  chil- 


dren. He  married.  May  14,  1683,  Rebecca 
Barsham^  Children:  Edward  (3),  of  further 
mention;  Elizabeth,  borit  June  i,  1686;  mar- 
ried Walter  Russell;  Ephraim,  February  4, 
1688;  married  Hannah  Cutler;  Nathaniel, 
married  Rebecca  Pierce ;  William ;  John,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Wyeth;  Jason,  bom  1699. 

(III)  Edward  (3),  son  of  Edward  (2) 
and  Rebecca  (Barsham)  Winship,  was  bom 
in  Cambridge^  Massachusetts,  January  9,  1684, 
died  May  15,  1763.  He  was  tythingman  in 
Lexington  in  1714;  fence  viewer,  1716;  con- 
stable, 171 7.  He  owned  the  covenant  in  Lex- 
ington, September  i,  1706,  which  is  probably 
the  date  of  his  removal  to  that  town.  He  was 
a  wheelwright.  He  married,  about  1705,  Sarah 
Manning.  Children:  Edward,  of  further 
mention ;  Rebecca,  bom  August  22,  1709,  mar- 
ried John  Manning;  Sarah,  born  June  28, 
1712;  Jonathan,  died  young;  Mary,  born  Jiine 
25,  1716;  Jonathan,  bom  May  28,  1719,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Cutler;  Isaac,  born  June  8, 
1724. 

(IV)  Edward  (4),  son  of  Edward  (3)  and 
Sarah  (Manning)  Winship,  was  bom  August 
25,  1706,  died  December  7,  1773.  H^  was  a 
wheelwright,  and  resided  at  Lexington,  Massa- 
chusetts.    He  married    Rsther   ,    who 

died  October  10,  1785,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
Children:  Thomas,  born  October  25,  1729: 
married  Sarah  Harrington ;  Benjamin,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Edward  (5),  born  January  18, 
1733;  married  Hepzibah  Laughton;  Joel,  No- 
vember 13,  1734;  married  Elizabeth  Grant; 
Amos,  died  young;  Mary,  baptized  1738; 
Esther,  born  January  21,  1739,  died  April  26, 
1789,  unmarried;  Evebell,  February  2,  1743; 
Joshua,  January  27,  1748. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Edward  (4)  and 
Esther  Winship,  was  bom  in  Lexington, 
Massachusetts,  April   12,   1731.     He  married 

Abigail .    Children:    Benjamin  (2),  of 

furtiher  mention ;  Abel,  baptized  September  12,. 
1756;  married  Abigail  Muzzry. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
and  Abigail  Winship,  was  baptized  at  Menot- 
omy,  Massachusetts,  March  30,  1755,  died  in 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York.  He  lived 
in  Lexington  and  Salem,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  April  4,  1788,  Mary,  daughter  of 
John  Adams.  Children:  Joseph,  Isaac,  Han- 
nah, Mary,  Emma,  Benjamin,  and  Eunice, 
married  a  Bardien,  of  S3rracuse,  New  York; 
has  C.  W.,  son.  Joseph  and  Isaac  went  to  the 
state  of  Georgia  where  they  became  very  rich. 


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During  the  dvil  war  their  fortunes  were  swept 
away  but  with  the  restoration  of  peace  they 
retrieved  their  fallen  fortunes  and  died  very 
wealthy. 

(VII)  Benjamin  (3),  youngest  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (2)  and  Mary  (Adams)  Winship,  was 
born,  1796,  died  in  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  December  10,  185 1.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  181 2  and  received  a  land 
warrant  from  the  government  for  his  services. 
After  his  death  an  additional  grant  of  land 
was  made  to  his  widow.  In  1817-18  he  located 
on  a  farm  at  Little  Valley  Center,  now  Elk- 
dale  post  office.  He  made  the  journey  from 
New  England  with  a  yoke  of  oxen  and  a 
wagon,  being  six  weeks  on  the  journey.  He 
contracted  for  five  hundred  acres  of  land.  In 
1832  he  received  a  deed  for  the  first  fifty 
acres  to  which  he  added  until  he  had  a  good 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  acres.  He 
was  a  man  of  influence  in  the  town,  serving  as 
assessor,  town  clerk  and  commissioner  of 
highways.  He  is  buried  in  the  cemetery  near 
the  homestead,  with  father,  mother  and  wife. 

He  married,  in  1823,  Hannah  Sanders,  of 
Ashford,  bom  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Sanders.  Children:  i.  Nathan, 
bom  June  29,  1824,  died  at  Tunnel  City,  Wis- 
consin, April  14,  1866;  he  married  Eunice 
Wheeler  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Little  Val- 
ley. In  1856  he  sold  it  and  removed  to  Wis- 
consin, where  he  was  first  a  farmer,  then  mer- 
chant and  postmaster,  at  Tunnel  City;  chil- 
dren :  i.  Marilla,  married  Dr.  William  Donald ; 
ii.  Albina,  married  Charles  Tarr;  iii.  Alice, 
married  Warren  Page;  iv.  John  E.,  married 
Eliza  Woodward.  2.  Charles,  born  1826,  died 
May  I,  1880;  settled  on  a  farm  in  his  native 
town,  Little  Valley,  and  was  also  a  carpenter ; 
served  as  overseer  of  the  poor ;  married  (first) 
Eveline  Stark;  children:  i.  Emory,  married 
Ida  Raysey ;  ii.  Erastus,  married  Oflie  Wheel- 
er;  iii.  Charles  (2),  married  Carrie  McMillan; 

married  (second) Smith,  child,  Deva. 

3.  Benjamin  S.,  bom  1828,  died  April  15,  1882; 
was  merchant  and  liveryman  at  Little  Valley, 
then  moved  to  Wisconsin,  where  he  was  in 
the  hotel  business ;  later  a  merchant  and  lum- 
berman ;  married  China  Thompson.  4.  Joseph, 
born  September  i,  1833,  ^^^^  September  23, 
1881 ;  was  a  school  teacher  in  Cattaraugus 
county;  moved  to  Wisconsin  where  he  was  a 
farmer  and  teacher;  served  in  Union  army 
(luring  the  civil  war;  married  Laura  W.  Well- 
ington; children:  Addison  and  Nellie  J.     5. 


Isaac,  born  1835,  died  1906;  settled  on  the 
homestead  farm  and  was  a  noted  breeder  of 
thoroughbred  and  standard  Holstein  cattle. 
He  was  a  Democrat ;  was  supervisor,  justice  of 
the  peace  twelve  years,  and  overseer  of  the 
poor;  married  Adeline  Stark;  child,  Robert, 
married  Lizzie  Newell  and  has  a  daughter, 
Nellie.  6.  Truman,  of  further  mention.  7. 
Elsther,  went  west  as  a  teacher;  married,  in 
Wisconsin,  E.  D.  Carter,  and  settled  in  Hum- 
bird  ;  children :  Edwin,  died  in  the  Black  Hills ; 
Mamie,  Harry  M.  and  Archie. 

(Vni)  Truman,  youngest  son  of  Benjamin 
(3)  and  Hannah  (Sanders)  Winship,  was  born 
in  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
Vork,  September  26,  1837.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  with  two  terms  at  select 
school,  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the  old  home- 
stead JFarm  that  was  his  birthplace.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  a  partner  with  Isaac,  his 
brother,  in  operating  the  farm  and  in  the  fancy 
Holstein  cattle  business.  In  1863  ^^^7  divided 
the  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty-eight  acres, 
Truman  taking  a  small  acreage,  and  then  pur- 
chasing the  I)onaldson  farm  adjoining,  mak- 
ing a  valuable  tract  of  three  hundred  and  ten 
acres.  He  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stock 
breeder,  his  herd  of  Holsteins  being  of  excep- 
tionally high  grade.  He  was  also  interested  in 
lumbering,  cutting,  logging  and  rafting  down 
the  river  to  city  markets  at  Pittsburg  and  Cin- 
cinnati. His  dairy  interests  were  large  and  he 
was  one  of  the  largest  cheese  manufacturers 
in  that  section.  He  was  an  active,  energetic, 
successful  business  man,  and  shared  his  pros- 
perity. When  his  daughters  married  he  gave 
to  each  a  part  of  the  home  farm,  and  was  lib- 
eral in  all  his  dealings.  He  is  now  practically 
retired  from  arduous  business  cares  but  retains 
an  active  interest  in  the  lumber  business  at 
Little  Valley.  He  is  an  uncompromising  Dem- 
ocrat and  served  as  highway  commissioner. 
In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Congregationalist, 
serving  as  trustee  of  Little  Valley  church. 

He  married,  May  30,  i860,  Candis,  bom 
April  24,  1838,  daughter  of  Edwin  Fairbrother, 
a  farmer  and  shoemaker,  who  came  to  Mans- 
field, New  York,  from  Vermont;  married 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Amos  and  Olive  (Bruce) 
Jackson.  Children  of  Edwin  and  Eliza  Fair- 
brother:  I.  Irwin,  married  Helen  Pierce; 
children:  Frank  and  Adelaide.  2.  Candis, 
married  Truman  Winship.  3.  Orlando,  mar- 
ried Mary  Wenn;  children:  Eldon,  Emma, 
Anna.  Arthur  and  Oscar.    4.  Emmeline,  mar- 


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ried  Burton  Chapin;  children:  Alinead,  Ger- 
trude and  Edith.  5.  Alonzo,  married  Berthuna 
Crippen;  children:  Frank,  Jennie,  Cora  and 
Mary.  Children  of  Truman  and  'Candis  Win- 
ship:  I.  Edwin  S.,  born  April  7,  1862;  mar- 
ried, November  8,  1883,  Mary  A.  Stevens, 
born  May  17,  1861.  Children:  i.  Ara  P\,  born 
August  22,  1884;  married,  September  12,  1908, 
Vera  McKilburn;  has  Dorothy  M.,  bom  June 
17,  1909,  and  Marian  E.,  May  17,  191 1;  ii. 
James  B.,  bom  June  18,  1890,  deceased.  2. 
Minnie  E.,  born  May  26, 1866 ;  married,  March 
30,  1887,  Willis  T.  Eighme,  born  June  10, 
1858;  children:  i.  Eugenia  C.,  feorn  June  24, 
1900;  ii.  Richard  P..,  February  8,  1902.  3. 
Alvina  A.,  born  March  10,  1870;  married.  May 
II,  1890,  Burt  L.  Stratton,  born  November  19, 
i8i58;  children:  i.  Marjorie  B.,  born  November 
ID,  1892;  ii.  Mabel  Mae,  August  27,  1897.  4. 
Tessa  May,  born  September  6,  1871 ;  married, 
P'ebmary  15,  1890,  Merritt  P.  Chase,  born 
May  7,  18^.  Children:  i.  Lelah  L.,  born 
December  13,  1890;  married,  June  i.  1910. 
Warden  Buffington ;  ii.  Helen  L.,  February  15, 
1892 ;  iii.  Truman  W.,  December  26,  1904. 


James  Mark  was  born  in  1788, 
MARK  and  came  from  Delaware  county. 
New  York,  in  1808,  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years,  to  Fredonia,  New  York.  He 
served  as  a  private  in  the  war  of  181 2  under 
Captain  Hale,  in  a  company  of  militia  at  the 
defense  of  Buffalo,  and  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  Black  Rock,  and  witnessed  the  burning  of 
Buffalo.  In  after  years  he  was  widely  known 
in  the  northern  part  of  the  county  as  a  manu- 
facturer of  pearl  ash  from  salts  of  lye,  or 
black  salts,  then  the  chief  cash  commodity  of 
the  settlers.  In  1836  he  removed  to  the  village 
of  Hamlet,  New  York,  in  the  town  of  Ville- 
nova,  and  in  partnership  with  John  Z.  Saxton, 
of  Fredonia,  began  business  as  a  general  mer- 
chant and  manufacturer  of  potash  and  pearl 
ash,  continuing  long  and  successfully  in  these 
lines.  He  died  in  1855.  He  married  Lucy 
Woodcock,  a  native  of  Vermont.  Children, 
the  first  six  born  in  Fredonia,  the  seventh  in 
Hamlet:  i.  Lucy  E.,  married  Eri  Spencer, 
and  died  in  i860.  2.  Charles  LeRoy,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Dr.  Andrew  J.,  died  in  i860. 
4.  Professor  George  A.  5.  Harriet  A.,  married 
Albert  M.  Woodcock.  6.  John  E.  7.  Janette, 
died  in  1887:  married  William  Delaney. 

(II)  Charles  LeRoy,  son  of  James  Mark, 
was  born  at  Fredonia,  New  York,  August  12, 


1822,  and  died  at  Winter  Park,  Florida,  De- 
cember 24,  1904.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Fredonia  Academy  until  1836, 
when  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  the  vil- 
lage of  Hamlet,  Villenova,  New  York.  He 
spent  the  winter  of  1843-4  in  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas.  He  made  the  journey  largely  by 
water,  the  railroads  not  having  reached  that 
section,  and  the  journey  by  canal,  river  and 
lake,  occupied  two  weeks.  Returning  witli 
health  much  improved  in  1845,  ^^  became  a 
partner  with  his  father  in  the  general  mer- 
chandise business  and  the  manufacture  of  pot 
and  pearl  ashes,  continuing  until  the  year  185 1. 
During  the  next  two  years  he  was  in  the  same 
line  of  business,  in  partnership  with  Martin 
Crowell.  In  1855  he  engaged  in  business  alone 
as  a  general  merchant,  and  continued  for 
about  five  years.  At  the  age  of  thirty-eight, 
having  accumulated  a  competence,  he  retired 
from  active  business  and  made  his  home  for  a 
few  years  at  Middletown,  near  Cincinnati. 
Ohio.  Afterwards  he  returned  to  Fredonia 
and  lived  there  during  his  last  years.  After 
he  retired,  however,  he  traveled  extensively 
with  his  wife,  spending  a  year  in  California, 
two  or  three  years  in  Colorado,  and  during 
the  winter  months  for  nineteen  years  he  went 
to  Florida,  where  he  owned  an  orange  planta- 
tion and  a  fine  residence  at  Winter  Park.  For 
more  than  thirty  years  he  spent  the  months  of 
August  and  September  at  various  summer  re- 
sorts in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  seeking 
relief  from  hay  fever,  from  which  he  was  an 
annual  sufferer.  Mr.  Mark  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  managers  of  the  State  Normal 
School  at  Fredonia  from  1877  ^"^^  his  death. 
He  was  a  man  of  conspicuous  public  spirit, 
lending  his  aid  and  support  to  all  movements 
for  the  welfare  of  the  community,  and  con- 
tributing freely  of  his  wealth  to  various  public 
enterprises.  To  the  Barber  library  he  gave  a 
donation  of  $1,000,  and  at  a  cost  of  $2,000 
erected  two  beautiful  public  fountains  in  the 
parks  of  the  village.  He  and  his  wife  were 
members  of  the  Free  Baptist  Church  in  Ham- 
let until  they  removed  to  Fredonia,  when  they 
joined  the  Presbyterian  Church.  He  married. 
September  3,  1846,  Julia  Peirce,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Austin  and  Mary  Ann  (Sterling)  Peirce. 
of  Hamlet,  granddaughter  of  Gurdon  Peirce 
(see  Peirce). 

(Ill)  Professor  Edward  Laurens  Mark, 
only  child  of  Charles  LeRoy  and  Julia 
(Peirce)   Mark,  was  born   at    Hamlet,    New 


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York,  May  30,  1847.    He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Fredonia  Academy,  where  he  was 
prepared  for  college.    He  entered  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan,  and  was  graduated  in  the 
clas$  of  187 1  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
arts.     During  the  following  year  he  was  an 
instructor  in  the  university.     In   1872-73  he 
was  employed  by  the  government  in  the  north- 
em  boundary  survey,  marking  the  line  between 
the  United  States  and  British  America,     In 
1873  he  went  abroad  to  pursue  his  studies  at 
the  German  universities,  and  after  taking  his 
doctor's  degree  at  Leipsic  in  1876,  returned  to 
America  to  accept   the  chair  of  zoology   in 
Harvard  University,  a  position  he  has  since 
filled  with  distinction,  being  at  the  present  time 
head  of  the  zoological  department  of  the  uni- 
versity.   In  1898  Dr.  Mark  spent  a  Sabbatical 
year  abroad  with  his  family,  visiting  various 
institutions    of    learning   and    observing   the 
zoological    instructions  given   abroad.     Upon 
his  return  to  his  duties  at  Harvard,  a  number 
of  his  former  students  and  his  associates  con- 
ceived the  project  of  publishing  a  volume  of 
five  hundred  pages  to  be  known  as  the  "Mark 
Anniversary  Volume,'*   to  commemorate   the 
completion  of  twenty-five  years  of  successful 
and  productive  labor  as  professor  of  zoology 
in  Harvard  University.    The  project  was  well 
carried  out,  and  the  volume  was  presented  at 
a  meeting  of  the  American  Association  for  the 
Advancement  of  Science  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
in  December,  1903.     Among  the  contributors 
to   the    volume    were:      President   Theodore 
Roosevelt,  who  was  a  student  under  Professor 
Mark;  a  Japanese  professor  of  Tokio,  Japan; 
and  professors  in  various  American  colleges. 
The  work  is  embellished  with  numerous  en- 
gravings, with  a  fine  portrait  of  Dr.  Mark  for 
the   frontispiece.     It  contains  a    list    of    the 
scientific    publications    from    the    zoolo^cal 
laboratory  under    Dr.    Mark's    direction.     In 
1904,   Dr.   Mark,   representing  Harvard,  and 
Eh*.  Bristol,  representing  New  York  Univer- 
sity, spent  the  summer  in  the  Bermuda  Islands, 
establishing  and  organizing  a  biological  station. 
Professor  Mark  married,  in  1873,  Lucy  T. 
King,  of  Dunkirk,  New  York,  born  in  Cherry 
Valley,  Ohio,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Eunice 
(Brigham)      King.     Children:     i.     Kenneth 
Lamartine,  bom  at  Leipsic,  Germany,  August 
26,   1874;    married    Florence    Wetherbee,    of 
Roxbury    (Boston),   Massachusetts;    he  was 
formerly  assistant  professor  of  chemistry  at 
Harvard  College,  and  is  now  professor  in  the 


same  subject  at  Simmons  College,  Boston.  2. 
Freedrica,  born  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
June  7,  1880;  married  Professor  George  H. 
Chase,  professor  of  archaeology,  Harvard 
University;  child,  Thomas  King  Chase,  born 
at  Cambridge. 

(The  Peirce  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Peirce,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  from  England  in  1633-4  with  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  and  settled  in  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  bom  in  England  in  1583-4, 
and  died  October  7,  1666;  his  wife  was  born 
in  England  in  1595-6.  She  was  admitted  to 
the  church  at  Charlestown,  January  10,  and  he 
February  21,  1634-5.  He  was  made  freeman 
May  6,  1635.  On  September  27,  1642,  he  was 
chosen  one  of  twenty-one  commissioners  to 
the  general  court  "to  see  that  Saltpetre  heapes 
were  made  by  all  the  farmers  of  the  colony." 
He  made  his  will  November  7,  1665.  Chil- 
dren, bom  in  Charlestown:  John;  Samuel; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Robert;  Mary; 
Elizabeth;  Persis;  Abigail,  born  June  17,  1639. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Peirce,  was  born  in  1608,  and  died  November 
6,  1683.  He  lived  in  Charlestown  Village,  now 
Wobum,  Massachusetts.  He  was  often  called 
Sergeant  Thomas  Peirce.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  church  Febmary  21,  1634.  He  was  in 
Wobum  as  early  as  1643,  and  was  taxed  there 
in  1645.  In  1660  he  was  selectman  there,  and 
often  afterwards  was  on  the  committee  for 
dividing  the  common  lands.  In  1668  he  was 
on  the  general  court  committee  appointed  for 
that  purpose.  He  married,  May  6,  1635,  Eliz- 
abeth Cole,  who  died  March  5,  1688.  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  August  17,  1639;  John, 
March  7,  1643;  Thomas,  June  21,  1645;  Eliz- 
abeth, December  25,  1646;  Joseph,  September 
22,  1648,  died  February  27,  1649;  Joseph, 
August  13,  1649;  Stephen,  July  16,  1651 ;  Sam- 
uel, February  20,  1654,  died  October  27,  1655; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  W^illiam,  March  7, 
1658;  James,  May  7,  1659;  Abigail,  November 
20,  1660;  Benjamin. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Peirce. 
was  born  April  7,  1656,  and  died  July  5,  1721, 
at  Woburn,  where  he  lived.  On  July  28,  1721, 
he  was  administrator  of  his  father's  estate. 
He  married,  December  9,  1680,  Lydia  Bacon, 
who  was  bom  March  6,  1656,  and  died  Decem- 
ber 5,  1717.  Children,  born  in  Wobum< 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  born  May 
25,  1683;  Joseph,  March  28,  1685,  died  young; 


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Isaac,  March  22,  1687;  Abigail,  February  27, 
1689 ;  Sarah,  June  22,  1691 ;  Ruth,  February 
14,  1693;  Tabitha,  August  28,  1697,  died  Sep- 
tember 30,  1697;  Tabitha,  March  10,  1700. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Peirce,  was  born  at  Woburn,  November  25, 
1681,  and  died  January  26,  1774.  He  lived  at 
Woburn  and  Wilmington,  Massachusetts,  and 
at  Mansfield,  Connecticut.  He  married,  June 
14,  1705,  Abigail  Johnson,  who  died  March  16, 
1787.  Children:  Samuel,  born  June  3,  1706; 
Josiah,  July  13,  1708;  Abigail,  February  28, 
171 1 ;  Esther,  February  7,  1715;  Seth,  men- 
tioned below;  Enoch,  March  22,  17 19. 

(V)  Seth,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Peirce,  was 
'  born  November  30,  1716,  and  died  December 

5,  1794,  at  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  where  he 
lived.  He  married,  November  10,  1743,  Eliza- 
beth Nye,  of  Tolland,  Connecticut,  who  was 
bom  in  1680,  and  died  May  14,  1749.  Chil- 
dren :  Seth,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  born 
June  2,  1748;  Enoch;  Dan. 

(VI)  Seth  (2),  son  of  Seth  (1)  Peirce, 
was  born  September  12,  1744,  and  died  in 
Homer,  New  York,  in  1835.  He  married 
(first),  April  17,  1767,  Bethiah  Fields,  who 
was  born  in  1745,  and  died  September  18, 
1807.  He  married  (second),  in  1813,  Patty 
Rindge,  who  died  in  1829.  Children,  by  first 
wife:  Sarah,  born  November  20,  1767; 
Lucinda,  September  14,  1769;  Bennett,  Sep- 
tember  12,  1771,  died  March  17,  i773;Gurdon, 
mentioned  below;  Bennett,  July  14,  1775; 
Samuel,  May  23,  1777,  died  August  26,  1778; 
Samuel,  May  20,  1779;  Elijah,  April  27,  1781 ; 
Seth,  February  17,  1784;  Daniel,  March  16, 
1786;  Elizabeth,  September  12,  1788;  Bela, 
April  13,  1792. 

(VII)  Gurdon,  son  of  Seth  (2)  Peirce, 
was  born  August  31,  1773,  and  died  February 
7,  1875.  He  lived  at  Thetford  and  Norwich, 
Vermont,  and  at  Pitcher,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1796,  Thirsa  Smalley,  who  died  in 
1861.  Children:  Almira,  born  1798;  Austin, 
mentioned  below;  Minerva  P.,  January  25, 
1803;  Francis  S.,  February  6,  1806;  Royal  S., 
January  8,  181 2. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Austin  Peirce,  son  of  Gurdon 
Peirce,  was  born  September  2,  1799,  in  Thet- 
ford, Vermont,  and  died  June  17,  1861.  He 
lived  at  Villenova,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  where  he  settled  in  April,  1829,  living 
there  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Medical  College  at  Fairfield,  New 
York.    He  practiced  medicine  until  1850,  when 


he  was  attacked  with  a  spinal  disease  and  kept 
to  his  bed  for  nearly  twelve  years.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  was  supervisor  of  the 
town,  and  he  was  repesentative  to  the  geaeral 
assembly  in  1841  and  1842.  He  married, 
March  17,  1826,  Mary  Ann  Sterling.  Chil- 
dren: Julia  M.,  bom  October  9,  1829,  mar- 
ried, September  3,  1846,  Charles  L.  Mark  (see 
Mark)  ;  William  P.,  born  March  25,  1830; 
Ellen  E.,  December  18,  1831 ;  Lucius  G.  C, 
February  5,  1836;  Theresa  M.,  September  2, 
1838;  Gurdon  L.,  January  25,  1841 ;  Henry  A., 
October  11,  1843;  Austin  L.,  June  9,  1848. 


This  old  English  name  is  un- 
FREEMAN     doubtedly  derived   from  the 

condition  of  the  first  who 
assumed  it  as  a  surname.  In  that  ancient  day 
the  holding  of  slaves  was  a  common  custom 
in  England,  and  undoubtedly  the  condition  of 
a  freeman  was  something  of  which  to  be  proud. 
The  family  has  long  been  established  in  Amer- 
ica, and  has  borne  no  inconsiderable  part  in 
promoting  the  progress  and  development  of 
the  nation,  and  this  has  been  the  patronymic 
of  several  distinguished  citizens. 

(I)  Edmond  Freeman,  bom  in  England,  in 
1590,  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Abigail," 
in  July,  1635,  with  his  wife  Elizabeth  and 
children  Alice,  Edmond,  Elizabeth  and  John. 
He  settled  that  year  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts, 
and  presented  to  the  colony  twenty  corselets, 
or  pieces  of  plate  armour.  He  was  subse- 
quently in  the  Plymouth  colony,  and  with  nine 
associates  was  recognized  by  the  government 
as  a  suitable  person  to  originate  a  new  settle- 
ment. He  was  admitted  freeman  at  Plym- 
outh, January  2,  1637,  and  resided  for  a  time 
in  Duxbury,  settling  in  what  was  subsequently 
incorporated  as  the  town  of  Sandwich.  Most 
of  the  grantees  of  this  town  were  formerly 
residents  of  Lynn.  Mr.  Freeman  had  large 
grants  of  land,  and  was  evidently  one  of  the 
foremost  men  in  the  enterprise.  He  was 
elected  as  assistant  to  the  governor,  and  com- 
missioner  to  hear  and  determine  courses  with- 
in several  contiguous  townships.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  judges  of  the  select  court  of  Plym- 
outh county.  During  the  persecution  of  the 
Quakers  he  opposed  the  course  of  the  authori- 
ties, and  was  at  one  time  fined  ten  shillings  for 
refusing  to  aid  in  the  "baiting"  of  Friends 
under  pretense  of  law.  He  was  highly  re- 
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action,  yet  quite  unobtrusive,  without  personal 
ambition,  of  unerring  integrity  and  sound 
judgment.  He  died  in  1682  at  the  advanced 
age  of  ninety-two  years,  and  was  buried  on  his 
own  land  on  the  hill,  in  the  rear  of  his  dwell- 
ing at  Sandwich.  It  is  the  oldest  burial  place 
in  the  town,  and  his  grave  and  that  of  his  wif^ 
are  marked  by  two  boulders  which  he  placed 
in  position  after  her  death,  and  called,  from 
fancied  resemblances,  "the  saddle  and  pillion." 
His  home  was  a  mile  and  a  quarter  west  of 
the  present  town  hall,  and  near  the  junction 
of  the  old  and  new  county  roads  to  the  Cape. 
His  wife  died  February  14,  1676.  Children: 
Alice,  Edmond,  Elizabeth,  John,  and  Mary. 

(H)  Major  John  Freeman,  second  son  of 
Edmond  and  Elizabeth  Freeman,  was  born 
about  1627,  in  England,  and  died  October  28, 
17 19,  at  his  home  in  Eastham,  Massachusetts. 
In  1650  he  bought  land  in  Sandwich,  on 
Skauton  Neck,  called  by  the  Indians,  Arquid 
Neck.  He  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Eastham,  and  was  conspicuous  in  military 
service  in  the  Indian  wars.  He  is  first  en- 
titled lieutenant,  subsequently  captain,  and 
later  major.  He  was  a  large  landholder,  and 
very  active  in  civil  affairs,  being  selectman  ten 
years  from  1663 ;  deputy  to  the  general  court 
eight  years  from  1654,  and  assistant  to  the 
governor  several  years  beginning  with  1666. 
December  7,  1692,  he'was  appointed  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas.  For  many  years 
he  served  as  deacon  of  the  church,  and  was 
regarded  as  one  of  the  fathers  of  Eastham. 
He  married,  February  13,  1650,  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Governor  Prince,  born  163 1,  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  171 1.  Children:  John  (died 
young),  John,  Thomas,  Patience,  Hannah, 
Edmond,  Mercy,  William,  Prince,  Nathaniel 
and  Bennett. 

(III)  Lieutenant  Edmond  Freeman,  fourth 
son  of  Major  John  and  Mary  (Prince)  Free- 
man, was  born  in  1657,  probably  in  Sandwich, 
and  died  December  10,  1717,  in  Eastham.  He 
resided  in  that  part  of  the  town  called  Tonset, 
and  was  a  distinguished  citizen,  serving  many 
years  as  selectman,  and  carrying  a  large  influ- 
ence in  the  community.  He  married  (first) 
Ruth,  daughter  of  William  Merrick,  and 
(second)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Mayo. 
Children:  Ruth,  Sarah,  Mary,  Isaac,  Ebene- 
zer,  Edmond,  Experience,  Mercy,  Thankful, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah  and  Rachel. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  second  son  of  Lieutenant 
Kdmond  Freeman,  was  born  about   1687,  in 


Eastham,  and  died  June  11,  1760.  He  was  the 
first  of  the  family  to  settle  in  the  district  called 
Billingsgate,  in  that  part  of  Eastham  which 
afterward  became  the  town  of  Wellfleet.  He 
married,  October  12,  17 10,  Abigail,  daughter 
of  David  and  Anne  (Doane)  Young,  bom 
September  28,  1688,  died  June  12,  1781,  in 
her  ninety-third  year.  Children:  Jenette, 
born  December  17,  171 1;  Thankful,  February 
15,  1715;  Anna,  June  6,  1717;  Ebenezer,  No- 
vember 30,  1 7 19;  Edmond,  probably  1722: 
Isaac,  about  1733. 

(V)  A  son  of  Ebenezer  Freeman,  believed 
to  be  Edmond. 

(VI)  Elmer,  grandson  of  Ebenezer  and 
Abigail  (Young)  Freeman,  was  born  in  Well- 
fleet,  Massachusetts,  in  1787.  He  lived  in 
Worcester  county  until  18 16,  when  he  removed 
to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  settling  at 
Jamestown,  where  he  died  in  1857.  He  came 
to  Jamestown  in  company  with  Rufus  Pier. 
They  built  a  two-story  shop  on  First  street, 
opposite  the  present  Erie  depot,  and  began  the 
manufacture  of  hats  grading  from  cheap  wool 
to  the  finest  beaver.  In  1830  Mr.  Freeman 
built  a  shop  on  Main  street  just  below  the 
Tew  building,  afterwards  occupied  by  Dr. 
FVank  Ormes  as  an  office.  The  shops  on  Main 
and  on  First  streets  were  run  in  full  operation 
for  several  years,  and  were  among  the  boasted 
early  industries  of  Jamestown.  For  two  or 
three  years  Mr.  Freeman  had  his  home  at 
Cross  Roads,  then  built  a  residence  on  the 
north  corner  of  Cherry  and  First  streets,  near 
his  hat  shop.  H^  was  a  prosperous  business 
man,  and  one  of  Jamestown's  foremost  citi- 
zens. His  wife  Amanda,  was  bom  in  1790, 
died  1859,  and  is  buried  in  Lakeview  cemetery 
beside  her  husband.  Children:  i.  Lucy,  born 
1812,  died  1889;  married  Robert  V.  Cunning- 
ham. 2.  Maria,  bom  181 4,  died  1897 ;  married 
WilUam  P.  Proudfit.  3.  Horace,  removed  to 
Belvidere,  Illinois,  where  he  died.  4.  Hull,  of 
further  mention.  5.  Henry,  lost  on  steamer 
"Erie,"  on  Lake  Erie.  6.  Hannah,  born  1822, 
died  1882. 

(VII)  Hull,  son  of  Elmer  and  Amanda 
Freeman,  was  born  in  Westminster,  Worcester 
county,  Massachusetts,  April  13,  1815.  He 
was  brought  to  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  an  infant  in  arms,  by  his  parents,  in 
1816.  He  was  educated  in  the  Jamestown 
schools,  and  on  growing  to  adult  years  became 
a  farmer.  He  owned  the  "Fish  Pond"  farm 
in  the  town  of  Ellicott,  on  which  he  resided  all 


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his  active  years.  In  his  latter  days  he  removed 
to  Jamestown,  at  the  comer  of  Sixth  and 
Spring  streets,  where  he  lived  until  his  death. 
He  was  a  prosperous  farmer,  and  a  man  much 
respected  by  his  fellows.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church,  and  a  Republi- 
can. He  married  Mary  Ann  Wood,  bom  Octo- 
ber 19,  1820,  died  February  i,  1880,  daughter 
of  Deacon  Ezra  Wood,  of  W^estminster, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Mary  Louise, 
born  November  8,  1842,  died  September  26, 
1908;  married  Edwin  Schulz.  2.  Lilla.  born 
July  27,  1845,  d^^d  May  25,  1910;  married 
(first)  Frederick  Alonzo  Thompson :  (second) 
Charles  E.  Bartram.  3.  Willis  Hull,  bom  De- 
cember 30,  1846,  now  a  resident  of  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  4.  Kate  T.,  born  October  12,  1848,  died 
May  17,  1887;  married  John  E.  Downes.  5. 
Jennie  E.,  born  March  12,  1853,  died  April  17, 
1879;  married  E.  A.  Brooks.  6.  Charles  Ed- 
ward, of  whom  further.  7.  Jessie  Blanche, 
born  August  16,  i860,  died  January  25,  1869. 
Hull  Freeman  and  his  wife  are  buried  in 
Lakeview  cemetery,  Jamestown. 

(Vni)  Charles  Edward,  son  of  Hull  and 
Mary  Ann  (Wood)  Freeman,  was  born  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  July  14,  1858.  He 
was  educated  in  the  Jamestown  schools,  and 
in  1876  went  to  San  Diego,  California,  where 
for  five  years  he  worked  on  a  ranche.  He  then 
returned  to  Jamestown  and  entered  mercan- 
tile life,  first  as  clerk,  then  as  merchant  pro- 
prietor, and  has  been  in  continuous  business 
for  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  the  city  of  his 
birth.  He  began  as  a  clerk  in  the  paint  store 
of  Horton  &  Schulz,  remaining  with  Edwin 
Schulz,  who  purchased  Mr.  Horton's  interest 
in  the  business,  for  fourteen  years.  Mr. 
Schulz  then  sold  to  the  Victor  Holmes  Com- 
pany, which  was  finally  purchased  by  the 
Edwin  Schulz  Company,  in  which  John  D. 
Johnson  and  Charles  E.  Freeman  became  part- 
ners with  Mr.  Schulz.  About  two  years  later 
this  business  was  taken  over  by  Fred  G.  Bush 
and  Mr.  Freeman.  They  traded  as  Bush  & 
Freeman  for  seven  years,  when  Mr.  Freeman 
sold  to  his  partner.  In  1905  he  opened  his 
present  establishment  at  17  West  Second 
street.  Here  he  has  one  of  the  largest,  best- 
equipped  and  stocked  paint  stores  in  Chau- 
tauqua county.  He  carries  besides  the  regular 
paint  lines  a  line  of  general  house  supplies, 
including  windows  and  doors.  His  trade  ex- 
tends over  the  entire  county  and  is  well  estab- 
lished and  profitable.    Mr.  Freeman  is  one  of 


Jamestown's  substantial  citizens  and  is  held 
in  the  highest  esteem.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

Mr.  Freeman  married  (first)  at  Jamestown, 
November  3,  1881,  Cora  M.  Hopkins,  born 
November  3,  i860,  died  March  22,  1896, 
daughter  of  Milton  J.  and  Rosetta  (Strunk) 
Hopkins.  He  married  (second),  at  James- 
town, July  8,  1897,  Luella  Dowler,  bom  at 
Miller's  Station,  Crawford  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  11,  1868,  daughter  of  Frank 
King  and  Katherine  (Price)  Dowler  (see 
Dowler  elsewhere).  Luella  (Dowler)  Free- 
man was  but  seven  years  of  age  when  her 
parents  came  to  Jamestown.  She  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Jamestown  schools,  and  for  two 
years  taught  in  the  public  schools  of  Ellery  and 
Ellicott.  She  was  for  ten  years  assistant 
librarian  at  the  Prendergast  Library  in  James- 
town, having  qualified  for  such  a  position  by  a 
course  in  the  New  York  State  Library  Train- 
ing School  at  Albany.  Child  of  first  marriage : 
Earl  C,  bom  February  15,  1885. 


The  name  Woodward,  or 
WOODWARD    Woodard,  is  supposed  to 

be  a  trade  name,  probably 
derived  from  the  English  common  noun, 
W^ood-ward,  the  early  Woodwards  being  park 
and  forest  keepers.  The  earliest  emigrant  of 
the  name  was  Richard '  Woodward,  who  em- 
barked at  Ipswich,  England,  with  his  wife 
Rose  and  sons,  George  and  John,  April  10. 
1634,  and  settled  at  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts. It  is  not  known  that  he  was  related  to 
Nathaniel  Woodward,  of  Boston. 

( I )  Nathaniel  Woodward,  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  branch  of  the  Woodwards  of  the 
United  States,  came  from  England  and  had  a 
lot  of  land  assigned  him  in  Boston,  November 
30,  1635.  He  was  a  mathematician  and  sur- 
veyor ;  was  employed  by  the  authorities  to  run 
the  line  between  Plymouth  and  Massachusetts 
Bay  colonies,  also  between  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut,  being  sent  later  on  the  Merrimac 
survey.  He  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary 
importance  in  the  colony,  as  the  frequent  men- 
tion of  his  name  testifies.  He  owned  many 
parcels  of  land,  one  of  them  now  being  the 
north-east  corner  of  Summer  and  Washington 
streets,  Boston,  a  most  valuable  comer.  His 
wife  Margaret  and  sons,  Nathaniel,  John  and 
Robert,  came  from  Engfland  with  him.  He 
had  also  a  daughter  Prudence,  who  married 
Christopher  Morse.     John    lived    in    Boston. 


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Robert  was  a  carpenter  of  Boston,  where  he 
died  November  21,  1653.  His  wife  was  Rachel 
Smith. 

(II)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Woodward,  was  born  in  England  and  came  to 
America  with  his  parents  and  brothers.  He 
had  a  house  lot  assigned  him  in  Boston,  De- 
cember 18,  1637.  In  1648  he  sold  his  dwelling 
house  in  Boston  and  moved  to  Taunton, 
Massachusetts.  He  evidently  returned  to  Bos- 
ton as  on  February  25,  1655,  he  and  family 
were  admitted  inhabitants  of  Boston.  He  was 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  Ancient  Iron  Works 
in  Taunton,  established  1653.  March  21,  1664, 
"Nathaniel  Woodward,  of  Taunton,  carpenter, 
and  Katherine,  his  wife,  sold  to  Mr.  White,  of 
Boston,  their  dwelling  in  Boston."  This  would 
show  a  later  residence  in  Taunton.  He  died 
before  February  6,  1694.  By  first  wife  Mary 
his  first  two  children  were  bom  in  Boston. 
Children :  Elisha,  baptized  in  Boston ;  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  in  Boston;  Israel  (supposed) 
died  in  Taunton;  John,  of  further  mention; 
James,  died  in  Taunton. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Wood- 
ward, died  in  Taunton,  May  10,  1688.  He  was 
propounded  for  freeman  of  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  I,  1680.  He  appears  on  the 
original  roster  of  the  first  military  company, 
first  squadron,  of  Taunton,  April  8,  1682. 
This  company  was  divided  into  four  squad- 
rons, each  squadron  alternating  in  "Bringing 
their  armes  to  meeting  on  every  Sabbath  day." 
The  court  order  was  "That  every  souldier 
bring  his  armes  fixed  to  meeting  when  it  is 
his  turn,  with  six  charges  of  powder  and 
shot."  The  original  roster  is  still  preserved 
and  bears  upon  its  corners  the  marks  of  the 
nails  by  which  it  was  fastened  to  the  meeting- 
house door  in  Taunton.  He  married,  in 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  November  11,  1675, 
Sarah  Grossman,  bom  1653,  daughter  of 
Robert  Crossman,  "The  Drum  Maker  of  New 
England,"  and  Sarah  Kingsbury,  whom  he 
married  May  25,  1652.  Children:  i.  John, 
bom  June  3,  1676,  died  July,  1765:  married 
Deborah  Thayer.  2.  Robert,  born  March  2, 
1678,  died  July  13,  1767;  married  Hannah 
Briggs.  3.  Nathaniel,  born  July  31,  1679,  died 
1751 ;  may  be  the  Captain  Nathaniel  who  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Willis.  4.  Israel,  July  30,  1681, 
died  December   19,   1766;  married   Elizabeth 

.    5.  Ebenezer,  of  further  mention.    6. 

Joseph,  born  February  22,  1685,  di^d  before 
1750;   married   Hannah   Fisher.     7.   Ezekiel, 


born  February  26,  1687;  married  Sarah 
.    8.  Mary,  twin  of  Ezekiel. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Woodward, 
was  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  February 
i3»  1683,  died  1745.  He  lived  in  Taunton  and 
was  a  weaver.  He  served  in  Queen  Anne's 
war,    enlisting   May   21,    1706.     He   marrie<l 

.     Children:     i.   Ebenezer,  of  further 

mention.  2.  Ephraim,  married  Abigail  Bent. 
3.  William,  born  January  i,  1736,  died  in 
Petersham,  Massachusetts,  July  i,  1807;  mar- 
ried (first)  Rachel  Randall;  (second)  Hannah 
Newell.  He  was  a  "Quaker."  4.  Martha.  5. 
Elizabeth,  married  Edward  Thayer,  of  Taun- 
ton. 6.  Sarah,  married  Nathaniel  Stone.  7. 
Eleazer  (not  named  in  will). 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Woodward,  was  born  in   1720.     He  married 

Elizabeth and  had  issue.    He  settled  in 

Vermont. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Woodward,  was  born  in  the  state  of  Vermont, 
in  1747,  died  in  Ontario  county,  New  York, 
1832.  He  moved  from  Vermont  to  Columbia 
county.  New  York,  where  he  was  employed 
in  the  iron  industry  by  the  Livingstons.  He 
moved  thence  to  Ontario  county,  where  he 
died.  He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war  and 
in  later  years  his  widow  was  granted  a  pen- 
sion on  account  of  his  services.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Curtis,  born  1749,  died  in  Niagara 
county,  1845.  Children:  i.  Elisha,  born  1775, 
died  1862;  married  a  widow,  Mrs.  Christine 
Woodward.  2.  Rachel,  born  1777,  died  1818: 
married  Thomas  Ashley.  3.  Peter,  born  1779, 
died  1822;  married  Lucina  Dee.  4.  Daniel, 
born  1781 ;  married  Sarah  Hastings.  5.  David, 
born  1783;  married  Sarah  Church.  6.  Sylvia, 
born  1786,  died  1837;  married  David  Harmon 

7.  Lewis,  born  1788;  married  Dorothea  Mix. 

8.  Hannah,  born  1790;  married  Bildad  Brooks. 

9.  Milton,  of  further  mention.  10.  Sarah, 
born  1795  J  married  Hector  Seagar. 

(VII)  Milton,  son  of  Ebenezer  (3)  Wood- 
ward, was  born  in  Ontario  county,  New  York, 
1793,  died  in  Niagara  county,  1878.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  Ontario  county  until  1832,  when  he 
settled  in  Niagara  county.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  in  poli- 
tics originally  a  Democrat.  In  1840  he  became 
a  Free  Soil  or  Independent  Democrat,  and  in 
1854  joined  the  newly-born  Republican  party. 
He  married,  ia  Phelps,  Ontario  county,  in 
1812,  Susan  Wisner,  born  in  Orange  county. 
New   York,    1793,   died    1866,    daughter    of 


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Gehial  Wisner,  a  Baptist  minister  who  trav- 
eled on  foot  through  Western  New  York, 
preaching  and  establishing  places  of  worship 
wherever  possible,  and  his  wife,  Sally  (Wig- 
gins) Wisner,  of  New  Jersey  Dutch  parentage. 
Children  of '  Milton  and  Susan  Woodward: 
Lucretia,  born  1815,  died  1896;  Betsey,  born 
1818;  Orestes,  born  1820,  died  1821 ;  Rachel 
Lucina,  born  1822;  Charles  E.,  1825,  died 
1826;  Harriet  E.,  twin  of  Charles  E.,  died 
1828;  Jane,  born  1828,  died  1834;  Jabez 
Seldon,  of  further  mention ;  Louisa,  bom  1835. 
(VIII)  Jabez  Seldon,  son  of  Milton  Wood- 
ward, was  born  in  the  town  of  Phelps,  On- 
tario county,  April  4,  1 83 1.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  for  five  winters 
attended  Wilson  Collegiate  Institute,  at  Wil- 
son, New  York.  In  1832  his  father  settled  in 
the  "Great  North  Woods"  of  Niagara  county, 
where  Jabez  S.  grew  to  manhood  and  until 
1872  followed  agriculture  as  a  business.  In 
the  year  mentioned  he  moved  to  Lockport, 
New  York,  and  with  Lewis  Harmony  formed 
the  hardware  firm  of  Harmony  &  Woodward. 
While  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  he 
was  also  actively  interested  in  farming,  own- 
ing at  one  time  over  six  hundred  acres  of  land, 
but  has  since  disposed  of  his  holdings  in  farm 
lands.  He  has  always  been  closely  identified 
with  the  grape  industry  and  has  been  a  stren- 
uous advocate  of  advanced  farming.  He  was 
the  discoverer  of  the  great  value  of  the 
Niagara  white  grape  and  organized  the  Nia- 
gara Grape  Company,  afterwards  changed  to 
the  Niagara  White  Grape  Company,  for  the 
propagation  and  dissemination  of  this  grape. 
He  was  for  five  years  secretary  and  general 
manager  of  this  company  and  in  its  interest 
attended  all  the  horticultural  meetings  held  in 
the  northern  states.  In  1883  Mr.  Woodward 
purchased  a  half  interest  in  the  Rural  Neiv 
Yorker,  and  for  two  years  was  editor  of  its 
agricultural  department.  Unable  to  endure  the 
confinement  of  such  a  sedentary  life  he  sold 
his  interest  in  the  paper  and  returned  to  Lock- 
port.  In  1886  he  bought  Mr.  Harmony's  in- 
terest in  Harmony  &  Woodward,  and  formed 
the  hardware  firm  of  J.  S.  Woodward  &  Son, 
of  Lockport.  In  1887  he  was  elected  secretary 
of  the  New  York  State  Agricultural  Society, 
serving:  as  such  for  five  years.  In  connection 
with  Professor  I.  P.  Roberts,  of  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, he  saw  the  great  n^essity  of  better 
methods  for  the  farmer,  and  in  the  interest  of 
advanced  farming  organized  the  Farmers'  In- 


stitute work,  of  New  York  state,  and  for  five 
years  was  in  full  control  of  the  same,  attend- 
ing meetings  in  every  county  of  the  state,  de^ 
livering  addresses  and  putting  forth  every 
energy  to  develop  this  line  of  educational  work 
among  the  farmers.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
original  board  of  control  of  the  New  York 
State  Experimental  Statical,  and  one  of  a  com- 
mittee of  two  that  located  the  farm  at  Geneva, 
New  York.  Mr.  Woodward  was  the  first  man 
to  advocate  winter  shearing  of  sheep,  the  close 
housing  of  dairy  cows  in  proper  stables  and 
also  the  first  to  publicly  announce  that  the 
spraying  of  apple  trees  would  destroy  the  cod- 
lin  moth.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Western 
New  York  Horticultural  Society  and  of  the 
Niagara  County  Farmers'  Club,  and  no  man  has 
done  more  to  advance  the  cause  of  scientific 
methods  for  farm,  dairy  and  orchard  than  he. 
While  he  has  mercantile  interests  of  great  im- 
portance the  soil  is  his  greatest  passion,  and 
now,  at  eighty  years  of  age,  he  is  as  ardently 
interested  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  welfare 
of  the  farmer  as  he  was  half  a  century  ago. 
The  value  of  his  service  to  the  farmers  and 
horticulturists  of  Western  New  York  and  of 
his  own  county  of  Niagara  can  never  be  esti- 
mated, but  prosperous  farms  and  orchards 
everywhere  in  that  section  speak  loudly  of  the 
scientific  work  in  which  he  was  one  of  the 
foremost  pioneers  and  untiring  investigators. 
He  will  long  be  held  in  grateful  remembrance 
by  the  agriculturists  of  Western  New  York. 
In  1854  Mr.  Woodward  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Auburn,  New  York,  convention,  where  the  old 
Whig  party,  the  Free  Soil  or  Independent 
Democratic  party  and  the  temperance  party 
united  and  formed  a  new  party  which  nomi- 
nated Myron  H.  Clark  for  governor  and  Henry 
J.  Raymond  for  lieutenant-governor  of  New 
York  state.  This  was  the  birth  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  in  New  York  state,  and  this  Au- 
burn convention  adopted  the  name  Republican 
as  its  name.  In  1856  a  national  convention 
adopted  the  name  Republican  and  nominated 
Fremont  and  Dayton  as  candidates  for  Presi- 
dent and  Vice-President.  Thus  he  was  at  the 
birth  of  his  party  and  in  the  years  intervening 
has  been  a  loyal  supporter.  In  religious  faith 
he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  a  member  of 
the  First  Church  of  Lockport. 

He  married,  at  Wilson,  New  York,  June  i, 
1854,  Sarah  Maria  Davis,  born  there  May  31. 
1830,  died  at  Lockport,  July  23,  1907,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  Davis,  a  farmer  of  Wilson, 


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born  July  10,  181 1,  died  1883;  married  Sarah 
Ann  Holmes,  born  January  19,  1812,  died  1864. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davis:  i.  Sarah 
Maria,  married  Jabez  S.  Woodward.  2.  Sam- 
uel, born  December  14,  1831 ;  enlisted  in  the 
Union  army,  December  16,  1862.  3.  Nathaniel 
Emmons,  bom  January  21,  1834,  died  1909; 
also  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war.  4.  Henry  M., 
bom  December  13,  1836,  died  1910.  5.  Daniel 
Holmes,  born  April  14,  1838,  died  May  14, 
1862;  enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  1861.  6. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  January  26,  1842.  7. 
Luther  Crocker,  October  3,  1846.  8.  William 
Edward,  August  2,  1850;  now  general  traffic 
manager  of  the  Grand  Trunk  railroad,  with 
headquarters  at  Montreal,  Canada. 

Children  of  Jabez  S.  and  Sarah  Maria  Wood- 
ward: I.  Sarah  Alletta,  born  April  6,  1857; 
married,  1880,  George  Thomas  McCombe; 
children :  George  Thomas,  born  1881 ;  Howard 
Woodward,  1883.  2.  Eliza  Davis,  born  June 
18,  i860.  3.  Jabez  Milton,  March  31,  1866; 
married,  February  6,  1890,  Jeannie  May  Dan- 
iels ;  children :  Jabez  Seldon,  bom  November 
15,  1890;  Timothy  Ellsworth,  March  20,  1893; 
Milton;  September  18,  1898;  Isadore,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1899,  died  in  1904. 


The  progenitor  of  the  Wilson 
WILSON  family  of  Lockport  was  a  na- 
tive of  Scotland.  Little  can  be 
told  of  his  early  life  or  of  his  family,  but  the 
numerous  family  he  founded  has  formed  an 
association  and  is  sending  a  representative  to 
Scotland  who  will  thoroughly  investigate  all 
sources  of  information  and  it  is  believed  will 
clear  away  all  uncertainty  that  now  exists  con- 
cerning his  early  life.  Alexander  Wilson,  born 
in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  came  to  the  American 
colonies  before  the  revolutionary  war  and  set- 
tled in  New  York  City,  where  he  became 
prominent  in  business  and  in  the  church.  He 
was  an  active  member  of  old  Trinity,  where 
his  memory  is  perpetuated  by  a  stone  placed 
in  the  church  wall.  He  is  buried  in  the  old 
churchyard  surrounding  Trinity  on  lower 
Broadway.  Ebenezer  Wilson,  probably  a  son 
of  Alexander  Wilson,  was  vestryman  of  Trin- 
ity from  1797  to  1805.  Alexander  Wilson 
married  Jane  Armour  and  had  issue. 

(II)  Alexander  (2),  son  of  Alexander  (i) 
and  Jane  (Armour)  Wilson,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  March  25,  1764,  died  September  29, 
1848.  He  removed  from  New  York  City  and 
settled  on  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Ballston,  Sara- 


toga county,  and  in  1838  removed  to  the  town 
of  Wilson,  Niagara  county,  New  York,  where 
he  died.  He  married,  in  Saratoga  county,  May 
*  4,  1797,  Eunice  Seeley,  bom  May  4,  1780,  died 
at  Wilson,  New  York,  September  10,  1855. 
Children:  i.  Cynthia',  married  Philo  Chamber- 
lain. 2.  Stephen,  of  further  mention.  3.  Ruth, 
married  Louis  Meade.  4.  Jane,  married  He- 
man  Hammond.  5.  Sarah  Ann,  married  Ira 
Wilcox.'  6.  William  Armour,  born  in  Ballston, 
New  York,  April  21,  1808;  married  (first) 
Almira  Tappari;  (second)  Mary  Sincil.  7. 
Charlotte,  married  Henry  Meade. 

(Ill)  Stephen,  son  of  Alexander  (2)  and 
Eunice  (Seeley)  Wilson,  was  born  in  Sara- 
toga county,  New  York,  town  of  Ballston,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1800,  died  in  the  town  of  Newfane^ 
Niagara  county,  New  York,  September  7, 
1 881.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Saratoga  county,  where  he  remained  en- 
gaged as  a  farmer  until  1825,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Niagara  county,  settling  first  in  the 
town  of  Somerset,  later  in  the  town  of  Wil- 
son, then  making  permanent  settlement  in 
Newfane,  where  he  purchased  the  Albright 
farn].  This  he  cultivated  until  his  death  in 
1881.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  of  Wilson,  and  politi- 
cally a  Democrat.  He  was  a  man  of  tntrgy, 
2L  good  neighbor,  and  thoroughly  reliable  in 
all  his  ways.  He  married  March,  6,  1824. 
Eleanor  Pease  Seeley,  born  in  the  town  of 
Ovid,  Seneca  county.  New  York,  November 
10,  1806,  died  February  27,  1896.  Of  their 
twelve  children  all  except  Elizabeth  were  bom 
in  Niagara  county;  she  in  Saratoga  county. 
They  all  lived  to  mature  years  and  married 
except  one.  i.  Elizabeth,  born  February  25, 
1825 ;  married  James  Chapman.  2.  Matilda, 
born  July  11,  1827,  married  Douglass  Harger. 
3.  John  A.,  born  December  6,  1829.  4.  Char- 
lotte Arville,  bom  Febmary  8,  1832,  married 
James  Chapman,  her  deceased  sister's  hus- 
band. 5.  Eunice  E.,  bom  October  31,  1834, 
married  Douglass  Harger,  her  deceased  sis- 
ter's husband.  6.  Harvey  P.,  born  January 
8,  1837.  7:  Stephen,  born  April  17,  1839. 
8.  Hezekiah,  born  March  16,  1842.  9.  Mary 
W.,  bom  April  21,  1846,  married  Charles 
Farnsworth.  10.  May,  twin  of  Mary  W.,  died 
in  infancy.  11.  Martha  H.,  bom  May  6,  1848, 
married  William  T.  Wilson,  of  Olcott,  New 
York.  12.  William  A.  (see  forward).  Two 
children  were  adopted  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wil- 
son and  cared  for  as  their  own. 


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(IV)  William  A.,  son  of  Stephen  and  Elea- 
nor Pease  (Seeley)  Wilson,  was  born  on  the 
old  Albright  farm  in  New  fane,  Niagara 
county  (then  the  Wilson  home),  February* 
19,  1851.  He  was  educated  in  the  town  schools 
and  at  Lockport,  New  York.  After  complet- 
ing his  studies,  being  then  nineteen  years  of 
age,  he  returned  to  the  farm  and  engaged  in 
agriculture.  He  has  specialized  in  fruit-grow- 
ing and  has  extensive  orchards,  although 
carrying  on  general  farming  in  connection 
with  his  specialty.  HjC  is  a  member  and 
trustee  of  the  First  Congregational  jChurch  of 
Lockport,  and  in  politics  a  Democrat.  He 
married  at  New  fane,  New  York,  February  10, 
i886,  Alice,  daughter  of  Burdette  and  Hannah 
(Meade)  Bateman,  of  Newfane. 


The  earliest  record  of 
MANCHESTER  a  Manchester  in  the  col- 
ony of  Rhode  Island  is 
of  Thomas  Manchester,  who  was  of  Ports- 
mouth, who  on  January  24,  1655,  sold  twelve 
acres  of  land  to  Thomas  Wood.  In  1657  he 
had  a  grant  of  eight  acres,  and  July  6,  1658, 
sold  Richard  Sisson  one  three-hundredth, part 
of  the  Conanicut  and  Dutch  Islands.  June  7, 
1686,  he  deeded  his  son  John  "for  divers  good 
causes  and  considerations,"  his  mansion  house 
and  all  lands  in  Portsmouth,  "excepting  the 
small  piece  at  the  lower  end  of  the  grounds  in 
possession  of  son  Thomas.''  He  died  in  1691. 
He  married  Margaret,  died  1693,  daughter  of 
John  Wood,  of  Portsmouth.  Children:  i. 
Thomas,  died  1718,  was  a  blacksmith;  married 
Mary and  had  a  son  John.  2.  Wil- 
liam, born  1654,  died  17 18;  he  was  a  resident 
of  Portsmouth  and  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island. 
He  married  Mary,  died  17 16,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (Borden)  Cook;  his  will  proved 
November  3,  1718,  disposed  of  an  estate  val- 
ued at  one  thousand,  five  hundred  and  eighty- 
six  pounds.  Children :  John,  William,  Mary, 
Sarah,  Deborah,  Elizabeth,  Margaret,  Amey, 
Susanna,  Rebecca  and  Thomas.  3.  John  (see 
forward).  4.  George,  freeman  in  1680.  5. 
Stephen,  died  17 19;  was  of  Portsmouth  and 
Tiverton,  Rhode  Island;  married  (first)  Sep- 
tember 13,  1684,  Elizabeth  Woodell,  died  1607, 
daughter  of  Gershom  and  Mary  (Tripp) 
Woodell.  Children:  Gershom  and  Ruth,  bom 
May  27,  1692.  Married  (second)  Damaris 
,  no  issue.  6.  Job,  died  1713;  mar- 
ried Hannah ;  he  was  of  Dartmouth, 


Massachusetts ;   son    Stephen.     7.  Mary.     8. 
Elizabeth. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret 
(Wood)  Manchester,  was  bom  about  1656, 
died  1708.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of  Ports- 
mouth, 1677.  Inherited  land  of  his  father, 
which  later  he  sold  to  his  brother  Thomas. 
His  will,  proved  November  29,  1708,  men- 
tions daughters  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Margaret, 
and  son  John;  appoints  brother-in-law, 
Thomas  Grennell,  to  be  guardian  of  the  lat- 
ter; no  wife  mentioned  in  the  will. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Manches- 
ter, was  a  minor  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death  in  1708.  He  removed  to  Tiverton, 
Rhode  Island,  where  his  marriage  is  recorded. 
He  married,  March  22, 1719,  Phebe  Gray.  Cere- 
mony perfonned  by  Thomas  Church,  justice 
of  the  peace.  Children:  William,  born  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1720;  Philip,  February  11,  1722;  John 
(3),  died  young;  Mary,  January  23,  1726; 
John  (4),  April  17,  1728;  Isaac  (see  for- 
ward). 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Phebe 
(Gray)  Manchester,  was  born  June  27,  1731. 
at  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  No- 
vember I,  1750,  at  that  place,  Abigail  Brown; 
ceremony  performed  by  Restoome  San  ford, 
justice  of  the  peace.  Children :  Philip,  bom 
August  23,  1751 ;  Sarah,  August  4,  1756;  Isaac, 
April  5,  1759;  Abraham,  see  forward;  John, 
July  10,  1764;  Phebe,  August  22,  1766;  Abi- 
gail, February  9,  1769. 

(V)  Abraham,  son  of  Isaac  and  Abigail 
(Brown)  Manchester,  was  born  in  Tiverton, 
Rliode  Island,  August  8,  1761.  In  1794  he 
settled  in  Broadalbin,  Fulton  county.  New 
York,  where  he  died  in  1862.  He  married 
Charlotte  Durfee,  daughter  of  Thomas  Dur- 
fee,  of  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island,  a  soldier  of 
the  revolutionary  war ;  she  died  in  Broadalbin, 
New  York,  in  1849.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
in  Tiverton,  1794,  died  1875  '"  Michigan ;  mar- 
ried Phoebe  Truman.  2.  Samuel,  born  in 
Broadalbin,  1796,  died  in  Preble,  Portland 
county.  New  York,  1875.  3-  Clara,  born  in 
Broadalbin,  1797,  dietl  at  Middleport,  1882. 
4.  Archer,  see  forward.  5.  Lydia,  horn  in 
Broadalbin,  1802,  died  in  the  town  of  Royal- 
ton,  Niagara  county,  1866;  married  Ira 
Weatherbee.  6.  Eliza,  died  about  1835 ;  mar- 
ried Ammon  Blair,  died  at  Shelly  Centre, 
Niagara  county.  New  York.  7.  Peace,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Weatherbee;  died  i860.    8.  Hardy, 


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born  September  23,  1809,  died  in  the  town  of 
Hartland,  1894.  9.  Abraham,  bom  1821,  died 
1899,  at  Syracuse,  New  York. 

(VI)  Archer,  fourth  child  of  Abraham 
and  Charlotte  (Durfee)  Manchester,  was  born 
at  Broadalbin,  December  28,  1799,  died  in  the 
town  of  Royalton,  November  26,  1872.  He 
was  a  farmer  of  Broadalbin,  and  several  times 
made  the  journey  on  foot  from  Broadalbin  to 
Royalton  to  buy  cattle,  which  he  drove  back. 
In  1825  he  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  of  the  Holland  Patent  Com- 
pany, on  what  is  now  called  Griswold  street, 
town  of  Royalton.  He  cleared  his  own  land 
and  was  a  successful  farmer.  He  was  highly 
respected  in  his  town.  He  was  charitable  and 
a  man  of  good  influence.  He  was  elected  to  be 
assessor  and  highway  commissioner.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  an  old-fashioned  Clay  Whig,  and 
when  the  party  broke  up  he  said  he  had  no  party. 
He  married,  March  27,  1827,  Delilah  Briggs, 
bom  in  the  town  of  Brutus,  Cayuga  county. 
New  York,  January  14,  1810,  died  February 
10.  1 888,  at  Middleport,  daughter  of  Pardon 
and  Betsey  (Cook)  Briggs.  Pardon  Briggs 
was  the  son  of  John  Briggs,  who  came  from 
X'ermont.  Children  of  Archer  and  Delilah 
Manchester:  i.  Zilpha,  born  October  11,  1828; 
married  Ira  Todd,  of  Monroe  county,  now  liv- 
ing. 2.  Betsey  Clara,  see  forward.  3.  An- 
geline  R.,  born  September  23,  1835;  married 
VVilliam  Todd,  now  living  at  Willard,  New 
York.  4.  Alzina,  born  February  7,  1838,  died 
1862;  married  James  Butterfields  and  settled 
in  Indiana,  where  she  died.  Children  were  all 
bom  in  the  town  of  Royalton,  Niagara  county. 

(VII)  Betsey  Qara,  daughter  of  Archer 
and  Delilah  (Briggs)  Manchester,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Royalton,  Niagaia  county,  New 
York,  March  31,  1833.  She  resided  upon  the 
home  farm  until  two  years  after  her  father's 
death  in  1872,  when  with  her  mother  she  re- 
moved to  Middleport,  where  they  have  since 
resided.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Middleport 
Universalist  church,  with  which  she  has  been 
actively  connected  for  the  past  thirty  years. 


The  Parkers  came  originally 
PARKER     from  England,  settling  in  the 

American  colonies  at  an  early 
(lay.  As  a  family  they  are  numerous  and 
widely  dispersed  over  the  entire  union.  The 
name  is  a  distinguished  one  in  the  history  of 
our  country  not  only  for  the  frequency  of  its 
mention,  but  for  the  merit  of  the  deeds  of  the 


men  bearing  it.  The  new  family  herein  re- 
corded spring  from  the  early  emigrant,  Abra- 
ham Parker,  of  Massachusetts,  through  the 
Vermont  branch.  Silas  Parker,  a  native  of 
Vermont,  settled  in  New  York  at  Arcade, 
Wyoming  county.  He  had  a  family  of  eleven 
boys  and  three  girls.  His  wife  was  Abigail 
Foster;  their  Vermont  home  Cavendish.  Two 
of  their  children  were  born  there,  the  others 
in  Arcade,  where  Silas  was  the  first  merchant 
and  leading  man  of  the  town.  For  thirty 
years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace,  doing  the 
legal  business  of  the  town;  was  also  super- 
visor of  Wyoming  county.  His  fourteen  chil- 
dren all  survived  him. 

(II)  Chauncey  A.  Parker,  son  of  the  Ver- 
mont emigrant,  was  born  January  9,  1828,  died 
November  13,  1866.  He  grew  up  on  the  farm 
in  Arcade,  New  York,  and  obtained  a  good 
education.  He  taught  school  for  several  terms, 
then  purchased  land  and  began  farming.  Later 
he  removed  to  Machias,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  as  did  others  of  his  family.  For  a 
short  time  he  was  in  Kentucky  and  on  his  re- 
turn settled  in  Little  Valley.  September  30, 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Ninth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Cavalry.  He  was  mustered 
in  as  sergeant  of  Company  B,  October  15, 
1 86 1,  to  serve  three  years;  was  promoted  bat- 
talion sergeant  major  December  i,  1861 ;  mus- 
tered in  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company  M 
(same  regiment),  commission  to  date  Septem- 
ber 15,  1862;  commissioned  second  lieutenant 
September  29,  1862;  commissioned  first  lieu- 
tenant and  regimental  adjutant  Febmary  9, 
1864,  with  rank  from  October  8,  1863;  mus- 
tered out  at  expiration  of  term  of  enlistment 
October  24,  1864,  at  Middleboro,  Virginia.  The 
Ninth  was  organized  at  Albany,  but  contained 
two  companies  from  Cattaraugus  county.  They 
lost  two  hundred  and  twenty-three  men  by 
battle  and  disease  during  their  three  years.  The 
regiment  is  credited  with  taking  part  in  thirty- 
four  engagements,  among  which  were  Second 
Bull  Run,  Antietam,  Gettysburg,  Wilderness, 
Cold  Harbor,  Winchester,  Petersburg  and 
Richmond.  Lieutenant  Parker  won  his  pro- 
motion by  bravery  on  the  field  of  battle  and 
came  home  broken  in  health,  later  dying  from 
disease  contracted  in  the  army.  His  son  pre- 
serves the  sword  he  carried  in  battle  and  an- 
other that  was  presented  to  him  by  members 
of  First  Division,  Second  Brigade,  Ambu- 
lance Corps.  After  his  return  from  the  war 
he  engaged  in  the  buying  and  selling  of  cattle. 


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He  is  buried  in*  Little  Valley,  where  his  mem- 
ory is  warmly  cherished.  He  was  a  brave  sol- 
dier and  a  good  citizen.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church  and  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. 

He  married  August  14,  1851,  Sarah  P.  Wier, 
born  August  5,  1833,  died  November  23,  1868, 
daughter  of  John  Wier.  Children:  i.  Eva 
Marie,  bom  January  9,  1853,  ^^^^  April  7, 
1887;  married  June  10,  1874,  Lewis  Orlando 
Sweetland ;  child,  Lewis  O.,  Jr.,  born  January 
4,  1881,  resides  in  Rochester,  New  York:  mar- 
ried and  has  three  children.  2.  William  C, 
of  further  mention.  3.  Clara  Bell,  born  No- 
vember 3,  1855,  died  March  11,  1856.  4.  May 
Bell,  born  May  i,  1859,  died  July  24,  1890; 
married  Albert  E.  Wilcox,  of  Cuba,  New 
York;  child.  May  Bell  (2).  5.  John  Wier, 
bom  August  25,  1861,  died  October  7,  1861. 

(HI)  William  C,  eldest  son  and  second 
child  of  Lieutenant  Chauncey  A.  and  Sarah 
P.  (Wier)  Parker,  was  born  in  Machias,  Cat- 
taraugus county,. New  York,  March  26,  1854. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  in 
early  life  worked  in  a  planing  mill  and  clerked 
in  a  grocery  store.  He  then  learned  the  trade 
of  tinsmith,  at  which  he  worked  until  1881. 
In  that  year  he  located  in  Little  Valley,  where 
he  opened  a  well-stocked  hardware  store.  He 
was  very  successful  in  this  venture  and  con- 
tinued in  business  until  1900^  when  he  sold, 
having  in  that  time  built  up  the  largest  busi- 
ness in  his  line  in  the  town.  He  then  entered 
upon  a  successful  career  as  a  real  estate  dealer, 
building  and  selling  well-built  houses.  He  has 
erected  twenty  modern  residences,  all  of  which 
found  ready  buyers.  While  practically  retired 
he  still  indulges  in  an  occasional  land  deal.  He 
is  vice-president  of  the  Cattaraugus  County 
Bank,  treasurer  of  the  Cemetery  Association, 
superintendent  of  the  Little  Valley  Water  and 
Electric  Company,  chairman  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  an  exempt  fireman,  having  held  all  the 
offices  of  the  fire  department.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  has  served  two  terms  as 
village  president.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  which  he  serves  as  deacon. 
Mr.  Parker  is  a  thorough  man  of  business  and 
held  in  the  highest  regard  by  his  associates. 
,He  married  June  19,  1878,  Ida  L.  Kidder, 
born  September  11,  1855,  died  April  13,  1910, 
eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eleanor  A. 
(Partridge)  Kidder,  and  grandaughter  of 
Ezbai  Kidder.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Elea- 
nor A.  Kidder:  Ida  L.,  Willard  H.,  Henry  E., 


Dora  L.,  Mary  L.,  Samuel  P.,  George  C,  Jay 
and  Fanny  E.  Children  of  William  C.  and  Ida 
L.  Parker;  Harold  Willis,  born  March  3, 
1895,  died  March  18,  1895;  Marjorie  Frances, 
bom  November  7,  1897. 


The  name  Hale,  under  the  differ- 
HALE    ent  forms  of  de  la  Hale,  Hales  and 

Hale,  has  been  abundant  in  Hert- 
fordshire, England,  since  the  early  part  of  the 
thirteenth  century.  No  evidence  shows  that 
any  of  the  name  were  above  the  rank  of  yeo- 
man before  1560.  The  name  also  prevailed 
and  is  still  found  in  a  dozen  other  counties  of 
England.  Of  the  Hales  in  Gloucestershire,  to 
which  the  illustrious  Sir  Matthew  Hale  be- 
longed. Chief  Justice  Atkyns  says,  in  his  his- 
tory of  that  county :  "The  family  of  Hale  has 
been  of  ancient  standing  in  this  county  and 
always  esteemed  for  their  probity  and  charity." 
Within  the  first  fifty  years  after  the  settlement 
of  Massachusetts  Bay  at  least  eight  emigrants 
of  the  name  of  Hale  settled  in  that  colony  and 
in  Connecticut,  descendants  of  five  of  whom 
are  traced  to  the  present  day.  There  is  no  evi- 
dence that  any  of  them  were  of  kin  to  Thomas 
Hale,  of  Newbury,  the  emigrant  ancestor  of 
the  Hales  of  Maine,  and  of  perhaps  the  largest 
branch  of  the  family.  The  name  was  also 
found  among  the  early  settlers  of  Virginia 
and  Maryland.  In  New  England  the  name 
has  been  brought  into  especial  prominence  by 
Nathan  Hale,  the  youthful  patriot  who  re- 
gretted^ "that  he  had  only  one  life  to  give  for 
his  country;"  by  John  P.  Hale,  the  distin- 
guished statesman  from  New  Hampshire,  and 
Senator  Eugene  Hale,  of  Maine.  The  branch 
now  located  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  descend 
from  Massachusetts  ancestors  and  probably 
from  Thomas,  of  Newbury,  although  the  con- 
nection cannot  be  established  from  present 
records.  The  earliest  progenitor  of  record  is  Al- 
fred Hale,  who  was  born  in  Conway,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  removed  to  Pittsfield,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  is  buried.  He  died  August, 
18 1 7.  He  married  Lucy  Ensign,  born  May  16, 
1781,  died  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts  Sei>- 
tember,  1816.  Two  children:  Elijah  Ensign, 
of  further  mention;  Sarah  Elmira,  wife  of 
Oliver  Arms,  born  April,  1807.  Mrs.  Lucy 
Hale  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Elijah  En- 
sign (the  first  white  child  born  in  the  town  of 
Pittsfield). 

(II)  Elijah    Ensign,    son    of    Alfred    and 
Lucy  (Ensign)  Hale,  was  bom  at  Pittsfield, 


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Massachusetts,  October  26,  1805,  died  in 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  October  11, 
1898.  He  was  left  an  orphan,  and  at  the  age 
of  fourteen  years  was  apprenticed  to  a  black- 
smith in  the  town  of  Hancock,  Massachusetts. 
Here  he  learned  his  trade  and  worked  until 
his  marriage,  perhaps  continuing  until  his  re- 
moval in  1830  to  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York.  He  settled  first  in  Fluvanna,  New 
York,  where  he  built  a  shop  and  followed 
blacksmithing  in  all  its  branches,  also  making 
mowing  scythes  and  knives  of  various  kinds. 
He  had  a  good  business  for  he  was  a  wonder- 
fully expert  worker  in  metal,  one  of  the  very 
best  in  his  line.  After  two  years  at  Fluvanna 
he  removed  to  the  town  of  EUery,  where  he 
purchased  land,  erected  his  shop  and  contin- 
ued smithing.  He  invented  and  built  a  ma- 
chine for  drawing  stumps,  these  being  the  first 
ever  used  in  the  county.  He  was  a  genius  in 
many  ways,  and  a  favorite  remark  of  his  was 
that  he  "could  do  anjrthing."  He  was  active 
in  church  affairs,  belonging  to  the  Christian 
church.  In  politics  he  was  an  "old  line"  Whig. 
While  in  Massachusetts  he  belonged  to  the 
state  militia  and  held  the  rank  of  lieutenant, 
commissioned  by  Governor  Levi  Lincoln  in 
1826. 

He  left  some  recollections  of  his  family 
written  at  the  age  of  eighty-seven : 

I  think  Grandfather  Hale  lived  at  Conway,  Massa- 
chusetts, but  I  never  saw  either  him  or  grandmother, 
neither  do  I  recollect  ever  hearing  their  names. 
After  my  parents  died  I  lived  with  and  near  my 
mother's  relatives,  until  I  was  fourteen,  then  went  to 
learn  the  blacksmith's  trade  at  Hancock.  When  I 
was  seventeen  I  went  to  Conway  to  see  my  father's 
relatives.  Grandfather  had  four  sons  and  three 
daughters.  One  son  was  married,  and  lived  in  Mont- 
pelier,  Vermont;  Calvin  Hale  (another  son)  lived  in 
Greenfield,  Massachusetts;  one  daughter  married  a 
Wilcox,  and  lived  in  Sandisfield,  Connecticut ;  Aaron 
married,  and  lived  in  Conway,  also  two  of  the  daugh- 
ters; one  married  a  Bartlett,  one  a  Huxford.  All 
had  families,  when  I  was  there.  Aaron  Hale's  fam- 
ily went  to  Lyons,  New  York  state.  The  other  son, 
Alfred,  was  a  shoemaker,  and  went  to  Pittsfield, 
where  he  married  Lucy  Ensign. 

Elijah  Ensign  Hale  married  in  Hancock, 
Massachusetts,  Eliza  Ann  Acocks,  born  June 
9,  1810,  died  December  29,  1893,  (See 
Acocks.)  Children:  i.  William  Franklin,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Milton  Alfred,  now  a 
farmer  of  Ellery,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York;  married  Ariet  Arnold;  children,  Ellen 
and  William  F. 

(HI)  William    Franklin,     eldest     son    of 

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Elijah  E.  and  Eliza  A.  (Acocks)  Hale,  was 
born  in  Hancock,  Massachusetts,  July  15, 
1827.  When  he  was  four  years  of  age  his 
parents  removed  to  Chautauqua  county,  where 
his  life  has  since  been  spent.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  graduating  from  the 
Jamestown  Academy,  then  teaching  for  ten 
years.  He  also  learned  the  tanner's  trade.  He, 
however,  spent  most  of  his  active  years  en- 
gaged in  agriculture,  owning  the  original 
homestead  farm,  and  another  of  one  hundred 
acres,  which  he  purchased,  lying  along  Chau- 
tauqua Lake,  in  the  town  of  Ellery.  in  1909 
he  retired  from  farming,  purchased  a  home 
on  Allen  street,  in  Jamestown,  to  which  he  re- 
moved in  December  of  that  year,  and  where 
he  has  since  resided.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  the  Christian  church,  to  whose  interests  he 
has  been  devoted  from  early  manhood.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics  and  has  served  as 
school  trustee.  He  has  spent  an  active,  useful 
life,  and  now  enjoys  the  result  of  his  years  of 
labor. 

He  married,  May  25,  1853,  Mary  Ann  StiK 
son,  born  in  Jamestown,  daughter  of  Benoni 
Stilson.  Children:  i.  Alfred  Ensign,  of  whom 
further.  2.  George  Francis,  married  Minnie 
Prosser  (now  deceased),  and  is  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota.  He  received 
a  thorough  education,  and  for  twenty  years 
was  an  instructor  in  the  Jamestown  high 
school,  now  occupying  a  similar  position  in  the 
Minneapolis  high  school.  In  1887  he  enlisted 
in  the  Fenton  Guards,  was  promoted  corporal 
February,  1893;  sergeant  April  4,  1896;  during 
the  Spanish-American  war  he  was  sergeant  of 
Company  E,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment  New  York 
Volunteer  Infantry ;  was  honorably  discharged 
November  19,  1898.  Children :  Elton  E.,  Win- 
field  S.,  Herbert  W.  and  Helen  M.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Hattie  Eggleston,  of  Sumner, 
Iowa.  3.  Herbert  Clinton,  now  superintendent 
of  Bayfield  Transfer  Railroad  Company,  Bay- 
field, Wisconsin.  Previous  to  going  west  he 
had  been  for  three  years  in  the  employ  of  the 
American  Express  Company  at  Jamestown. 
He  married  Nora  Buckley.    Child,  Margaret. 

(IV)  Alfred  Ensign,  eldest  son  of  William 
Franklin  and  Mary  Ann  (Stilson)  Hale,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Ellery,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  February  27,  1858.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  spent  his  boyhood  days 
on  the  farm.  His  education  was  completed  at 
Jamestown  high  school,  from  which  he  was 
graduated.      He    followed    farming    for    two 


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years  after  graduation,  then  taught  schcx)!  in 
the  vvinter,  working  at  the  carpenter's  trade 
during  the  vacation  months.  He  continued 
teaching  as  his  profession  for  twelve  years. 
He  enlisted  in  the  Fenton  Guards  (now  Thir- 
teenth Separate  Company,  New  York  National 
Guard)  September  26,  1891,  and  was  promoted 
corporal  November  4,  1893.  H^s  first  military 
service  was  in  August,  1892,  when  his  com- 
pany was  ordered  to  Buffalo  during  the  rail- 
road strike  of  that  year.  He  volunteered  for 
service  during  the  Spanish-American  war  and 
was  appointed  sergeant  of  Company  E,  Sixty- 
fifth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry 
May  I,  1898;  promoted  quartermaster  ser- 
geant February,  1899.  During  the  war  his 
company  was  stationed  at  Fort  Alger,  Vir- 
ginia. He  is  still  a  member  of  his  old  com- 
pany. In  September,  1891,  Mr.  Hale  was  ap- 
pointed state  armorer  at  Jamestown,  a  position 
he  yet  holds.  In  1891  he  took  up  his  residence 
in  Jamestown,  where  he  now  resides.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
and  a  Republican.  He  belongs  to  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  (which 
lodge  made  him  a  Mason,  1894) ;  Western  Sun 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  James- 
town Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  all  of 
Jamestown.  He  is  also  a  Noble  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine,  belonging  to  Ismailia  Temple, 
Buffalo. 

He  married  (first)  July  11,  1883,  Hattie 
Jane  Haskins,  born  April  7,  1862,  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  1901,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Jane 
(Simmons)  Haskins.  No  issue.  He  married 
(second)  January  28,  1903,  Helen  (Cowing) 
Bedient,  born  July  22,  1863,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Nancy  (Sherwin)  Cowing.  Child, 
Dorothy  Elizabeth,  born  March  7,  1904. 

(The  Acocks  Line). 
(Recollections  of  Alfred  Ensign  Hale). 

William  Acocks  lived  in  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, with  his  father's  family  which  consisted, 
I  think,  of  seven  sons  and  three  daughters.  He 
was  pressed  into  the  British  service  in  the  time 
of  the  American  Revolution,  came  over  in 
Burgoyne's  army,  remained  with  them  until 
they  surrendered  and  were  taken  to  Boston 
on  parole.  The  army  being  kept  there  for 
some  time,  he  with  his  messmate,  Joseph 
Bailey,  from  Yorkshire,  England  (like  a  good 
many  others)  left  the  British  and  entered  the 
American  service;  afterward  married  the 
Widow  Lewis.     Her  maiden  name  was  Mary 


Grant,  of  Boston.  Her  father,  a  sea  captain, 
was  lost  with  his  vessel  at  sea.  After  her 
mother's  death  she  lived  with  a  sister  in  Bos- 
ton until  she  married  Joseph  Lewis  and  went 
to  live  in  Charlestown.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren :  Joseph  and  Hannah.  At  the  time  of  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  Joseph  Lewis  was  killed 
and  Charlestown  was  burned.  She  fled  with 
her  two  children  and  others  two  miles  out  of 
the  city,  went  into  the  cellar  of  a  deserted 
house,  not  daring  to  make  any  fire  or  noise  for 
two  days.  Her  house  and  everything  burned 
except  a  few  clothes  for  her  children  which 
she  tied  up  in  a  handkerchief,  and  a  set  of  silver 
teaspoons  she  put  in  her  bosom.  She  lived 
with  a  cousin  until  she  married  William 
Acocks.  They  had  two  children:  William 
Acocks,  Jr.,  born  October  25,  1782;  Thomas 
Acocks,  born  1785,  named  for  one  of  the  un- 
cles in  England.  After  the  war  they  took  up 
a  piece  of  land  in  Charlemont,  IVIassachu- 
setts,  which  they  lost  by  a  bad  title,  then  came 
to  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts.  When  William, 
Jr.,  was  fifteen  years  old,  being  a  stout,  healthy 
boy,  he  went  with  his  father  out  into  York 
state  into  the  town  called  now  Palmyra.  His 
father  took  up  a  piece  of  land,  set  William, 
Jr.,  to  digging  a  well  preparatory  to  putting 
up  a  loghouse,  while  he  went  to  chopping  to 
clear  a  plot  for  wheat.  In  felling  a  tree  it 
struck  him  on  the  head  and  broke  in  his  skull. 
William,  Jr.,  went  half  a  mile  for  help.  He 
was  removed  to  their  boarding-house,  where 
trepanning  was  resorted  to,  but  he  died  in 
forty-eight  hours.  After  the  funeral,  which 
had  used  up  their  means,  William  went  to 
work,  but  as  soon  as  possible,  with  his  knap- 
sack, started  on  foot  for  home,  over  two  hun- 
dred miles,  to  carry  the  sad  news  to  his  mother, 
as  there  were  not  many  mail  routes  then. 
When  he  reached  his  mother's  home  he  had 
four  cents  left.  That  was  the  second  time  she 
had  suddenly  been  left  a  widow  and  rather  des- 
titute. William  chopped  cordwood  that  win- 
ter to  help  support  the  family,  which  con- 
sisted of  his  mother,  himself  and  Thomas  (the 
Lewis  children  having  gone  to  live  with  friends 
in  Pownal,  Vermont,  where  Hannah  married 
Mr.  Crandall ;  they  settled  in  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  raised  a  family  and  died  there- 
Joseph  Lewis  married,  lived  in  Pittsfield, 
Massachusetts,  raised  a  family  and  died  there. ) 
In  the  spring  William  went  to  work  for  Mr. 
Bagg  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  being 
near  his  mother,  where  he  could  assist  her. 


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When  Thomas  was  old  enough  he  went  to 
work  for  Mr.  Francis,  in  the  same  neighbor- 
hood, to  learn  the  carpenter  and  joiner's  trade. 
William,  after  he  had  learned  his  trade, 
worked  as  journeyman  in  Lanesboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  married  Phebe  Baker  in 
1805,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth  Kelley 
Baker,  formerly  of  Cape  Cod,  Massachusetts. 
They  settled  in  the  town  of  Hancock,  Massa- 
chusetts. Thomas  Acocks  married  Anna  De- 
lano, of  Pittsfield,  settled  in  Hancock  a  few 
rods  from  William.  Their  mother  lived  with 
them  alternate  years  until  she  died  March, 
181 9,  at  William's,  aged  seventy-three  years. 
In  the  division  of  her  things  the  three  sons 
each  took  one  of  the  spoons  she  brought  from 
Charlestown,  sending  the  other  three  to  the 
daughter,  Mrs.  Crandall.  William  Acocks 
lived  in  Hancock  twenty-four  years.  Four 
children:  Eliza  Ann,  born  June  9,  1810,  mar- 
ried Elijah  Ensign  Hale;  James  Lawrence, 
born  March  29,  1814;  Phebe  Gray,  bom 
August  23,  1818,  died  May,  1819;  William 
Baker,  born  January  26,  1821.  He  carried  on 
blacksmithing  extensively,  besides  all  common 
work,  he  made  all  kinds  of  edge  tools  a.nd 
plowshares  and  kept  three  fires  going,  and 
part  of  the  year  a  man  cutting  and  making 
nails.  He  was  captain  of  a  company  of  artil- 
lery at  the  time  of  the  war  in  1812,  afterward 
major;  was  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  there 
several  years.  Failing  in  business  he  came  to 
Fluvanna,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
May,  1830.  His  wife  Phebe  died  in  1831.  He 
married  (second)  the  Widow  McLenathan  in 
1832.  She  had  two  children:  Celestia,  aged 
seven,  and  Seth,  aged  four.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Lydia  Caroline  Kingsley.  They  had  three 
children :  Grant  Adam,  bom  January  30,  1833 ; 
Mary  Ann,  born  August  30,  1834;  Cleveland, 
born  October  9,  1836.  William  subsequently 
moved  to  Campton,  Kane  county,  Illinois,  died 
there  August  10,  1857,  aged  seventy-seven 
years.  He  is  buried  at  Canaida  Corner, 
Illinois. 

(The  Ensign  Line). 

Jacob  Ensign  died  January  17,  1813,  aged 
eighty-nine  years.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Pittsfield,  Berkshire  county,  Massa- 
chusetts. Sarah,  his  wife,  died  January  17, 
1813. 

(H)  Captain  Elijah,  son  of  Jacob  Ensign, 
was  born  June  15,  1756,  died  March,  1810; 
married  July  9,  1780,  Phebe  Holt,  born 
January      16,     1760,    died    1850.      Children: 


Lucy,  married  Alfred  Hale;  Elijah,  born 
April,  1783;  Phebe,  May  15,  1785;  John  G., 
March  12,  1787;  Elisha,  June  17,  1789; 
Thomas,  May  2*],  1790;  Anna,  December  9, 
1792;  Betsey,  October  7,  1794;  Justus,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1797;  Peter- G.,  March  20,  1801, 
died  August  24,  1802. 


The  records  show  this  family 
THOMAS    to  be  of  Welsh  origin,  dating 

to  the  sixth  century,  the  an- 
nals of  Wales  giving  a  great  deal  of  promi- 
nence to  the  family  in  early  periods.  They 
were  also  numerous  in  England  later,  emi- 
grants from  there  settling  in  New  England, 
Maryland  and  Virginia.  They  had  become 
very  numerous  in  New  England  at  the  time 
of  the  revolution,  the  rolls  of  Massachusetts 
alone  containing  the  names  of  four  hundred 
and  forty-five  enlisted  men  by  name  Thomas, 
who  served  from  that  state.  Among  them 
were  seventeen  by  name  Isaac  Thomas  and 
thirty-four  named  William  Thomas.  As  no 
initials  were  used  and  no  places  of  residence 
given  (only  places  of  enlistment)  it  is  difficult 
to  identify  any  particular  Isaac  Thomas  from 
the  Massachusetts  revolutionary  rolls.  The 
progenitor  of  the  family  herein  recorded  was 
an  Isaac  Thomas,  a  revolutionary  soldier  who 
had  a  son  Bastus. 

(II)  Bastus  Thomas  was  a  native  of  Mass- 
achusetts, having  a  farm  near  Cambridge.  He 
later  removed  to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where 
he  was  a  lumber  dealer.  He  died  at  Frews- 
burg  while  on  a  visit  to  his  brother  Sevillian, 
who  lived  near  Troy,  at  the  great  age  of  ninety 
years.  Children:  Frank,  Potter,  William  Se- 
bastian, and  Adaline. 

(HI)  Sebastian,  son  of  Bastus  Thomas, 
was  born  in  Massachusetts,  died  at 
Alameda,  California,  in  1881,  aged  about  sev- 
enty-two years.  When  he  was  about  twenty- 
five  years  of  age  his  parents  removed  to 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  Sebastian  became 
a  well-known  contractor  and  builder.  He  had 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  worked  at  it 
as  a  journeyman  in  Massachusetts.  He  ac- 
cumulated considerable  property  in  Brooklyn 
which  he  exchanged  for  a  residence  in  Dun- 
kirk, New  York,  and  a  farm  at  Oak  Hill, 
Chautauqua  county,  consisting  of  fifty  acres 
of  improved  land.  He  lived  and  carried  on 
business  in  Dunkirk  until  1877,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Alberton,  California.  He  had  al- 
ways been  a  student  of  medicine,  and  after 


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going  to  California  took  a  regular  course  of 
lectures,  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  and 
practiced  until  his  death.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  at  one 
time  quite  active  in  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married  Lura  Chamberlin,  born  at 
State  Line,  Massachusetts,  October  2^,  181 1, 
died  October  12,  1904.  Children:  Jennie, 
Charles,  John,  George  W.,  Albert  and  Clara, 
all  deceased  (1911)  except  George  W.  John 
.and  George  W.  both  served  in  the  civil  war. 

(IV)  George  Washington,  son  of  Dr.  Se- 
bastian Thomas,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  April  2,  1845.  ^^  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  that  city  and  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade  under  the  instruction  of  his 
father.  He  was  fifteen  years  of  age  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Ehinkirk,  and  at  the  age 
of  seventeen,  being  refused  consent  to  enlist, 
ran  away  from  home,  and  at  Almond,  Alle- 
gany county.  New  York,  enlisted  in  Company 
C,  Ninth  Regiment  New  York  Cavalry,  and 
served  eighteen  months,  received  an  honorable 
discharge  July  5,  1865.  He  served  in  all  the 
battles  of  the  famous  "Ninth"  after  he  joined, 
some  forty  engagements  in  all,  and  received 
two  slight  wounds  in  battle,  but  otherwise  es- 
caped unhurt.  The  Ninth  Regiment  was  a 
part  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and  shared 
in  most  of  the  great  battles  of  the  war  fought 
by  that  army.  After  the  war  he  settled  in 
Brooklyn,  where  he  learned  the  dyer's  art.  In 
1868  he  settled  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  and 
started  a  dyeing  establishment,  having  his 
father-in-law,  Septimus  Perkins,  as  partner. 
After  two  years  he  turned  the  business  over  to 
Mr.  Perkins  and  went  to  Bradford,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  was  in  the  dyeing  business  five 
years.  He  then  returned  to  Jamestown  and 
bought  back  from  Mr.  Perkins  the  business  he 
had  established  seven  years  before.  Mr. 
Thomas  continued  in  active  control  until  1909, 
when  he  sold  to  his  son  and  retired  to  his 
comfortable  home  on  Foote  avenue,  which  he 
built  in  1892.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  and  has  voted  for  every 
Republican  presidential  candidate  since  Gen- 
eral Grant,  for  whom  he  cast  his  first  vote. 
He  married  October  20,  1868,  at  Jamestown, 
Ella  Perkins,  born  in  that  city,  February  20, 
1850,  daughter  of  Septimus  and  Eunice 
(Crosby)  Perkins.  Children:  i.  Frank  A.,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Clara  B.,  married  William 
Newton,  of  Jamestown,  now  engaged  in  the 


grocery  business  in  that  city.    3.  Lulu  Eunice, 
married  Herbert  L.  Thomas. 

(V)   Frank  A.,  only  son  of  George  W.  and 
Ella  (Perkins)  Thomas,  was  born  in  his  pres- 
ent home,  345  Foote  avenue,  Jamestown,  New 
York,  December  16,  1871.     He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Jamestown  and  the 
high  school.    He  then,  took  up  mechanical  den- 
tistry, which  he  followed  eight  years.     Being 
offered   the   appointment  of  engineer  at  the 
state  armory  in  Jamestown  he  accepted  and 
held  that  position   fourteen  years.     In  June, 
1909,  he  resigned  and  purchased  the  business 
established  by  his  father  in  1868,  dyeing,  dry 
cleaning,  etc.     He  has  his  principal  office  at 
47  South   Main  street,  and  a  branch  in  the 
Cokey    building,    with    plant    at    345    Foote 
avenue.    His  present  home,  also  his  birthplace, 
he  purchased   from  his    mother    in    1906,  it 
having  been  also  the  home    of    her    father, 
Septimus  Perkins.    Mr.  Thomas  enlisted  Jan- 
uary 9,  1 89 1,  in  the  then  Fenton  Guards,  now 
the  Thirteenth  Separate  Company,  or  Com- 
pany E,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment  New  York  Na- 
tional Guard,  and  for  the  past  seven  years  has 
been  financial  secretary  of  the  company.     In 
1889  he  volunteered  for  service  in  the  Span- 
ish-American war,  was  out  with  his  company 
for'two  weeks  and  was  then  rejected  for  phys- 
ical disability.    He  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Jamestown   Sons   of  Veterans  and  with  his 
family  attends  the  Methodist  church.  He  mar- 
ried, October  18,  1893,  at  Jamestown,  Kate  L. 
Root,  born  in  Busti,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  May  21,  1867,  daughter  of  William  and 
Nancy  (Draper)  Root.   (See  Root.)   She  was 
educated  in  the  Jamestown  schools,  and  for 
several  terms  taught  in  the  schools  of  Ellicott 
and  Busti,  also  in  the  old  Jackson  school  in 
Jamestown.     For  eight   years   after,  retiring 
from  teaching  she  was  employed  in  the  dry 
goods  store  of  Goldstein,  Duflfee  &  Samuels  in 
Jamestown.      She    is    a    thorough    business 
woman  and  manages  the  main  office  for  her 
husband  at  47  South  Main  street.     She  is  a 
member  of  the  South  Side  Sunshine  Society 
and  deeply  interested  in  the  work  of  that  or- 
ganization.    Children:  CliflFord  B.,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1898,  died  May  13,  1898;  Robert  Le- 
roy,  born  May  25,  1901 ;  Harold  William,  No- 
vember 28,  1905. 

(The  Perkins  Line). 

Ella  (Perkins)  Thomas  is  a  daughter  of  Sep- 
timus Perkins,  who  died  Saturday,  March  10, 


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1906,  at  the  age  of  ninety-four  years,  five 
months,  thirteen  days.  Mr.  Perkins-  was  a  re- 
markable man,  possessing  that  sturdy  physical 
nature  Vhich  was  the  natural  endowment  of 
the  period  in  which  he  was  born.  On  the 
morning  of  his  death  he  arose  as  usual  and 
shaved  himself.  At  three  o'clock  he  waved 
his  hand  at  a  friend  who  passed  the  window 
and  within  ten  minutes  prior  to  his  death 
walked  across  the  floor.  Death  came  quietly 
as  he  sat  in  his  chair  at  about  5:15  Saturday 
afternoon,  probably  from  heart  trouble,  but 
naturally  from  a  general  giving  away  of  the 
physical  powers.  He  remarked  the  day  be- 
fore that  he  was  wasting  away  and  had  but  a 
brief  time  left.  He  was  born  in  Windsor, 
Broome  county.  New  York,  September  27, 
181 1,  and  came  to  Jamestown  in  1837,  where 
he  afterward  resided.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  had  probably  lived  longer  in  the  city  than 
any  other  resident,  although  others  had  at- 
tained greater  ages.  He  was  a  hatter  by  trade, 
and  after  serving  seven  years  as  an  apprentice 
conducted  a  business  at  the  present  site  of 
Nordstrom*s  jewelry  store  on  Main  street, 
where  he  manufactured  and  sold  silk,  fur  and 
other  kinds  of  hats  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
charter  member  of  the  Ellicott  Hook  and  Lad- 
der Company  and  made  the  first  hats  worn  by 
the  company. 

Mr.  Perkins  married  Eunice  N.  Crosby,  of 
Brattleboro,  Vermont,  who  lived  until  1901 
after  having  enjoyed  sixty-two  years  of  mar- 
ried life.  Two  children  survive:  Mrs.  Martha 
Root  and  Mrs.  George  Thomas,  both  of  James- 
town, and  three  grandchildren:  Frank,  Clara 
and  Lura  Thomas.  Mr.  Perkins  lived  with  his 
daughter,  Mrs.  Thomas,  at  345  Foote  avenue. 
He  was  a  staunch  Republican  and  voted  for 
nineteen  presidents,  beginning  with  Andrew 
Jackson  the  second  time  he  was  a  candidate. 
After  his  retirement  from  business  he  spent 
his  time  during  the  summer  in  raising  plants 
and  vegetables,  deriving  much  pleasure  from 
his  garden.  A  Journal  reporter  called  on  him 
on  his  ninety-fourth  birthday  and  found  him 
a  well-preserved  man;  During  the  fall  he  be- 
gan to  decline,  his  walks  grew  shorter,  and  a 
week  before  his  death  he  was  out  of  the  house 
for  the  last  time,  having  in  his  walk  that  day 
suffered  a  severe  attack  of  heart  trouble.  His 
parents  attained  long  lives,  and  he  was  the 
last  of  the  family.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
active  members  of  the  Jamestown  Fire  Com- 
pany.    He  was   formerly  actively  connected 


with  the  Presbyterian  church,  although  of  re- 
cent years  on  account  of  difficulty  in  hearing 
he  took  no  part  in  its  affairs.  Eunice  N.  Cros- 
by was  bom  June  5,  1812,  at  Brattleboro,  Ver- 
mont, died  May  21,  1901.  At  about  twenty 
years  of  age  she  came  to  Jamestown  where, 
September  i,  1839,  she  was  married  to  Sep- 
timus Perkins,  with  whom  she  lived  for  sixty- 
two  years.  They  had  three  children,  two  of 
whom  died  in  infancy,  and  one,  Mrs.  G.  W. 
Thomas,  is  still  living. 


This  is  one  of  the  oldest  names 
LEWIS  in  English  history,  and  one  of 
the  most  numerous  and  distin- 
guished in  American  history.  It  is  claimed 
by  many  genealogists  that  the  name  was  orig- 
inally spelled  Louis,  and  was  known  in  France 
as  early  as  the  eighth  century,  when  that  coun- 
try was  a  part  of  the  Roman  Empire.  Geneal- 
ogists also  attempt  to  establish  the  fact  that  all 
of  the  Lewis  name  in  America  descended  from 
one  common  stock  of  Huguenot  refugees  who 
fled  from  France  on  the  revocation  of  the 
Edict  of  Nantes  in  1685 ;  but  the  records  show 
that  in  many  counties  of  England  there  were 
many  of  the  name  to  be  found  centuries  be- 
fore that  event,  and,  indeed,  there  were  many 
of  them  in  Virginia  previous  to  1685.  The 
name  of  Louis  in  continental  Europe  and 
Lewis  in  England  is  too  old  and  too  numerous 
to  be  traced  to  a  common  origin.  The  name 
doubtless  had  a  common  origin,  but  it  would 
be  worse  than  useless  to  attempt  to  trace  it. 
Indeed,  the  name  Lewis  is  too  numerous  in 
America,  too  widely  dispersed  and  traceable 
to  too  many  different  sources  to  admit  of  any 
"common  origin"  theory  even  here.  It  is  as- 
serted that  General  Robert  Lewis  was  the 
first  of  the  name  in  America  known  to  his- 
tory or  genealogy.  He  was  a  native  of 
Brecon,  Wales,  and  came  here  in  1635,  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  sailing  from  Gravesend,  Eng- 
land, in  April  of  that  year  and  settling  in 
Gloucester  county,  Virginia.  These  facts  are 
all  denied,  and  even  his  existence  is  doubted. 
But  the  proofs  are  substantial,  and  he  may  be 
accepted  as  a  fact.  The  records  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  colony  name  Humphrey  Lewis 
in  May,  1629.  William  Lewis  and  his  wife 
and  only  son  William  came  to  Boston  in  1632 
in  the  ship  "Lion."  The  family  is' exceedingly 
numerous  in  New  York,  there  being  several 
Lewis  Associations,  and  a  periodical  published 
called  "The  Lewis  Letter."     In  the  Mohawk 


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Valley,  David  Lewes  kept  an  inn  near  Schenec- 
tady in  1713.  Lewis  county,  New  York,  is 
named  in  honor  of  Major-General  Morgan 
Lewis,  of  French  ancestry,  son  of  Francis 
Lewis,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence. He  was  a  famous  general  of  the 
revolutionary  and  181 2  wars  with  Great  Brit- 
ain and  governor  of  New  York  1804-07,  de- 
feating Aaron  Burr. 

(I)  The  Chautauqua  county  branch  of  the 
family  came  to  New  York  state  from  Vermont, 
where  Enos  Lewis  resided  in  Rutland  county. 
He  was  bom  April,  1773,  died  April  26,  1861, 
in  his  eighty-ninth  year.  His  wife  Eunice 
was  bom  1772,  died  May  15,  1862. 

(U)  Parrin,  son  of  Enos  Lewis,  was  born 
in  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  April  2,  1803, 
died  January  29,  1890.  He  was  well  educated 
in  VernK>nt  and  learned  the  cabinet-maker's 
trade.  In  1832  he  settled  in  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  where  he  conducted  a  farm 
and  worked  at  his  trade.  He  married  (first) 
October  27,  1825,  Emily  Francis,  born  Novem- 
ber 30,  1806,  died  November  25,  1826;  (sec- 
ond) February  7,  1827,  Laura  Cook,  born  De- 
cember 8,  1803,  died  January  30,  1892,  daugh- 
ter of  Francis  and  Laura  Cook,  of  Hamburg, 
Erie  county,  New  York.  Francis  Cook  died 
1810,  leaving  a  widow  and  seven  children  at 
the  home  in  Hamburg.  During  the  war  of 
1812  their  home  was  visited  by  the  Indians. 
Laura  was  sent  by  her  mother  to  summon 
help,  but  it  was  not  until  after  the  burning  of 
Buffalo  in  1813  that  the  family  were  reunited. 
Children  of  Parrin  and  Laura  (Cook)  Lewis: 
I.  Emily,  born  February  18,  1828,  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1839.  2.  Cherlina,  March  23,  1830 ; 
married  (first)  Dr.  John  R.  Bush,  (second), 
William  Walrodt.  3.  Martha,  December  20, 
1831,  died  September  i,  1849;  married  Moses 
Bush.  4.  Alta,  September  12,  1835 ;  married 
Rev.  Austin  D.  Bush.     5.  Eunice,  December 

7,  1837,  died  October  27,  1840.  6.  William 
Henry,  April  2,  1840;  living  at  Winterset, 
Iowa.     7.  Parrin  Francis,  of  whom  further. 

8.  Ellen,  born  October  24,  1846;  married 
James  Knapp.  9.  Charles  Albert,  born  July 
5,  1849 ;  living  at  Freeland,  Michigan. 

(Ill)  Parrin  Francis,  son  of  Parrin  Lewis, 
was  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  May  26, 
1844.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Panama  and  Jamestown  Academy,  spend- 
ing his  years  of  minority  working,  with  his 
father  on  the  farm.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
he  apprenticed  himself  to  a  tinsmith  of  Pan- 


ama, thoroughly  learning  the  tinner's  trade. 
He  went  to  Columbus,  Pennsylvania,  after 
serving  his  years  of  apprenticeship,  where  for 
two  years  he  worked  at  his  trade  and  con- 
ducted a  small  hardware  store.  He  sold  out 
his  Columbus  business  and  located  in  Frews- 
burg,  New  York,  establishing  there  in  the 
hardware  business,  remaining  sixteen  years. 
In  the  fall  of  1884  he  sold  his  Frewsburg 
store,  and  for  the  next  eight  years  was  en- 
gaged in  the  hardware  business  at  Russell, 
Pennsylvania.  In  1893  he  located  in  James- 
town, New  York,  and  erected  a  store  build- 
ing at  804  North  Main  street,  where  he  has 
since  been  engaged  in  business.  He  has  led 
an  active,  successful  life,  and  is  a  most  excel- 
lent man  of  business.  He  is  a  Baptist  in  re- 
ligion and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried Alcena,  bom  in  Panama,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Ambrose  Blackmer,  of  Panama. 
Children:  Charles  Francis,  of  whom  further; 
Clinton  M. 

(IV)  Charles  Francis,  eldest  son  of  Parrin 
Francis  and  Alcena  (Blackmer)  Lewis,  was 
born  at  Columbus,  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania, 
February  8,  1869.  When  quite  small  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Frewsburg,  New  York,  where 
he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  tinsmith  under  his  father, 
and  has  followed  that  business  up  to  the  pres- 
ent date  (iQii).  In  1893  he  was  admitted  to 
a  partnership  with  his  father  who,  with  his 
two  sons,  Charles  F.  and  Qinton  M.,  comprise 
the  firm  of  P.  F.  Lewis  &  Sons.  Their  store 
in  Jamestown  is  one  of  the  best  equipped  and 
stocked  hardware  establishments  in  Western 
New  York.  The  partners  are  all  capable  men 
of  business,  conducting  each  department  of 
their  large  business  along  the  best  modem 
lines.  Charles  F.  Lewis  is  a  member  of  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  belonging  to 
Mt.  Tabor  Lodge,  and  of  the  Knights  of  the 
Maccabees,  of  Russell,  Pennsylvania.  He  is 
a  Republican,  but  takes  no  active  part  in  pol- 
itics. He  married  April  25,  1890,  Margaret  B. 
Briggs,  bom  June,  1870.  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Louise  (Gron)  Briggs,  the  latter 
bom  in  Sweden.  William  Briggs  (deceased) 
was  a  lifelong  resident  of  Russell,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  a  carpenter,  and  a  part  of  his 
life  was  spent  in  rafting  logs  to  the  down-river 
mills  and  markets.  He  was  a  Democrat  and 
very  active  in  public  affairs.  His  brother, 
Gerry  Briggs,  served  in  the  Union  army  during 
the  civil  war.    He  had  three  children :  Charles 


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N.,  of  Bradford,  Pennsylvania;  John  E.,  of 
Jamestown,  New  York ;  Margaret  B.,  married 
Charles  Francis  Lewis.  Their  children:  i. 
Josephine,  born  November  7,  1881,  graduate 
of  Jamestown  high  school.  2.  Harry,  born 
December  19,  1893.  3.  Glenn,  June  22,  1897, 
died  young.     4.  Louise,  born  June  i,  1905. 


This  is  a  name  frequently 
NEWTON     found  in  early  New  England 

annals.  The  probable  ances- 
tor of  this  branch  of  the  family  is  Thomas 
Newton,  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  There  is 
no  direct  connection  that  can  be  traced  from 
him  to  Major  William,  but  descendants  of 
Thomas  settled  in  Albany  county,  New  York, 
and  it  is  supposed  that  from  there  they  spread 
into  Western  New  York.  Thomas  Newton 
was  one  of  the  four  men  who  came  to  Fair- 
field in  1639  with  Deputy  Governor  Ludlow. 
In  1644  he  was  elected  deputy  to  Fairfield, 
and  was  chosen  one  of  the  magistrates  of  the 
general  court.  In  1650  he  became  involved 
with  the  authorities  of  Connecticut  and  was 
imprisoned,  but  escaped  to  Long  Island.  Being 
received  and  "entertained  into  office"  by  the 
Dutch  of  Long  Island,  his  surrender  was  de- 
manded and  became  the  subject  of  negotia- 
tions between  the  commissioner  of  the  United 
English  colonies  and  Governor  Stuyvesant, 
which  extended  over  several  years.  In  1653  he 
was  "schout  fiscal"  (sheriff)  of  Middleburg, 
Long  Island,  and  in  1655  a  landowner  there. 
Beyond  1656  he  is  not  traced.  He  died  prior 
to  May  28,  1683.  He  married  April,  1648,  at 
Flushing,  Joan,  daughtei*  of  Richard  Smith, 
who  was  ^'admitted  at  the  towne  of  New  Port 
since  the  twentieth  of  the  third  month,  1638," 
and  settled  at  Wickford,  in  Narragansett  about 
1638.  Richard  Smith  was  a  prominent  man  of 
his  day,  according  to  the  testimony  of  his 
friend  Rc^er  Williams.  It  is  recorded  that 
Thomas  and  Joan  Newton  were  married  by  the 
sheriff,  William  Hark,  against  the  consent  of 
the  bride's  parents,  "and  without  being  law- 
fully authorized  to  do  so  by  the  supreme  au- 
thority, as  this  is  an  indecent  and  never-heard- 
of  manner  of  marrying."  The  sheriff  was  dis- 
missed from  office,  fined  six  hundred  carolus 
guilders  and  the  marriage  was  declared  null 
and  void.  The  bride  and  groom  were  fined 
three  hundred  guilders  and  ordered  to  have 
their  marriage  solemnized  after  three  previous 
proclamations  of  the  banns,  "which  was  ac- 
cordingly  done."    The   much-married   couple 


had  one  daughter  and  three  sons:  Israel, 
James  and  Thomas.  It  is  most  evident  that 
from  one  of  these  sons  Major  William  New- 
ton descended. 

(I)  Major  William  Newton  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  a 
farmer  and  lumberman,  living  in  the  locality 
now  known  as  Ross  Mills.  Later  he  moved  to 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  purchased  land,  built 
a  sawmill  and  continued  his  lumbering  opera- 
tions at  the  village  of  Newtontown,  Crawford 
county,  the  village  taking  his  name.  In  his 
last  years  he  returned  to  Chautauqua  county, 
where  he  died.  His  title  was  probably  gained 
by  service  in  the  militia.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, but  the  names  of  his  wives  have  not  been 
preserved  in  the  family.  He  had  issue  by 
both:  Mary  and  William  by  the  first,  and 
among  the  children  by  the  second  wife,  Ed- 
mond  and  Amos. 

(II)  Amos,  son  of  Major  William  New- 
ton, was  born  about  1820.  He  lived  in  Elli- 
cott,  Chautauqua  county,  in  his  early  days, 
but  accompanied  his  father  and  family  to 
Pennsylvania,  and  lived  at  Newtontown, 
where  he  died  aged  forty  years.  He  was  in- 
terested in  the  mill  and  timber  lands  with  his 
father,  and  after  his  death  his  family  disposed 
of  their  share  and  returned  to  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  respected  by  all  his  neigh- 
bors. He  married  Mary  Ann  Ross,  born  1818, 
died  1907.  She  was  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Adventist  church,  and  a  woman  of  strong 
character.  Children:  Charles,  William  (de- 
ceased), Laura,  Margaret  (deceased),  Charles 
and  George  R.,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  George  Ross,  son  of  Amos  Newton, 
was  born  at  Hidetown,  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  September  19,  i8f>2,  died  May 
I,  1889,  and  is  buried  at  Ross'  Mills,  Chautau- 
oua  county.  New  York.  He  spent  his  early 
life  at  Newtontown,  and  was  educated  in  the 
public  school.  He  was  sixteen  years  of  age 
when  his  father  died,  and  he  then  came  to 
Chautauqua  countv  with  his  mother  and  the 
other  children.  They  .settled  at  Ross'  Mills 
and  George  completed  his  studies  in  the  James- 
town high  school.  He  became  a  farmer,  oc- 
cupying the  old  dwelling  for  many  years,  later 
erecting  a  new  house  on  the  farm  in  which 
he  lived  until  death.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  was  fond  of  his  home  and  fam- 
ily, was  a  good  neighbor  and  well  liked  by  his 
townsmen.  He  was  a  strong  advocate  of  the 
cause  of  temperance.    He  held  merribership  in 


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the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  He 
married  April  lo,  1878,  at  Ross*  Mills,  Corrie 
A.  Conic,,  bom  at  Falconer,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1859,  daughter  of  David  Preston 
and  Sarah  (Sherwin)  Conic.  Children:  i. 
Marjory  C,  born  August  22,  1879,  graduate 
of  Jamestown  high  school.  2.  Nellie  G.,  born 
June  5,  1882,  graduate  of  Jamestown  high 
school,  and  for  about  four  years  taught  in 
Jamestown  schools.  Both  daughters,  with  their 
mother,  belong  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.    3.  William,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  William  Smith,  only  son  of  George 
Ross  Newton,  was  born  at  Ross*  Mills,  Chau- 
tauqua countv,  New  York,  February  25,  1884. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Jamestown,  and  early  in  life  developed  a 
strong  business  instinct.  He  sold  papers  on 
the  streets  when  ten  years  of  age,  and  at  thir- 
teen was  clerking  in  a  grocery  store  before 
and  after  school  hours  and  on  Saturdays. 
After  leaving  school  he  became  clerk  in  the 
grocery  store  of  Ingerson  Brothers,  remaining 
until  he  embarked  in  business  for  himself.  He 
formed  a  partnership  with  Frank  Field,  but 
after  one  year  purchased  his  interest  and 
has  since  been  in  business  alone.  His  grocery 
is  located  on  West  Third  street,  where  he  has 
been  in  successful  business  since  1905.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  the 
Sons  of  Veterans,  the  Eagles  and  formerly 
of  the  EUicott  Hook  and  Ladder  Company.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married  at 
Jamestown,  October  8,  1907,  Clara,  daughter 
of  George  W.  and  Ella  (Perkins)  Thomas. 
(See  Thomas  family  in  this  work.) 

(The  Conic  Line). 

The  progenitor  of  this  family  in  the  United 
States  was  James  McConic,  whose  father  came 
from  Scotland.  The  name  was  first  shortened 
by  omitting  the  "Mac,"  then  other  letters  were 
dropped  until  the  name  became  "Conic." 
James  married  Hannah  (Armstrong)  Scowden. 
Children:  De  Witt  Clinton,  Ephraim,  David 
Preston,  Julia  and  Jane.  James  McConic  re- 
moved from  Central  New  York  to  the  town 
of  Falconer,  Chautauqua  county,  where  he 
died  in  1866. 

(Ill)  David  Preston,  son  of  James  Mc- 
Conic, was  bom  at  Falconer,  New  York.  He 
spent  his  early  life  on  his  father's  farm,  later 
learning  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  millwright. 
In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  Seventh  Company 
of  Sharpshooters,  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth 


Regiment  New  York  Volunteers,  and  served 
three  years.  After  the  war  he  returned  to 
Jamestown,  remaining  until  1873.  He  then 
removed  to  Ross'  Mills,  where  he  died,  De- 
cember 14,  1889.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
poHtics. 

He  married  December  24,  1856,  Sarah 
Sherwin,  who  survives  him  and  resides  with 
her  also  widowed  daughter,  Mrs.  George  Ross 
Newton.  Children:  i.  Kate  E.,  bom  Januar)* 
14,  1858,  married  February  21,  1877,  Wil- 
liam W.  Smith,  and  resides  in  Jamestown: 
children  living,  Leon,  George  and  Florence, 
and  Mabel  (deceased),  who  married  Frank 
Wilcox.  2.  Corrie  A.,  born  September  5, 
1859,  married  George  Ross  Newton. 


This  branch  of  the  Sheldon 
SHELDON     family  springs  from  William 

Sheldon,  of  England,  who 
settled  in  the  state  of  Vermont.  He  married 
and  had  issue. 

(II)  Mason,  son  of  William  Sheldon, 
was  in  early  life  a  resident  of  Vermont, 
having  been  born  there  January  7,  1804. 
He  is  buried  with  his  wife  at  Clear  Creek,  New 
York.  He  left  Vermont  in  early  life  and  set- 
tled at  Farmington,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
followed  his  trade  of  harness-maker.  In  1830 
he  located  in  the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautau- 
qua county.  Here  he  combined  with  a  general 
harness  store  the  manufacture  of  barrels  and 
also  conducted  a  shop  for  the  making  of  cof- 
fins and  cabinet-work.  He  prospered  in  busi- 
ness and  became  quite  a  wealthy  man.  He 
lived  to  a  good  old  age  and  occupied  one 
dwelling  as  a  home  for  sixty-four  years.  His 
wife,  Nancy  McCapes,  born  January  20,  1805, 
died  July  5,  1895.  Children:  Phoebe,  born 
May  27,  1825,  died  September  22,  1830;  Ma- 
tilda, October  12,  1826:  William,  of  whom 
further;  Adaline,  March  26,  1830;  Cyrus. 
March  6,  1832;  Osman,  May  31,  1834;  Cor- 
delia, August  8,  1836;  Frank,  May  8,  1838. 
died  June  12,  1840:  Clark,  July  20,  1842;  Par- 
thenia,  July  10,  1844;  Mason  (2),  1846: 
James,  September  10,  1848;  Julia,  April  22, 
1840:  Ida,  October  16,  1852. 

(III)  William  (2),  third  child  and  eldest 
son  of  Mason  and  Nancy  (McCapes)  Shel- 
don, was  born  March  23,  1828,  at  Pine  Grove, 
Pennsylvania,  and  died  May  31,  1897.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  attending  school 
in  the  winter,  and  at  the  youthful  age  of  twelve 
years  began  learning  the  harnessmakers  trade 


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with  his  father.  He  became  an  expert  work- 
man and  devoted  his  life  to  the  same  business. 
He  settled  in  the  village  of  Frewsburg,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  and  from  1850  until  1880  was 
continuously  in  business  there,  conducting  a 
general  harness  and  leather  goods  business, 
and  was  both  well  known  and  prosperous.  In 
1879  he  came  to  Jamestown,  New  York,  where 
he  engaged  in  the  same  business  until  about 
three  years  prior  to  his  death,  when  he  retired. 
He  purchased  a  comfortable  home  at  303  West 
Fourth  street,  and  was  a  highly  respected,  in- 
fluential citizen.  During  his  thirty  years  resi- 
dence in  Frewsburg  he  was  always  active  in  vil- 
lage affairs,  serving  as  assessor,  town  clerk  and 
on  the  excise  board.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Frews- 
burg and  of  the  Unitarian  church.  Politically 
he  was  a  Republican. 

He  married  Martha  Jane  Hiller,  born  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  December  22,  1833, 
daughter  of  Richard,  born  1797,  and  Hannah 
(Garfield)  Hiller,  whose  children  were:  Jed- 
ediah,  Eliza,  Joanna,  Jonathan,  born  April  15, 
1832;  Martha,  Jane,  Eliza,  Jeannette,  Alex- 
ander, Nicholas  and  Samuel. 

Mattie  Jeannette,  daughter  of  William 
and  Martha  J.  Sheldon,  was  born  at  Frews- 
burg, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  April 
23,  1865.  She  was  educated  at  the  Frews- 
burg and  Jamestown  schools  and  married 
January  24,  1884,  Austin  A.  Jones.  Chil- 
dren: William  Sheldon,  born  August  i,  1886, 
educated  in  Jamestown,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  entered  the  employ  of  the  Amer- 
ican Express  Company  at  Jamestown,  and  is 
now  (1911)  with  the  Adams  Express  Com- 
pany at  Buffalo.  2.  Ethel  Mary,  born  Decem- 
ber 2,  1888,  educated  in  music  at  Syracuse 
University  and  became  a  teacher  of  music, 
married  August  4,  191 1,  Oswald  H.  Cook  and 
resides  at  Rochester,  New  York.  3.  Lora 
Evelyn,  born  February  24,  1893,  a  student  at 
Jamestown  high  school.  The  family  reside  at 
303  West  Fourth  street,  Jamestown,  the  Shel- 
don homestead. 


The  small  parish  of 
KELLEY-CARTER  Kelly,  in  Devon- 
shire, England,  has 
given  name  to  or  taken  name  from  a  family 
which  has  there  held  its  manorial  seat  for 
many  centuries  and  "whose  members,"  says 
Burke,  "may  look  back  beyond  the  conquest 
and  derive  themselves  from  the  ancient  Brit- 


ons." Mr.  Shirley  says  the  manor  and  ad- 
vowson  have  been  in  the  family  at  least  from 
the  time  of  Henry  H.  Branches  divergent  at 
various  times  from  this  old  family  seated  them- 
selves at  Exeter  and  other  places  in  Devon- 
shire, and  doubtless  gave  their  share  of  emi- 
grants to  the  new  world.  The  name  of  the 
parish  and  family  was  anciently  spelled  Kel- 
leigh,  but  became  Kelly  before  this  latter  form 
was  known  elsewhere.  A  Norman  origin  has 
also  been  claimed  for  Kelly  as  an  English 
name.  The  "New  England  Historic  and  Gen- 
ealogical Register,"  Volume  11,  Number  i, 
gives  a  reprint  of  one  of  the  four  existing 
copies  of  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey.  This  re- 
print contains  the  name  of  Le  Sire  de  Cailly. 
In  a  foot  note  is  the  remark  that  this  is  the 
name,  Kelley  or  Kelly,  which  is  found  in  a 
great  many  spellings.  The  descent  from  Le 
Sire  de  Cailly  marked  out  by  the  law  of  primo- 
geniture is  given  under  the  name  Cayley  in 
Burke's  "Encyclopedia  of  Heraldry."  In  Ire- 
land, Kelly  has  for  centuries  been  one  of  the 
most  common  of  surnames.  Originally  it  was 
Ceallach,  which  is  the  Irish  language  signified 
strife,  war.  It  was  taken  as  the  personal  ap- 
pellation of  a  certain  warrior  who  lived  in  one 
of  the  earlier  centuries.  "A  quo,"  says  the 
Irish  genealogist,  the  "surname  of  Kelley." 
The  pedigree  of  this  line  is  traced  by  anti- 
quaries of  Ireland  in  their  way  back  through 
sixty-five  generations  to  Heremon, 

The  probabilities  favor  the  assumption  that 
the  first  John  Kelly,  of  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, descended  from  some  branch  of  the  Dev- 
onshire (England)  branch.  The  shorter  form 
of  the  word  was  used  by  his  descendants  for 
more  than  a  century,  although  it  has  been 
written  and  spelled  since  in  every  conceivable 
way,  Kelley  seldom  appearing  until  its  adop- 
tion by  individual  members  of  the  Newbury 
family.  John  Kelly,  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  is  said  to  have 
come  to  that  town  from  Newbury,  England,  in 
1635.  He  had  land  granted  him  but  did  not 
build  his  house  on  the  grants.  When  he  built 
his  house  he  located  it  at  a  considerable  dis- 
tance from  the  little  settlement,  which  was 
considered  so  daring  a  thing  to  do  that  his 
fellow  townsmen  remonstrated  in  the  form  of 
a  vote  of  the  town,  declaring  that  if  he  should 
lose  his  life  in  consequence  of  his  temerity  "his 
blood  should  be  upon  his  own  head."  He  died 
December  28,  1644.  His  wife's  name  is  not 
known,  but  he  had  a  daughter  Sarah,  and  a  son 


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John,  horn  July  2,  1642,  married  May  25,  1663, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Deacon  Richard  Knight. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  loyal  supporter  of  the 
church.  It  is  from  him  and  six  sons  that  the 
latter  day  family  in  Northboro,  Massachu- 
setts, sprung. 

(I)  Joel  Kelley,  a  descendant  of  John,  of 
Newbury,  was  a  resident  of  Northboro.  Mass- 
achusetts. He  married  a  Miss  Southworth, 
and  with  her  is  buried  in  the  Northboro  bury- 
ing ground.  Children :  John,  lived  in  Spring- 
field and  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  dying  at 
the  latter  place;  Joel  (2),  of  further  mention; 
Nathaniel,  bom  and  died  in  Northboro,  where 
his  life  was  spent ;  Eliza,  married  a  Mr.  Kayes, 
of  Northboro. 

(II)  Joel  (2),  son  of  Joel  (i),  and 

(Southworth)  Kelley,  was  born  at  Northboro, 
Massachusetts,  September,  1812,  died  in  Lx)ck- 
port.  New  York,  1886.  He  was  educated  in 
the  Northboro  schools,  and  learned  the  trade 
of  boot  and  shoemaker.  He  left  his  native 
state  and  settled  at  Geneva,  New  York,  where 
he  followed  his  trade,  later  removing  to  Com- 
ing, New  York.  Here  he  became  interested 
in  local  political  affairs  and  held  several  offices. 
He  there  abandoned  his  trade  and  engaged  in 
railroading  for  several  years.  He  ended  his 
days  with  his  daughter  Marion  in  Lockport. 
He  married  (first)  Nancy  Nichols,  born  1817, 
died  1840,  of  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts. 
Child:  I.  Marion  B.,  of  further  mention.  He 
married  (second)  Elizabeth  Norris,  of  Geneva, 
New  York.  Children :  2.  Nancy  Augusta,  mar- 
ried James  Allen,  of  Rochester,  New  York. 
3.  Andrew  Burnside,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war, 
and  one  of  the  first  volunteers  of  the  Twenty- 
third  New  York  Regiment.  4,  Ella,  married 
Henry  Lacey.  5.  Edward  Everett.  6.  Ada 
Elizabeth,  twin  of  Edward  E.,  married  Will- 
iam Furay,  now  of  Los  Angeles,  California. 

(III)  Marion  B.,  only  child  of  Joel  (2)  and 
his  first  wife,  Nancy  (Nichols)  Kelley,  was 
born  in  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1840; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Coming,  New 
York;  married  in  that  city  (first),  February 
S,  1862,  Marshall  G.  Burton,  born  at  Pratts- 
burg,  New  York,  February  21,  1834,  died  at 
Lockport,  New  York,  in  1888.  He  began  his 
railroad  life  on  the  Rochester  &  Coming  branch 
of  the  Erie  railroad  in  1853,  ^^s  engineer  on 
the  Blossburg  &  Pennsylvania  railroad  in  1864- 
65,  was  employed  as  engineer  by  the  govern- 
ment on  the  Chattanooga  &  Nashville  railroad, 
and  on  a  steamer  on  the  Tennessee  river.    In 


1866  he  began  work  on  the  New  York  &  Erie 
railroad,  and  was  in  the  employ  of  this  com- 
pany as  engineer  until  June  10,  1887,  during 
which  time  he  was  transferred  from  the  main 
line  and  various  branches  of  the  road,  and  was 
assigned  the  first  passenger  train  on  the  Lock- 
port  branch  when  the  road  was  opened  between 
Lockport  and  Buffalo,  September  15,  1879.  He 
took  charge  of  the  Cincinnati,  Hamilton  & 
Dayton  railroad  round  house  at  Dayton,  Ohio, 
March  5,  1888,  and  in  July  following  was 
given  an  engine  and  route  running  from  Lima 
to  Dayton  and  from  Dayton  to  Toledo.  As  a 
railroad  employee  he  was  popular  with  his 
associates,  and  a  steadfast  friend  to  all  who 
were  true  to  him.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Brotherhood  of  Locomotive  Engineers  from 
the  time  of  its  organization  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  member  of  Cataract  Lodge,  No.  54. 
Niagara  Union  Encampment,  No.  19,  Canton 
Niagara,  No.  7,  Myrtle  Rebekah  Lodge,  No. 
84,  all  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows; member  of  Niagara  Lodge,  No.  375. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  John  Hodge 
Lodge,  No.  69,  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen. 

Marion  B.  (Kelley)  Burton  married 
(second),  January  24,  1896,  Charles  Car- 
ter, of  Lockport,  born  in  Amesbury. 
Massachusetts,  January  9,  1827,  died  March 
13*  1899,  at  Lockport,  son  of  Joshua 
B.  and  Sarah  C.  (Hook)  Carter.  Joshua 
B.  Carter  was  born  December  8,  1802,  at  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  and  died  December  10, 
1864,  at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts.  His  wife 
was  bom  September  9,  1804,  at  Poplin,  New 
Hampshire  (now  called  Fremont),  died  May 
18,  1882,  at  Chelsea,  Massachusetts.  Children: 
I.  Ruth  B.,  bom  January  16,  1824,  in  Poplin, 
New  Hampshire,  died  May  31,  1885,  in  New- 
ton, New  Hampshire:  married  Clifton  A. 
Blanchard,  born  1827,  died  1879;  child,  Flor- 
ence S.,  born  1856,  died  1857.  2.  Charles,  born 
January  9,  1827,  in  Amesbury,  Massachusetts, 
died  March  13.  1899,  in  Lockport,  New  York. 
3.  Sarah  H.,  born  May  31,  1829,  in  Amesbury, 
Massachusetts,  died  July  26,  1831,  in  Ames- 
bury, Massachusetts.  4.  George  H.,  bom  De- 
cember 24,  1833,  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
died  September  21,  185 1,  in  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. 5.  Sarah  H.,  bom  April  16,  1836,  in 
Danvers,  Massachusetts,  died  May  2,  1841,  in 
Boston,  Massachusetts.  6.  Henry  W.,  born 
November  3,  1842,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
7.  William  R.,  born  Febmary  24,  1846,  in  Bos- 


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ton,  Massachusetts,  died  January  15,  1880,  in 
Buffalo,  New  York. 

Jacob  Hook,  father  of  Sarah  C.  (Hook) 
Carter,  was  born  January  25,  1774,  in  Poplin, 
New  Hampshire,  died  there  March  3,  1834. 
His  wife,  Sarah  B.  Hook,  was  born  January 
29,  1777,  in  Salisbury,  New  Hampshire,  died 
August  27,  1837,  in  Poplin,  New  Hampshire 
Children:  Enoch  B.,  born  November  24,  1800, 
in  Poplin,  died  there  October  23,  1840;  Sarah 
C,  above-mentioned  as  the  wife  of  Joshua  B. 
Carter. 

Charles  Carter  was  reared  and  educated  in 
Chelsea,  and  was  all  his  active  years  engaged 
in  railroad  work.  He  was  engineer  and  con- 
ductor on  the  New  York  Central  &  Rome, 
Watertown  &  Ogdensburg  railroads,  and  from 
1867  until  1875  w^s  station  agent  of  the  New 
York  Central  railroad  at  Suspension  Bridge, 
Niagara  Falls;  from  that  time  he  practically 
lived  retired.  Mrs.  Carter  survives  her  sec- 
ond husband,  and  has  spent  an  active  useful 
life.  She  has  been  and  is  closely  identified 
with  the  woman's  branch  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  with  the  charitable 
work  of  that  noble  order.  She  is  a  member  of 
Myrtle  Lodge,  Daughters  of  Rebekah,  and  has 
passed  all  the  chairs  of  that  lodge.  She  is  also 
affiliated  with  the  Daughters  of  America,  and 
has  served  in  all  the  chairs  of  that  lodge.  She 
was  one  of  the  lady  managers  of  the  Odd 
Fellows  Home,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Lock- 
port  City  Hospital  Association.  She  is  a 
woman  of  charitable  and  benevolent  impulse, 
and  contributes  liberally  to  the  support  and 
upbuilding  of  the  institutions  in  which  she  is 
interested.  Her  residence  is  86  Park  avenue, 
Lockport.  New  York. 


The  Derbys  of  Jamestown,  New 
DERBY  York,  trace  descent  from  Phin- 
eas  Derby,  of  England,  who 
came  to  the  American  colonies  and  settled  in 
Vermont  prior  to  the  revolutionary  war.  He 
was  a  prosperous  farmer  and  held  political 
office  in  his  state.  He  enlisted  in  the  Conti- 
nental army  and  rendered  good  service.  He 
married,  and  had  issue,  including  a  son 
Joseph. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Phineas  Derby,  was 
bom  in  Vermont  and  died  in  Warren  county, 
Pennsylvania,  March  14,  1837.  He  remained 
in  Vermont  until  he  reached  man's  estate, 
then  moved  to*  Genesee  county,  New  York, 


where  he  married.  After  a  few  years  spent 
in  New  York  state  he  moved  to  Warren 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  followed  his 
trade  of  stone  mason  in  connection  with  farm- 
ing. He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  R. 
Kenyon,  born  in  Rhode  Island,  but  an  early 
settler  in  Genesee  county,  living  near  the  vil- 
lage of  Batavia.  Children  of  Joseph  and  Eliz- 
abeth Derby:  Sylvanus,  died  i88(S;  John  K., 
of  whom  further;  Silas  Stephen  (q.  v.)  ;  Wil- 
liam R.,  a  resident  of  Warren,  Pennsylvania, 
in  1891. 

(Ill)  John  K.,  third  child  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Kenyon)  Derby,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Clarkson,  Monroe  county,  New  York, 
February  9,  1816,  and  died  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  October  12,  1895,  and  is  buried 
in  Lakeview  cemetery.  He  obtained  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Clarkson,  and 
on  arriving  at  suitable  age  went  to  Rochester, 
New  York,  where  he  Teamed  the  painter's 
trade,  following  it  in  that  city  five  years.  In 
1836  he  located  in  Jamestown,  where  for  twen- 
ty-eight years  he  was  engaged  in  business  as 
proprietor  of  a  paint  store,  carrying  all  lines 
connected  with  his  trade  and  interior  decora- 
tion. He  was  associated  with  his  brother, 
Silas  S.  Derby,  in  business.  The  partnership 
was  dissolved,  and  John  K.  began  an  active 
career  in  real  estate  and  building  operations. 
Among  the  many  parcels  of  land  he  owned 
was  the  plot  now  occupied  by  the  Arcade 
building.  He  erected  many  buildings  in  the 
city  of  Jamestown,  and  two  steam  yachts,  with 
other  craft  in  use  on  Lake  Chautauqua.  He 
cast  his  first  vote  for  Martin  Van  Buren  for 
president,  but  in  later  years  became  a  Re- 
publican. He  held  the  office  of  school  commis- 
sioner in  Jamestown,  where  he  was  held  in  the 
highest  esteem.  He  was  prominent  and  influ- 
ential in  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, belonging  to  Ellicott  Lodge,  No.  221, 
of  which  he  was  noble  grand  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Wesleyan 
Methodist  church,  a  faith  in  which  he  was 
early  instructed  by  his  parents.  He  married 
(first)  December  13,  1837,  Ruth  Smith,  of 
Busti,  Chautauqua  county.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) July  3,  1876,  Louisa  Antoinette  Dill, 
born  at  Mt.  Rose,  Susquehanna  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, October  23,  1856,  daughter  of  James 
Henry  and  Esther  M.  (Harding)  Dill.  Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage:  i.  Ammi,  died  aged 
thirteen  months.    2.  Edna,  died  aged  twenty- 


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three  years;  married  N.  A.  Arnold.  Child  of 
second  marriage:  3.  J.  Frederick,  born  May 
30,  1882,  died  June  19,  1892. 

James  Henry  Dill,  father  of  Mrs.  Louisa 
Antoinette  (Dill)  Derby,  was  born  in  Orange 
county,  New  York,  about  1828,  died  at  Bay 
City,  Michigan,  January  24,  1870.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  his  mother  married  Rev. 
Hamilton  McCarter,  a  minister  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  The  mother  of  James 
Henry  Dill  was  Amelia  (Skinner)  Dili,  whose 
grandfather  Skinner  was  a  soldier  of  the  revo- 
lution. James  Henry  moved  to  Bay  City, 
Michigan,  where  at  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  in  charge  of  the  county  poor  farm.  He 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  was  a  strong  advocate  of 
the  cause  of  temperance. 

He  married  Esther  M.  Harding,  born  in 
Orange  county.  New  York,  August  29,  1835, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Marylda  (Taylor) 
Harding,  now  ( 191 1 )  a  resident  of  Jamestown. 
They  had  two  children:  Charles,  died  aged 
twenty-three  months,  and  Louisa  Antoinette. 
The  last  named  was  educated  in  the  schools 
of  Welland,  Ontario,  Canada,  where  her 
earlier  life  was  spent.  She  married  John  K. 
Derby,  whom  she  survives,  a  resident  of 
Jamestown.  She  is  a  woman  of  education 
and  refinement,  active  in  the  work  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  of  the  Daughters 
of  Rebekah. 


This  family  has  been  long  es- 
PEARSON     tablished  in   Sweden,  though 

less  than  half  a  century  has 
elapsed  since  the  first  emigrant  of  the  family 
came  to  the  United  States.  The  name  is  de- 
rived from  Pear,  a  family  Christian  name,  and 
the  suffix,  son.  Pearls  Son.  Lars  Eric,  the 
emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Jamestown,  New 
York,  family  herein  recorded,  was  a  son  of 
Pear  Lawson,  a  farmer  and  land  owner  of 
Sweden,  where  he  died  about  1873,  ^iged  sixty 
years.  He  served  in  the  Swedish  army,  as 
did  his  son  Pear.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  church,  and  a  man  of  deep  religious 
convictions.  He  married  Greta  Hanson,  born 
in  Sweden,  in  1814,  died  in  Busti,  New  York, 
at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  After  the 
death  of  her  husband  she  came  to  the  United 
States  with  her  son  Andrew.  She  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Swedish  Mission  church.  Children : 
Pear  (2),  died  young;  Greta,  Pear  (3),  Lars 


Eric,  of  whom  further;  Annie,  Caroline,  Jo- 
hannes, of  Busti,  New  York;  Andrew,  Israel, 
August,  of  Jamestown;  Josephine  and  Lena, 
who  lives  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 

(H)  Lars  Eric,  son  of  Pear  and  Greta 
(Hanson)  Lawson,  was  born  in  Jemboas, 
Sweden,  April  15,  1840.  He  took  his  father's 
name.  Pear,  and  formed  his  surname  by  add- 
ing ''son,"  making  it  Pearson.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  Sweden,  where  he  married.  In 
May,  1867,  he  came  to  the  United  States  with 
his  family,  settling  in  Kane,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  worked  for  five  and  one-half  years 
as  a  shophand  for  the  Pennsylvania  railroad. 
On  account  of  the  ill  health  of  his  wife  the 
family  returned  to  Sweden.  After  remaining 
there  about  one  year,  Lars  decided  to  again 
come  to  the  United  States,  which  he  <iid,  leav- 
ing his  family  in  Sweden.  He  again  located 
in  Kane,  where  he  worked  for  five  years,  then 
returned  to  Sweden.  His  wife's  health  had 
so  improved  that  on  his  return  to  the  United 
States  she  accompanied  him.  He  settled  in 
Warren,  where  for  twenty-eight  years  he  re- 
mained in  the  employ  of  the  state  government 
at  the  State  Insane  Hospital.  He  helped  erect 
many  of  the  buildings  and  worked  as  a  car- 
penter keeping  the  place  in  general  repair. 
In  1902  he  came  to  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  settling  in  the  town  of  Busti,  where  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  seventy-two  acres,  where 
he  still  continues  his  residence.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Swedish  Mission  church  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  is  a  highly  esteemed 
citizen,  holding  a  warm  place  in  the  regard 
of  his  friends.  He  married,  in  Sweden,  No- 
vember 21,  1865,  Anna  Elizabeth  Hanson, 
born  in  Sweden,  April  8,  1838.  Notwithstand- 
ing her  poor  health  during  her  first  residence 
in  the  United  States,  Mrs.  Pearson  is  still 
living  and  in  fairly  good  health.  Children : 
I.  Minnie,  born  1866,  died  aged  twenty-one 
years.  2.  Emma,  born  1868  (deceased)  ;  mar- 
ried Emil  Swanson;  child  living,  Berdina.  3. 
William,  of  whom  further.  4.  Ellen,  bom 
1873,  died  aged  fifteen  years.  5.  Hilda,  bom 
1878,  died  September  9,  1898;  married  Carl 
Nelson ;  child,  Edla. 

(Ill)  William,  third  child  and  eldest  son  of 
Lars  Eric  and  Anna  E.  (Hanson)  Pearson, 
was  bom  in  Kane,  Pennsylvania,  April  16, 
1 87 1.  His  education  was  obtained  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Kane  and  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania.  In  early  life  he  followed  farming,  con- 


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tinuing  until  he  had  reached  the  age  of  twen- 
ty-seven. In  1898  he  located  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  where  he  established  a  livery  busi- 
ness on  Brooklyn  Square,  where  he  remained 
in  successful  business  until  1903,  when  he 
bought  a  livery  business  at  the  corner  bf 
Fourth  and  Washington  streets,  of  Lewis 
Ward,  and  sold  it  to  H.  O.  Cowing  four  and 
one-half  years  later.  He  then  purchased  his 
present  location,  at  409  Washington  street, 
where  he  is  well  established  and  prosperous. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Swedish  Mission 
church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  March  29,  1898,  Esther  Hazel- 
tine,  born  in  Chandler's  Valley,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  John  Hazeltine.  Child :  Lawrence 
William,  born  in  Jamestown,  April  8,  1900. 


The  Bootey  family  of  James- 
BOOTEY    town.  New  York,  was  founded 

in  the  United  States  by  Simon 
Bootey,  of  England,  who  came  to  this  coun- 
try in  1837,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  Ann 
Convoyne.  They  settled  in  Jamestown,  where 
his  sons,  Edward  R.  and  John,  became  highly 
honored  and  esteemed  citizens.  Edward  R. 
was  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  a  lawyer  of 
high  repute,  twice  elected  district  attorney  of 
Chautauqua  county  and  alderman  of  James- 
town. He  was  born  in  that  city  April  16,  1839, 
died  there  April  27,  1900.  He  married  Emma 
Young,  of  Busti;  one  son,  Edward  R.  (2), 
born  1878. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Simon  and  Ann  (Con- 
voyne) Bootey,  was  bom  in  Ely,  Cambridge- 
shire, England,  March  26,  1829,  died  in  James- 
town, New  York,  April  7,  1889.  He  was  eight 
years  of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  the 
United  States.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jamestown  and  learned  the  trade 
of  blacksmith.  He  followed  his  trade  in 
Jamestown  until  failing  health  compelled  him 
to  relinquish  it.  He  subsequently  was  restored 
to  good  physical  condition,  but  never  again 
followed  his  trade.  Most  of  his  later  life  was 
spent  in  the  public  service,  although  he  was 
for  a  few  years  engaged  in  undertaking.  He 
was  poormaster  of  Jamestown  for  sixteen 
years,  and  for  eight  years  superintendent  of 
the  poor  for  Chautauqua  county.  In  his  ca- 
pacity of  guardian  of  the  poor  he  had  ample 
opportunity  to  gratify  his  natural  talent  and 
great  skill  as  a  nurse.  He  was  a  most  dficient 
public  ofHcial,  and  no  man  in  Chautauqua  was 


more  highly  esteemed.  During  his  later  years 
he  assisted  his  son,  Edward  B.,  in  his  harness 
store,  and  looked  after  the  books.  He  aided 
in  the  opening  and  development  of  Barrett 
avenue,  purchasing  two  acres  on  the  avenue 
and  erecting  three  dwellings.  His  home,  at  99 
Barrett  avenue,  was  also  the  place  of  his  death. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
earlier  life,  but  in  later  years  attended  and 
was  in  sympathy  with  the  Unitarian  church. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  was  a 
most  modest  and  unassuming  man,  ever  ready 
to  serve  his  friends  in  health,  and  in  sickness  to 
soothe  and  comfort  them.  He  was  a  good 
man  and  had  a  host  of  warm  friends. 

He  married,  April  i,  1849,  Laura  Lesti^a 
Butler,  born  November  26,  1830,  died  Septem- 
ber 15,  1903,  daughter  of  George  J.  and  Anna 
(Hines)  Butler.  She  was  much  interested  in 
church  and  temperance  work,  and  was  a  well- 
known  vocalist,  singing  in  the  choirs  of  both 
the  Baptist  and  Unitarian  churches  of  James- 
town. She  is  buried  by  her  husband  in  Lake- 
view  cemetery.  Children:  i.  Roswell  J.,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Lizzie  A.,  born  May  i, 
1854;  graduate  of  Jamestown  high  school 
1874,  and  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  Jamestown 
schools  for  thirty-seven  years.  3.  Edward 
B.,  born  April  25,  1861 ;  harness  maker  and 
conducts  a  store  for  the  sale  of  leather  goods 
in  Jamestown;  he  married  Florence  Stuart; 
children:  John  A.,  born  June  21,  1884,  died  in 
infancy;  Frank  R.,  born  April  20,  1886,  died 
August  30,  1901. 

(HI)  Roswell  J.,  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Laura  L.  (Butler)  Bootey,  was  bom  in  James- 
town, New  York,  October  12,  1850.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  city  and 
has  passed  his  life  largely  in  the  same  city.  For 
many  years  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  Man- 
ufacturers' Association  of  Jamestown. 


Through  both  maternal  and 
CHAMPLIN     paternal    lines   the   Champ- 

lins,  of  Little  Valley,  New 
York,  descend  in  direct  line  from  two  of  the 
oldest  families  of  Rhode  Island,  Champlin  and 
Case. 

The  first  of  the  Champlin  family  appears  in 
Rhode  Island  in  1638.  In  that  year  Jeffrey 
Champlin  and  others  were  admitted  inhab- 
itants of  the  Island  of  Aquidneck.  He  was 
afterward  a  resident  of  Newport  and  West- 
erly, Rhode  Island.     In  1640  he  was  made  a 


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freeman.  The  same  year  was  granted  ten 
acres  in  Newport.  In  1661  was  admitted  a 
freeman  of  Westerly.  He  held  the  office  of 
moderator  of  town  meetings,  surveyor  of  high- 
ways, member  of  town  council,  and  in  1681 
was  elected  deputy  to  the  general  court,  and 
re-elected  annually  until  168(5.  He  died  1695. 
Where  he  came  from,  when  born  or  whom  he 
married  is  not  shown.  He  had  three  sons: 
Jeffrey  (2),  William  and  Christopher. 

(H)  Christopher,  son  of  Jeffrey  Champlin, 
was  born  in  1656.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
town  council  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  1693 » 
constable,  1698,  and  deputy,  1706-07.  He  died 
at  Westerly,  April  2,  1732.  His  estate  consisted 
oi  lands,  cattle,  houses,  pewter,  **old  negro 
woman,"  etc.  He  was  twice  married.  His 
second  wife  was  Elizabetli,  died  1722,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Davol.  Children:  Christopher, 
Jeffrey,  William,  Joseph,  John. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Christopher  Champ- 
lin, was  born  about  1690.  He  lived  at  West- 
erly, Rhode  Island,  and  New  London,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Joanna .  Chil- 
dren: William,  John  and  Samuel. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Champlin, 
was  born  1724.  died  March  9,  1808.  He  mar 
ried,  1746,  Hannah  Gardner,  of  South  King- 
ston, Rhode  Island,  born  1729,  died  1806, 
daughter  of  Henry  Gardner.  Children:  Han- 
nah, Martha,  Mary,  Henry,  Samuel,  Oliver. 
Abigail,  Hannah. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  of  Samuel  Champlin,  was 
born  March  17,  1761.  He  was  a  farmer  of 
Montville,  Connecticut,  died  April  13,  1830. 
He  married  Thankful  Gavit.  Children:  John 
and  Abby. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Oliver  Champlin,  was 
born  August  10,  1781,  died  December  29,  1841. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  February  11, 
1802,  Sally  Williams,  died  December  11,  1819, 
aged  sixty-eight  years.  Children :  John  B.,  Oli- 
ver, Clarissa,  Abby,  Isaac  S.,  William,  Mary 
Ann. 

(VII)  John  B.,  son  of  John  Champlin,  was 
born  March  21, 1803.  He  settled  in  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  where  he  married  Han- 
nah Cottrell.  Children:  La  France,  Cordelia, 
Susan  and  John  B.  F. 

(VIII)  John  Brown  Franklin,  youngest 
child  of  John  B.  Champlin,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  1841,  died  1903.  He  was  a  boy  of  un- 
usual mature  mind  and  habits.    After  complet- 


ing his  district  school  education  he  went  on 
the  road  as  traveling  salesman,  having  pre- 
viously made  trips  over  the  mountains  to  Phil- 
adelphia, assisting  in  driving  a  drove  of  cat- 
tle and  sheep  to  that  market.  In  1864  he 
started  in  the  cutlery  business  in  New  York 
City,  continuing  successfully  until  1880,  when 
he  removed  his  business  interests  to  Little 
Valley,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  where 
he  organized  the  company  of  J.  B.  F.  Champ- 
lin &  Son,  built  a  plant  and  began  making 
a  general  line  of  pocket  cutlery,  razors  and 
scissors.  The  business  grew  and  developed, 
and  in  1886  was  incorporated  as  the  Cattar- 
augus Cutlery  Company,  with  J.  B.  F.  Champ- 
lin, president,  and  Tint,  his  son,  treasurer.  This 
company  gained  a  secure  place  in  the  cutlery, 
market  and  their  trade  mark,  an  Indian  sach- 
em's head,  is  a  familiar  sight  in  every  city  and 
town  in  the  United  States,  Mr.  Champlin  was 
an  Independent  in  politics,  and  while  a  sup- 
porter of  all  churches,  never  connected  with 
any  particular  sect.  He  belonged  to  Ijodge 
and  Chapter  of  the  Masonic  Order,  in  Little 
Valley,  and  bore  an  unblemished  name.  He 
married  Mary  Theresa  Case  (see  Case  VIII). 
Children:  Tint,  of  further  mention:  Jessie, 
died  aged  five  years;  two  others,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(IX)  Tint,  son  of  John  Brown  Franklin 
and  Mary  Theresa  (Case)  Champlin,  was 
born  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county,  New- 
York,  August  II,  1866.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  common  and  high  schools,  finishing 
at  Bryant  and  Stratton*s  Business  College,  at 
Buffalo.  He  then  entered  the  cwtlery  plant 
with  his  father,  thoroughly  mastering  every 
detail  of  manufacturing  and  selling  their  prod- 
ucts. He  progressed  in  the  firm  and  when  the 
business  was  incorporated  was  chosen  treas- 
urer. On  the  death  of  his  father  in  1903  he 
succeeded  him  to  the  presidency,  and  is  now^ 
occupying  that  position.  Under  his  manage- 
ment the  company  has  not  only  continued  its 
career  of  prosperity,  but  has  enlarged  its  facil- 
ities and  broadened  its  market  until  it  has  a 
position  in  the  cutlery  business  second  to  no 
other  company.  The  large  fire-proof  plant, 
located  at  Little  Valley,  employs  constantly  one 
hundred  and  fifty  men,  and  is  a  great  source 
of  prosperity  to  the  village.  Mr.  Champlin 
is  a  member  of  Arion  Lodge,  No.  812,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  Salamanca  Chapter. 
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Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  Ismailia 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Buffalo. 
For  nearly  twenty  years  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  of  Little  Valley,  and 
most  of  this  time  president  of  the  board.  He 
has  taken  an  active  interest  in  providing  the 
best  educational  advantages  for  the  youth  of 
his  village,  the  board  under  his  leadership  hav- 
ing erected  up-to-date  brick  school  buildings 
that  would  be  a  credit  to  any  much  larger  city. 
He  married  Emma  Bullard,  daughter  of  Al- 
len B.  and  Eliza  (Guthrie)  Bullard,  of  Sala- 
manca, New  York.  Children:  Hazel,  Francis 
and  Philip. 

(The  Case  Line). 

William  and  Mary  Case  were  residents  of 
Newport,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  died  in  1676, 
.she  in  1680.  In  1655  William  Case  was  made 
a  freeman,  which  shows  that  he  was  ihen  a 
member  of  the  church  and  over  twenty-one 
years  of  age.  He  owned  considerable  land, 
as  on  June  22,  1658,  styling  himself  William 
Case,  Jr.,  he  sold  to  Caleb  Carr,  of  Newport, 
all  his  interest  in  Conanicut  and  Dutch  Island. 
In  1667-73-74-75  he  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court;  1671,  juryman.  October  8,  1676,  his 
widow  and  executrix,  Mary  Case,  brought  suit 
against  Lawrence  Turner  for  non-perform- 
ance of  a  bargain,  and  obtained  a  judgment  of 
four  pounds.  He  had  sons:  W^illiam,  Joseph 
and  James. 

(II)  James,  son  of  William  and  Mary  Case, 
was  bom  about  1658.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Portsmouth  and  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island. 
He  is  on  the  tax  list  in  1680.  October  31, 
1682,  he  and  Thomas  Butts  were  cited  before 
the  court  to  give  reason  for  their  living  at 
Puncatest  without  liberty  to  do  so  having  been 
obtained  from  the  government  of  Plymouth 
colony.  January  10,  1689,  he  and  wife  Anna 
sold  twelve  acres  in  Newport.  January  24, 
1689,  he  and  wife  Anna  bought  forty  acres 
at  Little  Compton.  Their  children:  Susanna, 
born  May  18,  1686,  and  Isaac. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  James  and  Anna  Case, 
was  born  August  19,  1688.  The  records  are 
silent  concerning  the  movements  of  Isaac  Case 
and  his  descendants,  and  cannot  be  placed 
again  until  two  generations  later. 

(V)  Isaac  (2),  grandson  of  Isaac  (i)  Case, 
was  bom  1750-60.  He  married  and  had  a  son 
William. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Case,  was 
bom  in  Rhode  Island,  1796,  died  1882.     He 


was  a  blacksmith  and  farmer.  In  1824  he  set- 
tled in  Washington  county,  New  York,  later 
coming  to  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus  county, 
where  he  purchased  a  tract  of  one  hundred 
acres,  to  which  he  added  two  other  farms  of 
one  hundred  and  ten  and  one  hundred  and 
twenty-five  acres.  After  several  years  he 
sold  his  Cattaraugus  county  farm  and  removed 
to  Sharon,  Wisconsin.  He  remained  west  ten 
years,  then  returned  to  Cattaraugus  county, 
dying  at  Little  Valley.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1812.  He  married  Sophia,  daughter  of 
William  Blackmore.  Children:  Henry,  Isaac, 
Job  R.,  Charles  W.,  Worden,  John,  Martin, 
Sidney,  Rhoda,  Nancy,  Martha. 

(VII)  Job  R.,  son  of  William  and  Sophia 
(Blackmore)  Case,  was  bora  in  SpaflFord, 
Washington  county,  New  York,  July  5,  1821. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and 
grew  up  on  the  farm,  where  for  several  years 
he  was  employed  by  his  father.  He  married, 
in  1843,  2i"d  settled  in  Wisconsin,  where  he 
owned  land,  kept  store  and  was  postmaster. 
In  1850  he  settled  in  Little  Valley,  New  York. 
After  a  short  stay  he  again  went  west,  settling 
in  Kansas,  later  in  Nebraska.  Here  he  was  in 
business,  also  farmed  and  dealt  in  real  estate, 
erecting  eleven  houses  and  planting  seven  or- 
chards. He  was  very  successful,  and  on  his 
final  return  to  Cattaraugus  county  purchased 
three  hundred  acres  of  good  timber  land,  clear- 
ing fifty  acres  the  first  year.  He  marketed  the 
lumber  by  way  of  the  Genesee  canal.  He  later 
purchased  tracts  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
five,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five,  one  hundred 
and  sixty  and  one  hundred  and  fifty-six  acres, 
which  he  sold  in  like  quantities.  During  his 
career  he  erected  thirty-five  buildings  and 
planted  seventeen  orchards.  He  is  a  man  of 
strong  opinions  and  with  the  courage  to  sup- 
port unpopular  causes.  He  early  connected 
with  the  movement  for  legal  prohibition  of  the 
liquor  traffic,  sat  in  numerous  conventions  and 
gave  money  and  time  to  his  party's  support. 
He  is  a  total  abstainer  himself,  never  having 
used  liquor  or  tobacco.  Thirty  years  ago  he 
espoused  the  cause  of  women's  suffrage  and 
lent  his  influence  to  her  cause  with  all  his 
energy. 

Now,  at  the  age  of  ninety,  he  is  a  wonder- 
fully preserved  man,  has  never  used  glasses  to 
aid  his  sight  and  bids  fair  to  become  a  centen- 
arian. He  married  (first)  Deborah  Melts. 
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Eugene,  Jean,  Emma,  Jessie,  John  D.  and  An- 
drew. He  married  (second)  Marian  Maria 
Dolbease.  Children :  Edwin,  Agnes  and  Mabel. 
(VIII)  Mary  Theresa,,  daughter  of  Job  R. 
and  Deborah  (Melts)  Case,  married  John 
Brown  Franklin  Champlin  (see  Champlin 
VIII.) 

The    Candees    of    the    United 
CANDEE     States   descend    from   Zacheus 

Cande,  who  settled  at  an  early 
date  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  said  to  have 
come  over  in  the  "Mayflower."  His  name  is 
spelled  in  the  early  records  Kembee,  Kambee, 
Canbee,  Candee,  but  generally  Cande.  His 
marriage  record  is  "Cambee,"  his  wife  "Bris- 
tow.'*  His  daughter,  Rebecca,  is  daughter  of 
*'Kembee,"  Zacheus  is  a  son  of  "Candee,"  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  "Cande."  His  children  are 
generally  called  "Cande."  His  grandson,  Sam- 
uel, appears  in  New  Haven  probate  records  as 
"Candy,"  which  seems  to  be  a  solitary  instance. 
On  his  tombstone  in  West  Haven,  Connecticut, 
he  is  called  Zachariah:  "Here  lies  ye  body  of 
Mr.  Zachariah  Cande,  died  1720,  aged  80 
years."  By  his  side  lies  his  wife:  "Here  lies 
ye  body  of  Mrs.  Rebekah  Cande,  wife  of  Mr. 
Zachariah  Cande,  died  September  ye  22,  1739, 
aged  91  years."  This  date  would  make  him 
born  1640.  He  first  appears  in  New  Haven 
as  marrying,  December  5,  1670,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Henry  Bristow,  or  rather  Bristol, 
of  New  Haveh.  She  was  born  February  4, 
1650,  her  age  being  a  little  over  dated,  as  was 
not  unusual.  Zacheus  Cande  lived  and  died 
in  West  Haven,  probably  at  the  southeast  cor- 
ner of  the  "green,"  where  down  to  a  late  day 
remained  the  dwelling  of  his  son  Samuel.  Chil- 
dren: Rebecca,  born  December  22,  1671 ;  Han- 
nah, November  14,  1673;  Zacheus,  married 
Sarah.  Lane;  Samuel,  of  further  mention; 
Mary,  born  February  18,  1680;  Dsyer,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1686;  Abigail,  April,  1689. 

There  is  little  direct  evidence  as  to  the  na- 
tional origin  of  the  family.  The  general  im- 
pression is  that  the  ancestor,  though  undoubt- 
edly from  England,  was  there  from  France, 
either  himself  or  his  ancestors,  as  Huguenot 
refugees. 

(II)  Captain  Samuel  Candee,  son  of  Zach- 
eus and  Rebekah  (Rebecca)  (Bristow-Bristol) 
Cande,  was  born  in  West  Haven,  Connecticut, 
July  24,  1678,  died  there  February  28,  1748-49. 
He  lived  all  his  life  at  the  southwest  corner  of 


the  green,  his  dwelling  standing  there  until 
1877.  The  first  entry  about  him  in  West  Ha- 
ven records  is  in  1729,  when  Captain  Samuel 
and  Zacheus  Candee,  with  several  others,  each 
gave  six  shillings  to  have  the  church  bell  rung 
at  nine  o'clock  every  night.  After  this  his 
name  appears  on  nearly  every  page.  Many- 
times  it  was  stated  that  "on  account  of  the  se- 
vere cold"  it  was  voted  "to  adjourn  the  society 
meetings  to  Captain  Candee's  house." 

He  gave  the  Congregational  society  the 
beautiful  green  where  the  church  now  stands 
for  the  sake  of  having  the  meeting  house 
"built  there  instead  of  another  part  of  the 
town"  where  many  wanted  it.  October,  1731, 
he  was  lieutenant  of  the  West  Haven  Militar}"^ 
Company,  and  shortly  after  was  made  captain. 

He  married,  April  28,  1703,  Abigail  Pineon. 
who  died  January  9,  1743,  aged  sixty-three 
years,  daughter  of  Thomas  Pineon.  His  es- 
tate inventoried  four  thousand  three  hundred 
and  seventy  pounds,  a  great  estate  for  his  day. 
Children:  Ensign  Samuel,  married  Mehitable 
Smith ;  Thankful,  bom  June,  1708,  died  aged 
seventeen  years;  Abigail,  died  aged  thirteen 
years;  Gideon,  born  1711;  married  Sarah 
Smith;  Lois,  married,  November  20,  1743. 
John  Mix;  Timothy,  died  October  11,  1743, 
aged  twenty-six  years ;  Caleb,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(Ill)  Caleb,  youngest  child  and  fourth  scmi. 
of  Captain  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Pineon)  Can- 
dee, was  born  in  West  Haven,  Connecticut, 
about  1722,  died  October  4,  1777.  (There  is 
conflicting  evidence  as  to  the  date  of  his  death. 
The  above  is  said  to  be  tombstone  record).  He 
settled  in  Oxford,  Connecticut,  about  1730, 
where  he  spent  his  life  engaged  in  agriculture. 
He  married,  in  1742,  Lois  Mallory,  died  1790. 
(The  following  is  taken  from  the  Army  and 
Navy  Journal  March  27,  1880).  "Of  this  mar- 
riage were  born  nine  sons,  one  of  whom 
reached  the  age  of  94  years,  three  of  them  87, 
one  86,  one  83,  one  76,  one  70  and  one  60,  an 
average  of  a  little  more  than  82  years.  All  of 
the  children  of  Caleb  were  born  subjects  of 
Great  Britain,  and  all  of  them,  we  believe, 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war."  Children:  i. 
Caleb,  born  1743,  died  aged  eighty-five  years; 
married  Anna  Sperry;  thirteen  children.  2. 
David,  born  1747,  died  aged  ninety- four  years ; 
married  (first)  Dinah  Bristol;  (second)  Abi- 
gail Buckingham;  had  fifteen  or  sixteen  chil- 
dren.    3.  Gideon,  born  1749,  died  aged  sev- 


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enty;  married  Amy  Andrus  (or  Andrews); 
had  at  least  seven  children.  4.  Timothy,  born 
1751,  died  in  Pompey,  New  York;  unmarried, 
aged  eighty-three  years.  5.  Samuel,  born 
1754,  died  aged  eighty-seven  years;  served  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  and  was  a  revolu- 
tionary pensioner;  after  the  war  he  was  lieu- 
tenant and  captain  of  the  militia  company,  at 
Oxford,  Connecticut;  he  married  Mabel 
Bradley ;  ten  children.  6.  Deacon  Justus,  born 
1756,  died  aged  eighty-five  years;  married  Eu- 
nice Norton ;  seven  children.  7.  Nehemiah,  of 
further  mention.  8.  Captain  Job,  born  1759, 
died  aged  eighty-one  years ;  a  soldier  and  pen- 
sioner of  the  revolution ;* his  monument  says: 
"Captain  Candee  was  the  last  survivor  of  nine 
brothers  whose  united  ages  were  785^  years, 
averaging  875^  years.  Reader,  yet  a  few 
years  or  days  or  months  pass  in  silent  lapse 
and  time  to  you  will  be  no  more."  He  married 
Sarah  Benham;  seven  children.  9.  Daniel, 
born  1762,  died  aged  sixty-nine  years.  He 
was  the  first  postmaster  of  Oxford,  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  succeeded  by  his  nephew,  David ; 
he  married  Lydia  Wilmot;  Daniel  settled  in 
Pompey,  New  York,  in  1806,  and  died  there; 
six  children.    10.  A  child  died  young. 

(IV)  Nehemiah,  seventh  son  of  Caleb  and 
Lois  (Mallory)  Candee,  was  born  in  Oxford 
parish,  Connecticut,  April  14,  1758,  died  in 
Galway,  Saratoga  county.  New  York,  August 
7,  1834,  aged  seventy-six  years.  In  1793  he 
settled  in  Galway  not  far  from  Saratoga 
Springs,  New  York,  where  he  purchased  and 
improved  a  one  hundred  acre  farm,  with  good 
house,  large  bam,  store,  ashery,  tannery,  shoe- 
maker shop  and  dwellings.  Here  he  lived  the 
remainder  of  his  days,  prominent  and  beloved. 
He  was  known  as  "Squire  Candee."  He  served 
in  the  revolution  and  was  at  Ticonderoga  un- 
der General  Ethan  Allen.  He  married,  De- 
cember 6,  1780,  Content  Woodruff,  of  Derby, 
Connecticut,  born  July  5,  1762,  died  Novem- 
ber 14,  1868.  She  was  the  daughter  of  David 
Woodruff,  who  died  in  Oxford,  December  31, 
1786,  aged  fifty-three  years,  and  his  wife, 
Esther  (Clark)  Woodruff,  who  died  July  22, 
1793-  David  was  a  son  of  John,  son  of  Mat- 
thew, son  of  John,  son  of  Matthew  Woodruff, 
the  American  ancestor,  of  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut. The  children  of  Nehemiah  Candee 
were  also  noted  for  their  longevity,  i.  David 
W.,  bom  December  5,  1783,  in  Oxford,  Con- 


necticut, died  in  Amsterdam,  New  York,  April 
I3i  1865 ;  he  settled  in  Galway  with  his  father, 
later  in  Amsterdam,  New  York.  He  was  a 
clerk,  school  teacher  and  merchant;  was  cap- 
tain in  the  war  of  1812,  and  at  the  battle  of 
Plattsburg;  he  was  postmaster,  justice  of  the 
peace  and  member  of  the  New  York  legisla- 
ture ;  he  was  at  the  time  of  his  death  the  oldest 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Amster- 
dam, and  led  the  church  choir  for  many  years ; 
he  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Ostrom,  grand- 
daughter of  a  revolutionary  captain;  six  chil- 
dren; (second)  Qiarity  Ostrom;  four  chil- 
dren. 2.  Eber,  of  further  mention.  3.  Esther, 
born  June  5,  1786,  died  in  New  York  City, 
February,  1878;  married  in  Galway,  New 
York,  Nicholas  Henry;  three  children.  4. 
Clark  Woodruff,  born  October  27,  1787,  died 
at  Watertown,  New  York,  March  26,  1863; 
was  a  surveyor;  served  in  the  war  of  1812; 
married,  December  31,  1812,  Betsey  Higby; 
six  children.  5.  Gilead,  born  September  5, 
1789,  died  October  11,  1793.  6.  William  Lea- 
vitt,  bom  June  9,  1791,  died  March  2,  1823;  a 
physician ;  married,  in  Galway,  New  York,  De- 
siah  Sprague ;  five  children.  7.  Susan,  born  in 
Galway,  New  York  (the  first  child  of  the  fam- 
ily born  there),  December  12,  1792;  married, 
September  21,  181 1,  Lieutenant  Innes  Brom- 
ley Palmer,  an  officer  of  the  war  of  181 2,  cap- 
tured at  Fort  Schlosser  and  held  a  prisoner 
until  December,  1812;  in  1817  this  family  set- 
tled in  Buffalo,  New  York;  ten  children.  8. 
Gilead  W.,  born  November  5,  1794,  died  un- 
married, January  20,  1881,  in  New  York  City. 
9.  Nehemiah,  bom  March  31,  1796;  killed  by 
the  fall  of  a  tree,  August  29,  18 10,  in  Galway, 
New  York.  10.  Patty,  born  June  20,  1799, 
died  February  12,  1849;  married,  March  15, 
1820,  Hugh  Alexander;  four  children.  11. 
Isaac  Newton,  born  October  30,  1801,  died  in 
Peoria,  Illinois,  June  19,  1874;  he  was  a  Pres- 
byterian minister  settled  over  important 
churches  in  Indiana  and  Illinois;  married 
(first)  January  i,  1829,  Hannah  Shafer,  died 
February  3,  1833;  (second)  March  5,  1835, 
Elizabeth  Greene,  died  December  19,  1876; 
had  twelve  children,  two  only  by  his  first  wife. 
12.  Morgan  Lewis,  born  July  31,  1804,  died 
August  19,  i860,  in  Galesburg,  Illinois;  mar- 
ried, June  27,  1827,  at  Esperance,  Schoharie 
county.  New  York,  Harriet  Isham.  Of  these 
twelve  children  two  died  young.     From  1810 


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to  1849  "ot  a  death  occurred  in  the  family.  In 
1865  six  of  them  were  living  at  an  average 
age  of  seventy-four  years. 

(V)  Eber,  second  child  of  Nehemiah  and 
Content  (Woodruff)  Candee,  was  born  in  Ox- 
ford, Connecticut,  March  5,  1785,  died  in  Pon- 
tiac,  Erie  county,  New  York,  February  8,  1875. 
He  was  a  child  when  his  parents  removed  to 
Saratoga  county.  New  York,  where  he  was 
educated,  grew  to  manhood  and  married.  He 
lived  in  Pompey,  Onondaga  county,  in  Caze- 
novia  and  Pontiac  or  Evans,  Erie  county,  New 
York,  removing  to  that  county  in  1837.  His 
occupation  was  that  of  a  carpenter  and  mill- 
wright, and  he  erected  a  sawmill  of  the  old- 
fashioned  sash  variety  on  his  farm  (at  that 
time  a  forest)  located  on  the  Big  Sister  creek, 
and  for  quite  a  number  of  years  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business.  He  attended  services  in 
the  old  Friends  (Quaker)  Meeting  House  at 
Pontiac  regularly,  as  there,  was  no  other  church 
there,  and  this  was  the  religion  of  his  wife. 

He  married,  March  7,  1807,  Patience  Pot- 
ter, born  July  15,  1786,  died  June  20,  1880. 
Children:  i.  Julia  Ann,  bom  June  20,  1808, 
died  October  23,  1848;  married,  December  29, 

1 83 1, .    2.  Sally  Gennet,  born 

January  19,  1810;  married,  February  25,  1830, 

.    3.  Nehemiah  Rosalvo,  born 

February  21,  1812,  died  July  21,  1892;  he  was 
engaged  with  his  father  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, and  opened  a  general  store  in  Pontiac; 
was  appointed  postmaster  in  1851,  and  served 
in  that  capacity  until  his  death.  He  married, 
1849,  Adelia  Willard,  born  January  31,  1830, 
died  April  11,  1873;  children:  i.  Etta,  born 
April  13,  1850,  unmarried,  resides  with  her 
brother,  Albert  Willard,  in  Angola,  New 
York ;  ii.  Morgan  Lewis,  born  April  16,  1852, 
died  1867;  iii.  Albert  Willard,  born  February 
8,  1863;  has  been  engaged  in  several  under- 
takings, among  them  manufacturing  and  build- 
ing; during  the  administration  of  President 
Harrison  was  postmaster  in  Angola,  from  1903 
to  1906  inclusive  was  chief  clerk  in  the  office 
of  state  treasurer,  since  which  time  has  been 
engaged  in  real  estate ;  unmarried ;  iv.  Frank 
Eber,    born    July    20,    1869;    married.    1893, 

,  and  resides  in  Angola;  his 

occupation  is  that  of  commercial  traveler,  at 
present  (1911)  in  the  employ  of  H.  P.  Brew- 
ster, of  Rochester,  New  York.  4.  Susan  Ma- 
riah,  born  December  13,  18 13,  died  December 
22,  1869.  5.  Fernando  Cortez,  of  further  men- 


tion. 6.  William  Levet,  born  January  2T, 
1818,  died  March  2,  1823.  7.  Clarisa  Alta, 
born  December  13,  1819,  died  September  19, 
1830.  8.  Isaac  Newton,  bom  April  21,  1822, 
died  May  13,  1856.  9.  William  Henry,  bom 
January    31,    1824;    married,  April  2,    1846, 

.      10.  Charles   Erwin,  born 

July  19,  1826,  died  March  16,  1895;  niarried 
(first)  May  6,  1850,  Emily  Elizabeth  Meare, 
who  died  August  30, 1864;  (second)  November 
29,  1866,  Amelia  S.  Morrison ;  he  was  general 
freight  agent  in  St.  i^ouis,  Missouri,  of  the 
Toledo,  Wabash  and  Southern  railway,  and 
later  agent  in  Kansas  City  for  the  Hannibal 
and  St.  Joseph  Railroad  Company.  11.  Eliza- 
beth Alta,  born  March  22,  1829;  married  Feb- 
ruary II,  1849, • 

(VI)  Fernando  Cortez,  fifth  child  and  sec- 
ond son  of  Eber  and  Patience  (Potter)  Can- 
dee,  was  born  in  Pompey,  Onondago  county, 
New  York,  P'ebruary  2,  1816,  died  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  in  1894.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Pompey  schools,  and  grew  to  manhood  on  the 
farm  in  his  native  town.  He  b^an  his  busi- 
ness life  as  clerk  in  a  Buffalo  grocery  store, 
later  clerked  in  a  dry  goods  store  and  subse- 
quently he  started  in  business  for  himself  at 
72  Main  street,  Buffalo,  dealing  in  hardware. 
After  some  years  of  successful  business  he  dis- 
posed of  his  Buffalo  interests  and  removed  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  established  a  p)er- 
manent  and  successful  business  as  agent  for 
the  Buffalo  Scale  Company,  and  as  manufac- 
turing ag:ent  for  different  machines  used  on 
farms  and  plantations,  corn  shelters,  coffee 
hullers,  etc.  The  business  prospered,  and  a  son 
was  ahnitted  to  partnership,  the  firm  being 
F.  C.  Candee  &  Son,  'jj  John  street.  New  York 
City.  He  was  an  energetic,  upright  capable 
man  of  business,  and  a  good  citizen.  He  was 
an  active  Republican  all  his  days,  and  in  earlier 
life  in  Pompey  held  local  offices.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  be- 
longed to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. 

He  married,  in  1840,  Maria  W.  O'Brien, 
born  1816,  died  1894,  daughter  of  William  J. 
and  Anna  (Greaves)  O'Brien,  both  natives  of 
Ireland.  They  came  early  to  Pompey,  New 
York,  where  William  J.  O'Brien  purchased  a 
tract  of  land  and  built  a  log  cabin  in  which 
their  daughter,  Maria  W.,  and  Fernando  C. 
Candee  were  married.  William  I.  and  Anna 
O'Brien  had :  Maria  W.,  married  Fernando  C. 


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Candee;  Joseph  Sinton,  now  ninety  years  of 
age,  and  the  last  survivor  of  his  family ;  he  is 
a  regular  correspondent  of  the  Ithaca,  New 
York,  papers,  and  a  strong  advocate  of  the  sin- 
gle tax ;  Thomas,  Anson,  Margaretta,  William 
G.  and  Daniel.  Children  of  Fernando  C.  and 
!Maria  W.  Candee:  i.  Henrietta,  born  July  6, 
1843 »  resides  in  Salamanca,  New  York,  where 
she  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  for  her  good 
deeds  and  gentle,  womanly  character.  2. 
William  Eber,  born  October  14,  1844;  mar- 
ried, October  14,  1866,  Grace  Coleman,  born 
-August  2,  1845;  children:  i.  Jean  McGregor, 
born  November  23,  1868:  married,  P.  H. 
Bourne;  two  children;  ii.  Bertrani  Coleman, 
born  March  12,  1&70;  married,  September, 
1892,  Augusta  Bourne;  children:  Edith  B., 
born  September  12,  1895 ;  Winifred,  January, 
1910;  iii.  Miriam  Camilla,  born  December  31, 
1886.  3.  Margaretta  J.  (Jennie  M.),  a  teacher 
for  thirty-three  years  in  the  schools  of  New 
York  City,  now  a  resident  of  Salamanca,  liv- 
ing with  her  sister,  Henrietta,  and  joining 
with  her  in  charitable  work  and  holding  the 
highest  esteem  of  their  large  circle  of  warm 
friends. 


Thomas  Hazard,  the  progeni- 
HAZARD     tor  of   the   Hazard    family   in 

America,  was  born  in  1610, 
died  in  1680.  His  name  is  first  found  in  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  in  1635.  May  25,  1638, 
he  was  admitted  freeman  of  Boston ;  two  years 
later  he  was  admitted  freeman  of  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island;  April  28,  1639,  with  eight 
others,  he  signed  a  contract  preparatory  to  the 
settlement  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  The 
founders  and  first  officers  of  the  town  were: 
Nicholas  Eaton,  judge ;  John  Coggeshall,  Wil- 
liam Brenton,  John  Clarke,  Jeremy  Clarke, 
Thomas  Hazard  and  Henry  Bull,  elders ;  Wil- 
liam Dyre,  clerk.  June  5,  1639,  he  was  named 
one  of  the  four  proportioners  of  land  in  New- 
|)ort.  In  1640  he  was  a  member  of  the  gen- 
eral court  of  elections.  In  1665  he  was  for  a 
short  time  in  Newtown,  Long  Island.  In  his 
will,  proved  1680,  his  wife  Martha,  whom  he 
calls  his  "beloved  yokefellow,"  is  sole  execu- 
trix, and  he  gives  her  "all  moveable  and  un- 
moveable  estate."    He  married  (first)  Martha 

,  who  died  in  1669;  (second)  Martha, 

widow  of  Thomas  Sheriff.  She  died  1691. 
Children;  Robert,  of  further  mention;  Eliza- 
beth, married  George  Lawton ;  Hannah,  mar- 


ried Stephen  Wilcox;  Martha,  married  (first) 
Ichabod  Potter;  (second)  Benjamin  Mowry. 

(II)  Robert,  only  son  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  Hazard,  was  born  in  either  England 
or  Ireland,  in  1635,  died  at  South  Kingston, 
Rhode  Island,  17 10.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man of  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  in  1665. 
From  time  to  time  until  1698  his  name  often 
appears  in  the  colonial  records  as  chosen  to 
fill  some  important  position.  He  was  a  large 
land  owner,  deeding  to  his  children  in  his 
later  years  over  one  thousand  acres.  About 
1688  he  built  his  mansion  in  Kingston,  where 
he  died.  He  married  Mary  Brownell,  bom  in 
1639,  died  in  1739.  In  an  old  copy  of  the 
Boston  Gasette,  dated  February  12,  1739,  is 
found  the  following  notice: 

Newport,  February  9,  Mrs.  Mary  Hazard,  widow 
of  Mr.  Robert  Hazard,  of  South  Kingston,  and 
grandmother  to  the  deceased  George  Hazard,  Esq., 
late  Deputy  Governor  of  Rhode  Island,  departed  this 
life  the  28th  day  of  January,  last,  in  the  Hundredth 
year  of  her  age,  who  was  decently  interred  the  Wed- 
nesday, following.  She  had  five  hundred  children, 
grandchildren  and  great-grandchildren,  and  left  be- 
hind her,  now  living,  two  hundred  and  five  of  the 
aforesaid  number.  She  was  accounted  a  very  useful 
Gentlewoman,  both  to  the  Poor  and  Rich,  on  many 
accounts,  and  particularly  amongst  Sick  Persons,  for 
her  Skill  and  Judgment,  which  she  did  gratis. 

Children:  Thomas,  married  Susannah 
Nichols ;  George,  of  further  mention ;  Stephen 
(judge),  married  Elizabeth  Helme;  Martha, 
married  Thomas  Wilcox;  Mary,  married  Ed- 
ward Wilcox ;  Robert,  married  Amey ; 

Jeremiah,  married  Mary  Smith ;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Jeffrey  Champlin. 

(III)  Colonel  George  Hazard,  son  of  Rob- 
ert and  Mary  (Brownell)  Hazard,  was  born 
about  1663,  died  in  1743.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  of  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island,  1696. 
In  1 701 -02-06-07-09- 1 3  he  was  deputy;  in 
1703-04,  assistant;  in  17 19  he  was  appointed 
lieutenant-colonel  of  militia  for  the  mainland, 
and  was  ever  after  called  Colonel  Hazard.  He 
became  a  large  land  owner  and  kept  up  a 
large  establishment,  owning  many  slaves.  His 
will,  proved  1743,  gives  large  estates  to  his 
sons,  Colonel  Thomas  and  Oliver,  his  sons, 
Caleb  and  Governor  George  Hazard,  having 
preceded  their  father  to  the  grave.  Colonel 
Hazard  married  Penelope  Arnold,  bom 
August  3,  1669,  died  1742,  daughter  of  Caleb 
and  Abigail  (Wilbur)  Arnold,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Benedict  Arnold.    Chil- 


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dren:  Abigail,  married  Ebenezer  Niles;  Rob- 
ert, died  young  ;  Caleb,  married  Abigail  Gard- 
iner; George,  of  further  mention;  Thomas, 
married  Alice  Hull;  Oliver,  married  Eliza- 
beth Raymond,  their  daughter  Mercy  mar- 
ried Freeman  Perry;  their  son,  Christopher 
Raymond  Perry,  served  with  distinction  in  the 
revolutionary  war;  he  married  Sarah  Alexan- 
der, and  their  son,  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  was 
the  distinguished  Commodore  Perry  who  won 
undying  fame  by  defeating  the  British  fleet 
on  Lake  Erie  during  the  war  of  1812. 

(IV)  Deputy  Governor  George  (2)  Haz- 
ard, son  of  Colonel  George  (i)  and  Penelope 
(Arnold)  Hazard,  was  born  October  9,  1700, 
died  1738.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the 
colony  in  1721;  in  1729  was  deputy  and  so 
continued  for  six  years;  in  1733  was  speaker 
of  the  Rhode  Island  house  of  assembly,  and 
in  1734  was  elected  deputy  governor  of  the 
colony,  was  re-elected  four  years  in  succession, 
and  died  in  office  in  1738.  In  1733  he  bought 
of  his  father  for  one  thousand  pounds  the 
farm  then  (and  still)  called  "The  Foddering 
Place."  By  his  will  Governor  Hazard  gave 
this  house  to  his  son,  George  Hazard,  who 
was  mayor  of  Newport.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (Whipple)  Car- 
der. She  was  born  May  14,  1705,  died  1738, 
a  short  time  after  her  husband.  Children: 
Mary,  married  Benjamin  Peckham;  George, 
married  (first)  Martha  Watson,  (second) 
Jane  Tweedy;  Abigail,  married  (first)  Rev. 
Peter  Bours,  (second)  Rev.  Samuel  Fayer- 
weather;  Sarah,  married  George  Watson; 
Penelope ;  Carder,  of  further  mention ;  Arnold, 
married  Alice  Potter.  All  of  the  children 
except  the  last  were  born  on  the  last  day  of 
the  week. 

(V)  Judge  Carder  Hazard,  son  of  Deputy 
Governor  George  (2)  and  Sarah  (Carder) 
Hazard,  was  born  August  11,  1734,  died  No- 
vember 24,  1792.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
at  South  Kingston,  1757,  and  from  that  time 
until  1787,  when  he  was  chosen  chief  justice 
there  is  scarcely  a  year  during  which  he  was 
not  found  filling  some  position  of  trust  in  the 
colony,  as  assistant,  deputy  or  judge.  His 
death  was  caused  by  a  fall  from  a  chair  which 
he  had  mounted  to  take  a  book  from  the  top 
of  the  bookcase.  He  was  then  visiting  at  the 
home  of  his  son,  Dr.  George  Hazard,  and  died 
there  shortly  after  his  fall.  The  Providence 
Gazette,  December  i,  1791,  said: 


Last  Sunday  departed  this  life,  at  South  Kingston, 
in  the  59th  year  of  his  age.  Honorable  Carder  Haz- 
ard, Esq.,  one  of  the  judges  of  the  superior  court  of 
this  state.  In  political  hfe  he  exhibited  the  honest 
citizen  and  upright  judge.  Subject  to  laws  he  rever- 
enced them,  and  invested  with  power,  he  executed  it 
without  intrigue  and  without  a  view  of  self  interest 
In  social  life  the  goodness  of  his  heart  and  the  sim- 
plicity of  his  manners  were  peculiarly  agreeable — ^but 
death  closed  his  labors,  and  pity  of  that  death  has  evi- 
denced the  innocence  of  his  life.  With  that  of  the 
public  his  particular  friends  have  united  their  own 
sorrow. 

•  Judge  Carder  married  (first)  September 
23.  1756,  Alice,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Thank- 
ful (Ball)  Hull.  She  was  born  September  26, 
1739,  died  July  i,  1760.  He  married  (second) 
March  5,  1761,  Alice,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Thomas  Hazard.  She  died  January  13,  1793. 
Children  of  first  marriage:  Robert  Hull  and 
Peter  Bours  Hazard.  Children  of  second  mar- 
riage: Thomas,  married  (first)  a  Mrs.  Brown- 
ing, (second)  Eliza  Arnold;  George,  married 
(first)  Sarah  Gardner,  (second)  Mary  Hox- 
sie,  (third)  Jane  Hull;  William,  born  March 
6,  1766;  Edward,  born  July  7,  1768;  Richard 
Ward,  of  further  mention ;  Carder,  bom  July 
21,  1773 ;  Arnold,  died  unmarried ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Peter  Clarke;  Alice,  twin  of  Sarah,  mar- 
ried George  Congdon. 

(VI)  Richard  Ward,  son  of  Judge  Carder 
and  Alice  (Hazard)  Hazard,  was  bom  No- 
vember I,  1770,  died  December  2,  1844.  He 
was  a  prosperous  farmer  and  lived  and  died 
on  his  farm  at  Matunuck,  Rhode  Island.  He 
was  for  years  an  honored  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church,  and  was  always  in  his  seat  on 
Sunday  morning,  with  a  pew  full  of  children. 
Late  in  life,  when  his  sons  were  stalwart  men 
and  the  daughters  pleasant- faced  women,  the 
pew  was  always  full,  with  the  father  at  the 
head.  His  usual  dress  was  a  blue  coat  with 
brass  buttons,  but  in  winter  he  wore  a  long- 
brown  surtout  with  a  high  collar.  This  dress 
gave  him  a  distinct  personality,  making  him 
seem  like  a  man  left  over  from  another  genera- 
tion. He  was  highly  respected  by  his  towns- 
men, and  was  a  good  type  of  the  honorable, 
upright  country  gentleman.  He  married  Mary, 
died  September  27,  1869,  daughter  of  Josephus 
Peckham,  son  of  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (i),  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Clark) 
Peckham.  Children:  Benjamin,  died  in  in- 
fancy ;  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy ;  Mary,  mar- 
ried John  Nichols ;  Joseph,  of  further  mention  ; 
Daniel,  unmarried;  Joshua,  unmarried;  Alice, 


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married  Jonathan  Allen;  Hannah,  married 
(first)  Hezekiah  Babcock,  (second)  Jonathan 
Allen ;  Charlotte,  died  aged  fifteen  years ;  Jane 
Maria,  died  aged  five  years. 

(VII)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  Ward  and 
Mary  (Peckham)  Hazard,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 14,  1814,  died  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  May  25,  1875.  Early  in 
life  he  removed  to  New  York  state,  settling  in 
Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  followed  agri- 
culture. He  married,  January  7,  1847,  Susan 
R.,  born  in  1826,  died  1904,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Congdon.  Children:  Mary  Jane,  born 
April  5,  18^,  died  September  11,  1848;  George 
Carder,  September  2,  1849,  died  August  12, 
1861 ;  Charles  Benjamin,  July  24,  1852,  died 
July  II,  1861 ;  Joseph  E.,  of  further  mention; 
Daniel  Arthur,  of  further  mention ;  Theodore 
Lincoln,  of  further  mention;  William  Henry, 
of  further  mention. 

(VIII)  Joseph  E.,  son  of  Joseph  and  Susan 
R.  (Congdon)  Hazard,  was  born  September 
10,  1855,  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York.  He  worked  on  the  farm  until  aged  six- 
teen years,  then  commenced  teaching,  earning 
the  money  to  take  a  course  at  Chamberlain 
Institute,  graduating  with  honor,  class  of 
1876.  In  1880  he  was  admitted  to  the  New 
York  bar  and  in  1885  to  the  supreme  court  of 
the  United  States.  In  1880  he  was  appointed 
acting  Indian  agent  of  New  York  state.  For 
five  years  he  was  superintendent  of  the  Indian 
schools  of  Cattaraugus  and  Allegany  counties, 
effecting  needed  and  lasting  improvements. 
For  many  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace. 
In  1897  he  was  nominated  and  elected  sheriff 
of  Cattaraugus  county,  making  a  most  excel- 
lent official.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  Fair  As- 
sociation, and  active  in  securing  water  works 
for  the  village  of  Randolph.  He  organized 
and  was  manager  for  six  years  of  the  Elko 
Paint  Company,  severing  this  connection  in 
1897.  He  was  supervisor  of  Randolph,  1892- 
97,  and  was  largely  instrumental  in  having  the 
wooden  bridges  of  the  town  replaced  by  iron 
and  steel  structures.  He  is  now  a  resident  of 
Columbiana,  Ohio.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married  Ada  B.  Snow,  a  graduate 
of  Chamberlain  Institute,  class  of  1875.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary  Elizabeth  and  Marguerite  Minnie. 

(VIII)  Daniel  Arthur,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Susan  R.  (Congdon)  Hazard,  was  born  No- 
vember 15,  1858,  died  March  6,  1906.  He  was 
a  farmer  of  the  town  of  Napoli.  He  married. 


October  8,  1879,  Ida  E.,  daughter  of  Eben 
Sibley ;  children :  Leland  Arthur,  George  The- 
odore, Mary  Ida  and  Robert  Lincoln. 

(VIII)  Theodore  Lincoln,  son  of  Joseph 
End  Susan  R.  (Congdon)  Hazard,  was  born 
at  NapoH,  New  York.  September  9,  i860.  A 
graduate  of  Chamberlain  Institute,  Randolph, 
New  York,  1880;  of  Homoeopathic  medical 
department  of  Michigan  University  at  Ann 
Arbor,  1883,  and  Chicago  Homoeopathic  Med- 
ical College,  1895.  He  practiced  in  1883-84  at 
Salamanca,  New  York,  then  for  eight  years 
at  Anamosa,  Iowa,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  located  at  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  In  1892  he 
was  appointed  assistant  to  the  chair  of  materia 
medica  in  the  College  of  Homoeopathic  Medi- 
cine, State  University  of  Iowa,  and  in  1902 
was  appointed  lecturer  in  pediatrics,  which 
position  he  still  holds.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Homoeopathy,  of 
the  Hahnemann  Medical  Association,  Iowa, 
and  of  the  Central  Homoeopathic  Medical  As- 
sociation, of  Iowa,  and  is  president  of  the  last 
named.  He  is  an  Independent  Republican  in 
politics,  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  of  the  Masonic  order,  including 
the  Commandery,  Shrine  and  of  the  Order  of 
\he  Eastern  Star.  He  married  (first)  January 
-  3i  1883,  Clara  C,  died  June  15,  1906,  daugh- 
ter of  Archibald  Merrill.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) October  20,  1908,  Mrs.  Sara  C.  McCord. 
Children  by  first  marriage:  Charles  Merrill, 
born  December  21,  1885,  M.  D.,  iQio;  Arch- 
ibald Merrill,  born  October  10,  1887,  C.  E., 
1908;  Philip  Lee,  born  December  16,  1890, 
student  of  civil  engineering. 

(VIII)  William  Henry,  son  of  Joseph  and 
Susan  R.  (Congdon)  Hazard,  was  born  in 
NapoH,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
August  22,  1866.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Napoli  and  Randolph,  completing 
his  education  by  a  two  years'  course  at  Cham- 
berlain Institute.  In  April,  1886,  he  entered 
\he  employ  of  the  Salamanca  National  Bank 
as  bookkeeper.  He  remained  with  the  bank 
Iwenty-one  years,  holding  all  the  intermediate 
positions  until  he  reached  that  of  vice-presi- 
dent. When  the  bank  was  re-organized  as  the 
Salamanca  Trust  Company  he  was  in  charge 
of  the  business  details  incidental  thereto, 
and  when  the  Trust  Company  was  ready 
for  business  Mr.  Hazard  was  chosen 
cashier,  continuing  until  August  i,  1907, 
when     he     resigned.       In     this     long    asso- 


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ciation  with  the  officials  of  both  bank  and 
trust  company  he  had  thoroughly  established 
himself  in  their  regard,  and  on  leaving  he  was 
presented  with  a  most  appreciative  set  of  reso- 
lutions, expressing  the  sentiments  of  his 
associates.  On  leaving  the  bank  he  formed 
the  firm  of  W.  H.  Hazard  &  Company,  which 
succeeded  to  the  real  estate  and  insurance 
business  of  Vreeland  &  Company,  an  agency 
founded  in  1880  by  Hon.  Edward  B.  Vreeland, 
and  the  second  of  the  kind  established  in  Cat- 
taraugus county.  Mr.  Hazard  has  always 
taken  an  active  interest  in  public  affairs,  and 
has  aided  in  all  efforts  to  advance  the  interests 
of  Salamanca.  He  served  two  years  in  the 
village  council  and  nine  years  on  the  board 
of  education.  He  is  a  successful  business  man 
and  deservedly  popular.  His  business  is  not 
confined  to  local  points,  but  is  state  wide.  He 
handles  a  great  deal  oi  outside  farm  and  vil- 
lage property,  and  has  built  up  an  organiza- 
tion that  transacts  a  large  business.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Salamanca  Trust  Company, 
vice-president  of  the  Sterling  Furniture  Com- 
pany, director  of  the  Ashworth-Odell  Worsted 
Mills,  secretary  of  the  Fancher  Furniture 
Company,  president  of  the  board  of  trade, 
president  of  the  park  commission  and  inter- 
ested in  other  village  activities.  He  is  promi- 
nent in  the  Masonic  order,  being  past 
master  of  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No.  239, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  member  of  Sal- 
amanca Chapter,  No.  266,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
Salamanca  Commandery,  No.  62,  Knights 
Templar ;  Ismailia  Temple,  Order  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  of  Buffalo,  and  past  district  deputy 
grand  master  of  the  thirty-ninth  Masonic  dis- 
trict. He  is  a  member  of  the  Ccwigregational 
church,  and  for  many  years  superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  school.  Politically  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married  (first)  June  24,  1890,  Emma  B. 
Brown,  born  August  22,  1869,  died  August  17, 
1904,  daughter  of  Charles  D.  and  Addie  ( Ken- 
nicott)  Brown,  and  granddaughter  of  James 
Brown.  He  married  (second)  June  12,  1906, 
Elizabeth  Kennicott,  daughter  of  Robert  Cul- 
ver. Child  of  first  marriage:  William  Henry 
j[2),  bom  June  I,  1897.  Child  of  second  mar- 
riage: Robert  Culver,  born  September 
10,  1908. 

Elizabeth  Kennicott  (Culver)  Hazard  was 
bom  in  Boulder,  Colorado,  October  26,  1867, 
great-granddaughter  of  Noah  Culver,  who  set- 


tled in  the  town  of  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  in  1823,  coming  from 
Chautauqua  county.  He  had  sons  Noah,  Eli- 
phalet  and  Lyman,  who  were  well  known 
among  the  early  settlers.  Lyman  Culver  was 
born  in  Livingston,  Connecticut,  married 
Emily  Hull.  Their  son,  Robert  Culver,  was 
born  in  Little  Valley,  March  6,  1830,  died  No- 
vember 28,  1906.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Randolph  Academy.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  with  his  father  was  en- 
gaged in  the  lumber  business,  rafting  their 
logs  down  the  Allegheny  river  to  Pittsburg. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-three  he  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  and 
was  also  a  member  of  the  board  of  trade.  In 
i860  he  went  to  Colorado,  settling  at  Boulder, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  mining,  erecting  the 
first  quartz  mill  in  that  district.  He  also  was 
interested  in  farming  and  stock  raising.  In 
1890  he  returned  east  and  located  in  Baltimore, 
Maryland,  where  he  engaged  in  the  real  es- 
tate business,  and  later  was  in  the  same  busi- 
ness in  Savannah,  Georgia.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican and  a  Unitarian.  He  .married  Annie 
Kennicott,  of  New  Albion,  New  York,  bom 
January  31,  1835,  died  June  18,  1896,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Anson  Kennicott,  a  native  of  Rens- 
selaer county,  New  York,  who  settled  in  New 
Albion,  January  12,  1821.  He  was  the  first 
town  clerk,  holding  that  office  seventeen  years. 
He  was  elected  to  several  important  offices 
in  the  old  town  of  Little  Valley,  being  justice 
of  the  peace  for  forty  years.  His  wife  was 
Sophronia  Chapel.  Children  of  Robert  and 
Annie  (Kennicott)  Culver:  Robert  Lyman, 
died  aged  eighteen  years ;  Elizabeth  Kennicott, 
married  William  H.  Hazard ;  John  Kennicott, 
Edward  Hull,  died  in  infancy ;  Mary  Emily. 

While  there  are  Searle  records 
SEARLE    in  all  the  New  England  states 

showing  the  family  to  have  been 
seated  in  America  during  the  early  colonial 
period,  definite  descent  from  any  of  them  can- 
not be  traced  to  Elisha  Searle,  of  Madison 
county,  New  York.  The  most  likely  theory  is 
that  he  was  a  descendant  of  Andrew  Searle. 
of  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  through  the  New 
Hampshire  branch. 

(I)  Elisha  Searle  was  bom  1781,  died  1852. 
He  was  a  harness  maker  by  trade  and  also  en- 
gaged in  farming  in  Madison  county,  New 
York.    He  married  (first),  in  1807,  Lucy  Wit- 


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ter,  bom  December  28,  1765,  died  1833.  A 
family  tradition  is  that  both  were  orphans  at 
the  time  of  their  marriage.  She  died  shortly 
after  their  removal  to  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  He  married  (second)  Betsey  Park. 
The  children  of  Elisha  and  Lucy  Searle  were 
all  bom  in  Madison  county.  The  Chautauqua 
county  home  was  in  the  town  of  Villenova, 
where  Elisha  settled  in  1832,  on  lot  twenty-two, 
and  where  his  death  occurred  twenty  years  later. 
Children  (not  in  order  of  birth)  :  Nelson,  died 
in  Madison  county ;  Wellington,  married  Azuba 
Nichols;  Nathan,  married  Lucy  Nichols  and 
lived  in  Cattaraugus  county;  Frederick,  mar- 
ried Lora  Milliard;  Tyler  H.  (of  further  men- 
tion) ;  Alvira,  married  Benjamin  Vincent; 
Emeline,  married  Chauncey  R.  Smith. 

(II)  Tyler  H.,  son  of  Elisha  and  Lucy 
(Witter)  Searle,  was  born  in  Brookfield,  Madi- 
son county,  New  York,  July  29,  1822,  died  in 
Villenova,  New  York,  February  6,  1904.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  grew 
up  on  the  Villenova  homestead  a  farmer.  He 
acquired  ownership  of  the  home  farm  and 
cultivated  it  all  his  life  in  connection  with  other 
business  enterprises.  For  ten  years  he  was 
superintendent  in  Leonard's  Mills,  and  for  six 
years  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  man  of  high  char- 
acter. He  married  Jane  Ostrom.  Children: 
William  E.  (of  further  mention)  ;  Fred,  mar- 
ried Minnie  Terry ;  Adolphus. 

(III)  William  E.,  son  of  Tyler  H.  and  Jane 
(Ostrom)  Searle,  was  born  in  Villenova,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  October  22,  1850, 
on  the  homestead  erected  by  his  grandfather. 
This  property  he  now  owns  and  will  never 
allow  to  go  out  of  the  family,  if  in  his  power 
to  prevent.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Forestville  Academy.  For  some 
time  after  completing  his  studies  he  taught 
school.  Later  he  became  clerk  in  the  dry  goods 
store  of  Amos  Dow  &  Son,  remaining  four 
years.  He  then  established  a  dry  goods  store 
in  East  Randolph,  which  he  successfully  oper- 
ated for  eleven  years,  then  sold  out  the  entire 
stock,  good  will  and  fixtures.  He  was  asso- 
ciated with  M.  V.  Benson  in  organizing  the 
People's  State  Bank  of  East  Randolph,  and  in 
1890  was  elected  cashier  of  the  bank,  a  posi- 
tion he  yet  fills  (1911).  He  is  a  capable,  trust- 
ed official,  and  a  thoroughly  posted  financier. 
He  is  a  director  and  treasurer  of  the  Montreal 
River  Lumber  Company  and  interested  in  other 


concerns  of  a  minor  character.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics. 

He  married,  April  19,  1877,  Lelia  E.  Wood- 
ford. Children:  i.  Robert  T.  (of  further  men- 
tion). 2.  Wilmah  Woodford,  married  Walter 
L.  Holdridge ;  child,  Helen.    3.  Helen  Jennette. 

(IV)  Robert  T.,  only  son  of  William  E.  and 
Lelia  E.  (Woodford)  Searle,  was  bom  in  East 
Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
January  10,  1881.  After  attending  public  school 
he  entered  Chamberlain  Institute,  graduating 
at  the  end  of  a  commercial  course.  He  then 
entered  Cayuga  Military  Academy  at  Aurora, 
New  York.  This  school  was  discontinued  in 
February  which  prevented  Robert  T.  from 
graduating  the  following  June.  He  then  enter- 
ed the  New  York  Military  Academy  at  Corn- 
wall-on-the-Hudson,  remaining,  however,  but 
a  short  time.*  He  finished  with  a  post-graduate 
course  at  Chamberlain  Institute.  After  com- 
pleting his  studies  he  was  appointed  assistant 
cashier  of  the  People's  State  Bank  of  East 
Randolph,  a  position  he  held  continuously  until 
January,  191 1.  The  first  four  years  he  was 
constantly  employed  in  the  bank,  since  then  as 
a  supply  to  fill  his  father's  place  during  sick- 
ness or  absence  from  any  cause.  In  1903  Rob- 
ert T.  purchased  an  interest  in  the  Nansen 
Supply  Company,  at  Nansen,  Pennsylvania,  to 
which  enterprise  he  gave  personal  attention 
until  called  back  for  six  months.  He  still  re- 
tains his  interest  in  the  Nansen  Company.  In 
August,  1904,  he  become  interested  in  the 
"Original  Bath  and  Hotel  Company,"  of  Mt. 
Clemens,  Michigan,  and  was  for  one  year 
manager  of  the  same.  In  August,  1905,  he 
returned  to  Randolph  and  engaged  with  T.  E. 
Adams,  as  clerk.  February  i,  1906,  the  T.  E. 
Adams  Company  was  incorporated  with  Rob- 
ert T.  Searle  as  secretary  and  treasurer.  He 
is  also  a  director  in  the  People's  State  Bank, 
of  East  Randolph.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and  of  Elm 
Creek  Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  June  20,  1904,  Florence  Crow- 
ley Adams,  born  May  19,  1881.  Children: 
Roberta,  bom  May  13,  1905;  William  Adams, 
June  10,  1906 ;  Mary  Lenett,  March  7,  1910. 


Whitney  as  a  surname  owes 
WHITNEY     its  origin  to  the  ancient  but 

obscure  parish  of  Whitney,  on 
the  confines  of  Herefordshire,  England,  near 


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the  border  of  Wales.  It  lies  in  the  valley  Wye, 
which  is  here  a  mountain  torrent  subject  to 
sudden  and  destructive  rises.  This  circum- 
stance affords  a  probable  explanation  of  its 
name,  Whitney  being  perhaps  taken  from  the 
Anglo-Saxon  word,  kwit,  white,  and  ey,  water, 
and  so  literally  meaning  white  water.  There 
is  no  record  of  Whitney  in  Herefordshire  prior 
to  Domesday  Book,  which  places  it  in  the  hun- 
dred of  Elsedune,  and  spells  the  name  Witenie. 
The  family  was  of  consequence  in  England  and 
bore  arms:  "Azure  a  cross  chequy,  or  and 
sable.  Crest :  A  bull's  head  couped  sable,  arm- 
ed argent,  the  points  gules.  Motto:  Magnani- 
miter  crucem  sustine/* 

The  earliest  of  this  family  in  New  England 
was  Henry  Whitney,  born  in  England,  about 
1620.  No  record  of  him  is  found  prior  to 
October  8,  1649,  when  he  was  associated  with 
two  others  in  buying  three-fourths  of  William 
Salmon's  land,  at  Hashamommock,  in  Southold, 
Long  Island.  The  town  records  of  Hunting- 
ton, Long  Island,  show  that  he  was  an  inhabit- 
ant of  that  place,  August  17,  1658.  While  at 
Huntington  he  built  a  gristmill  or  "corne  mill" 
for  Rev.  William  Leverich,  with  whom  he  had 
a  difference  over  it.  The  evidence  shows  him 
to  have  been  a  frank,  outspoken  man,  once 
fined  for  speaking  his  mind  too  freely  before 
the  court.  His  last  appearance  on  Huntington 
records  is  January  25,  1661,  as  witness  to  a 
will.  Soon  after  this  he  removed  to  Jamaica, 
Long  Island,  where  he  bought  a  home  lot.  His 
name  appears  several  times  on  Jamaica  rec- 
ords. He  next  appears  at  Norwalk,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1656,  on  July  24,  when  he  entered  into 
a  contract  with  the  town  to  "make,  build  and 
erect  a  goode  and  sufficient  grounde  corne 
mill."  October  11,  1669,  he  was  one  of  thirty- 
three  named  in  "a  true  and  perfect  list  of  all 
the  freeman  appertainge  unto  the  plantation  of 
Norwake."  His  name  last  appears  February 
20,  1672-73.  He  probably  died  in  the  autumn 
of  1673.  His  will  is  dated  June  5,  1672,  and 
his  estate  inventoried  at  two  hundred  and  fifty- 
five  pounds.  Nothing  is  known  of  his  wives 
further  than  the  second  was  a  Widow  Ketcham. 
His  will  mentions  only  a  son  John  and  "my 
beloved  wife." 

(II)  John,  son  of  Henry  Whitney,  was 
probably  born  before  his  father  went  to  South- 
old,  as  he  was  of  full  age,  January  20,  1665- 
66.  He  settled  with  his  father  in  Norwalk, 
Connecticut;  followed  his  business  of  miller 
and  millwright;  succeeded  him  in  the  posses- 


sion of  the  mill  and  homestead,  and  married. 
He  built  a  fulling  mill  at  Norwalk,  which  he 
gave  April  14,  1707,  to  his  son,  John  (2).  He 
sold  his  son  John  the  gristmill.  John  recon- 
veyed  the  whole  property  to  his  father  three 
days  before  his  death  (John  (2)  ),  and  a  month 
later  the  father  secured  the  fulling  mill  to  the 
widow,  during  the  minority  of  her  son.  He 
finally  sold  the  gristmill  to  his  son  Joseph,  who 
agreed  to  pay  his  father's  debts  and  give  him 
one-half  of  half  of  all  the  grain  taken  in  toll 
during  his  father's  life,  "if  demanded"  and  "to 
maintain  his  mother,  Elizabeth  Whitne  (if  she 
survive),  honorably  during  her  natural  life,  if 
she  remain  ye  saide  John  Whitne's  widow." 
He  died  in  Norwalk,  1720.  He  married,  March 
17,  1674-75,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard 
Smith.  She  was  a  member  of  the  First  Con- 
gregational Church  in  Norwalk,  in  1725,  and 
was  living  April  3,  1741,  when  her  son,  Joseph, 
in  a  codicil  to  his  will,  provided  for  her  sup- 
port. They  had  eleven  children :  John,  Joseph, 
Henry,  Elizabeth,  Richard,  Samuel,  Anne, 
Eleanor,  Nathan,  Sarah  and  Josiah. 

(III)  Nathan,  ninth  child  of  John  Whitney, 
was  born  at  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, about  171 5,  and  settled  at  Ridgefield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  took  the  freeman's  oath, 
December  9,  1728,  and  was  living  there  in 
1739.    There  is  no  record  of  the  date  of  death 

of  Nathan  or  wife.    He  married  Sarah . 

Children:  i.  Mary,  married  her  cousin,  Isaac 
Keeler.  2.  Eliasaph,  married  (first)  Mary 
Bishop.  3.  Eliakim,  married  (first)  Mary 
Beachgood,  (second)  Mary  Choram.  4.  Sarah. 
5.  Nathan,  died  young.  6.  Nathan.  7.  Seth,  a 
residence  of  Yorktown,  Westchester  county. 
New  York ;  his  house  was  attacked  by  Tories 
during  the  revolution,  and  in  its  defense  he 
stabbed  one  of  the  attackers  in  the  breast  with, 
an  old  bayonet  he  had  mounted  on  a  staff.  In 
revenge  they  clubbed  him  over  the  head  and  left 
him  for  dead,  but  he  recovered.  The  staff  and 
bayonet  are  yet  kept  in  the  old  house.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth ,  (second)  Anna 

Smith.  8.  Josiah.  9.  Jeremiah  (of  further 
mention).  10.  Uriah,  tradition  says  that  he 
was  a  sailor  in  early  life;  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion and  was  captured  at  White  Plains :  mar- 
ried, (first)  Sarah  Piatt,  (second)  Martha 
Piatt.    II.  Ann. 

(IV)  Jeremiah,  ninth  child  of  Nathan  Whit- 
ney, was  bom  at  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1 73 1.  He  removed  with. his  father 
to  Cortlandt's  Manor,  now  Yorktown,  West- 


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Chester  county,  New  York,  as  early  as  1747* 
Tradition  says  he  also  resided  sometime  in 
Putnam  county,  New  York,  and  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war.  He  was  a  farmer,  but  his 
grandson,  Isaac  Lounsbury  Whitney,  says: 
"He  was  a  Methodist  preacher.  I  have  been  at 
his  home  a  week  at  a  time  and  went  with  him 
to  church.  He  lived  in  a  log  house  on  Con- 
necticut mountain ;  at  that  time  I  was  six  years 
of  age."  He  is  said  to  have  had  two,  perhaps 
three  wives,  but  the  name  of  only  one,  Eva 
Youngs,  has  survived,  and  owes  its  preserva- 
tion to  the  fact  that  it  was  engraved  on  one  of 
her  pewter  plates,  which  is  yet  preserved  in  the 
family.  Jeremiah  Whitney  died  in  1810.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife :  i.  Jeremiah  (of  further  men- 
tion ) .  2.  Josiah,  served  five  years  in  the  revo- 
lution and  was  wounded  at  Fort  Montgomery ; 
married  Esther  Weeks.  Children  by  second 
wife,  Eva  (Youngs)  Whitney:  3.  James.  4. 
Martha,  married  John  Van  Ness.  5.  Elias, 
married  Judith  Wood.  An  obituary  notice 
says :  "Mr.  Whitney  has  been  married  seventy 
years;  was  the  father  of  ten  children,  the 
grandfather  of  forty-seven,  great-grandfather 
of  eighty-seven,  and  great-great-grandfather 
of  six  children."  He  made  a  profession  of  re- 
ligion and  was  baptized  by  immersion  when 
eighty-eight  years  old.  He  died  at  ninety-two 
and  is  buried  with  his  wife  in  the  Baptist  burial 
ground  in  Garden  street,  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York.  6.  Phebe,  married  Rev.  Silas  Constant, 
a  Presbyterian  minister. 

(V)  Jeremiah  (2),  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah 
( I )  Whitney,  was  born  in  Westchester  county, 
New  York,  died  and  was  buried  in  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  at  place  and  date  unknown 
to  his  descendants.  He  lived  in  Fredericks- 
town,  New  York,  also  in  Fishkill.  He  was  a 
farmer.  Married  (first)  Sarah  Lee,  who  died 
December  25,  1809,  (second)  Sarah  Irene  Ste- 
phens. Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Joseph  L. 
(of  further  mention).  2.  Jeremiah  (3),  mar- 
ried Susan  Ressegule,  of  Connecticut;  they 
lived  in  Fishkill,  Milo,  Beekman,  Reading  and 
Tyrone,  all  in  New  York,  and  in  Bingham, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  died.  3.  Betsey,  bom 
in  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  1788;  married 
Stephen  Jayne,  and  settled  in  the  state  of  Ten- 
nessee. 4.  Sarah,  born  in  Dutchess  county, 
April  17,  1790;  married  (first)  William  New- 
ton, (second)  Bartholomew  Tarney ;  they  lived 
at  Strakey  and  Milo,  New  York,  where  she 
died  September  4,  1822.    5.  Margaret,  born  in 


Dutchess  county,  in  1794;  married  Seth  Chase, 
and  removed  to  the  state  of  Indiana. 

(VI)  Joseph  Lee,  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah 
(2)  Whitney,  was  born  in  Dutchess  county. 
New  York,  September  15,  1785,  died  in  Sar- 
dinia, New  York,  November  17,  1847.  After 
his  marriage  he  dwelt  in  Putnam  until  1812; 
at  Aurelius,  New  York,  until  1814 ;  near  Penn 
Yan,  New  York,  about  fourteen  years ;  at  Jeru- 
salem, New  York,  a  short  time;  at  Reading, 
New  York,  about  three  years;  in  Pulteney, 
New  York,  about  five  years;  finally  settled  in 
Sardinia,  where  he  died.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1806,  at  Fishkill,  New  York,  Phebe, 
born  April  2,  1790,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Rachel  (Green)  Mead.  She  died  at  Machias, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  October  12, 
1867.  Both  are  buried  in  Sardinia.  Children : 
I.  Drusilla,  born  at  Frederick,  now  Kent,  New 
York,  May  5,  1808;  married  Benjamin  Run- 
yan ;  removed"  finally  to  Sardinia,  New  York, 
where  they  died.  2.  Jacob  Lee,  born  in 
(now)  Putnam  county,  New  York,  April  25, 
1810,  died  in  Milo,  New  York,  September  17, 
1819,  and  was  buried  at  Penn  Yan.  3.  Silas 
Jeremiah,  born  in  (now)  Putnam  county.  New 
York,  February  12,  181 2;  settled  in  Pulteney 
and  Sardinia,  New  York,  finally  in  Yorkshire, 
Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  died;  married, 
at  Pulteney,  New  York,  May  29,  1837,  Issa- 
binda  Bootes,  of  Lodi,  New  York.  4.  Sarah 
Afargaret,  bom  at  Aurelius,  New  York,  May 
18,  1 81 4,  died  unmarried,  at  Machias,  New 
York.  5.  George  Harmon,  born  at  Milo,  New 
York,  January  11,  1817;  married  at  Pulteney, 
where  he  lived  eight  years,  then  removed  to 
Waterford,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  Octo- 
ber 15,  1871 ;  he  married,  January  7,  1839,  Jo- 
ana  McLane,  born  in  Benton,  New  York,  No- 
vember 6,  1816;  was  living  in  Waterford, 
Pennsylvania,  in  May,  1875.  6.  Joseph  Mead, 
bom  at  Milo,  New  York,  September  19,  1819; 
married,  at  Ash  ford.  New  York,  January  21, 
1844,  Arabella  Howe  Warner,  bom  at  Plain- 
field,  New  Hampshire,  February  7,  1815,  died 
at  (jreat  Valley,  New  York,  December  26, 
1865,  and  is  buried  at  Ellicottville.  They  lived 
at  Sardinia,  Ash  ford  and  Otto,  New  York,  and 
at  Great  Valley,  fourteen  years.  In  1866  he 
moved  to  Humphrey,  Pennsylvania.  7.  Mary 
Van  Pelt,  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  at  Pul- 
teney, New  York.  8.  Almira  Jane,  born  at 
Milo,  New  York,  August  26,  1825 ;  married,  at 
Arcade,  New  York,  October  15,  1848,  Lewis 


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Asa  Freeman,  born  at  Walworth,  New  York, 
August  22,  1825.  9.  Phebe  Rachel,  bom  at 
Jerusalem,  New  York,  December  12,  1827; 
married,  at  EUicottville,  New  York,  February 
14,  1852,  Henry  Le  Dioyt,  and  removed  to 
Magwoketa,  Iowa.  10.  Benjamin  Franklin 
(of  further  mention).  11.  Issabinda  Louise, 
born  at  Pulteney,  New  York,  January  23,  1834; 
married,  at  Pike,  New  York,  May  9,  1854, 
Andrew  Martin  Keller,  a  veteran  of  the  civil 
war ;  lived  at  Olean,  New  York. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Franklin,  tenth  child  of 
Joseph  Lee  and  Phebe  (Mead)  Whitney,  was 
bom  at  Reading,  New  York,  April  28,  1830, 
died  in  1906.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade; 
dwelt  after  his  marriage  nine  years  in  Sardinia, 
New  York,  then  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  town 
of  Yorkshire,  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  re- 
mained nine  years ;  then  removed  to  Machias, 
same  county,  where  be  died.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  man  well 
thought  of  in  his  neighborhood.  He  married, 
at  Arcade,  New  York,  July  6,  1854,  Lurinda 
Adeline  Haggerty,  born  in  Ellisburg,  New 
York,  July  13,  1834,  daughter  of  Reynolds  and 
Sarah  Ann  (Perkins)  Haggerty.  Children:  i. 
William  B.,  born  at  Sardinia,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1857 ;  married  Lucinda  Bowen ;  child, 
Harry,  married  Myrtle  Stady.  2.  Charles  El- 
bert, born  April  23,  1863,  died  May  18,  1864. 
3.  Burt  Allen  (of  further  mention).  4.  Annah 
Mary,  born  at  Machias,  New  York,  Septemb*er 
5,  1875;  married  Albert  G.  Braun;  children: 
Clifford  A.,  Margaret  and  William. 

(VIII)  Burt  Allen,  third  child  of  Benjamin 
Franklin  and  Lurinda  Adeline  (Haggerty) 
Whitney,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Yorkshire, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  June  14,  1867. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the 
academic  department  of  the  State  Normal 
School,  at  Brockport.  After  completing  his 
studies  he  was  clerk  for  a  year  before  going  in 
partnership  with  his  brother  and  purchasing 
the  general  store  at  Colden,  New  York,  which 
he  operated  successfully  for  five  years.  He 
then  sold  his  interest  and  located  in  Machias, 
where  he  established  a  general  store  and  oper- 
ated it  for  six  years.  He  then  sold  out  and 
settled  in  Little  Valley  and  took  up  photog- 
raphy. He  has  been  very  successful  and  has 
gained  a  high  reputation  for  his  work.  He  has 
a  large,  well-appointed  studio  where  he  does 
all  kinds  of  fine  work  pertaining  to  the  photog- 
rapher's art.  He  has  taken  an  active  interest 
in  public  affairs  and  gained  for  himself  a  host 


of  warm  friends.  He  has  been  president  of 
the  village  corporation,  1910-11,  and  is  still  in 
office.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He  is 
affiliated  with  Lodge  No.  812  and  Chapter  No. 
266,  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  with  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  June  14,  1892,  Louise  E.,  bom 
November  16,  1869,  daughter  of  Frederick  and 
Kathryn  (Keller)  Frantz.  Frederick  Frantz 
was  bom  in  Alsace,  now  a  province  of  Ger- 
many ;  came  to  Madison,  Indiana ;  a  baker  by 
trade ;  in  1861  located  in  Colden,  Erie  county. 
New  York,  where  he  is  now  living,  and  where 
he  followed  farming,  later  becoming  proprietor 
of  the  hotel  in  Colden  village.  He  was  an  as- 
sessor of  Colden;  a  Democrat  and  a  member 
of  the  German  Lutheran  church.  Kathryn 
(Keller)  Frantz  was  born  in  Schfausen,  Swit- 
zerland, September  24,  1844,  came  to  Carroll- 
ton,  Kentucky,  with  her  parents,  George  and 
Elizabeth  (Matzinge)  Keller,  in  the  year  1852; 
then  came  to  Madison,  Indiana.  She  married 
Frederick  Frantz,  November  28,  1858.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Louis,  married  Mae  Allen;  children: 
Gertrude,  Allan  and  Genevieve.  2.  William 
F.,  married  Eva  Sugden;  child,  Leland  S.  3.- 
Louise  E.,  married  Burt  A.  Whitney.  4-  Fred- 
erick W.,  married  Mamie  Snachell.  5.  Albert 
E.,  married  Harriet  Stowell;  children:  Carle- 
ton  S.,  Maxwell  S.  and  Kathleen  S.  6.  Fran- 
cis J.,  married  Adele  Mosher ;  child,  Lillian  A. 
Child  of  Burt  A.  and  Louise  E.  Whitney: 
Kathryn  L.,  bom  January  7,  1907. 

The  Seitz  family  of  Salamanca  de- 
SEITZ     scend  from  German  ancestors  long 

seated  and  influential  in  that  coun- 
try. The  founder,  so  far  as  traced,  was  Johan 
Seitz,  resident  and  native  of  Berwangen. 
Among  his  children  was  a  son,  William.  Jo- 
han Seitz  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  a  part  of 
the  Seitz  homestead  farm  that  had  been  in  the 
family  nearly  three  centuries. 

(II)  William,  son  f  Johan  Seitz,  was  bom 
on  the  ancestral  acres  at  Berwangen,  Germany, 
1818,  died  in  1876.  This  estate  of  three  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  he  inherited  in  part  and 
lived  there  all  his  days.  He  married  Chris- 
tina, born  1818,  daughter  of  Johan  Grimm, 
died  1886,  and  had  a  family  of  eight  children : 
Mina,  Louis,  Katrina,  William,  Ludwig, 
Henry,  August,  of  further  mention,  and  Fred- 
erick. Of  these  Mina»  August  and  Frederick 
came  to  the  United  States.    Mina,  the  eldest 


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child,  married  in  Germany,  Tobias  Kuhn.  They 
came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Attica, 
New  York.  Children :  William,  married  Annie 
Schultz,  and  had  a  son  Clifford;  Emma,  born 
October  18,  1870,  married,  May  2,  1888,  Wil- 
liam Wentz,  born  May  31,  1865;  children: 
Walter  K.,  born  February  16,  1892;  Charles 
W.,  February  8,  1903;  Sophie,  married  Wil- 
liam Hockey;  Louis,  married  Mary  Lloyd. 
The  husband  of  Mina,  Tobias  Kuhn,  was  a 
farmer  and  blacksmith.  After  settling  in  At- 
tica he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  rail- 
road, continuing  until  death.  He  belonged  to 
the  organization  of  "Horry  Gorry."  Frederick 
Seitz,  the  youngest  son  of  William,  was  edu- 
cated in  Germany  and  served  his  years  of  ser- 
vice in  the  German  army.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1883;  came  to  Salamanca, 
where  he  worked  for  two  years  for  Havenor 
Brothers.  He  then  went  to  Onoville,  New 
York,  where  he  started  a  general  store  and  is 
now  a  man  of  wealth.  He  is  unmarried. 

(HI)  August,  son  of  William  and  Chris- 
tina (Grimm)  Seitz,  was  born  at  Berwangen, 
Germany,  May  i,  1858.  He  was  educated  in 
Germany,  and  in  1876  came  to  the  United 
States,  going  first  to  his  sister  Mina  at  Attica, 
New  York.  Here  he  attended  school  the  first 
year,  and  began  his  business  career  as  clerk 
in  a  clothing  store.  In  1878  he  came  to  Sala- 
manca, where  until  1883  he  was  in  the  employ 
of  Havenor  Brothers,  first  as  clerk,  finally  be- 
ing placed  in  charge  of  the  shoe  department, 
both  buying  and  selling.  In  1883  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Richard  Kidder  and  began 
business  for  himself.  In  1884  he  sold  out  to 
his  partner  and  the  same  year  established  in 
business  alone.  He  opened  a  gentlemen's  fur- 
nishing store  in  Salamanca,  and  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century  has  been  in  successful  business. 
He  is  well  known,  and  has  filled  many  posi- 
tions of  honor  and  trust.  He  is  president  of 
the  Salamanca  Building  and  Loan  Associa- 
tion ;  was  president  of  the  village  corporation 
two  terms,  1894-1904;  village  treasurer,  1903, 
and  in  these  oflfices  served  with  ability  and  in- 
tegrity. He  is  a  member  of  Lodge  and  Chap- 
ter of  the  Masonic  Order,  and  of  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  June  10,  1885,  Lillie  T.  Have- 
nor, bom  April  8,  1865.  Children:  Annie  E., 
born  June,  1887;  Fred  W.,  March  28,  1889; 
Christine,  March,  1893;  Helen  W.,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1898. 


The  NefFs,  of  Salamanca,  New 
NEFF    York,  descend  from  a  hardy  Swiss 

ancestor,  Jacob  Uhlrich  Neff ,  bom 
in  Switzerland,  canton  of  Coppenzell,  in  1809, 
died  in  France  at  an  advanced  age.  He  re- 
moved to  France  about  1830.  He  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaker,  which  he  followed  at  in- 
tervals all  his  life.  He  was  of  a  deeply  relig- 
ious nature  and  gave  a  great  deal  of  time  to 
preaching  the  gospel,  although  there  is  no  rec- 
ced of  his  being  regularly  ordained.  He  mar- 
ried Sally,  daughter  of  Jacob  Wurtz,  a  sol- 
dier under  the  great  Napoleon,  and  with  him 
in  the  disastrous  Russian  campaign.  Child, 
Benjamin. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Jacob  Uhlrich  and 
Sally  (Wurtz)  Neff,  was  born  in  France,  No- 
vember 30,  1849.  ^^  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
penter, but  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years 
entered  the  French  army,  serving  until  1873. 
He  served  through  the  Franco-Prussian  war, 
which  resulted  in  so  complete  a  disaster  to 
the  French  nation,  escaping  unhurt.  In  1873 
he  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  at  Em- 
porium, Pennsylvania,  after  a  short  residence 
in  New  York  City.  In  November,  1874,  he 
settled  at  Linn  Lake,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade.  He  spent 
two  years  at  Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  return- 
ing to  Cattaraugus  county,  continuing  car- 
pentering until  1890.  He  then  bought  the  old 
saw  and  grist  mill  at  Machias  that  had  proved 
a  losing  investment  for  each  successive  pro- 
prietor. He  renovated  and  improved  it  and 
operated  it  most  profitably  until  1907,  when 
he  discontinued  milling,  retiring  to  a  small 
farm  of  twenty  acres,  which  he  cultivated,  and 
also  conducted  some  building.  In  1910  he 
took  a  trip  abroad,  visiting  France  and  Switz- 
erland, where  he  endeavored  to  gather  further 
facts  concerning  his  ancestry,  but  nothing  fur- 
ther could  be  learned  than  is  included  in  the 
first  generation. 

He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  for  sev- 
eral years  served  as  poor  master.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  a  man  of 
high  reputation.  He  married,  May  19,  1874, 
Anna  Christina  Erion,  bom  May  16,  1854, 
daughter  of  John  Michael  and  Anna  C.  (Koh- 
ler)  Erion,  who  have  another  daughter  Rosa, 
who  married  Wright  Little,  deputy  sheriff  of 
Cattaraugus  county,  and  has  a  daughter  Wini- 
fred. 

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Anna  C.  (Erion)  Neff,  was  born  at  Machias, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,,  February  24, 
1876.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  in  1891  joined  his  father  in  the  operation 
of  the  Machias  saw  and  grist  mill.  He  thor- 
oughly learned  the  business  and  together  they 
made  a  profitable  venture  where  failure  was 
freely  predicted  by  the  wiseacres  of  the  com- 
munity. In  November,  1902,  Henry  Neff 
came  to  Salamanca,  where  he  rented  a  mill 
property  which  he  later  purchased.  On  April 
18,  1905,  his  mill  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  at 
once  built  a  new  plant,  equipped  with  the  most 
modern  milling  machinery,  connected  by  pri- 
vate switch  with  the  Pennsylvania  railroad. 
He  has  an  established  business  and  is  rated 
one  of  Salamanca's  successful  men.  His  mod- 
em brick  residence,  located  near  his  mill,  was 
built  by  him.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  for  two  years  served  as  village  trustee. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order. 

He  married,  January  31,  1901,  Elsie  Joslin, 
born  April  5,  1872,  daughter  of  William  A. 
and  Emma  J.  (Parker)  Joslin,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Andrew  Joslin.  Children:  Helen 
J.,  born  January  20,   1904;  Laura  C,  April 

25,  19"- 

The     Bradleys,     of     Barker, 
BRADLEY     New    York,    descend     from 

Francis  Bradley,  born  in  Eng- 
land, 1625,  died  October,  1689.  He  emigrated 
to  America,  settled  in  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  was  articled  to  Governor  The- 
ophilus  Eaton,  an  old  friend  and  schoolmate 
of  his  father.  In  1657  he  went  to  Bradford, 
Connecticut,  and  from  thence  to  Fairfield,  in 
1660,  residing  there  the  remainder  of  his  life 
and  acquiring  considerable  property.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth,  daughter  of  John  Barlow,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Fairfield,  and  ancestor  of 
Joel  Barlow,  the  poet  and  diplomat. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Francis  and  Ruth  (Bar- 
low) Bradley,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, 1664,  died  there  1703.  His  farm,  given 
him  by  his  father,  was  near  Greenfield  Hill. 
He  married,  1690,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Turney)  Sherwood. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Hannah 
(Sherwood)  Bradley,  was  born  in  Fairfield, 
Connecticut,  September  17,  1701,  died  there 
March  i,  1770.  He  was  a  land  holder  of  North 
Fairfield,  where  in  1738  he  purchased  the  pat- 
rimonial estate  of  Rev.  Aaron  Burr.    He  mar- 


ried, June  20,  1724,  Olive,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Hubbell. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Olive  (Hubbell)  Bradley,  was  bom  in  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  October  19,  1746,  died  at 
Berne,  New  York,  January  24,  1828.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  served  during  the  revolution  as 
a  volunteer  in  the  Connecticut  militia.  He 
married,  1768,  Martha,  daughter  of  Elias 
Bates,  of  Redding,  Connecticut,  and  his  wife, 
Sarah  (Piatt)  Bates. 

(V)  Lloyd,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Martha 
(Bates)  Bradley,  was  born  at  Fairfield,  in 
1776.  He  settled  in  Fairfield,  Vermont,  where 
at  least  one  of  his  children  was  born.  He 
married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  Abel,  son  of  Lloyd  Bradley,  was  bom 
at  Fairfield,  Vermont,  December  24,  1806,  died 
October  i,  1856,  in  the  town  oiF  Hartland, 
Niagara  county.  He  came  from  Fairfield  to 
Hartland  in  1835  and  purchased  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  acres  which,  until  the  time  of  his 
death,  he  devoted  to  general  farming.  He  was 
an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  a  strong  Whig  and  a  prominent 
Abolitionist. 

He  married,  at  White  Creek,  New  York, 
March  11,  1827,  Elizabeth  Worill,  born  De- 
cember 15,  1797,  at  Arlington,  Vermont.  Chil- 
dren :George  B.,  bora  February  12,  1828,  died 
August  19,  1830;  Almon,  May  3,  1829,  died 
May  14,  1829;  Albert,  May  3,  1829,  died  May 
22,  1829;  George  Henry,  of  further  mention; 
James  D.,  February  10,  1832,  died  July  10, 
1904;  Abigail,  October  28,  1833,  died  1856^ 
married  James  O.  King,  October  4,  1855 ;  Ade- 
line, January  18,  1836,  died  July  3,  1907,  mar- 
ried George  Barbour,  January  8,  1857;  Caro- 
line, January  18,  1836,  died  January  2,  1907, 
married  Joseph  Garbutt,  April  24,  1855 ;  Jane 
Elizabeth,  July  16,  1839,  married  John  Ma- 
ther, November  9,  1870. 

(VII)  George  Henry,  son  of  Abel  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Worill)  Bradley,  was  born  at  Arling- 
ton, Vermont,  August  12,  1830,  died  at  Som- 
erset, Niagara  county,  New  York,  February 
5,  1902.  When  he  was  four  years  of  age  his 
parents  settled  in  Hartland.  Here  he  attended 
the  district  schools  and  afterward  taught,  rie 
also  became  a  farmer  and  on  the  death  of  his 
father  purchased  the  old  homestead.  In  1865 
he  sold  this  and  purchased  the  two  hundred 
and  twenty  acre  Alfred  Van  Wagner  farm  in 
the  town  of  Somerset.,    Here  he  engaged  in 


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general  farming  until  his  death.  He  held  sev- 
eral town  and  county  offices,  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  May  8,  1855,  Fanny 
Mead,  bom  December  15,  1829,  died  February 
24,  1906.  Children:  Adele,  died  in  infancy; 
Lewis  A.  and  Frank  M.,  of  further  mention. 
( Vni)  Lewis  A.,  son  of  George  Henry  and 
Fanny  (Mead)  Bradley,  was  bom  March  8, 
1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Lockport.  On  the  death  of  his  father  he 
disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  homestead  to 
his  brother  Frank  M.,  and  purchased  a  farm 
in  Somerset,  which  he  cultivated  until  1878, 
when  he  settled  in  Barker,  engaging  in  the 
produce  business.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order,  belonging  to  Lodge,  Chapter, 
Commandery  and  Shrine.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1879,  Matilda,  born  in  Lockport,  March 
12,  1859,  daughter  of  Henry  Hoag.  Children: 

I.  Fred  L.,  born  March  28,  1881 ;  married 
Lottie  Berrin;  child:  Elmer  B.,  born  1906.  2. 
Fanny,  born  March  7,  1885.  3.  Ethel,  bom 
June  2,  1887;  married  Laurence  McPartland, 
of  Lockport;  child,  Marjorie,  born  Febru- 
ary, 1908. 

(Vni)  Frank   M.,  son  of  George  Henry 
and  Fanny  (Mead)  Bradley,  was  bom  April 

II,  1864,  at  Hartland.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  Somerset  Academy  and  Lockport  high 
school.  When  his  education  was  completed 
he  remained  on  the  farm  until  his  father's 
death.  He  then  purchased  his  brother's  in- 
terest in  the  two  hundred  and  twenty  acre 
homestead,  on  which  he  now  resides,  having 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  in  fruit  and  the 
remainder  devoted  to  general  farming  pur- 
poses. His  farm  is  famous  for  its  fifty  acre 
orchard  of  duchess  apples,  which  is  the  oldest 
in  this  section.  He  also  has  a  peach  orchard 
of  sixty  acres  and  forty  acres  of  plums  and 
pears.  The  farm  is  located  fifteen  miles  from 
the  county  seat,  borders  on  Lake  Ontario,  and 
bears  the  reputation  of  l>eing  one  of  the  finest 
in  the  county.  He  also  has  an  interest  in  a 
large  farm  near  Lockport.  He  held  the  office 
of  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Somerset  for  two 
terms.  He  is  interested  in  the  work  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry  and  is  a  member  of 
the  New  York  State  Grange.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to  Lodge, 
Chapter,  Commandery  and  Shrine.  He  is  a 
member  of  the.  Hungarian  Club  of  Niagara 
Falls  and  the  Buffalo  Auto  Club. 

He  married,  March  8,  1888,  at  Olcott,  New 


York,  Louah  M.  Dix  (see  Dix  IX).  Children: 
I.  Marion,  born  August  11,  1889;  educated 
in  Lockport  high  school  and  Hallon's  Insti- 
tute, Virginia.  2.  Ora  Antoinette,  April  30, 
1891 ;  educated  in  Lockport  high  school  and 
Hallon*s  Institute,  Virginia.  3.  Winnifred  D., 
March  28,  1895,  died  April  17,  1903.  4. 
George  Tillinghast,  June  i,  1897;  attending 
Deveaux  College,  Niagara  Falls.  5.  Frank  D., 
May  15,  1909. 

(The  Dix  Line). 

Four  distinct  branches  of  the  Dix  family 
were  planted  in  America  at  an  early  date ;  the 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  branch,  founded  by 
Leonard  Dix;  the  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
branch,  by  Anthony  Dix;  the  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  branch,  by  Edward  Dix,  and 
the  Virginia  branch  planted  in  Accomac 
county.  Relationship  between  these  four 
branches  has  never  been  reliably  established. 
The  Dix  family,  of  New  York,  of  which  the 
present  Governor  John  Alden  Dix  is  the  most 
prominent  representative,  descends  from  "Ed- 
ward Dix,  of  Watertown,  as  does  Louah  M. 
(Dix)  Bradley,  she  being  a  cousin  of  Governor 
Dix,  they  having  a  common  great-grandfather, 
Ozias  Dix,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and 
Brattleboro,  Vermont. 

(I)  Edward  Dix  and  his  wife  Deborah 
came  from  England  in  the  fleet  with  Governor 
Winthrop  in  1630  and  settled  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts.  He  appears  to  have  died  there 
prior  to  the  removal  of  his  immediate  family 
to  Connecticut.  His  widow  Deborah  married 
(second)  October  16,  1667,  Richard  Barnes, 
of  Marlboro,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  Ed- 
ward and  Deborah  Dix:  i.  Leonard,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  2.  John,  who  was  in  Hartford 
in  1676,  joined  the  Second  church  there,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1686;  married  Mary  Bidwell  and 
had  seven  children.  3.  William,  died  in  Hart- 
ford, 1676. 

(II)  Leonard,  son  of  Edward  Dix,  "the 
emigrant,"  was  known  to  have  been  a  resident 
of  Wethersfield,  later  received  a  grant  of  land 
from  the  town  of  Branford,  but  soon  after- 
ward returned  to  Wethersfield,  where  he  re- 
sided from  1650  until  his  death,  December  7, 
i6g6.  He  was  constable  in  1672  and  surveyor 
of  highways  in  1684.  He  had  several  grants 
of  land  and  at  his  death  left  a  considerable 
estate  on  the  east  side  of  the  Great  river,  "be- 
ing the  Indian  purchase,"  also  a  "great  mus- 
ket," a  long  fowling  piece,  swords,  belts,  etc., 


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which  may  denote  military  service.  His  wife 
Sarah  died  1709.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born 
1658 ;  married  John  Francis.  2.  John,  of  fur- 
ther mention.    3.  Mercy,  married,  1687,  Moses 

Goff.     4.  William,  married  Vincent. 

5.  Hannah,  married,  1693,  John  Rennals,  or 
Reynolds. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Leonard  and  Sarah  Dix, 
was  born  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  in  1661, 
died  November  2,  171 1.  He  was  hay  ward  in 
1686  and  surveyor  of  highways  in  1704.  His 
wife  Rebecca  died  November  17,  171 1,  aged 
sixty  years.  Children:  John,  of  further  men- 
tion; Rebecca,  Leonard  and  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Re- 
becca Dix,  born  February  17,  1684,  married, 
June  9,  1709,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Wad- 
dams.  Children:  Samuel,  John  (3),  Sarah, 
married  Joseph  Smith ;  Moses,  of  further  men- 
tion; Benjamin. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Waddams)  Dix,  was  born  March  15,  1724, 
died  September  25,  1798.  Letters  of  adminis- 
tration on  his  estate  were  issued  to  his  son, 
Moses  (2),  of  Farmington,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  September  i,  1744,  Hannah  Dickin- 
son. Children:  Jerusha,  Rhoda,  John  (4), 
Ozias,  of  further  mention;  Hannah,  died 
young;  Hannah  (2),  Rebecca,  Mary,  a  son 
died  aged  twelve  years ;  a  daughter,  died  aged 
thirteen  years;  Moses  (2),  married  Ruth 
Crane. 

(VI)  Ozias,  son  of  Moses  and  Hannah 
(Dickinson)  Dix,  was  born  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  December  6,  1750.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  revolution  and  after  the  war  was 
over  emigrated  to  Brattleboro,  Vermont.  He 
married,  October  22,  1771,  Lucy  Hatch,  born 
May  6,  1753.  The  baptisms  of  their  first  five 
children  were  recorded  at  Wethersfield.  Chil- 
dren: I.  ,  baptized  May  i,  1774.    2. 

Ozias,  died  young.  3.  Lydia  (Lucy),  baptized 
July  21,  1776.  4.  John,  born  July  5,  1778. 
5.  Samuel,  born  February  23,  1781,  died  at 
Glens  Falls,  New  York,  July  4,  1857;  he  mar- 
ried, at  Wilmington,  Vermont,  December  i, 
1814,  Mersylvia  Lawton;  their  son,  James 
Lawton  Dix,  married  Laura  Ann  Stevens; 
their  son,  John  Alden  Dix,  is  the  present  gov- 
ernor (1911)  of  the  state  of  New  York.  6. 
Ozias,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Jerusha,  born  Octo- 
l)er  23,  1784.  8.  Mary,  February  23,  1787.  9. 
Zephanah,  May  10,  1789.  10.  Ozias,  of  fur- 
ther mention.    11.  Daniel,  born  Febniary  t6, 


1796.   12.  Moses,  February  12,  1798.   13.  Jus- 
tice, November.9,  1802. 

(VII)  Ozias  (2)  tenth  child  of  Ozias  (i) 
and  Lucy  (Hatch)  Dix,  was  bom  May  6,  1791, 
in  Vermont.  He  settled  at  White  Creek,  Wash- 
ington county,  New  York,  where  he  owned  and 
cultivated  a  good  farm.  He  married  Phoebe 
Tillinghast,  a  descendant  of  Pardon  Tilling- 
hast,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  1646.  He 
was  born  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  England, 
1622,  and  founded  a  distinguished  family,  in- 
cluding Major  Thomas  Tillinghast,  of  the 
revolutionary  army  and  supreme  court  justice 
of  Rhode    Island.    Children  of    Ozias    Dix: 

Rhoda  T..  married  Norton;  Phoebe, 

married  Harmon  Outwater,  and  Pardon  Til- 
linghast, of  further  mention. 

(VIII)  Pardon  Tillinghast,  only  son  of 
Ozias  (2)  and  Phoebe  (Tillinghast)  Dix,  was 
bom  at  White  Creek,  Washington  county. 
New  York,  October  19,  1821,  died  at  Olcott, 
Niagara  county.  New  York,  November  15, 
1902.  He  was  educated  and  grew  to  manhoocl 
in  his  native  county.  While  still  a  young  man 
he  came  to  Niagara  county,  making  the  jour- 
ney by  easy  stages,  and  finally  settling  in  the 
town  of  New  fane.  He  first  purchased  a  farm 
of  fifty  acres  to  which  he  added  until  it  num- 
bered one  hundred  and  fifty  acres.  Part  of 
this  he  cleared  and  devoted  to  general  farming 
purposes,  but  in  later  years  gave  much  atten- 
tion to  fruit  farming.  He  was  an  influential 
Democrat  and  was  an  official  of  the  United 
States  department  of  customs.  He  served  for 
many  years  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  in  other 
town  offices.  In  religious  faith  he  was  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  married,  at  Newfane,  December 
18,  1861,  Marie  Antoinette  McKee,  bom  at 
Newfane,  September  13,  1833,  daughter  of 
Anthony  and  Elizabeth  (Cole)  McKee.  Chil- 
dren:   I.  Louah  M.,  of  further  mention.    2. 

Donna  C,  married   Dr.  Sharpe.     3. 

Manella,  married  William  Briggs. 

(IX)  Louah  M.,  daughter  of  Pardon  Til- 
linghast and  Marie  Antoinette  (McKee)  Dix, 
married  at  Olcott,  New  York,  March  8,  1888, 
Frank  M.  Bradley  (see  Bradley  VIII). 

Richard  Currier, 
BEVERLY-CURRIER    born  in  England, 

in  1617,  planter 
and  millwright,  was  one  of  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  He  received 
land  there  in  1641-42;  was  a  commoner  and 


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paid  taxes,  1650.  His  name  heads  one  list  of 
the  first  commoners  of  Amesbury,  1654-5, 
where  he  was  town  clerk  and  received  land  in 
1654-58-59-62-64-68.  He  and  Thomas  Macy 
were  authorized  to  build  a  sawmill  in  1656, 
and  in  1675  ^^  owned  a  sawmill  in  his  own 
right.  In  the  seating  of  the  Amesbury  meet- 
ing house,  1667,  his  name  stands  first  "to  set 
at  the  tabell",  but  he  was  apparently  a  member 
of  the  Salisbury  church  in  1677.  He  seems  to 
have  been  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of 
Amesbury.  His  name  appears  very  frequently 
on  the  records  of  deeds,  for  he  owned  a  great 
deal  of  real  estate  during  his  life.  One  deed 
of  his  was  made  in  1685,  acknowledged  the 
day  of  his  death,  and  not  recorded  until  1709. 
So  thoroughly  had  he  given  away  his  prop- 
erty that  there  was  no  administration  of  his 
estate  until  twenty-five  years  after  his  death. 
A  Richard  Currier,  supposed  to  be  Richard  of 
Amesbury,  served  in  the  Narragansett  war. 
His  descendants  drew  land  in  Narragansett 
township  No.  1.  now  Buxton,  York  county, 
Maine,  on  his  original  right  as  a  Narragansett 
soldier.     He  died  February  22,   1686-7.    He 

married  (first)  >Ann  ,  who  was  the 

mother  of  his  three  children.  Married  (second), 
October  26,  1676,  Joana  Pindor,  widow  of 
Valentine  Rowell  and  of  William  Sargent. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  born  about  1636;  was  a 
weaver  and  millwright  of  Haverhill,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1665 ;  married  Mary 
Hardy,  daughter  of  Thomas.  2.  Hannah,  born 
July  8,  1643 ;  married,  June  23,  1659,  Samuel 
Foot.  In  1 691  she  is  mentioned  as  "only 
daughter."    3.  Thomas,  of  further  mention. 

(II)  Deacon  Thomas,  youngest  son  of 
Richard  and  Ann  Currier,  was  born  in  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  March  8,  1646,  died  in 
Amesbury,  September  27,  1712.  His  will, 
made  August  25,  1708,  was  proved  November 
3,  1 7 12.  He  was  town  clerk,  1674,  having 
taken  the  oath  of  fidelity,  1670.  He  married, 
December  9,  1668,  Mary  Osgood,  who  died 
November  2,  1705.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
William  Osgood,  who  in  1697  deeded  her  one- 
fourth  of  his  property  in  Salisbury.  Children : 
Hannah,  born  March  28,  1670,  married  John 
Stevens  (3) ;  Thomas,  born  November  28, 
1671,  married  Sarah  Barnard;  Richard,  born 
April  12,  1673,  married  Dorothy  Barnard; 
Samuel,  bom  January  3,  1674-5,  married  Dor- 
othy Foot;  Mary,  born  November  28,  1676, 
married  Robert  Hoyt;  Annie,  mai^ried  Sam- 
uel Barnard:  William,  married  Rachel   Sar- 


gent; John,  married  Judith  Stevens;  Joseph, 
of  further  mention;  Benjamin,  born  March 
27,  1688,  "seventh  son,"  married  Abigail 
Brown;  Ebenezer,  born  August  22,  1690,  mar- 
ried Judith  Osgood;  Daniel,  born  May  31, 
1692,  married  Sarah  Brown. 

(III)  Joseph,  ninth  child  and  sixth  son  of 
Deacon  Thomas  and  Mary  (Osgood)  Currier, 
was  born  about  1686,  and  made  his  will  July 
21,  proved  December  5,  1748.  He  is  styled  in 
the  records  "yeoman."  His  residence  was  at 
Amesbury.  He  married  Sarah  Brown,  who  is 
mentioned  in  his  will.  Children,  all  born  in 
Amesbury:  Nathan,  November  16,  1710;  Jor 
seph,  October  22,  1712;  Ephraim,  October  12, 
1714;  Abner,  of  further  mention;  Sarah,  born 
November  13,  17 18,  married  Jonathan  Badger; 
Hannah,  December  3,  1720,  married  a  Mr. 
Philbrick ;  Anne,  April  3,  1723,  married  Peter 
Sargent;  Mary,  July  17,  1725,  married  Jona- 
than Clark;  Merriam,  May  4,  1728,  married 
John  Hoyt. 

(IV)  Abner,  fourth  son  and  child  of  Jo- 
seph and  Sarah  (Brown)  Currier,  was  born  in 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  October  25,  17 16. 
He  inherited  the  homestead  under  his  father's 
will,  also  "my  pew  which  I  have  in  the  West 
Meeting  House  in  Amesbury."  He  married, 
February  16,  1736-7,  at  Amesbury,  Mary  Har- 
vey. Abner  died  prior  to  March  30,  1768, 
when  his  widow  and  son  Abner  were  appointed 
administrators  of  his  estate.  Mary  Harvey, 
born  September  29,  17 16,  at  Amesbury,  was 
living  in  1769.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Dorothy  (Barnard)  Harvey.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Dorothy,  born  December  22,  1737; 
married,  March  3,  1763,  Captain  Joseph  Hoyt. 
2.  David,  born  May  4,  1740;  married  Eliza- 
beth Peabody.  3.  Joseph,  of  further  mention. 
4.  Abner  (2),  born  September  27,  1745;  mar- 
ried Lois  Currier.  5.  Mary,  born  April  13, 
1748;  married  Joseph  Frothingham.  6.  Moses, 
born  February  13,  1751 ;  married  Rachel  Sar- 
gent. 7.  Jonathan,  born  August  22,  1753; 
married  Sarah  Graves.  8.  Sarah,  baptized 
March  21,  1756,  died  young.  9,  Jacob,  bom 
April  15,  1759,  died  young. 

(V)  Reverend  Joseph  Currier,  son  of  Ab- 
ner and  Mary  (Harvey)  Currier,  was  born  at 
Amesbury,  Massachusetts,  March  19,  1742-3, 
died  at  Corinth,  Vermont,  1829.  He  was  a 
p^raduate  of  Harvard  College,  class  of  1765. 
He  later  studied  divinity,  and  was  ordained  a 
minister  of  the  gospel  at  Goffstown,  New 
Hampshire,  October  30,   1771.    He  held  ap- 


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pointments  to  various  churches  in  New  Hamp- 
shire and  Vermont,  his  last  being  at  Corinth, 
where  he  died.  He  married,  at  Goffstown, 
Ruth  Copps,  who  died  1836.  Children:  Ab- 
ner,  of  further  mention ;  Sarah,  Joseph,  John, 
bom  1788;  Mary,  Dolly,  Daniel,  bom  1797; 
Ruth. 

(VI)  Abner  (2),  eldest  son  of  Rev.  Joseph 
and  Ruth  (Copps)  Currier,  was  born  at  Cor- 
inth, Vermont,  May  3,  1783,  died  at  Holland, 
New  York,  May  15,  1859.  He  was  educated 
in  Vermont,  where  he  lived  until  June  7,  1807, 
on  that  date  emigrating  to  western  New 
York,  being  then  aged  twenty-four  years.  He 
settled  at  Willink,  now  Holland,  Erie  county, 
where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  remained  the 
balance  of  his  life.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  in  that  locality.  He  was  a  man  of 
great  energy  and  industry,  qualities  that  gained 
him  a  leading  position  among  the  early  pio- 
neers. He  was  known  to  his  neighbors  as  a 
man  whose  word  was  held  sacred,  and  one  who 
could  be  depended  upon  for  the  support  of  any 
good  cause  or  aught  that  promised  for  the  pub- 
lic good.  He  was  liberal  in  his  views,  with  a 
wide  charity  for  all.  In  his  private  life  he 
was  benevolent  and  kindhearted,  and  was  held 
in  the  highest  esteem.  After  making  settle- 
ment in  Western  New  York  he  returned  to 
Vermont,  where  he  married  Susanna  Porter, 
shortly  afterward  bringing  his  bride  to  the  new 
home  in  Willink.  During  the  first  two  winters, 
1807-8,  he  taught  the  district  school,  but  ever 
afterward  remained  a  farmer.  During  the 
war  of  1812  he  enlisted  as  a  private  and  served 
during  the  war  along  the  Niagara  frontier. 
Later,  after  the  war  closed,  he  was  commis- 
sioned a  colonel  of  state  militia.  Children: 
Hylas  T.,  Susanna,  Abner,  Joseph,  Ruth,  Na- 
than Porter,  of  further  mention;  Erdix,  Lu- 
cinda,  Chauncey  G.,  Marilla,  Harriet  A. 

(VII)  Nathan  Porter,  son  of  Colonel  Ab- 
ner (2)  and  Susanna  (Porter)  Currier,  was 
bom  at  Holland,  Erie  county.  New  York, 
August  4,  1818,  died  at  Lockport,  New  York, 
October  14,  1880.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Aurora  Academy.  Early 
in  life  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  merchant 
at  Java  Lake,  Wyoming  county,  New  York, 
where  he  also  was  prominent  in  public  affairs, 
and  in  1852  was  elected  county  clerk  on  the 
Whig  ticket.  In  1856  he  removed  to  Perry, 
New  York,  where  he  also  engaged  in  merchan- 
dising. In  1864,  at  the  earnest  request  of  his 
friend.   Governor   Washington   Hunt,   he  re- 


moved to  Lockport,  New  York,  to  become 
manager  of  the  flax  and  cotton  mills  there,  in 
which  the  governor  was  interested,  and  re- 
mained in  charge  of  the  mills  until  the  business 
was  discontinued.  He  then  became  interested 
in  the  Lockport  Hydraulic  Company,  of  which 
he  was  secretary  and  treasurer,  also  secretary 
of  the  Franklin  Mill  Company,  and  closely 
identified  with  other  interests  of  the  city.  His 
friendship  with  Governor  Hunt  was  only  sev- 
ered by  the  death  of  the  latter,  who  in  his 
will  appointed  Mr.  Currier  executor  of  his  es- 
tate. He  became  an  ardent  Democrat  after 
the  dissolution  of  the  Whig  party,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was 
a  most  capable  man  of  business  and  strictly 
scrupulous  in  his  ideas  of  business  honor.  He 
was  held  in  high  esteem  among  his  business  as- 
sociates and  his  wide  circle  of  friends.  He 
married  (first).  May  11,  1842,  Frances  Cook, 
who  died  in  Lockport,  May  30,  1873,  daughter 
of  Philander  Cook.  He  married  (second), 
June  22,  1876,  Mrs.  Olive  D.  Hall,  of  Rich- 
mond Hill,  Canada,  died  January  15,  1892. 
Children  of  first  marriage:  i.  Adelaide,  of 
further  mention.  2.  Carrie  A.,  born  in  Perry, 
New  York,  July  27,  1851 ;  married,  June  7, 
1877,  at  Lockport,  New  York,  Judge  George 
D.  Keeney.  3.  Edward  N.,  born  at  Perry, 
New  York,  July  4,  1858,  died  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  June  20,  1902.  He  was  six  years  of  age 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Lockport,  where 
he  was  educated  in  the  common  and  high 
school,  later  attending  the  state  normal  school 
at  Brockport.  He  later  went  west,  finally  set- 
tling in  Cleveland,  where  he  died.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  of  the 
Order  of  Elks.  He  married,  at  Pittsburg, 
Pennsylvania,  April  25,  1882,  Margaret  C. 
Canavan,  died  August  2,  1907.  Children :  Wil- 
liam E.,  born  October  24,  1883;  Arthur  B., 
December  2,  1887,  died  July  15,  1902;  Harold 
T.,  born  November  7,  1889 ;  Carl  N.,  July  25, 
1891 ;  Francis  P.,  May  13,  1895. 

(VIII)  Adelaide,  eldest  child  of  Nathan 
Porter  and  his  first  wife,  Frances  (Cook) 
Currier,  was  born  in  Java  Lake,  New  York, 
May  16,  1846.  She  married,  October  19,  1871, 
Ambrose  S.  Beverly,  born  at  Syracuse,  New 
York,  August  23,  1826,  died  at  Lockport,  New 
York,  June  24,  1896,  youngest  son  of  Captain 
Charles  S.  and  Prudence  (Larned)  Beverly. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  tinner  at  Lockport, 
where  he  removed  in  1847,  and  in  1854  pur- 
chased a  tinware  store.    He  soon  extended  his 


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business  so  as  to  include  a  full  hardware  line, 
and  erected  a  three-story  building  at  Market 
and  Exchange  streets.  This  business  he  con- 
ducted with  marked  success  until  1888.  In 
1879  he  became  a  member  of  the  Niagara 
White  Grape  Company,  of  which  he  was  pres- 
ident. He  was  also  treasurer  of  the  Lockport 
Pulp  Company ;  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Lockport  Hydraulic  Company;  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Franklin  Mills  Company; 
treasurer  of  the  Lockport  Felt  Company ;  pres- 
ident of  the  Boston  and  Lockport  Block  Com- 
pany, and  interested  in  several  other  business 
enterprises.  He  was  mayor  of  Lockport  in 
1881-82,  and  later  president  of  the  board  of 
police  commissioners.  During  the  war  of  the 
rebellion  he  was  one  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  raise  forces  and  funds.  He  was  a 
member  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church  of  Lock- 
port,  and  was  an  Independent  Democrat  in 
politics. 

Mrs.  Beverly  survives  her  husband.  She  is 
a  resident  of  Lockport,  New  York.  She  is  a 
member  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church  and  of  the 
social  and  benevolent  societies  of  the  town. 


This  branch  of  the  Peter- 
PETERSON     sons   in   the   United   States 

came  by  an  ancestor  from 
Holland  who  settled  in  New  Amsterdam  at 
an  early  date.  The  name  appears  on  the  rec- 
ord as  early  as  1646,  when  Barent  and  Casper 
Pietersen,  with  others,  petitioned  for  leave  to 
form  a  village  and  for  salt  meadows.  Chris- 
tian Peterson  owned  lands  in  Brooklyn  in  1660. 
Christian  Peterson  married  Tryntje  Cornelise, 
and  had  several  children,  baptized  in  1658 
and  1669. 

(II)  Garret,  son  of  Christian  and  Tryntje 
(Cornelise)  Peterson,  removed  in  1694  to 
New  Jersey.   He  married  and  had  issue. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Garret  Peterson, 
married  Mary  Valentine  and  had  issue  that 
settled  in  Somerset  county,  New  Jersey,  on 
the  banks  of  the  Raritan.  They  were  owners 
of  the  land  they  tilled,  and  rendered  good  ser- 
vice to  their  state,  several  of  the  name  appear- 
ing on  New  Jersey  revolutionary  rolls. 

(IV)  Cornelius,  son  of  William  Peterson, 
was  a  farmer  of  the  town  of  Hillsborough, 
Somerset  county.  New  Jersey.  He  took  an 
active  part  in  town  affairs,  and  when  the  free- 
holders of  Neshanic  (a  village  in  the  town- 
ship) met.  May  3,  1775,  to  choose  officers  for 

the  Hillsborough  battalion  of  militia  he  was 
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elected  second  lieutenant,  his  brother  Roelof 
being  chosen  first  lieutenant.  The  battalion 
saw  service  during  the  revolution,  and  Lieu- 
tenant Cornelius  Peterson  was  with  his  com- 
pany. He  married,  in  Neshanic,  Hannah  Pur- 
cell  (or  Parscell)  and  had  children,  all  bap- 
tized in  the  Dutch  Reformed  church.  After 
the  war  was  over  Cornelius  removed  to  New 
York  state,  probably  during  his  military  ser- 
vice, having  heard  of  some  locality  that  suited 
him.  He  loaded  such  goods  as  he  could  move 
into  covered  wagons,  and  with  wife,  family, 
and  some  negro  slaves,  made  his  way  to  Cay- 
uga county,  New  York,  where  he  cleared  a 
farm  and  lived  the  remainder  of  his  days.  Chil- 
dren: Cornelius  (2),  Jerome,  George,  Garret, 
of  further  mention ;  Roelof,  Richard,  Anna 
and  Atlje. 

(V)  Garret  (2),  son  of  Cornelius  and  Han- 
nah (Purcell  or  Parscell)  Peterson,  was  born 
in  Neshanic,  Hillsborough  township,  Somerset 
county.  New  Jersey,  died  at  Nunda,  New 
York,  November  i,  1843.  He  came  to  Cayuga 
county.  New  York,  with  his  father,  between 
the  years  1785  and  1800,  marrying  in  the  town 
of  Scipio,  the  latter  year,  Rebecca  Babcock, 
whose  parents  removed  to  Cayuga  county 
from  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Gilbert,  son  of  Garret  (2)  and  Re- 
becca (Babcock)  Peterson,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Owasco,  Cayuga  county,  New  York, 
August  5,  1824,  died  November  14,  1890.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  at  an 
early  age  became  a  lumberman,  a  business  he 
followed  for  several  years.  Later  he  engaged 
in  contracting  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Hunt,  Peterson  &  Kinsley.  They  carried  on 
several  large  operations,  among  them  being 
a  contract  from  the  state  of  New  York,  enlarg- 
ing the  canals  between  Middleport  and  Gas- 
port,  New  York,  in  1855.  I"  1858  he  removed 
his  residence  to  Lockport,  New  York,  having 
been  appointed  superintendent  of  the  western 
division  of  the  Erie  Canal.  Later  he  assumed 
the  contract  for  canal  repairs  on  the  Albany 
section,  later  the  section  between  Frankfort 
and  Little  Falls.  At  about  this  time  he  built 
the  Kilburn  Hill  water  works  plant  and  sys- 
tem at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  The  old  con- 
tracting firm  then  dissolved.  Mr.  Peterson 
admitted  his  sons  Charles  and  Jesse  to  a  part- 
nership, and  as  Peterson  &  Sons  they  built  the 
water  works  at  Grand  Rapids,  Michigan,  and 
a  similar  plant  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  Another  im- 
portant contract   was    the    erection,   for    the 


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United  States  government,  of  the  Trumbull 
street  reservoir  at  Washington,  D.  C.  Mr. 
Peterson,  Sr.,  continued  actively  in  business 
until  his  death  in  1890.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics  and  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  He  was  a  man  of  forceful  character, 
upright  and  honorable. 

He  married,  in  1847,  Elizabeth  Parker,  born 
1823,  died  1905,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Catherine  (Snyder)  Parker,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Captain  John  and  Elizabeth  (Rettie) 
Parker,  of  Somerset  county,  New  Jersey.  Cap- 
tain John  Parker  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war  with  the  First  Battalion,  Somerset  County 
militia;  was  engaged  at  the  battle  of  Mon- 
mouth under  command  of  General  Washing- 
ton, and  died  soon  after  the  battle,  from  apo- 
plexy. Benjamin  Parker  came  from  Somer- 
set county.  New  Jersey,  to  Livingston  county, 
New  York,  in  1797.  He  served  in  the  war  of 
1 81 2- 1 4,  losing  a  leg  at  the  battle  of  Queens- 
town  Heights.  Elizabeth  Parker  descended  in 
direct  lines  from  three  "Mayflower"  passen- 
gers and  signers  of  the  "Compact;"  Francis 
Cooke,  Richard  Warren  and  John  Cooke.  Chil- 
dren of  Gilbert  and  Elizabeth  (Parker)  Peter- 
son: Charles,  born  1848;  Jesse,  of  further 
mention;  Elizabeth,  born  in  Lockport,  New 
York. 

(VH)  Jesse,  son  of  Gilbert  and  Elizabeth 
(Parker)  Peterson,  was  born  at  Belfast,  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  October  i,  1850.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  at  Lock- 
port,  attended  the  high  school,  and  later  was 
a  student  at  Bryant  and  Stratton's  Business 
College,  at  Buffalo.  In  1868  he  became  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  in  the  contracting  busi- 
ness and  was  in  charge  of  many  of  the  large 
operations  mentioned  in  the  preceding  gen- 
eration. The  firm  of  Peterson  &  Sons  con- 
ducted a  large  and  profitable  business,  being 
well  known  as  a  capable,  responsible  firm.  He 
continued  in  business  with  Peterson  &  Sons 
until  the  dissolution  of  the  firm  through  the 
death  of  the  senior  partner.  In  1885  he  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Indurated  Fibre 
Company,  which  was  incorporated  in  that 
year  with  Jesse  Peterson,  president  and  general 
manager.  He  has  other  important  business 
interests:  Is  president  of  the  Buffalo  Ware- 
house &  Distributing:  Company,  sole  owner  of 
the  Cascade  Pulp  Mills,  and  otherwise  inter- 
ested in  Lockport  and  Buffalo  enterprises.  His 
life  has  been  an  active,  useful  one,  and  the 
reward   that    has    followed    has  been    fairly 


earned  and  wisely  used.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics;  in  1892  was  presidential  elector  and 
is  influential  in  his  party.  He  served  his  city 
as  police  commissioner  and  also  as  railroad 
commissioner.  Through  his  patriotic  ancestors 
he  has  gained  membership  in  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution;  is  a  member  of  the 
Electrical  Engineers  Club,  of  New  York  City, 
and  tlie  Social  Qub,  Buffalo  and  Ellicott,  of 
Buffalo. 

He  married,  January  29,  1873,  Arabella  A., 
(daughter  of  former  Mayor  Albert  F.  Brown, 
of  Lockport.  Children :  Clara,  married  Henry 
M.  Nichols ;  Jesse  Dudley. 


The  remote  origin  of  this  fam- 
RANSOM     ily  across  the  sea  is  veiled  with 

the  doubt  and  uncertainty  that 
surround  most  ancestral  records,  made  up 
as  they  are  largely  from  tradition.  The  his- 
torian of  the  Ransoms  of  America,  Willys  C. 
Ransom,  A.  M.,  states  there  is  little  doubt  that 
the  family  is  of  Danish  stock,  the  first  landing 
in  Brittainy  being  coincident  with  the  Danish 
invasion  and  the  overthrow  of  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  rule  in  that  country,  loi  7-1042.  It  is 
said  that  for  many  years  after  the  Danish  in- 
cursions they  were  called  by  the  Britons,  Ran- 
somes,  as  in  their  early  raids  they  seized  and 
carried  away  notable  men  and  women,  holding 
them  in  captivity  until  the  ransom  demanded 
for  their  release  was  paid.  After  the  restora- 
tion of  Saxon  rule,  it  is  likely  that  Danish 
families  continued  to  live  in  England  and  were 
still  known  and  called  by  the  old  name. 
Old  records  and  registers  generally  spelled 
the  name  with  a  final  "e."  Occasionally 
it  was  written  Ransomme  and  Ransom, 
but  since  the  sixteenth  century  the  name 
has  usually  been  spelled  as  it  is  pro- 
nounced. There  is  also  a  prevalent  impression 
that  the  American  branch  is  of  Celtic  or  Welsh 
descent,  and  again  it  is  claimed  that  they  came 
into  England  with  William  the  Conqueror,  but 
these  statements  are  extremely  hard  to  verify 
and  difficult  to  accept.  All  efforts  to  connect 
the  American  family  with  English  progenitors 
of  definite  date  and  localities  have  been  un- 
successful. The  passenger  lists  at  the  differ- 
ent ports  from  which  the  emigration  to  Amer- 
ica departed  during  the  seventeenth  centur>' 
fails  to  show  a  single  passenger  by  the  name 
of  Ransom,  although  it  is  beyond  question  that 
one  of  that  name  landed  in  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, previous  to  1650.    The  municipal  and 


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church  records  show  that  for  many  centuries 
families  of  Ransoms  have  lived  and  been 
prominent  in  affairs  in  Kent,  Ipswich,  Sussex, 
and  principal  towns  in  Eastern  England. 

The  first  of  the  family  in  America  of  whom 
there  is  clear  and  continuous  record  is  Rob- 
ert Ransom,  of  Plymouth,  although  there  are 
others  mentioned  at  as  early  a  date — Matthew, 
of  Lyme,  Connecticut,  who  is  believed  to  have 
been  a  son  of  Robert;  and  Peter  Ransome, 
who  settled  in  Virginia,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  house  of  burgesses  from  Elizabeth  county 
in  1654,  who  may  have  been  a  brother  of 
Robert.  In  1654  Robert  Ransom  was  com- 
plainant in  Plymouth  court  against  his  mas- 
ter, Thomas  Dexter,  Jr.,  to  whom  he  was  ap- 
prenticed. Where  he  came  from  and  how  long 
he  had  been  in  the  colony  is  unknown.  He 
seems  to  have  been  a  lonely,  friendless  lad. 
Certain  it  is  that  he  had  no  parents  in  Ply- 
mouth and  grew  up  a  wayward  boy  and  young 
man,  although  in  matUrer  years  he  became 
wiser  and  held  positions  of  trust.  From 
Freeman's  "History  of  Cape  Cod"  it  appears 
that  Robert  was  a  resident  of  Sandwich  in 
1654,  and  that  he  complained  to  the  court  of 
Thomas  Dexter,  Jr.,  but  was  himself  repri- 
manded.. The  date  is  August  4,  1654,  and  at 
this  time  Thomas  Clark,  of  Plymouth,  bought 
out  this  remaining  time  of  Dexter.  Robert's 
offense  was  stubbornness,  and  he  seems  to 
have  continued  in  offending,  as  on  March  i, 
1663,  he  was  fined  ten  shillings  for  his  "turbu- 
lent and  clamorous  carriage  in  the  court." 
December  2,  1665,  he  was  admonished  for  call- 
ing William  Hawkins  a  "rogue"  and  insulting 
him.  In  1669  Robert  Ransom  and  wife  ap- 
peared, and  were  bound  to  answer  for  their 
"contentions  and  unworthy  carryages"  each 
to  the  other.  March  i,  1690,  he  appeared  to 
answer  his  presentment  for  speaking  wicked 
and  reproachful  words  against  the  governor 
and  magistrates.  The  jury  cleared  him  legally, 
although  they  were  persuaded  that  the  lan- 
guage spake  "like  unto  the  said  Ransom's  lan- 
guage." He  seems  to  have  had  a  good  deal  of 
trouble,  and  to  have  been  both  sinning  and 
sinned  against.  June  i,  1675,  he  was  appointed 
one  of  the  four  surveyors  of  highways  of  Ply- 
mouth. July  7,  1681,  John  Doter,  "late  con- 
stable of  Plymouth,"  complained  against  him 
to  the  damage  of  five  pounds,  for  his  putting 
the  said  Doter  "to  much  unnecessary  trouble, 
expense  of  time  and  losses  in  the  execution  of 
bis  late  office  of  constable."   Jury  found  for 


the  plaintiff.  July  7,  1685,  Robert  Ransom 
was  one  of  the  jury  at  the  court  of  His  Maj- 
esty, "holden  at  Plymouth."  Some  time  pre- 
vious to  his  death  he  was  one  of  the  committee 
to  receive  funds  for  the  increase  of  the  min- 
ister's salary.  He  married  young,  although 
Plymouth  records  bear  no  record  of  his  mar- 
riage. His  home  was  at  Lakenham,  now 
Lakeville,  the  town  south  of  Middleboro, 
merged  in  1708  with  the  town  of  Plympton. 
He  reared  a  large  family  of  sons  and  daugh- 
ters who  appear  to  have  been  respected  peo- 
ple, who  intermarried  with  the  best  families 
of  the  colony.  Robert  owned  a  home  and 
land  on  which  he  lived  and  farmed,  purchased 
from  Samuel  Ryder,  Jr.  His  wife  Hannah  is 
sometimes  called  Susannah,  and  it  is  possible 
he  may  have  been  married  a  second  time.  He 
died  December  14,  1697,  leaving  a  comfort- 
able estate  for  his  day.  His  is  the  first  death 
recorded  in  the  Ransom  family.  Children: 
I.  Matthew,  of  Saybrook,  Connecticut;  mar- 
ried, March  7,  1683,  Hannah  Jones.  2. 
Joshua,  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts ;  married 
(first)  Mary  Clifford,  February  i,  1686;  (sec- 
ond), Susanna  Garner,  March  10,  1692.  3. 
Robert,  of  further  mention.  4.  Hannah,  of 
Pfymouth;  married,  1691,  Ebenezer  Jackson. 
5.  Mercy,  of  Plymouth;  married,  1692,  Sam- 
uel Waterman.  6.  Mary,  of  Plymouth;  mar- 
ried Nehemiah  Besse.  7.  Samuel,  of  Ply- 
mouth; married,  1706,  Mercy  Dunham.. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  and 
Hannah  Ransom,  died  April  27,  1723.  There  is 
no  record  of  the  place  or  date  of  his  birth,  but 
the  records  show  him  to  have  been  the  third 
son  of  Robert,  and  born  probably  about  1669, 
at  Lakenham,  afterward  Plympton,  county  of 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  The  Plymouth 
county  records  show  that  June  17,  1686,  Rob- 
ert Ransom  (i)  gave  by  deed  of  trust,  which 
took  the  place  of  a  will,  certain  real  estate 
holdings,  "To  Robert  Ransom,  Junior,  my  be- 
loved son".  Robert  Ransom  (2)  married, 
about  1689,  Anna,  believed  to  have  been  the 
daughter  of  Deacon  Waterman,  of  Halifax. 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  born 
1693;  married,  December  12,  1717,  Abigail 
Richard.  2.  Abigail,  born  June  7,  1695  *  niar- 
ried  Nathaniel  Thomas.  3.  Lydia,  born  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1700;  married  January  8,  1724,  Sam- 
uel Barrows.    4.  Ebenezer,  born  September  6, 

1702;  married,    1722,  Jerusha .     5. 

Mary,  born  June  9,  1705.  6.  Robert  (3),  of 
further  mention.     7.  Joseph,  of  further  men- 


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tion.  8.  Anna,  born  November  18,  171 1.  9. 
Deborah,  bom  May  3,  1714,  died  1723. 

The  descendants  of  Robert  multiplied  rap- 
idly, and  many  of  them  settled  in  Plympton 
and  adjacent  towns,  making  their  way  in 
course  of  time  to  various  localities  in  Massa- 
chusetts, Vermont  and  Connecticut.  A  num- 
ber located  in  the  valley  of  the  Hudson  in  New 
York  state,  at  Saguerties  and  Poughkeepsie, 
from  whom  descendants  spread  to  western 
New  York  and  throughout  even  the  far  west. 

(Ill)  Robert  (3),  third  son  and  sixth  child 
of  Robert  (2)  and  Anna  (Waterman)  Ran- 
som, was  born  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
September  15,  1707,  and  passed  his  entire  life 
there.  He  married  (first)  August  30,  1719, 
Sarah  Thomas;  (second)  1729,  Sarah  Chyles. 
A  distinguished  member  of  his  family  was 
Captain  Samuel  Ransom,  of  Wyoming,  Penn- 
sylvania, born  April  10,  1738,  at  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts.  When  of  age  he  went  with  his 
brother  John  to  Connecticut,  where  he  married 
and  lived  until  the  outbreak  of  the  revolu- 
tionary war,  when  he  removed  with  his  family 
to  the  Wyoming  valley,  Pennsylvania,  then  a 
part  of  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut.  He 
joined  the  American  army  and  was  commis- 
sioned captain  in  the  Pennsylvania  Continen- 
tal Line.  He  fought  in  many  battles,  and  then 
returned  to  his  home  to  defend  the  valley 
against  the  Indians,  sent  by  British  generals  to 
bum,  kill  and  destroy.  He  was  slain  at  the 
head  of  his  little  force  in  a  vain  attempt  to 
turn  the  tide  of  the  bloody  battle,  known  in 
history  as  the  Wyoming  Massacre. 

(III)  Joseph,  fourth  son  and  seventh  child 
of  Robert  (2)  and  Anna  (Waterman)  Ran- 
som, was  born  December  22,  1709.  He  set- 
tled in  Ulster  county.  New  York,  where  he 
died.  He  married,  March  24,  1730,  Mary  Pin- 
chon.  Children:  James,  born  April  16,  1732; 
Peleg,  of  further  mention;  Ruth,  born  Jan- 
uary 20,  1736;  Mary,  July  4,  1740;  Joseph, 
1744.  He  is  said  to  have  been  drowned  in  the 
Hudson  river. 

(IV)  Peleg,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  (Pinchon)  Ransom,  was  bom  in  Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  August  5,  1735.  He  re- 
moved to  Ulster  county  with  his  father  prior 
to  the  revolution,  and  ever  after  made  that 
his  home.  He  was  a  devoted  patriot,  signer 
of  the  Ulster  county  revolutionary  pledge,  was 
captain  of  a  company  of  the  Third  Regiment, 
Ulster  county  militia,  and  rendered  efficient 
service.     He  married,  October  15,  1760,  Su- 


sanna Griffin.  Children:  Mary  Jane,  married 
Elijah  Lester;  Ruth,  married  Reuben  Miller; 
Griffin,  of  further  mention;  Joseph,  a  signer 
of  the  Ulster  county  pledge,  and  a  soldier  of 
the  Third  Regiment,  Ulster  county  militia; 
Jacob,  Peleg  (2). 

(V)  Griffin,  eldest  son  and  third  child  of 
Peleg  and  Susanna  (Griffin)  Ransom,  was 
born  at  New  Paltz,  Ulster  county.  New  York, 
April  22,  1768.  He  became  a  farmer,  and  fol- 
lowed that  occupation  until  a  short  time  be- 
fore his  death,  when  he  came  to  Lockport, 
New  York,  where  he  died  September  19,  1848. 
He  married,  September  29,  1788,  Sarah  Smithy 
born  in  Ulster  county,  New  York,  January  15, 
1770,  and  died  at  Ransomville,  Niagara  county. 
New  York,  March  2,  1861,  daughter  of  Ann- 
ing  and  Eleanor  (Clark)  Smith.  Children:  i. 
Lydia,  born  September  30,  1789.  2.  Susanna,, 
born  March  16,  1791 ;  married  Stephen  War- 
ing; she  died  in  New  York  City,  October,  1855. 
3.  Peleg,  born  March  27,  1793,  died  Octo- 
ber 25,  1884,  at  Wilson,  Niagara  county,  New 
York ;  married  Letty  Lewis.  4.  Anning  Smith,, 
bom  February  5,  1795,  died  July  26,  1883,  at 
Babcock's  Grove,  Illinois.  5.  Jehiel  Clark 
Smith,  born  in  New  Paltz,  Ulster  county,  New 
York,  January  15,  1803.  He  was  well  edu- 
cated in  the  Ulster  schools  and  academy,  re- 
maining in  New  Paltz  until  1823,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Niagara  county,  settling  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Ransomville,  founded  by  and  named 
after  him.  He  was  first  postmaster  of  the 
village,  and  for  some  years  taught  school  in 
the  town  of  Newfane.  He  held  many  of  the 
town  offices  and  was  a  man  of  considerable 
prominence.  He  was  the  organizer  of  the 
Ransomville  Horse  Owners*  Protective  Asso- 
ciation that  had  a  long  and  useful  existence.  6. 
Aurelia  Maria,  born  March  8,  1805 ;  married,. 
February  22,  1829,  William  Tarbell ;  she  lived 
to  the  great  age  of  one  hundred  years,  dying 
in  Washington  county,  Iowa.  7.  Eleanor  Be- 
linda, born  August  26,  1807.  8.  Jerome 
Bonaparte,  of  further  mention. 

(VI)  Jerome  Bonaparte,  youngest  son  of 
Griffin  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Ransom,  was  bom 
in  the  town  of  New  Paltz,  Ulster  county.  New 
York,  September  i,  1810,  died  at  BuflFalo,. 
August  17,  1889,  2i"d  is  buried  at  Lockport, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  lived  on  the  farm  in  New  Paltz. 
He  was  a  hardy,  well  developed  boy,  and  at 
the  age  of  twelve  years  drove  a  stage  in  Sulli- 
van county,  New  York,  some  of  the  Ransoms 


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having  settled  in  that  county.  In  1831  he  re- 
moved to  Niagara  county,  where  he  settled  in 
the  town  of  New  fane.  He  became  interested 
in  a  general  store  at  Olcott,  Niagara  county. 
Qosing  out  his  mercantile  business,  he  re- 
moved to  the  state  of  Michigan,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1836.  In  that  year  he  returned  to 
Niagara  county,  and  in  1840  had  become  a 
conductor  on  the  Lockport  &  Niagara  Falls 
railroad.  In  1842  he  removed  his  residence 
to  Niagara  Falls,  where  he  resided  until  1845. 
He  returned  to  Lockport  in  1847.  He  became 
engaged  in  heavy  contracting  and  executed 
several  well-known  construction  jobs.  He 
was  overseer  of  the  building  of  the  section  of 
the  Welland  canal  at  St.  Catherine's,  Ontario; 
the  stone  towers  for  the  first  suspension 
bridge  at  Niagara  Falls ;  Deveaux  College,  and 
a  section  of  the  Hamburg  canal,  besides  other 
important  contracts  at  BuflFalo  and  elsewhere. 
He  was  an  energetic,  capable  man  of  business, 
and  was  highly  regarded  among  his  fellows. 
He  married,  March  5,  1834,  Elvira  Albright, 
bom  April  14,  1815,  died  June  14,  1901,  daugh- 
ter of  Jacob  and  Submit  Albright,  of  New- 
fane,  Niagara  county,  New  York.  Children: 
I.  James  F.,  bom  July  4,  1835;  died  in  in- 
fancy. 2.  Sarah  Ellen,  born  October  11,  1836; 
married  Vincent  Rief snider  at  Lockport,  Sep- 
tember II,  i860;  she  died  at  Chicago,  Illinois, 
March  24,  1863,  and  is  buried  in  that  city.  3. 
Frank  Albright,  born  March  5,  1838,  at  Olcott, 
New  York;  died  September  3,  1889,  and  is 
buried  at  Lockport,  New  York;  married,  De- 
cember I,  1863,  Lucy  Fraetas,  of  New  York; 
died  July  6,  1864.  4.  Cherrill  Wells,  born  June 
21,  1840,  at  Olcott;  died  April  15,  1886,  at 
Arkansas  City,  Arkansas,  and  is  buried  in 
Lockport;  she  married,  November  2,  1859,  at 
Lx)ckport,  Edward  E.  Newhall.  5.  Washing- 
ton H.,  of  further  mention. 

(VII)  Washington  Hunt,  youngest  child  of 
Jerome  Bonaparte  and  Elvira  (Albright)  Ran- 
som, was  bom  in  Lockport,  New  York,  March 
9, 1842.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  having  decided  on  the  profession  of  law 
entered  the  offices  of  Murray  &  Greene,  of 
Lockport,  under  whose  preceptorship  he  re- 
mained until  his  entrance  to  Albany  Law 
School,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1867  and 
admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year.  He  at  once 
opened  offices  at  Lockport,  and  has  been  con- 
tinuously in  the  successful  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession until  the  present  date  (  iqi  i  ) .  He  holds 
high  position  in  the  legal  fraternity  as  a  learned 


and  skillful  lawyer,  and  as  a  man  of  probity 
and  honor.  Aside  from  his  profession  he 
has  important  interests:  is  president  of  the 
Niagara  Guaranty  Search  Company ;  president 
and  trustee  of  the  Cold  Spring  Cemetery  As- 
sociation, and  was  formerly  secretary  and  a 
director  of  the  old  Buffalo  &  Lockport  Rail- 
way Company.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat, 
and  has  held  several  county  and  town  offices. 
In  religious  belief  he  is  an  Episcopalian. 

He  married,  October  5,  1870,  Kate  F.  Stick- 
ney,  born  June  20,  1842,  died  November  18, 
1908,  at  Lockport,  daughter  of  Washington 
and  Sarah  Stickney,  of  that  city.  Children:  i. 
Francis  Albright,  born  October  9,  1871 ;  edu- 
cated in  the  Lockport  schools;  studied  law 
with  his  father,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
January  4,  1894.  He  began  practice  in  Lock- 
port,  continuing  until  September  13,  1902, 
when  he  abandoned  his  profession  and  engaged 
in  mercantile  life  until  October  i,  1905,  when 
he  retired  and  began  the  study  of  divinity.  In 
March,  1910,  he  was  ordained  to  the  priest- 
hood of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  by 
Bishop  Walker,  of  Buffalo,  and  is  now  (1911) 
rector  of  the  Episcopal  church  in  Gowanda, 
New  York.  He  married,  in  1903,  Bessie  A., 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Ford,  of 
Lockport;  children:  i.  Francis  Ford,  born 
July  24,  1905,  died  August  28,  IQ08.  ii.  Thomas 
C,  born  March  19,  1909.  iii.  George,  June 
2,  1910.  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  bom  November 
9,  1875  f  "ow  a  teacher  in  the  Lockport  high 
school.  3.  Kate  Stickney,  born  July  24,  1877 ; 
resides  at  home. 


The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Dale 
DALE     family  of   Lockport,   New    York, 

was  Thomas  Dale,  born  at  Crake, 
Yorkshire,  England,  September  22,  1810,  the 
eldest  of  eleven  children  of  Christopher  and 
Mary  Dale.  He  died  in  the  town  of  Royal- 
ton,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  December  29, 
1888.  He  came  to  America  in  1834,  and  set- 
tled on  the  Stayton  road,  town  of  Lockport, 
where  he  purchased  the  farm  now  known  as 
the  Pease  Farm.  He  cultivated  this  property 
until  1842,  when  he  sold  and  moved  to  St. 
Catherine's,  Ontario,  Canada,  where  he  was 
associated  with  the  Calvin,  Phelps  &  Merritt 
Milling  Company.  After  the  death  of  his  wife, 
in  1856,  he  returned  to  Niagara  county,  locat- 
ing near  Lockport,  where  he  passed  his  re- 
maining years.  He  married  just  before  com- 
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bom  in  1813,  died  1856,  youngest  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  Ash,  of  Limington,  Yorkshire, 
England.  Children,  the  first  three  of  whc«n 
were  born  in  Royalton,  Niagara  county,  New 
York,  the  last  three  in  St.  Catherine's,  Canada : 
I.  Elizabeth  Jane,  married  Henry  Pearson; 
children:  George  H.  and  Dorothy  A.,  living, 
and  Albert,  deceased.  The  children  are  living 
on  the  old  Pearson  homestead,  on  the  Staten 
Settlement  road.  2.  Mary  Ann,  married  Rob- 
ert T.  Pearson,  of  the  same  place ;  he  was  one 
of  the  noted  men  of  his  neighborhood  and 
active  in  politics;  children:  Robert  H.,  of 
Lockport ;  Ruth  A.  and  A.  W.,  who  are  resid- 
ing on  the  home  place,  and  Dr.  A.  L.,  who  re- 
sides on  the  home  farm  and  is  a  prominent 
dentist  in  Lockport.  3.  John,  died  in  Michi- 
gan in  early  life;  he  married  and  had  two  sons, 
Alfred  and  Archer.  4.  William  Francis,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  Christopher,  died  young.  6. 
Ruth,  living  with  her  brother  in  the  neigh- 
borhood where  she  was  born. 

(II)  William  Francis,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Ruth  (Ash)  Dale,  was  born  at  St.  Catherine's, 
Ontario,  Canada,  July  4,  1842.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  and  private  schools  of  St. 
Catherine's  and  at  the  old  Lockport  high 
school.  When  a  youth  of  fourteen  years  he 
Vegan  working  in  a  grocery  store  in  Lockport, 
ater  in  years  he  purchased  a  small  farm  of 
5ixty-two  and  one-half  acres,  a  part  of  the  old 
Weaver  homestead,  where  he  still  resides.  He 
has  been  a  successful  farmer  and  has  added  to 
his  original  purchase  until  his  estate  now  con- 
sists of  one  hundred  and  forty  acres,  eighty 
acres  of  which  are  in  fruit,  of  which  he  has 
almost  every  variety  known  to  the  state.  He 
is  a  man  of  exemplary  habits  in  life  and  highly 
regarded  in  his  community.  He  is  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Wesleyan 
Methodist  Church.  He  married,  May  28,  1869, 
at  Hartland,  Niagara  county,  New  York,  at  the 
farm  that  he  now  owns,  Lydia  M.  Weaver, 
born  November  21,  1844,  at  Millville,  Orleans 
county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Elisha  T.  and 
Jane  (Duell)  Weaver.  Children:  i.  Alice  R., 
deceased.  2.  Albert  F.,  born  July  i,  1872; 
married  Sarah  Decker,  of  Somerset.  Child: 
Leon,  born  1910.  3.  Herbert  W.,  of  further 
mention.  4.  Emma  A.,  born  August  3,  1876; 
married  Morton  D.  Windsor,  of  Guilford,  now 
living  at  Northville,  New  York.  5.  Warren, 
bom  March  20,  1878;  married  Bessie  Tyron, 
of  Royalton.  6.  Edith  M.,  bom  January  2, 
1880.    7.  Jessie,  born  Febmary  lo,  1885 ;  mar- 


ried Professor  F.  F.  Sherer,  of  Lockport.    8. 
Walter,  born  May  18,  1888. 

(Ill)  Herbert  W.,  son  of  William  Francis 
and  Lydia  M.  (Weaver)  Dale,  was  born  at 
Hartland,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  October 
22,  1874.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Hartland,  Lockport  high  school  and 
Lockport  Business  College.  After  completing 
his  studies  he  returned  to  the  farm  as  his 
father's  assistant,  remaining  until  1903,  when 
he  located  in  Lockport,  engaging  in  the  whole- 
sale fruit  and  produce  business,  in  which  he  is 
still  successfully  engaged.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  which  he  swerved  as  treasurer  for  three 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  Niagara  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Lockport.  He 
married,  at  Machias,  New  York,  December  6. 
1905,  Rosa  M.,  born  June  24,  1883,  daughter 
of  Hugh  J.  and  Clara  Kerr,  at  Machias,  Catta- 
raugus county.  New  York.  Children:  Ruth 
Lydia,  born  November  18,  1906;  Clara  Esther. 
May  13,  1910. 


This  family  is  of  ancient  Scotch 
E\VIN(j    origin.    It  is  identical  with  Ewen 

and  McEwen.  The  family  seat 
was  in  Aberdeenshire  and  Edinburgshire  from 
early  times.  The  Ewing  family  of  the  north 
of  Ireland,  from  which  most  of  the  older 
Ewing  families  of  this  country  are  descended 
trace  their  ancestry  to  Major  Finlay  Ewing, 
who  received  a  grant  of  land  for  military  serv- 
ice, three  hundred  acres,  laid  out  August  20, 
1696,  at  Ballymena,  county  Antrim,  Ireland. 
Major  Ewing  came  from  Dumbartonshire  with 
his. sons,  John  and  Alexander  (Calendar  of 
State  Papers  of  Ireland,  vol.  xxxvi,  p.  127). 
The  present  representative  of  the  ancient  fam- 
ily in  Dumbartonshire  is  Sir  Frederick  Orr 
Ewing,  residing  at  Dumbartonshire  and  White 
Court,  Edinburgh,  Scotland.  One  of  the  first 
of  the  name  in  America  was  Richard  Ewen, 
who  settled  in  Maryland  before  1659.  Thomas, 
son  of  Findlay  and  Jane  Ewing,  was  born  in 
Londonderry,  Ireland,  in  1695,  ^1"^  emigrated 
to  America  in  1718.  He  first  settled  on  Long 
Island,  but  soon  removed  to  Greenwich,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Maskell;  Ewing  died  February  28, 
1748;  his  wife  December  17,  1784.  General 
Sherman,  Hon.  Thomas  Ewing,  and  other 
prominent  men  of  the  middle  west,  are  de- 
scended from  this  emigrant.    There  is  a  tra- 


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dition  that  four  brothers — ^Johin,  Alexander,* 
Henry  and  Samuel  Ewing,  brothers  of  Thomas 
Ewing — settled  in  Maryland,  but  the  Maryland 
emigrants  must  have  beeil  of  an  earlier  genera- 
tion. Descendants  of  the  Maryland  emigrant 
or  entigrants  are  numerous  in  Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee  and  the  middle  west. 

(I)  Alexander  Ewing,  doubtless  of  this 
Scotch-Irish  family,  came  to  Massachusetts 
after  1718,  but  before  1740,  with  the  Scotch- 
Irish.  In  1741  he  bought  fifty  acres  of  John 
Henderson,  in  the  Elbow  tract,  now  Palmer, 
Massachusetts.  Later  he  drew  one  hundred 
acres  in  the  first  division  of  the  common  lands 
of  Bernard  McNight  (McNitt  or  McNutt). 
The  following  were  sons  or  nephews :  i.  Joshua, 
was  sergeant  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  John 
Carpenter's  company,  Colonel  Ezra  Wood's 
regiment,  1778-79;  also  drummer  in  Captain 
Daniel  Winchester's  company.  Colonel  Ruggles 
Woodbridge's  regiment,  reinforcing  the  north- 
ern army,  1777.  2.  James,  lived  in  South 
Hadley  and  Sunderland;  soldier  in  Captain 
Noadiah  Leonard's  company,  Colonel  Ruggles 
Woodbridge's  regiment,  1775.  In  1790  Alex- 
ander Ewing,  was  living  at  Portsmouth,  and 
had  two  males  over  sixteen,  two  under  sixteen, 
and  seven  females  in  his  family.  It  is  not 
known  whether  this  is  the  same  Alexander 
Ewing,  but  the  evidence  indicates  that  he  was. 
In  1790  the  family  had  left  central  Massachu- 
setts, and  none  of  the  name  appear  in  the  cen- 
sus of  that  year  in  that  section.  A  branch  of 
the  family  settled  at  North  Yarmouth  and 
Harpswell,  Maine,  before  or  during  the  revo- 
lution. John  Ewing  was  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier from  Harpswell,  Joseph  from  North  Yar- 
mouth. 

(Ill)  William,  doubtless  grandson  of  Alex- 
ander Ewing,  was  born  in  central  Massachu- 
setts, 1764,  died  June  16,  1846,  at  Middleport, 
New  York.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
from  Shutesbury,  Massachusetts,  at  the  age 
of  sixteen.  The  records  give  his  height  as  five 
feet,  hair  black.  He  was  in  Captain  Seth 
Pierce's  company,  Colonel  Seth  Murray's  regi- 
ment; in  1780  he  was  in  the  Sixth  Hampshire 
County  Regiment,  and  his  height  was  given  as 
five  feet  two.  In  1781  he  was  again  in  service, 
in  Colonel  Benjamin  Tupper's  regiment,  age 
seventeen,  height  five  feet  seven  inches.  He 
settled  in  Vermont  where  he  married  and  later 
removed  to  Niagara  county,  New  York,  mak- 
ing the  journey  from  Vermont  on  foot  in  181 5. 


He  purchased  four  hundred  acres  from  the 
Holland  Land  Company,  cleared  a  portion  of 
it,  which  he  planted,  then  returned  to  Ver- 
mont. In  1816  he  returned  with  his  family, 
making  the  journey  in  a  wagon  drawn  by  a 
pair  of  oxen.  He  completed  the  clearing  of 
his  tract,  a  portion  of  which  was  covered  with 
fine  black  walnut  trees,  and  erected  a  home. 
He  cultivated  his  farm  with  the  assistance  of 
his  sons  until  his  death  in  1846.  In  1850  the 
property  was  divided  among  his  heirs.  He 
married,  in  Vermont,  Mercy  Stone.  Children : 
Orphy,  married  Charles  Drake,  a  farmer  of 
Middleport,  New  York;  Polly,  married  Olan- 
das  Lyman,  a  farmer  of  Middleport;  Eliza- 
beth, married  D.  Van  Brocklin,  of  Middleport; 
William  (2),  of  further  mention;  Isaac,  mar- 
ried Fidelia  Freeman ;  Harriet,  married  Almon 
Fellows,  D.  D.  S.,  of  Middleport. 

(IV)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  and 
Mercy  (Stone)  Ewing,  was  born  in  Vermont, 
in  1818;  died  in  Niagara  county,  New  York, 
August  27,  1886.  He  assisted  in  the  labor  of 
establishing  a  home  in  the  new  region  to  which 
his  father  brought  the  family  in  1816,  which 
was  ever  afterward  his  home.  When  the  prop- 
erty was  divided  in  1850  he  had  that  portion  on 
which  the  old  homestead  was  built  (part  of  it 
in  1816).  He  cultivated  the  farm  successfully 
until  his  death,  setting  out  orchards  and  mak- 
ing of  it  a  very  desirable  estate.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  Universalist  church  of 
Middleport  and  a  liberal  contributor  to  its  sup- 
port. He  was  a  man  of  steady,  upright  life, 
was  well  liked  and  much  respected.  His  entire 
life  was  spent  in  this  community,  being  but  six 
months  old  when  the  family  came  from  Ver- 
mont. He  was  a  strong  Republican  and  held 
several  of  the  town  offices. 

He  married,  October  27,  1846,  Emily  Bar- 
bour, born  April  2^,  1825,  at  Royalton,  Ni- 
agara county,  New  York,  daughter  of  Amasa 
and  Deborah  (Peck)  Barbour,  of  Connecticut. 
Amasa  Barbour  died  at  Marcellus,  New  York, 
1827.  Children :  i.  Mary,  born  April  28,  1848; 
married  Henry  Dewey,  of  California ;  children : 
Martin  H.,  William,  and  Howard,  deceased. 
2.  James  A.,  born  May  5,  1850;  married  Alice 
Carter,  and  has  son,  Charles  F.  3.  William  S., 
born  May  27,  1857;  married  Louise  Weaver; 
resides  at  953  Amsterdam  avenue.  New  York 
City.  Mrs.  Ewing  survives  her  husband,  a 
resident  of  Middleport.  She  is  a  woman  of 
great  force  of  character  and  highly  respected. 


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This  is  an  old  family  name  that  as 
ALLEN     Alleyne,  AUyn,  Allan  and  Allen 

existed  in  England  as  far  back  as 
the  thirteenth  century.  The  earliest  known  an- 
cestor is  Alanus  De  Buchenal,  1272-1307,  who 
held  the  Lordship  of  Buchenal  in  Staffordshire. 
The  Allen  or  Allyn  families  were  very  numer- 
ous in  New  England,  even  in  the  first  years  of 
the  settlement  of  the  colonies.  They  were  of 
English  blood  for  the  most  part.  There  were 
three  Allen  families  in  ancient  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, one  of  Scotch  ancestry  and  two  of 
English,  both  spellings  Allen  and  Allyn  being 
in  use.  Thomas,  Samuel  and  Matthew  Allyn, 
all  brothers,  came  to  this  country  at  the  same 
time.  Their  parents  seem  to  have  come  over 
also,  but  little  is  known  of  them.  "Ould  Mr. 
Allyn"  died  at  Windsor,  September  12,  1675. 
'*01d  Mrs.  Allyn"  died  there  August  5,  1649. 
One  or  both  of  these  records  doubtless  pertain 
to  the  parents  of  the  Allyns.  The  descendants 
of  Deacon  Thomas  and  Matthew  spelled  the 
name  Allyn,  while  those  of  Samuel,  herein 
traced,  use  the  form  Allen.  They  were  sons 
of  Samuel  Allyn,  of  Branton,  Devonshire,  and 
of  Chelmsford,  Essex  county,  England. 

(II)  Samuel  (2)  Allen,  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Allyn,  was  baptized  in  Chelmsford,  county  of 
Essex,  England,  in  1586.  He  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  the  original  Braintree  Company  in 
1632,  as  did  doubtless  the  other  brothers,  and 
perhaps  the  parents.  Prior  to  1644  Samuel 
removed  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  buried  April  28,  1648,  aged  sixty  years. 
He  lived  for  a  time  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, and  after  his  removal  to  Windsor  held 
many  public  positions  of  trust.  His  widow  re- 
moved to  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  where 
she  married  (second)  William  Hurlburt,  and 
died  November  13,  1687.  Samuel  (2)  Allen 
left  a  small  estate  consisting  of  house  and  home 
lot  in  East  Windsor,  meadow  and  farm  land, 
and  personal  property,  including  a  musket  and 
sword,  which  would  indicate  military  service. 
Children:  i.  Samuel  (3),  born  1634;  mar- 
ried, November  29,  1659,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Blott)  Woodford;  was 
made  freeman,  1683;  had  land  grants  in  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts,  1657;  died  October 
18,  1718-19.  He  was  the  ancestor,  through  his 
son  Samuel,  of  Rev.  William  Allen,  president 
of  Bowdoin  College,  1857,  and  author  of  the 
"American  Biographical  Dictionary."  2.  Nehe- 
miah,  married,  1664,  Sarah  Woodford  (sister 
of  Hannah,  wife  of  his  brother  Samuel).    He 


was  the  great-grandfather  of  General  Ethan 
Allen,  of  revolutionary  fame,  through  his  son 
Samuel.  3.  John,  of  further  mention.  4.  Re- 
becca.   5.  Mary.    6.  Obadiah. 

(III)  John,  third  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Allen, 
of  Windsor,  -Connecticut,  removed  to  Massa- 
chusetts probably  with  his  widowed  mother. 
He  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  September  18, 
1675,  at  "Bloody  Brook,"  Deerfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married,  December  8, 1669,  Mary, 
daughter  of  William  and  Honor  Hannum.  Chil- 
dren: John  (2),  born  September  30,  1670; 
Samuel,  of  further  mention;  Hannah,  bom 
May,  1675. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Hannum)  Allen,  was  born  February  5,  1673; 
died  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  1735.  He  re- 
moved from  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  dur- 
ing the  Indian  troubles  and  settled  in  Enfield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  resided  on  what  was 
later  known  as  the  Chauncey  Allen  place, 
on  King  street.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1700,  Hannah  Burroughs,  born  1675. 
Children:  i.  Samuel,  of  further  mention.  2. 
Joseph,  bom  July  30, 1704,  died  June  11,  1777; 
settled  at  East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  near  the 
Enfield  line;  he  married,  1723,  Mary  Hewlett. 
3.  Hannah,  born  November  13,  1706.  4.  John, 
1712. 

(V)  Samuel  (4),  eldest  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
and  Hannah  (Burroughs)  Allen,  was  born  in 
1702;  died  at  East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 20,  1 77 1.  He  was  engaged  with  his 
brother  Joseph  in  the  manufacture  of  tar  and 
pitch,  also  operating  a  farm  at  East  Windsor. 
His  farm,  later  known  as  the  "Landlord  Allen" 
farm,  was  situated  on  the  old  stage  road  from 
Springfield  to  Hartford.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 27,  1728,  Elizabeth,  bom  August  19,  1705, 
died  September  10,  1751,  daughter  of  Zech- 
ariah  and  Mary  (Harmon)  Booth.  Children, 
all  born  in  East  Windsor:  i.  Samuel,  born 
June  13,  1729,  died  January  20,  1759.  2.  Eliz- 
abeth, March  28,  1731.  3.  Abel,  March  4, 
1733;  married  Elizabeth  Chapin.  4.  Tabitha, 
April  13,  1736,  died  April,  1790;  married  Ab- 
ner  Chapin.  5.  Love.  6.  Peletiah.  7.  Zech- 
ariah.    8.  Sarah.    9.  Amizi  (Amasa). 

(VI)  Amizi  (Amasa),  youngest  child  of 
Samuel  (4)  and  Elizabeth  (Booth)  Allen,  was 
born  in  1750.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolu- 
tion, enlisting  in  Colonel  Parvin's  regiment  at 
Enfield,  later  was  transferred  to  Colonel  Van 
Schaich's  New  York  regiment,  serving  untit 
April  21,  1780,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 


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charged.  In  1806  Amasa  Allen  removed  from 
East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  settled  in  Che- 
nango county,  New  York,  where  he  remained 
until  18 1 2,  then  located  at  Pavilion,  Genesee 
county.  His  wife  died  and  was  buried  between 
these  two  places.  He  was  in  the  battles  of 
Princeton,  Trenton,  Monmouth  and  others.  He 
married,  1780,  Alice  Lord,  of  East  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  Children :  Samuel,  born  June  27, 
1784,  died  March  24,  1816;  Issacher,  October 
I,  1786,  died  July  18,  1859;  Daniel,  March  18, 
1789,  died  April,  1830;  Alice,  July  15,  1794, 
died  August  7,  185 1,  married  Page  Russell; 
Mary,  November  8,  1796,  died  September  22, 
1865,  married  a  kinsman,  Hopedale  Allen; 
Horatio,  of  further  mention ;  Louvisa,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1803,  died  June  28,  1826. 

(VII)  Horatio,  son  of  Amasa  and  Alice 
(Lord)  Allen,  was  bom  in  East  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, May  13,  1799;  died  January  9,  1837. 
He  was  brought  to  New  York  by  his  parents 
in  1806,  and  lived  in  Genesee  county  until  after 
his  marriage  in  1822.  He  then  removed  to 
Niagara  county,  where  he  bought  a  small  farm 
of  fifty  acres  from  the  Holland  Company.  He 
followed  farming  all  his  life.  He  served  in 
the  militia  as  drum  major  and  was  a  Whig  in 
politics.  He  married,  March  22,  1822,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Zamon  and  Betty  (Shep- 
pard)  Terrill,  of  Genesee  county.  Children: 
Albert  Nelson,  born  April  i,  1824,  died  June 
18,  i860;  Henry  T.,  of  further  mention;  Dan- 
iel B.,  November  20,  1828;  Caroline  M.,  March 
4,  18.^1 ;  Hannah,  died  in  infancy. 

(VIII)  Henry  Terrill,  son  of  Horatio  and 
Hannah  (Terrill)  Allen,  was  born  August  30, 
1826,  near  Lockport,  Niagara  county.  New 
York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Cambria  and  Pekin.  New  York.  After  the 
death  of  his  father  he  lived  with  an  uncle  near 
Leroy,  New  York,  remaining  there  until  1849, 
when  he  settled  at  Niagara  Falls.  Here,  in 
company  with  his  brother,  he  engaged  in  the 
painting  business  for  about  eight  years,  then 
removed  to  Orleans  county,  where  for  two 
years  he  en^ged  in  farming.  At  the  end  of 
that  period  he  returned  to  Niagara  Falls,  where 
he  purchased  the  land  upon  which  the  Allen 
block  now  stands.  Here  he  conducted  a  book, 
stationerv  and  wall  paper  store,  conducting  it 
until  1888,  when  he  retired  from  mercantile 
life  to  engage  activelv  in  the  real  estate  busi- 
ness. He  is  one  of  the  lareest  private  holders 
in  the  city,  owning  over  fifty  different  parcels 
of  real  estate,  mostly  improved.    He  is  still 


active  and  vigorous  notwithstanding  his  years, 
eighty-five.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  an  attendant  of  the  Methodist  church. 

He  married,  March  12,  1854,  Louisa  D. 
Dutcher,  bom  April  25,  1831,  died  May  21, 
1888,  daughter  of  Matthew  Dutcher.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Iva  Marie,  born  June  3,  1856,  died 
April  2,  1858.  2.  Arthur  N.,  born  February 
29,  i860,  educated  in  the  public  schools,  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business,  having  the 
management  of  his  father's  estate,  also  man- 
ager of  the  Allen  block;  member  of  the  Busi- 
ness Men's  Association  of  Niagara  Falls;  a 
Republican  in  politics ;  married,  November  18, 
1896,  Eva  Taylor ;  children :  Elna  Louisa,  born 
November  9,  1899;  Norma  T.,  July  5,  1891 ; 
Henry  T.,  March  20,  1904;  Arthur  N.  Jr., 
April  9,  1907.  3.  Matthew  Victor,  bom  May 
6,  1863,  attended  the  public  schools  of  Niagara 
Falls  and  Cornell  University,  taking  a  three 
years'  course  in  mechanical  engineering,  which 
line  of  work  he  is  following;  he  is  the  inven- 
tor of  the  perfection  stitching  machine  for 
book  binding,  which  is  sold  throughout  the 
world,  and  which  has  received  first  prize 
wherever  exhibited;  a  Republican  in  politics. 
4.  Sadie  Prances,  born  July  7,  1867;  married, 
April  2,  1901,  George  Emery  Russell,  of  Stam- 
ford, Ontario,  who  has  a  large  fruit  farm  in 
Canada,  about  five  miles  from  Niagara  Falls. 
Mrs.  Russell  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
and  Loretto  Convent,  and  has  developed  much 
taste  for  painting. 


Among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
COR  WIN    the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony 

and  the  first  of  his  name  in 
America  was  Matthias  Corwin  (pronounced 
Currin).  The  "Commoner's  Record"  at  Ips- 
wich, 1634,  yet  preserved,  says,  "Given  and 
granted  to  Matthias  Currin  two  acres  of  land 
lying  unto  his  house,  on  the  east  end  thereof, 
to  him,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  etc."  The  name 
in  the  records  is  also  spelled  Corwin.  There 
are  several  families  of  the  name  Corwin,  Cor- 
wine,  or  Curwen,  in  the  United  States,  the 
majority  of  whom  are  no  doubt  of  English 
descent,  although  one  is  said  to  be  of  remote 
Hungarian  origin,  though  perhaps  for  a  time 
naturalized  in  England.  The  name  Corwin  or 
Corwine  is  a  corruption  of  Curwen,  which 
form  is  itself  a  corruption  of  Cul-wen,  a  com- 
pound Celtic  word,  meaning  "a  white  cowl  or 
hood  such  as  monks  used  to  wear." 

(I)  Matthias  Corwin  it  is  said  came  from 


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Warwick,  England.  He  was  born  in  England 
in  the  decade  between  1590  and  1600,  died  at 
Southold,  Long  Island,  December  1-12,  1658. 
He  was  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  1634,  and 
in  1640  joined  the  company  of  Rev.  John 
Youngs  that  settled  on  Long  Island,  New 
York,  at  Southold.  He  received  a  lot  of  land 
for  a  house  directly  opposite  the  present  Con- 
gregational church  in  Southold,  the  new  lec- 
ture room  standing  on  the  very  spot  occupied 
by  his  dwelling.  Here  he  lived  for  eighteen 
years.  On  December  11,  1656,  he  was  appoint- 
ed together  with  four  others  "to  order  town 
affairs."  He  owned  several  parcels  of  land 
aggregating  a  great  many  acres.  In  his  will  he 
names  wife  Margaret,  children  John,  Martha, 
Theophilus.  His  wife  Margaret  is  supposed 
to  have  been  Margaret  Morton,  but  this  is  in 
doubt.  She  was  named  one  of  the  executors 
of  his  will.  There  was  considerable  excite- 
ment in  the  Corwin  family  at  the  time  of 
Kossuth's  visit  to  the  United  States  in  1848. 
A  member  of  his  suite  brought  the  information 
that  a  Matthias  Corwin  (Matthias  Corwinus) 
and  his  eldest  son  emigrated  to  America,  who 
were  heirs  to  an  estate  of  fifty  milligns.  The 
line  having  become  extinct  in  Hungary  and 
no  heirs  appearing  for  fifty  years  the  property 
and  money  went  to  the  government.  Of  course 
all  such  claims  are  Utopian  and  unworthy  of 
consideration. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Matthias  Corwin,  of 
Southold,  Long  Island,  was  born  about  1630, 
died  at  Southold,  September  25,  1702.  In  166 1 
he  bought  land  and  meadow  at  Oyster  Pond 
and  Aqueboge,  admitted  a  freeman  of  Con- 
necticut for  Southold,  1662;  in  1675  he  was 
assessed  for  twenty-one  acres,  sixteen  cattle, 
nine  horses,  five  swine,  six  sheep,  two  hundred 
and  twenty-eight  pounds,  ten  shillings.  His 
name  appears  in  census  list,  1698,  with  names 
of  all  his  children  excepting  Mary  and  Re- 
becca, who  were  married.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1658,  Mary,  daughter  of  Charles 
Glover.  She  probably  died  before  1690.  Chil- 
dren: John  (2),  Matthias,  Samuel,  Sarah,  Re- 
becca, Abigail  and  Mary. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Corwin, 
of  Southold,  Long  Island,  was  born  at  Solith- 
old,  1663,  died  there  December  13,  1729.  In 
1692  he  received  of  his  father  a  lot  of  wood- 
land and  from  that  time  he  seems  to  have 
bought  many  tracts,  his  name  appearing  on  the 
records  more  frequently  as  a  buyer  than  as  a 
seller.     He  married,  before  1698,  Sarah . 


Children :  Benjamin,  John,  David,  Sarah,  Eliz- 
abeth, Hester. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  John  (2)  Corwin,  of 
Southold,  Long  Island,  was  born  there  about 
1708,  died  before  1782,  and  is  buried  at.Mid- 
dletown.  His  name  occurs  as  a  freeholder  of 
Southold  in  1737;  in  1776  his  name  is  on  the 
census  list  as  having  in  his  family  one  male 
over  fifty  and  one  female  over  sixteen.  About 
this  time  he  removed  to  Orange  county,  New 
York,  where  he  died.  He  married  Deborah 
Wells,  bom  1717,  died  November  24,  1798. 
Cliildren:  David  (2),  Joshua,  Phineas,  Eli, 
Annie,  and  perhaps  other  daughters.  His  name 
was  often  written  Curwin. 

(V)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Corwin, 
of  Southold  and  Orange  county.  New  York, 
(lied  1794.  In  1775  he  signed  an  agreement  to 
support  congress;  in  1776  on  census  list  (370) 
he  is  described  as  having  in  his  family  one 
male,  two  females  over  sixteen  and  four  chil- 
dren. In  1770,  in  company  with  three  others, 
he  bought  seven  hundred  and  eighty-seven 
acres  of  land  at  Minisink,  Orange  county.  New 
York.  In  this  patent  (now  owned  by  the  de- 
scendants of  Nathan  H.  Corwin,  of  Newark, 
New  Jersey)  his  name  is  spelled  Curwin.  He 
married  (first),  in  1750,  Mary  Wells,  died 
1 76 1,  one  of  the  eleven  children  of  Captain 
Daniel  Wells.  He  married  (second)  Abigail 
Davis.  Children :  Daniel,  David,  Mary,  Jesse. 
Eli,  Abigail,  William,  Joseph,  Mehitable, 
Elisha,  Nebat,  Phineas,  Deborah  and  Naboth  D. 

(VI)  Nebat,  son  of  David  (2)  Corwin,  of 
Orange  county,  New  York,  was  born  about 
1783.  He  lived  in  Minisink,  Orange  county, 
until  after  his  marriage.  About  1820  he  emi- 
grated to  Niagara  county,  settling  on  the  Hess 
road  in  the  town  of  New  fane,  where  he  and 
his  son,  DeWitt  C,  purchased  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  acres  near  Appleton.  Part  of  this 
was  in  timber  which  they  cleared  and  brought 
under  cultivation.  After  a  few  years  they 
sold  this  tract  and  settled  at  Oakfield,  Genesee 
county.  Here  his  son  and  wife  died.  Nebat 
Corwin  continued  his  residence  there  until  his 
wife  died,  then  made  his  home  until  death  with 
his  daughter,  near  Lockport,  wife  of  Orlo 
Rurch.  He  married,  in  Orange  county,  Mary 
Howell.  Children:  Adeline,  married  James 
Robinson ;  Phineas  H.,  of  further  mention ; 
DeWitt  C,  died  in  Oakfield,  New  York;  Mary 
Ann,  married  Orlo  Burch ;  Loretta,  married 
Thomas  Mann ;  William  Van  Rensselaer,  mar- 
ried Celia  Campbell ;  Lewis,  died  in  Eait  Wtl- 


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worth, Kansas. 

(VII)  Phineas  H.,  son  of  Nebat  Corwin, 
of  Orange  and  Niagara  counties,  New  York, 
was  born  at  Minisink,  Orange  county,  Janu- 
ary II,  1807,  died  at  Newfane,  Niagara  coun- 
ty, April  10,  1865.  He  was  educated  in 
Orange  county  and  came  to  Niagara  county 
with  his  father.  He  assisted  on  the  farm  for 
several  years,  then  began  boating  on  the  Erie 
canal,  becoming  the  owner  of  several  boats. 
He  disposed  of  his  property  of  every  kind  in 
Niagara  county  and  with  the  proceeds  emi- 
grated to  the  wild  and  unsettled  region  of 
Michigan  at  Tecumseh.  In  1834  he  returned 
to  Niagara  county,  settling  in  the  town  of 
Newfane,  where  he  dealt  in  real  estate,  buying 
and  selling  farms.  In  1850  he  purchased  one 
hundred  and  ten  acres,  a  part  of  the  Cooper 
farm,  which  he  cultivated  and  made  his  home 
until  death.  This  farm  is  now  owned  by  his 
son,  William  V.  Corwin.  He  was  a  Whig, 
later  a  Republican,  and  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  married  Elvira,  daughter  of 
Amos  and  Frances  (Craig)  Sawyer,  of  Goshen, 
Addison  county,  Vermont.  Children:  Will- 
iam v.,  of  further  mention;  Phineas  H.  (2), 
of  further  mention;  Orlando  D.,  born  March 
17,  1837,  died  March  17,  1854;  Mary  F.,  born 
June  8,  1839,  married  D.  Steele  Brown ;  Ade- 
line R.,  bom  August  21,  1849,  deceased. 

(VIII)  William  V.,  son  of  Phineas  H.  and 
Elvira  (Sawyer)  Corwin,  was  born  at  Tecum- 
seh, Lenawee  county,  Michigan  (then  a  terri- 
tory), September  5,  1832.  He  was  two  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  returned  to  Niagara 
county.  New  York,  settling  in  the  town  of 
Newfane,  where  William  V.  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  Wilson  Academy, 
Wilson,  New  York.  He  was  his  fathef's  as- 
sistant until  the  death  of  the  latter,  when  he 
purchased  the  homestead  from  the  other  heirs. 
Here  he  has  since  resided.  Besides  his  farm- 
ing investments  Mr.  Corwin  has  other  business 
interests.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  agitate 
the  construction  of  an  electric  line  from  Lock- 
port  to  Olcott;  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Lockport  &  Olcott  Electric  Railroad  Com- 
pany; secured  the  right  of  way,  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  first  board  of  directors  and  is  local- 
ly known  as  the  "father"  of  the  enterprise. 
After  the  road  had  been  in  operation  one  year 
it  was  leased  to  the  International  Railway 
Company,  of  Buffalo,  who  now  operate  it. 
For  the  first  five  years  of  its  operation  he  was 


in  charge  of  the  freight  department  and  of 
fruit  shipments,  organizing  a  system  that  is 
yet  in  operation,  Corwin,  a  station,  of  the  road, 
was  named  in  his  honor,  and  opened  for  busi- 
ness in  August,  1900.  In  1905  Mr.  Corwin 
resigned  and  has  since  lived  a  quiet,  retired 
life  on  his  farm  near  Corwin.  He  was  for 
some  time  interested  in  a  firm  at  Clyde,  New 
York,  engaged  in  building  of  steam  engines. 
He  also  dealt  extensively  in  real  estate.  He 
has  proved  himself  a  most  excellent  man  of 
business ;  has  capably  and  .  successfully  man- 
aged his  private  affairs,  and  in  public  positions 
been  a  most  satisfactory  official.  He  has  served 
the  town  of  Newfane  four  terms  as  supervisor, 
also  as  commissioner  of  highways.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  for  thirty  years  has 
been  trustee,  and  for  sixty-three  years  a  loyal, 
devoted  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  is 
prominent  in  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
Lockport  Lodge,  No.  73,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Ames  Chapter,  No.  88,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  and  Genesee  Commandery,  No.  10, 
Knights  Templar,  all  of  Lockport,  New  York. 
He  stands  high  in  the  estimation  of  his  breth- 
ren who  delight  to  do  him  honor.  He  is  a  man 
of  strict  integrity  and  is  highly  esteemed  in 
the  community  where  his  nearly  four  score 
years  have  been  passed. 

He  married,  September  21,  1853,  ^^  New- 
fane, Jane  E.  Moshier,  born  September  4, 
1832,  at  Princeton,  Schenectady  county,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  (Shan- 
non) Moshier,  later  of  the  town  of  Newfane. 
Children:  i.  Ida  J.,  born  August  24,  1856; 
married  DeLisle  Brookins ;  children :  William 
Van  Rensselaer;  Alice  J.,  married  Glen  Cor- 
win, of  Newfane.  2.  Alice  A.,  born  May  26, 
1 861,  died  March  30,  1893;  married  Lorenzo 
Freyburger ;  child,  Ida  Marie,  now  living  with 
her  grandparents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Corwin.  3. 
Roland  H.,  born  August  8,  1868;  married  Lot- 
tie Utley ;  children :  Helen  Jane  and  Willis  B. 
4.  Willis  v.,  born  January  5,  1874,  died  May 
28,  1806. 

(VIII)  Phineas  H.  (2),  son  of  Phineas  H. 
(i)  and  Elvira  (Sawyer)  Corwin,  was  born 
March  9,  1835,  died  January,  1905.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Newfane  and 
attended  the  academy  at  Lima,  New  York. 
He  became  a  leading  farmer  of  Newfane  and 
prominent  in  public  affairs.  He  first  purchased 
a  farm  on  the  Hatter  road  in  1862-63,  which 
he  devoted  to  fruit  culture  and  general  farm- 
ing.  To  this  he  added  eighty-four  acres  pur- 


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chased  from  his  brother,  William  V.  He  did 
not  confine  his  activities  to  agriculture,  but  was 
active  in  all  town  enterprises.  He  was  post- 
master of  Newfane  eight  years;  director  of 
Orleans  and  Niagara  County  Fire  Insurance 
Company ;  president  and  director  of  the  Niag- 
ara County  Agricultural  Society  and  interested 
in  other  affairs.  He  was  supervisor  of  the 
town  two  terms  and  also  assessor.  Politically 
he  was  a  Reoublican,  and  in  religious  faith  a 
Baptist  and  a  deacon  of  the  Newfane  church. 
He  belonged  to  Lockport  Lodge,  No.  63,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  to  John  Hodge 
Lodge,  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen. 
He  was  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  town  and 
his  death  was  deeply  regretted.  He  married 
Mary  A.  Philips,  born  1843,  ^^^^  January  22, 
1901.    Child,  Charles  D. 

(IX)  Charles  D.,  son  of  Phineas  H.  (2) 
and  Mary  A.  (Philips)  Corwin,  was  bom  in 
Newfane,  Niagara  county,  New  York,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1862.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  assisted  on  the  farm  until  he  ar- 
rived at  legal  age.  He  then  took  the  manage- 
ment of  the  home  farm,  operating  it  for  his 
father  on  the  share  plan.  After  a  few  years 
he  purchased  a  farm  of  fifty  acres  on  the 
Coomer  road,  which  he  cultivated  for  six  years. 
Making  an  advantageous  sale  of  his  property 
he  next  purchased  a  small  tract  of  six  acres  on 
the  Creek  road,  which  he  afterward  disposed 
of  and  bought  a  large  tract  of  fifty  acres  on 
the  Hess  road,  where  he  remained  eight  years. 
He  next  bought  a  farm  of  seventy-seven  acres 
in  East  Newfane,  on  which  he  lived  until  1905, 
when  he  purchased  the  old  Corwin  homestead. 
This  is  a  beautiful  farm  of  eighty-four  acres 
well  situated  and  devoted  almost  exclusively 
to  fruit.  Mr.  Corwin  is  well  qualified  to  profit- 
ably operate  such  a  farm,  having  an  intimate 
knowledge  of  fruit  culture  gained  by  long  ex- 
perience, careful  observation  and  study.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  served  New- 
fane as  poor  master  four  years  and  justice  of 
the  peace  four  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
belonging  to  Lockport  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  Ames  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons. 

He  married,  October  11,  1882,  at  Sche- 
nectady, New  York,  Stella  Mudge,  bom  April 
16,  1S62,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Mudge.  Children:  Glenn,  born  January  8, 
1885;  Phineas  H.  (3),  July  19,  1889;  John  J., 
5>cptember  28,  1891 ;  Leon  D.,  August  4,  1900. 


Next  to  Jones,  Smith  and  Robin- 
BRO  WN  son,  this  is  a  most  common  name. 
One  hundred  and  twenty-three 
Browns  had  emigrated  to  America  before  1700. 
Over  thirteen  hundred,  a  regiment  in  itself, 
served  in  the  revolution  from  Massachusetts. 
According  to  the  Heralds  College  the  Browns 
have  been  granted  one  hundred  and  fifty-six 
coats-of-arms ;  one  hundred  and  thirty-nine  had 
graduated  from  Yale  prior  to  1904.  The  or- 
thographic changes  in  the  name  have  been: 
Boown,  Bown,  Braun,  Broan,  Brione,  Broon, 
Brownn  and  Brune.  The  first  Brown  was  so 
named  on  account  of  a  swarthy  complexion. 
Browning  was  the  son  of  Brown.  Brownell 
was  the  mighty  Brownell  coming  from  neil, 
meaning  the  mighty.  Brownly  or  Brownlee 
was  the  Brown  who  lived  in  a  pasture  and 
Brownlow,  from  lowe,  meaning  a  hill,  was  the 
Brown  who  lived  on  a  hill.  Among  the  many 
distinguished  of  the  family  are:  B.  Gratz 
Brown,  candidate  for  Vice-President  on  the 
ticket  with  Horace  Greeley;  Justice  Henry  B. 
Brown,  of  the  United  States  supreme  court; 
Senator  Joseph  E.  Brown,  of  Georgia;  Jacob 
Brown,  commanding  general  of  the  United 
States  army ;  John  Brown,  the  great  abolition 
leader ;  Charles  Brockden  Brown,  the  novelist ; 
Henry  Kirk  Brown,  the  sculptor;  Charles 
Fairae  Browne  (Artemus  Ward)  and  J.  Ross 
Browne,  the  war  correspondent. 

There  is  no  record  searched  that  reveals  the 
ancestry  of  the  family  herein  traced.  They 
first  appear  in  Wayne  county,  New  York, 
where  Samuel  C.  Brown  was  bom  (it  is  sup- 
posed), in  1804,  died  in  Newfane,  Niagara 
county,  New  York,  1867.  He  was  a  farmer  of 
Newfane,  owning  a  farm  of  fifty  acres  of  fer- 
tile, productive  land.  He  held  several  of  the 
local  i^ces.  Married  (first)  Sophia  Steele; 
(second)  Frances  Dickson.  Children  of  first 
wife:  George  A.,  Laura,  D.  Steele,  and  Har- 
riet.   Child  of  second  wife :  Harriet, 

(H)  D.  Steele,  son  of  Samuel  C.  Brown  by 
his  first  wife,  was  born  in  Wayne  county.  New 
York,  December  7,  1836,  died  in  Newfane, 
Niagara  county.  New  York,  April  12,  1900. 
He  was  quite  voung  when  his  parents  came 
to  Niagara  county  where  he  secured  his  edu- 
cation in  the  schools  of  Newfane  and  Lock- 
port.  He  went  west  when  a  young  man,  join- 
ing an  uncle  in  Detroit,  Michigan.  Here  he 
learned  typesetting  and  the  printing  business. 
In  a  few  years  he  returned  to  Newfane  and 
worked  with  his  father  on  the  farm.    Later  he 


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purchased  in  his  own  right  a  farm  of  fifty 
acres  on  the  Hess  road,  on  which  he  resided 
until  death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  a  Republican.  He 
married,  June  18,  1863,  *^  New  fane,  Mary  F. 
Corwin,  bom  June  8,  1839  (see  Corwin  VH). 
Child,  W.  Ellsworth. 

(HI)  W.  Ellsworth,  only  child  of  D.  Steele 
and  Mary  J.  (Corwin)  Brown,  was  born  in 
Newfane,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  has  devoted  his  mature  years  to 
agriculture,  owning  and  operating  the  old  Steele 
farm.  He  is  a  man  of  intelligence  and  worth, 
keeping  well  in  touch  with  modern  methods  in 
his  business.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Lockport. 
He  married,  June  i,  1898,  in  Newfane,  Mary 
J.,  bom  December  i,  1871,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Catherine  (Caladay)  Smith,  of  Hart- 
land,  Niagara  county,  former  residents  of 
Pittsfield,  Vermont.  Children:  Lois,  born 
March  17,  1905;  Stuart  E.,  March  3,  1907. 


This  branch  of  the  Smiths  came 
SMITH  into  the  United  States  by  way  of 
the  West  Indies,  where  the  father 
of  the  present  generation  was  born.  Thomas 
Lee  (2)  Smith,  son  of  Thomas  Lee  (i)  Smith, 
was  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Hamilton,  Island 
of  Bermuda,  West  Indies.  He  married  Cath- 
erine Nelius  and  had  issue. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Julian  G.  Smith,  son  of  Thomas 
Lee  (2)  and  Catherine  (Nelius)  .Smith,  was 
bom  in  Hamilton,  Bermuda,  1844,  died  in  Sala- 
manca, New  York,  1907.  When  a  young  man 
he  came  to  the  United  States,  settling  in  New 
York.  He  was  educated  at  Clinton  College 
and  decided  to  become  a  physician.  After 
graduating  at  Philadelphia  he  came  to  Sala- 
manca, New  York,  where  he  was  employed  in 
a  drug  store.  He  began  a  course  of  study, 
later  attended  a  medical  college  at  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  graduated  M.  D. 
He  then  returned  to  Salamanca  where  he  was 
the  first  settled  physician  in  the  village.  He 
remained  there  in  active  practice  until  his 
death.  Dr.  Smith  was  not  only  a  skillful  phy- 
sician, but  a  most  charitable  and  high-minded 
gentleman,  and  had  a  host  of  warm  friends 
who  were  loyal  and  devoted  to  the  last.  He 
served  on  the  hospital  and  school  boards  of 
the  village,  but  devoted  himself  almost  exclu- 


sively to  his  profession.  He  was  a  member 
and  trustee  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church, 
and  belonged  to  the  Masonic  order.  Politically 
he  was  a  Democrat,  casting  his  first  presidential 
vote  for  Grover  Qeveland.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1873,  Sarah  E.  King,  of  Greenwood, 
New  York,  born  1854,  died  1904,  daughter  of 
Delancy  and  Serepta  (Porter)  King.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Cora  H.,  born  March  11,  1875;  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1897,  Guy  Parkell,  born  June  27, 
1874.  2.  Louise,  born  February  17,  1878; 
married,  April  2,  1904,  Charles  G.  Vreeland, 
of  Salamanca;  child,  Oliver  S.,  born  Novem- 
ber 15,  1906.  3.  Frederica  O.,  born  May  9, 
1880.  4.  Julian  King,  of  further  mention.  5. 
Sydney  L.,  born  December  11,  1884;  married 
Edna  Jamison;  children,  Thomas  Lee,  bom 
August  6,  1907;  Julian  G.,  September  13,  1909. 
6.  Ida  Grace,  born  June  2.T,  1891.  7.  J.  Edwin, 
bom  July  18,  1893. 

(IV)  Julian  King,  eldest  son  of  Dr.  Julian 
G.  and  Sarah  E.  (King)  Smith,  was  bom  in 
Salamanca,  New  York,  October  17,  1882.  His 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  village,  where  after  finishing  the 
complete  courses  he  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school,  class  of  1904.  After  leaving  school 
he  secured  a  clerical  position  in  the  United 
States  postoffice,  where  he  is  now  chief  mail- 
ing clerk  in  charge  of  all  outgoing  mail.  With 
the  vast  amount  of  mail  that  goes  through  the 
office,  handled  by  the  different  railroads  center- 
ing at  Salamanca,  this  position  is  one  requir- 
ing skill  and  experience.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  the 
Masonic  order  and  the  Royal  Arcanum. 

He  married  Frances  Inman,  bom  February 
8,  1888,  daughter  of  John  J.  and  Carrie  D. 
Inman.    Child,  Adelaide,  born  July  5,  1907. 


The  Bedell  family  were  early  in 
BEDELL     New  England,  where  the  name 

is  found  as  Bedle,  Bedel,  Beadle 
and  Bedell.  A  branch  of  the  family  settled  in 
New  Jersey  and  descendants  are  still  numerous 
and  prominent  in  that  state,  one  of  the  family, 
Judge  Bedell,  having  been  governor.  Another 
branch  settled  in  Long  Island,  but  a  common 
ancestor  cannot  be  found.  The  family  were 
seated  in  New  York  state  prior  to  the  revolu- 
tion, in  Dutchess  and  Albany  counties,  many 
of  the  name  appearing  on  the  militia  rolls  of 
these  counties  as  serving  in  that  war.  A  branch 
settled   in   Schoharie  county  during  or  soon 


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after  the  revolution,  from  whom  the  Bedells 
of  Cattaraugus  county  spring.  In  the  first  cen- 
sus ever  taJcen  in  the  United  States  (1790) 
there  appears  thirty-eight  Bedells  as  heads  of 
families  in  New  York  state,  under  the  different 
spellings,  the  most  common  being  Beedle.  A 
branch  of  the  Albany  county  family  settled  in 
Lewis  county,  New  York,  in  the  town  of 
Denmark,  headed  by  William  Bedell,  born 
1790. 

The  earliest  definite  record  of  the  family 
herein  recorded  is  of  Seneca  Bedell,  born  in 
Schoharie  county,  New  York,  1808,  lived  there 
until  after  his  marriage.  He  then  settled  in 
Binghamton,  New  York,  where  he  died  in 
1880.  He  was  a  mercantile  jobber  and  ope- 
rated a  farm.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church  and  a  Democrat.  He  mar- 
ried Lucy  Counselman.  Of  their  eleven  chil- 
dren three  are  living  at  the  present  time 
(191 1 ).  Children:  Caroline,  married  Dane 
Rogers;  Maria,  married  Abraham  Faulkner; 
Tra,  married  Sarah  Main;  Thomas,  Mark, 
John  A.,  Emmeline,  married  Richard  Oliver; 
removed  to  California,  where  she  died ;  he  re- 
turned to  New  York,  married,  and  went  again 
to  California;  Jane,  married  Richard  Oliver 
(second  wife)  ;  Catherine,  Alfred  and  Richard 
Oliver,  of  further  mention. 

(H)  Richard  Oliver,  youngest  son  and  child 
of  Seneca  and  Lucy  (Counselman)  Bedell, 
was  born  December  13,  1841,  in  Broome 
county,  New  York.  He  attended  the  district 
schools,  and  as  a  boy  and  young  man  worked 
on  his  father's  farm,  clearing  the  land  of 
timber  and  stumps.  In  August,  1864,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  M,  First  New  York  Vol- 
imteer  Cavalry,  serving  through  the  civil  war. 
He  served  with  Sheridan  in  the  Shenandoah 
Valley,  and  the  campaigns  of  the  xA.rmy  of  the 
Potomac,  being  discharged  with  honor  in 
Wheeling,  West  Virginia,  at  the  close  of  the 
war.  He  returned  to  Binghamton,  New  York, 
after  his  army  days  were  ended,  and  for  ten 
years  followed  teaming  in  that  city,  and  for 
a  time  worked  in  sawmills  and  farming.  The 
next  ten  years  he  kept  a  hotel  at  Great  Bend, 
Pennsylvania.  After  two  years  spent  in  the 
lumber  woods  and  ten  years  in  the  employ  of 
the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  he  located  in  Sal- 
amanca and  engaged  in  the  wholesale  and  re- 
tail tobacco  business  with  his  son,  Arthur  D. 
Bpf^ell,  and  is  now  treasurer  of  The  A.  D. 
Redell  Company.     He  is  a  member  of  Sher- 


wood Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and 
serves  on  the  Salamanca  board  of  health.  Po- 
litically he  is  a  Democrat.  He  married,  1861, 
Sarah  Jane  Doughan.  Child,  Arthur  Doughan, 
of  further  mention. 

(HI)  Arthur  Doughan,  only  child  of  Rich- 
ard Oliver  and  Sarah  Jane  (Doughan)  Bedell, 
was  born  in  Binghamton,  Broome  county,  New 
York,  September  i,  1862.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Great  Bend,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  after  completing  his  studies  learned 
the  cigar  makers'  trade.  He  worked  as  a  jour- 
neyman for  a  short  time,  and  in  1883  located 
in  Salamanca,  New  York,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  tobacco  business  for  himself,  under  the 
name  of  A.  D.  Bedell.  In  1899  his  father 
joined  him  and  in  1907  The  A.  D.  Bedell  Com- 
pany was  organized,  with  Arthur  D.  Bedell, 
president ;  J.  M.  Maloney,  secretary,  and  Rich- 
ard O.  Bedell,  treasurer.  The  company  has  a 
handsome  store  on  Main  street,  and  transact 
a  large  wholesale  and  retail  business  in  im- 
ported and  domestic  cigars,  tobaccos  and 
smokers'  goods  of  every  kind.  They  are  man- 
ufacturers also  and  employ  many  men  in  their 
making  and  selling  department.  Mr.  Bedell 
is  a  thorough  business  man  as  well  as  a  prac- 
tical worker  in  tobacco.  He  has  been  success- 
ful in  business  and  stands  high  in  the  esti- 
mation of  his  community.  In  the  trade  his 
goods  take  precedence,  while  his  pleasing  per- 
sonality makes  him  welcome  everywhere.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  Salamanca  Trust  Com- 
pany and  member  of  the  Board  of  Trade.  He 
is  a  Democrat.  He  has  served  two  terms  as 
president  of  the  village  corporation  of  Sala- 
manca ;  four  years  as  supervisor  of  township 
of  Salamanca;  six  years  as  chairman  of  the 
board  of  water  commissioners,  and  is  now 
(1911)  treasurer  of  the  village.  He  is  prom- 
inent in  the  Masonic  order,  and  when  the  Ma- 
sonic Temple  was  erected  was  a  member  of 
the  committee  that  financed  and  was  in  charge 
of  the  erection  of  the  Temple.  He  belongs  to 
Lodge,  Chapter  and  Commandery  in  Sala- 
manca and  Ismailia  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine, 
BuflFalo.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  September  30,  1885,  Allie  F.. 
daughter  of  Fayette  and  Mary  (Crawford) 
Pae:e.  Children:  Fayette  R.,  bom  June  11, 
1887;  Flossie  M.,  born  April  21,  1891 ;  Arthur 
Page,  bom  March  18,  1893;  Charles  C,  bom 
March  5,  1896. 


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This  is  an  old-established  fam- 
F^ORBES  ily  of  Scotland,  where  they  hold 
conspicuous  place  in  history. 
The  first  of  this  branch  to  come  to  the  Unite3 
States  was  Robert  Forbes,  born  in  Thurso, 
Scotland,  December  29,  1829,  died  in  Lisle, 
New  York,  May  30,  1903.  He  was  educated 
in  his  native  land,  emigrating  to  the  United 
States  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years,  in  1848. 
He  remained  here  two  years,  then  emigrated 
to  Scotland.  After  some  time  spent  there  he 
returned  to  the  United  States,  settling  at  Ful- 
ton, New  York,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of 
carpenter.  In  185 1  he  joined  a  party  of  "gold 
seekers"  bound  for  California.  Their  route 
was  by  the  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama. 
They  suffered  great  hardships,  finally  arriv- 
ing in  California  with  but  few  of  the  original 
party,  many  dying  on  the  journey.  He  re- 
mained in  California  five  years,  then  returned 
to  New  York  state,  coming  by  vessel  around 
Cape  Horn.  In  1858,  two  years  after  his  re- 
turn, he  married  and  lived  for  four  years  in 
the  village  of  Centerlisle.  He  then  removed 
to  a  farm  he  had  purchased  about  three  miles 
west  of  the  village.  Here  he  lived  for  thirty- 
five  years  until  the  spring  of  1898,  when  he 
retired  and  located  in  Lisle,  New  York,  where 
he  died  in  1903.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  being 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  Centerlisle 
Lodge,  No.  235,  and  was  a  past  grand.  He 
was  highly  esteemed  by  his  brethren,  who  at- 
tended his  funeral  in  a  body.  He  served  the 
town  of  Lisle  as  justice  of  the  peace,  assessor, 
commissioner  of  highways  and  supervisor,  fill- 
ing each  office  with  unusual  fidelity  to  his  oath 
of  office.  He  was  an  upright,  manly  character, 
and  had  many  warm  friends. 

Robert  Forbes  married,  in  Centerlisle,  May 
12,  1858,  Permelia  B.  Lusk,  who  survives  him 
and  yet  resides  in  Lisle  (1911)  (see  Lusk 
V).  Children,  all  born  in  Centerlisle:  i. 
Pomeroy  Hubbard,  born  July  6,  1859;  married 
Ada  Ireland,  removed  to  Topeka,  Kansas.  2. 
Mary  Permelia,  May  28,  1861 ;  married  Sam- 
uel Wells;  living  at  Halstead,  Pennsylvania. 
3.  Sarah  L.,  August  6,  1865 ;  married  George 
W.  Allen ;  living  at  Lestershire,  New  York.  4. 
Arthur  William,  November  26,  i868 ;  married 
Laura  Hayes;  removed  to  Stanton,  Nebraska. 
5.  Harriet  Anna,  August  20,  1870;  married 
Arthur  Woodford;  living  at  Candor,  New 
York.     6.  Clara  R.,  July  26,   1872;  married 


Ellis  Sparrow,  of  Lisle,  New  York.  7.  Robert 
Norman,  of  further  mention. 

(II)  Robert  Norman,  youngest  child  and 
third  son  of  Robert  and  Permelia  B.  (Lusk) 
Forbes,  was  born  in  Centerlisle,  New  York, 
November  30,  1874.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  school,  Lisle  Academy  and  Chamberlain 
Institute.  He  received  his  professional  educa- 
tion at  the  University  of  Michigan,  being  grad- 
uated as  valedictorian  of  class  of  1898,  with 
the  degree  of  D.  D.  S.  He  at  once  opened  his 
practice  in  the  office  of  Dr.  J.  N.  Cowen,  of 
Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  re- 
maining about  one  year.  In  1899  he  moved  his 
practice  to  Salamanca,  New  York,  where  he 
opened  his  offices  March  20,  of  that  year.  He 
is  an  expert  dentist  and  commands  a  good 
clientage,  his  appointment  book  being  dated 
weeks  ahead.  He  is  modern,  progressive  and 
active  in  business,  public-spirited  and  most 
pleasing  in  personality.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Cattaraugus 
Lodge,  No.  239,  Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  266, 
and  Salamanca  Commandery,  No.  62,  Knights 
Templar.  He  is  greatly  interested  in  the  Or- 
der of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  which  he  served  as 
patron  for  three  years  and  past  assistant  grand 
lecturer,  and  is  now  district  department  grand 
master  of  the  Thirty-ninth  Masonic  District; 
also  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  Uni- 
form Rank,  and  is  past  grand  of  Salamanca 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
In  1908  he  was  elected  village  trustee.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church,  which 
he  served  as  trustee,  and  in  politics  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  June  28,  1899,  Maud  Louise 
Fenton,  born  in  Randolph,  January  i,  1875, 
daughter  of  George  W.  and  Loraine  (Dock- 
stader)  Fenton,  of  Randolph.  Children:  Rob- 
ert Fenton,  born  November  13,  1907,  and  Lo- 
raine Permelia,  September  17,  1910. 

(The  Lusk  Line). 

This  branch  of  the  Lusk  family  in  America 
springs  from  John  Lusk,  who  is  the  first  of 
the  name  found  in  New  England  records.  He 
came  with  his  brothers,  Thomas,  William  (and 
possibly  James)  and  settled  in  Connecticut, 
where  they  were  of  New  Britain,  Newing- 
ton  and  Wethersfield.  The  records  show  that 
John  Lusk  bought  and  sold  a  ereat  deal  of 
land  between  1740  and  1752.  The  family  is 
of  Scotch  origin,  but  settled  in  Ireland  for  a 


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time  before  coming  to  America.  John  Lusk, 
born  May  5,  1702,  died  July  24,  1788.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Janet ,  who  died  in  1742. 

He  married  (second),  in  1743,  Jane , 

born  1705,  died  February  5,  1788.  She  was 
the  mother  of  all  his  children. 

(H)  William,  son  of  John  and  Jane  Lusk, 
was  bom  September  12,  1744,  married,  March 
30,  1769,  Elizabeth  Gibbs,  and  lived  in  Weth- 
ersfield,  Connecticut. 

(HI)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Gibbs)  Lusk,  married  Lydia  Niles. 
They  were  early  settlers  of  Spencertown,  New 
York.  Lydia  Niles  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph 
Niles,  born  January  7,  1750,  married  Dorothy 
Ingraham,  and  settled  early  in  Spencertown, 
New  York.  Joseph  was  a  son  of  Rev.  Ben- 
jamin Niles,  of  Groton,  Connecticut,  a  de- 
scendant of  the  pioneer  settler,  John  Niles,  of 
Braintree,  Massachusetts.  Rev.  Benjamin 
Niles  married,  June  30,  1743,  Lucy,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Sill,  of  North  Lyme,  Connecticut. 
She  was  a  descendant  of  the  emigrant,  John 
Sill,  who,  with  his  wife  Joanna,  came  frc«n 
Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England,  to  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  in  1637.  She  also  descended 
from  Thomas  Lord,  who,  with  his  wife  Dor- 
othy, came  to  America  in  the  "Elizabeth  and 
Ann"  in  1635.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  His 
wife  Dorothy  is  supposed  to  have  been  a 
daughter  of  Edward  Bulkley,  D.  D.,  of  Odell, 
Bedford,  England,  through  whom  a  line  of 
descent  is  traced  to  Robert,  Lord  of  Bulkley. 
Other  lines  of  descent  of  Lucy  Sill  lead  to 
George  Clark,  of  Milford,  Connecticut; 
Thomas  Lee  and  William  Brown,  from  Rup- 
port,  Essex,  England,  and  to  William  Hyde, 
one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut. 

(IV)  William  C,  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Lydia  (Niles)  Lusk,  was  born  at  Centerlisle, 
New  York,  January  15,  1804,  died  there  March 
15,  1892.  He  was  a  lumberman  and  a  farmer. 
He  married,  October  30,  1833,  Lucy  Ann  Hub- 
bard, bom  at  Lisle,  New  York,  December 
12,  1812,  died  at  Centerlisle,  March  5,  1891. 
Lucy  Ann  Hubbard  was  .a  descendant  of  Wil- 
liam Hubbard,  who  came  from  England  to 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1630.  She  was 
a  preat-granddaughter  of  Captain  Daniel 
Hubbard,  of  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  a  rev- 
olutionary officer,  who  changed  his  name  when 
a  young:  man  from  Hulburd  to  Hubbard ;  his 
revolutionary   service  is  "Hubbard"   and  the 


family  has  since  been  "Hubbard."  Grand- 
daughter of  Zadoc  Hubbard,  of  -Westfield. 
Massachusetts  and  Lisle,  New  York,  also  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  and  a  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Hubbard,  bom  at  Lanesboro,  Masschu- 
setts,  June  i,  1783,  died  at  Rathbone,  New 
York,  June  21,  1867.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Lisle,  New  York,  later  moving  to 
Cameron's  Mills,  New  York,  where  he  was 
extensively  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and 
sale  of  lumber. 

He  married  Fannie  Stearns,  bom  August 
26,  1786,  died  November  16,  1852,  daughter  of 
Captain  John  Stearns,  and  his  second  wife, 
Lucy  (Merill)  Steams,  of  Pittsfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, the  former  named  a  prominent  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution,  the  war  of  1812  and  a 
pioneer  settler  of  Brunswick,  Ohio.  She  was 
a  descendant  of  the  emigrant  Charles  Steams, 
who  came  to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
about  1630,  and  settled  near  Watertown. 
His  wife  was  Rebecca  Gibson,  daughter 
of  John  Gibson,  of  Cambridge,  Massa- 
chusetts. Other  lines  of  descent  are  from 
Ebenezer  Chadwick,  of  Medford,  Massachu- 
setts, Jonathan  Sanderson  and  George  Law- 
rence, both  of  Cambridge.  Her  grandfather, 
Elijah  Merill,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  was 
a  revolutionary  soldier. 

(V)  Permelia  B.,  daughter  of  William  C. 
and  Lucy  Ann  (Hubbard)  Lusk,  was  one  of 
eight  children.  She  married  Robert  Forbes 
(see  Forbes  i). 


The  emigrant  ancestor  of  the  Bell 
BELL     family  herein   recorded  was  John 

Bell,  bom  in  the  parish  of  Bally 
Halbert,  county  Down,  Ireland,  in  1753,  sec- 
ond son  of  Benjamin  and  Jane  (Goudy)  Bell, 
who  did  not  emigrate.  In  1772  John  Bell 
came  to  the  American  Colonies  (being  then 
nineteen  years  of  age)  on  the  ship  "James 
and  Mary."  When  war  was  declared  against 
Great  Britain  he  at  once  enlisted  and  served 
six  and  a  half  years  in  the  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence. He  served  under  General  Wash- 
ington, and  was  engaged  at  the  battles  of  Mon- 
mouth, Brandywine,  Germantown  and  many 
others,  and  went  in  the  expedition  under  Gen- 
eral Sullivan  against  the  western  Indians. 
After  the  close  of  the  war  he  engaged  in 
farming,  and  at  one  time  ran  a  coasting  ves- 
sel. He  married,  at  the  close  of  the  revolution, 
Keziah  Mapes,  who  bore  him  ten  sons  and  one 
daughter,  most  of  whom  settled  in   Orange 


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county.  New  York.  After  the  birth  of  the 
eleven  children,  triplet  boys  were  bom,  died 
and  were  buried  in  the  same  casket  with  the 
mother  at  Mount  Hope  cemetery,  Orange 
county,  New  York.  Jane,  the  only  daughter, 
married  Lebbeus  Godfrey,  and  with  him  set- 
tled in  Batavia,  New  York. 

(II)  Gabriel,  ninth  son  of  John  and  Keziah 
(Mapes)  Bell,  was  bom  in  Orange  county,  set- 
tled in  the  village  of  Jordan,  Onondaga 
county,  New  York,  where  he  followed  farming 
and  his  trade  of  stone  mason.  Among  his 
workmen  was  Charles,  son  of  John  Bell,  fourth 
son  of  the  emigrant  ancestor.  Charles  Bell 
learned  his  trade  with  his  uncle,  Gabriel  Bell, 
married  in  Jordan,  later  returned  to  his  native 
Orange  county,  where  he  died  in  1900,  aged 
eighty-five  years.  His  daughter,  Helen  M., 
married  J.  A.  Laird,  and  resides  at  Mohawk, 
New  York.  Gabriel  Bell  was  a  Whig  in  poli- 
tics. He  married  Jane  Hastings.  Children: 
George  W.,  of  further  mention ;  Frank,  James, 
Jane  and  Sarah. 

(III)  George  W.,  eldest  son  of  Gabriel  and 
Jane  (Hastings)  Bell,  was  born  in  Jordan, 
New  York,  October  3,  1839,  died  November 
25,  1907.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  school 
and  at  Jordan  Academy.  He  followed  agricul- 
ture all  his  davs,  owning  a  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred acres.  He  was  a  man  of  high  character, 
honorable  and  just  in  all  his  dealings  and 
a  Christian  gentleman.  He  married,  at  Jor- 
dan, November  12,  1862,  Mary  J.  Stone,  born 
August  8,  1841.  Children:  Frank  G.,  bom 
.September  23,  1865;  married,  September  16, 
1896,  Hermoine  S.  Dennison ;  Thomas  Stone, 
of  further  mention. 

(IV)  Thomas  Stone,  youngest  son  of 
George  W.  and  Mary  J.  (Stone)  Bell,  was 
born  at  Jordan,  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
January  27,  1869.  He  attended  the  public 
school  and  prepared  for  college  at  Jordan 
Academy.  He  then  entered  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity, whence  he  was  graduated  A.  B.,  1892. 
After  leaving  the  university  he  began  his 
career  as  an  instructor  in  Salamanca,  first  as 
teacher,  then  as  assistant  principal  in  the  high 
school.  When  the  principal  resigned  Professor 
Bell  was  appointed  to  the  vacant  position.  He 
was  retained  there  two  and  one-half  years, 
then  appointed  superintendent  of  schools  for 
the  district.  He  has  under  his  daily  charge 
one  thousand  pupils,  twenty  teachers  in  the 
grades  and  eight  in  the  high  school,  and  two 

special  teachers.    He  has  placed  the  Salamanca 
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schools  upon  the  highest  plane  of  efficiency, 
has  been  largely  instrumental  in  having  mod- 
ern buildings  erected  with  every  convenience 
for  health  and  comfort  of  the  children.  The 
new  building  contains  a  large  electric  program 
clock,  a  telephone  system,  lavatories  on  every 
floor,  a  well-equipped  gymnasium,  an  audito- 
rium seating  seven  hundred  and  fifty,  and  the 
building  itself  is  practically  fireproof.  Many 
of  the  leading  features  are  well  thought  out 
ideas  of  Professor  Bell,  and  are  even  in  ad- 
vance of  contemporary  educators.  His  exec- 
utive ability  is  of  the  highest,  and  Salamanca 
schools  and  methods  are  worthy  of  emulation. 
He  has  so  inspired  his  teachers  with  his  own 
enthusiasm  and  modern  spirit  that  he  has  a 
corps  of  instructors  devoted  to  their  work 
and  following  closely  the  plans  laid  down  by 
their  chief.  The  course  of  study  is  so  ar- 
ranged that  diplomas  from  the  high  school  ad- 
mit to  all  colleges.  Professor  Bell  is  a  member 
of  the  National  Educational  Association  and 
Academic  Principals  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  He  is  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Sala- 
manca Trust  Company  and  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Cattaraugus 
Iwodge,  No.  239 ;  Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  266, 
and  Salamanca  Commandery,  No.  62,  all  of 
Salamanca.  He  is  a  charter  member  of  Miz- 
pah  Chapter,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and 
past  worthy  patron,  having  held  that  office 
three  successive  terms.  His  fraternity  is  Phi 
Delta  Theta  (Syracuse  University).  Polit- 
ically he  has  always  been  a  Democrat,  but  is 
thoroughly  independent.  He  is  a  member  of 
.St.  Mary's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  which 
he  has  served  as  vestryman,  junior  and  senior 
warden. 

Professor  Bell,  after  a  visit  to  Mammoth 
Cave,  Kentucky,  published  an  article  on  the 
subject  in  the  University  News.  He  also,  in 
company  with  Miss  Floy  Hotchkiss,  edited  a 
text  book,  "Civics  Eight  Grades,"  which  was 
published  by  Bacon  &  Vincent,  of  Buffalo. 
In  1904  he  wrote  the  "History  of  the  Sala- 
manca Public  Schools,"  which  appeared  in  the 
annual  report  of  the  superintendent  of  public 
instruction  of  the  state  of  New  York. 

Professor  Bell  married,  August  6,  1896. 
Emma  H.  Fordyce,  daughter  of  John  For- 
dyce,  son  of  George  (2)  and  Agnes  (Chap- 
man) Fordyce,  of  Renfrewshire,  Scotland. 
George  Fordyce  came  to  the  United  States 
with  his  family  in  1835  and  located  in  Pater- 
son.  New  Jersey,  where  he  was  employed  at 


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his  trade  of  machinist  in  the  Rogers  Loco- 
motive Works.  John,  his  son,  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist  in  the  same  works,  where 
he  remained  until  1862,  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  working 
for  them  as  expert  machinist  in  their  differ- 
ent shops,  finally  settling  in  Salamanca. 
He  married,  January  i,  1855,  Elizabeth  Hayes, 
born  September  6,  1833,  died  August  10,  1909, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Anna  (Sexton) 
Hayes.  Children:  i.  Robert,  born  October  19, 
1855;  married  Daisy  Hindle;  children,  Eliza- 
beth, Beatrice  and  Donald.  2.  Samuel,  born 
June  8,  1859;  married  Delia  Healley;  child, 
John.  3.  Emma  H.;  married  Professor 
Thomas  S.  Bell.  4.  Richard,  born  February 
I,  1872;  married  Anna  Russell;  child,  Marion. 
5.  Anna,  born  December  3,  1873;  married, 
April  4,  1900,  John  J.  Spencer,  bom  May  4, 
1873,  died  January  8,  1906;  children,  John, 
bom  December  4,  1900;  James,  July  26,  1903. 

(The  Stone  Line). 

Mary  J.  (Stone) Bell,  wife  of  George  W. 
Bell,  and  mother  of  Professor  Thomas  Stone 
Bell,  is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Stone,  born  in 
England,  December  21,  1802,  died  in  Jordan, 
Onondaga  county.  New  York,  January  25, 
1872.  He  was  a  miller  by  trade.  In  1849  he 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  family, 
landing  in  New  York  City,  after  a  voyage  of 
six  weeks.  After  some  change  in  location  he 
finally  settled  in  Jordan,  New  York,  where  he 
followed  his  trade,  later  purchasing  a  farm, 
which  he  conducted  successfully  until  his 
death.  He  married,  at  East  Quantoxhead, 
England,  September  21,  1836,  Ann  Wake,  born 
December  8,  1816.  Children,  all  bom  in  Eng- 
land: I.  Sarah,  born  December  8,  1837;  mar- 
ried Charles  Briggs,  February  27,  1862.  2. 
Robert  A.,  born  August  25,  1839,  died  Decem- 
ber 3,  1872;  married  Elizabeth  Masten,  March 
27,  1865.  3.  Mary  J.,  married  George  W. 
Bell  (see  Bell  HI).  4.  James  A.,  born  Octo- 
ber 30,  1843 ;  married  Helen  M.  Warner,  De- 
cember 26,  1865. 


The  name  of  Norton  is  of  an- 
NORTON     cient    French   origin,   and   the 

many  distinct  families  in 
America  bearing  it  are  undoubtedly  de- 
scended from  the  same  source.  Their  lineage 
can  be  traced  back  to  Le  Signeur  de  Noruile 
(Norvile),  who  crossed  the  channel  with  the 
Norman   conqueror  and   subsequently  served 


as  the  latter's  constable.  This  de  Norvile  mar- 
ried a  lady  of  the  famous  house  of  Valois.  A 
descendant  of  Constable  de  Norvile  in  the 
sixth  generation  anglicized  the  name  into  its 
present  form  of  Norton.  Professor  Charles 
Eliot  Norton,  of  Harvard  University,  is  a 
lineal  descendant  of  the  constable  in  the  twen- 
ty-first generation.  In  addition  to  Norton 
street,  a  prominent  London  thorughfare,  there 
are  in  England  several  important  rural  com- 
munities of  this  name — ^Clipping  Norton,  Sed- 
bey  Norton,  King's  Norton  and  Philip's  Nor- 
ton, all  of  ancient  origin,  and  doubtless  deriv- 
ing their  name  from  some  prominent  family 
or  individual. 

Several  immigrants  of  this  name  are  men- 
tioned in  the  early  colonial  records  of  New 
England.  Captain  Walter  Norton  arrived  in 
America  in  1630.  George  Norton,  of  Salem, 
Ipswich,  and  other  places,  who  came  from 
London,  was  made  a  freeman  in  1634  and 
died  in  1659.  William  Norton,  of  Hingham 
and  Ipswich,  bom  in  England,  1610,  came  in 
the  "Hopewell"  in  1635,  and  took  the  free- 
man's oath  the  same  year.  Rev.  John  Norton, 
brother  of  William,  born  in  1606,  probably  in 
London,  emigrated  to  Massachusetts  Bay  in 
1635,  shortly  after  graduating  from  Cam- 
bridge, and  located  in  Ipswich.  In  1656  he 
became  pastor  of  the  First  Church  in  Bos- 
ton, and  was  noted  for  his  piety  and  learning. 

(I)  Nicholas  Norton,  who  is  thought  to 
have  come  from  the  county  of  Herts,  was  of 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1638,  removed 
to  Martha's  Vineyard,  and  his  descendants 
are  still  found  there.  A  Francis  Norton  was 
admitted  a  freeman  at  Weymouth  in  1642. 
A  Joseph  Norton  was  married  in  Salisbury, 
Massachusetts,  March  10,  1662,  to  Susanna 
Getchell.  Major  Peter  Norton,  an  efficient  of- 
ficer in  the  revolutionary  war,  was  son  of 
Ebenezer,  grandson  of  Joseph,  and  great- 
grandson  of  Nicholas,  the  Martha's  Vineyard 
settler. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Nicholas  Norton, 
born  in  1610,  died  1690,  came  to  America  from 
Shorpenham,  England,  in  1630,  and  settled  at 
Edgartown,  Martha's  Vineyard,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  a  relative  of  Rev.  John  and  of 
William  Norton,  and  others  of.  the  early  Nor- 
tons  of  Massachusetts. 

(III)  Nicholas  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  Nor- 
ton, was  bom  1659;  married  Martha  Dag- 
gett. 

(IV)  Jabez,  son  of  Nicholas  (2)  Norton, 


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was  born  October  i6,  1714.  He  removed  to 
Rochester,  Massachusetts,  from  Edgartown, 
in  1762.  He  married,  February  9,  1739,  Eliza- 
beth Allen. 

(V)  Captain  Elijah  Norton,  son  of  Jabez 
Norton,  was  bom  in  1739,  at  Martha's  Vine- 
yard, Massachusetts.  He  was  a  coast  guard 
during  the  revolutionary  war,  remaining  in 
service  six  months.  He  afterward  followed 
the  sea  as  a  business,  and  for  twenty  years 
was  a  sea  captain.  He  later  settled  in  New 
Braintree,  Massachusetts.  He  married  (first) 
Freelove  Burroughs;  (second)  Hannah  West, 
November,-  1776,  at  Dartmouth,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  Zaddock,  bom  February  8, 
1778;  Nabby,  May  9,  1780;  Elijah,  of  further 
mention;  Abithia,  October  13,  1784;  Hannah, 
December  10,  1786;  Melintha,  September  24, 
1788;  Allen,  September  2,  1790;  Fletcher, 
August  7,  1792;  Jessie,  September  12,  1796. 

(VI)  Captain  Elijah  (2)  Norton,  son  of 
Captain  Elijah  (i)  Norton  and  his  second 
wife,  Hannah  West,  was  born  May  9,  1782, 
died  April  2,  1839.  He  was  captain  in  the 
war  of  1812,  commanding  a  company  from 
Richfield,  Otsego  county.  New  York,  stationed 
at  Sacketts  Harbor  for  the  protection  of  the 
northern  frontier.  He  was  a  carpenter  by 
trade  and  after  the  war  removed  to  Batavia, 
Genesee  county,  New  York,  later  returning  to 
Otsego  county.  He  removed  somewhat  later 
in  life  to  the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  where  he  died.  He 
married,  December  23,  1804,  Mary  Moon 
Beardsley,  bom  March  9,  1788,  died  at  Cherry 
V^alley,  New  York,  May  15,  1837,  daughter 
of  Obadiah  (2)  Beardsley  and  Eunice  Moore, 
daughter  of  David  and  Elsie  (Lucas)  Moore. 
(Obadiah,  son  of  Obadiah  (i)  and  Amy  (Cal- 
kins) Beardsley,  Obadiah  (i),  son  of  John  B. 
(2)  and  Keziah  (Wheeler)  Beardsley, John  B. 
(2),  son  of  John  B.  (i)  and  Abigail  (Wake- 
.yn)  Beardsley,  John  B.  (i),  son  of  Joseph, 
son  of  William  Beardsley,  the  Puritan  ancestor 
from  England).  Children  of  Captain  Elijah 
Norton  (2)  :  i.  Merritt  Milton,  born  Decem- 
ber I,  1805,  died  October  17,  1846;  married 
Mary  Jane  Cleveland.  2.  Morris,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Sullivan  Sedgwick,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1809,  died  August  31,  181 1.  4.  Eu- 
nice Beardsley,  born  April  23,  181 1,  died  April, 
1830.  5.  Frances  Malvina,  born  April  20, 
1813;  married  Dr.  Potter,  of  Cape  Vincent, 
New  York.  6.  Mary  Moore,  bom  January 
31,  1815;  now  (1911)  living,  aged  ninety-six 


years ;  married  Robert  J.  Merrill,  7.  Samuel 
Herman,  born  July  6,  1817,  died  May  7,  1864; 
married  Mary  Howard.  8.  Levi  Warren, 
born  October  17,  1819,  died  1900;  married 
Elizabeth  Leonard. 

(VH)  Morris,  son  of  Captain  Elijah  (2) 
Norton,  was  born  in  Richfield,  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  June  9,  1807,  died  at  Jamestown, 
New  York,  October  23,  1878.  He  received  a 
good  common  school  education,  and  learned 
the  cabinet  makers'  trade  in  Buffalo,  New 
York.  He  was  persuaded  to  study  law  by  his 
uncle,  and  henceforth  his  life  was  devoted  to 
the  law  and  literature.  He  read  and  studied 
with  such  purpose  that  his  mind  was  well 
stored  with  the  best  knowledge  to  be  obtained 
from  books.  Though  largely  self-taught,  he 
was  none  the  less  a  cultivated,  educated  gen- 
tleman. He  was  a  frequent  contributor  to 
the  magazines  and  periodicals  of  his  day,  his 
articles  dealing  mainly  with  political  subjects 
of  vital  importance  and  interest.  Many  of 
his  contributions  were  sent  to  the  Jamestown 
Journal,  and  a  search  of  old  files  of  that  paper 
will  reveal  them.  He  was  also  a  well-known 
local  poet.  Some  of  his  verses  brought  forth 
high  encomiums  from  competent  critics.  He 
was  most  highly  esteemed  by  his  townsmen, 
who  delighted  to  do  him  honor.  He  was 
for  thirty-seven  years  justice  of  the  peace  of 
Ashville,  New  York,  and  superintendent  of 
the  poor  for  many  years.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1833,  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  Rev. 
W^illiam  Shelton,  of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal 
Church,  officiating,  Olivia  Kent,  bom  in  Rome, 
Oneida  county.  New  York,  December  25,  1810, 
died  August  11,  1880,  at  Cambridge  Springs, 
Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Warren  Kent,  who 
came  from  Foxboro,  Massachusetts,  to  Sack- 
etts Harbor  and  Rome,  New  York,  later  set- 
tling at  Grand  Island,  Erie  county.  New  York, 
where  he  died.  While  residing  in  Oneida 
county  he  was  elected  sheriff.  His  second 
wife  was  Lois  Dorrill,  died  at  Grand  Island, 
New  York,  aged  forty-two  years,  daughter  of 
W^illiam  and  Mary  (Chase)  Dorrill.  Warren 
Kent  was  a  descendant  of  John  Kent,  of  Ded- 
ham  and  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  born  in 
England,  came  to  America,  1645.  He  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Dedham  church.  May  16,  1652 ; 
made  freeman,  1654;  moved  to  Charlestown, 
1673;  w^s  "tythingman,"  1678-79;  married, 
March  21,  i6fe,  Hannah  Grizold,  Grizwold  or 
Grissell,  as  it  is  variously  recorded.  Eleven 
children.     The  descent  is  through  John  (2), 


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son  of  John  Kent  (i),  born  1668;  married, 
December  22,  1692,  Sarah  Smith.  He  was 
called  John  Kent,  "gentleman;'*  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  from  Marsh- 
field,  Massachusetts,  and  selectman.  Fourteen 
children,  of  whom  Elisha  was  the  eleventh. 
Elisha,  son  of  John  Kent  (2),  was  born  about 
1710;  was  ensign  of  the  militia;  a  "mariner,** 
in  1744;  a  "yeoman"  in  1759;  in  1767  "gentle- 
man." During  the  revolution  he  was  appointed 
one  of  a  committee  to  consider  what  should 
be  done  "in  the  alarming  crisis  of  aflfairs."  He 
was  selectman  of  Marshfield,  Massachusetts, 
1776-77-80-81 ;  January  19,  1776,  he  was  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  "committee  on  cor- 
respondence." The  records  show  him  to  have 
been  a  leader  in  public  affairs  during  the  revo- 
lution, although  years  prevented  active  mili- 
tary service.  He  married,  June,  1741,  Su- 
sanna Ford.  Twelve  children.  Warren  (i), 
tenth  child  of  Elisha  Kent  and  Susanna  F'ord, 
was  born  December  20,  1764,  died  May  28, 
1834.  He  married  Bethiah  Turner.  Their 
third  child,  Warren  Kent,  was  born  about 
1785;  married  (second)  Lois  Dorrill.  Their 
daughter,  Olivia,  married  Morris  Norton.  Six 
children,  all  born  in  Ashville,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York:  i.  Helen  Olivia,  born  July 
25,  1834,  died  March  7,  1874;  married  Dr. 
William  P.  Bemus ;  children :  Morris  and  Hel- 
ena L.  F.,  married  Fred  E.  Hatch  of  Jamestown. 

2.  Mary  Jane  Elizabeth,  of  further  mention. 

3.  Theressa  M.,  born  December  21,  1839,  died 
February  7,  1894;  married,  1862,  William  W. 
Partridge,  born  December  13,  1834,  died  1871 ; 
children:  i.  Rossamond  O.,  died  aged  about 
two  years;  ii.  Bertha  G.,  born  February  14, 
1866;  iii.  Morris  William,  born  September  17, 
1868,  married  (first)  Sarah  Campbell,  child, 
Morris  Norton,  born  January  26,  1894;  niar- 
ied  (second)  Louisa  Perselle.  4.  Eunice  Ger- 
trude, born  January  10,  1842 ;  married,  in  Ash- 
ville, New  York,  Charles  Thomas  Douglass, 
born  in  Busti,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York, 
April  10,  1837,  died  November  9,  1907,  son  of 
Stephen  Douglass,  born  October  30,  1803,  died 
May  16,  1890,  a  native  of  Griswold,  Connecti- 
cut; married  Emma  Stewart,  born  in  Gris- 
wold, October  15,  1809,  died  May,  1899,  in 
Buffalo,  New  York.  Stephen  was  son  of  Wil- 
liam and  Hannah  (Wilkinson)  Douglass; 
Emma  Stewart  was  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Maria  (Fanning)  Stewart,  the  latter  daughter 
of  Hon.  Charles  Fanning  and  Ann  Brewster, 
who  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Elder  William 


Brewster,  of  the  "Mayflower."  Children  of 
Charles  Thomas  and  Eunice  Gertrude  (Nor- 
ton) Douglass:  i.  Stewart  Norton,  born  in 
Jamestown,  August  3,  1864;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1885,  in  Harmony,  New  York,  Elsie 
Curtiss,  born  in  Busti,  New  York;  children: 
Amy  S.,  Roswell  B.,  James  Wallace,  Stewart^ 
Estelle,  Ruth,  Marvin,  Odin,  Charles.  2. 
Olivia  Gertrude,  born  in  Busti,  New  York, 
August  26^  1867,  died  February  8,  1900;  mar- 
ried Edward  Allen  Hill,  of  Syracuse,  New 
York ;  children :  Hope,  bom  January  7,  1893 » 
Charles,  February  16,  1895;  Allen,  October 
^S»  1897-  3-  Charles  Carroll,  bom  November 
22,  1872,  at  Busti;  married  Maud  Campbell. 
5.  Ida  Imogene,  born  January  21,  1844,  died 
December  20,  1864.  6.  Alice  Isabella,  bom 
May  31,  1848,  died  November  28,  1884;  mar- 
ried Thomas  H.  Agnew. 

(V^III)  Mary  Jane  Elizabeth,  second 
child  of  Alorris  and  Olivia  (Kent)  Norton, 
was  born  in  Ashville,  New  York,  April  25^ 
1836;  married,  at  her  home  in  Ashville,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1855,  Major  Enoch  Arnold  Curtis,  of 
further  mention.  Children :  i.  Isabelle  K.,  bom 
in  Ashville,  August  9,  1856;  married  Frank  C. 
Chatsey,  of  Friedonia,  New  York;  children: 
i.  Ruth  Isabelle,  born  May  29,  1880,  died 
August  4,  1907;  married  Henry  L.  Gumming, 
and  had:  Ruth  L.  and  Winfield  J.;  ii.  Alice 
Norton,  born  June  13,  1885.  2.  Edith,  born 
in  Fredonia.  New  York,  September  30,  1871 ; 
now    a   teacher   in     Fredonia    State    Normal 

School. 

(The  Curtis  Line). 

Major  Enoch  Arnold  Curtis  descends  from 
one  of  the  early  New  England  families  of  the 
name.  The  word  Curtis  is  derived  from  a 
Norman-French  word,  Curteis  or  Cortois, 
meaning  courteous,  civil.  The  family  settled 
very  early  in  Kent,  England.  The  coat-of- 
arms  of  the  family  of  Kent  and  Sussex  is:  Ar- 
gent, a  chevron  sable  between  three  bulls' 
heads  cabossed  gules.  Crest:  A  unicorn  pas- 
sant or  between  four  trees  proper.  The 
genealogy  of  the  Curtis  family  of  Scituate, 
Massachusetts,  from  whom  it  is  believed 
Major  Curtis  descends,  is  traced  to  Stephen 
Curtis,  of  Appledore,  Kent,  England,  about 
1450.  Several  of  his  descendants  were  mayors 
of  the  town  of  Tenterdon,  from  which 
come  some  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Scituate.  Four  brothers — Richard,  William, 
John  and  Thomas  Curtis,  settled  in  Scit- 
uate.    Massachusetts.     From    one    of    these 


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the  New  Hampshire  branch  sprang,  al- 
though John  Curtis  appears  to  have  left  no 
descendants.  The  first  of  the  family  to  appear 
in  Western  New  York  was  Rev.  Enoch  Cur- 
tis, born  in  New  Hampshire,  who  spent  his 
life  as  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  came  to  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  about  1812,  and  founded  the  family  that 
has  been  identified  with  the  best  interests  of 
the  county  for  nearly  a  century. 

(H)  Isaac,  son  of  Rev.  Enoch  Curtis,  set- 
tled in  Jamestown,  New  York,  with  his  young 
wife,  in  1829.  Later  he  purchased  of  the 
Holland  Land  Company  one  hundred  acres 
of  improved  land  in  the  town  of  Busti,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  Here  he  built  the  primitive 
Ic^  house  of  the  pioneer,  and  cultivated  his 
acres  until  1848,  when  he  sold  and  removed 
to  a  farm  he  had  purchased  in  Ashville,  in  the 
town  of  Harmony.  This  was  his  home  until 
death.  He  married  Susan  Hunter,  who  bore 
him  six  childrep. 

(HI)  Major  Enoch  Arnold,  eldest  child  of 
Isaac  and  Susan  (Hunter)  Curtis,  was  born  in 
Busti,  New  York,  July  19,  183 1,  died  in  Fre- 
donia,  New  York,  October  4,  1907.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  finishing  his 
studies  with  a  term  at  Jamestown  Academy 
when  he  was  seventeen  years  of  age.  He  as- 
sisted with  the  farm  labor  during  the  sum- 
mer months,  both  at  the  Busti  and  Ashville 
farms  owned  by  his  father,  and  the  latter  years 
of  his  minority  in  teaching  school  during  the 
winters.  Arriving  at  legal  age,  he  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade  and  took  up  the  study  of 
architecture.  He  was  engaged  in  building  opera- 
tions until  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  when 
he  closed  up  his  business  in  the  spring  of 
1862,  enlisting  for  three  years  service.  He 
recruited  a  company  of  volunteers,  of  which 
he  was  elected  captain.  This  was  Company 
D,  1 1 2th  Regiment  New  York  Volunteer  In- 
fantry, which  he  commanded  throughout  the 
various  campaigns  in  which  the  regiment  was 
engaged  until  the  bs^ttle  of  Cold  Harbor, 
fought  in  June,  1864,  during  which  he  re- 
ceived such  severe  wounds  as  to  unfit  him  for 
further  military  service.  He  was  honorably 
discharged  September  13,  1864,  with  the  brevet 
rank  of  major,  conferred  by  Governor  Fen- 
ton,  of  New  York,  for  gallantry  at  the  battle 
of  Cold  Harbor.  As  a  soldier  and  officer  he 
gained  honorable  distinction,  having  the  love 
and  esteem  of  his  companv  and  the  fullest  con- 
fidence of  his  superior  officers. 


After  returning  from  the  war  he  located 
at  Fredonia,  New  York,  where  for  five  years 
he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business.  Not 
finding  mercantile  life  congenial,  he  returned 
to  his  profession  of  architect,  which  he  prac- 
ticed very  successfully  until  his  death.  Many 
of  the  finest  residences,  churches  and  public 
buildings  of  Western  New  York  and  North- 
ern Pennsylvania  were  designed  by  him  and 
erected  under  his  supervision.  During  his 
residence  in  Fredonia  he  interested  himself 
and  took  an  active  part  in  all  movements  for 
the  advancement  and  improvement  of  his  com- 
munity. To  this  end  his  time  and  money  were 
freely  given,  and  when  he  became  interested 
in  a  cause  he  was  persistent  in  carrying  it  to 
success.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  agitate 
and  most  tenacious  in  securing  the  erection  of 
the  village  water  works  and  sewerage  system. 
He  served  successive  terms  on  the  board  of 
water  commissioners,  the  board  of  village 
trustees,  and  was  president  of  the  village  cor- 
poration. While  not  a  politician  from  an  of- 
fice-seeking standpoint,  he  felt  that  the  duties 
of  good  citizenship  required  all  to  take  an 
active  and  intelligent  interest  in  public  affairs. 
He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  national 
convention  at  St.  Louis,  in  1896,  that  nom- 
inated William  McKinley  for  president,  and 
took  an  active  part  in  the  ensuing  campaign. 
He  was  an  active,  useful  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  E.  D.  Holt  Post,  No. 
403,  which  he  joined  in  1885,  serving  several 
terms  as  commander.  He  w^as  a  member  and 
served  as  president  of  the  Northern  Chau- 
tauqua Veteran  Association,  and  a  frequent 
delegate  to  state  and  national  encampments. 
In  1 90 1  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Odell 
a  member  of  the  New  York  state  board 
for  the  erection  of  a  monument  to  the  mar- 
tyred president,  William  McKinley.  His  last 
days  were  spent  in  Fredonia,  where  he  en- 
joyed the  respect  and  highest  esteem  of  the 
entire  community. 

He  married,  in  Ashville,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1855,  Mary  Jane  Elizabeth  Norton. 
(See  Norton).  Children:  Isabelle  K.  and 
Edith. 


This  name  was  generally  written 
BEALS     Beal  or  Beale  by  the  early  gen- 
erations of  the  family  in  America, 
and  many  branches  of  the  family  still  retain 
the  original   form.     The  town  of  Hin^ham 
was  settled  largely  by  emigrants  from  Hing- 


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ham  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  England.  The 
ship  "Diligent,"  John  Martin,  master,  brought 
a  number  of  families  who  were  prominent  in 
the  early  annals  of  Hingham  and  whose  de- 
scendants are  found  in  nearly  every  hamlet  of 
the  country.  John  Beal,  while  a  resident  of 
Hingham,  England,  married  Nazareth  Ho- 
bart,  a  sister  of  Rev.  Edmund  Hobart,  the  first 
minister  of  Hingham  in  New  England.  With 
his  wife  and  eight  children  he  sailed  in  the 
"Diligent"  in  1638.  He  settled  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  admitted  free- 
man in  March,  1639.  His  wife  died  Septem- 
ber 23,  1658.  He  married  (second),  March 
10,  1659,  Mrs.  Mary  Jacob,  widow  of  Nich- 
olas Jacob.  She  died  in  1680.  He  died  April 
1,  1688,  aged  one  hundred  years. 

(H)  Lieutenant  Jeremiah  Beal,  son  of  John 
and  Nazareth  (Hobart)  Beal,  was  born  in 
England,  died  August  10,  1716.  He  married, 
November  18,  1632,  Sarah,  who  died  June  20, 
1715,  daughter  of  William  Ripley,  of  Hing- 
ham. 

(HI)  Jeremiah  (2),  eldest  of  the  seven 
children  of  Lieutenant  Jeremiah  (i)  and 
Sarah  (Ripley)  Beal,  was  born  May  13,  1655, 
died  at  Hingham,  April  21,  1708.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  a  blacksmith.  He  married.  May 
22,  1677,  Hannah,  who  died  September  19, 
1 719,  daughter  of  Andrew  Lane. 

(IV)  Andrew,  son  of  Jeremiah  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Lane)  Beal,  was  born  January  27, 
1685-86.  He  married,  December  14,  171 5,  Ra- 
chel, daughter  of  Joshua  Bates. 

(V)  Abel,  youngest  son  of  Andrew  and 
Rachel  (Bates)  Beal,  was  born  1737,  died 
April  20,  1809.  He  married,  March  11,  1755, 
Deborah  Lambert,  who  died  October  i,  1810. 
They  had  ten  children.  Cohasset  was  cre- 
ated out  of  a  part  of  Hingham  in  1770,  and 
after  that  date  Abel  Beal  resided  in  the  new 
town. 

(VI)  Showers  Beals,  youngest  son  of  Abel 
and  Deborah  (Lambert)  Beal,  was  born  in 
Hingham,  March  20,  1767,  and  resided  in  Co- 
hasset after  he  was  three  years  of  age,  and 
died  there  May  30,  1823.  He  was  the  first  of 
this  line  to  add  the  additional  letter  "s"  to  the 
name.  He  married  Mary  Leavitt,  of  Hing- 
ham, who  died  June  20,  1839.  They  had  four 
children. 

(VII)  Samuel,  son  of  Showers  and  Mary 
(Leavitt)  Beals,  was  born  in  1792,  died  in 
1858.  He  settled  in  Vermont,  Rutland  county, 
where  he  married.  He  was  a  farmer  and  kept 


a  toll  gate  on  one  of  the  roads  leading  into 
Rutland.  After  the  birth  of  his  six  children 
he  loaded  his  personal  belongings  into  oxcarts 
and  came  to  New  York  state,  settling  in  Shel- 
don, Wyoming  county,  where  he  worked  for 
a  time  on  a  farm.  He  next  removed  to  West- 
field,  Chautauqua  county,  where  he  farmed 
the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  a  Uni- 
versalist  in  religion  and  in  politics  a  Democrat. 
He  married  in  Rutland,  Druscilla  Petty,  born 
in  Vermont.  Children:  John,  Hibbard,  Dru- 
scilla, married  a  P.  Holcomb;  Polly  and  Cor- 
delia. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Petty,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Druscilla  (Petty)  Beals,  was  born  in  Rut- 
land, Vemiont,  1827,  died  in  1898.  He  was 
an  iron  moulder  and  worked  at  the  iron  works 
in  East  Randolph  and  in  other  places  where 
work  at  his  trade  could  be  obtained.  He  was 
a  pattern  maker  also  and  worked  in  Gowanda, 
Aurora  and  East  Randolph.  He  was  a  good 
workman  and  was  a  man  of  Jiigh  character. 
He  also  owned  a  small  farm.  He  was  a  Uni- 
versalisfr  in  religion,  and  in  politics  a  Demo- 
crat. He  married,  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
1848,  Sarah  Eliza  Holcomb,  born  1828,  died 
1908,  daughter  of  Abel  Holcomb.  Children: 
Fred  C,  of  further  mention ;  Kitty  Odell,  mar- 
ried Dr.  M.  C.  Hawley;  children,  Horace 
Beals  and  Lee  Fred. 

(IX)  Dr.  Fred  C.  Beals,  son  of  Samuel 
Petty  and  Sarah  Eliza  (Holcomb)  Beals,  was 
bom  April  18,  1852,  at  Gowanda,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  school  and  at  Chamberlain  Institute.  He 
chose  the  proiession  of  medicine  and  began 
study  with  Dr.  Tompkins,  of  East  Randolph. 
He  then  entered  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  BuflFalo,  whence  he  was 
graduated,  M.  D.,  in  1875.  H^  began  prac- 
tice in  Conewango,  New  York,  and  in  1880 
located  in  Salamanca,  where  he  still  con- 
tinues, well  known  and  successful.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  and  is 
censor  of  Cattaraugus  County  Medical  So- 
ciety. He  is  a  member  of  the  Railroad  Sur- 
geons' Association,  composed  of  medical  men 
connected  with  the  Erie  Buffalo,  Rochester 
and  Pittsburg,  New  York  and  New  England, 
and  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  systems.  Dr. 
Beals  is  a  public-spirited  citizen,  and  devotes 
much  time  to  the  welfare  of  his  village.  He 
has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation and  health  officer.  He  holds  fraternal 
relation  with  the  Masonic  order  and  is  past 


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master  of  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No.  239,  his 
term  of  office  covering  the  period  during  which 
the  Masonic  Temple  was  erected;  member  of 
Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  266,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, and  a  member  of  Salamanca  Command- 
ery,  No.  62,  Knights  Templar  Politically  he 
is  a  Democrat  and  in  religious  faith  a  Uni- 
versalist.  He  married,  May  I2^  1875,  Lucy 
Irene  Beardsley,  bom  September  18,  1852; 
son,  Clarence  Samuel. 

(X)  Dr.  Clarence  Samuel  Beals,  only  son 
of  Dr.  Fred  C.  and  Lucy  Irene  (Beardsley) 
Beals,  was  born  February  2,  1879,  at  ElHcott- 
ville.  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
grammar  and  high  schools  of  Salamanca; 
studied  medicine  with  his  father ;  entered  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo  (Medical  School),  was 
graduated  M.  D.,  1903,  and  has  since  been 
associated  with  his  father  in  practice  at  Sala- 
manca. He  is  surgeon  for  the  Erie  railroad, 
member  of  the  Railroad  Surgeons'  Associa- 
tion, State  and  County  Medical  Associations 
and  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent.  He 
married  Susan  Brown.  Child,  Frederica,  born 
March  i,  1910. 

(The  Holcomb  Line). 

Sarah  Eliza  (Holcomb)  Beals  is  a  descend- 
ant of  Lieutenant  Colonel  Peter  Holcomb,  one 
of  the  three  brothers  who  came  from  England 
and  founded  this  branch  in  America.  He 
served  seven  years  in  the  revolutionary  army, 
rose  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel,  and  died 
in  Granby,  Vermont.  His  son,  Abel  Holcomb, 
settled  in  Syracuse,  New  York,  then  in  1832 
moved  to  Fredonia,  New  York,  where  he  re- 
mained six  years.  He  then  settled  in  West- 
field,  New  York,  where  he  purchased  and 
cleared  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  on  which  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his 
life.    He  married  Roxanna  Higbee. 

Abel  (2),  son  of  Abel  (i)  and  Roxanna 
(Higbee)  Holcomb,  was  born  1808,  died  1881. 
He  married  Amanda  Curtis,  born  1806,  died 
1892.  Children:  i.  Helen,  married  C.  C. 
Wood ;  child  Lawrence.  2.  Sarah  Eliza,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Petty  Beals  (see  Beals  VIII). 
3.  Abel  P.,  married  Druscilla  Beals ;  children : 
Lillie,  married  Melvin  Knox;  child,  Edith, 
married  William  Cook;  Porter,  Druscilla,  mar- 
ried George  Woolley;  Florence,  Love  Adell, 
married  Mark  D.  Norton,  child  Raymond.  4. 
Curtis,  bom  1832,  died  1854.  5.  Albert,  born 
1834;  married  Lovinia  Porter;  children,  Eu- 


gene and  Marshall.  6.  Annis,  married  Wilder 
Rex  ford;  children:  Emma,  Harry  and  Wil- 
liam. 7.  Charles,  married  Anna  Harrington ; 
child,  Henry.  8.  Jane.  9.  Theodosia,  married 
Dr.  Albert  Bowen.  10.  George,  married  Anna 
Campbell ;  children,  Kitty  and  May. 


The  earliest  record  obtain- 
HELVERING    able  of  this  family  is  of 

Samuel  Helvering,  of  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  business  man  engaged 
largely  in  traveling  and  selling  goods.  He  set- 
tled in  the  south  where  he  ever  afterward  re- 
sided. He  married  Maria,  daughter  of  Mar- 
tin Smith,  bom  January  25,  1762,  and  Sarah 
(Kellogg)  Smith,  bom  June  2,  1763,  married, 
July  4,  1 78 1.  The  Smiths  and  Kelloggs  both 
were  old  New  England  families  and  settled  in 
Connecticut.  Martin  and  Sarah  (Kellogg) 
Smith  had  children:  Electa,  born  May  30, 
1782;  Erastus,  January  17,  1784;  Harriet,  died 
in  infancy;  Harriet,  born  November  5,  1788; 
Sally,  March  10,  1791 ;  Henrietta,  July  20, 
1793 ;  Maria,  October  9,  1795 ;  Charlotte,  April 
5,  1798;  Hevilah,  January  3,  180T ;  Eliza,  Feb- 
luary  26,  1803. 

(II)  Martin  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Maria  (Smith)  Helvering,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 31,  1 83 1,  died  December  30,  1905.  He  fell 
heir  to  a  large  property  in  Ohio,  where  his 
after  life  was  spent.  He  was  a  man  very 
popular  with  his  fellows  and  held  a  high  posi- 
tion in  his  town.  He  married  Frances  Van 
Horn. 

(III)  Edward  Kellogg,  son  of  Martin  Sam- 
uel and  Frances  (Van  Horn)  Helvering,  was 
born  in  Vernon,  Ohio,  January  7,  1862,  died 
February  29,  1904.  He  received  a  good  public 
school  education  in  the  Vernon  schools,  and 
in  early  life  followed  the  occupation  of  a 
farmer  in  his  native  state.  When  a  young  man 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Atlantic  and 
Great  Western  railroad.  He  was  first  em- 
ployed as  trainman,  then  was  promoted  to 
baggage  master,  and  for  fifteen  years  had  the 
regular  run  from  Salamanca,  New  York,  to 
Kent,  Ohio.  He  remained  in  railroad  employ 
for  twenty-three  years.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Order  of  Railroad  Trainmen,  and  always 
an  adherent  of  Republican  principles. 

He  married,  April  27,  1888,  Kathryn  Sad- 
ler, born  August  8,  1864,  daughter  of  Nich- 
olas Sadler,  of  Bavaria,  Germany,  and  his 
wife,  Catharine  (Funk)  Sadler,  daughter  of 
John    and    Magdalen    (Brandt)    Funk,    and 


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granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Susan  Brandt. 
Children  of  Nicholas  and  Catharine  Sadler: 
I.  Harriet,  born  December  12,  1861 ;  married 
Charles  Knorr ;  children :  Walter,  Stiles,  Lucy, 
Ida  and  Katharine.  2.  Kathryn,  married  Ed- 
ward Kellogg  Helvering.  3.  Lena,  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1867;  married,  June  2,  1893,  William 
Swartz,  born  November  10,  1867;  children: 
Pauline  C,  born  July  22,  1894 ;  Esther  H., 
March  3,  1896;  Frances  E.,  November  6, 
1898.  4.  Ida  M.,  born  February  i,  1873;  "^^^" 
ried  William  K.  Harrison;  children:  Mabel, 
William,  Emily,  Lois  and  Walter. 

Edward  K.  and  Kathryn  (Sadler)  Helver- 
ing have  one  child:  Edna,  born  February  12, 
1889;  niarried  Frederick  Beattie,  May,  1907; 
child,  Edward,  born  November  7,  1908. 


The  Hoag  family  of  Salamanca, 
HOAG  New  York,  descends  from  Irish 
ancestors.  Thomas  Hoag,  born  in 
Keharry,  Ireland,  died  at  the  age  of  forty 
years.  He  was  a  small  farmer  of  the  rent- 
ing class.  He  married  Jane .  Chil- 
dren, Thomas,  John,  Alexander,  Samuel  and 
Jane. 

(II)  Alexander,  son  of  Thomas  Hoag,  of 
Ireland,  was  born  in  1816,  died  in  191 1.  In 
1847  ^^  came  to  the  United  States  on  the  ship 
"Saracen,''  leaving  Glasgow  on  Easter  Sun- 
day of  that  year,  arriving  fifty-three  days 
later.  He  was  a  stone  mason  by  trade  and  for 
one  year  worked  in  New  York  City.  He  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Hudson  River  railroad 
on  stone  construction  work  above  Yonkers  for 
a  time,  then  returned  to  New  York  City  for 
another  year.  In  May,  1850,  he  removed  to 
Buffalo,  Erie  county,  New  York,  later  remov- 
ing to  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  lived  at 
Humphrey  and  Sugartown.  He  gave  up  work- 
ing at  his  trade  and  purchased  a  farm  of  sev- 
enty acres,  to  which  he  added  sixty  acres  ad- 
joining. Much  of  his  one  hundred  and  thirty 
acres  was  in  timber,  which  he  cleared,  market- 
ing the  logs,  finally  bringing  the  land  under 
cultivation.  He  also  mined  salt  and  worked  at 
his  trade,  hiring  men  to  clear  his  land.  He 
lived  on  the  farm  which  he  cultivated  until 
1872,  when  he  removed  to  Ellicottville,  where 
he  lived  until  1875,  moving  to  Salamanca  in  the 
spring  of  1875,  where  he  died.  He  was  a 
Protestant  in  religion  and  belonged  to  the 
"Orangemen."  He  joined  the  Presbyterian 
church,  which  he  served  as  deacon.  He  was 
a  man  of  industry  and  good  character,  holding 


the  respect  of  his  neighbors.  He  married,  in 
Ireland,  in  1836,  Margaret  Brown,  born  Octo- 
ber 4,  1 8 16,  died  November  6,  1904.  Children: 
I.  Mary  Jane,  born  November  4,  1837;  mar- 
ried. May  2,  1856,  George  W.  Hagadom;  chil- 
dren: i.  Emmett,  born  November  2,  1858; 
married  Minnie  Capron;  child,  Helen,  bom 
July  12,  1895;  ii.  Margaret,  bom  January 
18,  1862;  married  Dr.  Edward  Dean;  iii. 
Henry,  born  May  25,  1864;  married  Ella  Lu- 
ther; children:  Leland,  born  April  5,  1894, 
and  Marian,  August  20,  1896.  2.  Samuel, 
born  December  18,  1839;  married  Viola  Bloss. 
3.  Robert,  born  August  3,  1841 ;  married  Car- 
rie Houghton.  4.  Rachel,  born  December  26, 
1843;  married  Orlando  Hagadorn;  children: 
Samuel  and  Jennie.  5.  Matilda,  born  May  i, 
1846;  married,  December,  1878,  Sylvester 
Sherwood;  child,  Harry  C.  6.  Anna,  born 
Febnuary  9,  1849,  died  April  27,  1910;  mar- 
ried Elias  K.  Abbott;  child,  Emma.  7.  Alex- 
ander (2),  born  May  3,  1851 ;  now  a  resident 
of  Shaftesbury,  Michigan;  married  Flora 
Churchill.  8.  John,  of  further  mention.  9. 
Margaret,  born  February  29,  1856;  married 
Richard  M.  Malone ;  child,  William. 

(Ill)  John,  youngest  son  of  Alexander  and 
Margaret  (Brown)  Hoag,  was  born  at  Sugar- 
town,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1853.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  until  1872  was  engaged  in 
farm  labor.  In  1878  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Erie  Railroad  Company  as  clerk,  was  pro- 
moted to  cashier,  then  chief  clerk  of  the  freight 
department  at  Salamanca,  resigning  in  1910 
after  thirty-two  years  of  continuous  service. 
No  better  eulogy  of  the  man  could  be  written 
than  is  proclaimed  by  this  fact — thirty-two 
years  of  honorable,  faithful  service  with  one 
corporation.  In  1883  he  assisted  in  the  or- 
ganization of  the  Salamanca  Building  and 
Loan  Association,  in  company  with  E.  B. 
Vreeland,  O.  S.  Vreeland,  Eugene  Griggs  and 
H.  O.  Waite,  and  he  was  chosen  a  member 
of  the  board  of  directors,  1890.  Later  he  was 
chosen  president,  an  office  he  held  for  twelve 
years.  He  now  (1911)  holds  the  responsible 
office  of  secretary  of  the  association.  This  has 
been  a  very  successful  association  and  has  been 
the  means  of  hundreds  of  homes  being  erected, 
a  most  potent  factor  in  the  development  of 
Salamanca.  Mr.  Hoag  has  always  taken  the 
deepest  interest  in  the  workings  of  the  asso- 
ciation plans,  and  to  his  wise  official  action 
much  of  its  success  is  due.     He  has  served 


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also  for  eighteen  years  on  the  Salamanca  school 
board  and  was  elected  last  spring  for  three 
years  more ;  he  displayed  the  same  interest  in 
educational  matters  that  he  manifested  in  his 
other  business  affairs.  For  three  years  he 
served  as  trustee  of  the  village.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.  He  is  past  master  of 
Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No.  239,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  past  commander  of  Sala- 
manca Commandery,  No.  62,  Royal  Arch 
Masons. 

He  married,  September  25,   1878,   Marcell 
Parker,  born  April  10,  1855. 


This  branch  of  the  Harri- 
HARRISON     son    family   descends    from 

Thomas  Harrison,  who  came 
from  England  and  settled  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, in  the  part  now  called  East.  Haven. 
He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  there,  April  4, 
1654.  He  had  three  brothers  who  came  to 
America  with  him:  Richard  was  a  few  years 
at  Bradford,  Connecticut,  then  settled  in  New 
Jersey ;  Benjamin,  ancestor  of  President  Will- 
iam Henry  Harrison,  settled  in  Virginia ;  Na- 
thaniel settled  in  Virginia.  Thomas  Harrison 
married  (first)  the  widow  of  John  Thompson, 
of  New  Haven.  He  married  (second)  Widow 
Elizabeth  Stent.  Children :  Thomas,  Nathaniel, 
Elizabeth,  John,  Samuel,  Isaac  and  Mary. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Har- 
rison, "the  Emigrant,"  and  his  first  wife,  was 
bom  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  March  i, 
1657.  He  married  Margaret  Stent,  daughter 
of  his  stepmother.  Children :  Lydia,  Jemima, 
Thomas  (3),  Abigail,  Benjamin,  Joseph,  David, 
Aaron,  Jacob. 

(HI)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and 
Margaret  (Stent)  Harrison,  was  born  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  October  12,  1694,  died  m 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  June  16,  1758.  He 
lived  for  a  time  in  the  eastern  part  of  North 
Branford,  and  in  1739  purchased  one  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut, 
in  the  eastern  part  of  the  parish  of  South 
Farms,  and  removed  there  in  the  same  year. 
He  gave  one  hundred  acres  to  each  of  his  nine 
sons,  reserving  only  one  hundred  for  himself. 
He  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  First  Church  in 
Litchfield  in  1755.  He  married  (first),  April 
ai,  1 72 1,  Elizabeth  SutliflF,  (second)  Hannah 
,  who  died  April  27^  1790,  in  her  ninety- 
fifth  year.  Thomas  and  his  second  wife  are 
buried  in  the  Morris  burying  ground.     Chil- 


dren: Thomas,  Ephraim,  Gideon,  Titus,  Abel, 
Jacob,  Lemuel,  Elihu,  Levi. 

(IV)  Lemuel,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  and  his 
first  wife,  Elizabeth  (SutliflF)  Harrison,  mar- 
ried, February  18,  1762,  Lois  Barnes.  Chil- 
dren: Timothy,  born  October  31,  1763;  Lem- 
uel, born  November  17,  1765,  died  at  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut,  November  23,  1857;  James, 
of  further  mention ;  Phoebe,  bom  June  6, 1769 ; 
Wooster,  June  18,  1772;  Olney,  November  24, 
1774,  died  November  16,  1776;  Lois,  August 
29,  1776;  Andrew,  August,  1779;  Caroline, 
September  18,  1785. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Lemuel  and  Lois 
(  Barnes)  Harrison,  was  born  July  23,  1767. 
He  married,  February  28,  1803,  Sally  Frisby, 
born  October  25,  1778,  and  had  issue.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  a  farmer. 
He  removed  to  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  where  he  died.  Children:  Elam,  born 
December  16,  1803 ;  Sarah  Ann,  April  29, 
1810;  William  H.,  February  12,  1812;  John 
Wesley,  February  2,  1817;  Emily  Oletha,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1822,  died  July  31,  18(56. 

(VI)  Rev.  William  Henry  Harrison,  son  of 
James  and  Sally  (Frisby)  Harrison,  was  born 
in  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  February  12,  181 2, 
died  in  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  De- 
cember 31,  1904.  He  came  to  New  York  state 
with  his  father,  and  in  early  life  was  a  farmer. 
He  later  became  a  devoted  minister  of  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  Church,  and  was  in  charge 
of  many  congregations  in  Pennsylvania  and 
New  York  state,  mcluding  SpaflFord  and  Preble 
in  Cortland  county,  Honesdale  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania coal  regions  and  in  Allegany  and  Catta- 
raugus counties,  New  York.  In  the  latter 
county  he  preached  at  Haskell  Flats,  Great 
Valley,  Elkdale,  Dayton,  Humphrey  and  Go- 
wanda.  He  also  served  as  school  trustee  in 
Great  Valley.  He  was  devoted  to  his  holy 
calling  and  lost  no  opportunity  to  advance  his 
Master's  cause.  He  married,  March  i,  1842, 
Almira  Kellogg  (see  Kellogg  IX).  Children: 
I.  Charles  Henry,  born  January  i,  1843,  i" 
SpaflFord,  New  York;  he  enlisted,  September 
22,  1864,  in  Company  I,  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-seventh  Regiment,  New  York  Volun- 
teer Infantry;  he  was  honorably  discharged 
July  I,  1865,  after  hard  service  with  the  Army 
of  the  Potomac  in  the  civil  war ;  he  is  now  a 
farmer.  Married  (first),  December  30,  1868, 
Mary  O.  Jones,  bom  December  3,  1847,  died 
September,  1871.  Children:  Minnie  E.,  bom 
October  29,    1869,  died  September  9,   1907; 


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Mary  M.,  born  May  8,  1871,  died  in  infancy. 
Married  (second),  December  22,  1872,  Alena 
Chase,  born  March,  185 1,  died  September  4, 
1887.  Children:  Albert  W.,  born  November 
12,  1874,  married,  January,  1910,  Lora  M. 
DeWeiss ;  Susan  I.,  born  April  22,  1877,  mar- 
ried, August  24,  1904,  Charles  Cook,  and  has 
a  son,  Warren,  born  April  10,  1907;  Joseph 
H.,  born  September  23,  1879,  married,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1905,  Lulu  Sibley.  Married  (third), 
August  28,  1888,  Lottie  Hinman,  born  July  31, 
1858;  child,  Victor,  born  June  11,  1889.  2. 
Andrew  Nelson,  born  December  23,  1843,  ^^^^ 
May  I,  1888;  married  Bessie  Sammer.  3. 
Emily  Tryphena,  bom  June  25,  1845,  ^i^^ 
October  30,  1865.  4.  William  Kellogg,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(VII)  William  Kellogg,  youngest  child  of 
Rev.  William  H.  and  Almira  (Kellogg)  Harri- 
son, was  born  in  Great  Valley,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  July  23,  1863.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  town  and 
at  Salamanca,  passed  the  required  examina- 
tions and  received  the  Regent's  Academic  Di- 
ploma. He  decided  upon  the  profession  of 
law  and  studied  under  James  G.  Johnson  and 
Judge  C.  D.  Davie,  teaching  school  while  ob- 
taining his  legal  education.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  March  30,  1894,  and  has  since  been 
in  successful  general  practice  in  Salamanca. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank, 
and  of  the  Salamanca  Island  Park  Associa- 
tion. He  has  devoted  much  time  and  energy 
to  public  affairs  in  the  village,  especially  in 
the  interests  of  education.  In  1903  he  was 
elected  school  trustee  and  was  president  of 
the  board  of  education,  reelected  1906-07-08- 
09.  He  was  in  charge  of  the  preliminary  ar- 
rangements for  the  high  school  building,  and 
of  the  bond  issue  to  finance  same.  In  1907  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  village  of  Sala- 
manca, and  in  1911  president  of  the  water  and 
light  commission.  He  belongs  to  Salamanca 
L^dge,  Chapter  and  Commandery  of  the  Ma- 
sonic order.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  married,  June  8,  1898,  Ida  M.  Sadler,  born 
February  i,  1873,  daugrhter  of  Nicholas  and 
Catharine  (Funk)  Sadler.  Children:  Mabel 
Almira,  born  July  29,  189Q;  William  N.,  June 
20,  1901 ;  Emily  K.,  April  9,  1903;  Lois  M., 
November  lo,  1908;  Charles  Walter,  January 

28,  19 10. 

(The  KellogK  Line). 

Phillippe  Kello^^e,  probably  son  of  Thomas 
and  grandson  of  Nicholas  Kellogg,  of  Debben. 


was  the  first  of  the  name  in  England  from 
whom  the  Kelloggs  of  America  definitely  trace 
their  descent.  He  was  of  Bocking  parish^ 
county  of  Essex,  England.  He  married  and 
had  eleven  children. 

(II)  Martin,  son  of  Phillippe  Kellogg,  was 
baptized  in  Great  Leighs,  Essex,  England,  No- 
vember 23,  1595.  He  was  a  cloth  weaver.  He 
married,  October  22,  1621,  Prudence  Bird. 
Martin  Kellogg  died  in  Braintree,  England, 
1 67 1.  She  died  before  May  20,  167 1.  They 
had  seven  children. 

(III)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Kellogg,  son  of 
Martin  and  Prudence  (Bird)  Kellogg,  was 
baptized  in  Great  Leighs,  Essex,  England, 
April  I,  1623,  died  between  June  27,  1707, 
date  of  his  will,  and  February  4,  170^,  when 
it  was  probated.  The  date  of  his  coming  to 
America  is  not  known.  He  was  in  Farming- 
ton,  Connecticut,  1651,  where  he  was  an  early 
settler,  joined  the  church  and  served  several 
terms  as  selectman.  He  removed  about  1657 
to  Boston,  where  he  bought  a  dwelling  for 
"one  hundred  and  forty  pounds  sterling"  which 
he  sold  June  13,  1661,  and  removed  to  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  "kept  the  Ferry,"  a 
business  that  remained  in  the  family  until 
1758.  He  was  ensign  and  lieutenant  in  the 
Foot  Company  of  Hadley,  twenty-nine  con- 
secutive years  until  1692.  He  fought  in  King 
Philip's  war  and  was  in  command  as  sergeant 
of  the  Hadley  troops  at  the  famous  "Turner's 
Falls"  fight,  May  18,  1676,  that  broke  the 
power  of  the  river  tribes.  He  was  a  man  of 
prominence   and   considerable   property.     He 

married  (first)  Joanna ,  died  in  Hadley, 

Massachusetts,  September  14,  1666;  married 
(second)  Abie:ail  Terry,  born  in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  September  21,  1646,  died  1726, 
daughter  of  Stephen  Terry,  born  in  Stockton, 
Wiltshire,  England.  Abigail  was  presented 
to  the  court  in  1673  as  being  one  who  "use  to 
wear  silk  contrary  to  law."  She  was  acquitted. 
By  first  marriage  nine  children;  by  second, 
eleven. 

(IV)  Ensign  Stephen  Kellogg,  eldest  child 
of  Lieutenant  Joseph  and  his  second  wife, 
Abieail  (Terry)  Kellogg,  was  bom  April  9, 
1668,  died  June  s,  1722.  He  was  a  weaver 
and  removed  to  Westfield  in  1697.  He  mar- 
ried. May  8,  1694,  Laura  Belden,  bom  March, 
1675,  died  January  6,  17.SO,  daughter  of  John 
and  Lvdia  Belden,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut.   Eleven  children. 

fV)  Deacon  Silas  Kellogg,  son  of  Ensign 


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Stephen  and  Laura  (Belden)  Kellogg,  was 
bom  in  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  April  7, 
1 7 14,  died  in  Sheffield,  Massachusetts,  January 

24,  1792.  He  was  a  farmer,  deacon  in  the 
churdi,  delegate,  July  6,  1774,  to  a  convention 
to  discuss  the  right  of  Great  Britain  to  tax 
the  Colonies,  and  clerk  of  the  land.  He  mar- 
ried. May  10,  1739,  Ruth  Root,  born  March 

25,  1722,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Margaret 
Root.  She  died  January  24,  1817,  at  the  age 
of  ninety-four  years.  Her  death  was  caused 
by  her  falling  in  a  fainting  fit  into  an  open  fire- 
place and  being  so  badly  burned  that  she  died 
in  a  few  hours.  She  is  described  as  a  digni- 
fied lady  of  imposing  appearance,  a  godly 
woman  and  possessed  of  great  energy  of  char- 
acter. She  retained  a  clear  mind  and  memory 
until  the  day  of  her  death.    Nine  children. 

(VI)  Deacon  Asa  Kellogg,  son  of  Deacon 
Silas  and  Ruth  (Root)  Kellogg,  was  bom  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1745,  died  June  4,  1820.  He  set- 
tled in  Galway,  Saratoga  county.  New  York, 
about  the  time  of  the  revolution ;  was  a  farmer, 
captain  of  militia,  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
deacon  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  served 
during  the  revolution,  as  sergeant  in  Captain 
Noble's  company,  Colonel  Brown's  regiment, 
June  29  to  July  28,  1777,  ordered  into  service 
by  the  committee  of  public  safety  at  the  re- 
quest of  General  Schuyler..  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1766,  Lucy  Powell,  of  Sheffield,  born 
February  27,  1746,  died  November  9,  1816. 
Ten  children. 

(VH)  Frederick,  eldest  son  of  Deacon  Asa 
and  Lucy  (Powell)  Kellogg,  was  born  in  Shef- 
field, Massachusetts,  September  27,  1767,  died 
October  16,  1832,  in  Aubum,  New  York,  by 
being  thrown  from  a  horse.  He  settled  at 
Galway  and  later  at  Brutus,  New  York.  He 
MfSLS  a  farmer.  He  married  (first),  November 
^o,  1788,  Mary  (Polly)  Phelps,  born  October 
5,  1768,  died  March  25,  181 3,  daughter  of 
Israel  Phelps.  He  married  (second),  Novem- 
ber 28,  1813,  Tryphena  Ely  White,  born  March 
25,  1784,  died  January  27,  1816,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Sarah  Leonard  White.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  Mrs.  Catherine  (Demorest) 
Brown,  died  August,  1838,  aged  sixty-three 
years.  Eleven  children,  all  by  first  wife.  Eight 
of  these  children  were  born  in  Galway,  others 
in  Brutus,  New  York:  Silas,  Polly,  Lucinda, 
Alvan,  Wealthy,  Amanda,  Frederick  (2),  Asa, 
Lucy,  Israel  Phelps,  Harriet.  Child  by  sec- 
ond wife,  Charles  White. 
=  (Vni)  Frederick    (2),    son   of   Frederick 


(i)  and  his  first  wife,  Mary  (Phelps)  Kel- 
logg, was  born  in  Galway,  Saratoga  county. 
New  York,  November  20,  1797,  died  in  Friend- 
ship, New  York,  December  28,  1857.  He  was 
engaged  in  the  clothing  business  at  Scott,  New 
York.  He  married  (first)  in  Brutus,  New 
York,  December  3,  1819,  Sally  S.  Evarts,  born 
in  Vermont,  April  13,  1800,  died  in  Scott,  New 
York,  March  2,  1840,  daughter  of  John  and 
Lucy  Ann  Evarts,  of  Brutus.  Married  (sec- 
ond) Eliza  Evens,  September  19,  1841 ;  no 
children.  Children,  by  first  marriage,  born  in 
Scott,  New  York:  Mary  Tryphena,  married 
Lauren  Chester  Underwood;  Lucy  Ann,  mar- 
ried Calvin  Williamson ;  Almira,  see  forward  ; 
Emily,  died  in  infancy;  Dan,  married  Phoebe 
Ostrander;  Emily  (2),  married  Alonzo  Ca- 
hoon;  Warren,  married  Lucy  Maria  Hough- 
ton; Albert  Theron,  married  (first)  May  Jane 
Thompson,  (second)  Sarah  Melissa  Kidder; 
John  Evarts,  married  Frances  Isadore  Hick- 
cox;  William  Silas,  married  (first)  Olive  Clar- 
inda  Churchill,  (second)  Rachel  Louise  Heb- 
erd. 

(IX)  Almira,  daughter  of  Frederick  (2) 
and  Sally  S.  (Evarts)  Kellogg,  was  born  in 
Scott,  New  York,  August  8,  1824,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1898;  married  March  i,  1842,  Rev. 
William  Henry  Harrison  (see  Harrison  VI). 


The  Gibsons  of  Salamanca  de- 
GIBSON     scend    from  James   Gibson,   of 

Pelham,  New  Hampshire,  who 
was  born  in  Astrea,  Ireland,  died  in  Pelham, 
January  26,  1769.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade. 
He  married,  in  Ireland,  after  May  10,  1726, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Lammon.  He 
sailed  for  America  from  Portrush,  August  26, 
1738,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  two  sons, 
John  and  William,  and  a  maid.  A  son  Barna- 
bas was  born  on  the  voyage  to  America,  and 
subsequently  they  had  born  to  them  three  chil- 
dren: James,  Elizabeth  and  Margaret. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Lammon)  Gibson,  the  first  born  of  his 
parents  in  America,  was  born  at  Pelham,  New 
Hampshire,  July  12,  1741,  died  there  June  30, 
1828.  He  was  a  member  of  the  general  court, 
town  collector,  justice  of  the  peace  and  admin- 
istrator of  many  estates.  He  married,  No- 
vember 13,  1766,  Hannah  Watts,  of  Haverhill, 
Massachusetts,  born  February  28,  1746,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Watts.  Children:  Sarah,  Abi- 
gail, Hannah,  James,  Samuel,  Judith,  Richard, 
Abram  K.  and  Jesse. 


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(III)  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  and 
Hannah  (Watts)  Gibson,  was  born  April  5, 
1774.  He  is  believed  to  be  the  father  of 
James,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  James  (4),  son  of  James  (3)  Gibson, 
was  born  in  1800,  died  at  Leroy,  New  York, 
about  1833.     He  married  and  had  issue. 

(V)  James  (5),  son  of  James  (4)  Gibson, 
was  born  in  Leroy,  New  York,  February  29, 
1828,  died  at  Eaton  Rapids,  Michigan,  in  1901. 
His  father  died  when  he  was  five  years  of  age, 
and  his  mother,  who  was  a  Miss  Williams 
prior  to  her  marriage,  moved  with  her  parents 
to  Delaware  county,  Ohio,  where  her  father 
had  purchased  a  large  tract  of  wild  land  in  the 
western  reserve.  After  attending  the  district 
school  for  a  few  years,  James  Gibson  engaged 
in  the  railroad  contracting  business,  becoming 
in  time  one  of  the  leading  men  in  that  line  of 
work.  He  built  sections  of  the  Delaware  & 
Columbus,  the  Illinois  Central,  living  at  Cairo, 
Illinois,  for  a  time,  and  later  moving  to  Mich- 
igan, where  he  contracted  on  the  lines  of  the 
Detroit  &  Milwaukee,  the  Lansing  &  Saginaw, 
Grand  Trunk,  Michigan  Central,  Michigan 
Southern  and  other  railroad  lines,  contracting 
for  the  construction  work.  He  came  to  West- 
ern New  York  with  the  Buffalo  &  Jamestown 
railroad  as  superintendent  of  construction  over 
part  of  the  line.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  married  Eliza  Ann  Morrison,  born 
in  Delaware  county,  Ohio.  Children :  i.  Charles 
Ralph,  mentioned  below.  2.  James  Horace, 
who  met  a  tragic  death,  having  been  murdered 
in  1874.  3.  Barney  A.,  a  resident  of  Williams- 
port,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Willard  M.,  who  served 
as  engineer  in  the  United  States  navy  and  was 
on  the  United  States  steamer,  "Roger,"  while 
on  its  search  for  the  "Jeanette"  or  the  sur- 
vivors of  the  "Jeanette,"  which  was  on  an  ex- 
pedition under  Captain  De  Long  in  search  of 
the  North  Pole ;  the  vessel  was  burned  off  the 
north  coast  of  Siberia  and  Engineer  Gibson 
served  gallantly  in  rescuing  the  crew.  After 
his  resignation  from  the  navy  he  accepted  a 
position  with  the  Westinghouse  Company  and 
while  in  their  employ  installed  the  lamps  on 
the  Brooklyn  Bridge.  He  married  Eva  Win- 
durs.  He  was  killed  by  his  gun  while  hunting 
in  Iowa,  in  April,  1887.  5.  George  A.,  de- 
ceased. 6.  Lucius  O.,  a  practicing  physician 
of  Laurium,  Michigan.  7.  Emma  Eliza,  de- 
ceased. 

(VI)  Charles  Ralph,  eldest  son  of  James 


(5)  and  Eliza  Ann  (Morrison)  Gibson,  was 
born  in  Orange,  Delaware  county,  Ohio,  Au- 
gust 12,  1849.  He  attended  the  public  school, 
acquiring  a  practical  education.  He  began  his 
active  career  with  his  father  in  railroad  con- 
struction in  the  western  part  of  the  United 
States,  and  later  engaged  in  business  on  his 
own  account,  being  awarded  the  contracts  on 
the  Buffalo  and  Jamestown  construction  work, 
also  serving  as  superintendent  of  construction. 
In  1875  he  opened  a  wholesale  liquor  store  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  and  two  years  later 
established  a  branch  at  Salamanca,  the  latter 
becoming  of  such  great  importance  that  in 
1881  the  Jamestown  store  was  discontinued 
and  the  business  centered  in  Salamanca.  Mr. 
Gibson  has  been  in  successful  business  opera- 
tion there  for  thirty-five  years,  during  the 
greater  part  of  that  period  acting  as  sole  pro- 
prietor. He  admitted  as  partner,  Howard  Ed- 
ward O'Donnell,  and  later  his  son,  Willard  A. 
Gibson.  A  prominent  feature  of  their  busi- 
ness is  an  extensive  mail  order  department  to 
dealers.  In  addition  to  this  successful  business 
enterprise  Mr.  Gibson  is  serving  in  the  capac- 
ity of  vice-president  and  director  of  the  Sala- 
manca Trust  Company,  and  director  of  the 
Salamanca  Furniture  Company  and  of  the 
Veneer  Panel  Company.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  first  Universalist  Society  in 
Salamanca,  and  liberal  in  his  support  of  erect- 
ing their  church  edifice.  He  is  an  Independent 
in  politics.  He  was  actively  interested  in  the 
organization  of  a  fire  department  for  Sala- 
manca, was  chosen  the  first  chief  and  filled 
that  office  five  years.  He  holds  membership 
in  the  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  of  the 
Masonic  order  in  Salamanca ;  Ismailia  Temple, 
Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Buffalo;  the  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Sala- 
manca, and  the  Royal  Arcanum.  Mr.  Gibson 
is  an  energetic,  capable  man  of  business,  up- 
right and  honorable  in  his  dealings,  also  public- 
spirited  and  generous,  always  ready  and  will- 
ing to  contribute  to  every  worthy  enterprise. 
This  brief  resume  of  Mr.  Gibson's  many 
spheres  of  activity  and  usefulness  proves  the 
broadness  of  his  mental  vision,  and  whether 
considered  as  employer,  official  business  asso- 
ciate, churchman  or  clubman,  he  is  found  true 
to  himself  and  true  to  his  fellows. 

Mr.  Gibson  married,  November  14,  1877, 
Lillian  (Wilson)  Lyons.  She  was  a  charter 
member  of  Salamanca  Chapter,  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution,  also  historian.    She 


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also  organized  the  Salamanca  Federation  of 
Women's  Clubs.  She  is  progressive  and  demon- 
strative in  her  views,  always  trying  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  the  community.  Children:  i. 
Willard  Ansley,  born  November  9,  1884;  edu- 
cated in  the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  Sala- 
manca, graduating  in  class  of  1903,  then  enter- 
ed Williams  College,  graduating  with  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1909.  He  was  con- 
nected with  the  staff  of  the  Springfield  Re- 
publican for  three  months,  then  took  a  six 
months'  post-graduate  course  at  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, after  which  he  became  associated  with 
his  father  in  business.  In  politics  he  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  is  a  member  of  Cattaraugus  Lodge, 
No.  239,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Order  of  Moose.  His  college  fra- 
ternity is  Phi  Delta  Theta.  2.  Vesta  Lillian, 
born  May  5,  1886;  graduated  from  Salamanca 
high  school  in  1904,  attended  the  LaSell  Semi- 
nary at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  a  year  at 
the  Bristol  School  at  Washington,  District  of 
Cohimbia.  She  has  been  active  in  the  Woman 
Suffrage  work,  and  is  secretary  of  the  Woman 
Suffrage  Party  in  Cattaraugus  county. 

(The  Wilson  Line). 

Mrs.  Charles  Ralph  Gibson  is  a  descendant 
of  Ethan  Allen,  a  famous  general  of  revolu- 
tionary times,  whose  most  notable  exploit  was 
the  capture  of  Fort  Ticonderoga,  and  of  James 
Wilson,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence. 

The  progenitor  of  the  Wilson  family  was  a 
native  of  Scotland,  from  whence  he  emigrated 
to  this  country,  but  died  on  the  voyage  and  was 
buried  at  sea.  His  widow  continued  on  to 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  with  her  three 
sons  and  two  daughters,  and  later  again  mar- 
ried. 

(II)  James  Wilson,  son  of  the  progenitor, 
was  born  in  Scotland.  For  many  years  he  re- 
sided in  Westmoreland  county,  Pennsylvania; 
he  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  Will- 
iamsport,  Pennsylvania,  in  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty, New  York,  and  on  the  Allegheny  and  Ohio 
rivers,  becoming  a  skillful  pilot  of  lumber 
rafts.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812, 
and  settled  on  land  granted  him  in  the  state  of 
Indiana.  He  married  Elizabeth  Porter,  a  lead- 
ing member  and  exhorter  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Among  their  children  was 
James,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  (Porter)  Wilson,  was  born  in  West- 


moreland county,  Pennsylvania,  in  April,  181 1,. 
died  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  in  February, 
1893.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  county,  and  in  early  life  engaged 
with  his  father  in  the  lumbering  business,  also 
becoming  an  expert  pilot  of  lumber  rafts.  He 
joined  with  his  father  in  the  purchase  of  tim- 
ber lands  in  Indiana,  which  they  converted 
into  lumber  in  their  own  mill  and  freighted  it 
to  a  profitable  market.  He  married  Maria, 
daughter  of  Luther  and  Betsie  (MacConick) 
Lydell,  and  granddaughter  of  John  MacConick, 
who  with  his  father,  James  MacConick,  and 
brother,  William  MacConick,  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war.  John  MacConick  enlisted 
as  a  minute-man  in  Captain  John  Nutting's 
company,  January  i,  1776,  and  was  assigned 
to  Colonel  Prescott's  regiment,  and  September 
4,  1779,  enlisted  and  served  for  nine  months  in 
Captain  Hugh  Maxwell's  company.  Colonel 
John  Bailey's  regiment.  He  served  through- 
out the  entire  war  and  participated  in  the  battles 
of  Harlem  Heights,  White  Plains  and  Bunker 
Hill;  his  son  William  was  also  in  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill.  Children  of  James  and  Maria 
( Lydell)  Wilson :  i.  Laura,  married  James  Mc- 
Allister; children:  Joseph  L.,  Raymond  D.  and 
(juy  Brewster  McAllister.  2.  Lillian,  mar- 
ried (first)  Mr.  Lyons,  (second)  Charles 
Ralph  Gibson  (q.  v.)  3.  Mary  L.,  married 
Charles  McAllister;  child,  Frederick.  4.  Ida 
N.,  married  Francis  Delevan  Steele;  children: 
Harry  and  Francis  Steele.  5.  Jessie  M.  6. 
Burton  G.,  married  Laura  Mars,  of  Sinclair- 
ville;  child,  Jessie  M.  7.  Lydell  L.,  married 
Anna  Booth;  children:  Alice,  Myrtle,  NelHe, 
William  and  McKinley  Wilson. 


William  C.  Hoag,  acting  at  the 
HOAG  present  time  (1911)  as  president 
of  the  Seneca  Nation,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  has  served  since  1892,  a  period  of 
almost  two  decades,  and  who  has  held  public 
office  continuously  since  attaining  his  majority, 
is  a  full-blooded  Indian,  possessing  in  a  large 
degree  the  characteristics  of  his  noble  race, 
characteristics  which  mark  them  as  separate 
from  other  people  and  which  give  them  a  posi- 
tion all  their  own.  An  interesting  account  of 
the  tribe  follows  this  article. 

William  Hoag,  father  of  William  C.  Hoag;, 
was  born  in  Monroe  county,  New  York,  18 18, 
died  in  1868,  after  an  active  and  useful  life, 
honored  and  resnected  by  all  who  knew  him. 
He  removed  to  Salamanca,  Cattaraugus  coun- 


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ty,  New  York,  when  the  Erie  railroad  was  in 
course  of  construction,  and  there  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  He  enlisted  for  service 
in  the  civil  war,  being  a  member  of  the  Ninth 
New  York  Cavalry,  achieving  a  record  for 
courage  and  prompt  attention  to  duty.  He 
married  Lucy  Taylor,  who  bore  him  three 
children,  namely:  i.  Louisa,  married  (first) 
Samuel  Kenjockely,  and  had  two  children:  i. 
Mattie,  married  Cornelius  Seneca,  children: 
Rosabell  and  Stanford;  ii.  Joslin;  (second) 
Thomas  Patterson,  and  their  child  is  Sarah, 
living  and  at  school.  2.  Clorinda,  married 
William  John,  and  their  children  are:  Laura, 
married  Newton  Pierce,  children:  Isabel  and 
Ruth ;  Hamilton,  married  Charlotte  Curry.  3. 
William  C,  see  forward. 

William  C.  Hoag  was  born  in  the  old  town 
of  Salamanca,  New  York,  near  Buck  Tooth 
Run,  August  17,  i860.  He  attended  the  dis- 
trict school  and  later  pursued  advanced  studies 
in  the  Quaker  School  at  Tunisassa,  graduating 
therefrom  in  1878.  Being  of  a  studious  and 
attentive  disposition,  he  made  good  use  of  his 
educational  advantages,  devoting  all  his  leisure 
time  to  study,  and  thus  became  well  informed 
on  a  variety  of  subjects.  Being  deprived  by 
death  of  his  father  at  the  early  age  of  eight 
years,  the  responsibilities  of  the  home,  in  part, 
devolved  upon  him,  he  aiding  his  mother  to 
the  best  of  his  ability  while  still  attending 
school.  Being  practically  thrown  upon  his 
own  resources  at  an  age  when  most  boys  are 
thinking  of  nothing  but  their  own  pleasure 
proved  highly  beneficial  in  his  case,  aiding 
materially  in  the  formation  of  his  character 
and  in  the  success  he  has  attained  in  his  active 
career.  He  is  now  a  prosperous  and  wealthy 
agriculturist,  operating  more  than  five  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  in  the  river  valley,  princi- 
pally under  cultivation,  raising  various  kinds 
of  stock  and  also  conducting  an  extensive 
dairy.  He  began  his  farming  operations  on 
seventy-five  acres  of  land,  which  he  conducted 
successfully  until  the  death  of  his  mother,  in 
1880,  after  which  he  enlarged  his  operations 
materially,  acquiring  land  from  time  to  time 
until  he  became  the  possessor  of  the  extensive 
tract  now  in  his  possession.  His  farm  is  equip- 
ped with  excellent  buildings,  and  his  residence, 
which  is  located  on  the  road  from  West  Sala- 
manca to  Redhouse,  contains  all  the  conven- 
iences and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  modern 
home  life,  including  his  own  gas  plant.  One 
room  in  his  dwelling  is  specially  interesting, 


a  typical  "den,"  provided  with  an  artistic  fire- 
place and  mantle ;  the  walls  are  decorated  with 
relics,  the  most  cherished  of  which  is  the  heavy 
cavalry  saber  carried  by  his  father  as  a  Union 
soldier  during  the  civil  war.  In  addition  to  his 
agricultural  pursuits  he  also  engaged  in  the 
lumber  business  for  five  years. 

Mr.  Hoag  has  been  equally  prominent  in 
political  aflFairs,  serving  with  ability  in  the  vari- 
ous offices  he  has  been  called  upon  to  fill.  In  1882 
he  was  elected  treasurer  of  the  Reservation 
for  one  year;  in  1883  served  as  clerk;  in  1884 
as  treasurer;  in  1886  as  treasurer;  in  1888  as 
secretary;  in  1891  as  treasurer,  and  in  1892 
was  elected  president,  in  which  capacity  he  is 
still  serving.  Mr.  Hoag  is  well  qualified  for 
this  high  position,  possessing  great  strength  of 
character,  firmness  of  will,  undaunted  courage, 
rare  presence  of  mind,  and  a  consummate 
knowledge  of  men  and  their  motives.  He  has 
52,000  square  miles  of  government  land  in  his 
control,  and  2,400  Indians  reside  thereon.  He 
is  the  president  of  the  Cattaraugus  and  Alle- 
gany tribes.  In  1848  the  office  of  chief  of  the 
tribes  on  this  reservation  was  abolished,  they 
deciding  to  elect  a  president,  the  term  of  office 
being  for  one  year,  which  was  later  changed 
to  two  years.  Below  the  residence  of  Mr. 
Hoag  has  been  established  an  Indian  school, 
in  which  are  employed  white  teachers.  They 
also  have  an  Indian  church,  with  native  teach- 
ers to  serve  as  ministers,  and  white  mission- 
aries. Mr.  Hoag  is  a  member  of  the  Improved 
Order  of  Red  Men,  at  Olean,  New  York,  and 
also  of  the  Uniform  Rank  of  Knights  of 
Pythias. 

Mr.  Hoag  married  Dora  Tall  Chief,  daugh- 
ter of  Jesse  and  Sara  (Two  Guns)  Tall  Chief, 
the  former  of  whom  was  a  son  of  William  Tall 
Chief,  who  was  Chief  of  the  Senecas,  and 
served  in  the  war  of  1812;  his  wife  was  Jami- 
son, sister  of  Jamison,  Chief  of  the  Buffalo 
Reservation.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hoag: 
Mabel,  born  1889,  married  Albert  Krech; 
.Arthur,  born  1893,  attending  high  school  in 
Salamanca,  senior  class,  a  graduate  in  the 
spring  of  191 2. 

Historical  Narrative  of  the  Senegas. 

The  individual  has  his  genealogy,  the  nation 
its  history,  and  they  are  often  closely  inter- 
mingled. For  illustration,  the  true  character 
of  the  famous  half-breed,  Complanter,  Chief 
of  the  Six  Nations,  born  in  1732,  who  valiant- 
ly fought  the  English  at  Braddock's  defeat. 


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the  deadly  foe  of  the  colonists  during  the  revo- 
lution, but  afterwards  the  faithful  friend  of 
the  whites,  cannot  be  completely  understood 
without  some  reference  to  the  history  of  the 
important  events  during  the  period  of  his  activ- 
ities, so  no  sketch  of  conditions  in  Western 
New  York,  although  genealogical  in  its  nature, 
would  be  complete  without  some  allusion  to 
the  Seneca  Nation  of  Indians  occupying  the 
Allegany  and  Cattaraugus  reservations. 

The  early  history  of  the  Senecas,  like  that 
of  the  other  aborigines,  is  shrouded  in  obscur- 
ity. According  to  their  legendary  history,  their 
ancestors  sprang  from  the  ground  at  a  point 
near  the  head  of  Canandaigua  Lake ;  they  were 
known  in  their  own  language  as  Nundawa-ona, 
or  people  of  "The  Great  Hill" ;  they  were  call- 
ed by  Champlain,  Ontouornons  (from  which 
designation  the  name  of  Lake  Ontario  was  de- 
rived) ;  by  the  Dutch  they  were  called  Sinne- 
kaas,  which  appellation  became  corrupted  into 
the  term  Seneca.  The  Seneca  tribe  was  one 
of  the  famous  Indian  Confederacy  known  as 
the  Iroquois,  or  Six  Nations,  and  the  most 
warlike  of  that  organization.  On  account  of 
their  frontier  location  they  came  the  most  fre- 
quently in  contact  with  the  western  hostile 
bands  and  consequently  were  known  as  the 
"Doorkeepers"  of  the  original  five  tribes  con- 
stituting the  noted  league  of  the  Hodeno- 
sanunee,  or  "Long  House,"  and  represented 
fully  one-half  of  the  fighting  force  of  the  Six 
Nations ;  when  first  known  to  the  French  dis- 
coverers, they  occupied  the  region  between 
Lakes  Ontario,  Cayuga,  Seneca,  and  Canan- 
daigua; during  the  seventeenth  century  they 
waged  incessant  and  usually  successful  war- 
fare against  the  Hurons  and  their  other  west- 
em  neighbors.  Their  custom  was  to  adopt  into 
their  tribe  the  captives  taken  in  these  wars ;  at 
one  time  the  captives  from  eleven  different 
tribes  had  been  adopted  by  the  Senecas.  After 
the  Peace  Conference  at  Fort  Stanwix,  the 
Senecas  sold  the  most  of  their  lands  in  the 
Genesee  Valley  and  removed  to  the  shores  of 
Lake  Erie  and  the  valley  of  the  Alleghany ;  at 
the  present  time  they  occupy  two  reservations, 
the  Allegany  and  the  Cattaraugus.  The  Alle- 
gany Reservation  extends  from  the  Pennsyl- 
vania state  line  northerly  along  the  Alleghany 
river  for  a  distance  of  forty  miles,  having  an 
average  width  of  one-half  mile  each  side  of 
the  river,  and  all  lying  within  the  county  of 
Cattaraugus ;  the  Cattaraugus  Reservation,  be- 
ginning at  the  western  shores  of  Lake  Erie,  ex- 


tends upward  along  the  banks  of  Cattaraugus 
creek,  principally  within  the  county  of  Erie, 
a  small  portion  thereof  being  in  the  north- 
west corner  of  Cattaraugus  and  the  northeast 
corner  of  Chautauqua  counties.  The  Seneca 
population  of  the  Allegany  Reservation  is 
practically  one  thousand,  and  of  the  Cattarau- 
gus Reservation  thirteen  hundred. 

In  order  to  obtain  an  intelligent  understand- 
ing of  the  nature  and  characteristics  of  the 
Senecas  at  the  present  time  it  will  be  well  to 
briefly  consider  some  of  the  usages  and  cus- 
toms prevailing  among  the  Iroquois  in  early 
times.  Soon  after  the  organization  of  the 
Confederacy  a  famous  head  chief  of  the  Six 
Nations  established  certain  rules  and  -regula- 
tions for  the  government  of  the  Indians.  He 
divided  each  tribe  into  eight  clans,  ranged  in 
two  series,  viz:  the  Wolf,  Bear,  Beaver  and 
Turtle;  and  the  Deer,  Snipe,  Heron  and  Hawk 
clans.  Each  nation  constituting  the  Confeder- 
acy had  its  chief,  subordinate  in  authority  to 
some  extent  to  the  head  chief  of  the  Six  Na- 
tions ;  each  clan  had  its  headman ;  these  tribal 
chiefs  and  headmen  were  elected  by  the  votes 
of  the  women ;  while  the  men  were  permitted 
to  counsel  and  advise,  the  women  alone  were 
allowed  to  vote  upon  the  selection  or  impeach- 
ment of  their  officials. 

The  lineage  of  the  child  was  always  traced 
from  the  mother,  never  from  the  father;  the 
child  of  a  Seneca  mother  and  white  father  was 
regarded  as  a  Seneca,  and  entitled  to  all  the 
rights  and  privileges  of  a  full  blood,  while  the 
child  of  a  white  woman  by  an  Indian  father 
had  no  status  as  a  member  of  the  tribe,  nor  en- 
titled to  any  tribal  rights  or  immunities.  The 
members  of  each  clan  constituted  one  great 
family,  and  they  were  not  permitted  to  inter- 
marry; a  woman  of  one  clan  must  select  her 
husband  from  another ;  he  was  required  to  re- 
side with  his  wife's  clan,  and  during  the  con- 
tinuance of  the  marital  relation  was  regarded 
as  a  member  thereof;  but,  upon  the  death  of 
the  wife  or  the  separation  of  the  parties,  he 
lost  his  standing  in  the  wife's  clan  and  must 
return  to  his  own.  This  same  head  chief  also 
inaugurated  among  the  tribes  of  the  Six  Na- 
tions the  ceremony  known  as  "The  Dead 
Feast,"  partly  memorial  and  partly  judicial 
in  its  functions.  At  the  end  of  one  year  after 
the  death  of  a  member  of  the  tribe,  the  rela- 
tives assembled,  performed  certain  rites  and 
ceremonies  in  commemoration  of  the  virtues 
of  the  departed,  and  then  with  due  deliberation 


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proceeded  to  ascertain  the  character  and  ex- 
tent of  the  property  left  by  the  decedent ;  this 
being  accomplished,  the  women  present  deter- 
mined the  disposition  to  be  made  of  the  same, 
their  decision  in  this  particular  having  the  full 
force  and  effect  of  any  statute  of  descent  or 
distribution.  In  later  years  this  ceremony  was 
modified  through  the  mfluence  of  a  noted  In- 
dian prophet,  Handsome  Lake,  by  fixing  the 
time  of  its  occurrence  on  the  tenth  day  after 
the  death  of  the  decedent  instead  of  the  end  of 
a  year,  and  with  such  modification  this  custom 
still  prevails  to  some  extent.  These  customs 
and  usages  are  referred  in  this  connection  not 
only  on  account  of  their  interesting  peculiar- 
ities, but  also  as  illustrative  of  the  influential 
position  formerly  held  by  the  Seneca  women  in 
the  administration  of  the  political  and  business 
aflfairs  of  the  nation.  While  she  was  a  mere 
drudge  in  menial  affairs,  and  required  to  per- 
form all  the  irksome  duties  of  the  household, 
yet  in  public  matters  her  position  was  an  inde- 
pendent and  commanding  one. 

The  original  system  of  government  by  chiefs 
or  sachems  among  the  Indians,  presenting 
many  of  the  characteristics  of  a  crude  limited 
monarchy,  prevailed  uninterruptedly  with  the 
Senecas  until  the  year  1842;  then  the  young 
men  of  the  tribe,  alarmed  by  the  injudicious 
acts  of  their  chiefs  in  disposing  of  the  Indian 
lands,  began  an  agitation  for  a  change  in  their 
form  of  government;  such  campaign  was  ag- 
gressively prosecuted,  and  resulted  in  the  hold- 
ing of  a  general  council  of  the  Senecas,  Decem- 
ber sth,  1848,  at  which,  after  much  heated  and 
bitter  discussion,  a  resolution  was  adopted 
abrogating  and  annulling  the  method  of  gov- 
ernment by  chiefs,  and  substituting  instead  a 
constitutional  government.  This  innovation 
upon  their  ancient  prerogatives  was  strenu- 
ously opposed  by  the  chiefs  and  their  adher- 
ents, who  interposed  every  possible  obstacle  to 
the  consummation  of  the  designs  of  the  pro- 
gressives, but  without  effect,  as  the  United 
States  authorities  soon  formally  recognized 
the  new  government,  as  did  the  legislature  of 
the  state  of  New  York.  Even  after  such 
formal  reco^ition,  the  contest  was  continued 
by  the  chiefs ;  in  1852  they  petitioned  Presi- 
dent Fillmore,  and  again,  in  1854,  President 
Pierce,  for  aid  in  regaining  their  former  au- 
thority and  prestige,  but  all  their  intercessions 
were  disregarded,  and  the  constitutional  form 
of  government  became  firmly  established  and 
has  ever  since  prevailed.     The  present  written 


constitution  of  the  Senecas  (with  some  slight 
amendments  subsequently  made)  was  adopted 
at  a  council  held  at  the  Council  House  at 
Coldspring,  on  October  22,  1868.  The  consti- 
tutional officers  biennially  elected  by  a  major- 
ity vote  of  the  adult  male  members  of  the  tribe 
are  a  president,  clerk  and  treasurer,  eight  coun- 
sellors, a  marshal,  surrogate,  and  three  peace- 
makers upon  each  reservation.  The  counsel- 
lors, acting  together,  constitute  the  council,  or 
legislative  branch,  which  assembles  at  stated  in- 
tervals and  njay  be  convened  in  special  session 
by  the  president  in  case  of  emergency.  The  sur- 
rogate's court  possesses  general  jurisdiction  in 
the  administration  of  decedent's  estates;  the 
peacemaker  courts  over  all  other  civil  contro- 
versies. The  United  States  courts  have  exclusive 
jurisdiction  over  certain  serious  crimes  among 
the  Indians,  like  murder,  manslaughter,  etc., 
and  the  state  courts  over  all  their  other  crimes 
and  misdemeanors;  an  appeal  may  be  taken 
from  the  decisions  of  the  surrogates'  and 
peacemakers'  courts  to  the  council,  and  its  de- 
termination is  final.  The  method  of  legal  pro- 
cedure of  the  state  courts  is  adopted  as  far  as 
practicable  by  the  Indians'  courts. 

It  is  interesting  to  one  unfamiliar  with 
scenes  of  this  character  to  visit  the  Seneca 
Council  while  in  session.  Their  affairs  are  all 
transacted  in  their  native  tongue,  and  a  white 
man  wishing  to  communicate  with  them  must 
do  so  through  the  instrumentality  of  an  inter- 
preter. The  Indian  officials  usually  understand 
and  can  speak  English,  but  in  order  to  guard 
against  any  possible  misconception,  they  pre- 
fer to  adhere  to  their  native  tongue.  The  In- 
dian is  stolid,  deliberative  and  unemotional ; 
he  speaks  with  guttural  accents,  and  ordinarily 
without  gestures.  While  listening  to  another 
he  sits  with  bowed  head,  never  signifying  as- 
sent or  disapproval  by  any  expression  of  coun- 
tenance ;  an  air  of  decorum  and  dignity  marks 
all  their  deliberations.  A  record  of  the  pro- 
ceedings of  the  Council  is  kept  by  the  clerk, 
the  same  being  transcribed  in  English. 

This  radical  change  in  the  methods  of  ad- 
ministration of  Indian  affairs  from  those  pre- 
vailing under  the  regime  of  the  chiefs  is  one 
of  the  most  striking  evidences  of  the  general 
advancement  and  development  made  by  this 
people.  While  their  officials  are  often  corrupt 
and  inefficient,  and  their  methods  of  legisla- 
ture and  judicial  procedure  frequently  crude 
and  primitive,  yet  their  efforts  in  this  line  will 
compare  favorably  with  those  of  the  whites  in 


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primitive  times.  This  breaking  up  of  tribal 
methods,  prevailing  from  time  immemorial, 
presents  its  pathetic  and  even  tragical  features, 
like  the  felling  of  the  native  oak  in  order  that 
the  fields  might  be  available  for  cultivation,  it 
was  necessary  to  relieve  the  Indian  people 
from  the  arbitrary  rule  and  dominion  of  the 
chiefs  before  they  were  susceptible  of  any  real 
advancement. 

The  Senecas  have  made  marked  progress 
along  educational  lines  as  well  as  in  their  ad- 
ministrative affairs.  The  first  whites  perma- 
nently locating  within  the  territory  now  con- 
stituting the  county  of  Cattaraugus  were  three 
young  men,  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  from  the  county  of  Chester,  Pennsyl- 
vania,— ^Joel  Swayne,  Halliday  Jackson  and 
Henry  Somers.  They  settled  at  a  point  now 
within  the  town  of  Elko,  and  inspired  with 
Christian  zeal,  Quaker  piety,  and  an  undaunted 
determination  to  materially  improve  the  con- 
dition of  the  natives,  they  soon  succeeded  in 
organizing  a  school  for  the  Senecas.  Under 
their  direction  a  crude  grist  mill  was  con- 
structed, obviating  the  necessity  for  longer  use 
of  the  mortar  and  pestle  in  grinding  corn  in 
that  vicinity.  They  instructed  the  Senecas  in 
the  rudimentary  principles  of  agriculture,  and 
sought  to  divert  to  some  extent  their  attention 
from  fishing  and  hunting  to  tillage  of  the  soil. 
A  society  known  as  "The  Society  for  the  Grad- 
ual Civilization  of  the  Indian  Nations"  had 
previously  acquired  title  to  a  small  tract  of 
land  adjoining  the  reservation ;  a  small  build- 
ing was  secured  and  moved  upon  the  ground, 
and  an  Indian  school  opened  therein,  which 
was  continued  with  some  degree  of  success 
until  the  year  1831,  when  a  new  and  more  com- 
modious building  was  constructed,  and  a 
boarding  school,  combining  the  comforts  of  a 
home  with  educational  advantages,  established. 
This  building  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1886, 
but  directly  thereafter  the  Society  of  Friends 
erected  a  larger  building  at  an  expense  of 
$13,000  where  the  so-called  "Quaker  School" 
has  ever  since  been  maintained.  A  large  and 
fertile  farm  connected  with  this  school  has 
been  developed  and  equipped  with  suitable 
farm  buildings.  The  production  of  this  farm 
materially  diminishes  the  expense  of  maintain- 
ing the  institution ;  any  deficiency,  however,  is 
liberally  met  by  the  Quakers.  This  school  has 
been  usually  well  patronized  by  the  Indians; 
the  parents  are  required  to  furnish  clothing 

for  the  children,  but  all  other  expense  is  sus- 
15--W 


tained  by  the  institution.  In  addition  to  in- 
struction in  primary  English,  the  boys  are 
taught  all  branches  of  farm  work,  and  the 
girls  are  instructed  in  domestic  science.  The 
pupils  .are  provided  not  only  with  all  reason- 
able home  comforts,  but  are  shielded  and  pro- 
tected by  Christian  and  other  civilizing  influ- 
ences. All  things  considered,  it  will  be  ob- 
served that  this  unselfish,  humanitarian  work 
of  the  Quakers  has  been  productive  of  the 
greatest  good  among  the  Senecas. 

Another  interesting  educational  institution 
is  the  Thomas  Asylum  for  Orphans,  originally 
founded  in  the  Mission  House  on  the  Cattar- 
augus Reservation,  and  for  a  long  time  main- 
tained through  the  efforts  of  the  Rev.  Asher 
Wright  and  his  wife  Laura.  This  institution 
was  incorporated  by  special  act  of  the  legisla- 
ture in  1885,  and  since  then  maintained  by  the 
state.  It  is  located  a  few  miles  distant  from 
the  village  of  Gowanda ;  its  location  is  beauti- 
ful, picturesque  and  healthful;  several  large 
brick  buildings  have  been  constructed,  the 
grounds  about  them  artistically  developed, 
commodious  dormitories  for  the  use  of  the  stu- 
dents provided,  competent  teachers  employed, 
and  educational  facilities  furnished  equal  to 
those  of  our  best  graded  schools.  The  number 
of  pupils  varies  from  one  hundred  to  two  hun- 
dred. Regular  courses  of  study  are  prescribed, 
commencement  and  graduating  exercises  held 
at  the  close  of  the  school  year,  and  the  grade 
of  intellectual  ability  displayed  upon  these  oc- 
casions by  the  Seneca  students  is  a  revelation 
to  the  uninitiated. 

In  addition  to  these  institutions,  the  state 
maintains  sixteen  other  Indian  schools  upon 
these  reservations.  Comfortable  school  build- 
ings have  been  constructed  at  convenient 
points,  white  teachers  employed,  and  every 
facility  furnished  the  Indian  children  to  secure 
primary  education.  These  schools  are  under 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  state  department  of  pub- 
lic instruction,  and  are  ordinarily  well  patron- 
ized and  appreciated  by  the  natives. 

The  conversion  of  the  Senecas  from  their 
pagan  faith  and  practices  has  been  a  more  dif- 
ficult task.  For  many  years  the  Indian  pre- 
ferred his  own  conceptions  of  the  felicitations 
of  the  "Happy  Hunting  Grounds"  to  the 
promised  joys  of  the  white  man's  heaven. 
Their  pagan  feasts  and  ceremonials  were  more 
alluring  and  seductive  than  the  entreaties  and 
exhortations  of  the  missionary.  The  feast  of 
"The  White  Dog,"  the  "Green  Com  Dance,'^ 


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and  the  '^Strawberry  Festival*'  had  been  too 
long  and  religiously  observed  to  be  lightly  dis- 
carded. In  1822  a  Presbyterian  Mission  was 
established  upon  the  Cattaraugus  Reservation, 
and  vigorous  measures  adopted  for  the  conver- 
sion and  christianizing  of  the  Senecas.  The 
Baptist  and  Methodist  societies  began  active 
religious  work  upon  the  reservations  in  1850. 
but  the  progress  was  slow  and  conversions  few 
until  the  Rev.  M.  F.  Tripp,  a  Presbyterian  mis- 
sionary, began  his  remarkable  work  among  the 
Senecas.  Enthusiastic  and  self-denying,  he 
has  devoted  substantially  his  entire  business 
lifetime  in  promoting  the  moral  and  social  wel- 
fare of  the  Senecas.  Possessing  all  necessary 
(|ualifications,  unswerving  Christianity,  pleas- 
ing personality,  physical  vigor,  and  intense 
earnestness,  he  easily  gained  the  confidence 
and  friendship  of  the  Indians,  and  has 
succeeded  in  greatly  reducing  many  of 
their  social  evils,  establishing  greater  stability 
and  uniformity  in  their  marital  relations,  de- 
creasing the  sins  of  drunkenness  and  immor- 
ality, and  at  the  end  of  a  quarter  of  a  century 
of  constant  effort  has  the  satisfaction  of  know- 
ing that  a  majority  of  the  Senecas  has  aban- 
doned their  pagan  belief  and  become  chris- 
tianized. His  labors  have  been  principally  con- 
fined to  the  Allegany  Reservation,  but  similar 
methods  have  been  followed  with  considerable 
success  upon  the  Cattaraugus  Reservation 
through  the  intelligent  efforts  of  Rev.  J. 
Emery  Fisher,  a  missionary  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian faith.  In  this  connection  the  zealous  la- 
bors of  earlier  missionaries  like  the  Rev.  Asher 
Wright  and  Rev.  William  Hall  are  worthy  of 
mention. 

It  is  the  general  consensus  of  opinion  among 
those  conversant  with  Indian  aifairs  that  the 
most  practical  method  of  dealing  with  the  In- 
dian problem  in  this  country  consists  in  break- 
ing up  their  tribal  relations,  allotting  their 
lands  among  them,  and  as  fast  as  practicable 
making  them  citizens.  The  Dawes  Allottment 
Bill  is  based  on  this  theory.  The  greater  por- 
tion of  the  Senecas  are  undoubtedly  as  well 
(jualified  for  citizenship^more,  so,  in  fact — 
than  many  of  those  becoming  citizens  of  this 
country  through  the  instrumentality  of  nat- 
uralization :  but  unfortunately  an  unsurmount- 
able  obstacle  exists  at  the  present  time  in  ap- 
plying this  method  to  the  Senecas.  It  is  found 
in  the  uncertain  nature  of  their  tenure  to  the 
lands  they  occupy.  The  United  States  courts 
have  held  that  the  rights  of  the  Indians  in  their 


lands  are  tribal  and  not  individual;  in  case 
of  destruction  of  their  tribal  autonomy,  either 
by  legislation,  executive  order  or  general  dis- 
integration, their  capacity  to  own  or  occupy 
their  reservations  is  temiinated;  the  individ- 
uals do  not  succeed  to  the  collective  rights  of 
the  Indian  Nations. 

For  many  years  controversy  has  existed  be- 
tween the  Indians  and  the  so-called  Ogden 
Land  Company,  regarding  their  respective  in- 
terests in  the  lands  of  the  Allegany  and  Cattar- 
augus Reservations;  the  history  of  such  con- 
troversy may  be  briefly  stated.  Prior  to  the 
year  1786  a  disagreement  arose  between  New 
York  and  Massachusetts  regarding  their  rights 
to  certain  lands  in  Western  New  York,  of 
which  these  reservations  form  a  part.  New 
York  predicated  its  claim  upon  the  provisions 
of  the  grants  to  the  Duke  of  York;  Massa- 
chusetts upon  the  grant  to  the  Plymouth  Col- 
ony. In  the  adjustment  of  this  dispute  a  com- 
pact was  entered  into  between  the  two  con- 
tending parties,  in  1786,  whereby  New  York 
assumed  to  grant  and  convey  to  Massachu- 
setts the  right  of  pre-emption  of  the  soil  from 
the  native  Indians,  as  well  as  all  the  estate, 
right,  title  and  interest  which  New  York  pos- 
sessed in  and  to  these  lands;  and  Massachu- 
setts thereby  assumed  to  transfer  to  New 
York  the  governmental  sovereignty  over  this 
territory.  Subsequent  to  the  making  of  this 
agreement,  Massachusetts  conveyed  all  its  in- 
terest thus  acquired  to  Robert  Morris,  he  to 
the  Holland  Land  Company,  and  it  to  the  Og- 
den Land  Company,  who  are  the  present  own- 
ers thereof.  The  Ogden  Land  Company  is 
unincorporated,  and  merely  an  association  of 
tenants  in  common  of  various  shares  or  inter- 
ests, all  represented  at  present  by  Charles  E. 
Appleby,  of  New  York,  as  trustee.  They  as- 
sert that,  by  virtue  of  the  various  grants  re- 
ferred to,  they  are  the  absolute  owners  of  the 
fee  to  these  lands,  subject  only  to  the  Indians' 
tribal  right  of  occupancy,  and  that,  whenever 
such  tribal  rights  are  extinguished,  they  will 
immediately  become  entitled  to  the  possession 
by  virtue  of  their  title.  They  base  their  claim 
upon  the  general  trend  of  American  decisions 
to  the  effect  that  the  rights  of  the  aborigines 
to  their  lands  are  merely  possessory  and  sub- 
ordinate to  the  absolute  ultimate  title  of  the 
European  colonists.  Chief  Justice  Marshall, 
in  considering  this  question,  asserts  that  "it 
has  never  been  doubted  that  either  the  United 
States  or  the  several  States  had  a  clear  title  to 


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all  lands  within  the  boundaries  described  in 
the  treaties,  subject  only  to  the  Indians'  right 
of  occupancy."  The  Indians,  on  the  contrary, 
assert  the  absolute  title  to  these  lands  is  vested 
in  them;  that  all  the  Ogden  Land  Company 
has  acquired  through  the  various  conveyances 
mentioned  was  merely  a  preemption  right, 
that  is,  the  right  to  buy  these  lands  whenever 
the  Indians  desired  to  sell  them.  An  action 
was  recently  brought  by  the  Seneca  Nation 
against  the  Ogden  Land  Company  under  a 
provision  of  the  New  York  code  of  civil  pro- 
cedure for  the  purpose  of  securing  an  adjudi- 
cation of  this  troublesome  question.  The  trial 
court  decided  this  action  in  favor  of  the  con- 
tention of  the  Ogden  Land  Company;  an  ap- 
peal was  taken  from  such  determination  to  the 
appellate  division  of  the  supreme  court  of 
the  state  of  New  York,  where  the  judgment 
of  the  trial  court  was  affirmed  by  a  divided 
court,  however,  Justice  Spring,  writing  the 
prevailing  opinion,  and  Justice  Kruse  dissent- 
ing. An  appeal  was  afterward  taken  to  the 
court  of  appeals,  where  the  action  was  dis- 
missed without  consideration  of  the  merits, 
upon  the  ground  that  the  Seneca  Nation  had 
no  authority  under  the  section  of  the  code  re- 
ferred to,  to  bring  or  maintain  the  action.  In 
the  year  1904  the  Hon.  Edward  B.  Vreeland, 
member  of  congress,  introduced  a  bill  in  con- 
gress providing  for  the  extinguishment  of 
the  claim  of  the  Ogden  Land  Company  by 
payment  to  it  of  the  sum  of  $200,000,  such 
expenditure  to  be  sustained  equitably  between 
the  Indians  and  the  lease  holders  residing  and 
owning  property  with  the  limits  of  the  va- 
rious villages  upon  the  Allegany  Reservation ; 
this  act  also  provided  for  the  allottment  of 
the  reservations  lands  outside  of  the  village 
limits  between  the  Indians,  and  for  eventual 
citizenship  of  the  members  of  the  tribe.  This 
act  passed  the  house  of  representatives,  but 
failed  to  pass  the  senate.  Such  is  .the  situa- 
tion of  this  unfortunate  controversy  at  the 
present  time,  and  it  will  readily  be  observed 
that,  until  this  question  of  title  is  finally  and 
definitely  determined,  there  will  be  no  safety 
in  breaking  up  the  tribal  relations  of  the 
Senecas. 

When  in  the  general  line  of  development  of 
Western  New  York  the  Erie  Railroad  Com- 
pany decided  to  construct  its  line  of  railway 
from  Jersey  City  to  Dunkirk,  it  became  neces- 
sary to  a  right  of  way  over  the  Allegany  Res- 
ervation :  accordingly  an  agreement  was  made 


between  the  council  of  the  Seneca  Nation  and 
the  railroad  company  for  a  lease  for  a  long, 
term  of  years  at  an  agreed  rental  of  the  land 
required  for  such  purpose.  This  road  was 
completed  and  put  in  operation;  white  set- 
tlers identified  with  its  management  and  oper- 
ation found  it  necessary  to  locate  and  reside 
upon  the  reservation  along  the  railroad  and 
little  settlements  of  whites  sprang  up  in  va- 
rious localities,  such  settlers  usually  leasing 
from  individual  Indians  such  land  as  they  de- 
sired to  occupy.  These  leases,  however,  were 
entirely  without  legality;  the  tenure  of  the 
white  man  depended  entirely  upon  the  good  will 
of  his  Indian  lessor.  In  consequence  of  this 
situation  congress  passed  an  act  in  1875  rati- 
fying existing  leases  made  by  the  council  of 
the  Seneca  Nation  to  railroad  companies,  di- 
rected the  appointment  by  the  president  of  the 
United  States  of  three  commissioners  for  the 
purpose  of  establishing  and  locating  certain 
villages  upon  the  Allegany  Reservation,  in- 
cluding within  the  boundaries  thereof,  so  far 
as  practicable,  the  lands  held  and  occupied  by 
whites  under  individual  Indian  leases,  legal- 
izing such  leases  for  a  period  of  five  years,  and 
providing  that  at  the  end  of  that  period  the 
white  lessees  should  be  entitled  to  a  renewal 
of  their  leases  for  further  and  consecutive  pe- 
riods of  twelve  years  each,  the  rentals  to  be 
adjusted  between  the  parties  or  by  arbitration 
in  case  of  disagreement.  By  a  subsequent 
amendment  to  this  act,  the  term  of  such  leases 
was  increased  to  ninety-nine  years.  Under 
the  provisions  of  this  act  of  congress,  six  vil- 
lages were  established  upon  the  Allegany  Res- 
ervation, viz :  Vandalia,  Carrollton,  Great  Val- 
ley, Salamanca,  West  Salamanca  and  Red 
House,  of  which  Salamanca  is  the  most  im- 
portant; this  village,  located  upon  both  sides 
of  the  Alleghany  river,  in  the  town  of  Sala- 
manca, is  one  of  the  most  prosperous  in  west- 
ern New  York.  It  has  a  population  of  nearly 
seven  thousand  people,  three  railroads,  a  sys- 
tem of  electric  railway  connecting  it  with  the 
city  of  Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  the  city  of 
Olean,  and  the  village  of  Little  Valley ;  it  has 
many  extensive  and  flourishing  manufactur- 
ing industries,  among  them  two  large  tanner- 
ies, four  furniture  factories,  woolen  mill,  ma- 
chine shop  and  foundry,  panel  veneering  plant, 
and  other  industries. 

The  rents  accruing  upon  leases  made  under 
the  act  of  congress  referred  to  are  collected 
annually  by  the  United  States  Indian  agent. 


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paid  into  the  treasury  of  the  United  States  to 
the  credit  of  the  Seneca  Nation,  $2,500  thereof 
appropriated  each  year  and  paid  over  to  the 
treasurer  of  the  Seneca*  Nation  with  which 
to  meet  the  expenses  of  its  government,  and 
the  balance  distributed  per  capita  among  the 
members  of  the  tribe. 

Many  other  interesting  observations  might 
be  made  concerning  the  condition  of  the  Sen- 
ecas  occupying  these  two  reservations  did 
time  and  space  permit;  but  enough  has  al- 
ready been  said  to  convince  the  intelligent 
mind  that  it  is  much  better  to  encourage  and 
assist  them  in  their  efforts  toward  advance- 
ment and  civilization  than  to  attempt  to  ostra- 
cize, expatriate  or  exterminate  them.  Their 
faults  and  failings  are  more  the  result  of  the 
adverse  conditions  under  which  they  have  for 
many  years  existed,  than  from  any  inherent  per- 
versity on  their  part.  They  have  been  treated 
as  dependents,  as  wards  of  the  nation,  de- 
prived of  the  right  of  absolute  ownership  of 
their  lands  and  homes,  and  thus  without  the 
most  effectual  stimulant  to  industry  and  econ- 
omy. They  are  deserving  of  commendation 
rather  than  condemnation. 

Carey  D.  Davie. 


The  Wheeler  family  of  Buf- 
WHEELER  falo,  New  York,  is  of  Eng- 
lish origin.  Some  of  the  an- 
cient family  at  least,  belonged  to  the  ruling 
class.  During  the  reign  of  Charles  II,  1649- 
1685,  Sir  Charles  Wheeler  was  appointed  "Cap- 
tain General  of  the  Carribee  Islands,"  and  in 
1693  the  English  fleet  under  command  of  Sir 
Francis  Wheeler  put  into  Boston  to  recruit. 
Orcutt,  the  historian  of  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
says  the  Wheelers  were  in  and  around  London, 
England,  for  four  "hundred  years.  Between 
1620  and  1650  there  were  many  families  of  the 
name  who  came  from  England  and  settled  in 
Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  Virginia.  In 
Hotten*s  "Lists  of  Emigrants  to  America, 
1600-1700,"  it  is  stated  that  in  1620  Henrie 
Wheeler  arrived  in  Virginia  in  the  "Tryall"; 
that  Edward  Wheeler  embarked  at  London, 
May  16,  1635,  in  the  "Plaine  Joane"  for  Vir- 
ginia; that  July  24,  1635,  John  Wheeler  em- 
barked in  the  "Assurance*'  from  London  to 
Virginia;  and  that  August  i,  1679,  John  Wheel- 
er, Junior,  embarked  at  London  for  New  Eng- 
land. There  was  a  John  Wheeler  in  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  who,  Savage  says,  came  in  the 
"Mary  and  John"  in  1634.    (This  is  the  Amer- 


ican ancestor  of  the  Wheelers  herein  record- 
ed). George,  Joseph  and  Obadiah  Wheeler 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Concord^ 
Massachusetts,  and  may  have  been  members 
of  the  first  party  that  settled  there  in  1635. 
Thomas  (i),  Timothy,  Ephraim  and  Thomas 
Wheeler  (2)  came  directly  to  Concord  from 
England  in  1639.  There  was  a  Thomas  Wheel- 
er in  Boston  in  1636 ;  an  Isaac  in  Charlestown 
in  1643 ;  a  Joseph  in  Newbury  who  died  in- 
1659;  a  Thomas  in  Lynn  in  1642,  and  a  Moses 
in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  born  1698,  in  Kent 
county,  England.  Shattuck  says  that  between 
1650  and  1680  there  were  in  Concord  alone 
thirty  distinct  families  of  the  name.  Farmer 
records  as  an  interesting  fact  that  twenty-six 
of  the  name  had  been  graduated  from  New 
England  colleges  in  1826. 

(I)  The  Wheelers  herein  named  are  de- 
scended from  John  of  Newbury,  and  are  car- 
ried through  ten  generations  in  direct  male 
line.  Among  the  vessels  detained  in  the  River 
Thames  by  order  of  the  King's  privy  council, 
February  14,  1633-34,  was  the  ship  "Mary  and 
John,"  Robert  Sayres,  master.  On  March  24  and 
26  following,  thirty-eight  passengers,  whose 
names  are  found  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Newbury,  Massachusetts,  and  others,  took  the 
oath  of  supremacy  and  allegiance  to  the  king, 
and  were  allowed  to  sail  in  the  ship  for  New 
England.  Among  the  thirty-eight  was  "John 
Whelyer."  They  arrived  at  Boston  in  May, 
1634,  and  most  of  the  thirty-eight,  with  their 
families,  settled  at  Ipswich,  where  they  re- 
mained during  the  following  winter,  removing 
in  the  spring  to  the  settlement  on  the  Parker 
river,  which  was  renamed  "Newbury."  John 
Wheeler  was  accompanied  to  America  by  his 
wife  Ann  and  several  children.  They  came 
from  the  city  of  Salisbury,  John  Wheeler  must 
have  been  in  middle  life  at  that  time,  as  he  left 
in  England  his  three  eldest  sons  (Adam,  Ed- 
ward and  William),  neither  of  whom  is  known 
to  have  ever  come  to  America.  Following  the 
winter  at  Ipswich  (then  Agawam)  came  his 
removal  to  Newbury,  where  his  subsequent 
life  was  spent.  The  settlement  on  the  north 
banks  of  the  Merrimac  was  first  called  Col- 
chester, and  was  founded  in  1638  by  the  colo- 
nial council,  giving  permission  to  certain  peti- 
tioners "to  begin  a  plantation  at  Merrimack." 
October  7,  1640,  the  name  was  changed  to 
Salisbury.  The  original  settlement  was  subse- 
quent to  the  settlement  of  Newbury,  on  the 
south  side  of  the  Merrimac  river.    It  appears 


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that  John  Wheeler  first  (in  1641)  received 
lands  in  Salisbury,  and  is  said  to  have  lived 
there,  but  prior  to  1650  removed  again  to  New- 
bury, where  he  died  in  1670.  He  left  children 
living  at  Newbury  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and 
it  is  probable  that  their  presence,  among  other 
things,  brought  him  back  to  Newbury.  He  is 
of  frequent  mention  in  the  records  and  seems 
to  have  borne  well  his  part.  His  will,  dated 
March  28,  1668  (original  now  on  file  in  the 
office  6i  the  clerk  of  the  probate  court  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts),  appointed  his  son 
Henry  executor,  and  directed  his  body  be 
buried  in  the  burying  ground  at  Newbury. 
Children:  Adam,  Edward  and  William,  all  of 
whom  remained  in  England ;  David,  born  about 
1625,  married  Sarah  Wise;  Anne,  married 
Aquilla  Chase;  Mercy;  Elizabeth,  married  a 
Mr.  Burton;  Roger,  married  Mary  Wilson; 
Henry,  of  further  mention ;  George,  married 
Susannah  Storer ;  Joseph. 

(H)  Henry,  ninth  child  and  sixth  son  of 
John  and  Ann  Wheeler,  appears  to  have  lived 
and  died  at  Salisbury,  and  is  the  son  named 
in  his  father's  will  as  executor.  He  married, 
in  1659,  Abigail  Allen,  who  survived  him  many 
years.  In  1696,  then  a  resident  of  Boston,  she* 
deeded  a  house  and  land  in  Salisbury  to  one 
Richard  Hubbard.  Children:  Henry,  born 
1659;  Abigail,  1660;  William,  1663;  Moses, 
1664;  Ann,  May  27,  1667,  married  Thomas 
Griggs  (2),  of  Gloucester,  son  of  Thomas  (i), 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  that  town ;  James,  of 
whom  further,  twin  of  Ann ;  Josiah,  born  May, 
1669;  Ruth;  Nathaniel,  1675;  Jeremiah,  1677-1, 
Benjamin,  i68r ;  Mary. 

(HI)  James,  six  child  and  fourth  son  of 
Henry  and  Abigail  (Allen)  Wheeler,  was  born 
in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  May  27,  1667; 
died  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  in  1753.  He 
was  the  first  of  his  line  to  settle  at  Rehoboth, 
which  then  became  the  family  seat  for  many 
generations.  He  married  Grisel,  daughter  of 
Philip  Squier,  of  Boston.  Children :  William, 
born  April  3,  1691 ;  James,  of  further  mention ; 
Philip,  bom  March  4,  1698;  Rachael,  April  4, 
1701;  Squier,  April  3,  1703;  Ann,  February 
26,  1705. 

(IV)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and 
Grisel  (Squier)  Wheeler,  was  bom  March  27, 
1697,  died  April  22,  1740.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth Thurber.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  bom 
June  9, 1719,  married  Ebenezer  Ingalls ;  Henry, 
December  29,  ;  James,  March  4,  1721 ; 


Mehitable,  March  26,  1724;  John,  May  7, 
1726;  Nathaniel,  May  8,  1728;  Jeremiah,  of 
further,  mention ;  Hannah,  August  i,  1733. 

(V)  Jeremiah,  seventh  child  and  fourth 
son  of  James  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Thurber) 
Wheeler,  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachu- 
setts, March  23,  1731.  He  married  (first), 
January  4,  1753,  Submit  Horton,  who  bore 
him  ten  children ;  a  second  wife  bore  him  three 
children :  Jeremiah,  of  further  mention ;  Eliz- 
abeth, bom  October  28,  1755 ;  Keziah,  May  14, 
1758;  Submit,  February  17,  1760;  Barnard, 
April  30,  1762;  Royal,  September  22,  1764; 
Cyril,  June  22,  1766;  Nancy,  February  17, 
1770;  Russell,  June  3,  1771 ;  Jarvis,  Septem- 
ber 22y  1774;  Abigail,  June  28,  1780;  Nathan- 
iel, November  i,  1781 ;  Samuel,  April  5,  1784. 

(VI)  Jeremiah  (2),  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah 
(i)  and  Submit  (Horton)  Wheeler,  was  bom 
at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  September  28, 
1753.  He  married  Elizabeth  Troup.  Chil- 
dren: Dexter,  born  May,  1777;  Rebecca,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1781 ;  Elizabeth,  January  5,  1783; 
Benoni,  March  13,  1785 ;  Cyms,  June  11, 1787; 
Cyrenus,  of  further  mention. 

( VH)  Cyrenus,  youngest  child  and  fourth  son 
of  Jeremiah  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Troup)  Wheel- 
er, was  born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  Au- 
gust 13,  1791 ;  died  July  4,  1887,  being  within 
four  years  of  the  century,  mark  in  point  of 
years.  His  father  was  a  farmer  of  Rehoboth, 
Massachusetts,  but  also  gifted  with  some  me- 
chanical genius  which  he  transmitted  to  his 
son.  Cyrenus  worked  on  the  farm  and  also 
became  interested  in  manu  f  acturing.  He  moved 
from  Rehoboth  to  the  present  city  of  Fall 
River,  Massachusetts,  then  known  as  Troy,  and 
in  connection  with  his  elder  brother.  Dexter 
Wheeler,  who  was  an  inventor  of  cotton  spin- 
ning and  weaving  machinery,  established  the 
first  cotton  mill  ever  built  at  Fall  River. 
Cyrenus  Wheeler  was  more  or  less  of  a  natural 
mechanic.  He,  with  his  family,  removed  to 
New  York  state,  settling  in  the  town  of  Venice, 
Cayuga  county,  not  far  from  the  city  of  Au- 
bum,  where  the  death  of  Mr.  Wheeler  occurred. 
He  married  Thirza  Dillingham  Evans,  who 
died  February  13,  1884,  aged  eighty-seven 
years.  Children:  i.  Cyrenus,  of  further  men- 
tion. 2.  Candice  (or  Candace),  bom  at  See- 
konk,  Massachusetts,  May  i,  1819.  3.  Delana 
Borden,  bom  December  13,  1822.  4.  Marian 
Isabella,  bom  April  24,  1820.  5.  Henry  Jo- 
sephus,  bom  February  22,  1834. 

(VIII)  Cyrenus  (2),  son  of  Cyrenus  (i) 


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and  Thirza  Dillingham  (Evans)  Wheeler,  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  March  21, 
1817;  died  March  23,  1899.  He  attended  the 
town  schools  until  he  was  twelve  years  of  age. 
He  accompanied  his  father  to  Fall  River,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  when  about  fifteen  years  of  age 
entered  the  cotton  mills, at  Fall  River.  He 
mastered  the  knowledge  of  the  manufacture 
of  cotton  cloth.  When  eighteen  years  of  age, 
in  company  with  his  father,  he  removed  to  the 
state  of  New  York.  He  had  an  inborn  love 
of  machinery  and  was  a  natural  mechanic, 
always  seeking  an  opportunity  to  improve  upon 
the  settled  way  of  doing  things.  His  inventive 
turn  of  mind  asserted  itself.  He  made  hay- 
rakes  to  be  drawn  by  horses,  hay  cutters,  and 
other  implements.  Soon  after  reaching  legal 
age  he  purchased  a  farm  and  devoted  several 
years  to  scientific  farming,  his  methods  being 
far  in  advance  of  his  neighbors.  But  the  whole 
trend  of  his  nature  was  toward  mechanics  and 
inventions,  and  not  farming,  yet,  without  his 
practical  knowledge  of  the  farmer's  needs,  he 
could  not  so  successfully  have  thought  out 
many  of  his  inventions.  In  the  summer  of 
1852  there  was  held  at  Geneva,  New  York,  a 
trial  of  a  mower  that  proved  unsatisfactory. 
Mr.  Wheeler  was  told  by  a  neighbor  of  the  trial 
and  saw  where  the  machine  was  weak,  and  at 
once  began  work  op  a  machine  that  would  mow. 
He  brought  out  some  fifty  patents  on  mowers, 
reapers  and  other  farm  machinery,  and  when 
satisfied  that  he  had  successfully  solved  his 
problem,  in  1865  he  removed  to  Auburn,  New 
York,  and  organized  the  Cayuga  Chief  Manu- 
facturing Company,  and  began  making  mowers 
and  reapers  and  other  machines  from  his  own 
designs  and  patents,  numbering  well  toward  one 
hundred.  His  machines  were  a  success  and  gave 
the  farming  industry  new  life  and  energy.  He 
continued  at  the  head  of  his  own  company, 
doing  a  large  and  successful  business,  until  its 
merger  with  the  D.  M.  Osborne  Company,  of 
Auburn,  of  which  he  was  for  several  years 
vice-president. 

After  his  removal  to  .A.ubum  he  became 
active,  prominent  and  useful  in  public  life.  He 
was  four  times  elected  mayor.  During  his  term 
of  office  he  saw  the  necessity  of  the  city  own- 
ing its  own  water  works,  and  after  his  term 
expired  began  agitating  the  question,  never 
ceasing  his  efforts  until  they  were  crowned 
with  success.  He  was  made  president  of  the 
water  commission,  an  office  he  held  until  his 
death.     He  held  financial  relations  with  the 


Auburn  banks,  and  was  of  influence  in  their 
operations,  and  he  only  retired  from  active 
business  life  when  he  was  about  seventy-five 
years  of  age.  He  was  a  warm  friend  of  the 
citizen  soldiery,  and  the  Wheeler  Rifles  of  Au- 
burn were  named  in  his  honor.  He  was  for  a 
long  time  trustee  of  the  Auburn  Central  Pres- 
byterian Church,  to  which  he  gave  liberally  of 
his  time  and  means.  He  was  warm-hearted 
and  generous,  and  his  useful  life  was  filled 
with  deeds  of  kindness  to  others.  Hfe  carved 
his  own  way  in  the  world  but  success  did  not 
make  him  vain  nor  unfriendly  to  those  less 
fortunate.  A  man  of  strict  integrity  and  high 
business  ideals,  he  never  surrendered  to  ex- 
pediency or  covetousness.  He  married  (first) 
Harriet,  bom  November  11,  1819,  died  May 
22,  1843,  daughter  of  Charles  Kendall,  of 
Cayuga  county.  He  married  (second)  Susan 
K.  Frary,  of  Bethany,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  Jane  Barker,  born  May  12,  1821, 
died  January  5,  1895,  daughter  of  John  A.  and 
Phoebe  (Ogden)  Barker,  of  Ledyard,  Cayuga 
county,  New  York.  Children  of  first  marriage : 
Lucy  M.,  born  September  2,^^  1841 ;  Dexter, 
May   18,    1843.     Child   of  second  marriage: 

•  Harriet  Frary,  born  May  r6,  1845.  Children 
of  third  marriage:  Charles  Barker,  of  whom 
further ;  Allen  Mosher,  born  January  22,  1853, 
died  June  9,  i860;  Thirza  Jane,  bom  January 
22,  1857,  died  June  7,  i860. 

(IX)  Charles  Barker,  son  of  Cyrenus  (2) 
and  Jane  (Barker)  Wheeler,  was  born  at  Pop- 
lar Ridge,  Cayuga  county.  New  York,  Decem- 

,ber  27,  1 85 1.  He  received  a  good  preparatory 
education,  and  entered  Williams  College,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  1873.  After  leaving  col- 
lege he  went  to  Buflfalo,  where  he  entered  the 
offices  of  Sprague  &  Gorham,  with  whom  he 
read  law  for  three  years.  In  1876  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  at  once  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  Buflfalo.  His  industry, 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  law  and  his  legal 
talents,  attracted  the  attention  of  older  lawyers 
and  led  to  his  being  admitted  in  1882  to  a 
partnership  with  two  of  Buflfalo's  eminent  law- 
yers, Sherman  S.  Rogers  and  Franklin  D. 
Locke.  This  continued  until  1885,  when  Mr. 
Wheeler  withdrew  and  began  practice  alone. 
He  was  a  lawyer  of  skill  and  learning,  and 
had  acquired  a  substantial  clientage  when  he 
was  removed  from  private  practice  and  placed 
upon  the  supreme  bench.  In  1906  Judge  Dan- 
iel J.  Kenefick  resigned  and  Mr.  Wheeler  was 
appointed   by   Governor   Higgins   to  fill   the 


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vacancy,  assuming  the  gown  December  i,  1906. 
At  the  next  regular  election  Judge  Wheeler 
was  elected  his  own  successor  for  the  full  term 
of  fourteen  years.  He  is  an  able  jurist  and 
ornaments  his  chosen  profession.  His  prin- 
cipal public  work  prior  to  his  election  was  in 
connection  with  the  Civil  Service  Commission, 
to  which  he  was  appointed  by  Mayors  Becker, 
Bishop,  Jewett,  Diehl  and  Knighjt,  serving  thir- 
teen years,  ten  of  which  he  was  president  of 
the  board.  He  was  extremely  useful  in  secur- 
ing legislative  enactment  for  the  advancement 
of  civil  service,  and  effectually  blocked  many 
bills  tending  to  destroy  the  ment  system. 

Judge  Wheeler  is  a  director  of  the  J.  N. 
Matthews  Company,  and  president  of  the  New 
York  Title  Insurance  Company,  both  of  Buf- 
falo. He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  Coun- 
ty Bar  Associations ;  life  member  of  the  Young 
Men's  Association;  has  been  connected  with 
the  law  department  of  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo since  its  organization;  professor  of  cor- 
poration law  in  Buffalo  Law  School ;  member 
of  the  University  Club,  of  which  he  was  vice- 
president;  member  and  was  president  two 
terms  of  Buffalo  Chapter,  Sons  of  the  Revolu- 
tion ;  member  of  Buffalo  Historical  Society, 
and  of  Society  of  Natural  Science.  He  is  a 
vestryman  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  and 
in  political  faith  a  Republican.  He  married, 
June  28,  1883,  Frances  Munro  Rochester, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Fortescue  Rochester, 
son  of  Thomas  Hart  Rochester,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Rochester,  the  South  Carolina  patriot 
and  statesman,  the  Maryland  manufacturer, 
postmaster,  judge  and  member  of  assembly, 
the  New  York  state  farmer  and  statesman,  and 
founder  of  the  city  of  Rochester,  New  York, 
named  in  his  honor.  Children  of  Judge  Charles 
Barker  and  Frances  M.  Wheeler:  i.  Thomas 
Rochester,  born  April  29,  1885;  educated  at 
Williams  College,  graduated  1907.  2.  Jane 
Barker,  born  April  3,  1887 ;  educated  at  Smith 
College,  graduated  1909. 

(The  Rochester  Line). 

Frances  Munro  Rochester,  wife  of  Judge 
Charles  Barker  Wheeler,  is  a  lineal  descendant 
of  Nicholas  Rochester,  the  first  of  the  name  to 
come  to  America.  The  family  of  Rochester 
were  resident  in  the  county  of  Essex,  England, 
in  1558,  as  proved  by  the  Herald's  Visitations 
of  that  country,  when  the  coat-of-arms  (or  a 
fesse  between  three  crescents  sable)  was  con- 
firmed and  allowed  to  the  family. 


(I)  Nicholas  Rochester  was  born  in  Kent 
county,  England,  about  1640,  and  was  mar- 
ried there.  He  came  to  the  colony  of  Virginia 
in  1689,  and  December  26  that  year  purchased 
one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Westmoreland 
county  from  John  Jenkins,  planter,  who  by 
patent  from  Governor  Richard  Bennett  in 
1653,  had  obtained  one  thousand  acres  "in  con- 
sideration of  importing  twenty  persons  into 
the  Colony."  But  little  more  is  known  of 
Nicholas  Rochester  except  the  following  order 
made  May  25,  1719,  by  the  county  court  of 
Westmoreland,  then  in  session:  "Nicholas  Ro- 
chester, an  ancient  person  is  upon  his  mocon 
acquitt  from  future  payment  of  liens  in  this 
county."    He  died  soon  after  this  date. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Nicholas  Rochester, 
was  born  in  England  about  1680.  He  came  to 
Westmoreland  county,  Virginia,  with  his  father 
in  1689,  and  grew  up  upon  the  plantation  pur- 
chased from  John  Jenkins.  When  he  arrived 
at  manhood  he  purchased  lands  adjoining  his 
father,  on  which  he  built  a  homestead  which 
is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  county,  stands  in 
good  condition,  and  bears  in  the  chimney  comer 
the  legend,  "W.  R.  1746,"  cut  in  a  broad  brick 
near  the  coping  stone.  This  plantation,  com- 
prising about  four  hundred  acres,  was  located 
partly  in  Richmond  and  partly  in  Westmore- 
land county.  He  married  Frances,  widow  of 
William  McKinney,  and  died  between  the  23rd 
and  30th  of  October,  1750,  leaving  sons  John 
and  William, 

(HI)  John,  son  of  William  and  Frances 
(McKinney)  Rochester,  was  born  about  1708, 
died  November,  1754.  He  married  Hester  or 
Esther  Thrift,  daughter  of  William,  of  Rich- 
mond county,  Virginia;  she  survived  him  and 
married  Thomas  Critcher,  who  removed  about 
1763  to  Granville  county,  North  Carolina,  taking 
the  entire  family  with  him.  Children  of  John 
and  Hester  Rochester:  William,  John,  Ann, 
Phillis,  Nathaniel,  Esther. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  third  son  of  John  and  Hes- 
ter (Thrift)  Rochester,  was  born  February  21, 
1752,  in  Cople  Parish,  Westmoreland  county, 
Virginia,  on  the  plantation  which  had  then  been 
in  the  family  since  1689.  He  was  taken  by 
his  stepfather  to  Granville  county,  North  Car- 
olina, and  became  a  prominent  merchant  and 
noted  public  man  of  his  day,  taking  a  leading 
part  in  public  affairs  in  the  state  and  serving  in 
high  positions.  He  served  during  the  revolu- 
tion with  the  rank  of  major,  lieutenant-colonel 
and  deputy  commissioner  general  of  military 


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stores.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first  pro- 
vincial convention,  and  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature.  In  1783,  in  association  with  Colo- 
nel Thomas  Hart  (father-in-law  of  Henry 
Clay),  he  began  the  manufacture  of  flour,  rope 
and  nails.  In  1808  he  was  the  first  president 
of  the  Hagerstown  Bank,  and  successfully  fill- 
ed the  offices  of  member  of  the  assembly,  post- 
master, judge  of  county  court  and  presidential 
elector.  In  1800  he  first  visited  the  "Genesee 
Country,"  where  he  had  previously  purchased 
six  hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land,  and  the 
same  year  made  large  purchases  of  land  in 
Livingston  county,  New  York,  near  Dansville. 
In  1802,  with  Colonel  Fitz-IIugh  and  Major 
Carroll,  he  purchased  the  "one  hundred  acre 
or  Allen  Mill  Tract"  on  what  is  now  the  city 
of  Rochester,  then  called  Fallstown.  In  May, 
1810,  having  closed  up  his  business  in  Mary- 
land, he  became  a  resident  of  Western  New 
York,  settling  at  Dansville,  where  he  remained 
five  years,  during  which  time  he  erected  a  large 
paper  mill,  and  made  many  improvements.  In 
181 5,  having  disposed  of  his  interests  in  Dans- 
ville, he  removed  to  a  large  and  well  improved 
farm  in  Bloomfield,  Ontario  county.  New 
York.  After  staying  here  for  three  years, 
during  which  time  he  constantly  visited  the 
Falls  of  the  Genesee  and  his  property  there, 
laying  it  out  into  lots,  in  April,  1818,  he  took 
up  his  residence  there,  the  town  in  the  interim 
having  been  named  after  him,  Rochester.  In 
t8i6  he  was  presidential  elector.  He  was  the 
first  clerk  of  the  new  county  of  Monroe,  and 
its  first  repre.sentative  in  the  state  legislature, 
1821-1822.  In  1824  he  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  Rank  of  Rochester,  and  was  unani- 
mously chosen  its  first  president,  a  position  he 
soon  resigned  on  account  of  impaired  health 
and  the  infirmities  of  age.  He  was  a  lifelong 
member  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church, 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  St.  Luke's  Church, 
Rochester.  He  died  on  the  morning  of  May 
17,  1831. 

He  married  Sophia  Beatty,  a  descendant  of 
John  Beatty,  who  came  of  a  family  settled  at 
various  times  in  Scotland,  Ireland,  England, 
Holland ;  he  settled  in  America,  at  Esopus, 
New  York,  where  he  died.  Sophia  was  a 
daughter  of  William  (grandson  of  the  emi- 
grant) and  Dorotha  Grosh.  She  was  the  sixth 
of  their  sixteen  children.  Colonel  Nathaniel 
and  Sophia  Rochester  had  twelve  children. 

(V)  Thomas  Hart,  sixth  child  of  Colonel 
Nathaniel  and  Sophia  (Beatty)  Rochester,  was 


bom  September  23,  1797,  and  married  Phoebe 
Elizabeth  Cuming. 

(VI)  Dr.  Thomas  Fortescue  Rochester,  eld- 
est son  of  Thomas  Hart  and  Phoebe  Eliza- 
beth (Cuming)  Rochester,  was  bom  October 
8,  1823,  and  married  Margaret  Munro  De- 
Lancey.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  the 
leading  physician  of  Buffalo,  and  the  greatest 
medical  authority  in  W^estern  New  York.  He 
practiced  his  profession  for  forty  years,  and 
at  the  early  age  of  thirty,  became  a  professor 
in  the  Buffalo  Medical  College,  and  for  many 
years  was  dean  of  that  institution.  His  asso- 
ciates in  his  profession  honored  him  by  making 
him  president  of  the  State  Medical  Society. 
His  profession,  however,  did  not  absorb  his 
entire  thought  and  energies.  His  activities  ex- 
tended to  every  movement  to  advance  his  city 
and  aid  his  fellowmen.  He  was  interested  in 
art.  and  became  president  of  the  Buffalo  Fine 
Art  Society;  in  education,  and  was  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  State  Normal 
School.  He  was  forceful  and  courageous,  but 
gentle  and  kindly,  and  when  he  died  it  was 
said  by  the  public  press  that  he  was  a  "friend 
beloved  by  more  i>eople  than  any  other  man  in 
Buffalo." 

(VII)  Frances  Munro,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Tliomas  Fortescue  and  Margaret  Munro  (De 
Lancey)  Rochester,  married  Judge  Charles 
Barker  Wheeler. 

(Collateral  Lines). 

Through  the  marriages  of  the  heads  of  each 
of  the  nine  generations  above  chronicled,  the 
children  of  Judge  Charles  B.  Wheeler  trace  to 
many  of  the  distinguished  families  of  New 
England,  New  York,  and  the  south. 

Jane  Barker,  wife  of  Cyrenus  Wheeler  (2), 
traced  through  her  mother,  Phoebe  Ogden,  to 
John  Ogden,  who  was  granted  a  coat-of-arms 
bv  Charles  I,  with  the  motto:  "If  I  make  a 
show  I  do  not  boast  of  it."  He  settled  in 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1641,  and  in  1643 
he  and  his  brother  Richard  contracted  with 
Governor  Kieft  for  the  erection  of  the  First 
Church  in  New  Amsterdam  (New  York).  He 
was  one  of  the  patentees  of  Hempstead,  Long 
Island,  and  one  of  the  persons  to  whom  the 
charter  of  Connecticut  was  granted  by  Charles 
II.  in  1662.  He  settled  later  in  Elizabeth  town. 
New  Jersey,  and  was  the  first  representative 
of  that  town  in  the  New  Jersey  assembly.  Jane 
Barker  Wheeler  was  of  the  seventh  generation 
in  America. 


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Thirza  Dillingham  Evans,  wife  of  Cyrenus 
Wheeler  (i),  descends  from  the  old  Quaker, 
John  Dillingham,  of  Berkley,  Bristol  county, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  fourth  generation. 

Frances  Munro  Rochester,  wife  of  Judge 
Charles  B.  Wheeler,  descends  from  the  Hugue- 
Tiot  Stephen  (Etienne)  De  Lancey,  who  was 
<lescended  from  Guy  de  Lancey,  Vicompte  de 
Laval  et  de  Nouvan,  who  in  1432  held  the 
fiefs  of  Laval  and  Nouvan.  Stephen  (Etienne) 
De  Lancey  came  to  New  York  in  1686,  was 
member  of  the  provincial  assembly  in  1708-09- 
10-15-16  and  1737.  His  son,  James  De  Lancey 
( 1708-1760),  was  acting  governor  of  the  prov- 
ince of  New  York;  1753-57  was  lieutenant- 
governor;  1758-60  was  member  of  governor's 
council;  1729-53  was  chief  justice  of  the  prov- 
ince. In  1733  James  De  Lancey  married  Anne, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Caleb  Heathcote,  son  of 
Gilbert,  mayor  of  Chesterfield,  England,  and 
brother  of  Sir  Gilbert  Heathcote,  one  of  the 
founders  and  the  first  president  (or  governor) 
of  the  Bank  of  England,  also  was  lord  mayor 
of  London.  Colonel  Caleb  was  mayor  of  New 
York  Gty,  1711-14;  surveyor  general  of  cus- 
toms for  all  America;  also  judge  of  court  of 
common  pleas.  He  married  Martha,  daughter 
of  Chief  Justice  William  Smith  (Tangier 
Smith).  The  Heathcotes  have  a  distinguished 
English  family  history. 

Frances  Munro  Rochester  also  descends 
through  her  mother,  Margaret  Munro  De  Lan- 
cey, daughter  of  Bishop  William  Heathcote 
De  Lancey,  from  the  house  of  Lejay,  of  Poitou, 
France,  apparently  a  branch  of  the  Lords  of 
Montoneau  in  Poitou.  In  1565  Jean  Jay,  a 
Protestant,  came  to  live  in  Rochelle,  France, 
and  his  descendant  was  Pierre  Jay,  who  was 
a  wealthy  merchant  of  Rochelle  in  1685.  His 
property  was  confiscated  and  he  was  obliged 
to  flee.  He  found  his  way  to  New  York  with 
his  family  in  1697.  ^^*s  son,  Augustus  Jay, 
married  Marie,  daughter  of  Balthazar  Bayard, 
-nephew  of  Governor  Peter  Stuyvesant,  of  New 
Amsterdam.  John  Jay,  the  famous  statesman 
and  diplomat,  was  of  this  Jay  family.  The 
Bayards  descend  from  Rev.  Nicholas  Bayard, 
■a  French  Protestant  clergyman  of  Paris  who 
fled  to  the  Netherlands  in  1572  after  the  massa- 
cre of  St.  Bartholomew.  A  later  day  Nicholas 
Bayard  came  with  Governor  Stuyvesant  in 
1647,  ^"d  was  secretary  of  the  province  of 
New  York ;  mayor  of  New  York  City,  1685 ; 
tnember  of  governor's  council  and  lieutenant 
of  militia. 


Through  the  De  Lanceys  descent  is  traced  to 
Orloff  Steven  Van  Cortland,  an  eminent  citi- 
zen of  New  York  under  the  Dutch,  who  mar- 
ried Anneke  Lockermans,  and  settled  in  New 
Amsterdam.  Among  their  sons  was  Stevanus 
Van  Cortland,  mayor  of  New  York  City,  and 
first  lord  of  the  manor  of  Cortland,  and  a 
distinguished  official  of  the  province  of  New 
York.  Another  son.  Jacobus,  was  mayor  of 
New  York,  17 10-19,  and  for  several  terms  a 
member  of  the  New  York  assembly.  Anneke 
Lockermans  was  a  daughter  of  Govert  Lock- 
ermans, a  Hollander,  who  came  to  America 
about  1640,  was  one  of  the  "Nine  Men"  in 
Niew  Netherland,  1647-49-50;  was  Indian 
commissioner  under  the  Dutch,  1668;  lieuten- 
ant company  of  foot,  1670. 

The  Munro  line  of  Mrs.  Charles  B.  Wheeler 
began  in  America  with  Rev.  Harry  Munro, 
who  was  the  first  rector  of  St.  John's  Church, 
Yonkers,  New  York.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try as  chaplain  of  an  English  regiment.  He 
was  the  son  of  Robert  Munro,  of  Dingwall, 
near  Inverness,  Scotland,  who  was  the  great- 
grandson  of  Sir  Robert  Munro,  twenty-fourth 
Baron  of  Foulis.  Rev.  Harry  Munro  married 
Eve,  daughter  of  Peter  Jay  and  Mary  Van 
Cortland,  and  sister  of  the  diplomat  and  first 
chief  justice,  John  Jay.  Their  only  son,  Peter 
Jay  Alunro,  a  celebrated  lawyer,  married  Mar- 
garet White.  Their  daughter,  Frances  Munro, 
married  Bishop  William  Heathcote  De  Lancey. 
Their  daughter,  Margaret  Munro  De  Lancey, 
married  Dr.  Thomas  Fortescue  Rochester. 
Their  daughter,  Frances  Munro  Rochester, 
married  Judge  Charles  B.  Wheeler. 

Another  distinguished  ancestor  is  Philip 
Pieterse  Schuyler,  who  emigrated  from  Guild- 
erland,  Holland,  at  the  request  of  Patroon 
Killian  Van  Rensselaer,  to  look  after  his  aflFairs 
at  and  near  Albany,  in  1650.  He  married  Mar- 
garetta,  daughter  of  brave  old  Barent  Van 
Slechtenhorst,  who  came  into  conflict  with 
Governor  Peter  Stuyvesant.  Philip  Pieterse 
and  Margaretta  had  ten  children,  one  of  whom, 
Gertrude  Schuyler,  married  Stephanus  Van 
Cortlandt,  mayor  of  New  York  City,  etc.  Their 
daughter,  Anne  Van  Cortlandt,  married  Etienne 
De  Lancey. 

Colonel  Richard  Floyd,  of  Long  Island,  is 
also  an  ancestor  of  the  Wheeler  children.  He 
lived  on  Long  Island,  and  had  command  of  the 
SuflFolk  county  militia  at  the  time  of  the  revo- 
lution. He  remained  loyal  to  his  King,  which 
drew  down  upon  him  the  wrath  of  all  his  neigh- 


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bors  and  the  strong  hand  of  the  colonial  au- 
thorities. He  was  declared  attainted,  and  his 
property  confiscated.  After  the  revolution  he 
removed  to  Nova  Scotia.  His  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth, married  John  Peter  De  Lancey.  Their 
son,  Bishop  William  H.  De  Lancey,  married 
Frances  Munro. 

Through  the  Heathcote-De  Lancey  marriage 
the  Wheelers  gain  descent  from  Colonel  Will- 
iam Smith,  who  before  coming  to  America 
was  governor  of  Tangier.  He  came  to  New 
York  in  1701 ;  was  a  member  of  the  governor's 
council,  a  judge  in  admirality,  and  chief  justice 
of  the  province.  His  daughter  Martha  mar- 
ried Colonel  Caleb  Heathcote. 

Through  the  Van  Cortland- Jay  marriage  there 
is  descent  from  Frederick  Philpse,  1627-1702. 
He  was  first  lord  of  the  manor  of  Philipsburgh, 
1693;  member  of  the  governor's  council,  and 
secretary  of  the  province  of  New  Y'ork. 

A  revolutionary  ancestor  of  the  Wheelers 
was  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Barker.  He  was 
born  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  February  10, 
1758,  and  died  in  Binghamton,  New  York,  in 
1 819.  He  married  Susannah  Abbott,  in  1780. 
Their  son,  John  Abbott  Barker,  born  Septem- 
ber 6,  1784,  settled  at  Ledyard,  Cayuga  county. 
New  York.  He  married  Phcebe  Ogden.  Their 
daughter,  Jane  Barker,  married  Cyrenus 
Wheeler  (2),  father  of  Judge  Charles  Barker 
Wheeler.  Another  revolutionary  ancestor  was 
William,  son  of  Thomas  and  Thankful  Evans, 
of  Berkley,  Massachusetts.  William  Evans 
was  born  July  10,  1755,  ^^^  '"  1843.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  with  the  Massachu- 
setts militia,  also  with  a  Rhode  Island  regi- 
ment. He  married  Meribah  Dillingham,  May, 
1785.  Their  daughter,  Thirza  Dillingham 
Evans,  married  Cyrenus  Wheeler  (i),  grand- 
father of  Judge  Charles  Barker  Wheeler. 

These  lines  of  descent  are  fully  authenti- 
cated, and  in  each  case  trace  to  the  emigrant 
ancestor.  The  record  is  such  that  the  doors  of 
all  patriotic  and  colonial  orders,  based  on  revo- 
lutionary service  and  colonial  residence,  open 
wide  to  admit  the  Wheelers  of  this  the  tenth 
generation  in  America. 


The  Salamanca  family  of 
BOURNE     Bourne    was    planted    in    the 

United  States  by  Thomas 
Bourne,  of  Lincolnshire,  England.  He  was 
born  in  that  shire  in  1782,  died  in  Fredonia, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  September  i. 
1838.    When  fourteen  years  of  age  he  entered 


the  British  merchant  marine  service  as  mid- 
shipman, rose  through  intervening  grades  until 
he  was  captain  of  an  ocean-going  vessel.  He 
made  twenty-nine  voyages  across  the  Atlantic 
prior  to  1830,  when  he  retired  from  the  sea 
and  settled  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  A 
little  later  than  1830  he  came  to  Western  New 
York,  making  the  journey  by  stage  and  boat,, 
finally  selecting  and  purchasing  a  farm  in 
Chautauqua  county,  at  Fredonia.  He  cleared 
and  cultivated  this  tract  until  his  death  in  1838, 
aged  fifty-six.  He  married  Huldah  Cooley. 
who  died  aged  seventy-six  years,  in  Sheridan,. 
New  York.  She  survived  her  husband  and 
married  (second)  Edward  Bowyer  and  settled 
at  Sheridani  Children  by  the  first  marriage: 
Susan,  Thomas,  Henry  and  John.  Children  by 
the  second  marriage:  Edward,  Florence  and 
George. 

(H)  John,  youngest  son  of  Captain  Thomas 
and  Huldah  (Cooley)  Bourne,  was  bom  in 
Fredonia,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
August  22,  1838,  ten  days  prior  to  his  father's 
death.  He  received  a  limited  education,  cir- 
cumstances compelling  him  to  leave  school  at 
an  early  age.  He  worked  on  the  homestead 
farm  with  his  brothers  until  1862,  when  he  en- 
listed in  Company  D,  Seventy-second  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  and 
served  for  three  years  of  the  civil  war.  He 
saw  much  hard  fighting  and  arduous  service 
with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  but  passed 
safely  through  all  the  perils  of  war,  receiving 
an  honorable  discharge.  After  leaving  the 
army  he  went  west,  and  for  several  years  was 
in  the  employ  of  the  Wells,  Fargo  Express 
Company  as  messenger  between  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri,  and  Paoli,  Kansas.  After  leaving 
Wells,  Fargo  he  became  freight  agent  and 
transfer  clerk  for  the  Overland  Transportation 
Company  on  the  Missouri,  Kansas  and  Texas 
Railroad,  which  was  then  being  built.  He  re- 
mained with  the  Overland  until  the  railroad 
was  finished  to  Denison,  Kansas,  following  the 
road  from  station  to  station  as  it  was  built, 
and  acting  as  agent  until  another  station  was 
completed.  WHien  the  road  reached  Denison 
he  resigned  and  for  a  time  was  engaged  in 
that  town  in  mercantile  life.  On  April  5. 
1874,  he  left  Denison,  returning  to  New  York 
state,  locating  in  Dunkirk,  where  he  was  ap- 
pointed assistant  ticket  agent  at  the  Union 
Depot.  He  continued  there  something  over  a 
quarter  of  a  century  until  1809.  I"  that  year 
he  was    appointed    by    President    McKinley 


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United  States  collector  of  customs  for  the 
port  of  Dunkirk  for  a  four-years  term.  In 
1903  he  was  re-appointed  by  President  Roose- 
velt, who  again  appointed  him  in  1907  for  a 
third  term,  which  expires  in  191 2.  He  is  a 
most  satisfactory  official  and  stands  high  in 
public  favor.  He  married,  August  i,  1866, 
in  Dunkirk,  Edith  Buckley,  of  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  John  and  Augusta  (Dean) 
Buckley.  Children:  i.  Augusta,  born  in  Leav- 
enworth, Kansas;  married  Bertram  C.  Can- 
dee,  of  Dunkirk,  New  York;  children:  Edith 
Bourne  and  Winifred  McGregor.  2.  PhiHp 
H.,  of  further  mention.  3.  Graham  M., 
drowned  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years.  4. 
Lillian,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Mary,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 6.  Julia  Madge,  born  in  Dunkirk,  New 
York ;  now  a  graduate  nurse  at  Lee  Hospital, 
Rochester,  New  York. 

(HI)  Dr.  Philip  H.  Bourne,  son  of  John 
and  Edith  (Buckley)  Bourne,  was  born  in 
Leavenworth,  Kansas,  April  5,  1869.  He  re- 
ceived his  preparatory  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Dunkirk,  being  but  a  child  when  his 
father  located  there.  He  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor  from 
whence  he  was  graduated  in  1891,  M.  D.,  after  a 
four  years  course.  After  spending  a  year  at 
Buffalo  Homceopathic  Hospital  he  located,  in 
1893,  at  Salamanca,  New  York,  where  he  has 
since  been  in  successful  and  continuous  prac- 
tice. He  is  city  physician  and  member  of  the 
Salamanca  board  of  health,  in  which  capacity 
he  is  an  important  factor  in  maintaining  the 
often  remarked  good  health  of  that  village. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  State  and 
the*  Western  New  York  Homeopathic  socie- 
ties, holding  prominent  positions  in  both.  He 
is  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  Order  and  with 
the  Odd  Fellows;  is  a  Republican  in  politics 
and  a  member  of  St.  Mary*s  Episcopal  church. 
Dr.  Bourne  married,  October  19,  1893,  Jean 
McGr^or  Candee,  bom  November  23,  1868, 
daughter  of  William  Eber  and  Grace  (Cole- 
man) Candee,  of  Salamanca;  granddaughter 
of  Fernando  Cortez  and  Maria  (O'Brien) 
Candee,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Eber  and 
Patience  (Potter)  Candee,  of  Pompey,  New 
York.  Eber  was  son  of  Willis  Candee,  a  sol- 
dier of  the  revolution,  who  settled  in  Onon- 
daga county,  New  York.  Children  of  Dr. 
Philip  and  Jean  McGregor  (Candee)  Bourne: 
Grace  Bell,  bom  April  27,  1896 ;  Malcolm  Gra- 
ham, November  12,  1899. 


The  progenitors  of  the  Sanders 

SANDER    of  Salamanca,  New  York,  lived 

and  died  in  Germany.  The 
grandfather  of  Fred  Sander  was  Johann  San- 
der, who  married  Agnes  Foster  and  had  issue. 
There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  he  was 
a  soldier  under  Napoleon,  and  that  for  some 
important  service  he  was  presented  a  sword 
by  that  great  commander. 

(H)  Fred,  son  of  Johann  and  Agnes  (Fos- 
ter) Sander,  was  bom  in  Germany,  where  he 
died.  He  was  a  glazier  by  trade  and  also 
conducted  a  coal,  wood  and  turf  yard.  He 
married  Christina,  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Henrietta  (Snyder)  Rauschert.  Children:  i. 
Adam,  born  January  20,  1851;  came  to  the 
United  States  and  is  now  a  prosperous  busi- 
ness man  of  Salamanca;  married  Sophia 
Rotchsky;  children:  Annie,  Max,  Wilhelmina, 
Fred  C,  Christina  and  Karl.  2.  Eve,  died 
aged  twelve  years.  3.  Fritz.  4.  Frederick, 
died  at  the  age  of  six  years.  5.  George.  6. 
Fred,  of  further  mention. 

In  1864  an  epidemic  of  typhoid  fever  swept 
their  village  and  carried  off  father,  mother 
and  sisters,  leaving  the  boys  alone  in  the  world. 

(HI)  Adam,  eldest  son  of  Fred  (i)  and 
Christina  (Rauschert)  Sander,  was  born  in 
Alsace,  Germany,  January  20,  185 1.  He  was 
left  an  orphan  in  1864,  and  thrown  upon  his 
own  resources.  He  had  attended  school  for 
five  years,  but  had  not  the  slightest  knowledge 
of  the  English  language.  Knowing  his 
mother  had  a  married  sister  living  in  Olean, 
New  York,  he  detennined  to  come  to  the 
United  States  and  find  her.  He  secured  pas- 
sage on  a  sailing  vessel  and  after  forty-six 
days  of  ocean  voyaging  he  landed,  a  forlorn, 
homesick  boy,  in  hustling,  busy  New  York 
City.  He  had  made  many  friends  on  ship- 
board and  was  not  without  money.  He  was 
started  aright  from  New  York,  and  after  four 
days  journeying  arrived  at  Olean,  where  he 
soon  found  his  relatives.  He  at  once  went  to 
work  with  his  uncle,  Max  Mayer,  who  was  a 
butcher  in  Olean,  and  in  a  short  time  he  had 
acquired  a  knowledge  of  the  butcher  business 
and  of  the  English  language.  He  remained 
with  his  uncle  until  1868,  then  went  to  the 
oil  fields  of  Pennsylvania,  where  for  several 
years  he  was  engaged  in  such  work  as  the 
localities  of  Titusville,  Oil  City  and  Corry 
afforded.  He  was  prudent  and  careful  with 
his  earnings,  and  in  1874  made  a  return  trip 


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to  his  native  Germany  to  visit  those  of  his 
kindred  he  had  left  there.  He  returned  to 
New  York  after  a  short  visit,  and  in  1875  set- 
tled in  Salamanca,  where  he  established  a 
small  store  for  the  sale  of  meats,  etc.  His 
first  store  was  in  a  frame  building  on  the  east 
side  of  Main  street,  nearly  opposite  his  pres- 
ent location.  He  ran  a  wagon  through  the 
country  trafficking  with  the  farmers,  and  as 
the  village  grew  his  business  increased,  caus- 
ing a  removal  across  the  street  to  a  frame 
building  better  adapted  to  his  purpose.  In 
1880  his  building,  with  practically  of  the  busi- 
ness portion  of  Salamanca,  was  destroyed  by 
fire.  Air.  Sander  replaced  his  building  with  a 
two-story  brick,  having  a  commodious  market 
on  the  first  floor,  with  handsome  apartments 
above,  in  which  he  resides.  His  market  is 
filled  with  the  best  modern  equipment  and 
kept  stocked  with  the  best  and  choicest  of  all 
kinds  of  meats,  etc.  His  energy  and  persever- 
ance has  brought  him  abundant  success,  while 
his  open,  frank  and  genial  nature  has  won  him 
a  host  of  friends.  He  is  a  German  gentleman 
of  the  old  school,  and  not  only  one  of  the 
oldest,  but  one  of  the  most  highly  respected 
merchants  in  Salamanca. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  be- 
longing to  Lodge,  Chapter  and  Command^ry, 
and  to  Ismailia  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  BuflFalo.  His  other  orders  are :  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  Royal  Ar- 
canum and  Knights  of  Maccabees.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church  of 
Salamanca,  whose  services  are  held  in  the 
Baptist  church,  each  Sunday  the  service  be- 
ing alternately  held  in  German  and  English. 
Mr.  Sander  is  a  Democrat,  and  during  his 
many  years  in  the  village  has  held  important 
office.  He  was  president  of  the  village  cor- 
poration two  terms,  treasurer  many  years,  vil- 
lage trustee  two  terms  and  member  of  the  ex- 
cise commission  many  years. 

He  married.  May  17,  1875,  Sophia,  born 
November  14,  1852,  daugfhter  of  Gottfried  and 
Frederica  Rotchsky.  Children:  i.  Annie,  born 
August  24,  1877 ;  married,  April  5,  1905,  Syd- 
ney D.  Horton.  2.  Max,  bom  September  18, 
1878,  of  further  mention.  3.  Wilhelmina, 
born  July  14,  1881 ;  married,  October  7,  1908, 
Dr.  Willis  Walton  Whipple,  born  February 
16,  1882;  one  child,  Vivian  Olive,  born  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1910.    4.  Fred  C,  born  January  29, 


1883.     S.  Christina,  July  11,  1888.     6.  Karl, 
April  30,  1892. 

(III)  Fred  (2),  youngest  child  of  Fred  (i) 
and  Christina  (Rauschert)  Sander,  was  bom 
in  Alcey,  Hesse-Damstadt,  Germany,  No- 
vember 7,  1861.  In  1864  he  was  left  an  or- 
phan, to  the  care  of  strangers.  At  the  age 
of  seven  years  he  was  taken  by  his  grand- 
mother, with  whom  he  lived  until  he  was  four- 
teen. In  1875  he  came  to  the  United  States, 
joining  his  elder  brother  Adam  in  Salamanca. 
He  arrived  July  2,  1875,  remaining  in  his 
brother's  employ  ten  years.  In  1875  he  had 
acquired  sufficient  capital  to  start  in  business 
for  himself,  continuing  until  1906,  when  he  re- 
tired, and  now  devotes  himself  to  the  care  of 
his  properties.  He  acquired  Main  street  prop- 
erty in  the  earlier  days  to  which  he  added 
from  time  to  time  as  opportunity  presented. 
He  now  owns  several  pieces  of  valuable  busi- 
ness and  residence  property,  on  one  of  which 
he  has  erected  a  modem  residence.  For  twelve 
years  he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  fire 
department,  holding  the  positions  of  assistant 
foreman,  foreman  and  assistant  chief.  During 
this  period  he  was  presented  with  two  gold 
medals  in  recognition  of  his  bravery  and 
prompt  attention  to  his  duties.  He  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  but  has  never  sought  office  for 
himself,  preferring  to  use  his  influence  to  for- 
ward the  political  fortunes  of  his  brother.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  the  family  are  attendants  of  the 
Catholic  church. 

He  married,  April  2,  1885,  Nellie,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1865,  eldest  child  of  Edward  and 
Bridget  (Broderick)  Fitzgerald.  Childi^en: 
I.  Eddie,  born  January  10,  1886,  died  August 
31,  1886.  2.  Eva,  July  10,  1888.  3.  George 
W.,  July  12,  1890.  4.  Mary  Frances,  July  23, 
1893,  died  November  5,  1900.  5.  Hazel  A., 
April  23,  1894. 

(IV)  Max,  eldest  son  of  Adam  and  Sophia 
(Rotchsky)  Sander,  was  born  in  Salamanca, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  September  18. 
1878.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  after  completing  his  studies  began  work- 
ing with  his  father  in  the  butcher  business, 
and  •  thoroughly  learned  every  feature  and  de- 
partment of  the  work.  He  attends  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  retail  market,  the  outside  work 
devolving  upon  Mr.  Sander,  Sr.  He  is  a 
capable,  energetic  young  business  man  and  well 
liked  by  his  townsmen.     He  is  a  member  of 


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the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 
and  of  the  Order  of  Moose.  He  is  Indepen- 
dent in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  German 
Lutheran  church. 

He  married,  May  22,  1904,  Alice  G.  O'Brien, 
born  August  5,  1879,  daughter  of  Dennis  and 
Margaret  O'Brien.  Other  children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  O'Brien:  Mary,  married  Richard 
Flaherty ;  Edward,  married  Dora  Powers ; 
James,  married  Kate  Walsh ;  Hannah,  married 
J.  L.  Ryan ;  Margaret,  married  Thomas  Lloyd ; 
has  Mary  and  Emma;  Nellie,  married  Cassius 
Nutting;  has  Marguerite.  Children  of  Max 
and  Alice  G.  Sander :  Gretchen,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1906 ;  Louise,  December  8,  1907 ;  Max 
P.,  February,  1909;  Margaret,  October  21, 
1910. 

This  family  traces  to  a  German 
SCHULZ  ancestry  that  were  seated  in 
Saxony,  Germany,  for  many 
generations.  The  records  of  this  branch  ex- 
tend to  Jchn  Philip  Schulz,  born  in  Saxony 
about  the  year  1800.  He  was  a  farmer,  and 
owned  his  own  farm  of  twenty  acres,  which 
in  that  country  was  equal  to  one  hundred  in 
the  United  States,  as  every  foot  of  it  was 
made  to  produce.  He  married  Mary  Heinz, 
who  had  a  brother  in  the  army  of  the  great 
Napoleon,  and  with  him  in  the  Russian  in- 
vasion, checked  by  the  burning  of  Moscow, 
Russia's  ancient  capital.  Children :  John  Philip 
{2),  Jacob,  Anna,  Maria. 

(II)  John  Philip  (2),  son  of  John  Philip 
(i)  and  Mary  (Heinz)  Schulz,  was  born  in 
Germany,  April  7,  1836,  died  there  December 
II,  1908.  He  was  a  linen  weaver  and  a 
farmer.  He  served  three  years  in  the  German 
army,  becoming  an  expert  marksman.  He  was 
connected  with  a  company  of  sharpshooters, 
which  relieved  him  of  much  routine  duty.  He 
married,  November  25,  1864,  Elizabeth 
Rocker,  born  April  30,  1840,  daughter  of  Diet- 
rich and  Elizabeth  (Pelz)  Rocker,  of  Eich- 
loch,  Germany.  Children :  i.  Philip,  came  to 
the  United  States  in  1884  and  located  in  New- 
ark, New  York,  now  of  Rochester,  New  York ; 
married  Emma  Fischer;  children,  John  Carl 
and  William.  2.  Katrina,  married,  in  Ger- 
many, John  Flick;  child,  Elschen.  3.  John, 
of  further  mention.  4.  William,  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1886,  now  a  resident  of 
Rochester,  New  York.  5.  Peter,  member  of 
the  firm  of  Schulz  Brothers.  Salamanca,  New 


York.  6.  Elizabeth,  resides  in  Rochester, 
New  York. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  John  Philip  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Rocker)  Schulz,  was  born  in  Uden- 
heim,  Germany,  February  19,  1869.  He  at- 
tended the  German  schools  from  the  age  of 
six  years  until  he  was  fourteen.  Then  for 
three  years,  1883-86,  was  an  apprentice  to  the 
tailor's  trade.  In  the  latter  year  his  brother 
Philip,  then  working  as  a  barber  in  Newark, 
New  York,  sent  the  required  passage  money 
home,  and  John,  with  his  brother  William, 
joined  him  in  Newark.  John  remained  in 
Newark  working  at  his  trade  and  acquiring 
the  knowledge  of  the  English  language  until 
1890,  then  went  to  Homellsville,  New  York. 
In  1892  he  became  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  taking  the  necessary  steps  in 
Steuben  county,  New  York.  He  remained  in 
Homellsville  until  1896,  then  spent  a  year  at 
Bloomington,  Illinois.  In  1897  he  and  Wil- 
liam, his  brother,  returned  to  the  old  home  in 
Ciermany,  leaving  New  York,  June  21,  arriv- 
ing July  4,  and  returning  to  the  United  States, 
October  17,  1897.  He  then  located  in  Sala- 
manca, New  York,  where  for  a  year  he 
worked  for  C.  G.  Meiss.  On  November  i, 
1898,  he  started  in  the  merchant  tailoring  busi- 
ness in  company  with  C.  P.  Lear,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Lear  &  Schulz,  locating  at  9 
River  street.  In  1905  Mr.  Lear  retired  and 
Mr.  Schulz  admitted  his  brother  Peter  to  a 
partnership  under  the  firm  name  of  Schulz 
Brothers,  which  firm  is  now  in  successful  oper- 
ation and  one  of  Salamanca's  substantial 
houses.  They  are  the  leading  custom  tailors 
of  the  village  and  rank  high  in  public  favor. 
John  Schulz  served  for  three  years  as  trustee, 
and  in  191 1  was  elected  president  of  the  vil- 
lage corporation.  He  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  the  German  Lutheran  church,  and  is 
secretary  of  the  congregation.  He  is  a  capa- 
ble man  of  business  and  an  efficient  public  offi- 
cial.   Politically  he  is  an  Independent. 

He  married,  June  7,  1899,  Emma  Lena 
Weishan,  born  August  2,  1873,  granddaughter 
of  Christopher  and  daughter  of  Fred  Weis- 
han, bom  December  21,  1836;  married,  July 
24,  1866,  Anna  Magdalene  Wenzel,  bom 
August  II,  1841,  daughter  of  John  Philip  and 
Katrina  (Schafer)  Wenzel.  They  were  from 
Klein  Garben,  near  Frankfort,  Germany,  John 
P.  Wenzel,  a  linen  weaver.  Children  of  Fred 
and  Anna  M.  Weishan:  i.  William,  married 


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Frederica  Litto;  children,  Ardene  and  Alvin. 
2.  Emma  Lena,  married  John  Schulz.  3.  Jo- 
sephine, married  John  Gosman;  children, 
Viola  and  Laverne.  4.  Amelia,  married  How- 
ard Clarke;  children,  Mildred,  Harold  and 
Vedder.  5.  Frederick  J.,  married  Bertha 
Frost;  children,  Aldine  and  Milford.  Fred 
Weishan  was  a  native  of  Mechlinburgh,  Ger- 
many; came  to  the  United  States  in  1856.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  settled  in  Ellicottville,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York,  on  a  farm  of  two 
hundred  and  fifty-six  acres.  Here  he  made  a 
specialty  of  dairy  farming  and  became  one  of 
the  prosperous  men  of  the  town.  He  served 
as  highway  commissioner,  school  trustee,  treas- 
urer and  trustee  of  the  Lutheran  church.  Chil- 
dren of  John  and  Emma  Lena  Schulz :  Claire 
Peter,  born  June  16,  1900;  Helena  Elizabeth, 
November  26,  1901 ;  John  Frederick,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1908. 

There  were  persons  of  distinc- 
EATON  tion  among  the  English  families 
of  this  surname  and  among  the 
New  England  descendants  of  that  ancient 
house  in  every  generation  from  the  time  of 
the  emigrant  ancestor.  A  distinguished  **May- 
flower"  passenger  was  Francis  Eaton,  al- 
though the  line  herein  traced  does  not  descend 
from  him.  This  branch  of  the  family  begins 
its  history  in  New  England  with  John  and 
Anne  Eaton,  the  former  of  whom  is  mentioned 
in  some  chronicles  as  John  Eaton,  of  Haver- 
hill, and  in  others  as  John  Eaton,  of  Salis- 
bury, both  of  the  Colony  of  Massachusetts 
Bay.  He  came  of  the  old  English  family  of 
the  same  name,  and  while  there  is  warrant  for 
the  belief  that  his  ancestors  were  of  the  same 
kin  with  those  of  Sir  Peter  Eaton,  baronet, 
the  fact  is  not  easily  established.  The  immi- 
gration registers  and  ships*  lists  of  passengers 
give  no  account  of  the  departure  of  John 
Eaton  and  his  family  from  England,  neither 
is  it  known  exactly  when  they  arrived  in  this 
country,  nor  the  name  of  the  ship  in  which 
they  took  passage ;  but  they  came,  John  Eaton, 
wife  and  six  children,  and  sat  down  in  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  some  time  prior 
to  1639. 

(I)  John  Eaton  first  appears  on  the  proprie- 
tors books  of  Salisbury,  1639-40,  and  had  sev- 
eral grants  of  land  between  1640-46.  The 
tradition  that  was  current  in  the  family  for  a 
century  and  a  half  that  he  had  a  brother  or 
cousin  in  the  colony  about  or  soon  after  the 


time  of  his  arrival  is  not  substantiated  by  more 
recent  investigators.  One  of  the  grants  made 
to  John  Eaton  was  for  "two  acres  more  or 
less  for  his  house  lotte/'  another  was  for  his 
"planting  lotte,"  granted,  "the  7th  of  the  9th 
month,  1640.''  In  1890  the  old  homestead 
property  was  yet  in  possession  of  descendants 
of  the  emigrant,  John.  In  1646  he  conveyed 
the  property  in  Salisbury  to  his  son,  John  (2), 
and  moved  with  other  members  of  the  family 
about  fifteen  miles  up  the  Merrimack  to  Hav- 
erhill, and  there  spent  the  remaining  twenty- 
two  years  of  his  life.  In  1646  he  was  chosen 
grand  juror,  and  one  of  the  five  prudential 
men  of  Salisbury.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  the 
records  also  mention  that  he  made  staves.  He 
died  in  Haverhill,  October  29,  1668,  aged  about 

seventy-three  years.    He  married  Anne  , 

about  1617,  and  all  of  their  children 
were  born  in  England.    She  died  February  5, 

1660.  He  married    (second)  ^November  20, 

1661,  Phebe,  died  1672,  widow  of  Thomas 
Dow,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  Children 
of  John  and  Anne  Eaton:  i.  John  (2),  born 
1619;  married  Martha  Rowlandson,  of  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts.  2.  Ann,  bom  about 
1622,  died  December  13,  1683;  married,  June 
25,  1645,  Lieutenant  George  Brown.  3.  Eliz- 
abeth, bom  about  1625;  married,  December  i, 
1648,  James  Davis,  of  Haverhill.  4.  Ruth, 
born  about  1628;  married,  December  9,  1656, 
Samuel  Ingalls.  5.  Thomas,  of  further  men- 
tion.   6.  Hester,  died  young. 

(II)  Ensign  Thomas  Eaton,  son  of  John 
and  Anne  Eaton,  was  born  about  163 1  in  Eng- 
land, died  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 5,  17 1 5.  He  came  to  America  with  his 
father  and  lived  with  him  in  Salisbury,  also  re- 
moved with  him  to  Haverhill.  He  was  one  of 
the  thirty-seven  signers  of  a  petition  to  the 
general  court  to  revoke  the  sentence  of  dis- 
franchisement against  Robert  Pike  for  free- 
dom of  speech.  In  1675  he  was  selectman, 
also  in  1692.  He  was  one  of  the  committee  on 
selection  of  a  location  for  a  meeting  house, 
and  was  prominent  in  church  and  town  af- 
fairs. His  occupation  was  farming.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  August  14,  1655,  Martha  i^^att 
who  died  March  9,  1657.  He  marrii 
ond),  at  Andover,  January  6,  11 
Singletary,  born  January  7,  if 
ber  5,  171 5,  daughter  of  Ric^ 
Singletary,  of  Salisbury.  C 
Martha,  born  Februarv  ^'■ 
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March  18,  1660;  married  Hannah  Webster,  of 
Haverhill.  2.  Lydia,  born  July  23,  1662;  mar- 
ried Jacob  Hardy.  3.  John,  born  March  6, 
1664 ;  married  Mary  Singletary.  4.  Jonathan, 
born  April  23,  1668,  died  January  20,  1723; 
married  (first)  Sarah  Sanders;  their  child, 
James,  was  born  March  9,  1697,  on  the  same 
day  with  Mrs.  Dustin's  child,  whose  brains 
were  dashed  out  six  days  afterward  against 
an  apple  tree  that  stood  on  Jonathan  Eaton's 
land.  Mrs.  Eaton  was  hidden  in  a  swamp  and 
escaped  the  Indians,  but  she  never  recovered 
from  the  effects  of  the  cold  and  exposure.  He 
married  (second)  Ruth  Page.  5.  Job,  of 
further  mention.  6.  Timothy,  born  May  19, 
1674;  married  Ruth  Chapman.  7.  Ebenezer, 
born  April  5,  1677;  occupied  the  homestead. 
8.  Martha,  born  March  16,  1680;  married 
Thomas  Roby.  9.  Ruth,  bom  November  23, 
1684;  married  (first)  Ebenezer  Kimball; 
(second)  Stephen  Johnson. 

(HI)  Job,  sixth  child  of  Ensign  Thomas 
and  Eunice  (Singletary)  Eaton,  was  bom  in 
Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  April  22,  1671.  He 
married,  1698,  Mary  Simons  and  had  issue. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Job  and  Mary  (Si- 
mons) Eaton,  was  born  October  5,  1699.  He 
married  (first)  Mehitable  Harriman,  who 
bore  him  eight  children.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Emerson,  who  bore  him  five 
children. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  seventh  child  of  Samuel 
and  his  first  wife  Mehitable  (Harriman) 
Eaton,  was  born  May  10,  1734.  He  married 
(first),  October  22,  1761,  Phebe  Shepard; 
(second).  May  5,  1763,  Hannah  Currier.  Their 
three  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Rebecca  and  Pris- 
cilla,  married  three  brothers  by  name  Hutch- 
ins,  and  lived  in  Freyburg,  Maine. 

(VI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
and  his  second  wife,  Hannah  (Currier)  Eaton, 
was  born  February  6,  1773.  He  was  a  farmer 
of  LandaflF,  Grafton  county,  New  Hampshire. 
He  later  moved  to  Illinois,  settling  near  Chi- 
cago. He  married,  September  13,  1792,  Ruth 
Hutchins.  Children:  Ebenezer,  Stephen, 
M.  D.,  resided  at  Silver  Creek;  Mitchell,  re- 
mained in   New  Hampshire,  a  merchant  and 

lumberman;   Ira,  Hannah,  married  

Hutchins. 

(VII)  Ira,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  and  Ruth 
(Hutchins)  Eaton,  was  born  in  New  Hamp- 
«'nire,  July  6,  1799,  died  at  Springville,  New 
Vork,  March  3,  1882.  He  was  a  farmer  of 
New  Hampshire  until  1840,  when  he  came  to 


Wales,  New  York,  with  five  children.  After 
remaining  in  Wales  for  two  years  he  removed 
to  Colden,  Erie  county.  New  York,  where  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  one  hundred  acres.  He 
taught  school  during  the  winter  months  and 
operated  his  farm  summers.  He  was  a  man 
of  education  and  influence,  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  a  Whig  in 
politics,  later  a  Republican,  holding  several 
town  offices.  He  married,  in  4822,  Priscilla 
McKeen,  born  April  13,  1807,  died  November 
5,  1872,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  McKeen,  of 
Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Eliza,  married, 
1842,  Alfred  Morse;  children:  Helen,  Murray, 
James  and  Hannah.  2.  James  N.,  born  De- 
cember 18,  1824,  died  March  18,  1893;  mar- 
ried Hila  Ann  Irish;  children:  Eugene,  John 
and  Jennie.  3.  Phoebe,  bom  October  21,  1825, 
died  September  4,  1850.  4.  John,  born  July 
II,  1828;  killed  while  hauling  logs,  January  6, 
1852;  married  Betsey  Ross.  5.  Ira,  born, 
March  11,  1830,  died  May  11,  1900;  married 
Mary  Paul.  6.  Alonzo,  bom  April  6,  1833, 
died  June  8,  1844.  7.  Henry,  bom  1835,  died 
1837.  8.  Lucia  Jane,  born  August  7,  1837; 
married  George  W.  Weeden,  and  living  at 
Springville ;  she  was  reared  by  Dr.  Eaton,  her 
uncle,  educated  and  taught  school.  9.  Thank- 
ful Mehitable,  bom  February  3,  1839,  died 
September  11,  1890;  married  Nelson  Amidell; 
children:  Nelson  and  Jay.  10.  William  Wal- 
lace, bom  June  3,  1841.  11.  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, of  further  mention.  12.  Huldah  Pris- 
cilla, born  1845,  died  1847. 

(VIII)  Benjamin  Franklin,  seventh  son  and 
eleventh  child  of  Ira  and  Priscilla  (McKeen) 
Eaton,  was  born  at  Colden,  Erie  county.  New 
York,  December  22,  1843.  He  was  educated 
at  Griffiths  Institute  and  the  Springville 
schools.  After  completing  his  studies  he  spent 
a  year  with  relatives  at  Landaff,  New  Hamp- 
shire, retuming  to  Colden.  He  next  spent  a 
year  in  Wisconsin,  settling  in  the  state  of 
Iowa  in  1868.  He  purchased  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres,  which  he  operated 
until  1882.  Disposing  of  his  Iowa  property 
in  that  year  he  returned  to  New  York,  where 
he  farmed  at  Springville.  He  remained  there 
for  two  years,  then  in  1884  located  in  Sala- 
manca, where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in 
general  merchandizing.  He  purchased  a  lot 
on  Broad  street  on  which  he  erected  a  suitable 
building  for  general  store  purposes.  As  busi- 
ness increased  he  added  sixty  feet  additional 
front   and   established   a  general  department 


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store.  His  store  is  a  shopping  center  for  the 
south  side,  and  Mr.  Eaton  ranks  as  one  of 
Salamanca's  energetic  representative  citizens 
and  business  men.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  belonging  to  both  Lodge  and 
Chapter.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and 
has  served  as  village  trustee  and  on  the  school 
board.  He  is  a  courteous,  affable  gentleman, 
and  has  many  friends  in  village  and  county. 

He  married,  January  29,  1878,  Anna,  daugh- 
ter of  Patrick  and  Mary  Maloney.  Children : 
Albert  Roy,  born  June  21,  1880;  Mabel 
Blanche,  April  15,  1882;  Frank  James,  April 
9,  1889 ;  Veva  Jane,  November  30,  1890.  The 
two  sons,  Albert  Roy  and  Frank  James,  and 
Mabel  Blanche  are  engaged  in  the  store,  while 
Veva  Jane  is  attending  a  music  course  at  Penn 
College  of  Music  at  Meadville,  Pennsylvania. 


Among  the  seven  hundred  and 
WARD  ten  distinguished  persons  who  ac- 
companied William  the  Conqueror 
from  Normandy  to  the  conquest  of  England 
in  1066,  whose  names  are  preserved,  is  "Ward, 
one  of  the  noble  captains."  This  is  the  earliest 
period  in  which  the  name  is  found  in  English 
history. 

In  1 175  is  the  first  it  appears  with  an  addi- 
tional name.  In  that  year  William  de  la  Ward 
was  residing  in  Chester.  The  Wards  were 
strongly  represented  in  Yorkshire  from 
whence  came  William  Ward,  the  ancestor  of 
the  family  here  recorded.  The  first  mention 
of  William  Ward  in  America  was  in  1639,  at 
Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  shared  in 
the  division  of  lands  in  1639-40.  He  was  made 
a  freeman  in  1643,  represented  Sudbury  in 
the  general  court  in  1644,  and  was  for  several 
years  chairman  of  the  selectmen,  as  he  was 
in  1660,  when  he  removed  from  that  town.  In 
1656,  with  twelve  others  belonging  to  Sudbury, 
he  petitioned  the  general  court  for  a  new 
plantation  eight  miles  square,  which  was 
granted,  and  in  1660  a  new  plantation  was 
incorporated  named  Marlborough.  Mr.  Ward 
removed  there  and  was  chosen  deacon  of  the 
first  church  there.  He,  in  common  with  others, 
endured  great  hardships  and  sustained  great 
losses  by  Indian  hostilities,  especially  during 
King  Philip's  war,  1675-76,  when  his  build- 
ings were  fired,  his  cattle  destroyed  and  one  of 
his  sons  slain  by  the  enemy.  He  died  at  Marl- 
borough, August  10,  1687,  at  the  age  of  about 
eighty-five  or  ninety.  In  his  will  he  gives  "to 
all  my  own  children,  viz. :  all  my  sons  and 


daughters  which  I  have  by  my  former  wife^ 
and  all  that  I  have  surviving  by  my  present 
wife."  He  had  fourteen  children  by  both.  It 
is  probable  that  he  married  both  in  England. 
His  widow,  Elizabeth,  when  past  her  seventy- 
fourth  year,  made  several  journeys  to  Boston 
before  she  effected  a  settlement  of  the  estate. 
Considering  the  distance  she  lived  from  Bos- 
ton, thirty  miles,  much  of  the  way  a  wilder- 
ness, a  bridle  way  her  road,  and  on  which  one 
of  her  sons  had  been  shot  down  by  the  Indian 
at  noonday,  she  must  have  been  a  person  of 
great  fortitude  and  great  physical  power.  She 
died  at  Marlborough,  where  her  gravestone 
stood  for  many  years,  inscribed:  "Here  lyes 
the  body  of  Elizabeth  Ward,  the  servant  of 
the  Lord,  deceased  in  the  87th  year  of  her 
age,  December  ye  9th,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1700."  Children:  John,  married  Hannah  Jack- 
son ;  Joanna,  married  Abraham  Williams ;  Oba- 
diah,  married  Mary ;  Richard,  mar- 
ried Mary  Moore;  Deborah,  married  John 
Johnson;  Hannah,  married  Abraham  How; 
William,  of  further  mention ;  Samuel,  married 
Sarah  How;  Elizabeth,  bom  April  14,  1643; 
Increase,  married  Record;  Hope- 
still,  married  James  Woods;  Mary,  married 
Daniel  Stone ;  Eleazer,  married  Hannah  Rice ; 
Bethiah,  married  Daniel  Rice. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  Willi?*^  (i)  and 
his  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Ward  svsls  bom 
January  22,  1640,  at  Sudbury,  Mi.:>sachusetts. 
died  at  Marlboro,  November  25,  1697.  He 
removed  to  Marlboro  with  hi^  father  in  1660 
and  resided  there  all  his  remaining  years.  He 
married,  at  Marlboro,  September  4, 1679,  Han- 
nah, bom  April  27,  1656,  died  December  8, 
1720,  widow  of  Gershom  Ames  and  daughter 
of  Solomon  and  Hannah  Johnson,  of  Sudbury. 
Children:  i.  William  (3),  of  further  mention. 
2.  Bethiah,  married  Elnathan  Brigham.  3. 
Nahum,  married  Martha  How.  4.  Elisha,  kill- 
ed or  taken  captive  by  the  Indians  at  Worces- 
ter, August,  '709,  while  riding  post  from  Marl- 
boro to  Hadley.  His  mother,  by  her  will  made 
1714,  provided:  "If  Elisha  shall  ever  come 
again  my  executor  shall  pay  him  twenty  shill- 
ings also."  He  did  not  come  again.  5.  Bath- 
sheba,  died  young.  6.  Gershom,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

fill)  Colonel  William  (3)  Ward,  eldest 
child  of  William  (2)  and  Haiinah  (Johnson- 
Ames)  Ward,  was  bom  in  Marlboro,  March 
27,  1680,  died  January  Q,  1767.  He  was  a  noted 
surveyor  and  often  employed  by  the  proprietors 


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of  new  townships  to  survey  their  house  lots 
and  divisions  of  the  common  lands.  In  this 
way  he  became  a  proprietor  of  many  of  the 
new  towns  and  an  extensive  landowner.  He 
was  a  magistrate  in  early  life  and  much  em- 
ployed in  public  business.  He  petitioned  the 
general  court  for  a  grant  of  land  for  losses  in 
the  Narragansett  war,  sustained  by  the  father 
of  his  wife,  and  eventually  became  possessed 
of  one  thousand  acres  of  land  in  Charlemont, 
originally  granted  to  the  town  of  Boston ;  his 
children  inherited  it  and  in  that  town  and  vicin- 
ity his  descendants  were  numerous.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  artillery  company  and  rose 
through  several  grades  to  the  rank  of  colonel 
of  militia.  He  married  (first)  Jane  Cleveland, 
of  Boston,  and  resided  at  Southboro,  where 
she  died  April  12,  1745.  He  married  (second), 
at  VVestboro,  1758,  Sarah  Smith.  Children,  all 
by  first  wife :  Hezekiah,  married  Abigail  Perry ; 
Jonathan,  died  unmarried ;  Bathsheba,  married 
Hezekiah  Wood;  Hepzibah,  born  December 
30,  1708;  Elisha,  married  Ruth  Rice;  William, 
married  Martha  Burnap;  Hannah,  married 
Ephraim  Ward  (second  wife) ;  Jane,  died 
young ;  Abigail,  born  April  17, 1720-21 ;  Charles, 
of  further  mention;  Submit,  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Charles,  son  of  Colonel  William  (3) 
and  his  first  wife,  Jane  (Cleveland)  Ward, 
was  born  at  Southboro,  Massachusetts,  Octo- 
ber 27,  1722,  died  in  the  army  before  Louis- 
burg,  Canada,  1745,  in  his  twenty- fourth  year. 
He  settled  at  Sturbridge;  enlisted  in  the  ex- 
pedition against  Cape  Breton  and  Louisburg, 
and  died  there  in  the  service.  He  married, 
August  25,  1742,  Abigail  Pike,  bom  May  26, 
1724,  daughter  of  William,  born  1687,  son  of 
Jeremiah  Pike,  of  Reading,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  William,  of  further  mention;  Ed- 
ward, died  in  infancy;  Jane  (posthumous), 
bom  January  23,  1746,  adopted  by  her  uncle, 
Deacon  William  Ward,  of  Southboro. 

(V)  William  (4),  eldest  son  of  Charles  and 
Abigail  (Pike)- Ward,  was  born  September  12, 
1743,  died  August  3,  1819,  at  Poultney,  Ver- 
mont. He  resided  at  Westboro,  New  Marl- 
boro, and  in  1775  removed  to  Poultney,  of 
which  town  he  was  one  of  the  early  settlers. 
He  served  in  the  revolutionary  war  and  was 
one  of  the  army  that  resisted  Burgoyne's  ad- 
vance and  finally  compelled  his  surrender  at 
Saratoga  (see  Vermont  Revolutionary  Rolls). 
While  he  was  away  with  the  army  his  wife 
and  children  were  left  unprotected  with  the 
enemy  not  many  miles  away.     They  became 

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alarmed  and  fled  through  the  wilderness  on 
foot  to  Bennington,  forty  miles  away,  she 
carrying  her  youngest  in  her  arms.  They  made 
the  journey  alone  and  unprotected  but  arrived 
safely.  After  the  battles  of  Saratoga  and  Ben- 
nington the  family  retumed  to  the  Poultney 
home,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  His 
obituary  notice,  published  in  a  Vermont  paper, 
says :  "He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
town  (Poultney)  and  during  the  revolutionary 
war  took  an  active  and  zealous  part  in  his 
country's  defense.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
convention  which  framed  the  constitution  of 
the  state  (Vermont).  He  was  for  six  years 
one  of  the  judges  of  the  county  court,  for  the 
county  of  Rutland,  and  twenty-two  years  judge 
of  probate  for  the  district  of  Fairhaven.  He 
served  forty  years  as  justice  of  the  peace  and 
represented  the  town  in  the  state  legislature 
for  eighteen  years.  He  made  a  public  profes- 
sion of  religion  more  than  fifty  years  ago  and 
served  as  deacon  of  the  church  more  than 
forty  years.  His  health  was  always  remark- 
ably good ;  he  was  never  confined  to  his  bed  an 
hour  by  sickness,  never  had  a  bone  broken  or 
dislocated,  never  took  an  emetic  or  a  cathartic, 
was  never  bled  nor  did  he  ever  lose  a  meal  of 
victuals  until  the  Friday  before  his  death.  It 
ought  to  be  remarked  that  as  a  neighbor  he 
was  universally  beloved;  as  a  citizen  he  was 
highly  esteemed  and  venerated.  No  one  ever 
said  aught  against  him;  he  always  performed 
the  various  duties  assigned  him,  whether  public 
or  private,  civil  or  religious,  with  perfect  fidel- 
ity and  integrity." 

He  married,  December  11, 1763,  Lucy  Church, 
born  February  14,  1748,  died  at  Poultney,  Ver- 
mont, January  6,  1846,  at  the  great  and  unusual 
age  of  ninety-eight  years;  daughter  of  Noah 
Church,  of  Marlboro,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Bernard,  born  November  4,  1764; 
married  Rachel  Strong.  2.  Lucy,  April  14, 
1768;  married  Philip  Brookins.  3.  Dexter, 
May  28,  1770;  married  Hannah  Stevens.  4. 
Louisa,  June  25,  1772;  married  Major  Asahel 
Pond.  5.  Abigail,  July  26,  1774;  married  Will- 
iam Cilley.  6.  William,  February  28,  1778; 
married  Anna  Spencer.  7.  Elisha,  July  30, 
1780;  married  Zelina  Denzilo.  8.  Almira,  De- 
cember 13,  1782,  died  aged  four  years.  9. 
Lorenzo,  July  11,  1785;  married  Nabby  Cleve- 
land. 10.  Orlando,  June  24,  1787;  married 
Phoebe  Wood.  11.  Sidna,  May  20,  1789;  mar- 
ried Eliot  Porter.  12.  Charles,  of  further  men- 
tion. 


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(VI)  Charles,  youngest  child  of  Judge  Will- 
iam (4)  and  Lucy  (Church)  Ward,  was  born 
at  Poultney,  Vermont,  January  3,  1792.  He 
grew  to  manhood  in  Vermont.  He  married, 
September  11,  1814,  Lydia  King,  born  at  Mid- 
dleton,  Vermont,  December  12,  1791,  died  at 
Rochester,  Wisconsin,  August  26,  1847,  daugh- 
ter of  Theodore  King,  of  Connecticut,  early 
settler  in  Vermont,  married  Lydia  Smith.  In 
1820  Charles  Ward,  wife  and  two  children  left 
V^ermont  and  went  to  Steuben  county,  New^ 
York,  thence,  in  1821,  to  Great  Valley,  Catta- 
raugus county.  Here  he  purchased  a  tract  of 
one  hundred  acres  of  the  Holland  Land  Com- 
pany, on  which  he  resided  until  1845,  when  he 
removed  to  Rochester,  Wisconsin.  The  death 
of  his  wife  and  two  promising  sons  in  early 
manhood,  all  within  one  year,  at  Rochester, 
where  they  lie  buried  side  by  side,  so  disheart- 
ened him  that  in  1849  he  returned  to  Great 
Valley,  where  he  died.  Children:  i.  Verres, 
born  August  21,  1816;  married  Jennet  Roy,  a 
native  of  Scotland.  2.  Pherson,  born  Novem- 
ber 8,  181 7;  married  Emily  A.  Cox.  3.  Aru- 
nah,  of  further  mention.  4.  Steena,  bom  May 
4,  J 825,  died  at  Rochester,  Wisconsin,  unmar- 
ried, October  2,  1846.  5.  Loyal,  born  June  4, 
1827.  6.  King,  bom  July  8,  1828,  died  at  Ro- 
chester, Wisconsin,  August  i,  1847.  7-  Theresa, 
bom  August  14,  1 83 1. 

(VII)  Arunah,  son  of  Charles  and  Lydia 
(King)  Ward,  was  born  on  the  journey  his 
parents  were  making  from  their  old  home  in 
Vermont  to  their  intended  location  in  Western 
New  York,  September  30,  1820,  died  July  16, 
1899.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Springville  Academy,  and  began  life 
with  a  well  stored  mind.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
early  life,  at  the  same  time  studied  and  pre- 
pared for  the  profession  of  law.  He  disposed 
of  his  farm  and  in  1863  was  admitted  to  the 
New  York  bar  and  began  the  practice  of  law. 
In  1865  he  was  elected  surrogate  of  Catta- 
raugus county  and  always  filled  an  important 
place  in  county  aflfairs.  During  the  war  he 
was  enrolling  officer  and  rendered  good  and 
efficient  service.  For  many  years  he  was  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  served  as  superintendent  of 
the  poor,  assessor  and  examiner  on  the  board 
of  education.  He  was  always  deeply  interested 
in  the  cause  of  education  and  the  new  school 
building  in  Great  Valley  was  erected  through 
his  personal  efforts  and  influence,  there  being 
strong  opposition  in  the  town.  He  was  a  dea- 
con of  the  Baptist  church,  a  conscientious,  high 


principled  and  upright  man.  Politically  he  w^s 
a  Republican  and  an  effective  party  worker. 

He  married,  September  15,  1852,  Jane  Ann 
Palmer,  born  April  28,  1833,  died  August  13, 
1906,  of  Burton,  now  Allegany,  New  York, 
where  she  came  with  her  parents  at  the  age  of 
three  years.  Children :  i.  Alice,  born  June  21, 
1853.  2.  Frank  Palmer,  died  at  the  age  of 
three  years.  3.  Katherine  Lydia,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1857;  married  William  B.  Johnson; 
children :  Cornelia  Ward  and  Sydney  Baldwin. 
4.  John  King,  of  further  mention.  5.  Charles 
Wilkes,  born  September  16,  1861 ;  married. 
May,  1893,  Persis  Nelson,  bom  June,  1873; 
children:  Ralph,  died  in  infancy,  and  Charles 
W.,  born  May,  1905.  6.  Ralph,  January  29, 
1865,  died  September  19,  1898.  7.  George 
Spencer,  of  further  mention. 

( Vni)  John  King,  son  of  Arunah  and  Jane 
Ann  (Palmer)  Ward,  was  born  in  Great  Val- 
ley, Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1859.  His  early  education  was  obtain- 
ed in  the  public  school,  after  which  he  enter- 
ed Chamberlain  Institute,  from  whence  he  was 
graduated,  class  of  1882.  He  decided  upon  the 
profession  of  law  and  prepared  under  the  pre- 
ceptorship  of  his  father.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  June,  1887.  These  years  of  legal 
study  were  also  devoted  to  other  work.  He 
was  appointed  by  Judge  Cary  D.  Davie,  in- 
heritance tax  transfer  appraiser.  Following 
that  he  was  appointed  and  served  four  years  as 
general  counsel  to  the  forest,  fish  and  game 
commission.  He  taught  school  one  year  at 
Machias,  three  years  at  Randolph  and  one  year 
was  spent  in  the  west.  He  was  engaged  in 
private  practice  at  EUicottville  for  many  years 
until  1905,  when  he  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Higgins,  deputy  attorney  general  of  the 
state  of  New  York,  and  took  up  his  residence 
in  Albany.  He  continued  in  this  important 
position  two  years,  filling  the  same  with  honor 
and  efficiency.  After  his  years  of  public  serv- 
ice Mr.  Ward  returned  to  EUicottville  where 
he  resumed  private  practice  and  is  still  located 
there  ( 191 1 ).  He  was  president  of  the  village 
two  terms;  has  served  for  six  years  on  the 
board  of  education  and  is  now  president  of 
the  board.  His  services  to  his  village  in  these 
years  have  been  invaluable,  and  the  present  effi- 
ciency of  the  schools  of  his  district  may  be 
directly  traced  to  his  untiring  efforts.  For 
twelve  years  he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  has  always  been  foremost  in  advancing  the 
interests  of  his  town.     In  politics  he  has  al- 


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ways  adhered  strictly  to  the  tenets  of  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  is  past  master  of  Ellicott- 
ville  Lodge,  No.  307,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  by  virtue  of  three  elections  to  that 
honorable  office;  member  of  Salamanca  Chap- 
ter, No.  266,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Salamanca 
Commandery,  No.  62,  Knights  Templar,  a 
Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Ismailia  Temple, 
Buffalo,  and  for  twenty-five  years  has  been 
affiliated  with  the  Knights  of  the  Maccabees. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  County  Bar 
associations,  having  always  been  an  active 
worker  in  both.  He  was  for  many  years  a 
vestryman  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church 
and  interested  in  all  good  works. 

He  married,  June  12,  1888,  Mary  Sophia 
Merrick,  born  October  9,  1863,  daughter  of 
John  A.  and  Julia  (Baker)  Merrick.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Merrick:  Frank,  mar- 
ried Grace  Gorsline,  and  has  Ward  S. ;  Mary 
Sophia ;  Florence,  married  Frank  Scudder,  and 
has  Frances.  Child  of  John  King  and  Mary 
Sophia  (Merrick)  Ward:  Frank  Ralph,  born 
April  14,  1892. 

(Vni)  George  Spencer,  youngest  child  of 
Arunah  and  Jane  Ann  (Palmer)  Ward,  was 
bom  at  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  September  9,  1875.  He  was  educated  in 
the  grammar  and  high  schools  of  the  town, 
beginning  business  life  as  a  clerk  in  Walrath's 
store,  at  Ellicottville.  After  three  and  one- 
half  years  spent  there  he  removed  to  West 
Salamanca  where  he  purchased  the  general 
store  of  Watson  B.  Eddy,  which  he  has  oper- 
ated very  successfully  until  the  present.  Sep- 
tember 10,  1900,  he  was  appointed  postmaster, 
and  still  holds  that  office.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  August  27,  1907,  Alice  Eliza- 
beth Beardsley,  born  May  9,  1876,  eldest  child 
of  William  Anson  and  Viletta  Lucretia  (Cook) 
Beardsley.  She  has  two  sisters:  Lucy  Irene, 
tnarried  Fred  C.  Beals,  and  Eliza  L.,  married 
Melvin  Wiltsie,  a  farmer  near  Jamestown, 
New  York ;  their  children :  Claude,  Mary,  Reu- 
ben, Mabel  and  William.  Child  of  George  S. 
and  Alice  E.  Ward :  Lucy  Irene,  born  Decem- 
l)er  21,  1908. 

Many  families  of  this  name  set- 
CLARKE    tied  at  an  early  date  in  New 

England,  some  in  Massachu- 
setts, some  in  Rhode  Island  and  still  others 
in  Connecticut.     These  families  spread  over 


the  entire  country  until  there  is  hardly  a  ham- 
let without  its  Clarke  or  Clark.  The  Connecti- 
cut family,  with  its  multiplicity  of  Georges  and 
other  similar  names,  has  been  and  is  yet  a 
source  of  endless  discussion  among  genealo- 
gists. 

(I)  George  Clarke,  of  Milford,  Connecticut, 
was  bom  in  England,  died  in  Milford,  1690. 
He  came  from  England  in  1637  with  Rev.  John 
Davenport's  company,  from  Kent  and  Surrey, 
near  London,  landed  at  Boston,  and  about  a 
year  later  removed  to  New  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, March  30,  1638.  He  later  in  the  year 
moved  to  Milford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  church,  August  2, 
1639.  He  was  a  wealthy  planter  and  a  man  of 
influence,  serving  many  terms  deputy  to  the 

general  court.    He  married  Sarah ,  who 

died  July  19,  1689. 

(II)  George  (2),  son  of  George  (i)  Clarke, 
of  Milford,  was  baptized  in  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut, April  30,  1648,  died  there  July  19,  1734; 
deacon  and  several  times  deputy;  married 
Deborah  Gold. 

(III)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2) 
Clarke,  was  born  in  Milford,  April  3,  1682, 
died  there  August  21,  1762.  He  married  Mary 
Coley. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  George  (3)  Clarke,  was 
born  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  July  31,  1713; 
moved  to  Woodbridge,  Connecticut,  where  he 
united  with  the  Congregational  church,  De- 
cember 25,  1742.  He  married,  January  15, 
1742,  Hannah  Peck,  a  descendant  of  Joseph 
Peck,  an  early  settler  of  Milford. 

(V)  Lazarus,  son  of  David  Clarke,  was 
born  in  Woodbridge,  Connecticut,  December 
23,  1745,  died  there  August  19,  1818.  He  was 
a  large  land  owner,  and  also  owned  slaves.  He 
was  noted  for  his  regular  performance  of 
church  duty.  He  married,  October  18,  1771, 
Dennis  Bradley,  daughter  of  Andrew,  and  a 
descendant  of  several  early  Connecticut  fam- 
ilies. 

(VI)  David  William,  son  of  Lazarus 
Clarke,  was  bom  in  Connecticut,  in  the  clos- 
ing decade  of  the  eighteenth  century.  He  lived 
in  Oxford,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  legis- 
lature.    He  married .    Obil- 

dren:  Charles,  at  Stratford,  Connecticut; 
David  William  (2),  Henry;  resided  at  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  now  all  deceased ;  Ann,  mar- 
ried John  P.  Paixtree,  of  Watertown,  Connec- 
ticut, and  living. 


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(VII)  David  William  (2),  son  of  David 
William  ( i )  Clarke,  was  born  at  Oxford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1828,  died  April  19,  1889.  He  set- 
tled in  Tidioute,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was 
a  producer  of  crude  petroleum  and  claimed  to 
have  been  one  of  the  very  first  to  ship  this 
product  to  the  seaboard.  He  dealt  in  timber 
lands  and  manufactured  lumber,  and  held  a 
prominent  position  in  business  circles  and  in 
the  community.  He  was  a  member  and  senior 
warden  of  the  Episcopal  church  at  Tidioute, 
Pennsylvania,  for  nearly  twenty  years,  and  was 
one  of  its  greatest  contributors  and  deeply 
religious  supporters.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  was  never  an  office  seeker,  only 
accepting  such  offices  as  member  of  the  vil- 
lage school  board,  which  he  served  as  presi- 
dent, being  actively  interested  in  educational 
matters.  He  married  Louisa,  born  at  or  near 
Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  about  1832,  daughter 
of  Victory  Curtis,  of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut, 
whose  children  were:  Major  Ellicott  M.,  of 
General  B.  F.  Butler's  staff  (1861)  ;  Frederic, 
a  veteran  of  the  civil  war  under  Custer ;  John 
C,  also  a  veteran  soldier,  officer  in  quartermas- 
ter's department ;  Cornelius,  Victory  B.,  Susan, 
Sarah  and  Louisa.  Children  of  David  William 
(2)  and  Louisa  Curtis:  David  William  (3), 
Frank  Curtis,  Howard  Marcus,  of  further 
mention ;  Harriet  Beech,  Louise  Curtis,  Maria, 
Susan  Anna,  Julia  McClintock,  Ellen  Eunice, 
Henry  Elliott  and  Florence. 

(VIII)  Howard  Marcus,  son  of  David  Wil- 
lian  (2)  and  Louisa  (Curtis)  Clarke,  was  bom 
at  Main  and  Arch  streets,  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, August  5,  1858,  in  the  homestead  now 
occupied  by  Frederick  Curtis.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  union  school  of  Tidioute,  Penn- 
sylvania, and  began  business  life  as  bookkeeper 
in  the  private  bank  of  Grandin  Brothers,  at 
Tidioute,  continuing  from  1872  to  1880.  He 
later  became  manager  of  Grandin  Brothers' 
lumber  plant  at  Tidioute,  remaining  until  1884, 
also  filling  the  position  of  cashier  of  the  Tidi- 
oute &  Titusville  Pipe  Line  Company.  In  1884 
he  engaged  in  manufacturing,  as  secretary, 
treasurer  and  general  manager  of  the  Tidi- 
oute Chair  Company,  continuing  until  1899, 
when  he  removed  to  Fredonia,  New  York.  He 
devoted  himself  to  the  larger  interests  of  Fre- 
donia, and  occupies  a  commanding  position  in 
the  business  world.  Since  1905  he  has  been 
president  and  general  manager  of  the  M.  M. 
Fenner  Company;  in  1905-06  was  secretary, 
treasurer  and  manager  of  the  Dunkirk  &  Fre- 


donia Railroad  Company,  and  in  1906  was 
elected  president;  in  1905-06  was  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Fredonia  Natural  Gas 
Light  Company,  and  in  the  latter  year  was 
chosen  president;  also  was  secretary,  treas- 
urer and  general  superintendent  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua County  Agricultural  Corporation,  of 
Dunkirk,  1901-09.  In  all  these  corporations 
his  wise  executive  ability  and  skillful  finan- 
ciering has  contributed  in  a  large  degree  to 
their  present  satisfactory  condition. 

Mr.  Clarke  is  not  alone  a  man  of  business^ 
but  has  a  deep  concern  in  institutions  educa- 
tional, philanthropic  and  charitable.  He  is 
trustee  of  the  Western  New  York  Society  for 
the  Protection  of  Homeless  and  Dependent 
Children ;  member  of  the  local  board  of  mana- 
gers of  the  State  Normal  School  at  Fredonia, 
also  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  same  since 
1908.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church;  served  as  senior  warden  of 
Christ  Church,  Tidioute,  Pennsylvania,  1889- 
99,  and  as  vestryman  of  Trinity  Church,  Fre- 
donia, 1900-09,  and  warden  of  same,  191 1. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  in  1908  was 
president  of  the  Taft,  Sherman  and  Hughes 
Club,  and  an  alternate  delegate  to  the  Repub- 
lican national  convention  at  Chicago.  His  clubs 
are:  The  Monday  Literary,  of  which  he  was 
vice-president,  1903-04,  and  president,  1905; 
Dunkirk- Fredonia  Country  (director)  ;  the  Cit- 
izens, of  which  he  has  been  president  since 
1907,  and  is  a  non-resident  member  of  the  Elli- 
cott, of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  June  16,  1880,  at  Tidioute^ 
Pennsylvania,  Amni  Brown^  of  that  city.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Marianne,  born  December  10,  1882; 
educated  at  Fredonia  State  Normal  School; 
now  a  student  of  music  in  New  York  City.  2. 
Howard  Marcus  (2),  bom  April  9,  1884; 
graduate  of  Purdue  University,  Lafayette,  In- 
diana;  now  a  mechanical  engineer,  of  Ra- 
cine, Wisconsin.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  August 
26,  1897. 

The  following  interesting  items  of  family 
history  and  recollections  are  from  the  pen  of 
Sarah  Curtis,  sister  of  Mrs.  Louise  (Curtis) 
Clarke,  and  aunt  of  Howard  Marcus  Qarke. 
We  publish  them  in  full : 

Deacon  John  Birdseye  was  born  in  161 6.  He  died 
in  i6po,  aged  seventy-four  years.  He  came  from 
Reading,  in  Berkshire,  England,  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica in  1656,  came  to  New  Haven,  thence  to  New 
Milford,  1639.  and  thence  to  Stratford.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  deacons  in  the  Congregational  church 
there.    He  married  Phillipe,  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry 


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Smith,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.    He  became  a 
man  of  eminence  both  In  the  town  and  church. 

From  Bridgeport  Farmer,  Wednesday,  February 
14,  1818:  "Died  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  January 
28,  1818,  Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye,  aged  one  hundred 
and  three  years  five  months  and  nine  days.  The 
whole  number  of  his  descendants  is  two  hundred  and 
fifty-eight,  two  hundred  and  five  of  whom  are  now 
living  (1818).  He  had  twelve  children,  seventy-six 
grandchildren,  one  hundred  and  sixty-three  great- 
grandchildren, and  seven  great-great-grandchildren. 
Of  his  twelve  children,  six  were  sons  and  six  were 
daughters.  A  son  was  born,  then  a  daughter,  and 
so  on  alternately.  Nine  of  them  are  living,  whose 
ages  added  together  amount  to  five  hundred  and' 
eighty-two  years.  The  other  three  died  at  ninety- 
seven,  sixty-three  and  seventy-seven  years  of  a^e. 
He  married  but  once,  and  lived  sixty-five  years  with 
his  wife,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight.  It  is  a 
fact  that  of  all  the  branches  of  this  numerous  family 
not  one  of  them  has  been  reduced  to  want;  most  of 
them  are  in  prosperous,  and  all  of  them  in  comfort- 
able, circumstances.  His  funeral  was  attended  on 
Friday,  last,  by  a  large  concourse  of  people,  among 
whom  were  about  one  hundred  of  his  posterity.  A 
solemn  and  appropriate  sermon  was  delivered,  on  the 
occasion,  by  Rev. .  Stephen  W.  Stebbins,  from  the 
text,  "And  all  the  days  of  Methusaleh  were  nine  hun- 
dred and  sixty-nine,  and  he  died." 

The  Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye  was  born  August  19, 
1 714.  He  took  his  degree  at  Yale,  in  1736.  He  was  set- 
tled, as  minister  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  at  New 
Haven,  in  1743,  and  remained  in  that  situation  six- 
teen years,  and  then  removed  to  his  patrimonial 
estate  at  Oronoque,  in  the  town  of  Stratford,  where 
he  resided  until  the  close  of  his  long  and  useful  life. 
After  he  left  New  Haven  he  continued  to  preach  for 
many  years.  When  one  hundred  years  of  age  he 
ascended  the  pulpit,  and,  blind  and  tottering  as  he 
was,  preached  an  acceptable  sermon  at  the  ordination 
of  his  grandson  to  the  ministry,  and  offered  prayer 
with  his  old  time  fervor.  At  one  hundred  and  three, 
a  short  time  before  his  death,  the  venerable  preacher 
again  prayed  in  the  church.  He  retained  his  mental 
faculties,  in  a  remarkable  manner,  to  the  day  of  his 
death,  and,  although  during  the  latter  part  of  his 
life  he  was  nearly  blind  and  deaf,  yet  from  his 
accurate  knowledge  of  ancient  facts  and  anecdotes, 
and  his  natural  cheerfulness  and  good  sense,  he  was 
able  to  make  his  conversation  agreeable  and  enter- 
taining to  the  many  friends  and  strangers  who  had 
the  curiosity  to  visit  him.  Nature  had  given  him  a 
retentive  memory,  a  sound  judgment,  and  a  good 
heart,  which  qualities  were  improved  by  much  read- 
ing and  reflection.  He  was  a  man  of  deep  piety  and 
of  great  faith,  and  a  firm  believer  in  the  efficacy  of 
prayer.  It  is  said  of  him  that  at  the  time  of  a  pro- 
longed drought  he  was  praying  in  his  garden  earnest- 
ly for  rain.  In  the  fervor  and  vehemence  of  his  peti- 
tion he  struck  the  ground  violently  with  his  staff, 
and,  as  though  in  answer  to  his  prayer,  a  spring  of 
water  disclosed  itself.  It  may  be  said  of  him,  per- 
haps with  as  much  propriety  as  of  any  other  person, 
that  he  was  an  honest  man  and  a  real  Christian. 
Venerable  for  his  virtues  as  well  as  years,  he  died 
as  he  had  lived,  without  an  enemy,  and  in  the  hope 
of  a  blessed  immortality.  About  one  hundred  of  his 
own  descendants  attended  his  obsequies.  Seven  of 
the  fifth  generation  had  been  born  at  the  time  of  his 


decease.  He  was  the  great-grandson  of  Deacon  John 
Birdseye,  who  was  born  in  161 6,  and  came  from 
Reading,  in  Berkshire,  England,  to  America,  in 
i6j6.  He  came  first  to  New  Haven,  thence  to  New 
Mil  ford,  and  thence  to  Stratford,  and  was  made  one 
of  the  first  deacons  in  the  church  there.  In  those 
days  the  deaconate  was  an  institution  of  great  power 
and  dignity,  a  conspicuous  person,  second  only  to 
the  parish  minister  of  the  established  church.  The 
Birdseye  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  honor- 
able in  the  list  of  noble  families.  Its  numerical 
strength  is  equalled  only  by  the  generally  high  char- 
acter of  the  familv  name.  The  descendants  are  now 
found  in  most  of  the  states  and  territories  of  the 
Union. 

His  first  grandson,  Abel,  son  of  John  Birdseye 
(2),  located  near  Middletown.  He  dropped  the  final 
"e"  of  the  name,  but  Joseph,  who  remained  in  Strat- 
ford, retained  the  name  in  its  original  form.  In  the 
"Register  of  the  Book  of  Heraldry  of  the  English 
Nobility"  the  following  account  of  the  origin  of  the 
name  is  given:  "Utopia,  a  maid  of  honor  to  the 
Queen,  during  the  reign  of  one  of  the  Edwards,  was 
hunting  with  her  hawk.  The  bird  was  disappointed  in 
its  prey,  and,  in  a  rage,  directed  its  maddening  flight 
toward  its  mistress,  for  the  purpose  of  injuring  her. 
On  the  spur  of  the  moment  one  of  iJie  attendant 
cavaliers.  Eldred,  fired  an  arrow  from  his  bow,  strik- 
ing the  bird  in  its  head  and  piercing  its  eyes,  thus 
saving  its  mistress  from  harm.  For  this  service  and 
his  great  skill  in  archery  he  was  then  knighted  by 
the  Queen,  and  given  the  name  of  Sir  Birdseye. 
The  coat-of-arms  he  assumed  was  a  hawk  with  an 
arrow  piercing  its  head  through  its  eye.  The  motto 
on  his  shield  was  **Vine  ave  avie  vedi"  that  is  "By 
force  I  hold  the  bird  by  sight." 

A  writer  of  an  article,  published  in  Lippincott's 
Magazine,  July,  1879,  says,  "The  Birdseye  pedigree 
is  the  central  stem  of  all  Stratford  genealogies." 

Among  my  earliest  recollections  is  a  visit  to  an 
old,  old  house,  in  the  town  of  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
built  in  colonial  period.  It  was  the  ancestral  home 
of  my  great-grandfather,  Agur  Curtis,  a  revolution- 
ary soldier,  from  whom  I  claim  my  eligibility  to 
become  a  Daughter  of  the  Revolution.  How  well  I 
remember  his  wife,  my  great-grandmother,  as  she 
sat  by  the  huge  fireplace,  in  the  large  old  sitting 
room,  having  for  a  guest  another  ^reat-grandmother. 
Both  of  these  old  ladies  were  widows,  past  ninety 
years  of  age,  and  both  were  drawing  pensions  for 
services  of  their  husbands  during  the  revolutionary 
war.  The  picture  that  was  stamped  upon  my  mem- 
ory of  the  quaint  old  firedogs,  the  old  oaken  floor, 
the  high  chest  of  drawers,  the  spinning  wheel,  the 
old  grandfather's  clock,  the  dresser,  with  its  rows 
of  shining  pewter  (for  they  were  the  household 
treasures) ;  these,  together  with  the  ancient  well 
sweep,  with  the  old  oaken  bucket ;  the  slanting  moss- 
covered  roof,  will  never  be  forgotten.  Agur  Curtis 
died  in  1838.  His  brothers,  Ezekiel  and  Robert  Cur- 
tis, and  his  sister,  Charity,  wife  of  Colonel  Philo 
Lewis,  of  the  Continental  army,  were  the  children  of 
Joseph  Curtis  (3),  who  was  appointed  on  a  com- 
mittee to  furnish  clothing  and  whatever  was  re- 
quired for  the  soldiers  through  the  war,  and  the 
great-grandchildren  of  Joseph  Curtis  (i),  of  the 
colonial  times,  who  was  town  clerk  for  fifty  years, 
and  was  elected  assistant  (which  was  the  same  as 
state  senator).     He  was  elected  first  in  May,  1668, 


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after  that  twenty-two  successive  years,  making 
twenty-three  in  all.  He  was,  for  several  years, 
judge  of  the  county  court,  and  was  appointed,  with 
Hon.  Nathan  Gold  and  a  committee  of  New  York 
state,  to  settle  the  boundary  line  between  the  states, 
in  1700.  In  1727  he  declined  to  serve,  and  soon  after 
died.  For  many  years  his  descendants  gloried  in  the 
titled  applied  to  him  while  living,  "the  Worshipped 
Joseph  Curtis."  He  was  the  son  of  the  first  John,  and 
grandson  of  William,  who  came  over  in  the  ship 
"Lion,"  in  1632,  first  to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
then  came  to  Stratford,  with  his  family.  My  great- 
grandfather, Agur  Curtis,  died  in  1838.  His  wife, 
Mercy  Blakeman  Curtis,  was  the  daughter  of  Ezaca- 
riah  Blakeman  and  Esther  Hull  Blakeman,  his  wife. 
He  was  private  in  Captain  James  Berths'  mounted 
company,  "Larm  Lists,"  when  they  turned  out  to 
repel  the  invasion  of  the  British,  under  General 
Tryon,  at  New  Haven  and  Fairfield,  when  the  British 
burned  the  town,  the  8th  or  9th  of  July,  and  died 
the  nth.  He  said,  as  he  started,  that  he  was  going 
to  bring  down  a  redcoat,  but,  instead,  was  shot  by 
one  of  the  enemy's  sentinels,  as  he  was  taking  aim. 
His  body  was  brought  back  to  Stratford,  and  buried 
from  the  meeting  house  on  Watch  Hill,  his  remains 
having  laid  in  state  on  the  village  green,  under  the 
buttonwood  trees.  He  was  the  great-grandson  of 
the  Rev.  Adam  Blakeman,  the  leader  of  the  seven- 
teen first  settlers  and  founders  of  Stratford.  He  was 
educated,  ordained  and  preached  in  England,  and,  it 
is  said,  was  followed  to  this  country  by  many  of  the 
faithful  of  his  parish^  to  whom  he  was  so  dear  that 
they  said  unto  him,  in  the  language  of  Ruth,  "En- 
treat me  not  to  leave  thee." 

I  am  also  the  great-granddaughter  of  Josiah  Peck 
and  Helen  Birdseye  Peck,  his  wife.  Josiah  served 
in  the  revolution.  He  was  born  in  Stratford,  in 
1 75 1,  and  died  in  1831.  He  was  the  son  of  Nathan 
and  Tabitha  Beer  Peck.  Nathan  was  bom  in  Mil- 
ford,  January  2^^  1727,  came  to  Stratford  and  built 
a  house  just  north  of  the  Methodist  church,  on  Main 
street  It  is  still  standing,  but  has  been  repaired 
and  remodeled,  from  time  to  time,  until  it  has  lost 
most  of  its  remote  antiquity.  He  served  as  private 
in  Captain  James'  "Larm  Lists,"  when  they  assisted 
in  repeling  the  British,  under  General  Tryon,  in  the 
New  Haven  alarm.  He  was  the  grandson  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Camp  Peck,  who  came  to  New  Haven, 
in  1643,  and  settled  in  Milford,  in  1649.  My  great- 
grandmother,  Helen  Birdseye  Peck,  was  the  daughter 
of  Rev.  Nathan  Birdseye,  who  lived  to  be  one  hun- 
dred and  four  years  old,  and  often  officiated  in  the 
pulpit  after  he  was  one  hundred  years  old.  He  had 
twelve  children,  seventy-six  grandchildren,  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-three  great-grandchildren,  and  seven 
of  the  fifth  generation.  His  home  was  the  old 
colonial  house  in  Oronoke,  the  last  in  Stratford,  near 
the  boundary  line  of  Huntington.  An  old  lady,  now 
living  in  Stratford,  who  is  quite  familiar  with  inci- 
dents of  the  revolution,  says  it  was  told  her  that  on 
one  occasion  of  alarm  bv  the  British  troops  that  an 
old  slave  in  Josiah  Pecks  family  (Phylis)  took  one 
child  belonging  to  Josiah  and  another  belonging  to 
Nathan  and  toted  them  to  the  Birdseye  home  for 
safety,  to  get  away  from  the  British.  While  there 
the  conflagration  of  Fairfield  could  be  plainly  seen 
from  the  heights,  where  the  house  was  situated.  My 
great-grandmother,  Helen  Birdseye  Peck,  was  also 
the  great-granddaughter  of  Lieutenant-Governor  Na- 


than Gold,  of  Fairfield.  He  was  chief  justice  of  the 
supreme  court  in  1712,  lieutenant-governor  from 
1708-23.    He  died  October  3,  1723. 

Helen  Birdsey  Peck  lived  to  see  her  fifth  genera- 
tion, so  we  see  that  God,  whom  they  feared  and 
trusted,  led  them  out  of  their  privations,  trials  and 
hardships  into  years  of  long  life  and  prosperity,  that 
they  might  have  a  foretaste  of  the  blessings  of  peace 
and  prosperity  that  was  dawning  on  the  land  of  the 
free  and  the  home  of  the  brave. 


Hugh  Mosher  came  from  Eng- 
MOSHER     land  in  1632  in  the  ship  "Jane," 

landing  at  Boston. 

(II)  Hugh  (2),  son  of  Hugh  (i)  Mosher. 
born  1633,  died  17 13,  was  of  Newport  and 
Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island,  and  Dartmouth, 
Massachusetts.  January  29,  1660,  he  with 
five  brothers  bought  certain  lands  at  Misquam- 
icut  (Westerly)  of  the  Indian  sachem  Socho. 
In  1684  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church,  of  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts, 
lie  married  (first)  Rebecca  Hamdel;  (sec- 
ond) Sarah .    He  hid  eight  children^ 

all  by   first   wife,   of   whom   the  eldest   was 
Nicholas. 

(III)  Nicholas,  son  of  Hugh  (2)  and  Re- 
becca (Harndel)  Mosher,  was  bom  1666,  died 
August  14,  1747.  He  was  of  Dartmouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island.    He 

married  Elizabeth ,  died  1747.    They 

had  teh  children,  of  whom  Nicholas  (2)  was 
the  sixth. 

(IV)  Nicholas  (2),  son  of  Nicholas  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  Mosher,  was  born  January  17, 
1703.  He  was  left  five  pounds  by  his  father's 
will,  and  when  married  and  settled  in  life  was 
a  resident  of  Tyringham,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Crandall  and  had  fourteen 
children.  Seven  of  his  sons  served  in  the  rev- 
olution from  the  state  of  New  York.  After 
the  war  the  sons  scattered.  Rodman  settled 
on  a  farm  in  Sharon,  Windsor  county,  Ver- 
mont ;  John  in  West  Chester,  New  York ;  the 
others  not  traced. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Nicholas  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Crandall)  Mosher,  was  born  about  1735. 
He  served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution  from 
the  state  of  New  York,  and  was  pensioned 
for  his  services.  He  served  under  Colonel 
Peter  V^an  Zoote  and  under  Colonel  Thomas 
Thomas.  He  also  was  a  minute  man  under 
Colonel  James  Holmes.  He  settled  in  West 
Chester,  New  York.  He  married  Sarah  Dib- 
ble. Children:  John,  married  Lizzie  Potter; 
Samuel,  married  Polly  Hale;  Reuben,  Ben- 
jamin, of  further  mention ;  Stephen,  married 


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Mary  Forbes;  Lydia,  married  Alanson  Mills; 
Bersheba,  Sally,  married  Calvin  Hall. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Dibble)  Mosher,  was  born  in  1801,  died  1867. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  the  town  of  Leon,  Cattar- 
augus county.  New  York,  and  occupied  an 
important  place  in  town  history.  He  was  a 
prosperous,  upright  farmer  and  attorney, 
wielding  a  great  influence  in  local  affairs.  He 
was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas,  1847,  after  a  thorough  examination 
by  a  committee.  He  did  not  practice  in  the 
court  of  records,  but  was  one  of  the  most  active 
and  successful  practitioners  of  his  day  in  jus- 
tice's courts,  a  form  of  practice  in  that  day  that 
occupied  the  attention  of  many  good  lawyers. 
Among  these  Mr.  Mosher  was  the  recognized 
leader.  He  moved  from  Hoosick  Falls,  Rens- 
selaer county,  New  York,  to  the  town  of  Mid- 
dlebury,  Wyoming  county,  New  York,  and 
from  there  moved  to  Leon,  Cattaraugus 
county,  where  he  was  among  the  early 
pioneers.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a  man  of 
strong  will  and  great  firmness.  He  married 
Peace  Easton,  bom  1806,  died  1881,  daughter 
of  Dr.  John  Easton,  of  Middlebury,  Wyoming 
county,  New  York.  Children:  i.  Caroline  M., 
married  Perry  Kysor;  eight  children,  z. 
Charles  W.,  married  Polly  Ann  Price.  3. 
John  F.,  married  Mercy  A.  Ross,  sketch  of 
whom  follows.  4.  Baronett  B.,  served  three 
years  during  the  civil  war,  member  of  Sixty- 
fourth  New  York  Regiment,  participating  in 
all  its  battles  with  the  exception  of  one ;  mar- 
ried Harriet  Kelley.  5.  Francis  M.,  served 
for  the  same  period  in  the  same  regiment  as 
his  brother ;  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church ;  prominent  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic ;  served  two  terms  as 
supervisor  of  New  Albion  township;  married 
Emmeline  Jones ;  child :  Benjamin  B.,  married 
Alice  Sweeton  and  has:  John,  Alice  and 
an  infant.  6.  Gilbert  L.,  of  further  mention. 
•  (VH)  Gilbert  L.,  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Peace  (Easton)  Mosher,  was  born  in  Leon, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  November  9, 
1844.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  Randolph  Academy  one  term.  Before  at- 
taining his  majority  the  civil  war  was  in  prog- 
ress and  his  great  desire  was  to  go  to  the 
front  and  do  battle  with  the  enemies  of  his 
country;  made  three  attempts  to  enlist,  but 
each  time  was  refused.  He  adopted  farming 
as  his  occupation,  which  he  followed  for  sev- 


eral years,  also  becoming  a  cheese  manufac- 
turer. He  was  inspector  of  elections;  justice 
of  the  peace,  and  in  1877  was  appointed  deputy 
sheriff  and  keeper  of  the  county  jail.  He 
served  until  1880,  when  he  was  elected  sheriff 
of  the  county,  holding  office  1886-81-82.  He 
was  under  sheriff  in  1883-84-85.  He  served 
one  term  as  supervisor  of  Little  Valley  town- 
ship. For  six  years  he  was  superintendent  of 
the  poor  and  in  1910  again  appointed  under 
sheriff,  an  office  he  now  fills. 

He  is  a  member  of  Arion  Lodge,  No.  812, 
Masonic  Order  of  Little  Valley,  and  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics. 

He  is  very  popular  in  the  county  where  he 
has  a  wide  acquaintance.  He  married  (first) 
Adell  L.,  bom  1855,  died  1882,  daughter  of 
Hiram  and  Cynthia  (Angell)  Herrick;  (sec- 
ond) Agnes  M.  Tolles.  Children  by  first  mar- 
riage: Arthur  H;,  born  August  20,  1878,  mar- 
ried Mabel  Canerly ;  Herrick  C. ;  Mary.  Child 
of  second  marriage :  Adell  M.,  married  Francis 
G.  Frantz ;  children :  Lillian  Agnes,  Leon  G. 

(VH)  John  Fletcher  Mosher,  second  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Peace  (Easton)  Mosher, 
was  born  December  17,  1836,  died  May  11, 
1908.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Leon,  his  native  town,  and  decided  upon 
the  profession  of  law,  influenced  no  doubt 
by  his  father's  success  in  that  profession.  He 
read  law  with  Mr.  Woodbury  and  pursued  his 
studies  at  home  under  the  guidance  of  his 
father.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  began 
trying  cases  in  the  justice's  courts,  quite  often 
with  his  father,  Benjamin  Mosher,  as  his  oppo- 
nent. He  pursued  his  legal  studies  for  several 
years  in  connection  with  his  practice  before 
deciding  to  seek  admission  as  an  attorney  in 
courts  of  record.  In  1873  he  began  a  clerkship 
in  the  law  office  of  Congdon  &  Congdon,  in 
Randolph,  and  in  1876  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  He  opened  an  office  in  Leon,  then  re- 
moved to  Little  Valley,  the  county  seat.  His 
brother,  Gilbert  L.  Mosher,  was  then  sheriff  of 
Cattaraugus  county,  and  he  served  under  him 
for  three  years  as  deputy  sheriff  in  charge  of 
the  county  jail.  He  then  resumed  his  law  prac- 
tice in  Little  Valley,  continuing  until  his  death 
in  1908.  He  was  a  man  of  high  character, 
conscientious  and  faithful  to  his  clients'  inter- 
ests, and  uniformly  successful  in  his  legal 
practice.  He  was  a  supporter  of  the  Repub- 
lican party  until  the  candidacy  of  General 
VVinfield  S.  Hancock  for  the  presidency.  He 
supported  him  and  ever  afterward   affiliated 


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with  the  Democracy.  He  served  as  supervisor 
of  the  towns  of  Leon  and  Little  Valley,  trustee 
of  the  village  of  Little  Valley  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board.  His  fraternal  affilia- 
tion was  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows ;  his  religious  with  the  Baptist  church, 
of  Little  Valley.  During  the  civil  war  he  served 
as  official  sutler  for  the  Sixty- fourth  Regiment 
New  York  Volunteers,  and  was  well  and 
favorably  known  to  all  the  members  of  his 
regiment. 

He  married,  October  26,  1864,  Mercy  A. 
Ross,  born  March  8, 1846,  who  survives  him, 
residing  in  Little  Valley.  Children:  Stanton 
R.,  born  April  11,  1866,  died  November  29, 
1878;  Rollin  R,  born  May  6,  1867,  died 
August  21,  1870. 

(The  Ross  Line). 

Mrs.  Mercy  A.  (Ross)  Mosher  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Ahiman,  son  of  David,  son  of  Alex- 
ander Ross,  of  Scotch  birth,  born  1693,  ^^^^ 
181 3,  at  the  very  great  age  of  one  hundred  and 
twenty  years.  Of  his  first  marriage  or  children 
we  have  no  record,  but  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years  he  married  a  woman  forty-five  years 
his  junior,  and  according  to  the  first  census 
of  the  United  States,  taken  in  I790*  he  was 
then  living  in  Ballston,  Saratoga,  then  Albany 
county,  having  in  his  family  four  sons  and  two 
daughters  over  sixteen  years  of  age.  This 
agrees  with  the  family  record  of  four  sons  and 
two  daughters  born  of  this  marriage  con- 
tracted when  he  was  seventy-five  years  of  age. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  later  than  1790  settled 
in  the  town  of  Leon.  Among  his  sons  was 
David. 

(H)  David,  son  of  Alexander  Ross,  was  a 
farmer  of  the  town  of  Leon,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York.  He  married  Dolly  St. 
John  and  had  issue. 

(HI)  Ahiman,  son  of  David  and  Dolly 
(St.  John)  Ross,  was  born  October  3,  1798. 
died  May  13,  1891.  He  was  a  farmer,  justice 
of  the  peace  for  many  years,  and  a  devout 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
His  abomination  was  a  liar,  and  it  is  said  the 
severest  punishment  was  meted  out  both  in  his 
family  and  in  his  court  to  those  convicted  of 
a  lie.  He  lived  a  blameless  life  and  was  held 
in  high  esteem.  He  was  a  member  of  the  local 
lodee.  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  1827,  Emmeline,  born  June  19, 
1810,  died  June  14,  18Q5,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Lydia  Town.     Children:  i.  Foster,  born 


Augiist,  1828,  died  February  18,  1863,  while 
serving  in  the  civil  war ;  married  Sarah  Smith ; 
child,  Lauretta^  married  Elmer  Farnsworth. 
2.  David,  born  June  5,  1831 ;  married  Mary 
Shannon ;  one  child,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Sarah, 
born  March  5,  1833;  married  William  Mur- 
dock;    children:     i.    Gertrude,    married    Ara 

Mosher;  ii.  Frank,  married  Ethel  ; 

child,  Arthur;  iii.  George,  married  Josephine 
Dake,  one  child,  Rollin;  iv.  Alice,  married 
Frank  Tarbox,  child,  Stanley.  4.  Reuben, 
bom  July  25,  1835,  died  in  the  civil  war,  1863. 
5.  Philander,  born  May  20,  1838,  living  at  the 
present  time  (1911).  6.  Lydia,  born  April 
29,  1 841,  died  May  14,  1906;  married  Amos 
Kysor ;  child :  Ernest,  married  Addie  Plowman 
and  has  Merrill  and  Eva.  7.  Rebecca,  bom 
October  6,  1843;  married  Norman  Williams 
and  has  a  large  family.  8.  Mercy  A.,  married 
John  Fletcher  Mosher.  9.  Ahiman,  Jr.,  bom 
January  17,  1849;  married  Adalaide  Eastley; 
children :  fohn.  Marcia  and  Emma. 


The  Skinner  family  in  Amer- 
SK INNER    ica  was   founded  by  Thomas 

Skinner,  of  England,  an  early 
settler  of  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  who  was 
born  in  England,  1617,  died  in  Maiden,  March 
2,  1703-04.  He  came  to  America  from  Chi- 
chester, England,  between  1649  ^"^  1652,  ac- 
companied by  wife  Mary  and  two  sons,  Thomas 
and  Abraham.  He  married  (second)  Lydia 
Hall,  a  widow,  who  died  December  17,  1723, 
aged  eighty-seven  years. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
(i )  and  Mary  Skinner,  v\ras  born  in  England, 
July  25,  1645,  ^^^^  ^^  Colchester,  Connecticut, 
March  26.  1704.  He  was  but  a  child  when 
brought  to  America  by  his  parents.  His  early 
and  middle  life  was  spent  in  Maiden,  but  he 
later  joined  the  emigration  to  Connecticut,  be- 
coming one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Col- 
chester shortly  after  the  year  1700.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Pratt,  born  September  9  (or  30), 
1643,  ^^  England,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mary  Pratt,  who  came  from  England  and  set- 
tled in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
all  born  in  Maiden:  i.  Mary,  November  3, 
1666.  2.  Thomas,  November  3,  1668:  removed 
to  Norton,  Massachusetts.  3.  Abraham,  June 
16,  1671.  4.  John,  April  5,  1673:  married 
Sarah ;  removed  to  Norton,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  died  August  27,  1740.  5.  Rich- 
ard, born  January  2,  1675:  married.  Novem- 


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ber  24,  1708,  Hannah  Pratt,  a  widow.  6.  Jo- 
seph, born  January  13,  1678,  died  October  21, 
1728.  7.  Hannah,  twin  of  Joseph,  died  Janu- 
ary 18,  1725.  8.  Benjamin,  born  January  30, 
1681,  died  June  2,   1750;  married  EHzabeth 

,  who  died  December  i,  1750.    9.  Eben- 

ezer,  oit  further  mention.  10.  Nathaniel,  born 
January  27,  1686;  married,  June  13,  1706, 
Mary  Gilbert.  11.  Abigail,  bom  February  17, 
1691 ;  married,  January  13,  1708,  Ebenezer 
Mudge. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  ninth  child  of  Thomas  (2) 
and  Mary  (Pratt)  Skinner,  was  born  in  Mal- 
<len,  Massachusetts,  April  23,  1684,  died  1755, 
He  went  to  Colchester  with  his  parents  and 
ever  afterward  made  it  his  home.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah  (Sho- 
ler)  Lord.  Children,  born  at  Colchester:  Eben- 
ezer, August  8,  1703,  married,  March  17,  1725, 
Sarah  Taylor;  Sarah,  born  August  6,  1705; 
Joseph,  January  17,  1707-08,  married  Abigail 
West;  Deborah,  August  25,  1710,  married  Ste- 
phen West ;  Gideon,  of  further  mention ;  Abi- 
gail, July  9,  171 5,  married  Isaac  Bigelow ;  Ann, 

.September  8,  17 17,  married Hitchcock ; 

Mai,  September  18,  1719,  died  December  i, 
1736;  Timothy,  July  10,  1721,  died  November 
27i  1736;  Lydia,  April  20,  1723,  died  Decem- 
ber I,  1736;  Margaret,  December  28,  1725, 
died  December  3,  1736. 

(IV)  Gideon,  fifth  child  of  Ebenezer  and 
.Sarah  (Lord)  Skinner,  was  born  in  Colches- 
ter, Connecticut,  .October  19,  1712.  He  mar- 
ried Dorcas  Strong,  of  Windsor,  Vermont. 
Children:  Gideon  (2),  of  further  mention; 
Margaret,  married  Timothy  Parker;  Timothy, 
born  July  8,  1745;  Naomi,  married  William 
Ford;  Dorcas,  married  Samuel  Southwick  or 
William  Clark  (perhaps  both)  :  Lydia,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Thrall. 

(V)  Gideon  (2),  son  of  Gideon  (i)  and 
Dorcas  (Strong)  Skinner,  was  born  in  Col- 
chester, Connecticut,  February  5,  1738,  died 
March  26,  181 3.  He  was  a  private  in  Captain 
David  Taylor's  company,  Lieutenant-Colonel 
John  Collin's  (Berkshire  company)  regiment; 
enlisted  October  13,  1781,  discharged  October 
TTj^  1781,  serving  twelve  days;  marched  by 
order  of  Colonel  John  Hull,  on  an  alarm,  to 
the  northward.  He  married  Abigail  (Raw- 
son),  widow  of  Silas  Partridge.  She  was  born 
at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  March  6,  1743,  died 
September  29,  1814,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Chapin)  Rawson,  granddaughter  of 
William  and  Ann  (Glover)  Rawson,  and  great- 


granddaughter  of  Edward  Rawson,  first  secre- 
tary of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts.  Sarah 
Chapin  was  a  descendant  in  the  fifth  genera- 
tion of  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin  and  his  wife 
Cicely,  early  settlers  of  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. Their  son,  Josiah  Chapin,  married 
Mary  King.  Their  son.  Captain  Seth  Chapin, 
married  (second)  Bethiah  Thurston.  Their 
son,  Seth  (2),  married  his  cousin,  Abigail 
Adams,  of  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Chapin)  Adams,  and 
aunt  of  President  John  Adams.  Children  of 
Gideon  (2)  and  Abigail  (Rawson)  Skinner: 
I.  Rhoda,  born  August  3,  1765 ;  married  (first) 
Paul  Chapin,  (second)  William  Thompson.  2. 
Chloe,  April  17,  1767;  married  (first)  Phineas 
North,  (second)  Ralph  Marshall.  3.  Dorcas, 
April  28,  1769;  married  (first)  David  Har- 
mon, (second)  Reuben  Perkins.  4,  Sarah, 
November  i,  1773;  married  Deacon  Jonathan 
Harmon.  5.  Gideon  (3),  September  23,  1775; 
married  (first)  Lucy  Delaney,  ^second)  Mary 
Ells.  6.  Levi,  of  further  mention.  7.  Lydia, 
died  aged  two  years. 

(VI)  Levi,  sixth  child  of  Gideon  (2)  and 
Abigail  (Rawson)  Skinner,  was  born  in  New 
Marlboro,  Massachusetts,  January  19,  1779, 
died  January  7,  1850,  in  Vernon,  Oneida  coun- 
ty, New  York.  He  married  (first)  Polly 
Chapin,  born  June  6,  1781,  died  December  31, 
181 3,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Sally  (Lankton) 
Chapin.  She  was  also  a  descendant  of  Deacon 
Samuel  Chapin  from  John  Chapin,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Seth,  through  his  son  John  and  Dorcas 
Chapin,  their  son  Japhets  and  Patience  Hay- 
ward,  their  son  Josiah  and  Sarah  Lankton. 
Levi  Skinner  married  (second)  Eunice  Tryon. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Calvin,  born  January 
22,  1801,  died  March  31,  1859.  2.  Althea,  De- 
cember 12,  1803,  died  December  17,  1830; 
married  Calvary  Wetmore.  3.  Lavinia,  May 
27,  1806,  died  January  13,  1871 ;  married  Dr. 
Samuel  Wetmore.  4.  Polly  Maria,  August  23, 
1808,  died  November  22,  1895 ;  married  Sex- 
tus  H.  Hungerford.  5.  Levi  Alburn,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  6.  William,  January  21,  1813, 
died  March  31,  1815.  Children  of  second  wife: 
7.  William  H.,  born  August  2,  181 5,  died  Janu- 
ary, 1900.  8.  Edward  L.,  August  28,  1817, 
died  August,  1876.  9.  Elizabeth  C,  April  3, 
1820,  died  August  14,  1839.  10.  Cornelia  C, 
April  6,  1823. 

(VII)  Levi  Alburn,  fifth  child  of  Levi  and 
his  first  wife,  Polly  (Chapin)  Skinner,  was 
born  in  Vernon,  Oneida  county.  New  York, 


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April  I,  1811,  died  at  Westfield,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  April  12,  1876.  He  was 
educated  for  the  ministry  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  which  he  entered  in  early  life.  After 
several  years  in  pastorates  in  Erie  county,  New 
York,  his  voice  failed  and  he  was  reluctantly 
compelled  to  abandon  his  chosen  profession.  He 
settled  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county,  July  i, 
1854,  succeeding  J.  N.  Hungerford  as  cashier 
of  the  Bank  of  Westfield.  He  held  this  posi- 
tion until  1864,  when  he  became  one  of  the 
organizers  and  a  director  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Westfield.  At  the  opening  of  the 
bank  in  October,  1864,  he  was  made  cashier, 
and  in  1875  was  elected  president,  holding  that 
position  until  his  death  in  1876.  He  was  an 
able  financier,  a  man  of  high  character  and 
universally  respected.  He  married  Laura  Pat- 
terson, daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  (Conk- 
ling)  Patterson.  Nancy  Conkling  was  a  de- 
scendant of  a  Conkling  who  settled  in  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  prior  to  1638,  and  moved  to 
Easthampton,  Long  Island,  about  1650.  His 
son  Jeremiah  married  Mary  Gardiner.  Their 
son  Lewis  married  Mary  Stratton.  Their  son 
William  married    Ruth    Hedges.     Their  son 

Abraham  ( i )  married  — Stratton.    Their 

son  Abraham  (2)  married  Olive  Guthrie,  and 
settled  on  a  farm  in  Aurora,  Erie  county,  New 
York,  in  1815,  where  he  died  in  1823.  His 
daughter  Nancy  married  John  G.  Patterson, 
and  their  daughter  Laura  married  Levi  A. 
Skinner. 

Children  of  Levi  Alburn  Skinner:  i.  Ed- 
ward Alburn,  of  whom  further.  2.  Charles 
Patterson,  born  in  Lancaster,  Erie  county. 
New  York,  May  3,  1844,  died  October  31, 
1899,  at  Westfield;  married  (first)  Sadie  Jer- 
negan,  born  in  South  Bend,  Indiana,  1842,  died 
1879;  niarried  (second)  Jennie,  sister  of  his 
first  wife ;  children  by  first  marriage:  i.  Lillian 
Marchant,  born  April  24,  1870,  unmarried ;  ii. 
Alburn  Edward,  tK>rn  February  3,  1872,  mar- 
ried, August  31,  1899,  Elizabeth  Howard,  and 
has:  Mary  Althea,  born  August  7,  1900,  and 
Laura  Elizabeth,  January  31,  1903,  both  born 
in  Ottawa,  Kansas ;  iii.  Laura  May,  born  No- 
vember 20,  1873,  married  Rev.  Laird  Wingate 
Snell,  children:  William  Wingate,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1905,  and  Laura  Patterson,  No- 
vember 15,  1908;  iv.  Charles  Jernegan,  born 
June  22,  1876,  married  Rachel  Baldwin,  of 
Ottawa,  Kansas.  Children  by  second  mar- 
riage: V.  Sadie  Jernegan,  born  May  12,  1883; 
vi.    Leonard    Hungerford,   born   January   31, 


1887,  niarried  Sylvia  Cloon,  Franklin  county^ 
Kansas;  vii.  Phoebe  Jernegan,  born  April  22v 
1888;  viii.  Schuyler  Patterson,  born  August  2^ 
1889.  3.  John  Arthur,  born  October  14,  1848^ 
died  February  6,  1903;  married,  October  23^ 
1873,  Jeannie  York,  bom  October  28,  1850,  at 
Oxford,  New  York,  daughter  of  Dr.  Edward 
and  Lydia  (Stratton)  York ;  children :  i.  George 
York,  born  July  31,  1874,  civil  engineer;  ii. 
Rev.  Edward  Levi,  bom  January  23,  1877, 
married  Edith  Goodin,  of  Ottawa,  Kansas,  one 
child,  Elizabeth  York,  born  June  21,  1909;  iii. 
Grace  Rachel,  born  January  13,  1882,  married^ 
October  22,  1906,  Arthur  S.  Tennant,  of  West- 
field,  child,  Arthur  Skinner,  bom  December  30^ 
1907.  4.  Maria  Alethea,  born  January  24^ 
1851.  5.  Laura  Ada,  January  13,  1856.  6. 
Clara  Henrietta,  bom  March  24,  i860. 

(  Vni)  Edward  Alburn,  son  of  Rev.  Levi  A. 
and  Laura  (Patterson)  Skinner,  was  bom  in 
Erie  county.  New  York,  May  10,  1841.  When 
he  was  thirteen  years  of  age  his  parents  moved 
to  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York> 
In  October,  1861,  the  Ninth  Regiment  New 
York  Volunteer  Cavalry  was  organized  in 
Chautauqua  and  Cattaraugus  counties,  and  was 
camped  at  Westfield,  New  York,  awaiting 
marching  orders.  Edward  A.  Skinner  enlisted 
in  this  regiment  November  7,  1861.  A  little 
later  the  regiment  joined  McClellan's  army 
near  Washington,  and  served  there  and  on 
the  peninsula,  unmounted,  until  March,  1862.. 
when  it  returned  to  Washington  to  be  mount- 
ed. It  was  then  assigned  to  Siegel's  corps,, 
under  Pope's  command,  serving  through  the 
unsatisfactory  and  indecisive  campaign  of  the 
summer  of  1862.  After  Pope's  retreat  to 
Washington  the  Ninth  Regiment  joined  the 
cavalry  corps  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and 
served  throughout  the  campaign  of  1863  in 
Virginia,  Maryland  and  Pennsylvania.  Early 
in  his  army  life  Mr.  Skinner  was  detailed  to 
act  as  regimental  quartermaster,  and  during 
much  of  the  time  he  discharged  the  duties  of 
brigade  quartermaster.  Because  of  ill  health 
he  was  honorably  discharged  from  the  service 
in  March,  1864,  and  returned  to  Westfield. 
In  October,  1864,  he  accepted  the  position  of 
assistant  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Westfield,  being  promoted  in  a  few  years 
to  the  office  of  cashier.  In  1870  he  assisted  in 
organizing  the  First  National  Bank  of  Ottawa^ 
Kansas,  and  was  its  managing  officer  several 
years.  In  1873  he  visited  Europe,  where  he 
spent  several  months.    On  his  return  he  once 


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more  took  up  his  residence  in  Westfield,  be- 
coming vice-president  of  the  First  National 
Bank.  Two  years  later,  upon  the  death  of  his 
father,  he  became  president  of  the  bank,  a 
position  which  he  has  held  since  1876.  He  has 
acquired  an  enviable  reputation  as  an  able, 
conservative  banker,  and  under  his  wise  guid- 
ance the  bank  has  had  an  unusually  successful 
existence.  In  1878  he  joined  the  Royal  Ar- 
canum and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
grand  council  of  the  state  of  New  York,  in 
1879;  he  was  the  first  representative  from 
New  York  to  the  supreme  council,  and  was 
elected  to  the  important  office  of  supreme 
treasurer  of  the  order  in  1880.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic  and  the  Loyal  Legion.  He  has 
always  been  a  Republican,  and  for  three  years 
represented  Westfield  on  the  board  of  county 
supervisors,  the  only  public  office  he  has  ever 
accepted.  His  thirty-five  years  of  continuous 
service  as  president  of  the  National  Bank  of 
Westfield  has  proved  his  sterling  worth  and 
has  won  him  high  rank  among  the  financiers 
of  Western  New  York.  His  services  to  the 
Royal  Arcanum  were  so  highly  appreciated 
that  upon  his  retirement  from  the  office  of 
supreme  treasurer  in  1910,  after  thirty  years 
continuous  service,  he  was  made  a  life  member 
of  the  supreme  council. 

He  married  (first),  October  20,  1864,  Fran- 
ces M.  Barger,  of  Westfield,  who  died  June  16, 
1872;  he  married  (second),  August  19,  1874, 
Augusta,  daughter  of  William  F.  and  Flora 
(Atkins)  Wheeler,  who  died  April  3,  1909. 
Children:  i.  Flora  Atkins,  born  October  23, 
1875.  2.  Egbert  Wheeler,  May  19,  18S1 ;  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1910,  Georgia  Munger,  of  Port- 
land, New  York.  3.  Frances  Augusta,  May 
17,  1885;  married,  June  17,  1910,  Charles  E. 
Rynd,  M.  D.,  of  Westfield,  New  York. 

(The   Wheeler    Line). 

The  Wheelers  descend  from  Ephraim  Wheel- 
er, who  came  from  Wales  and  settled  in  New 
I^ndon,  Connecticut. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Ephraim  Wheeler, 
died  in  1782.  He  married,  in  New  London, 
Connecticut,  in  1766,  Hannah  French. 

(HI)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Wheeler,  was  born  at  New  London,  May  25, 
1774.  He  married,  June  7,  1804,  at  Blanford, 
Massachusetts,  Eleanor  Knox,  born  1774, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  Knox  (2),  bom 


1750,  died  1815,  son  of  Captain  William  Knox 
(i),  born  1721,  married  Isabel,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Eleanor  Ferguson.    Captain  Knox 

( 1 )  was  a  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Knox, 
who  came  to  America  in  1718,  with  his  brothers 
John  and  Adam,  all  settling  at  Hopkinton, 
Massachusetts. 

(IV)  William  F.  Wheeler,  son  of  William 

(2)  and  Eleanor  (Knox)  Wheeler,  was  born 
June  13,  181 1,  died  June,  1892.  He  married, 
September  24,  1839,  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  Flora 
Atkins,  born  June  4,  181 5,  at  Morgan,  Ohio, 
died  June  3,  1850  (see  Atkins). 

(The    Atkins    Line). 

The  Atkins  family  in  this  line  springs  from 
Joseph  (i)  Atkins,  who  died  in  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  September  12,  1690.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  October  8,  1673,  Elizabeth  Wet- 
more. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Atkins, 
was  bom  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  1680, 
died  November  i,  1724.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1703,  Mar}'  Wheeler,  of  Stratford, 
Connecticut. 

(HI)  Joseph  (3), son  of  Joseph  (2)  Atkins, 
was  bom  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember, 1704,  died  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut, 
1782.  He  married  Abigail  Rich,  born  about 
1712-T4,  died  about  1796. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Atkins,  was 
born  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  November 
4,  1757,  died  August  28,  1828,  at  Conneaut, 
Ohio.  He  married  (second),  November  26, 
1779,  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  Mary  Gillett, 
born  August  4,  1753,  at  Simsbury,  Connecti- 
cut, died  at  Jefferson,  Ohio,  June  25  or  28, 
1829,  daughter  of  Captain  Zaccheus  Gillett 
(see  Gillett). 

(V)  Quintus  Flaminius,  son  of  Josiah  At- 
kins, was  born  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  May 
10,  1782,  died  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  January  23, 
1859.  He  married,  at  Morgan,  Ohio,  Febru- 
ary 22,  1804,  Sarah  Wright,  born  April  16, 
1784,  at  Colebrook,  Connecticut,  died  February 
27,  1853,  ^t  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

(VI)  Flora,  daughter  of  Quintus  Flaminius 
Atkins,  was  bom  June  4,  181 5,  at  Morgan, 
Ohio,  died  at  Portville,  New  York,  June  3. 
1850.  She  married,  September  24,  1839,  Will- 
iam F.  Wheeler. 

(VII)  Augusta,  daughter  of  William  F.  and 
Flora  (Atkins)  Wheeler,  married  Edward  A. 
Skinner  (see  Skinner). 


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(The  Gillett  Line). 

This  Gillett  branch  springs  from  Nathan 
( I )  Gillett,  bom  in  England,  died  in  Simsbury, 
Connecticut ;  came  to  America  in  1630,  in  the 
ship  "Mary  and  John." 

(II)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  Gillett, 
was  born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  August  17, 
1655,  died  January  30,  1757;  married  (first), 
June  30,  1692,  Rebecca  Owen,  born  March  28, 
1666,  died  about  1703,  daughter  of  John  Owen, 
born  December  25,  1624,  in  Wales,  died  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1699,  in  Simsbury,  Connecticut ;  mar- 
ried, October  3,  1650,  Rebecca  Wade,  who  died 
December  3,  171 1,  at  Simsbury,  Connecticut. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Gillett,  was 
born  August  2,  1673,  at  Simsbury.  His  will 
is  dated  December  24,  1762;  married,  October 
27,  1719,  Elizabeth  Griswold,  bom  Febmary 

5,  1675,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Griswold,  bom 
August  16,  1671 ;  married  Elizabeth  Cooke, 
born  August  26,  1678,  daughter  of  Moses 
Cooke,  born  November  16,  1645,  at  Windsor, 
Connecticut;  married,  November  25,  1669, 
Elizabeth  Clark,  born  October  28,  1651,  died 
December  22,  1729,  daughter  of  Captain  Dan- 
iel Clark,  born  in  England,  1622,  died  April 
12,  171.0,  at  Windsor.  He  married  (first), 
June  13,  1644,  Mary  Newberry,  bom  in  Eng- 
land, died  August  29, 1688,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Jane  Newberry. 

(IV)  Captain  Zaccheus  Gillett,  son  of  Isaac 
Gillett,  was  bom  December  18,  1724,  at  Sims- 
bury, Connecticut;  married  (first),  December 
15,  1743,  Ruth  Phelps,  bom  April  5,  1728,  died 
1773  or  i774,daughtei;of  Lieutenant  Timothy 
Phelps,  bom  1681,  at  Windsor,  died  January 

6,  1751,  at  Simsbury;  married,  1707,  Rachel 
Moore,  born  1691,  died  January  16,  1745, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Moore.  Lieutenant  Tim- 
othy was  the  son  of  Captain  Joseph  Phelps 
(i),  born  in  England,  1629,  died  in  Simsbury, 
1684;  married,  September  20,  1660,  Hannah 
Newton,  daughter  of  Roger  Newton. 

(V)  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  Zaccheus 
Gillett,  married,  at  Wolcott,  Ohio,  November 
26.  1779,  Josiah  Atkins  (see  Atkins). 

(The   Wright   Line). 

Sarah  Wright,  wife  of  Quintus  Flaminius 
Atkins,  was  a  daughter  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Wright,  born  January  22,  1744,  died  July  29, 
1825,  at  Tallmadge,  Ohio.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah  Case,  born  September  9,  1758,  at 
Norfolk,  Connecticut,  died  February  14,  1826, 
at  Tallmadge.  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Asahel 


and  Dorothy  (Phelps)  Case,  the  latter  bom 
August  23,  1735,  at  Simsbury,  died  Febmary 
8,  1 816,  at  Norfolk,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Amos  Phelps,  born  1708,  died  June  ii,  1775; 
married,  1729,  Sarah  Pettibone,  born  1704, 
died  April  11,  1781,  daughter  of  John  Petti- 
bone (2),  born  December  15,  1655;  married 
Abigail,  bom  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Holcombe, 
both  bom  in  England.  John  (2)  was  a  son 
of  John  ( I )  Pettibone,  who  was  born  in  Wales ; 
was  a  soldier  under  Cromwell  and  a  freeman 
of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1658,  removing  to 
Simsbury  in  1669.  His  wife  was  Sarah  Eggles- 
ton,  of  Windsor. 

Amos  Phelps  was  a  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
(2)  Phelps,  who  was  born  August  2,  1667, 
died  January  20,  1750;  married  (third)  Mary 
Case,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth,  and 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Spencer) 
Case.  Captain  Joseph  (2)  was  a  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  (i)  Phelps  (see  Gillett). 

Henry  Botsford  was  a  resi- 
BOTSFORD  dent  of  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  located  about 
1640.  He  united  with  the  church,  1644.  He 
was  a  land  owner  and  left  property  to  his  only 
son.  He  died  in  1685-86,  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth died  in  1690-91.  Children,  five  daughters 
and  one  son. 

(H)  Elnathan,  only  son  of  Henry  and  Eliz- 
abeth Botsford,  was  bom  August  14,  1641, 
died  September  10,  1691.  He  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Fletcher,  December  12,  1655;  (sec- 
ond) Hannah,  daughter  of  Timothy  Baldwin, 
October  14,  1667.  Three  children  by  first 
wife:  Elizabeth,  Esther  and  John.  Children 
by  second  wife:  Samuel,  Mary,  Hannah,  Jo- 
annah  (twin  of  Hannah),  Henry,  Timothy, 
Sarah  and  Joseph. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Elnathan  Botsford, 
and  his  second  wife,  Hannah  (Baldwin)  Bots- 
ford, was  born  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  July 
30,  1669.  He  lived  in  Milford.  Married  Han- 
nah   .    Children:  Samuel  (2),  Elnathan, 

Sarah,  Ebenezer,  Mary,  David  and  Mehetabel. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Hannah  Botsford,  was  bom  1702,  died  1783. 
He  married,  July  27,  1726,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Hannah  (Botsford)  Prindle,  of 
Derby,  Connecticut.  Children :  Nehemiah, 
Sarah,  Mary,  Hannah,  Samuel  (3),  John,  Ga- 
maliel, Esther,  Eunice  and  Ruth. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Hannah 


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(Pritidle^  Botsford,  was  born  April  23,  1734. 
lie  married  and  had  a  son  Daniel.  Eight  Bots- 
fords  served  in  the  revolutionary  war  from 
Connecticut,  including  two  John  Botsfords. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  John  Botsford,  was 
born  August  21,  1782,  died  1876,  in  the  town 
of  Otto,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  in  his 
ninety-fourth  year.  He  moved  to  Cattaraugus 
county  in  1825,  making  the  journey  from  Con- 
necticut with  his  wife.  Rally  Betsey  Foote, 
born  September  26,  1782,  whom  he  married 
October  5,  1800,  three  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters. He  traveled  west  with  a  horse  and 
wagon,  property  at  that  time  seldom  seen  in 
Otto.  He  purchased  and  cleared  land  on  which 
he  resided  for  many  years.  He  served  in  the 
war  of  1812,  and  was  a  pensioner  of  that  war. 
He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  of  Otto,  and  a  man  who  stood 
high  in  the  estimation  of  his  neighbors.  He 
made  his  home  in  his  latter  years  with  his 
youngest  son,  Wiley  S.  Botsford. 

(VII)  Luzon  M.,  son  of  Daniel  Botsford, 
was  bom  in  Connecticut,  June  4,  1802,  died  in 
Cattaraugus  county,  1870.  He  came  to  Otto, 
New  York,  with  his  father,  in  1825,  and  be- 
came a  farmer  of  the  town  and  a  teacher  in 
the  public  schools.  He  was  a  strong  Methodist 
and  helped  to  build  the  first  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  in  Otto.  He  later  lived  in  Mans- 
field, where  he  was  justice  of  the  peace,  1839- 
54.  About  i860  he  moved  to  Little  Valley, 
where  he  kept  a  general  store  until  his  retire- 
ment from  active  business  life.  He  married 
Polly  Beckwith.  Children :  Theophilus,  Luzon, 
Clarisana  and  Miriam. 

(VIII)  Theophilus,  son  of  Luzon  M.  and 
Polly  (Beckwith)  Botsford,  was  born  in  Catta- 
raugus county,  1826,  died  1907.  He  obtained 
his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and  was 
reared  to  farm  labor.  In  later  life  he  became 
the  owner  of  a  good  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres,  located  in  the  town  of  Mansfield.  He 
was  prosperous  and  influential.  He  was  a 
leading  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  and  served  on  the  official  board.  He 
married  Rebecca  J.  Mattoon,  born  1821.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Daniel  L.,  of  further  mention.  2. 
Simeon  D.,  married  EUzabeth  Sherman;  chil- 
dren: David,  Lillie  Mae,  James  Ralph  and 
Edna.  3.  Mary,  married  Amiel  Bulow;  chil- 
dren :  Lucius  Sylvanus,  Violet  Georgiana,  John 
Botsford,  Beulah  Bartholomew. 

(IX)  Daniel  L.,  eldest  son  of  Theophilus 
and  Rebecca  J.  (Mattoon)  Botsford,  was  bom 


in  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
February  22,  1855.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  Chamberlain  Institute,  the 
latter  then  being  in  charge  of  Professor  Ed- 
wards. After  leaving  the  institute  he  return- 
ed to  the  home  farm,  remaining  until  1883. 
In  that  year  he  bought  one  hundred  and  twen- 
ty-five acres  in  Elkdale,  on  which  he  resided 
until  1 891,  operating  a  dairy  and  stock  farm. 
He  then  located  in  Little  Valley,  where  he 
built  a  small  mill  and  dealt  in  feed  and  grain. 
In  1898  he  sold  his  feed  and  mill  business  and 
established  a  dry  goods  store  in  the  village  of 
Little  Valley,  which  he  still  continues.  He  is 
a  man  of  good  business  "ability  and  strict  integ- 
rity, ranking  high  among  his  associates.  He 
has  held  prominent  position  in  village  affairs, 
having  served  as  trustee  and  president  of  the 
corporation,  and  for  five  years  was  connected 
with  the  fire  department.  In  politics  he  fol- 
lowed the  example  of  his  father  and  grand- 
father until  1896,  when  he  transferred  his 
allegiance  from  the  Democratic  to  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  the  Masonic  order  and  the 
Royal  Arcanum.  At  present  he  is  justice  of 
the  peace  of  Little  Valley  township. 

He  married  Ella  De  Graff,  born  April  9, 
1853,  daughter  of  John  Teffords  and  Ann 
Eliza  (Michael)  De  Graff.  She  is  a  descend- 
ant of  Claas  Andriese  De  Graff,  who  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers  of  the  Mohawk  Valley 
and  the  progenitor  of  many  celebrated  char- 
acters of  that  noted  region.  A  well  authenti- 
cated genealogy  in  Reynold's  "History  of  the 
Hudson  and  Mohawk  Valleys"  (1910)  traces 
the  descent  of  Claas  Andriese  De  Graff  through 
eleven  generations  to  Louis  IX,  "Saint  Louis," 
King  of  France,  through  male  descent.  The 
name  came  from  the  Chateau  de  la  Graffe, 
near  L' Archimbault,  which  was  owned  by  Bert- 
rand  de  Bourboun,  Prince  de  la  Roche  de  la 
Graffe,  of  the  sixth  generation.  Children  of 
John  T.  De  Graff:  Ella,  James  Henry,  Lieu- 
tenant Harvey  Fonda,  killed  in  the  civil  war; 
James  Bradford,  Ida,  George,  Frank  Benja- 
min and  Josephine  Napoleon.  Children  of 
Daniel  L.  and  Ella  (De  Graff)  Botsford:  Jo- 
sephine, born  December  27,  1883,  died  March 
19,  1904;  George  T.,  born  August  i,  1886. 


Dr.     Levi     Wheaton,    born 
WHEATON     1760,   is   authority    for   the 

statement     that     the     first 
Wheaton  in  America  came  from  Wales.    The 


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first  record  in  the  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  line  is  Christopher  Wheaton,  believed 
to  be  a  son  of  Robert  and  Alice  Wheaton,  of 
Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  was  by  occupation 
a  "fisherman"  and  "mariner."  In  King 
Philip's  war  he  was  one  of  the  company  of 
the  brave  Captain  Johnson.  He  married,  in 
1674,  Martha,  daughter  of  Elder  John  Prince, 
of  Hull,  Massachusetts.  He  died  March  20, 
1684.  His  only  child,  so  far  as  known,  is 
Christopher. 

(H)  Christopher  (2),  son  of  Christopher 
(i)  Wheaton,  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
was  probably  bom  at  Hull,  his  mother's  home, 
about  1676.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and  removed 
to  Leicester,  Massachusetts.  He  married,  in 
Hingham,  February  3,  1708,  Sarah  Beal,  born 
in  Hingham,  March  5,  1680,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah and  Hannah  (Lane)  Beal.  Children: 
Benjamin,  bom  August  22,  1709;  Christopher 
(3),  of  further  mention;  Isaiah,  bom  October 
5,  17 14,  died  aged  twenty- four  years;  Sarah, 
married  Ebenezer  Kent. 

(III)  Christopher  (3),  son  of  Christopher 

(2)  Wheaton,  was  bom  June  25,  17 12.  He 
married  and  is  supposed  to  have  removed  to 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts.  He  had  a  son 
Christopher  (4). 

(IV)  Christopher  (4),  son  of  Christopher 

(3)  Wheaton,  was  born  1760.  He  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts.    He 

married   Abigail  ,  and    had    twelve 

children. 

(V)  Gains,  son  of  Christopher  (4)  and 
Abigail  Wheaton,  was  bom  in  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  in  1789-90,  died  1863.  About 
1823  he  settled  in  Little  Valley  Center,  Cattar- 
augus county.  New  York,  locating  on  the  farm 
now  owned  by  his  son  Norman,  who  in  1893 
was  the  oldest  living  person  that  was  born 
within  the  limits  of  the  town.  Gaius  Wheaton 
was  a  blacksmith  and  the  first  of  that  trade  to 
settle  in  Little  Valley  town.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  past  master 
of  his  lodge.  He  married  (first)  Lefa,  daugh- 
ter of  the  pioneer,  David  Chase.  She  was  the 
mother  of  all  his  children,  but  died  in  early  life. 
He  was  afterward  twice  married.  Children 
of  Gaius  and  Lefa  Wheaton :  Hiram,  a  farmer 
and  miller,  married  (first)  Mary  Gibson,  (sec- 
ond) Olive  Bryant;  Norman,  of  further  men- 
tion; Gaius  (2),  bom  August  17,  1826;  a 
farmer  of  the  town  of  Allegany,  married 
(first)  July  9,  1848,  Sarah  Kelley,  born  No- 
vember 10,   1829,  died  March  4,  1878;  mar- 


ried (second),  September  6,  1882,  Mrs.  May 
linda  Green,  bom  April  2,  1844;  children  by 
first  wife:  i.  Miranda,  born  June  11,  1851, 
married  Benjamin  C.  Fuller,  September  23, 
1872;  ii.  Florence,  bom  May  15,  1856,  mar- 
ried, January  16,  1878,  J.  E.  Barnes;  iii. 
Jessie  H.,  bom  March  i,  1863,  married,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1882,  J.  H.  Haley;  iv.  Allen  G.,  born 
December  8,  1865. 

(VI)  Norman,  second  son  of  Gaius  and 
Lefa  (Chase)  Wheaton,  was  born  January  9, 
1823,  died  June  15,  1897.  He  followed  agri- 
culture all  his  days  and  was  active  in  town  af- 
fairs of  Little  Valley.  He  inherited  the  home- 
stead farm  and  added  much  to  the  value  of  it. 
He  was  originally  a  Democrat,  but  at  the  for- 
mation of  the  Republican  party  joined  the  new 
party  and  always  remained  loyal  to  that  or- 
ganization. He  served  as  supervisor,  justice 
of  the  peace  and  assessor.  He  married  Har- 
riet Carver,  of  Great  Valley,  New  York,  bom 
February  12,  1825,  died  February  28,  1895, 
daughter  of  Parley  and  Susan  (Sherman) 
Carver,  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and  Beer- 
sheba  (Griswold)  Carver.  Samuel  Carver 
was  a  descendant  of  Deacon  and  Governor 
Carver,  of  the  Mayflower  and  Plymouth  col- 
ony. Susan  Sherman  was  a  descendant  of 
Roger  Sherman,  signer  of  the  Declaration  of 
Independence  and  prominent  citizen  of  Con- 
necticut. Children:  Elnora,  died  aged  two 
years;  Viola  A.,  of  further  mention;  Stanley 
Norman,  of  further  mention. 

(VII)  Viola  A.,  second  child  of  Norman 
and  Harriet  (Carver)  Wheaton,  was  bom  in 
Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
May  24,  1854,  at  the  old  Wheaton  homestead 
of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  that  she  now 
owns.  She  married,  November  24,  1875, 
Francis  M.  Bailey,  bom  September  17,  1845. 
in  the  town  of  Yorkshire,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  died  in  the  village  of  Little  Val- 
ley, New  York,  May  14,  1898.    He  was  a  son 

of  Thomas  and  (Curtis)   Bailey,  of 

Yorkshire.  He  lost  his  mother  at  the  age  of 
eleven  years  and  went  to  an  aunt  in  Great 
Valley,  by  whom  he  was  reared.  He  received 
a  public  school  education,  and  worked  at  farm- 
ing until  September,  1864,  when  he  enlisted 
in  the  ninety-day  call  at  the  close  of  the  war 
as  private  in  Company  A,  Eighth  Regiment, 
New  York  Cavalry,  and  while  in  the  field  did 
not  see  active  service;  he  was  attacked  with  ai 
disease  from  which  he  never  entirely  recov- 
ered.   He  was  honorably  discharged,  June  16, 


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1865.  After  the  war  was  ended  he  went  to 
the  state  of  Iowa,  settling  on  government  land. 
He  did  not  remain  long,  and  upon  selling  his 
interest  returned  to  Little  Valley.  He  formed 
a  partnership  with  Hiram  Thompson,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Thompson  &  Bailey.  He 
was  for  two  years  in  Allegany  with  Spraker  & 
Mixer,  and  for  a  time  with  Havinor  Brothers, 
at  Salamanca.  He  was  deputy  sheriff  of  Cat- 
taraugus county,  serving  under  Sheriffs  Sieg- 
ler  and  Hazard.  Later  he  purchased  a  small 
farm  of  forty  acres  in  Little  Valley.  He  served 
his  town  as  assessor  and  was  a  most  satis- 
factory ofHcial.  He  was  a  man  of  sunny, 
pleasing  disposition,  always  happy  whether  at 
home  or  abroad,  scattering  sunshine  wherever 
he  went.  His  friends  were  legion,  for  to 
know  the  man  was  to  love  and  admire  him. 
He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Fuller 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  member  of 
Arion  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
member  of  the  fire  department,  the  Knights 
of  the  Maccabees  and  in  religious  faith  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  His  death  was  very  sudden 
and  was  a  great  shock  to  the  community.  While 
waiting  for  the  summons  to  the  evening  meal 
he  received  the  summons  from  the  Grand 
Master  of  the  Universe,  and  quietly  slipping 
from  his  chair  passed  away  without  a  strug- 
gle. His  funeral  services  were  in  charge  of 
his  Masonic  brethren,  numerous  delegations 
attending  from  other  lodges  in  the  county. 
The  district  court  was  adjourned  in  respect  to 
his  memory  and  the  county  offices  closed. 
Rarely  does  a  man  in  civil  life  have  greater 
honor  paid  to  his  memory. 

Child  of  Francis  M.  and  Viola  A. 
(Wheaton)  Bailey:  Norman  Wheaton,  bom 
January  9, 1885 ;  married,  June  12, 1909,  Vinda 
L.,  bom  September  30,  1885,  second  child  of 
A.  C.  and  Amy  (Stuart)  Stickle.  Mrs.  Viola 
A.  (Wheaton)  Bailey  survives  her  husband,  a 
resident  of  Little  Valley,  where  she  is  held  in 
the  highest  esteem. 

( VH)  Stanley  Norman,  son  of  Norman  and 
Harriet  (Carver)  Wheaton,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  December  i,  1857.  His  primary 
education  was  in  the  public  schools;  his  aca- 
demic in  Forestville  and  Ten  Broeck  Acad- 
emies, 1875-76.  He  began  teaching  after  grad- 
uation and  taught  seven  terms  in  Cattaraugus, 
one  in  Chautauqua  county.  In  1877  he  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  offices  of  Nash  &  Lin- 


coln, Little  Valley;  continued  his  studies  un- 
der J.  A.  Parsons,  of  Forestville,  finishing  his 
legal  course  with  his  first  preceptors,  Nash  & 
Lincoln.  In  the  intervals  he  again  resumed 
teaching.  In  1881  he  was  admitted  to  the  Cat- 
taraugus county  bar.  He  b^an  practice  in 
Little  Valley.  He  was  chosen  by  County  Clerk 
M.  J.  Rich  as  his  deputy,  1880-83,  ^^^  was  re- 
tained in  office  by  succeeding  county  clerks 
until  he  had  completed  a  term  of  service  as 
deputy  county  clerk,  of  twenty-five  years.  In 
1887  he  was  elected  school  commissioner  of 
the  second  district  of  Cattaraugus  county,  re- 
elected in  1890.  He  held  the  office  of  justice 
of  the  peace  for  many  years  and  was  trustee 
of  the  village  of  Little  Valley.  During  the 
Spanish-American  war  he  was  appointed  spe- 
cial collector  of  internal  revenue,  and  in  1910 
was  elected  sheriff  of  Cattaraugus  county  for 
a  term  of  three  years.  He  is  a  popular  official 
and  his  long  years  in  the  public  service  has 
made  for  him  a  host  of  warm  friends  in  both 
parties.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Little  Valley 
Bank  and  interested  in  other  business  enter- 
prises. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a 
Methodist  in  religious  faith.  His  fraternal 
association  is  with  the  Masonic  Order,  belong- 
ing to  Lodge,  Chapter  and  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar. 

He  married,  November  20,  1880,  Nellie  C, 
born  February  2,  1863,  daughter  of  Cyrus  A. 
Fuller,  of  Little  Valley,  bom  September  11, 
1827,  died  December  18,  1904,  married  Lydia 
Alzina  Godding,  bom  May  3,  1828,  died  March 
7,  1902,  daughter  of  Levi  Godding,  an  early 
pioneer  of  Little  Valley,  and  Persis  (Locke) 
Godding.  Cyrus  A.  was  a  son  of  Cyrus 
W.  Fuller,  born  in  Pawlet,  Vermont,  March, 
1800;  came  to  New  York  state  with  his  parents 
at  twelve  years  of  age,  settling  at  Elba,  Gen- 
esee county,  where  he  remained  until  1831, 
then  locating,  February  of  that  year,  in  the 
town  of  Little  Valley,  with  wife  and  two  chil- 
dren. He  bought  one  hundred  acres  of  land 
with  but  three  and  one-half  acres  cleared.  He 
prospered  and  built  a  larger  log  house  (his 
first  log  cabin  being  the  first  in  Little  Valley), 
and  a  little  later  a  framed  addition  in  which 
he  conducted  the  first  grocery  store  in  the 
village  of  Little  Valliey.  He  was  a  ready 
public  speaker  and  served  in  important  public 
office.  As  commissioner  of  highways  he  laid 
but  most  of  the  streets  and  roads  in  the  town. 
He  married  Lucia,  daughter  of  Elijah  Bristol, 


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of  Genesee  county,  New  York.  Seven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Cyrus  A.  was  the  second  and 
eldest  son.  Cyrus  W.  was  a  son  of  John  Ful- 
ler, who  served  seven  years  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war  and  was  borne  on  the  rolls  as  a 
pensioner  of  that  war.  Children  of  Cyrus  A. 
and  Lydia  A.  Fuller:  i.  Laura  A.,  married 
Byron  L.  Sprague ;  child :  Clarence.  2.  George 
W.,  married  (hrst)  Myra  Wellman;  children: 
i.  Blanche,  married  Harold  Sprague;  child, 
Harold  (2)  ;  ii.  Myra.  George  W.  Fuller  mar- 
ried (second)  Minnie  Lowe;  son,  Howard. 
3.  Nellie  C,  married  Stanley  N.  Wheaton.  4. 
Clark  M.,  died  aged  seven  years.  Children  of 
Stanley  N.  and  Nellie  C.  Wheaton:  i.  Har- 
riet L.,  bom  March  23,  1882 ;  married,  June  2, 
1906,  John  D.  Dehn,  of  Buffalo,  born  Decem- 
ber I,  1877.  2.  Helen  B.,  born  November  14, 
1884,  died  March  30,  1885.  3.  Lura  O.,  born 
October  29,  1886.    4.  Viola  A. 


The  name  Wilson  is  a  familiar 
WILSON     and  universal  one,  and  of  the 

thousands  of  the  name  in  the 
United  States  comparatively  few  have  a  com- 
mon ancestor,  or  are  so  near  of  kin  as  to  have 
a  common  ancestor  as  late  as  1630.  Genea- 
logical dictionaries  dealing  with  the  period 
prior  to  1700  give  long  lists  of  Wilsons  who 
settled  in  the  country,  few  of  whom  are  men- 
tioned as  being  even  distantly  related.  They 
came  from  England,  Scotland  and  Ireland. 

The  particular  Wilson  family  herein  re- 
corded is  of  immediate  Scotch  ancestry,  James 
H.  Wilson,  of  Little  Valley,  New  York,  be- 
ing the  first  of  his  family  born  in  America. 
The  first  on  record  is  his  father,  Hans  Wilson, 
born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland,  where  he  was  edu- 
cated, grew  to  manhood,  learned  the  trade  of 
weaver  and  married.  He  came  to  America 
prior  to  1848,  with  wife  and  two  children,  set- 
tling in  Perth,  province  of  Ontario,  Canada. 
Here  he  purchased  a  farm,  which  he  culti- 
vated, also  following  his  trade.  He  married 
Sarah  Dixon.  Children,  first  two  born  abroad : 
I.  Margaret,  married  James  Wilson,  and  re- 
sides at  Sarnia,  Ontario.  2.  William  W.,  born 
October  25,  1840;  married  Mattie  M.  Knox; 
children:  i.  Claude  L.,  born  October  15,  1870; 
married  Gertrude  E.  Darrow,  and  has  Donald 
Darrow,  born  August  14,  1902;  ii.  Ray  E., 
married  Maud  Westwood,  and  has  William 
W.,  born  March  24,  1910.  3.  James  H.,  of 
further  mention.     4.  Isabella,  married  James 


Beveredge,  and  resides  at  Pilot  Mount,  Mani- 
toba. 5.  John  H.,  married  Emma  George, 
and  resides  at  Gowanda,  New  York ;  children  : 
Georgie  and  Sadie. 

(II)  James  H.,  first  American  bom  child  of 
Hans  and  Sarah  (Dixon)  Wilson,  was  born  in 
Perth,  Ontario,  Canada,  April  14, 1848.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  remained  at 
home  with  his  father  and  worked  the  farm  un- 
til he  attained  legal  age.  He  then  learned  the 
trade  of  blacksmith  and  in  1869  came  to  Lit- 
tle Valley,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
where  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
brother,  William  W.  Wilson,  doing  a  general 
carriage  building,  blacksmithing  and  harness 
business.  This  continued  until  1892,  when 
James  H.  withdrew  and  established  a  real  es- 
tate and  insurance  office  in  Little  Valley.  On 
December  13,  1910,  he  was  appointed  post- 
master, resigning  the  office  of  supervisor, 
which  he  had  held  the  preceding  ten  years,  to 
accept  the  postmastership.  He  was  town  clerk 
four  years,  trustee  of  the  village  four  years  and 
president  one  year.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  but  has  a  host  of  supporters  and 
friends  in  the  opposite  party.  He  has  been 
secretary  of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Agricul- 
tural Society,  which  he  has  helped  to  build  up 
from  a  weak,  struggling  enterprise  to  one  of 
strength  and  success.  He  belongs  to  Arion 
Lodge,  No.  812,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  is  connected  with  other  local  affairs  of 
interest. 

He  married,  July  9,  1870,  Elizabeth  A.,  bom 
September  23,  1848,  daughter  of  James  Quant, 
born  July  2,  1818,  died  December  26,  1898, 
son  of  Peter  Quant.  James  Quant  married 
Catherine  Smith,  born  April  2,  1818,  died 
March  2,  1877,  daughter  of  Avon  and  Agnes 
(Sponaburg)  Smith.  Children:  Peter,  bom 
May  28,  1842,  died  December  31,  1864;  Sarah, 
September  3,  1843,  ^'^^  December  12,  1867; 
Henry  A.,  February  27,  1846,  married  Electa 
Sweet;  Elizabeth  A.,  married  James  H.  Wil- 
son; Luke,  born  July  11,  1854,  married  Alice 
Buchanan.  Children  of  James  H.  and  Eliza- 
beth A.  Wilson :  i.  A.  Mae,  bom  December  3, 
1873;  married,  October  2,  1897,  George  W. 
Truster,  bora  April  14,  1871,  died  September 
29,  1903.  2.  Margaret  Isabel,  born  August 
I,  1875;  married,  March  31,  1894,  Daniel  J. 
Bushnell ;  child,  Dorothy,  born  June  ig,  1899. 
3.  Katherine,  born  November  28,  1876;  mar- 
ried, October,  1899,  Philip  J.  McAnoy. 


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Samuel  (3)  Wilcox  (early 
WILCOX     spelling    Wilcoxson)   was    the 

American  ancestor  of  the  Wil- 
cox fsimily  herein  recorded.  He  was  an  early 
settler  of  Simsbury,  Connecticut,  but  the  exact 
date  of  his  coming  ia  not  known.  It  appears 
that  he  resided  at  Meadow  Plain,  and  as  Avon, 
adjoining  to  Simsbury,  had  at  its  earliest  ex- 
istence some  families  of  that  name,  it  is  al- 
most a  certainty  that  he  was  a  son  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  Wilcox  and  grandson  of  Samuel  (i) 
Wilcox.  Samuel  (3)  Wilcox  had  sons:  Sam- 
uel, William  and  Joseph. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Wilcox, 
had  sons:  John,  Deacon  William,  Amos  and 
Azariah. 

(V)  Deacon  William  (2)  Wilcox,  son  of 
William  (i)  Wilcox,  had  a  son,  William  (lieu- 
tenant). 

(VI)  Lieutenant  William  (3)  Wilcox,  son 
of  Deacon  William  (2)  Wilcox,  was  born 
1727,  died  1775.  He  settled  in  West  Simsbury, 
Connecticut,  1750.  He  married  Lucy,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Case,  and  had  thirteen  children, 
three  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  Colonel  William  (4)  Wilcox,  son  of 
Lieutenant  William  (3)  Wilcox,  was  born 
1758,  died  1827.  He  married  (first),  Decem- 
ber 22,  1779,  Mercy,  born  1761,  died  1809, 
daughter  of  Captain  Zacheus  Case;  (second) 
Anna  Edgerton,  born  1775,  died  1846,  widow 
of  Lieutenant  Daniel  Moses.  Twelve  chil- 
dren. 

•  (VIII)  Rev.  William  (5)  Wilcox,  second 
son  of  Colonel  William  (4)  Wilcox,  was  born 
1782,  died  1842.  He  resided  in  Sandisfield, 
Massachusetts,  Otisco,  Onondaga  county,  New 
York,  and  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York. 
He  held  the  first  religious  service  in  the  town 
of  Cold  Spring  in  1823.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Williams  Collie  and  a  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel. On  coming  to  Cattaraugus  county  he 
took  up  a  tract  of  one  hundred  acres,  which 
was  cleared  and  cultivated  by  his  sons.  He 
married  Loraine  Green. 

(IX)  Lansing  H.,  son  of  Rev.  William  (5) 
Wilcox,  was  born  January  7,  1809,  died  March 
27,  1895.  He  helped  cultivate  his  father's 
farm  and  later  purchased  a  one  hundred  acre 
tract  in  his  own  right,  which  he  cleared  and 
operated  as  a  dairy  and  stock  farm.  He  was 
a  Methodist,  serving  his  church  as  steward 
and  trustee.  He  was  a  member  of  the  school 
board  of  NapoH,  a  Whig  and  Republican.    He 

married,  September  15,  1830,  Miranda  Holmes, 
17— w  • 


born  June  14,  1808,  died  June  15,  1867.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary  S.,  born  July  12,  1831 ;  Alvin  H., 
January  21,  1834,  died  June  29,  1908;  Charles 
P.,  June  I,  1835 ;  Helen  S.,  July  7,  1838;  Eliza, 
June  2,  1841 ;  Zelotis,  January  18,  1845,  died 
March  11,  1852;  Hosmer  H.,  see  forward. 

(X)  Hosmer  H.,  youngest  child  of  Lansing 
H.  Wilcox,  was  born  in  Napoli,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  September  10,  1847,  died 
August  2."]^  191 1,  at  Little  Valley,  where  he 
was  living.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  worked  on  the  farm,  and  for  two 
winters  taught  school.  He  learned  the  trade 
of  carpenter,  at  which  he  worked  for  a  number 
of  years.  He  went  west,  remaining  two  years, 
working  at  his  trade  on  the  Indian  reservation 
in  Minnesota  for  the  government.  He  then 
returned  to  Napoli  and  took  the  old  home 
farm,  also  engaging  in  other  lines  of  activity. 
He  was  justice  of  the  peace  sixteen  years  and 
as  "Squire'*  Wilcox  was  widely  and  most  fav- 
orably known.  He  lived  a  life  of  activity,  and 
until  1910  was  always  in  the  harness.  In  that 
year  he  retired,  removed  to  Little  Valley  where 
he  purchased  a  commodious  house  on  one  of 
the  principal  streets.  He  was  held  in  high 
esteem  among  his  townsmen  and  was  a  man  of 
influence.  He  was  always  a  warm  friend  of 
the  cause  of  education  and  for  thirty  years 
was  on  the  school  board.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  he 
served  as  steward  and  trustee.  Politically  he 
was  a  Republican  and  Prohibitionist. 

He  married,  May  12,  1875,  Ella  S.  Burt, 
born  September  17,  1854,  daughter  of  Jairus 
N.  Burt,  bom  June  29,  1828,  died  February 
19,  1906;  married,  October  11,  1853,  Emma 
Bigelow,  born  April  15,  1833,  daughter  of 
John  Spencer  Bigelow,  born  March  14,  1807, 
married,  November  11,  1829,  Caroline  Amanda 
Wells,  born  February  12,  18 10,  daughter  of 
Asa  and  Betsey  (Treadwell)  Wells. 

Jairus  N.  Burt  was  the  grandson  of  Samuel 
Burt  and  son  of  Oliver  P.  Burt,  born  June  i, 
1787,  married,  January  21,  1808,  Thankful 
Clark,  bom  April  2,  1787.  John  Spencer  Bige- 
low was  a  son  of  John  and  Temperance  (  Spen- 
cer) Bigelow.  Children  of  Jairus  N.  and 
Emma  (Bigelow)  Burt:  i.  Ella  S.,  married 
Hosmer  H.  Wilcox.  2.  John  Lewis,  born  April 
19,  1866;  married,  February  19,  1891,  Effie  A. 
VVright,  born  June  10,  1866,  daughter  of  David 
Wright;  children:  Lewis  Randall,  born  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1894;  Thora  Elizabeth,  June  27,  1896; 
Ralph  Lee,  June  5,  1905. 


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Children  of  Hosmer  H.  and  Ella  S.  (Burt) 
Wilcox:  I.  Burt  L.,  born  September  15,  1877; 
married  (first),  September  17,  1901,  Jennie 
Vining,  who  died  September  8,  1908;  child: 
Arthur  D.,  born  July  2^,  1902.  He  married 
(second),  July  28,  1910,  Phoebe  Pratt;  child: 
Margaret,  born  July  11,  191 1.  2.  Itha  May, 
born  May  7,  1879.  3-  Walter  J.,  born  May  5, 
1883;  married,  August  27,  1906,  Catherine 
Lewis;  children:  Elizabeth  C,  born  March  16, 
1908;  Gordon  Lewis,  November  24.  1910.  4. 
Carrie  Miranda,  born  December  i,  1886;  mar- 
ried, June  27,  1907,  Lewis  Waite ;  he  died  Au- 
gust 28,  1907.  5.  Charles  Alvin,  born  July  6, 
1889;  married,  December  2,  1908,  Velma  Hin- 
man;  child,  Marion  Cedric,  born  October  9, 
1909.    6.  Helen  Josephine,  bom  April  14,  1896. 


The  first  of  this  family  to  set- 
SEEKINS     tie  in  Cattaraugus  county  was 

Ezekiel  Seekins,  born  in  Staf- 
ford, Vermont,  July  7,  1798,  died  in  Leon,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York,  October  10,  1865. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  both  Vermont  and  New 
York.  He  married,  in  Middlebury,  Genesee 
county.  New  York,  April  2,  1820,  Sylvia  Judd, 
born  in  StaflFord,  January  i,  1803.  Children: 
I.  William,  born  in  Middlebury,  Vermont,  July 
18,  1824;  married  Sally  Wright;  children:  i. 
Rose,  married  Floyd  Vincent;  ii.  Walter;  iii. 
Ella,  married  Everett  Hunt;  iv.  Alonzo;  v. 
Minnie.  2.  Edwin,  bom  in  Dayton,  New  York, 
June  18,  1834.  3.  John  Alonzo,  see  forward. 
(H)  John  Alonzo,  youngest  child  of  Ezekiel 
and  Sylvia  (Judd)  Seekins,  was  born  in  Day- 
ton, Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  July  29, 
1840.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  until  the  outbreak 
of  the  civil  war.  He  enlisted  October  15.  1861, 
in  Company  K  (Captain  Fancher),  Sixty- 
fourth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. He  was  mustered  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  October  29,  1861,  served 
three  years,  and  was  honorably  discharged  Oc- 
tober 29,  1864,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
enlistment.  His  military  career  was  unusually 
meritorious;  although  the  Sixty- fourth  was 
one  of  the  hardest  fought  regiments  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac  Mr.  Seekins  in  his  three 
years  of  service  never  had  a  wound,  was  never 
a  prisoner  and  never  had  a  furlough  or  sick 
leave.  His  service  was  continuous.  He  won 
promotion  to  corporal,  and  was  commissary 
sergeant  at  brigade  headquarters.  After  the 
""*r  he  returned  to  Dayton,  married  and  set- 


tled in  the  town  of  Leon,  same  county,  where 
he  purchased  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and 
twenty-five  acres  which  he  later  sold,  purchas- 
ing a  smaller  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty- 
acres,  near  Leon  Center.  This  farm  he  later 
sold  and  purchasing  a  still*  smaller  farm  en- 
gaged in  butter  and  cheese,  as  a  shipper  to 
New  York  City.  This  not  proving  profitable 
he  sold  out  and  until  1873  cultivated  a  small 
farm  of  fifty-three  acres,  which  he  purchased. 
While  living  at  Leon  he  was  in  1872-73  super- 
visor for  one  temi,  and  also  town  collector. 
In  1873  h^  began  the  operation  of  a  saw  and 
grist  mill,  continuing  until  1877,  when  he  sold 
out.  He  then  went  to  the  oil  fields  near  Brad- 
ford, Pennsylvania,  where  for  seven  years  he 
was  actively  engaged  in  teaming,  and  in  drill- 
ing, buying,  selling  and  operating  oil  wells. 
He  then  went  to  Bolivar  and  Cherry  Grove, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  continued  like  opera- 
tions. He  was  very  successful  in  the  oil  fields, 
where  he  remained  until  1884,  then  located  in 
Little  Valley,  New  York,  where  for  ten  years 
he  was  proprietor  of  a  hotel,  after  which  he 
retired  from  active  business  life. 

He  has  served  as  president  of  the  village, 
trustee  and  collector.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  and  is  now  serv- 
ing his  seventh  consecutive  term  as  commander 
of  Fuller  Post.  This  post  has  lost  so  many 
members  by  death  that  there  are  now  but  four- 
teen of  the  old  veterans  left.  Commander 
Seekins  bids  fair  to  continue  in  office  for  life 
as  his  recent  reelections  have  been  unanimous* 
and  without  opposition.  When  one  reads  the 
history  of  the  Sixty-fourth  Regiment  the  mar- 
vel is  that  any  are  left  or  that  any  returned. 
At  Fredericksburg  their  number  was  reduced 
to  two  hundred,  one  company  having  only  four 
privates  left.  They  also  suffered  terribly  at 
Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg.  In  fact,  at 
the  close  of  the  war,  there  were  very  few  of 
the  Cattaraugus  boys  left  in  the  regiment,  the 
additions  which  kept  it  up  to  fighting  strength 
being  from  other  counties  and  even  states,  in- 
cluding many  foreigners.  Even  this  little  rem- 
nant of  fourteen  are  not  all  Sixty-fourth  vet- 
erans, but  served  in  other  regiments.  Mr. 
Seekins  is  also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order 
and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
He  is  known  to'  everybody  in  his  community 
where  he  is  held  in  highest  esteem.  His  life 
has  been  a  long  and  busy  one,  filled  with  honest 
effort,  and  has  brought  him  a  generous  return 
of  this  world's  goods.    He  is  an  attendant  of 


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both  village  churches,  to  whose  support  he  is  a 
liberal  giver. 

He  married,  January  i,  1865,  Ellen  S.,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Fannie  (Parens)  Brown, 
whose  six  children  are :  Ellen  S.,  married  John 
A.  Seekins ;  Harriet,  married  William  S.  Eas- 
ton;  Jeannette,  married  Dinzel  Ingersoll;  Jo- 
sephine, married  Walter  Ballard ;  Julius,  mar- 
ried Ida  Easterly;  Ellis,  married  Sadie  Will- 
iams. Children  of  John  A.  and  Ellen  S.  See- 
kins: Georgia,  born  February  3,  1866,  married, 
December  5,  1893,  RoHin  H.  Pratt;  Persis, 
horn  June  25,^  1881. 


Matthew  and  John  Whipple, 
WH I PPLE  brothers,  were  among  the  earli- 
est settlers  of  that  part  of  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  called  the  Hamlet,  where 
they  received  a  grant  of  land  of  more  than 
two  hundred  acres,  in  1638.  They  may  have 
been  sons  of  Matthew  Whipple,  of  Bocking, 
county  of  Essex,  England,  whose  will  proved 
January  28,  161 8,  mentions  sons,  Matthew  and 
John.  Another  record  speaks  of  **Jo^^  Whip- 
ple, son  of  Matthew,  is  said  to  have  been  bap- 
tized in  Essex,  England,  1632."  The  descend- 
ants of  Matthew  Whipple  seem  to  have  set- 
tled in  Northern  New  England  largely,  among 
them  being  General  William  Whipple,  born  in 
1730,  died  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
November  28,  1785,  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  and  general  of  a 
New  Hampshire  brigade,  and  in  civil  life  judge 
of  the  supreme  court  of  New  Hampshire.  Other 
noted  descendants  of  John  and  Matthew  Whip- 
ple are  statesmen,  soldiers  and  scholars,  whose 
names  are  found  in  army  records  of  every  war, 
in  college  posters,  legislative  reports  and  in 
high  positions  in  the  church,  probably  among 
the  latter  Bishop  Whipple,  of  Minnesota. 

(I)  John  Whipple,  born  in  1617,  died  May 
16,  1685,  was  of  Ipswich  and  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  July,  1659,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  was  received  as  a  pur- 
chaser. He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  1666, 
and  was  chosen  deputy,  1666-69-7072-74-76- 
yy.  In  1674  he  was  licensed  to  keep  an  ordin- 
ary. August  14,  1676,  being  one  of  those  "who 
staid  and  went  not  away,"  he  had  a  share  in 
the  disposition  of  the  Indian  captives  of  King 
Philip's  war,  whose  services  were  sold  for  a 
term  of  years.  His  will  proved  May  27,  1685, 
disposes  of  quite  a  large  amount  of  land.  He 
and  his  wife  were  buried  on  their  own  land, 
but  their  bodies  were  afterward  removed  to 


the  North  Burial  Ground.  His  wife  Sarah  was 
born  in  1624,  died  1666.  Children:  i.  John, 
was  town  treasurer  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island;  town  clerk:  deputy  and  assistant  to 
the  governor;  married  (first)  Mary  Olney; 
(second)  Rebecca,  widow  of  John  Scott.  2. 
Sarah,  born  1642;  married  John  Smith.  3. 
Samuel,  born  1644 ;  was  constable  and  deputy ; 
married  Mary  Harris.  4.  Eleazer,  born  1646; 
was  deputy;  married  Alice  Angell.  5.  Mary, 
bom  1648;  married  Epenetus  Olney.  6.  Will- 
iam, born  1652 ;  married  Mary .  7.  Ben- 
jamin, born  1654;  married  Ruth  Matthewson. 
8.  David,  of  further  mention.  .9.  Abigail,  mar- 
ried (first)  Stephen  Dexter ;  (second)  William 
Hopkins.  10.  Joseph,  born  1662;  was  deputy 
twenty  terms ;  member  of  the  town  council  six- 
teen terms;  assistant  and  colonel  of  a  militia 
regiment;  married  Alice  Smith.  11.  Jonathan, 
bom  1664;  married  Margaret  Angell.  These 
children  all  settled  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

(II)  David,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Whipple, 
was  born  in  1656,  died  December,  1710.  He 
was  of  Providence,  but  seems  to  have  removed 
to  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts^  late  in  life.  He 
held  the  military  rank  of  ensign.  His  will 
proved  January  8,  171 1,  disposes  of  real  and 
personal  estate.  He  married  (first),  May  15, 
1675,  Sarah,  died  April  2,  1677,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (White)  Heamden, 
who  bore  him  a  son  David,  see  forward.  He 
married  (second),  November  11,  1677,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Tower, 
who  bore  him  seven  children. 

(III)  David  (2),  only  child  of  David  (i) 
and  his  first  wife,  Sarah  (Hearnden)  Whip- 
ple, was  born  in  1676;  married  and  had  issue. 

(IV)  David  (3),  son  of  David  (2)  Whip- 
ple, was  born  about  1707,  died  1776.  He  re- 
moved to  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.  He  mar- 
ried, July  7,  1737,  Martha  Reed,  and  had  sons. 

(V)  David  (4),  son  of  David  (3)  and  Mar- 
tha (Reed)  Whipple,  married  Joanna  Jones. 

(VI)  Joseph,  son  of  David  (4)  and  Joanna 
(Jones)  Whipple,  was  born  December  27,  1787, 
settled  in  Pennsylvania,  1810,  where  he  died  at 
Silver  Lake.  He  married,  September  19,  1813, 
Betsey  Finch,  born  December  9,  1795.  ChiK 
dren:  i.  Patty  A.,  bom  February  19,  1814; 
married  (first)  a  Mr.  Sould;  (secoiid)  James 
Gage ;  six  children.  2.  Jonathan  J.,  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1815;  married,  May  27,  1841,  Susan 
Tracy;  three  children.  3.  Nancy,  born  Sep- 
tember 21,  1 81 7;  married  Edward  Stewart; 
four  children.    4.  Henry  Francisco,  of  further 


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mention.  5.  Joanna,  born  September  7,  182 1. 
6.  Sarah,  born  May  28,  1824.  7.  Alpheus, 
born  December  13,  1826.  tS,  Lydia,  twin  of 
Alpheus.  9.  Dorcas,  born  July  19,  1829.  10. 
Elizabeth,  born  March  2,  1832.  11.  David 
Spencer,  born  May  28,  1834.  12.  Joseph  War- 
ren, bom  December  10,  1837.  These  children 
were  all  bom  at  Brackney,  Susquehanna  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania. 

(VII)  Henry  Francisco,  fourth  child  of  Jo- 
seph and  Betsey  (Finch)  Whipple,  was  born 
October  20,  1819,  died  in  the  Andersonville 
prison  pen,  July  9,  1864.  He  removed  from 
Susquehanna  county,  Pennsylvania,  to  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York,  where  he  engaged 
in  farming  and  lumbering.  He  cleared  a  farm 
in  Steraburg  and  another  at  Salamanca.  In 
the  fall  of  1862  he  enlisted  in  Company  H, 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty- fourth  Regiment,  New 
York  Volunteers,  leaving  his  wife  and  six  chil- 
dren to  struggle  on  the  farm.  He  saw  hard 
service  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  was  in 
the  battle  of  Chancellorsville  and  at  Gettys- 
burg, Pennsylvania,  where  nearly  the  entire 
One  Hundred  and  Fifty-fourth  Regiment  was 
taken  prisoners.  At  that  time  he  was  ranking 
as  sergeant.  He  was  confined  in  the  prison  on 
Belle  Isle  for  six  months,  from  there  taken  to 
Libby  Prison,  thence  to  Andersonville,  Georgia. 
He  suffered  all  the  horrors  of  that  prison  with 
thirty  thousand  other  Union  prisoners  who  had 
unfortunately  fallen  under  the  inhuman  treat- 
ment of  the  fiend  Wirtz,  until  July,  1864,  when 
he  died  a  victim  of  starvation.  He  was  buried 
in  what  was  then  an  abandoned  cotton  field 
with  fourteen  thousand  other  boys  in  blue  who 
shared  the  same  fate.  Their  place  of  sepulchre 
is  now  the  beautiful  Andersonville  National 
Cemetery,  where,  on  each  recurring  Decora- 
tion Day  the  Sons  of  Veterans  of  Massachu- 
setts place  a  small  United  States  flag  at  the 
head  of  each  of  the  fourteen  thousand  graves. 

He  married,  March  19,  1844,  Martha  Al- 
vira  Hatch,  bom  March  19,  1826,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Mary  Hatch,  of  whom  her  son 
writes : 

She  was  an  exceptional  woman.  She  was  of  Mo- 
hawk Valley  Dutch  descent,  well  educated,  a  hand- 
some, wholesome  woman,  who  displayed  the  same 
bravery,  in  keeping  her  family  together,  as  her  hus- 
band did  on  the  field  of  battle.  She  did  the  work  for 
a  large  family  of  her  own,  and  kept  from  ten  to 
sixteen  boarders,  woodsmen,  cooking  and  doing  the 
housework  for  them  all.  It  was  a  task  well  done 
and  an  example  of  industry  to  her  children  that  they 
have  never  forgotten  and  seem  to  have  followed. 


She  died  February  14,  1896,  at  Salamanca, 
aged  sixty-nine  years.  When  Mr.  Whipple  en- 
listed in  1862  the  eldest  child  was  sixteen 
years  of  age.  There  was  no  other  means  of 
support,  and  all  who  could  assisted  the  mother 
in  caring  and  providing  for  the  family.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Alfred  A.,  born  October  31,  1845; 
attended  the  public  school  until  his  father's  en- 
listment, worked  in  a  sawmill  later,  and  for 
several  years  on  the  railroad.  He  later  decided 
to  become  a  physician  and  entered  Eclectic 
Medical  Institute  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  He  was 
graduated  an  M.  D.,  and  for  three  years  prac- 
ticed his  profession  at  Randolph,  Cattaraugus 
county.  He  then  took  a  course  in  Homoeo- 
pathy at  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College,  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  later  going  to  Quincy,  Illinois^ 
where  he  now  ( 191 1 )  resides.  He  has  risen  to 
the  topmost  round  in  his  profession.  Was 
president  of  the  State  Medical  Society,  and  is  a 
noted  contributor  to  the  medical  journals.  He 
became  prominent  in  the  Masonic  order  attain- 
ing the  highest  degrees,  and  is  well  known  as 
an  authority  on  Masonic  law  and  work.  He 
married,  October  6,  1869,  Lydia  E.  Learned,, 
deceased,  daughter  of  Dr.  Henry  Learned. 
Children:  Harry,  captain  of  the  Fifth  Illinois 
Regiment  during  the  Spanish- American  war; 
Merrill,  died  aged  five  years;  Arthur,  Willis 
and  Grace.  2.  Sally  G.,  married  Andrew 
Harkness,  and  is  now  (1911)  living  in  the 
state  of  Washington ;  children :  Henry,  Edith. 
Martha,  Laura,  Truman,  Lee,  Ella,  William 
and  Oliver.  Of  Sally  G.  Harkness  her  brother^ 
James  S.,  says: 

She,  in  some  respects,  is  a  remarkable  woman. 
She  is  now  (iQii)  sixty-three  years  of  age,  in  per- 
fect health  without  a  gray  hair  and  able  to  do  much 
more  work  than  many  young  women  of  to-day.  She 
was  married  at  the  early  a^e  of  fifteen,  bore  ten 
children,  cared  for  them  until  they  were  grown  up, 
did  the  work  for  a  number  of  laborers  most  of  the 
time,  during  all  the  time  the  children  were  with  her, 
her  husband  being  engaged  in  lumbering,  and  at  the 
same  time  studying  covering  a  wide  range  of  sub- 
jects, and  to-day  is  the  best  read  woman  of  my 
acquaintance.  Although  a  small  woman  yet  she  has 
accomplished  all  of  these  things,  and  is  to-day  an 
active,  well  and  happy  woman,  getting  much  pleasure 
and  enjoyment  out  of  every  day. 

3.  Stephen  J.,  a  locomotive  engineer,  now  on 
the  New  York,  Pittsburgh  and  Ohio  railroad ; 
resides  in  Greenville,  Pennsylvania;  married 
(first)  Florence  Seaver;  after  her  death  he 
married  (second)  a  Miss  Blockley;  children: 
Lloyd,  Charles,  Juva  and  Josephine.    4.  James 


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S.,  of  further  mention.  5.  Fred  D.,  a  farmer 
of  Kalkaski,  Michigan;  married  (first),  June 
3,  1879,  Lois  M.  Bailey  (deceased) ;  (second), 
December  25,  1894,  Lena  W.  Wells ;  children : 
Alfred  M.,  Beulah  B.,  Burr  W.,  Bethel  and 
Ruby.  6.  Willis  Walton,  graduated  from  Ran- 
dolph Academy,  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Erie  Railroad  Company  and  is  now  manager 
of  the  East  Salamanca  stock  yard;  married 
Nellie  Burroughs ;  children :  Una  and  Ava. 

This  record  of  the  six  children  of  Henry  F. 
and  Martha  A.  (Hatch)  Whipple  is  one  that 
excites  admiration.  Left  to  the  care  of  their 
mother,  on  a  woods  farm,  by  their  father  in 
1862,  all  have  become  successful  and  well-to-do 
and  two  at  least  famous.  The  widowed  mother 
builded  wisely  and  well  and  much  of  their  suc- 
cess is  due  to  her  wise  teaching  and  example. 

(Vni)  James  S.,  third  son  of  Henry  Fran- 
cisco and  Martha  Alvira  (Hatch)  Whipple, 
was  born  in  Steamburg,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  October  i,  1852.  His  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Sala- 
manca and  through  a  constant  and  wide  course 
4)f  reading.  He  early  bore  his  share  of  the 
family  burden  imposed  through  the  tragic  end 
of  his  soldier  father.  He  was  first  employed 
in  a  sawmill,  after  which  he  worked  as  a  steam- 
fitter  with  Davis  &  Shaw,  of  Toledo,  Ohio, 
then  for  several  years  on  the  railroad.  When 
he  decided  to  study  law  he  was  employed  in 
the  yards  at  Salamanca,  and  after  his  five 
hours  study  in  a  law  office  during  the  day,  he 
made  his  required  hours  at  night  in  the  rail- 
toad  yards.  Naturally  and  always  a  student 
and  possessed  of  such  determination  and  spirit 
it  is  not  strange  that  during  his  long  and  active 
life  he  has  acquired  so  broad  and  complete  a 
knowledge  of  many  subjects.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  during  the  June  term  of  the 
supreme  court  held  at  BuflFalo  in  1881.  He 
practiced  his  profession  for  a  time  but  soon 
became  interested  in  politics  and  public  life. 

He  served  as  justice  of  the  peace,  super- 
visor, being  chairman  of  the  Cattaraugus  coun- 
ty board.  In  1887  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  state  assembly,  serving  four  terms  until 
1891.  He  was  United  States  commissioner  for 
several  years,  and  clerk  of  the  New  York  state 
senate,  1898- 1905,  inclusive,  a  longer  term  of 
service  in  that  position  than  held  by  any  other 
man  in  the  state.  While  a  member  of  the 
assembly  he  served  on  important  committees: 
Was  chairman  of  general  laws,  chairman  of 
insurance  and  a  member  of  the  judiciary  com- 


mittee. He  was  chairman  of  a  special  com- 
mittee appointed  in  1888  to  investigate  the 
Indian  problems  of  the  state.  After  an  ex- 
haustive investigation  of  the  subjects  commit- 
ted to  them,  they  laid  before  the  legislature  in 
1889  a  report  that  is  yet  an  authority  on  In- 
dian life,  habits,  land,  titles,  etc.,  with  recom- 
mendations far  in  advance  of  public  thought, 
but  now  generally  approved  by  nearly  every 
student  of  the  Indian  question.  In  1905  he 
resigned  the  clerkship  of  the  senate  to  accept 
the  office  of  commissioner  of  forests,  fish  and 
game,  of  the  state  of  New  York.  This  position 
he  held  for  six  years,  giving  such  close  atten- 
tion and  careful  study  to  the  duties  and  needs 
of  the  service  as  to  attract  the  attention  of 
those  in  charge  of  similar  departments  in  other 
states  and  in  Canada.  During  his  term  great 
progress  was  made  in  the  work  of  preserving 
the  forests  and  in  creating  a  public  sentiment 
for  conservation  of  all  the  natural  resources 
of  the  state.  As  a  lecturer  on  forestry  he  has 
few  equals,  and  during  his  six  years  in  office 
he  delivered  more  than  six  hundred  addresses 
on  •forestry  and  conservation  of  natural  re- 
sources. He  was  then  unable  to  meet  all  the 
demands  made  on  him  for  addresses.  Those 
who  know  Mr.  Whipple  best  agree  that  as  a 
convincing  speaker  he  has  few  equals.  The 
present  dean  of  the  Buffalo  Law  School  says 
in  regard  to  his  public  addresses,  "his  forte  is 
that  of  a  teacher,  as  he  possesses  the  faculty 
of  making  all  who  hear  him  understand  and 
believe  what  he  says."  He  has  always  been 
more  the  oraitor,  pleader  and  teacher  than  the 
business  man,  his  years  of  public  service  hav- 
ing allowed  him  to  gratify  his  natural  tastes 
and  disposition.  October  3,  1910,  Mr.  Whip- 
ple resigned  his  office  of  commissioner  of  for- 
ests and  returned  to  the  practice  of  law  in  his 
native  village  with  his  son,  Burdette  D. 

He  has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in 
the  affairs  of  his  home  town,  and  has  con- 
tributed to  every  charity  and  business  enter- 
prise to  the  full  extent  of  his  ability.  He  was 
for  a  long  period  an  active  member  of  the 
leading  literary  societies  of  the  village.  He 
belongs  to  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery  of 
the  Masonic  order  in  Salamanca,  and  is  a 
Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Ismailia  Temple, 
Buffalo.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Salamanca 
Lodges  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, Knights  of  Pythias  and  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks.  His  clubs  are :  The 
City  of  Salamanca,  Albany  of  Albany.  New 


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York,  and  The  Republican  of  New  York  City. 
He  holds  honorary  membership  in  many  soci- 
eties throughout  the  state  for  the  conservation 
of  natural  resources,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Forestry  Association.  His  public 
speaking  and  his  office  of  commissioner  of 
forests  has  gained  Mr.  Whipple  a  wide  circle 
of  friends  and  acquaintances,  and  has  made 
him  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  the  state. 
He  married,  November  25,  1873,  Sarah  R. 
Dean,  born  July  10,  1851,  daughter  of  Sey- 
mour and  Margaret  (Everts)  Dean.  Children: 
I.  Gurth  A.,  born  September  5,  1874;  married 
Olga  McGuire.  He  served  as  a  private  in  the 
Seventy-first  New  York  during  the  Spanish- 
American  war.  Was  for  several  years  con- 
nected with  tHe  business  affairs  of  the  Bell 
Telephone  Company  in  New  York  City,  and  is 
now  connected  with  the  Knickerbocker  Ex- 
press, a  daily  paper  published  in  Albany,  New 
York.  2.  Burdette  D.,  born  April  5,  1876;  a 
lawyer  now  in  practice  in  Salamanca ;  married 
Laura  S.  Vreeland ;  children,  James  Vreeland 
and  Elizabeth  Olive.  3.  Willis  W^alton,  born 
February  16,  1882;  prepared  for  the  profession 
of  dentistry  at  Michigan  University,  class  of 
1906,  and  at  the. New  York  School  of  Den- 
tistry. He  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  Salamanca.  He  married, 
October  7,  1908,  Wilhelmina  Edith  Sander ; 
child,  Vivian  Olive,  born  February  15,  1910. 


This  family  is  traced  through 
FEASLEE     its  varied  spellings:  Peaselee, 

Peasely,  Peasle;  Peaslee,  Peas- 
ley,  Peaslie.  Peasly,  Peslee,  Peisley  (Irish)  and 
Paisley  (Scotch).  These  variations  are  more 
numerous  in  the  first  and  second  generations, 
later  Peaslee  or  Peasley  was  generally  used, 
while  the  majority  of  the  present  generation 
spell  the  name  Peaslee. 

The  American  family  was  founded  in  Mas- 
sachusetts about  1635  and  from  there  has 
spread  to  every  state  and  territory  in  the  Union. 
Many  distinguished  men  have  borne  the  name 
or  inherited  the  blood  through  intermarriage! 
One  of  the  latter  is  John  Greenleaf  Whittier, 
the  poet.  Two  governors  of  New  Hampshire 
have  borne  the  name,  a  chief  justice  of  the 
Massachusetts  supreme  court  and  several  mem- 
bers of  congress.  Few  men  have  attained  high- 
er honor  in  the  medical  profession  than  Dr. 
Edmund  Randolph  Peaslee,  of  New  York  City, 
while  judges,  clergymen,  lawyers,  physicians, 
educators,  eminent  business  men  and  farmers 


may  be  named  without  number.  The  family 
furnished  its  full  quota  of  soldiers  to  the  revo- 
lutionary army  (although  many  were  Quak- 
ers), and  in  the  "Anti  Rent"  war  that  raged 
in  the  counties  of  the  Mohawk  valley.  Thomas 
Peaslee  was  a  strong,  fearless  leader  and  to 
his  wise  council  and  grim  determination  to 
never  yield  may  be  largely  attributed  the  suc- 
cessful result  of  the  strife  in  Schoharie  county. 
Whoever  opens  for  examination  the  old  book 
of  town  records  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts, 
will  find  on  one  of  its  first  pages,  "Joseph 
Peasley  and  Mary,  Joseph,  bom  September  9, 
1641,"  and  further  search  will  disclose  repeated 
mention  of  Joseph  Peasley,  father  and  son. 
through  the  records  of  three-quarters  of  a  cen- 
tury. 

(I)  Joseph  Peaslee,  the  emigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  this  country  about  1635.  Prior  to  the 
emigration  he  married,  in  Wales,  Mary  John- 
son, daughter  of  a  well-to-do  farmer  who  lived 
near  the  river  Severn,  in  the  western  part  of 
England,  near  the  Wales  line.  The  first  men- 
tion of  Joseph  Peaslee  in  Massachusetts  is  in 
the  records  of  Newbury,  in  1641.  He  took 
the  freeman's  oath,  June  22,  1642.  He  was 
granted  land  in  Haverhill,  March  14,  1645,  and 
subsequent  allotments  up  to  1656.  He  was  a 
farmer,  eminently  respectable,  of  strong  char- 
acter, a  self-educated  physician,  and  often 
mentioned  in  old  records  as  a  "preacher  and 
gifted  brother.''  His  descendant,  the  poet 
\Vhittier,  speaks  of  him  as  the  "brave  con- 
fessor." He  was  a  commissioner  of  claims 
and  selectman  of  Haverhill,  1649-50-53.  He 
removed  from  Haverhill  to  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, to  the  part  called  Newtown,  now 
Amesbury.  He  was  made  a  "townsman"  there 
July  17,  1656,  and  granted  land;  later  grants 
were  made  in  1657  and  1658.  The  inhabitants 
of  "Newtown"  neglected  to  attend  church  wor- 
ship in  the  "Old  Town"  and  failed  to  con- 
tribute to  the  support  of  the  minister.  They 
held  meetings  for  worship  in  private  houses, 
and  having  no  minister,  Joseph  Peaslee  and 
Thomas  Macy  officiated  as  such;  this  soon 
coming  to  the  notice  of  the  general  court,  who 
decreed  that  all  the  inhabitants  of  "New  Town" 
should  attend  church  in  "Old  Town"  and  also 
contribute  to  the  support  of  the  minister.  All 
who  did  not  obey  were  to  be  fined  five  shill- 
ings unless  they  had  a  reasonable  excuse. 
Under  the  leadership  of  Peaslee  and  Macy  the 
people  did  not  heed  the  "decree"  of  the  gen- 
eral court,  nor  did  the  leaders  cease  preaching 


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although  a  special  fine  of  five  shillings  was  to 
be  imposed  on  them  for  each  offense.  In  1658 
the  general  court  ordered  Joseph  Peaslee  and 
Thomas  Macy  to  appear  before  the  next  term 
of  said  court  to  answer  for  their  disobedience. 
This  mandate  was  also  unheeded,  and  Joseph 
Peaslee  continued  to  preach,  with  the  result 
that  he  was  fined  five  shillings  per  week.  While 
there  is  no  evidence  to  show  that  Joseph  Peas- 
lee joined  the  Society  of  Friends,  his  friend, 
Thomas  Macy,  was  prosecuted  and  fined  for 
allowing  four  of  that  sect  to  take  shelter  in 
his  house  one  rainy  day  for  three-quarters  of 
an  hour.  There  was  no  society  of  "Friends" 
organized  in  New  England  prior  to  his  death, 
the  early  comers  being  cruelly  persecuted  and 
sent  back  to  England.  Joseph  was  opposed  to 
the  Puritan  church  in  his  religious  convictions, 
hence  his  disregard  of  the  orders  from  the 
court  to  conform  to  the  state  church.  He  died 
December  5,  1660,  leaving  his  wife,  Mary, 
executrix  of  his  estate  that  was  appraised  at 
three  hundred  and  sixty-four  pounds.  In  1662 
she  was  granted  one  hundred  and  eight  acres 
of  land  in  Salisbury.  She  died  in  Haverhill 
in  1694. 

Qiildren:  i.  Jane,  married,  December  10, 
1646,  John  Davis,  and  settled  at  Oyster  river. 
New  Hampshire  (now  Durham).  2.  Mary, 
married  a  lawyer,  Joseph  Whittier,  and  lived 
at  Newbury.  3.  Elizabeth,  no  record  of  her 
ever  having  married.  4.  Sarah,  married  Thomas 
Barnard  (2),  April  12,  1664;  lived  at  Ames- 
bury.    5.  Joseph,  of  further  mention. 

(II)  Dr.  Joseph  (2)  Peaslee,  only  son  and 
youngest  child  of  Joseph  (i)  and  Mary  (John- 
son) Peaslee,  was  bom  at  Haverhill,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  9,  1646,  died  there  March 
21,  1734.  Prior  to  his  father's  death  in  1660 
he  was  granted  "Children's  Land"  and  October 
lo,  1660,  a  "township,"  the  latter  a  term  used 
to  indicate  prospective  rights.  About  1673  ^^ 
built  his  house  in  East  Haverhill  near  "Rocks 
Bridge,"  spanning  the  Merriniac,  using  bricks 
brought  from  England.  It  was  of  two  stories 
with  a  wing  and  was  widely  known  as  the  "old 
garrison" or  the"Peaslee  Garrison  House."  The 
building  is  yet  in  a  good  state  of  repair,  one  of 
the  landmarks  of  the  Merrimac  valley  and  of 
great  interest  to  antiquarians.  The  house  famed 
in  prose  and  poetry  was  originally  built  by  Dr. 
Peaslee  as  a  refuge  for  women  and  children 
from  the  Indians,  and  was  used  as  a  garrison 
house  in  the  French  and  Indian  and  King 
Philip's  wars.     The  first  Quaker  meetings  in 


that  part  of  the  country  were  held  at  this 
house.  Dr.  Peaslee  becoming  a  convert  and 
joining  the  meeting.  This  was  in  1699  after 
the  town  had  refused  them  the  use  of  the 
meeting  house.  In  1687  he  was  chosen  con- 
stable, having  taken  the  oath  of  fidelity  and 
allegiance  in  1677.  In  1692  he  was  granted 
the  privilege  of  erecting  a  sawmill.  The  mill 
was  built  the  next  year  and  for  one  hundred 
and  fifty  years  thereafter  was  owned  wholly 
or  in  part  in  the  Peaslee  name.  He  was  a 
large  landowner,  by  grants,  inheritance  and 
purchase.  He  was  noted  as  a  physician,  was 
selectman  of  Haverhill,  1689-90  and  1696,  and 
in  1 72 1  was  again  chosen  constable.  There  is 
no  record  of  his  burial  place. 

He  married  (first),  January  21,  1671,  Ruth, 
born  October  16,  1651,  died  November  5,  1723, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Eleanor  M.  Barnard. 
Her  father,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Ames- 
bury,  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  1677. 
Dr.  Peaslee  married  (second)  Widow  Mary 
(Tucker)  Davis,  daughter  of  Morris  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Gill)  Tucker,  and  widow  of  Stephen 
Davis.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Mary,  born 
July  14,  1672;  married.  May  24,  1694,  Joseph 
Whittier,  youngest  son  of  Thomas  and  Ruth 
(Green)  Whittier.  Joseph  and  Mary  are  the 
great-grandparents  of  John  Greenleaf  Whit- 
tier, the  poet.  2.  Joseph,  born  July  19,  1674; 
married  Elizabeth  Hastings,  and  settled  in 
Salem,  New  Hampshire.  3.  Robert,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1677;  married  (first)  Alice  Currier: 
(second)  Ann  Sargeant.  He  lived  on  the  old 
homestead  and  was  prominent  in  church  and 
town.  4.  John,  of  further  mention.  5.  Na- 
thaniel, born  June  25,  1682.  He  and  Robert 
Peaslee  were  members  of  the  famous  "land 
syndicate"  of  four  hundred  members,  whose 
transactions  and  lawsuits  would  fill  many  vol- 
umes; was  for  nine  years  a  representative  in 
the  Massachusetts  house  of  assembly  and  for 
many  years  held  the  highest  office  in  the  town 
of  Haverhill.  He  married  (first)  Judith  Kim- 
ball; (second)  Mrs.  Abraham  Swan;  (third) 
Mrs.  Martha  Hutchins.  6.  Ruth,  born  Febru- 
ary 25,  1684.  7.  Ebenezer,  died  young.  8. 
Sarah,  born  August  15,  1690. 

(Ill)  John,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Dr.  Joseph  (2)  and  Ruth  (Barnard)  Peaslee, 
was  bom  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  Febru- 
ary 25,  1679,  died  in  Newton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1752.  He  moved  from  Haverhill  to 
Newton,  New  Hampshire,  about  171 5,  set- 
tling in  the  southern  part  of  the  town.     The 


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first  "Friends  meeting"  in  Newton  was  held 
in  John  Peaslee*s  home,  later  a  meeting  house 
was  built,  and  a  burying  ground  located  near 
by.  He  and  his  numerous  family  were  all 
members  of  the  Newton  meeting.  He  was  a 
prominent  man  in  town  and  church  affairs  and 
highly  respected.  He  married  (first),  March 
I,  1705,  Mary  Martin,  at  the  house  of  Thomas 
Barnard,  "where  a  meeting  was  held  for  the 
occasion."  Mary  was  a  daughter  of  John,  son 
of  George  and  Susanna  (North)  Martin.  Sus- 
anna North  Martin,  after  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band, George  Martin,  was  arrested  for  witch- 
craft, April  30,  1692,  tried  at  Salem,  June  29, 
and  executed  July  19,  1692.  The  story  of  the 
grief  and  suffering  of  her  daughter  is  told  by 
Whittier  in  his  poem  "The  Witch's  Daugh- 
ter." A  full  account  of  the  trial  is  found  in 
"Merrill's  History  of  Amesbury."  John  Peas- 
lee  married  (second),  August  18,  1745,  Mary 
Newbegin,  a  widow,  of  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  a  minister  of  the  society  of  Friends. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Joseph,  born  March 
7,  170 — ;  married  Martha  Hoag;  twelve  chil- 
dren. 2.  John,  born  December  9,  1707;  mar- 
ried Lydia  ;  ten  children.     3.  Sarah, 

bom  February  30,  1708-09;  married  Peter 
Morrill.  4.  Mary,  married,  August  i,  1745, 
Eliphalet  Hoyte.  5.  Jacob,  born  May  i,  1710: 
married  Hulda  Brown ;  one  child.  6.  Nathan, 
born  September  20, 1711 ;  married  Lydia  Gove ; 
nine  children.  7.  Ruth,  born  1712.  8.  David, 
born  April  3,  1713;  married  Rachel  Straw: 
eleven  children.  9.  Moses,  born  1714:  married 
Mary  Gove;  ten  children.  10.  James,  born 
1715;  married  Abigail  Johnson;  seven  chil- 
dren. II.  Ebenezer,  the  founder  of  the  fam- 
ily in  New  York  state.  This  large  family  all 
married  and  had  children.  Various  records 
give  names  and  dates  of  the  birth  of  ninety- 
eight  grandchildren,  while  the  sons  of  John 
Peaslee  had  two  hundred  and  eighty-four 
grandchildren.  The  daughters  had  twenty-nine 
children,  but  there  is  no  record  kept  of  their 
grandchildren. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  youngest  child  of  John  and 
Mary  (Martin)  Peaslee,  was  born  about  1717. 
He  settled  first  in  Newton,  New  Hampshire, 
later  removing  to  New  YoVk  state,  settling 
near  Quaker  Hill,  Dutchess  county,  about  four 
miles  east  of  Pawling  station  on  the  Harlem 
railroad.  Here,  in  the  large  Quaker  burying 
ground,  he  is  buried  with  his  wife.  His  re- 
moval from  the  Hampton,  New  Hampshire, 
(Newton)  meeting  is  shown  by  his  removal 


certificate,  dated  January  16,  1749,  to  the  Ob- 
long meeting  at  Quaker  Hill,  New  York.  He 
was  a  large  landowner  and  a  man  of  strict 
principles.  He  was  an  intensely  religious  and 
devout  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  suc- 
cessful as  a  farmer,  and  was  a  level-headed 
business  man.  He  reared  a  large  family,  many 
of  whom  took  kading '  part  in  the  stirring 
scenes  that  marked  their  time.  His  three  sons, 
Isaac,  John  and  Jephthah,  were  soldiers  of  the 
revolution,  all  members  of  William  Pearce's 
company  of  Colonel  John  Field's  Third  Regi- 
ment, Dutchess  county  militia.  With  the  chil- 
dren of  Ebenezer  the  family  departed  largely 
from  the  Quaker  faith.  He  married,  June  23. 
1744,  Lydia  Weed,  born  about  1716,  daughter 
of  George  and  Margaret  Weed,  of  Amesbury, 
Massachusetts.  George  was  a  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  Weed,  one  of  the  prominent 
wealthy  men  of  Amesbury;  married  Deborah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Winsley.  He  died  March 
15,  1688.  Children,  taken  from  the  first  regis- 
ter of  Oblong  Monthly  Meeting,  under  the 
heading,  "Births  and  Deaths  of  the  children  of 
Ebenezer  and  Lydia  Peaslee":  i.  Sarah,  bom 
ye  10  of  ye  4  mo.,  1745.  2.  Anne,  born  ye  9 
of  ye  2  mo.,  1747;  deceased  ye  9  mo.,  1748. 
3.  Ebenezer,  born  ye  9  of  ye  6  mo.,  1749;  de- 
ceased I  mo.,  1750  (old  style).  4.  Isaac,  bom 
ye  t8  of  ye  2  mo.,  1751.  New  style.  5.  John, 
bora  ye  25  of  ye  12  mo.,  1753.  6.  Mary,  bom 
ye  6  of  ye  6  mo.,  1756.  7.  Jepthah,  bom  ye 
3  of  ye  I  mo.,  1760;  married  Lois  Adams; 
their  daughter,  Grechel,  became  the  wife  of 
John  Jay,  first  chief  justice  of  the  United 
States  supreme  court.  There  was  another 
child,  Ruizilla,  born,  according  to  the  family 
Bible,  March,  1769. 

(V)  Rev.  Isaac  Peaslee,  fourth  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  Lydia  (Weed)  Peaslee,  was  bom 
February  18,  1751,  at  Quaker  Hill,  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  died  in  Albany  county, 
New  York,  in  1814.  He  lived  most  of  his  life 
in  the  towns  of  Berne  and  Rensselaerville, 
Albany  county,  and  is  buried  not  far  from  his 
farm  in  the  latter  town,  in  an  ancient  but  well 
kept  cemetery,  a  plain  slate  slab  marking  his 
resting  place.  A  descendant  is  authority  for 
the  statement  that  he  once  owned  a  fine  farm 
in  "Patchin  Hollow,"  Schoharie  county.  New 
York,  but  no  record  of  this  is  found.  Rev. 
Isaac  Peaslee  was  a  unique  and  versatile  char- 
acter. Though  he  was  a  large  landowner  and 
interested  in  agriculture,  yet  his  life  was  spent 
largely  in  preaching  and  teaching.     He  was 


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noted  for  his  hospitality  and  the  great  affection 
with  which  he  treated  his  family.  In  public 
life  he  was  a  distinguished  figure.  In  early 
life  he  left  the  faith  of  his  fathers  and  joined 
the  fervent  and  rapidly  increasing  Methodists. 
He  became  a  minister  of  that  church,  of  the 
early  heroic  type,  and  is  said  to  have  been  a 
preacher  of  remarkable  power,  a  man  of  great 
intellectual  vigor;  a  broad  scholar  and  a  firm 
friend  of  the  cause  of  education.  He  was  not 
a  man  of  peace,  but  bore  his  musket  in  the 
revolution,  belonging,  with  his  two  brothers,  to 
Colonel  John  Field's  Third  Regiment,  Dutch- 
ess county  militia.  The  three  brothers  all  re- 
ceived land  bounty  rights  for  their  services. 

He  married  (first)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Prender- 
ghast  Wing,  widow  of  Ichabod  Wing,  to  whom 
she  bore  a  son,  Ichabod  (2).  He  married 
(second)  Mrs.  Hannah  Randall  Sage,  widow 
of  Benjamin  Sage,  a  revolutionary  soldier  who 
served  under  Arnold  at  Quebec,  and  at  Sara- 
toga in  Colonel  Stephen  Van  Rensselaer's  regi- 
ment. After  the  war  was  over  he  settled  at 
Rensselaerville,  New  York,  where  he  died 
from  the  effects  of  his  military  life,  leaving  a 
wife  and  six  small  children  to  whom  Rev. 
Isaac  Peaslee  was  as  an  own  father.  He  mar- 
ried (third),  in  1800,  Mary  Trowbridge  Tubbs, 
a  widow  with  eight  small  children,  her  hus- 
band having  also  been  a  revolutionary  soldier. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  John,  of  further  men- 
tion. 2.  Ira,  born  March  20,  1781,  died  No- 
vember, 1863.  3.  Rev.  Thomas,  bom  October 
i6,  1782,  died  December  13,  1857.  He  was  the 
fearless,  effective  leader  of  the  "Anti  Renters" 
of  Schoharie,  New  York,  and  a  Methodist 
preacher  of  great  earnestness  and  force.  He 
married,  in  1804,  Eunice  Babcock.  4.  Ruth, 
married  John  Ferguson.  5.  Lydia,  married 
Isaac  Lamb.  There  was  no  issue  by  second 
wife.  Children  of  third  wife:  6.  Ephraim, 
born  October  11,  1802,  died  March  11,  1880; 
married  Melissa  Baker,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Bethial  (Crosby)  Baker.  7.  Orson,  born 
February  22,  1805,  ^'^d  July  25,  1886;  mar- 
ried Phoebe  Baker,  sister  of  his  brother  Eph- 
raim's  wife.    8.  A  child  died  in  infancy. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Rev.  Isaac  and  Eliz- 
abeth Prenderghast  (Wing)  Peaslee,  was  born 
at  Quaker  Hill,  Dutchess  county,  New  York, 
October  7,  1779.  He  settled  in  Schoharie 
county,  where  he  followed  farming  until  1832, 
when  he  moved  to  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  settling  in  the  town  of  Napoli  on  lot 
sixty-two,  where  he  died  March  17,  1863.  Both 


John  and  wife  were  exemplary  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  to  whose  in- 
terests they  were  devotedly  attached.  He  mar- 
ried, July  6,  1797,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin Sage,  a  revolutionary  soldier.  She  was 
born  in  Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  in  1779, 
died  in  Napoli,  December  20,  1857.  Children : 
I.  Elizabeth,  bom  in  Albany  county,  New 
York,  August  11,  1799,  died  in  Napoli,  April 
7,  1868.  2.  Omery  (or  Orsemus),  born  in  Al- 
bany county,  October  25,  1802,  died  in  Cone- 
wango.  New  York,  September  21,  1862.  3. 
Cynthia  M.,  born  in  Albany  county,  May  29, 
1805,  died  in  Napoli,  May  23,  1869.  4.  Daniel 
O.,  of  further  mention.  5.  Jane  A.,  born  in 
Schoharie  county,  November  9,  1810,  died  in 
Randolph,  New  York.  6.  Joseph,  born  in  Scho- 
harie county.  May  13,  18 16,  now  deceased; 
was  supervisor  of  Cattaraugus  county  four 
terms  and  for  over  thirty  years  was  justice  of 
the  peace,  town  of  Napoli;  married  Martha 
Miller.  7.  Adeline  S.,  born  in  Schoharie  coun- 
ty, March  23,  1821,  died  in  NapoH,  January 
7,  1865. 

(VII)  Daniel  O.,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Han- 
nah (Sage)  Peaslee,  was  born  in  Albany  coun- 
ty. New  York,  May  19,  1807,  died  in  Napoli, 
Cattaraugus  county,  August  21,  1877.  He 
came  to  Cattaraugus  county  in  or  prior  to 
1832,  making  the  journey  from  Schoharie 
county  on  foot,  following  a  great  part  of  the 
way  a  trail  of  blazed  trees.  After  making  a 
location  and  securing  land  in  Napoli  he  return- 
ed to  Schoharie,  married  and  brought  his  bride 
to  her  new  home  in  an  ox  cart,  settling  on  the 
farm  that  was  ever  afterward  their  home. 
They  reared  a  large  family  and  prospered.  He 
cleared  and  tilled  his  farm  while  his  wife  spun 
and  wove  the  clothes  worn  by  the  family.  The 
forest  by  which  their  early  home  was  surround- 
ed was  filled  with  wild  animals,  and  as  night 
came  on,  the  children,  frightened  by  the  howl- 
ing of  wolves,  huddled  around  their  mother 
and  anxiously  awaited  their  father's  coming. 
He  was  an  earnest  Christian,  and  with  his 
wife,  active  in  the  work  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  of  which  both  were  members. 
He  married,  March  i,  1831,  Christina  Pad- 
dock, who  died  April  19,  1883.  Children:  i. 
Ihecla,  born  November  5,  1832,  died  August 
2S,  1849.  2.  Lydia  L.,  bom  February  17, 
18.^4,  unmarried';  now  (1911)  a  resident  of 
Ellington,  New  York.  3.  John  J.,  of  further 
mention.  4.  Mary  A.,  born  December  27, 
1838,  died  September  3.  1882;  married,  August 


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i8,  1863,  Lyman  H.  Bushnell ;  children :  Will- 
iam C,  Kate  M.,  Edith  and  Daniel  J.  5.  Will- 
iam T.,  born  April  14,  1843,  ^^^^  ^^ty  22» 
1902.  He  enlisted  in  the  Sixty-fourth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteers;  served  three 
years  in  the  civil  war  and  was  honorably  dis- 
charged with  the  rank  of  sergeant.  He  held 
many  town  offices  and  was  prominent  in  pub- 
lic affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows 
and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  a 
supporter  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  mar- 
ried, August  18,  1863,  Betsey  Qauson,  died 
April  7,  1896.  Child,  Fred  O.,  bom  March 
22,  1866,  died  August  11,  1904;  married  Lora 
L.  Merchant,  March  22,  1887.  He  was  always 
a  resident  of  the  town  of  NapoH,  where  he  was 
prominent  in  the  Odd  Fellows  and  in  the  Dem- 
ocratic party.  His  children:  William  Earl, 
born  July  9,  1889;  George  C.,  August  17,  1893 ; 
Fred  C.,  February  8,  1897;  Robert  Edward, 
July  30,  1899;  Altheda,  May  20,  1903.  His 
widow,  Lora  L.,  married  (second)  John  B. 
Peaslee.  The  children  reside  in  Greenfield, 
California.  6.  Joseph  Ira,  born  September  21, 
1847,  died  June  18,  1900;  married,  June  20, 
1872,  Mary  Peaslee ;  no  issue.  7.  Hannah  C, 
born  December  19,  1849;  married,  September 
30,  1875,  David  Delahoy;  children,  Mark  and 
Genevieve.  8.  Helen  M.,  born  July  17,  1853; 
married,  July  4,  1874,  Wilbur  Beckwith ;  chil- 
dren, John  and  Hugh. 

( Vni)  John  J.,  son  of  Daniel  O.  and  Chris- 
tina (Paddock)  Peaslee,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
January  3,  1836,  died  there  May  14,  1909.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  always  lived  on  the  same 
farm  in  Napoli,  which  he  purchased  in  early 
life.  He  was  most  hospitable  and  charitable, 
his  door  always  opening  readily  to  the  stranger 
or  those  in  need.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, and  a  supporter  and  attendant  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  March  17,  1861,  Julia  Clauson, 
born  at  Hancock,  Delaware  county,  New  York, 
April  22,  1837,  and  is  the  only  survivor  of  a 
very  large  family.  Children:  i.  Sue  G.,  now 
a  resident  of  Salamanca ;  an  energetic,  success- 
ful business  woman,  and  a  lady  of  refined 
tastes  and  cultured  manners.  She  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  Chamberlain,  and  was  teacher  in  the 
public  schools  of  this  county,*  and  twelve  years 
in  Salamanca  schools.  She  is  the  senior  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Peaslee  &  PfaflF,  milliners, 
Salamanca,  New  York.    2.  Harry  C,  born  No- 


vember 25,  1872;  married,  December  6,  1902,. 
Lidy  Kessler;  child,  Daniel  Oliver,  born  Au- 
gust 5,  1908.  Harry  C.  is  a  farmer  and  cheese 
manufacturer  of  Cold  Spring,  New  York,  and 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  3.  Geoffrey  J.,  born  March  4,  1875 ; 
married,  July  17,  1901,  Zella  Glover.  Child^ 
Budd  John,  born  in  Napoli,  May  26,  1902. 
GeoflFrey  J.  is  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  of  the  lodge,  chap- 
ter and  commandery  of  the  Masonic  order. 
He  is  now  a  resident  of  Salinas,  California. 


The  Cook  family  of  Norwich,  Ver- 
COOK  mont,  was  established  by  Samuel 
Cook,  who  with  brothers  Francis 
and  Lyman,  and  two  sisters,  ran  away  from 
the  Shaker  settlement  at  Lancaster,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  for  some  reason  they  had  been 
placed  by  their  parents  before  1800.  They 
were  children  of  Jonathan  and  Lydia  (Aid- 
rich)  Cook.  Francis  located  in  Norwich, 
where  he  died  unmarried.  Lyman  settled  in 
Thetford;  another  brother,  Washington,  set- 
tled in  New  York  state,  and  with  two  sons  was 
taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians  and  carried  to 
Canada.  They  were  subsequently  released,  but 
no  record  is  at  hand  of  their  later  history. 
Samuel  Cook  settled  in  Norwich,  where  he 
married  Anna  Pratt,  purchased  a  farm,  lived 
and  died.  He  had  nine  children,  of  whom 
Leonard  C.  died  May  13,  1886,  aged  seventy- 
seven  years.  He  was  the  last  survivor  of  the 
family,  all  of  whom  lived  to  have  children  of 
their  own. 

(Ill)  Henry,  son  of  Samuel  and  Anna 
(Pratt)  Cook,  was  born  in  Norwich,  Vermont,. 
June  14,  1800,  died  at  the  home  of  his  son 
Samuel,  in  the  town  of  Little  Valley,  Catta- 
raugus county.  New  York,  November  i,  1870. 
After  his  marriage  he  settled  on  a  farm  in  Ver- 
mont, having  previously  learned  and  worked 
at  the  trade  of  shoemaker.  About  1832  or 
1833  he  settled  in  the  western  part  of  the 
town  of  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus  county,  on  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  acres,  living  in  a  log 
cabin.  He  worked  at  his  trade,  farmed  and 
prospered.  The  additions  he  made  to  his  orig- 
inal purchase  gave  him  in  time  a  handsome 
estate  of  four  hundred  and  seventy  acres.  He 
married,  in  Vermont,  Betsey  Hildreth,  who 
died  in  1872.  Children:  i.  Clarissa,  married 
Hazen  Chamberlain.  2.  John  H.,  of  further 
mention.  3.  Samuel,  born  May  14,  1830;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Gage;  settled 


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on  the  homestead  farm  in  Mansfield,  later  re- 
moved to  Little  Valley.  4.  Annie,  married 
Henry  Farwell.  5.  Janette,  married  Robert 
Davis.    6.  Phebe,  married  Daniel  Ayres. 

(IV)  John  H.,  son  of  Henry  Cook,  of  Nor- 
wich, Vermont,  was  born  August  22,  1827,  >" 
Vermont,  died  in  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York,  January  19,  1903. 
He  came  to  Mansfield  with  his  parents  when 
a  lad  five  or  six  years  of  age,  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  became  one  of  the  most 
successful  farmers  of  the  town.  After  leaving 
the  home  farm  which  he  helped  to  clear  and 
cultivate,  he  purchased  for  himself  a  tract  of 
one  hundred  acres.  He  made  subsequent  pur- 
chases until  he  had  acquired  an  estate  of  three 
hundred  acres,  all  of  which  he  cleared  and 
brought  under  cultivation,  excepting  fifty  acres 
of  timber  land,  which  he  reserved.  He  was  a 
very  careful,  practical  farmer,  used  the  best 
methods  and  was  particularly  careful  in  his 
clearing  methods,  having  an  eye  to  the  future, 
and  reserving  the  best  timber  tracts.  He  was  a 
most  excellent  friend  and  neighbor,  loved  and 
esteemed  by  all.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  liberal  in  its  sup- 
port and  faithful  in  his  attendance.  He  sup- 
ported the  Republican  party,  by  whom  he  was 
elected  road  commissioner  and  school  director. 
He  left  his  estate  in  such  perfect  order  and  in 
so  high  a  state  of  cultivation  that  it  is  consid- 
ered one  of  the  best  in  New  York  state. 

He  married  (first),  November  15, 187 1,  Abi- 
gail M.,  daughter  of  Gideon  H.  Wilson.  Child, 
Samuel  H.,  born  February  6,  1875,  died  un- 
married at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years;  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Little 
Valley  and  Salamanca;  was  graduated  from 
the  State  Normal  at  Geneseo ;  was  principal  of 
sixth  ward  school  in  Bradford,  Pennsylvania, 
later  salesman  for  Champlin  &  Case  Brothers, 
cutlery  manufacturers ;  he  was  a  Presbyterian 
and  a  Republican.  He  married  (second), 
March  23,  1884,  Saloma  B.,  born  February  14, 
1843,  daughter  of  Hiram  B.  Horth,  born  1819, 
died  1896;  married  Caroline  E.  Chidester,  born 
1812,  died  1903,  daughter  of  Daniel,  born  1777, 
and  Mary  (Thomas)  Chidester.  Hiram  B.  was 
a  son  of  James  and  Mary  (McCalam)  Horth. 
James  Horth  was  of  English  descent  and  a 
relative  of  General  Wolfe,  who  fell  on  the 
"Plains  of  Abraham"  during  the  attack  and 
capture  of  Quebec.  Children  of  Hiram  B. 
Horth:  Saloma  B.,  married  John  H.  Cook; 
Almira,   married   George  Capron;   Albert  J., 


married    Lydia    Stebbins;    William,    married 
Julia  Stebbins ;  Theodore,  married  Kate  Reese. 


The  Ashbys  of  Little  Valley,  New 

ASH  BY  York,  are  of  English  descent,  the 
American  progenitor,  Richard 
Ashby,  having  been  born  in  Peterboro,  Eng- 
land, about  1775.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  about  1800. 

(H)  George,  son  of  Richard  Ashby,  of 
Peterboro,  England,  married  and  had  a  son, 
Thomas  G. 

(HI)  Thomas  G.,  son  of  George  Ashby,  was 
born  in  Peterboro,  England.  He  is  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Albion,  New  York,  a  painter  by  trade. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  George  and 
Sarah  (Davis)  Smith.  Children:  Harry  G., 
of  further  mention;  Maud  E.,  unmarried,  re- 
sides at  Lyndonville,  New  York,  where  she  is 
engaged  in  mercantile  business. 

(IV)  Harry  G.,  son  of  Thomas  G.  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Smith)  Ashby,  was  born  in  Albion, 
New  York,  October  31,  1873.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  began  his  active 
business  career  as  clerk  in  an  Albion  store 
(Rochester  Cash  Store),  remaining  two  years. 
He  was  the  clerk  for  R.  Clarke  two  years; 
with  Sibley,  Lindsley  &  Curr,  at  Rochester, 
New  York,  four  years;  clerk  in  New  York 
City  one  year;  clerk  in  Homellsville,  New 
York,  four  years.  All  these  years  he  was  add- 
ing to  his  store  of  knowledge  and  gaining  a 
complete  understanding  of  the  best  business 
methods.  In  1902  he  located  in  the  viUage  of 
Little  Valley,  where  he  opened  a  general  store. 
He  has  prospered  exceedingly  and  now  has  the 
largest  store  in  the  village.  He  makes  a  spe- 
cialty of  everything,  and  there  is  little  that  can 
be  expected  in  a  store  of  this  kind  that  he  has 
not  in  stock,  also  a  large  amount  of  the  unex- 
pected. Mr.  Ashby  is  a  wide  awake,  modern 
business  man  and  is  proving  his  merit  every 
day.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  member 
of  the  Masonic  order,  and  a  trustee  of  the 
Congregational  church,  of  Little  Valley.  He 
is  very  popular  and  has  a  host  of  warm  friends. 
He  married,  August  21,  1900,  Mary  B.,  born 
July  15,  1870,  daughter  of  Eber  Fisk,  born 
1820,  died  1879;  married  Jane  Goodsell,  born 
February  16,  1838,  daughter  of  Jared  (2) 
Goodsell,  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  who 
married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  and  Elea- 
nor (Carr)  Craneling.  Jared  (2)  was  the  son 
of  Jared  (i)  and  Abigail  (Holt)  Goodsell,  a 
descendant  of  Thomas  Goodsell,  of  Liverpool, 


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England,  and  East  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
was  bom  in  Somerset  county,  England,  1646, 
died  in  East  Haven,  May  16,  1713.  He  was 
a  graduate  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford  Uni- 
versity, 1675;  came  to  America,  1678.  He 
was  the  largest  taxpayer  of  East  Haven,  1679. 
Chorister  for  many  years.  His  house,  which 
stood  until  1824,  was  the  oldest  in  town.  He 
married,  June  4,  1684,  Sarah  Hemmingway, 
born  July  26,  1663,  died  March  18, 1785,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Hemmingway,  bom  in  England, 
in  June,  1636,  prominent  in  New  Haven  col- 
ony ;  was  selectman  and  clerk  of  the  colony. 

Children  of  Eber  and  Jane  Fisk :  Mary  B., 
married  Harry  G.  Ashby.  2.  Jennie,  born  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1872,  died  July  25,  1900;  married, 
June  20,  1891,  Frank  Clawson;  child,  Fisk, 
born  September  21,  1898.  3.  Edith,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1873,  died  August,  1900;  married, 
April  26,  1898,  Warren  Halnilton ;  child,  Jane, 
born  June,  1900.  4.  Eber,  born  September  7, 
1875;  married,  August  21,  1904,  Electa  Howe. 


This  family  traces  to  France 
HILSLE  where  the  family  was  seated  un- 
til the  emigration  to  Canada,  in 
1847,  of  Henry  Hilsle.  He  settled  in  Welland, 
province  of  Ontario,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing. He  married  Elizabeth  Lantz.  Children : 
Henry,  George  and  Elizabeth. 

(H)  George,  son  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth 
(Lantz)  Hilsle,  was  born  in  Alsace,  France, 
January  23,  1829,  died  January  14,  1901.  He 
was  educated  in  German  schools  and  in  the 
German  language,  supplemented  by  two  years 
in  French.  He  came  to  Canada  with  his  par' 
ents,  but  soon  came  to  the  United  States,  set- 
tling in  Buffalo,  where  he  learned  tailoring  and 
worked  as  a  journeyman  until  1853,  when  he 
located  in  Little  Valley  where  he  opened  a 
store  for  merchant  tailoring,  a  few  years  later 
adding  ready-made  clothing.  During  1864  and 
1865  he  withdrew  from  business  and  bought  a 
good  farm.  In  1866  he  resumed  business  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  oldest  mer- 
chant in  the  village.  He  prospered  and  bought 
a  great  many  lots  and  small  pieces  of  land  in 
and  near  the  village.  He  was  an  attendant  of 
the  Congregational  church,  and  a  Republican. 
He  married,  September  28,  1868,  Adelia  C. 
Gibson,  born  January  5,  1845,  daughter  of 
David  Gibson,  of  Addison,  New  York,  and 
Rock  Stream,  Yates  county,  New  York,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  of  joiner  and  wagon 
marker.    He  married  Fannie,  born  1829,  died 


1863,  only  child  of  James  and  Lois  (Bancroft) 
Brownell.  David  Gibson,  was  a  son  of  Luke 
and  Esther  (Sawtelle)  Gibson.  Children  of 
George  Hilsle:  i.  Stella,  bom  July  28,  1869; 
married,  February  28,  1893,  Frank  H.  Moir, 
of  Fredimia,  New  York ;  children :  Georgiene, 
born  September  3,  1894;  William  H.,  bom  Au- 
gust 24,  1895.  2.  Beulah,  born  May  21,  1871 ; 
married,  June  6,  1893,  Emmett  Merrill;  chil- 
dren: Henry,  bom  April  11,  1894;  Georgette, 
September  11,  1895;  Frances,  July  27,  1906. 
3.  H^nry  B.,  of  further  mention. 

(HI)  Henry  B.,  youngest  child  and  only 
son  of  George  and  Adelia  C.  (Gibson)  Hilsle, 
was  bom  in  Little  Valley,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 27,  1874.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  own  town  and  of  Fredonia,  New 
York.  After  leaving  school  in  1892  he  entered 
his  father's  store  as  clerk,  then  as  partner.  In 
1898  Mr.  Hilsle  Sr.  retired,  Henry  B.  pur- 
chasing his  interest  and  continuing  the  business 
until  1909.  In  that  year  he  sold  out  his  cloth- 
ing business  and  opened  his  own  store  with  a 
line  of  sporting  goods  to  which  he  is  now  add- 
ing additional  lines.  He  is  a  good  man  of 
business  and  always  on  the  alert,  losing  no 
opportunity  to  improve  his  position.  He  has 
made  a  success  of  life  thus  far  and  has  the  best 
wishes  of  a  very  large  circle  of  friends.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
Lodge,  No.  812,  Chapter  No.  266,  and  Com- 
mandery  of  Knights  Templar,  No.  62.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church.    He  is  unmarried. 


This  family  was  originally  of 
CON  LEY    Canada,  where  Benoni  Conley, 

the  ancestor  of  the  Randolph 
family  was  born.  He  grew  up  and  received 
his  early  education  in  Canada,  later  moving  to 
the  United  States,  settling  in  St.  Lawrence 
county,  New  York.  He  studied  for  the  min- 
istry, and  was  a  regularly  ordained  preacher 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  belonging 
to  the  Black  river  conference.  After  many 
years  service  in  that  conference  he  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Genesee  conference,  filling  many 
important  charges  and  continuing  a  useful, 
godly  life  until  incapacitated  by  years.  He 
married  Mary  Jane  Fox  and  had  two  children : 
I.  Francis  Ann,  bom  September  14,  1846; 
married,  March  13,  1866,  Levi  L.  Carr;  chil- 
dren: i.  Amos,  married  Mercy  Bowen,  has 
Frank  B.  and  George ;  ii.  Levi  D. ;  iii.  Leslie, 
married  Belle  Horton,  and  has  Carrie  Bell, 


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Pauline,  Wanda  and  Lucille ;  iv.  Manley  Earl, 
married  Florence  Graff,  and  has  Graff  and  J. 
Stewart.    2,  Duane  M.,  of  further  mention. 

(II)  Duane  M.,  son  of  Benoni  and  Mary 
Jane  (Fox)  Conley,  was  bom  in  Erie  county. 
New  York.  He  then  went  to  St.  Lawrence 
county,  New  York,  with  his  father,  and  later 
settled  in  the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county,  where  he  has  always  been  engaged 
in  farming.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 

He  married,  August  10,  1874,  Lois  L.,  bom 
August  10,  1854,  daughter  of  Martin  Van 
Buren  and  Mary  (Davis)  Ingersoll.  Children: 
Arthur  Ray,  of  further  mention;  Mary  I., 
married  Thomas  J.  Reed ;  Lamont  H.,  Lois  E. 

(III)  Arthur  Ray,  eldest  child  of  Duane  M. 
and  Lois  L.  (Ingersoll)  Conley,  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  August  23,  1876.  His  early  educa- 
tion was  obtained  in  the  public  schools,  fol- 
lowed by  a  course  at  Qiamberlain  Institute, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  class  of  1899.  He 
then  entered  Syracuse  University,  continuing 
from  1900  to  1903.  He  read  law  while  at  Syra- 
cuse with  Charles  G.  Baldwin,  of  Syracuse, 
and  in  1903  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  lo- 
cated in  Randolph,  New  York,  where  he  prac- 
ticed his  profession  alone  until  1907,  then 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  R.  R.  Crowley, 
which  still  continues.  He  was  elected  justice 
of  the  peace  in  1904,  was  village  attorney  in 
1910,  and  in  191 1  was  elected  supervisor 
on  the  Republican  ticket.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Cattaraugus  County  Bar  Association  and 
a  lawyer  of  good  repute  and  high  standing. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a  member 
of  Randolph  Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons.    He  is  unmarried. 


The  Johnson  family  of  Cat-» 
JOHNSON    taraugus  county,  New  York, 

herein  recorded,  is  of  English 
ancestry.  The  history  of  the  county  and  of 
the  family  covers  almost  the  same  period  of 
time.  A  child  of  the  second  generation  was 
the  first  white  child  bom  within  the  confines 
of  the  present  city  of  Olean.  Representatives 
of  the  family  have  sat  in  the  state  legislature, 
fought  in  the  armies  of  the  nation,  guided  town 
affairs  in  the  county  board  of  supervisors,  been 
eminent  in  the  law,  journalism  and  business. 
It  is  not  a  family  of  the  past  alone,  but  has 
leading  men  in  the  county  affairs  of  to-day. 
(I)  James  G.  Johnson,  of  English  parent- 


age, was  the  first  of  his  line  to  settle  in  Cattar- 
augus county.  He  was  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Olean,  which  at  that  time  was  called 
Hamilton.  He  dieQ  in  i8n.  His  wife,  So- 
phia Stone,  of  Scotch  descent,  survived  him, 
with  two  sons,  James  G.  and  Marcus  H. 
James  G.,  the  eldest  son,  was  bom  in  Bloom- 
field.  Ontario  county.  New  York ;  he  became  a 
prominent  business  man  of  the'  county;  he 
served  in  the  civil  war  with  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  as  captain  and  assistant  quartermas- 
ter, retiring  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  He  was 
postmaster  at  Olean,  New  York,  and  a  member 
of  the  state  assembly  in  1848.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican, but  was  elected  by  three  hundred 
majority  in  a  Democratic  districts  He  married 
Clarissa  Gaylord  and  had  two  sons:  Henry, 
deceased ;  Elisha  M.  and  Marcus  H. 

(II)  Marcus  Hamilton,  youngest  son  of 
James  G.  and  Sophia  (Stone)  Johnson,  was 
bom  in  Olean,  New  York,  October  21,  1809, 
died  June  26,  1899.  He  is  credited  with  hav- 
ing been  the  first  white  child  born  within  the 
present  corporate  limits  of  Olean.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  was  ever 
afterward  engaged  in  commercial  pursuits.  His 
early  life  was  spent  in  subordinate  positions, 
but  in  1835  he  was  a  merchant  of  Ellicottville, 
in  partnership  with  Bethuel  McCoy.  This  con- 
nection existed  until  1843,  when  the  firm  dis- 
solved and  Mr.  Johnson  removed  to  Randolph,^ 
which  was  ever  afterward  his  home.  For  a 
year  after  the  removal  he  was  in  partnership 
with  Judge  Benjamin  Chamberlain,  in  general 
merchandising.  Judge  Chamberlain  retiring, 
his  half  interest  was  purchased  by  Zebedee 
Woodworth,  and  the  business  continued  under 
the  firm  name  of  Johnson  &  Woodworth.  Mr. 
Johnson  continued  in  active  business  in  Ran- 
dolph until  his  final  retirement.  He  was  an 
energetic,  capable  man  of  affairs,  and  bore  a 
reputation  for  sterling  integrity.  He  was  a 
Diemocrat  in  politics,  and  in  1841  was  ap- 
pointed treasurer  of  Cattaraugus  county  by  the 
board  of  supervisors,  and  reappointed  in  1842. 
In  November,  1843,  ^^  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  state  assembly,  and  was  re-elected  in 
1847.  His  assembly  district  was  strongly 
Whig,  and,  at  the  same  time,  his  brother, 
James  G.  (2),  a  Republican,  was  elected  in  a 
Democratic  district,  the  personal  worth  of  the 
two  men  triumphing  over  adverse  political 
sentiment  in  their  respective  districts.  In 
1855  he  was  appointed  United  States  Indian 
agent  for  the  Indians  of  New  York,  an  office 


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he  held  four  years.  He  filled  these  offices 
with  credit  to  himself  and  with  a  conscientious 
regard  for  the  best  interests  of  those  whom  he 
represented.  He  married,  February  12,  1833, 
Sophronia  Willoughby. 

(HI)  James  G.  (2),  only  child  of  Marcus 
Hamilton  and  Sophronia  (Willoughby)  John- 
son, was  born  at  Ellicottville,  Cattariaugus 
county,  New  York,  June  28,  1836,  and  died 
November  8,  1907,  at  his  home  in  Randolph, 
New  York.  His  early  education  was  obtained 
in  the  public  school,  followed  by  courses  of 
advanced  study  at  Jamestown  and  Randolph 
Academic?.  He  chose  the  profession  of  law, 
beginning  his  studies  with  Alexander  Sheldon, 
in  1854,  In  i860  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  b^an  the  practice  of  his  profession.  The 
breajdng  out  of  the  civil  war  completely  altered 
his  plans,  and  in  September,  1861,  he  enlisted 
in  the  Sixty- fourth  Regiment  New  York  Vol- 
unteers. He  was  in  active  service  until  No- 
vember, 1862,  when,  following  an  illness,  he 
was  appointed  provost  marshal  of  the  thirty- 
first  district  of  New  York,  holding  that  posi- 
tion until  January  i,  1865.  At  the  close  of 
the  war  he  again  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law,  locating  in  Randolph,  continuing  until 
1880.  For  several  years  he  had  as  a  law  part- 
ner Rodney  R.  Crowley,  a  fellow  townsman 
and  army  comrade.  In  1880  he  removed  his 
law  business  to  Salamanca,  New  York,  but  re- 
tained his  residence  in  Randolph.  For  several 
years  after  locating  in  Salamanca  his  law  part- 
ner was  James  E.  Markham,  and  later  he  was 
senior  partner  of  the  law  firm  of  Johnson  & 
Congdon.  He  was  a  learned  and  skillful  law- 
ver,  but  was  rarely  seen  in  court,  confining 
himself  to  office  practice.  He  was  a  wise  coun- 
selor, and  particularly  well  versed  in  the  laws 
of  banking  and  real  estate.  He  was  always 
deeply  interested  in  public  affairs,  national, 
state  and  local,  and  was  one  of  the  best-in- 
formed men  in  his  section.  Politically  a  Re- 
publican, he  took  no  active  part  in  party  work, 
but  to  the  last  retained  active  interest  in  the 
success  of  his  party.  In  1869  and  1870  he  rep- 
resented Randolph  on  the  county  board  of  su- 
pervisors, and  for  several  years  was  attorney 
for  the  Seneca  tribe  of  Indians.  He  often 
traveled  abroad,  and  gained  the  broadening 
effect  that  comes  from  foreign  travel.  He  was 
a  deep  student  of  American  history,  and  it 
was  through  his  investigations  and  correspond- 
ence with  the  authorities  at  Washington  that 
the  burial  place  of  the  great  naval  hero,  John 


Paul  Jones,  was  located  in  Paris.  He  was  a 
member  of  Lodge  No.  359,  Chapter  No.  266 
and  Commandery  No.  62,  of  the  Masonic  or- 
der, and  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by 
his  brethren.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  of  Randolph,  which  he 
served  as  trustee.  He  always  felt  strong  in- 
terest in  his  army  comrades  and  held  member- 
ship in  D.  T.  Wiggins  Post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic.  He  had  high  ideals  of  public 
life,  and  his  strong  influence  over  the  younger 
generation  was  exerted  for  their  good.  Like 
many  men  of  strong  character,  he  was  at  times 
brusque  and  seemed  almost  severe  to  those 
who  knew  him  but  slightly,  but  those  who 
knew  him  well  remember  him  as  a  most  genial, 
companionable  man  and  true  friend,  for  whom 
they  held  the  highest  regard.  His  character 
may  be  summed  up  in  these  words :  "An  able 
lawyer,  a  true  patriot  and  a  thoroughly  up- 
right man." 

He  married.  May  16,  1865,  Mary  Dow,  born 
June  14,  1842,  daughter  of  Albert  Gallatin 
Dow  ( I ),  whose  wonderful  life  is  fully  written 
in  the  Dow  family  history.  Her  mother  was 
Freelove  Mason,  daughter  of  Wheaton  and 
Octavia  Belden  Mason,  the  first  wife  of  Albert 
G.  Dow.  Mrs.  Mary  Dow  Johnson  survives 
her  husband,  a  resident  of  Randolph.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Marc  D.,  of  whom  further.  2.  Grace, 
bom  May  i5,  1870;  married  Charles  F.  Fitch, 
M.  D.  3.  Ruth,  born  May  14,  1874;  married 
Carl  S.  Tompkins,  M.  D. ;  child,  Mary,  born 
June  20,  1909. 

(IV)  Marc  D.;  only  son  of  James  G.  (2) 
and  Mary  (Dow)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Ran- 
dolph, New  York,  June  23,  1866.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  began  active 
business  life  in  the  office  of  the  Weekly  Cour- 
ant,  of  Randolph,  where  he  learned  the  print- 
*er*s  trade  and  the  business  detail  of  a  country 
newspaper.  He  remained  three  years  with  the 
Courant,  and  then  for  two  years  was  a  student 
at  Chamberlain  Institute.  On  December  2, 
1886,  he  purchased  the  Register,  which  he  now 
conducts  as  a  weekly  paper,  devoted  to  the  in- 
terests of  Cattaraugus  county  and  the  Repub- 
lican party.  He  has  built  up  a  useful,  health- 
ful home  paper  that  is  a  welcome  visitor  to 
the  homes  of  his  many  subscribers.  Mr.  John- 
son is  a  director  of  the  Salamanca  Trust  Com- 
pany, and  postmaster  of  Randolph,  appointed 
February  18,  1908.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  in  1903  was  elected  supervisor 
and  twice  re-elected.    He  was  one  of  the  char- 


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ter  members  of  the  Cattaraugus  County  His- 
torical Society,  and  treasurer  of  the  committee 
appointed  to  erect  the  County  Memorial  and 
Historical  building.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order. 

He  married,  September  16,  1891,  Ora 
Thorpe,  born  January  i,  1865,  daughter  of 
Walter  and  Rose  (Snow)  Thorpe.  Child: 
fames  Thorpe  Johnson,  died  in  infancy. 


Tradition  has  it  that  Roger 
AMIDON  Amadowne  was  a  French  Hu- 
guenot, who  after  tlie  Revoca- 
tion of  the  Edict  of  Nantes  was  compelled  to 
flee  from  France;  that  he  went  to  England, 
where  he  remained  for  several  years,  and  then 
emigrated  to  America.  On  the  records  of 
Plymouth  Colony  and  at  Rehoboth  his  name  is 
generally  spelled  Amadowne.  The  usual  spell- 
ing of  his  descendants  is  Amidon,  but  various 
branches  use  Amadon,  Amedon,  Amidown, 
Ammidon  and  Ammidown. 

The  name  of  Roger  Amadowne  first  ap- 
pears in  America  in  the  records  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  in  1637,  where  he  had  a  grant 
of  a  small  portion  of  land.  In  1640  he  is  found 
at  Weymouth,  where  his  daughter  Sarah  was 
bom  that  year.  He  is  next  in  Boston,  where 
his  daughter  Lydia  was  born  in  1643.  In  1648 
he  appears  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  where 
his  name  is  forty-third  in  a  list  of  proprie- 
tors. He  had  several  grants  of  land,  but  died 
intestate.  The  date^^f  his  death  is  not  given, 
but  the  records  state  he  was  buried  November 
13,  1673.  Nothing  is  known  of  his  first  wife 
further  than  her  name  was  Sarah  and  that  she 
died  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  June  20, 
1668.  He  married  (second),  December  27, 
1668,  Joanna,  daughter  of  George  and  Jane 
Harwood.  She  survived  him  and  died  July 
I,  171 1.  The  following  report  of  a  coroner's 
jury  would  indicate  considerable  domestic 
friction :  "Wee  whose  names  are  underwritten 
being  impannelled  upon  a  Corrowner's  inquest 
by  the  honored  Mr.  James  Brown,  Assistant  to 
sitt  upon  the  corpps  of  Roger  Annadowne, 
deceased,  occasioned  by  some  late  striffe  be- 
tween his  wife  and  him,  hearing  all  evidences, 
pondering  all  circumstances,  and  viewing  the 
corpes,  wee  find  noe  wound  nor  bruise  that 
might  hasten  his  death."  Signed  by  the  jury. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Ebenezer,  Sarah,  Lydia, 
Hannah.  Children  of  second  wife:  Philip,  of 
further  mention ;  Henry  and  Mehitable. 

(II)  Philip  Amidon,  eldest  son  of  Roger 


and  Joanna  (Harwood)  Amadowne,  was  born 
at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  January  26,  1670, 
died  at  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  March  15, 
1747.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  cooper.  He  re- 
moved in  1717  to  Oxford  where  he  and  his 
wife  became  members  of  the  church  at  its 
organization.  In  1730  he  was  chosen  selectman 
and  in  1735  constable.  He  married  (first),  in 
Rehoboth,  May  27,  1698,  Mehitable,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Millard)  Perry.  She 
was  born  at  Rehoboth,  April  30,  1680,  died 
there  July  4,  1699.  He  married  (second), 
September  16,  1700,  Ithamar  Warfield,  born 
March  28,  1676,  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
Warfield,  of  Mendon,  and  his  third  wife,  Han- 
nah (Randall)  Warfield.  Child  by  first  wife: 
Henry,  of  further  mention.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Roger,  Ichabod,  Mary,  Philip, 
Ephraim,  Ithamar,  John  and  Hannah. 

(III)  Henry,  only  child  of  Philip  and  his 
first  wife,  Mehitable  (Perry)  Amidon,  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  February  8, 
1699,  died  at  Ashford,  Connecticut,  March  5, 
1778.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  Oxford 
and  Dudley,  Massachusetts,  until  1744,  when  he 
removed  to  Ashford.  He  married,  at  Mendon, 
March  31,  1718,  Meltiah,  born  October  14, 
1690,  died  May  17,  1780,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Thurston)  Cheney.  Children: 
Jacob,  Mehitable,  Joseph  and  Henry,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(IV)  Captain  Henry  (2)  Amidon,  son  of 
Henry  (i)  and  Meltiah  (Cheney)  Amidon, 
was  bom  at  Oxford,  Massachusetts,  May  3, 
1727.  He  was  a  farmer  and  resided  first  at 
Pom  fret,  Connecticut,  but  after  1752  at  Wil- 
lington,  Connecticut,  where  he  died.  He 
marched  on  the  Lexington  alarm  of  April  19, 
1775,  from  Willington,  and  is  credited  with 
nine  days'  service.  He  was  commissioned  by 
Governor  Jonathan  Trumbull,  March  21,  1777, 
as  captain  of  the  Third  Company  in  the  Twen- 
ty-second Regiment  Connecticut  Militia,  and 
served  at  New  London  and  elsewhere.  He 
married,  at  Pom  fret,  September  25,  1751, 
Sarah  Doubledee  (or  Doubleday),  died  at 
Willington,  January  8,  1794.  Children:  Jede- 
diah,  died  young;  Jedediah  (2),  Moses,  Jona- 
than, Mary,  Jac6b,  of  further  mention;  Wil- 
liam, Henry,  Asaryl  and  Sarah. 

(V)  Jacob,  son  of  Captain  Henry  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Doubledee)  Amidon,  was  born  at  Wil- 
lington, Connecticut,  March  5,  1764.  In  1805 
he  removed  to  Onondaga  county,  New  York, 
near  Navarino,  where  he  died  September  17, 


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1838.  He  served  as  a  private  in  Captain  Dur- 
kee's  company,  Connecticut  Militia,  from 
August  12,  1782,  till  August  12,  1783.  In 
1833  he  was  placed  on  roll  of  pensioners  of 
the  revolutionary  war.  He  married  Hannah 
Pool,  of  Willingt^.  Children :  Samuel,  Jacob, 
Elijah,  Leonard,  of  further  mention ;  Hannah, 
Lewis,  Moses,  Lucinda,  Philoma  and  Henry. 

(VI)  Leonard,  son  of  Jacob  and  Hannah 
(Pool)  Amidon,  was  born  at  Willington,  Con- 
necticut, February  5,  1799.  He  settled  in 
Onondaga  county.  New  York,  with  his  father, 
later  removed  to  Clymer,  New  York,  and  died 
at  Wayne,  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  4, 
1872.  He  followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer. 
He  married  (first)  Esther  Smith,  born  at  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  June  28,  1799,  ^^^^  April 
24,  1859,  daughter  of  John  and  Nancy  (Wig- 
gins) Smith.  He  married  (second),  in  Onon- 
daga county,  Cynthia  Davis.  Children:  i. 
Rev.  John  Smith,  a  minister  of  the  United 
Brethren  church ;  died  in  Corry,  Pennsylvania, 
October  3,  1898;  he  married,  September  4, 
1882,  Charlotte  A.  Curtis;  children:  Eugene 
C,  Nelson  J.,  Charles  Fremont,  Fanny  and 
Effie.  2.  Lorenzo  D.,  a  carpeiiter  and  cabinet^ 
maker;  he  died  in  Brooklyn,  Wisconsin,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1895 ;  he  married  (first)  Olive  Stark- 
wether,  (second)  Fanny  Lord;  children  by 
first  wife:  Henry,  William  A.,  Francis  Wat- 
son Eddy,  Wilbur  Eddy,  Esther  A.,  Ella  L.  and 
Emma  L. ;  children  by  second  wife :  Gilbert 
and  Byron.  3.  Lewis,  of  further  mention.  4. 
Eliza.  5.  William  Farmer,  of  Qymer,  New 
York;  enlisted  in  the  Third  Pennsylvania 
Heavy  Artillery,  died  at  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
November,  1865,  and  is  buried  in  the  National 
Soldiers'  cemetery.  No.  1818;  he  married  Mary 
Jane  Thompson;  children:  Mary  Jeanette, 
Leonard  William  and  Thompson  Smith.  6. 
George  J.,  graduate  of  the  Spencerian  Busi- 
ness College,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  was  a  teacher  of  penmanship  at 
Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  later  a  farmer  of 
North  East,  Pennsylvania;  died  at  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  December  27,  1899;  he  married 
(first)  Isabel  J.  Adams;  (second)  Rosa  J. 
Roberts;  children:  Edwin  A.,  Clark  L.,  Cas- 
sius  M.,  Lucy  Belle  and  Georgia  Alberta.  7. 
Mary  A.,  married  Chester  Adams;  children: 
Frank  E.  and  Dr.  Melvin  L.  8.  Esther  El- 
mira,  married  Rev.  William  H.  Hodge,  a  min- 
ister, and  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  serving  in 
Company  C,  Fifteenth  Regiment  New  York 


Volunteers;  children:  Flora  A.,  Charles  and 
Byron. 

(VII)  Lewis,  son  of  Leonard  and  Esther 
(Smith)  Amidon,  was  bom  at  Cl)niier,  New 
York,  June  16,  1825.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
lived  in  Clymer,  where  he  died  March  i,  1896. 
He  served  in  the  civil  war.  Company  F,  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty-second  Pennsylvania  Regi- 
ment (Third  Artillery),  from  March  7,  1863, 
until  November,  1865.  He  married,  March  29, 
1849,  Martha  M.,  born  May  2,  1829,  daughter 
of  Benjamin  and  Hannah  (Backus)  Hager. 
Children:  i.  Arthur  A.,  of  further  mention. 
2.  Alice  Adell,  born  September  8,  1852;  mar- 
ried, January  i,  1872,  George  Beebe,  of  Cly- 
mer; children:  Clarence,  born  April  i,  1873; 
Arthur,  September,  1881.  3.  Florence  L.,  bom 
May  18,  1855 ;  married,  January  i,  1880,  Wil- 
liam Green,  a  farmer,  of  Marvin,  New  York, 
bom  1854;  children:  Earl  L.,  born  April  28, 
1881 ;  Forrest,  May  9,  1882 ;  Iva  B.,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1884;  Charles,  December,  i888;  Ethel, 
March,  1893.  4.  Benjamin  Moses,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1859,  died  April  27,  1894;  married, 
November  28,  1892,  Estella  Wallace.  5.  Elma 
Arvilla,  born  May  25,  1861 ;  married,  April 
20,  1879,  William  Schermerhorn,  bom  Sep- 
tember 5,  1855,  died  June  6,  1886;  she  survives 
him,  a  resident  of  Jamestown,  New  York;  chil- 
dren :  Lloyd  B.,  born  August  25,  1880,  married, 
October  16,  1901,  Edith  May  Martin;  child, 
William  Lee,  born  April  4,  1904;  Lyle  C, 
born  September  28,  188^;  Willard  C,  bora 
July  18,  1886.  6.  Edgar  Backus,  born  July 
23,  1863;  married  September  4,  1897,  Emma 
Prescott,  born  at  Eldred,  Pennsylvania,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1876,  and  lives  at  Findley  Lake,  New 
York ;  children :  Ruth  Evelyn,  bom  November 
16,  1898,  at  Findley  Lake,  New  York;  Alice 
Marie,  bom  June  15,  1900,  at  Findley  Lake, 
New  York;  Prescott  Ulysses,  born  April  16, 
1903,  at  Eldred,  Pennsylvania;  Marjorie  M., 
bom  July  i,  1905,  at  Findley  Lake,  New  York; 
Jessie  Maxine,  born  September  16,  1907,  at 
Findley  Lake,  New  York.  7.  Fred  Zacius, 
born  May  2,  1870,  died  March  8,  1910,  resided 
at  Clymer* 

(VIII)  Arthur  A.,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Lewis  and  Martha  M.  (Hager)  Amidon,  was 
bom  at  Clymer,  New  York,  May  17,  1850.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  during 
his  earlier  life  worked  in  different  localities  at 
farming  and  lumbering.  At  the  age  of  twenty 
years  he  was  contracting  and  dealing  in  live 


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stock ;  at  twenty-two  he  rented  a  one  hundred 
acre  farm,  which  he  cultivated,  and  continued 
his  dealing  in  bark,  lumber,  horses  and  real 
estate.  In  1880  he  became  hardwood  lumber 
buyer  for  Taylor  &  Crate,  of  Buffalo,  continu- 
ing in  that  capacity  until  1900.  Prior  to  this, 
in  1881,  he  went  south  to  Jonesville,  Virginia, 
buying  lumber,  returning  to  Clymer  in  1883. 
In  1884  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  In  Jamestown  he  established 
the  wholesale  lumber  firm  of  A.  A.  Amidon 
&  Sons.  He  has  been  largely  engaged  in  the 
erection  of  dwellings  and  flats  for  renting  pur- 
poses, also  business  blocks.  His  contracting 
business  is  a  large  one  and  extends  over  the 
city  and  surrounding  country.  For  three  years 
he  engaged  in  mercantile  life,  operating  a  de- 
partment store.  He  is  a  successful  man  of 
business  and  has  given  liberally  of  his  time  and 
means  to  the  public  good.  He  is  a  member 
and  friend  of  the  Young  Men*s  Christian  As- 
sociation, and  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  same 
since  its  organization.  He  served  on  the  school 
board  of  Clymer  ten  years;  was  alderman  oi" 
the  fourth  ward  of  Jamestown  one  year,  and 
president  of  the  board  of  public  works  two 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  which  he  serves  as  trustee.  Mr. 
Amidon  has  made  his  life  a  success  through  in- 
dustry, energy  and  close  attention  to  busi- 
ness. With  little  to  start  with  in  the  way  of 
capital  he  has  founded  and  maintains  a  pros- 
perous enterprise  and  gained  the  respect  of  his 
fellows.  He  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the 
Jamestown  Metal  Furniture  Company  (now 
the  Art  Metal  Construction  Company)  ;  was 
one  of  the  original  stockholders  and  promoters 
of  the  Bank  of  Jamestown,  of  which  he  is  now 
a  director;  was  one  of  the  advisory  committee 
in  charge  of  the  erection  of  the  Young  Wo- 
men's Christian  Association  building.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Lumbermen's  Association 
and  the  patriotic  order  Sons  of  Veterans.  He 
is  greatly  interested  in  genealogy  and  was  in- 
strumental in  having  a  history  of  the  Amidon 
family  in  America  compiled  and  printed  in 
book  form.  It  is  Trom  that  work  that  the  early 
generations  herein  traced  have  been  taken. 

He  married  (first),  May  29,  1872,  Edith 
Ida  Gron,  born  in  Grossfal,  Sweden,  May  22, 
1851,  died  December  11,  1879,  daughter  of 
Peter  and  Cora  (Smith)  Gron.  He  married 
(second),  February  11,  1881,  Hannah  (Gron) 
Haven,  born  October  24,   1851.  daughter  of 

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Andrew    and    Mary    (Simpson)    Gron,    and 
widow  of  Jacob  Haven,  by  whom  she  had  a 
son,  Charles  F.  Haven,  born  October  19,  1869 ; 
he  married  (first)  Jennie  Hughes,  and  (sec- 
ond) Gertie  Brink,  born  March  18,  1877;  chil- 
dren: Harold  H.,  born  November  17,  1900; 
Arthur  R.,  bom  September  15,  1903.    Charles 
F.  Haven  is  connected  with  the  Ross  Lumber 
Company,  of  Jamestown.     Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Byron  Peter,  born  July  3,  1873,  died 
July  8,  1873.    2.  Myron  August,  twin  of  By- 
ron  Peter,  died  the  day  of  birth.     3.  Cora 
Belle,  bom  October  30,  1875  J  married,  August 
26,    1903,    Manfred    M.    Sadler,   of   Russell, 
Pennsylvania;  child,  Arthur  Amidon,  resides 
at  North  Warren,  Pennsylvania.    Children  of 
second  wife:  4.  Levi  Lewis,  born  April   17, 
1883 ;  educated  in  the  Jamestown  grammar  and 
high   schools   and   business   college,   complet- 
ing his  studies  at  Allegheny  College.   He  has 
been  connected  with  the  lumber  business  since 
he  was  fourteen  years  of  age,  was  for  five 
years  a  member  of  the  firm  of  A.  A.  Amidon 
&  Sons,  and  is  now  chief  buyer  for  the  Mad- 
dox  Table  Company,  a  position  he  has  filled 
for  the  past  five  years.    He  is  an  expert  judge 
of  lumber,  and  with  an  unerring  eye  makes 
his  selections.    He  is  a  member  of  the  Lum- 
bermen's Association,  a  Republican  in  politics 
and  is  connected  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  He  married,  December  24, 1903,  Eva  M. 
Schopp,  born  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  December 
18,   1884,  daughter  of  William  and  Barbara 
(Steller)  Schopp;  children :  Dorothy  Eva,  born 
June  n,  1906;  Eugene  Levi,  October  5,  1908; 
this    family   resides   in  Jamestown.      5.  Otto 
Melvin,  born  February  26,  1885;  educated  in 
the  public  school  (grammar  and  high),  James- 
town Business  College  and  Bryant  &  Strat- 
ton's  Business  College,   BuflFalo.     He  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  A.  A.  Amidon  &  Sons, 
now  buyer  for  the  firm  of  Taylor  &  Crate,  of 
Buffalo,  New  York.   He  is  a  member  of  the 
Lumbermen's  Association,  a  Republican  and  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
6.  Pearl  Maud,  born  December  12,  1886;  edu- 
cated in  the  Jamestown  high  school,  member 
of  the    Methodist    Episcopal   church,   and    a 
teacher  in  the  Young  Women's  Christian  As- 
sociation.   7.  Minnie,  died  in  infancy.    8.  Nel- 
lie Viola,  born  December  30,  1894;  now  a  stu- 
dent in  the  high  school,  and  a  member  of  the 
Young  Women's  Christian  Association. 


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There  were  three  distinct 
CARPENTER     families  bearing  the  name 

of  Carpenter  who  made 
early  settlement  in  America.  They  were  each 
from  England,  where  the  family  is  of  **great 
antiquity,"  and  to  distinguish  them  have  been 
termed  "The  Providence  Family"  (the  earli- 
est of  three  to  settle  in  the  New  World),  "The 
Rehoboth  Family"  and  "The  Philadelphia 
Family."  The  first  two  named  were  related 
and  there  is  good  evidence  that  the  third  was 
also.  Perhaps  the  first  mention  of  the  name 
of  Carpenter  in  America  is  that  of  Alice  Car- 
penter, who  came  from  Leyden,  Holland, 
landed  in  Plymouth  in  June,  1623,  and  became 
the  wife  of  Governor  William  Bradford  on 
A\igust  14,  following,  being  as  the  governor 
made  record  "the  fourth  marriage  in  the  col- 
ony." She  was  the  daughter  of  Alexander 
Carpenter,  who,  with  his  wife  and  four  other 
daughters,  were  members  of  the  church  at 
Leyden,  where  the  governor  knew  her. 

(I)  The  first  person  bearing  the  name  Car- 
penter to  make  permanent  settlement  in  Amer- 
ica was  William  Carpenter,  son  of  Richard 
Carpenter,  of  Amesbury,  Wiltshire,  England. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Arnold,  bom  at  Chesel- 
boume,  Dorsetshire,  England,  November  23, 
161 1.  They  were  married  a  short  time  before 
their  sailing  for  America.  The  first  mention 
found  of  William  Carpenter  in  America  is  in 
the  "Initial  Deed"  hastily  drawn  up  by  Roger 
Williams  at  the  time  of  settlement  at  New 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  which  he  desig- 
nates by  initial  the  "loving  friends  and  neigh- 
bors" who  are  to  have  equal  rights  with  him- 
self. In  it  are  the  initials  W.  C.  These  friends 
and  neighbors,  twelve  in  number  had  nothing 
further  to  show  for  their  holdings  until  De- 
cember 23.  1661,  when  a  formal  "Confirma- 
tory Deed"  was  given  them  by  Roger  Williams 
and  wife.  There  were  some  omissions  of 
names  in  the  second  deed,  and  in  1666  another 
deed  was  given  in  which  Mr.  Williams  states 
the  "Initial  Deed  was  given  the  8th  day  of 
the  8th  month,  1638."  In  the  latter  deed 
William  Carpenter  is  named  in  full.  The  "First 
Baptist  Church  in  America"  was  constituted 
at  Providence  between  August  3,  1638,  and 
March  16,  1639.  In  the  list  of  "Founders" 
is  the  name  of  William  Carpenter.  His  "Home 
Toll"  was  separated  from  that  of  Robert  Coles 
by  a  highway.  Town  street  is  now  Main 
street,  and  the  highway  is  now  "Meeting 
.Street,"  Providence,  so  called  because  of  the 


Friends  Meeting  House,  which  now  occupies 
William  Carpenter's  lot.  Soon  after  the  sign- 
ing of  the  "Initial  Deed"  the  proprietors  made 
division  of  their  purchase.  William  Carpenter 
and  others  were  allotted  a  large  tract  at  "Pau-  ^ 
tuxet,"  where  they  at  once  made  settlement.  It 
was  a  beautiful  tract  of  meadow  land,  four 
miles  south  from  Providence,  bordering  on 
Narragansett  bay,  and  south  on  the  Pawtuxet 
river.  In  later  years  it  was  known  as  Cran- 
ston, and  is  now  covered  with  blocks  of  build- 
ings. It  was  here  that  William  Carpenter  spent 
the  remaining  years  of  his  life ;  for  nearly  fifty 
years  it  was  his  home.  There  is  hardly  a  page 
of  the  town  records  but  has  mention  of  him ; 
he  was  on  numerous  commissions  to  lay  out 
roads,  settle  boundary  lines,  locate  and  build 
bridges,  and  he  was  a  warm  personal  friend 
of  Roger  Williams,  whose  perfect  confidence 
he  enjoyed.  He  was  elected  to  the  general 
court  many  times,  and  was  assistant  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  and  deputy.  When  King  Philip's 
war  was  threatening  the  very  life  of  the  colony 
the  general  assembly  on  April  4,  1676,  voted 
"that  in  these  troubulous  times  and  straits  in 
the  colony  this  Assembly  desiring  to  have  the 
advice  and  concurrence  of  the  most  judicious 
inhabitants,  do  desire  at  their  next  sitting  the 
company  and  counsel  of  William  Carpenter." 
During  the  war,  "on  January  27,  1676,  the  Inr 
dians  despoiled  Wm.  Carpenter  of  two  hun- 
dred sheep,  fifty  head  of  cattle  and  fifteen 
horses."  Austin  says:  "William  Carpenter's 
house  was  attacked  by  three  hundred  Indians 
and  was  set  on  fire  by  them,  but  the  flames 
were  extinguished  by  the  defenders.  Two  of 
his  household  were  killed."  One  of  these  was 
his  son  William.  His  last  public  service  was 
on  April  25,  1683,  when  as  "Last  survivor  of 
the  Thirteen  Proprietors"  he  gave  deeds  to  the 
heirs  of  his  fellow  proprietors  for  lands  that 
had  been  held  in  joint  ownership.  He  rnade 
his  will  February  10,  1680.  The  death  of  his 
son  William  caused  a  codicil  which  was  added 
March  15,  1684,  and  he  died  September  7, 
1685.  His  wife,  Elizabeth  ]^ Arnold)  Carpen- 
ter, survived  him.  She  was  a  sister  of  Bene- 
dict Arnold,  governor  of  the  colony  from  1663 
until  his  death  in  1678.  Her  father,  William 
Walter  Stephen  Arnold,  and  sister  Joana  re- 
sided near  Pawtuxet,  and  for  nearly  half  a 
century  the  Carpenters  and  Arnolds  were  the 
largest  landowners  and  chief  taxpayers  of 
Pawtuxet.  A  monument  was  erected  in  mem- 
ory of  the  Carpenter  family  in  i860  by  one  of 


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William's  descendants  in  Cranston,  three  and 
a  half  miles  from  the  City  Hall,  Providence, 
Rhode  Island. 

Children  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Carpen- 
ter, all  except  the  first  born  in  Pawtuxet:  i. 
Joseph,  see  forward.  "  2.  Lydia,  born  about 
1638.  3.  Ephraim,  about  1640.  4,  Timothy, 
about  1643.  5-  William,  about  1645.  6.  Pris- 
cilla,  about  1648.  7.  Silas,  1650.  8.  Ben- 
jamin, about  1653.  Silas  is  the  only  one  of 
the  family  whose  birth  is  definitely  known.  A 
deposition  taken  in  1674  and  the  date  on  his 
gravestone  fixes  it  in  the  year  given.  The  chil- 
dren are  all  named  in  the  will,  William  ex- 
cepting, who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  prior 
to  the  death  of  his  father. 

(II)  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Arnold)  Carpenter,  was  born  at 
Amesbury,  Wiltshire,  England,  about  1635. 
The  first  mention  made  of  him  is  at  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  where  on  May  3,  1656, 
he  is  witness  to  a  deed  from  his  uncle,  Stephen 
Arnold,  to  his  father,  which  indicates  that  he 
was  then  of  legal  age.  The  town  records  of 
Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  show  that  he  had  a 
"Corne  Mill"  at  the  wading  place  near  the 
Falls  on  the  Pawtuxet  river.  Here  he  re- 
mained until  1677,  although  as  early  as  1663 
he  was  at  Long  Island  making  negotiations  for 
the  purchase  of  land  from  the  Indians  at  Oys- 
ter Bay.  The  Hempstead  colony  on  Long 
Island  resisted  the  attempts  to  settle  at  Oyster 
Bay,  but  finally  allowed  them  to  remain  in 
peace.  Joseph  Carpenter  is  recorded  as  having 
purchased  three  thousand  acres  of  land  at 
Musketa  Cove.  Associated  with  him  was  Na- 
thaniel Coles,  Abia  Carpenter,  Thomas  Town- 
send  and  Robert  Coles.  They  styled  themselves 
"The  Five  Proprietors  of  Musketa  Planta- 
tions," which  name  and  style  was  continued 
until  after  the  revolution.  Each  proprietor 
had  a  "Home  Lott"  of  five  acres  set  off  on 
which  to  erect  a  dwelling.  These  home  lots 
were  situated  on  a  street  or  highway  that  they 
called  "The  Place."  The  site  of  these  homes 
on  this  street,  which  still  bears  the  name,  are 
very  readily  identified.  On  the  "Lott  of  Jo- 
seph Carpenter"  the  first  house  was  built, 
after  the  erection  of  a  saw  mill.  It  was  occu- 
pied by  him  all  his  lifetime,  was  the  birthplace 
of  nearly  all  his  children,  and  continued  in  the 
family  for  several  generations.  The  planta- 
tion prospered,  although  its  growth  was  re- 
tarded by  King  Philip's  war.  Following  the 
erection  of  a  saw  mill,  he  built  a  grist  and 


fulling  mill,  agreeing  with  the  other  proprie- 
tors to  grind  their  grain  in  return  for  the  use 
of  water  power.  In  a  few  years  the  Oyster 
Bay  settlement  had  their  own  town  govern- 
ment, constable,  overseers,  justice  of  the  peace 
and  recorder.  They  held  their  own  town  meet- 
ings and  elected  their  own  officers  until  the 
organization  of  Queens  county  in  1683.  They 
had  many  industries  and  the  records  show 
Joseph  Carpenter  to  have  been  the  prime 
mover  in  their  establishment  and  that  his  en- 
ergy and  ability  had  made  a  thriving  com- 
munity from  an  humble  beginning.  He  died 
during  the  "sickly  season"  of  1683.  The  place 
of  his  burial  is  not  known. 

He  married  (first),  April  21,  1659,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  William  Carpenter,  of  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts.  She  was  born  at  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  February  3,  1640,  died 
about  1673.  He  married  (second)  Ann  (or 
Anna),  baptized  in  the  Dutch  church  at  New 
York  in' 1647,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Eliza- 
beth (Luther)  Weeks.  Francis  Weeks  was 
with  Roger  Williams  in  the  canoe  when  he  first 
landed  at  Providence.  He  and  his  wife  were 
early  settlers  of  Hempstead,  Long  Island, 
where  they  were  heavily  fined  for  "entertain- 
ing Quakers,"  and  soon  after  removed  to  Oys- 
ter Bay.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Joseph, 
"the  eldest  son,"  inherited  the  estate  and  title 
of  his  father.  2.  A  daughter,  married  William 
Thornecraft.  3.  Tansen,  married  John  Wil- 
liams. 4.  William,  see  forward.  5.  Nathan- 
iel, said  to  have  been  the  first  white  child  b6m 
at  Musketa  Cove,  Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island; 
married  Tamar,  eldest  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Mercy  (Wright)  Coles.  6.  Hannah,  married 
Jacob  Hicks.  Children  of  second  wife:  7. 
Ann,  married  Joseph  Weeks.  8.  Benjamin, 
married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Mercy 
(Wright)  Coles,  sister  of  the  wife  of  his  half- 
brother,  Nathaniel.  9.  John  (posthumous 
child),  married  Martha  Feake.  These  chil- 
dren were  all  prominent  in  the  plantation  and 
some  of  them  joined  in  the  exodus  from  Oys- 
ter Bay  to  "the  Maiii,"  as  Westchester  county 
was  then  called,  and  were  among  the  first  set- 
tlers at  Rye,  North  Castle,  Bedford,  Harrison 
and  Mamaroneck.  Other  families  leaving 
about  1700  were  the  Coles,  Weeks,  Lallings, 
Wrights,  Townsends,  Cocks  and  many  others. 

(Ill)  William  (2),  son  of  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah (Carpenter)  Carpenter,  was  born  at  Paw- 
tucket,  Rhode  Island,  about  1666.  The  first 
mention  of  him  is  found  in  the  will  of  his 


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grandfather,  1683,  and  in  1692  he  appears  at 
Pawtucket  and  sold  the  property  so  given  by 
will.  He  acted  as  one  of  the  proprietors  after 
the  death  of  his  brother  Joseph  until  1706, 
when  his  nephew  Joseph  attained  legal  age. 
He  was  a  large  landowner  and  prominent  in 
the  affairs  of  the  plantation.  He  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  having  his  homestead  and  shop 
in  that  part  of  town  known  as  "Duck  Pond," 
now  a  residential  section  known  as  Nassau 
Station.  He  sold  his  property  in  1720  and  re- 
moved to  Westchester  county.  New  York, 
though  he  still  had  landed  interests  at  Musketa 
Cove  as  late  as  1734.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  Carpenter,  supposed  to 
have  been  his  cousin ;  she  died  about  1743. 
Children:  i.  William,  married  Elizabeth  Prior. 
2.  Joseph,  married  Ann  Farman.  3.  Silas, 
no  record  of  marriage.  4.  Benjamin,  married 
(first)  Dinah  Albertson,  (second)  Lydia 
Thome.  5.  Timothy,  see  forward.  6.  Eliza- 
beth, married  Samuel  Weeks.  7.  Ruth,  mar- 
ried William  Thornecraft.  8.  Mai,  married 
Captain  Thomas  Kepp.  9.  Benedict,  married 
(first)  Hannah  Haviland,  (second)  Abigail 
Horton,  (third)  Abigail  Ferris.  The  members 
of  the  "Friends  Meeting"  at  Purchase,  New 
York,  says  he  for  "4th  wife  married  the 
widow,  Elizabeth  Wanser,  who  survived  him." 

(IV)  Timothy,  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Carpenter)  Carpenter,  was  born  at 
Musketa  Cove,  Long  Island,  New  York,  April 
I,  1698.  He  removed  to  Westchester  county. 
New  York.  In  1720  he  bought  a  large  tract 
of  land  from  the  Indians  at  North  Castle, 
part  of  which  still  remains  in  the  family.  His 
house  was  burned  in  1721  and  again  in  1722. 
He  then  built  the  house  in  which  he  lived  until 
his  death.  The  house  was  afterward  occupied 
by  his  son  Timothy,,  his  grandson  William 
and  his  great-grandson  Job  R.  It  was  torn 
down  in  1845.  I"  *^*s  will,  made  July  11,  1763, 
he  divides  a  large  landed  property  among  his 
living  children  and  wife  Phebe.  His  will  was 
proved  May  24,  1769. 

Timothy  Carpenter  married,  about  17 19, 
Phebe,  bom  March  16,  1706,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Elizabeth  (Albertson)  Coles.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel  (said  to  have  been  the  first 
white  child  born  at  North  Castle),  born  Jan- 
uary 17,  1720;  married  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Job  Wright,  and  had  two  children.  2.  Ephraim, 
born  June  27,  1723;  is  believed  to  have  re- 
moved to  Orange  county.  New  York.  3. 
( leorge,  married  Lucretia,  daughter  of  Thomas 


Goulding;  he  was  a  farmer  at  "Nine  Part- 
ners," Dutchess  county,  New  York;  had  five 
children.  4.  Phebe,  bom  June  25,  1729;  mar- 
ried William  Forman,  a  farmer  of  Yorktown^ 
Westchester  county;  they  had  a  daughter 
Elizabeth,  married  Josiah  Green.  5.  William, 
see  forward.  6.  Archealus,  born  April  23, 
1734;  married  Rebecca  Goulding,  sister  of  the 
wife  of  his  brother  George.  He  was  a  tanner 
and  currier,  and  had  a  farm  at  North  Castle, 
where  he  lived  at  the  time  of  the  revolution. 
He  sided  with  the  "Loyalists,"  and  because  of 
his  activity  in  their  behalf  his  farm  was  con- 
fiscated and  he  and  his  family  compelled  to 
leave  the  country.  They  left  New  York  in 
1783,  on  board  the  ship  "Cyrus,"  and  settled 
in  New  Brunswick,  enduring  for  many  years 
untold  hardships  in  that  unsettled  country.  It 
is  said  of  him  that  he  built  the  first  house  and 
shop  at  "Parrtown,"  now  St.  John.  He  died 
July  15,  1810,  leaving  nine  children.  6.  Silas, 
born  July  15,  1737;  was  a  farmer  of  Green- 
wich, Connecticut ;  he  married  Phebe,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Fowler,  and  had  eight 
children.  7.  Benjamin,  twin  of  Silas;  married 
Mary  Searles ;  he  was  a  farmer  and  resided  for 
a  time  at  Pittstown,  Rensselaer  county;  had 
seven  children.  8.  Timothy,  born  August  i, 
1740;  married  Hannah  Ferris  and  had  three 
children.    9.  Elizabeth,  died  young. 

(V)  William  (3)  (named  for  his  Grand- 
father Carpenter),  son  of  Timothy  and  Phebe 
(Coles)  Carpenter,  was  born  at  North  Castle. 
Westchester  county,  New  York,  April  5,  173  !• 
died  June  6,  1814.  He  was  a  farmer  at  "Nine 
Partners."  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Seaman* 
of  Long  Island.  He  married  (second)  Lydia^ 
widow  of  Abraham  Carpenter,  and  daughter 
of  Peter  Totten,  of  North  Castle.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Seaman,  Zeno,  Stephen,  Elizabeth* 
Bathany,  Phebe,  Mary,  Cornell,  Caroline* 
James  and  Sarah. 

(VI)  A  son  of  William  Carpenter,  probably 
Zeno,  bom  about  1762,  who  married  (first) 
Lydia  Clark;  (second)  Sarah  Hoag. 

(VII)  Zenas,  grandson  of  William  Carpen- 
ter, was  born  July  9,  1801.  He  settled  in 
Farmersville,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
in  1827,  afterward  removing  to  the  Bullard 
district,  going  thence  to  Lyndon,  where  he  died 
December  18,  1854.  He  married  Laura  Web- 
ster.   Children:  Warren  and  Laura. 

(VIII)  Warren,  son  of  Zenas  and  Laura 
(Webster)  Carpenter,  was  bom  January  17* 
1827.    He  was  but  an  infant  when  his  parents 


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removed  to  Farmersville,  and  as  a  boy  and 
young  man  he  followed  their  several  removals, 
continuing  with  them  until  both  died.  He 
continued  his  residence  in  Lyndon  until  1880, 
when  he  removed  to  Franklinville,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
took  a  great  interest  in  laying  out  and  beauti- 
fying Mt.  Prospect  cemetery.  He  acquired 
quite  a  local  reputation  as  a  landscape  gar- 
dener, planning  and  adorning  several  burial 
places  in  the  county. 

He  married,  December  18,  1849,  Catherine 
J.,  daughter  of  Thomas  De  Kay,  of  New 
Hudson,  Allegany  county,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel.  2.  Elroy  V.,  married  Bell 
Adams,  and  had  Georgia  B.,  Lucia  and  Kath- 
erine.  3.  Zenas,  of  further  mention.  4.  Julia, 
married  Edwin  Scott,  and  had  Gerald  and  Ha- 
zel. 5.  Thomas,  married  and  had  Floyd  and 
Edna.  » 

(IX)  Zenas  (2),  son  of  Warren  and  Cath- 
erine J.  (De  Kay)  Carpenter,  was  born  in 
Lyndon,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  about 
1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Ten  Broeck  Academy.  He  taught 
school  for  several  years,  later  engaging  in  the 
manufacture  of  cheese.  He  was  associated 
with  his  brother  in  the  Carpenter  cheese  fac- 
tories, five  in  number,  that  they  operated  in 
Cattaraugus  county.  He  continued  in  success- 
ful business  until  1910,  when  he  retired  with  a 
competency.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  for 
many  years,  assessor,  member  of  the  school 
board,  trustee  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  married  Hattie  Elmer, 
daughter  of  Austin  and  Martha  A.  (Barrow) 
Elmer.    One  child,  Austin  W. 

(X)  Austin  W.,  only  child  of  Zenas  (2) 
and  Hattie  (Elmer)  Carpenter,  was  bom  at 
East  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York,  December  21,  1886.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  school,  graduating  from  the  high 
school,  class  of  1903.  He  began  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Goodwill  &  Benson,  later 
taking  a  special  course  at  the  University  of 
Buffalo.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  March 
2,  1909,  and  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  East  Randolph.  He  is  at- 
torney for  the  village,  counsel  for  the  People's 
State  Bank,  president  of  the  Randolph  Min- 
eral Springs  Company  and  attorney  for  the 
Cattaraugus  County  Farmers'  Fire  Relief  As- 
sociation. He  is  an  energetic  man  of  business 
and  is  one  of  the  rising  young  attorneys  of 


his  county.     He  is  a  member  of  Randolph 
Lodge,  No.  359,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

He  married,  June  3,  1908,  Florence  Benson, 
bom  August  4,  1882,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Julia  D.  Benson. 


The  Fishers,  of  Randolph,  New 
FISHER  York,  descend  from  Anthony 
Fisher,  of  Dedham,  Massachu- 
setts, 1637.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Anthony 
Fisher,  who  lived  in  the  latter  part  of  Queen 
Elizabeth's  reign,  in  the  parish  of  Lyleham, 
Suffolk,  England.  Anthony  Fisher,  of  Ded- 
ham, was  a  son  of  Anthony  Fisher,  of  Lyle- 
ham. Anthony  (2)  was  baptized  April  23, 
1 591.  He  came  to  New  England  with  wife 
Mary  and  children,  in  the  ship  "Rose,"  arriv- 
ing in  Boston,  June  26,  1637,  settling  in  Ded- 
ham. He  was  prominent  in  town  and  church. 
He  died  at  Dorchester.  "Mr.  Anthony  Fisher 
departed  out  of  this  life  in  the  8oth  year  of 
his  age  (April  18)  1671.  *  *  *  in  An- 
thony Fisher  we  find  an  Englishman  of  strong, 
positive  points  of  character,  with  liberal  views 
for  the  times,  of  favorable  consideration  by 
his  fellow  settlers  as  a  citizen."  Anthony  (2), 
son  of  Anthony  (i),  of  Dedham,  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  Dorchester.  The  family  con- 
tinued in  Massachusetts  until  the  seventh  gen- 
eration, when  they  settled  in  New  Hampshire 
and  other  states. 

(I)  William  Fisher,  a  descendant  of  An- 
thony Fisher,  and  of  the  seventh  generation 
in  America,  was  bom  1775,  died  1853.  He  was 
a  resident  of  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  and 
held  a  captain's  commission  in  the  war  of  1812, 
in  the  American  army.  He  was  present  at 
the  burning  of  Buffalo  in  1813.  After  the  war 
he  returned  to  Lebanon,  where  he  followed 
his  trade  of  millwright.  He  married  and  had 
a  son,  Zera  W. 

(H)  Zera  W.,  son  of  Captain  William 
Fisher,  was  born  in  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire, 
1814,  died  1907,  He  later  lived  in  Pembroke. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lumberman.  In  1853  he 
removed  to  a  farm  near  Bradford,  Pennsyl- 
vania, later  settling  and  engaging  in  the  oil 
business.  He  then  came  to  Randolph,  Cattar- 
augus county,  later  removing  to  Jamestown, 
New  York.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Jane  Beardsley;  (second)  Melinda 
Barton.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  James,  mar- 
ried Maggie  ;  children:  Elmer  and 

Harrv.     2.  Seaver    Z.,    of    further    mention. 


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Children  of  second  wife :  3.  Merrill,  married 
Mary  Sprague ;  children :  Birdie  and  Frank.  4. 

William,    married    Ella   ;   children: 

Grace  and  Fern.  5.  Elmer.  6.  Fremont.  7. 
Ellen. 

(Ill)  Seaver  Z.,  son  of  .Zera  W.  and  his 
first  wife,  Jane  (Beardsley)  Fisher,  was  born 
in  Bradford,  Pennsylvania,  January  I4,  1845. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  school  and  Edin- 
boro  State  Normal.  He  enlisted  at  the  age  of 
nineteen  years,  March  4,  1864,  as  private  of 
Company  I,  Seventy-eighth  Regiment,  New 
York  Infantry.  He  served  under  General 
Sherman,  and  at  the  battle  of  Little  Kenesaw 
fountain  was  wounded.  He  was  honorably 
discharged  for  physical  disability,  July  7, 
1865,  at  West  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He 
studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Linskoy,  of  Brad- 
ford, and  in  1874-75  attended  medical  lectures 
at  the  University  of  Buffalo.  He  then  took  a 
two  years'  course  at  Miami  College,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  graduated  M.  D.,  class  of  1878.  He  be- 
gan practice  in  Little  Valley,  where  he  re- 
mained ten  years.  He  was  located  in  James- 
town, New  York,  three  years ;  in  Erie  county. 
New  York,  four  years,  then  in  1902  came  to 
Randolph,  New  York,  where  he  is  in  success- 
ful medical  and  surgical  practice  (1911). 

Dr.  Fisher  is  a  skillful,  experienced  practi- 
tioner and  commands  the  confidence  of  his 
community.  He  was  coroner  three  years 
while  living  at  Little  Valley;  is  health  officer 
of  Randolph,  and  a  member  of  the  State  Med- 
ical Society.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
order,  belonging  to  Elk  Creek  Lodge,  No.  359, 
and  Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  266. 

He  married  (first)  Lily  Wood,  born  in  1856, 
died  1894.  Children:  i.  Blanche  E.,  born 
August  4,  1876;  married  Scott  Baker,  of 
Jamestown ;  children :  Ruth,  born  December 
26,  1900;  Margaret,  August,  1902;  Sheldon, 
1904,  and  Scott,  1905.  2.  Ethel  L.,  born  April 
21,  i88s.  3.  Grace  E.,  born  February  14, 
1886.  Dr.  Fisher  married  (second)  Iva  B. 
Decker,  of  North  Collins,  New  York. 


The  first  of  this  name  to 
RATHBONE    appear   in   America   is   the 

Rev.  William  Rathbone,  to 
whom  allusion  is  made  in  a  work  published  in 
1637.  He  seems  to  have  been  an  author,  and 
as  his  doctrinal  views  did  not  accord  with  their 
own,  the  authorities  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  it  is  supposed,  he  was  refused  admis- 
sion to  the  church  as  member  and  consequently 


was  not  permitted  to  take  part  in  general  pub- 
lic affairs.  The  records  of  Block  Island  give 
th$  name  of  John  Rathbone  as  one  of  those 
who  met  at  the  house  of  Dr.  Alcock,  August 
17,  1660,  to  confer  about  the  purchase  of  Block 
Island  from  Governor  Endicott  and  three 
others  to  whom  it  had  been  granted  for  public, 
services.  In  1676  John  Rathbone  was  chosen 
one  of  the  surveyors  of  highways.  In  1682-83- 
84  he  represented  Block  Island  in  the  Rhode 
Island  general  assembly.  In  1686  he  was  one 
of  the  petitioners  to  the  King  of  Great  Brit- 
ain in  reference  to  the  "quo  warranto,"  and  in 
1688  was  one  of  the  grand  jury  of  Rhode 
Island.  "Niles'  Narrative  of  the  French  and 
Indian  Wars,"  published  in  1760,  gives  the 
following: 

In  the  year  1689,  in  July,  William  Rathbone  had  a 
narrow  escape  from  the  French,  who  had  come  in 
three  vessels,  and  were  then  pillaging  the  island. 
They  inquired  who,  among  the  inhabitants,  would 
be  the  most  likely  to  have  money.  They  were  told 
John  Rathbone.  The  French  proceeded  to  capture 
him,  as  they  supposed,  and  demanded  of  him  his 
money.  The  captive  denied  having  any  but  a  small 
sum.  They  endeavored  to  make  him  confess  that 
he  had  more,  and  to  deliver  it  to  them,  by  tying  him 
ttp  and  whipping  him  barbarously.  While  they  were 
doing  all  tnis  to  an  innocent  man,  whom  they  mis- 
took for  the  monied  John  Rathbone,  the  latter  made 
his  escape  with  his  treasure.  They  had  mistaken  the 
son  for  the  father. 


John  Rathbone  married  Margaret 


and  had:  William,  Thomas,  John,  Joseph^ 
Samuel,  Sarah,  Margaret  and  Elizabeth.  He 
died  at  Block  Island,  Rhode  Island,  1702,  his 
wife  surviving  him. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Mar- 
garet Rathbone,  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
Rhode  Island,  May  5,  1696.  He  received  a 
deed  of  sixty  acres  of  land  on  Block  Island 
from  his  father,  probably  a  wedding  present. 
He  married,  January  10,  1688,  Ann  Dodge. 
Children:  Mary,  Jonathan,  John  (3),  Joshua, 
Benjamin,  Annah,  Nathaniel  and  Thomas. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Ann 
(Dodge)  Rathbone,  was  born  May  22,  1691, 
died  April  i,  1766.  He  settled  at  Colchester, 
Connecticut  (now  Salem).  He  was  a  member 
of   the    Baptist    church.     Married    Elizabeth 

.    Children:  John,  Benjamin,  Jonathan, 

Joshua  and  Isaiah  (twins),  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Eliza- 
beth Rathbone,  was  born  September  7,  1723. 
He  was  a  very  devout,  religious  man  and  was 


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always  known  as  "Deacon"  Rathbone.  He  mar- 
ried, December  4,  1745,  Sarah  Lennant.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  Tabitha,  Joshua  (2),  Sarah, 
Moses,  Lucy,  Samuel  and  Anna.  Some  of  the 
descendants  of  Joshua  Rathbone  settled  in  the 
city  of  Albany  and  in  Albany  county.  New 
York;  from  them  the  Cattaraugus  county 
branch  springs. 

(V)  One  of  the  sons  of  Joshua,  probably 
Joshua  (2),  born  1751,  who  married  Eunice 
Martin  and  had:  Anderson,  Martin,  Horace, 
Sarah,  Mary,  Eunice,  Lucy,  Penelope  and 
Bathsheba. 

(VI)  One  of  the  grandsons  of  Joshua  Rath- 
bone, probably  Martin,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  and 
Eunice  (Martin)  Rathbone,  who  married  Bet- 
sey Brown. 

(VH)  Philander,  a  great-grandson  of 
Joshua  (i)  Rathbone,  and  believed  to  be  son 
of  Martin  and  Eunice  (Martin)  Rathbone,  was 
born  in  Albany  county,  New  York,  1796,  died 
1886.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Hamburg, 
Erie  county.  New  York;  was  a  merchant  at 
Abbott's  Corners,  and  in  the  village  of  Ham- 
burg, where  for  sixteen  years  he  was  post- 
master and  had  a  general  store.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  married  Sally  Brunt,  and 
had  children,  among  them  a  son  James. 

(Vni)  James,  son  of  Philander  and  Sally 
(Brunt)  Rathbone,  was  born  in  Albany,  New 
York,  in  1826,  died  1886.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  began  business  Hfe  as 
a  clerk  in  his  father's  store  at  Sinclairville, 
New  York.  In  1877  he  settled  in  Randolph, 
New  York,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  gro- 
cery business  until  his  death.  He  was  a  suc- 
cessful business  man  and  of  great  public  spirit. 
He  worked  for  better  conditions  in  the  public 
service,  and  was  trustee  of  the  village  of  Ran- 
dolph. He  was  the  one  man  to  fight  and  com- 
pel the  water  works  system  to  be  adopted  by 
the  village.  There  was  strong  opposition  to  the 
introduction  of  the  system,  but  he  overcame 
it  all.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married  Mary 
Spiking,  born  1834,  died  1907.  Children:  i. 
Emma  C,  died  1861,  at  two  years  of  age.  2. 
William  L.,  of  further  mention. 

(IX)  William  L.,  second  child  of  James  and 
Mary  (Spiking)  Rathbone,  was  born  in  Sin- 
clairville, New  York,  February  23,  1862.  He 
attended  the  public  school,  finishing  his  educa- 
tion at  Chamberlain  Institute.  He  then  began 
working  in  his  father's  storr,  continuing  with 


him  until  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1886,  when 
he  became  sole  proprietor.  He  continued 
business  in  Randolph  until  1906,  when  he  sold 
out  and  took  charge  of  Salamanca  Veneer 
Panel  Company,  where  he  was  manager  for 
one  and  one-half  years.  He  then  returned  to 
Randolph,  where  he  operates  a  photo  play  the- 
ater. For  twenty  years  he  has  been  superin- 
tendent of  the  water  company,  and  is  a  director 
of  the  State  Bank  of  Randolph.  He  is  a  man 
of  genial  personality  and  has  many  warm 
friends. 

He  married,  October  18,  r886,  Theodora 
Crowley  Adams,  born  June  23,  1867,  daughter 
of  Theodore  E.  and  Mary  L.  (Crowley) 
Adams. 


The  emigrant  ancestor  of  this 
LOCKE     branch  of  the  Locke   family  in 

America  was  Deacon  William 
Locke,  born  in  Stepney  Parish,  London,  Eng- 
land, December  13,  1628;  came  to  the  Ameri- 
can colonies  in  the  ship  "Planter"  that  sailed 
March  22,  1634.  At  that  date  he  was  only  six 
years  old  and  it  is  supposed  came  over  in  the 
care  of  Nicholas  Davis.  His  parentage  is  not 
definitely  known,  but  he  is  believed  to  have 
been  the  son  of  William  Locke,  a  mariner, 
and  his  wife,  EHzabeth,  who  died  June  27, 
163 1.  Where  the  lad  lived  during  his  years  of 
minority  is  unknown.  He  married,  December 
25,  1655,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Mar- 
gery Clarke,  of  Wobum,  Massachusetts.  She 
was  born  December  10,  1640,  died  July  18, 
171 5.  Her  father,  William  Clarke,  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  in  1640, 
and  removed  to  Woburn  in  1651.  His  name 
often  appears  as  surveyor  of  highways  and  in 
other  town  offices.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade. 
He  died  March  15,  1682.  Margery,  his  wife, 
died  October  11,  1694.  William  Locke,  early 
in  life,  began  to  acquire  real  estate  and  died 
possessed  of  considerable  property  obtained  by 
purchase  and  grant.  He  took  active  part  in 
town  affairs  and  is  of  frequent  mention  as 
serving  on  important  committees.  In  1677  he 
was  chosen  constable.  In  1701  he  again  served 
in  that  then  important  office.  He  was  grand 
juror  and  for  many  years  a  deacon  as  well  as 
one  of  the  chief  pillars  of  the  Woburn  church. 
The  house  occupied  by  him  in  Woburn  is  still 
standing,  the  garden  and  trees  surrounding  it 
giving  evidence  of  great  age.  It  descended  to 
his  grandson  Samuel,  and  for  many  years  was 
kept  as  an  inn.     It  remained   in   the  family 


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until  1 741.  Deacon  William  Locke  died  at 
Wobumt  June  16,  1720,  aged  over  ninety-one 
years.  His  will  made  1703  appointed  his  son 
Ebenezer  executor  and  left  him  all  his  property 
except  one-half  of  his  personal  property, 
which  he  left  to  his  wife.  He  required  him, 
however,  to  pay  to  the  other  children  certain 
sums  and  to  provide  for  his  mother  as  directed 
in  the  will.  Children,  all  born  in  Wobum: 
William,  died  in  infancy;  William  (2),  of  fur- 
ther mention ;  John,  Joseph,  Mary,  Samuel, 
Ebenezer,  James  and  Elizabeth. 

(H)  Deacon  William  (2)  Locke,  son  of 
Deacon  William  (i)  Locke,  was  born  in  Wo- 
bum, Massachusetts,  January  18,  1659,  ^^^^ 
July  8,  1738.  He  owned  land  in  Woburn  in 
1683  and  a  house  in  1689.  He  had  lands 
granted  him  and  also  land  given  him  by  his 
father  during  the  latter's  lifetime.  His  home 
was  in  the  second  precinct  of  Woburn  on  land 
which  was  included  in  Burlington  when  the 
latter  town  was  incorporated  in  1799.  He  was 
also  a  deacon  of  the  Woburn  church.  He  mar- 
ried (first).  May  29,  1683,  Sarah,  born  March 
7,  1662,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Isabel  (Park) 
Whittmore,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (second),  June  8,  1698,  Abigail  Hay- 
ward,  who  survived  him.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  in  Woburn:  William  (3),  Francis, 
Daniel,  of  further  mention ;  Ebenezer,  Abigail. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Deacon  William  (2) 
Locke,  was  born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
July  9,  1693,  died  after  1780,  date  unknown,  at 
Acton,  Massachusetts.  His  father  gave  him 
several  parcels  of  land  and  he  bought  largely 
in  Woburn  and  Lexington.  In  1783  he  received 
eleven  acres  from  his  father's  estate  and  in 
1749  he  bought  from  the  other  heirs  four-fifths 
of  his  father's  estate,  including  the  "mansion 
house  and  barn."  He  sold  his  property  in  Wo- 
bum and  Lexington  in  1750  and  in  November 
of  that  year  was  an  inhabitant  of  Cambridge. 
At  this  date  he  bought  forty  acres  of  land  in 
Acton  and  it  is  supposed  moved  to  that  town 
at  once.  He  also  bought  thirty  acres  which  he 
sold  in  1 75 1  to  his  son  Daniel,  and  on  it  the 
son  kept  the  first  tavern  in  Acton.  He  married 
(first)  Abigail  (surname  unknown),  who  died 
November  22,  1750.  He  married  (second) 
(intentions  dated  November  17,  1751)  Dorcas, 
widow  of  Beniamin  Brabrook,  of  Acton.  Child 
of  first  wife:  Daniel  (2). 

(IV)  Dr.  Daniel  (2)  Locke,  son  of  Daniel 
( I )  Locke,  was  born  December  i,  1 721,  in  Wo- 
burn,   died    in    Warren,    Maine     (then    St. 


Georges)  in  1774.  He  moved  with  his  father 
to  Acton,  where  on  April  2,  1751,  he  bought 
from  the  farm  thirty  acres  and  there  kept  a 
tavern.  In  1763  he  moved  to  Warren,  Maine, 
where  he  lived  on  a  farm  owned  by  his  second 
wife.  He  was  skillful  in  surgery  and  is  said 
to  have  had  some  knowledge  of  astrology.  He 
was  highly  regarded  as  a  prudent  and  respect- 
able man.     He  married  (first)  Mary , 

who  died  July  2,  1756,  in  Acton.  There  is  a 
tradition  that  his  first  wife  was  from  Scotland 
and  connected  with  a  noble  family.  Her 
mother  was  the  widow  of  a  Mr.  Miles  and 
came  to  America  with  her  daughter  and  a 
son  John.  The  mother's  dress,  jewelry  and 
general  appearance  indicated  that  she  was  of 
more  than  common  rank.  After  some  years 
she  visited  Scotland,  returned  to  Massachu- 
setts, and  a  second  time,  for  the  purpose  of 
recovering  property,  sailed  from  Boston  for 
Scotland,  but  was  never  heard  from  again  and 
is  supposed  to  have  been  lost  at  sea. 

He  married  (second)  Margaret  (Starrett) 
Scott,  widow  of  Hugh  Scott,  of  Warren, 
Maine.  Children,  the  first  bom  in  Woburn, 
the  others  in  Acton :  Abigail,  Abraham,  of  fur- 
ther mention ;  Isaac  and  Jacob,  both  of  whom 
died  young. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Abraham  Locke,  son  of 
Dr.  Daniel  (2)  Locke,  was  born  in  Acton, 
Massachusetts,  June  3,  1752,  died  at  Danby, 
Vermont,  February  28,  1820.  He  moved  with 
his  father  to  Warren,  Maine  (then  St. 
Georges),  in  1763.  On  the  death  of  his  father 
he  inherited  the  farm,  which  came  to  the  lat- 
ter with  his  second  wife.  In  1774  he,  with 
Colonel  Starrett  and  John  Lermond,  erected  a 
mill,  but  soon  after  he  sold  his  property  and 
moved  to  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  He  lived 
in  Lynn  in  1778;  in  Mason,  New  Hampshire, 
1 79 1 ;  in  Rockingham,  Vermont,  in  1793,  where 
he  remained  until  181 5,  when  he  moved  to 
Danby,  Vermont,  where  he  died.  He  was  an 
officer  of  the  revolutionary  war,  holding  the 
rank  of  lieutenant.  He  acquired  a  handsome 
property  which  he  lost  through  the  deprecia- 
tion of  continental  money. 

He  married  his  cousin,  Hannah  Locke,  who 
died  in  Danby,  March  12,  1816.  She  was  a 
daughter  of  Francis  (2)  Locke,  of  Wobum, 
who  in  1747  was  with  another  man,  Gershom 
Cutler,  fined  twenty  shillings  for  traveling  on 
Sunday  from  Cambridge  to  Newton  to  attend 
meeting.  Francis  (2)  Locke  was  a  son  of 
Francis  (i)  Locke,  of  Woburn,  son  of  Deacon 


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William  (2)  Locke,  son  of  Deacon  William 
(i)  Locke,  the  emigrant.  Children  of  Lieu- 
tenant Abraham  Locke:  Abraham  (2),  born 
November  28,  1776,  at  Cambridge;  Daniel  (3), 
March  8,  1779,  at  Lynn ;  James,  May  22,  1781, 
at  Mason,  New  Hampshire;  Betsey,  August 
S,  1783,  at  Mason ;  Isaac  Mulliken,  September 
28,  1786,  at  Chester,  Vermont;  John  Miles, 
April  28,  1790,  at  Chester,  and  William  Star- 
rett,  of  further  mention. 

(VI)  Dr.  William  Starrett  Locke,  young- 
est son  of  Lieutenant  Abraham  Locke,  was 
bom  in  Rockingham,  Vermont,  February  28, 
1793.  He  became  a  physician  and  surgeon  of 
high  repute,  practicing  in  Danby  and  other 
Vermont  towns.  Later  in  life  he  settled  in 
Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
on  a  farm  now  owned  by  his  grandson,  Charles 
G.  Locke,  and  cultivated  by  the  latter's  son, 
Harry.  He  married,  in  1816,  at  Wallingford, 
Vermont,  Julia  Bucklin.  Children:  Darwin, 
Julia,  Edwin  Orletus,  of  further  mention. 

(VII)  Edwin  Orletus,  youngest  son  of  Dr. 
William  Starrett  Locke,  was  born  at  Danby, 
Vermont,  November  20,  1820,  died  1853.  He 
came  as  a  boy  to  Little  Valley,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York;  worked  on  the  farm  days 
and  studied  nights,  borrowing  and  literally  de- 
vouring all  law  books  he  could  get  hold  of.  At 
eighteen  he  was  a  teacher ;  in  1843  was  justice 
of  the  peace  and  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June. 
1845.  He  was  a  powerful  speaker  and  gifted 
with  the  rare  gift  of  eloquence.  He  was  also 
associate  judge  of  Cattaraugus  county,  1850. 
He  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years,  just 
at  the  beginning  of  a  brilliant  career.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1840,  Mahala  Fish,  born  in  Mansfield, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  November 
22,  1820,  the  first  white  child  bom  in  the 
town,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Fish,  who  came 
to  Mansfield  from  Cape  Cod,  Massachusetts, 
in  1819;  married  Nancy  Huntington,  a  teacher 
in  the  Cape  Cod  schools.  Two  children:  i. 
Edwin  Adelbert,  born  in  Little  Valley,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1844;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Little  Valley  and  Buffalo,  New  York,  finish- 
ing his  studies  at  Fredonia  Academy.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  pianist  and  a  tuner  of  organs  and 
pianos.  In  1879  ^^  began  his  successful  career 
as  a  playwright,  varied  with  well-known  lit- 
erary work  in  varied  channels.  Several  of  his 
plays  have  been  very  successful,  notably  "No- 
body's Oaim,"  "Uncle  Daniel"  and  others 
well  known  to  the  older  patrons  of  the  drama. 


He  enlisted  "in  Company  E,  Eighty- fourth 
Regiment,  Ohio  Infantry,  in  May,  1^2,  hon- 
orably discharged  and  mustered  out  Septem- 
ber, 1862.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent, 
supporting  candidates  that  best  represent  his 
ideas.  He  was  chairman  of  the  school  board 
at  Enfield,  New  Hampshire,  three  years,  and 
postmaster  at  Lockhaven,  New  Hampshire, 
four  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  the  Knights  of  Honor 
and  of  the  Masonic  Order.  In  religious  faith 
he  is  an  Episcopalian.  He  married  (first)  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  May,  1863,  Maggie  Cook, 
who  died  ten  years  later.  The  two  children  of 
this  marriage  died  young.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  October  11, 
1874,  Mary  Elizabeth  Kennedy,  bom  there, 
1848,  died  May  27,  191 1,  daughter  of  James 
Kennedy,  a  merchant.  Children:  i.  Evelyn 
Fish,  bom  September  22,  1878;  manager  of  a 
theatrical  ticket  agency,  ii.  Russell  Benjamin, 
born  November  8,  1880;  a  salesman,  iii. 
Frances  Marion,  bom  February  22,  1883;  a 
musician.  iv.  Edwin  Adelbert  (2),  born 
March  20,  1886;  an  art  designer;  married, 
March,  1910,  Alice  Hebbelthwaite.  v.  Helen 
Ouida,  born  May  3,  1887;  ^  school  teacher. 
These  children  are  all  graduates  of  high  and 
normal  schools  and  all  reside  in  Boston,  Mas- 
"sachusetts.  2.  Charles  Galan,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(VIII)  Charles  Galan,  youngest  son  of  Ed- 
win Orletus  Locke,  was  born  in  Little  Valley, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  August  27, 
1850.  His  father  died  when  he  was  three  years 
old  and  he  was  reared  in  the  home  of  his 
uncle,  Samuel  Owen,  who  saw  that  the  lad  had 
a  good  education,  giving  him  not  only  school 
opportunities  but  helping  him  at  home.  He 
taught  school  at  the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and 
through  another  uncle.  Augustus  K.  Galloway, 
became  interested  in  engineering  and  higher 
mathematics.  He  took  a  course  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  in  engineering,  but  did  not 
graduate.  He  returned  to  Little  Valley,  worked 
on  the  farm  and  continued  his  studies  in  civil 
eneineering  and  surveying  in  Mansfield  and 
Ellicottville.  At  this  time  H.  F.  Northrup,  an 
engineer  and  surveyor  employed  in  the  oil 
fields  of  Pennsylvania,  was  planning  to  give 
his  time  to  surveying  in  oil  fields,  and  put  his 
business  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Locke,  who  was 
successful  in  pleasing  and  retaining  the  large 
clientage  of  his  predecessor.    In  T88i6  he  moved 


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his  home  and  business  to  Little  Valley  Center, 
and  in  1892  bought  his  present  beautiful  home 
in  Randolph.  In  1894-95-96  Mr.  Locke  was  in 
the  employ  of  the  state  of  New  York  engaged 
on  the  state  land  survey  in  the  Adirondacks, 
spending  the  summers  in  the  mountains,  his 
^inters  in  Albany.  In  1897  he  built  twenty- 
five  miles  of  lumber  railroad  in  Pennsylvania 
for  the  Pennsylvania  Lumber  Company.  This 
line  he  built  on  the  switch-back  principle,  using 
gravity  a  greater  portion  of  the  way  for  power. 
In  1905  he  was  employed  by  the  city  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  and  the  Nickel  Plate  railroad  to 
make  a  survey  and  plans  eliminating  grade 
crossings  within  the  city  limits.  This  occupied 
his  time  for  two  years.  He  then  surveyed  and 
located  a  fourteen  mile  railroad  from  Mans- 
field, Ohio,  to  Ashland.  In  1908  he  went  to 
Hannibal,  Missouri,  to  survey  a  line  from  Han- 
nibal to  Alaska,  five  miles  distant,  but  present- 
ing grave  difficulties  to  the  engineer,  foot  holds 
having  to  be  cut  in  the  face  of  a  precipice 
eighty  feet  high  in  order  to  place  instruments 
and  establish  a  g^ade.  This  work  he  success- 
fully accomplished  for  his  employers,  the  St. 
Joe  &  Hannibal  Railroad  Company.  In  1909  he 
supervised  the  erection  of  the  high  school 
building  in  Randolph,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  engaged  in  local  and  village  work  in  his 
line.  Besides  his  professional  work  Mr.  Locke- 
is  deeply  interested  in  astronomy  and  other 
lines  of  scientific  study,  and  is  a  gifted  writer 
to  the  scientific  journals.  His  talents  are  not 
all  professional,  however,  for  he  is  an  accom- 
plished violinist,  often  giving  home  concerts 
to  neighbors  and  friends  who  come  miles  "to 
hear  Charlie  play."  His  home  is  his  delight, 
and  there  he  spends  as  much  time  as  possible, 
keeping  abreast  of  scientific  thought  and  dis- 
covery through  the  medium  of  books  and 
periodicals,  enjoyed  only  by  the  cultured,  edu- 
cated mind.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
member  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and 
since  1908  supervisor  representing  Randolph 
6n  the  county  board.  He  owns  the  farm  set- 
tled on  by  his  grandfather,  which  is  operated 
by  his  son,  Harry. 

He  married  Ella  Foote,  born  August  27, 
1850,  daughter  of  Henry  L.  and  Clarissa  (Fos- 
ter) Foote  (see  Foote  IX).  Children:  i.  Ed- 
Ward,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Harry,  born  May 
4,  1877;  married  Blanche  Clark;  children: 
Charles  Addison  and  Helen  Elizabeth.  3.  Har- 
riet, born  July  20,  1880.  4.  Mildred  Victoria. 
July  t8,  1893. 


(The  Foote  Line). 
Mrs.  Ella  (Foote)  Locke  is  a  descendant  of 
Nathaniel  Foote,  the  immigrant,  who  marrie<l 
in  England  about  161 5,  Elizabeth  Deming,  sis- 
ter of  John  Deming,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  Nathaniel  Foote 
died  in  1644. 

(II)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Foote,  "the  settler,"  married  Elizabeth  Smith, 
1646.    He  died  1655,  ^g^^  thirty-four  years. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Foote, 

was  born  1652.  His  first  wife  was  Sarah ; 

(second)  Mary  . 

(IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Foote,. 
was  born  January  10,  1682.  Married  (first) 
Dorothy  Blakeman;  (second)  Mrs.  Abigail 
(Allen)  Shepard. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Foote, 
was  born  September  22,  1720;  married  Chris- 
tina   . 

(VI)  Daniel  (3),  only  child  of  Ebenezer 
Foote,  was  born  November  26,  1749,  died  in 
Woodbury,  Connecticut,  November  30,  1831 ; 
married  Abigail  Hurd,  November  17,  1771. 

(VII)  Benajah  E.,  son  of  Daniel  (3)  Foote, 
was  born  April  18,  1777.  He  settled  in  the 
town  of  Otto,  Cattaraugus  county.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  E.  Wooden,  of  Oxford,  Connecticut. 

(VIII)  Henry  L.,  son  of  Benajah  E.  Foote, 
was  born  in  Middlebury,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1820.     He  married  Clarissa  Foster. 

(IX)  Ella,  daughter  of  Henry  L.  Foote. 
married  Charles  G.  Locke  (see  Locke  VIII). 


While  this  name  is  found  spell- 
PE ARSON     ed  both  Pearson  and  Pierson, 

the  descent  is,  in  the  present 
branch,  from  Henry  Pierson,  who  came  from 
England  in  1640,  and  settled  at  Southampton, 
Long  Island.  It  is  believed  that  Henry  was 
a  brother  of  Rev.  Abraham  Pierson,  father  of 
Abraham  Pierson  (2),  first  president  or  jector 
of  Yale  College.  Henry  was  an  early  and 
prominent  settler  of  Southampton,  where  for 
many  years  he  was  town  clerk,  and  died  in 
1680.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Cooper,  who  survived  him  and  married  (sec- 
ond) Rev.  Seth  Fletcher,  of  Elizabeth,  New- 
Jersey,  who  had  preached  for  some  time  in 
Southampton.  Children:  Joseph,  of  further 
mention;  Henry  (2),  born  1652;  Benjamin, 
who  settled  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey;  Theo- 
dore, born  1669;  Sarah,  January  20,  1670. 
Henry  was  a  man  of  large  means  for  his  day^ 
and  left  an  estate  inventoried  at  £1256. 


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(II)  Lieutenant  Joseph,  son  of  Henry  and 
Mary  (Cooper)  Pierson,  died  October  13, 
1692.  He  married  (first)  November  17,  1675, 
Amy  Barnes,  who  died  October  3,  1692;  (sec- 
(Mid)  Joanna,  widow  of  Thomas  Cooper.  Chil- 
dren: Amy,  born  October  28,  1676;  Henry, 
April  17,  1678;  Mary,  June  12,  1680;  Joseph, 
August  6,  1682;  Ephraim,  of  further  mention; 
Samuel,  born  February  24,  1690. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph 
and  Amy  (Barnes)  Pierson,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 20,  1687.  He  married  Hannah  Barrett,  of 
French  Huguenot  ancestry.  He  settled  in  Tol- 
land county,  Connecticut. 

.  (IV)  John  Pearson,  eighth  child  of  Eph- 
raim and  Hannah  (Barrett)  Pierson,  was  born 
in  Ellington,  Tolland  county,  Connecticut,  died 
December  23,  1812.  He  married,  January  4, 
1789,    at    Sclienectady,   New  York,   Rebecca 

Hull,  who  died  in  Vernon  township,  

county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1861,  aged  ninety-six 
years. 

(V)  General  Chandler  Pearson,  eldest  son 
of  John  and  Rebecca  (Hull)  Pearson,  was 
born  in  September,  1791,  died  1853,  ^^  Sche- 
nectady, New  York.  He  married  Jemima 
Qark,  bom  January  27,  1793,  died  April  20, 
i860,  daughter  of  Asa  and  Jemima  (Case) 
Clark.  Chandler  was  a  farmer  and  a  Baptist. 
Children:  i.  Sophia  M.,  born  February  28, 
1814,  married  Thomas  Hosmer.  2.  Erastus, 
born  October  i,  1815,  died  April  20,  1840.  3. 
Hamden,  born  May  3,  1817;  died  May  27, 
1851.  4.  Albert  H,,  born  January  3,  1819.  5. 
Mary  Jane,  May  6,  1821,  died  May  17,  1865 ; 
married,  November  18,  1843,  Judge  Brown,  of 
Ogdensburg,  New  York.  6.  Henry  C,  born 
November  9,  1823.  7.  Catherine,  born  No- 
vember 6,  1827;  married  Dr.  Sherman  Sug- 
den,  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war.  8.  Van  Rens- 
selaer, of  further  mention.  9.  Sarah,  born 
July  5,  183 1,  died  i§8o;  married  Andrew  G. 
Coffin.  10.  Harriet  E.,  born  May  26,  1834, 
died  March  11,  1866.  11.  Edward  E.,  born 
March  22,  1837. 

(VI)  Van  Rensselaer,  eighth  child  of  Gen- 
eral Chandler  and  Jemima  (Clark)  Pearson, 
was  born  at  Avon,  Livingston  county,  New 
York,  August  9,  1829,  died  at  Niagara  Falls, 
New  York,  April  9,  1884.  He  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  Avon  and  Albany,  New  York, 
having  removed  to  the  latter  place  at  an  early 
age.  He  was  connected  all  his  business  life 
with  the  New  York  Central  railroad,  and  at 
the  time  of  his  death  was  cashier  for  that  com- 


pany at  the  Suspension  Bridge  office.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Epiphany  Episcopal  Church, 
Niagara  Falls,  and  was  the  first  treasurer  of 
that  congregation.  He  was  secretary  of  the 
Avon  Pioneer  Association,  and  kept  in  touch 
with  his  boyhood  home.  He  married  (first), 
September  7,  1858,  Emma  Vedder,  died  Octo- 
ber 8,  1859.  He  married  (second),  Novem- 
ber 23,  1864,  Sarah  Jane  Vedder,  daughter  of 
John  Van  Epps  and  Sarah  (Robinson)  Ved- 
der, of  the  Mohawk  Valley,  New  York  (see 
Vedder  forward).  Child  by  first  wife:  i.  Mar- 
tin Vedder,  born  September  8,  1859.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  2.  James  Howard  Town- 
send,  born  February  7,  1867 ;  engaged  in  news- 
paper work.  3.  Flora  May,  married,  June  22, 
1896,  David  Parsons  Wilder;  children:  Jean- 
nette  Pearson  Wilder,  born  May  9, 1897 ;  Kath- 
ryn  Van  Rensselaer  Wilder,  bom  November 
13,  1898.  4.  Thomas  H.,  born  May  22,  1879, 
died  November  4,  1905.  Mrs.  SaraJi  J.  Ved- 
der Pearson  survives  her  husband,  a  resident 
of  Niagara  Falls,  New  York. 

(The  Vedder  Line). 

Harmen  Albertse  Vedder,  the  first  settler, 
was  a  trader  in  Beverwyck  (Albany),  before 
1657.  In  1660  he  returned  to  Holland.  In 
1661,  as  agent  for  Dirk  De  Wolfe,  merchant 
of  Amsterdam,  he  erected  salt  works  on  Coney 
Island.  In  1662  he  was  at  Schenectady,  New 
York.  In  1667  he  lived  in  Albany.  In  1673 
was  one  of  the  three  magistrates  of  Schwiec- 
tady;  in  1674  was  schout  of  the  village.  He 
was  a  large  landowner  and  an  important  man. 
He  died  about  1715.  He  married,  and  in  171 5 
had  five  children  living. 

(II)  Albert,  son  of  Harmen  Albertse  Ved- 
der, was  born  March  10,  1671,  died  August  i, 
1753;  married,  December  17,  1699,  Maria, 
daughter  of  Johannes  Sanderse  Glen,  an  early 
Dutch  settler.  Albert  was  carried  away  by  the 
French  and  Indians  to  Canada,  February  9, 
1690.    He  had  six  children. 

(III)  Arent  (Aaron),  son  of  Albert  and 
Maria  (Glen)  Vedder,  was  born  December  18, 
1714,  died  January  6,  1778.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah  Van  Der  Bogert;  (second),  April  4, 
1758,  Catarina  Van  Patten,  widow  of  Adam 
Swart.  Arent  Vedder  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution,  serving  in  the  First  Regiment  of 
the  Line,  under  Colonel  Goosen  Van  Schaick. 
Had  twelve  children. 

(IV)  Albert  (2),  son  of  Arent  and  Sarah 
(Van  Der  Bogert)  Vedder,  was  born  October 


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5,  1740,  died  August  7,  1821.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war,  was  in  the  Second  Regi- 
ment, Albany  County  Militia,  under  Colonel 
Abraham  Wemple.  He  married.  May  23,  1763, 
Gertrude,  daughter  of  Adam  Swart. 

(V)  Aaron  (Arent)  (2),  son  pf  Albert  (2) 
and  Gertrude  (Swart)  Vedder,  was  bom  at 
Hoffman's  Ferry,  opposite  Vedder*s  Ferry, 
Schenectady  county,  New  York,  December  30, 
1764,  died  at  Lockport,  New  York,  June  27, 
1858.  He  married,  July  18,  1790,  Agnes  Van 
Epps,  died  February  19, 1859,  daughter  of  John 
Baptist  Van  Epps,  a  great-great-grandson  of 
Deik  Van  Epps,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Schenectady  and  a  large  landowner  in  Bever- 
wyck.  He  died  in  1663.  He  married  Maritie 
Durneu.  Their  son  Johannes  was  killed  in  the 
Schenectady  massacre  of  1690,  with  two  of  his 
children.  He  married  Elisabeth  Janse.  Their 
son,  Jan  Baptist,  was  taken  captive  by  the 
French  and  Indians  at  the  time  his  father  was 
massacred,  and  held  prisoner  three  years.  He 
learned  the  Indian  language  and  was  often 
employed  as  ambassador  and  interpreter  to  the 
Five  Nations.  He  married  Helena,  daughter 
of  Johannes  Sanderse  Glen.  Their  son  Jo- 
hannes married  Neeltje  Toll.  Their  son,  Jan 
Baptist,  married  Annatje  Vedder,  May  2,  1761. 
Their  daughter  Anganietje  (Agnes),  born  Oc- 
tober 6,  1771,  married  Arent  (Aaron)  Vedder. 
Children:  Gertrude,  born  September  15,  1791 ; 
John  Van  Epps,  of  further  mention  ;  Catherine, 
born  March  12,  1796. 

(VI)  John  Van  Epps,  son  of  Aaron  (2) 
and  Agnes  (Van  Epps)  Vedder,  was  bom 
July  16,  1794,  died  July  23,  1854.  He  became 
one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  Niagara  Falls, 
and  bore  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  early  affairs 
of  that  section.  He  owned  a  large  quantity  of 
land  in  Niagara  county  and  along  the  river, 
which  he  used  liberally  in  behalf  of  the  village. 
He  donated  the  land  on  the  American  side  for 
the  first  suspension  bridge  at  Niagara,  and  one 
of  his  sons,  James  Vedder,  gave  the  land  for 
the  first  cantilever  bridge,  also  donated  the  site 
for  the  First  Congregational  Church  at  Niagara 
Falls,  and  was  included  in  the  original  list  of 
two  hundred  and  fifty  founders  of  the  Lincoln 
Farm  Association.  John  Van  Epps  Vedder 
built  the  first  steamer  "Maid  of  the  Mist"  that 
wound  up  her  career  on  the  river  by  a  wild 
rush  through  the  Whirlpool  Rapids.  He  con- 
structed a  road  from  his  own  land  along  the 
river  about  one-fourth  of  a  mile  in  length,  a 
few  yards  south  of    the    present    cantilever 


bridge,  down  to  the  water's  edge.  This  road 
was  built  for  the  purpose  of  making  a  land- 
ing for  the  "Maid  of  the  Mist."  Passengers 
reached  the  boat  road  on  the  American  side 
from  the  then  Falls  Village  by  horse  cars  run 
on  the  strap  rails  of  the  Lockport  &  Niagara 
Falls  railroad.  The  car,  with  seats  on  the  top, 
resembled  a  tally-ho  coach,  and  was  drawn  by 
four  horses.  The  driver,  with  his  long  tin 
horn,  gave  notice  of  his  departure  in  front  of 
the  old  Cataract  House  for  a  trip  on  the  "Maid 
of  the  Mist."  These  trips  morning  and  after- 
noon were  much  enjoyed  by  visitors  at  the 
Falls  in  those  days.  The  little  restaurant  kept 
by  French  Joe,  on  the  bank  of  the  river  at  the 
head  of  the  boat  road,  was  a  favorite  resting 
place  where  one  could  be  refreshed  by  cooling 
drinks  and  enjoy  the  charming  view  of  the 
Niagara  Gorge.  This  restaurant,  the  old 
Bellevue  bath  house  with  its  fine  mineral 
spring,  and  the  home  of  E.  P.  Graves,  were 
the  only  houses  at  Bellevue,  the  first  name 
given  to  the  village  in  1849.  The  original 
"Maid"  passed  into  other  hands,  and  finally  to 
escape  creditors,  Captain  Robinson,  the  daring 
navigator,  undertook  to  take  her  through  the 
Rapids  to  the  Canadian  shores  below.  One 
summer's  day  in  1861  the  trip  was  safely  made 
by  captain  and  crew,  but  the  boat  was  badly 
damaged.  She  was  repaired,  however,  re- 
christened  "Maid  of  Orleans,"  and  sent  to 
Kingston,  Canada,  where  she  was  used  as  a 
ferry  boat. 

John  Van  Epps  Vedder  married.  May  28, 
1826,  Sarah  Robinson,  bom  1801,  died  June 
21,  1890,  at  Suspension  Bridge,  New  York. 
Children :  James ;  Thomas ;  Catherine ;  Emma, 
deceased ;  Charles  Albert,  a  resident  of  Balti- 
more; Sarah  Jane,  married  Van  Rensselaer 
Pearson  (see  Pearson  VI). 


The  Nixons  of  Westfield,  Chau- 
XIXON  tauqua  county,  New  York,  de- 
scend from  a  well-to-do  family  of 
county  Down,  Ireland.  One  of  the  first  to 
come  to  the  United  States  of  this  branch  was 
Samuel  Nixon,  born  1826,  died  1876,  young- 
est son  of  his  father.  Under  the  English  law 
of  entail,  the  estate  went  to  his  elder  brother 
leaving  the  younger  sons  little  except  the  choice 
of  church  or  army  as  a  profession.  At  the  age 
of  nineteen  years  Samuel  came  to  the  United 
States,  settling  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  in 
1845.  He  engaged  in  the  marble  business  and 
became  prominent  in  business  circles.    He  was 


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very  successful  and  not  only  left  a  handsome 
estate,  but  bore  a  most  excellent  character.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
a  Republican.  He  married  Mary  C.  Johnston, 
bom  in  county  Down,  Ireland,  died  in  Albany, 
New  York,  in  1899.  Children:  Emmett  C, 
born  March  3,  1857,  unmarried ;  Samuel  Fred- 
erick, of  whom  further. 

(II)  Samuel  Frederick,  youngest  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  C  (Johnston)  Nixon,  was 
born  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  December  3,  i860,  died  there  October 
10,  1905.  He  was  graduated  from  Westfield 
Academy  in  1877,  entered  Hamilton  College, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  A.  B.,  class  of  1881. 
He  spent  a  year  with  the  Vermont  Marble 
Company,  at  Sutherland  Falls,  Vermont,  then 
in  1883  returned  to  Westfield  where  he  con- 
tinued the  marble  business  founded  by  his 
father,  having  as  partner  his  brother  Emmett 
C.  Later  in  life  he  was  extensively  engaged 
in  the  culture  of  grapes  and  in  agriculture. 
He  had  a  most  active  and  remarkable  political 
career.  Before  he  was  twenty-four  years  of 
age  he  was  elected  trustee  of  the  village  cor- 
poration, and  two  years  later  was  chosen  super- 
visor, an  office  he  held  for  twenty  years,  thir- 
teen of  which  he  was  chairman  of  the  board. 
In  1888  he  was  elected  to  the  house  of  assem- 
bly, and  each  year  thereafter  he  was  annually 
nominated  by  the  conventions  for  supervisor 
and  for  assemblyman  by  acclamation,  except 
for  four  years.  He  represented  Chautauqua 
county  in  the  legislature  for  fifteen  years, 
twelve  of  these  years  being  continuous.  Dur- 
ing these  years  he  was  chairman  of  commit- 
tees, on  railroads  two  years,  member  of  ways 
and  means,  three  years  being  chairman,  and 
Republican  leader  of  the  house  two  years.  He 
was  speaker  of  the  house  seven  years,  the 
longest  continuous  term  in  the  history  of  the 
state  that  a  man  has  held  the  office  of  speaker. 
As  speaker  he  had  no  peer  in  the  dispatch  of 
public  business,  while  the  prominent  position 
he  occupied  enabled  him  to  forward  much 
business  that  was  of  particular  benefit  to  Chau- 
tauqua county,  notably  the  appropriation  to 
rebuild  the  normal  school  building  at  Fredonia. 
He  was  deeply  interested  in  the  cause  of  edu- 
cation and  supported  all  important  measures 
in  aid  of  agricultural  education.  To  him  was 
largely  due  the  large  increase  in  the  free  school 
fund,  the  apoortionment  for  teachers  in  sparse- 
ly settled  districts,  the  law  allowing  any  dis^ 
trict  to  provide  free  text  books  and  the  law 


giving  pupils  in  rural  towns  where  there  is  no 
high  school  the  benefit  of  a  high  school  edu- 
cation in  some  other  town  at  the  state  expense. 
In  agricultural  education  he  obtained  the  first 
appropriation  for  holding  farmers'  institutes, 
at  the  College  of  Agriculture,  Cornell  Univer- 
sity. The  experimental  station  at  Geneva  had 
his  warm  support,  as  did  the  State  Agriculture 
College.  He  was  an  indefatigable  worker  and 
held  his  high  position  at  Albany  by  sheer  force 
of  merit,  there  being  many  able  and  deserving 
men  who  were  covetous  of  the  high  honor  he 
held  so  long.  His  elections  to  the  speakership 
were  by  acclamation,  no  one  entering  the  lists 
against  him.  This  is  also  true  of  his  succes- 
sive elections  as  chairman  of  the  board  of 
supervisors. 

Mr.  Nixon  married,  in  Westfield,  New  York, 
May  21,  1885,  Myrtle,  born  in  Spring  Lake, 
Michigan,  April  2T,  1 861, 'daughter  of  George 
Redfield.  Children:  Samuel  Frederick  (2), 
born  September  29,  1887;  George  Redfield, 
October  11,  1889;  Dorothea  Frances,  March 
5,  1892;  Edith  Catherine,  November  ,9,  1905. 

(The  Redfield  Line). 

(I)  William  Redfin,  Redfen  or  Redfyne,  as 
the  name  was  written  on  the  New  London, 
Connecticut,  records,  until  1662,  was  an  early 
immigrant  to  the  Massachusetts  colony.  After 
1662  the  name  gradually  assumed  the  form  of 
Redfield.  Whether  this  was  a  corruption  aris- 
ing from  a  carelessness  of  pronunciation  or 
was  a  voluntary  change  it  is  not  easy  now  to 
determine.  The  evidence  of  the  change,  how- 
ever, is  conclusive.  He  was  a  man  of  mod- 
erate means.  He  occupied  a  house  and  four 
acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  the  Charles 
river,  about  six  miles  from  Boston,  as  early  as 
1639.  He  sold  it  in  1646  and  disappears  from 
Massachusetts  records.  He  is  next  found  in 
New  London,  Connecticut,  1653,  where  he 
owned  land  in  what  is  now  Ledyard.  He  fig- 
ures in  several  land  deals  and  seems  to  ha\(e 
made  such  provision  as  he  could  for  his  fam- 
ily. He  died  April  or  May,  1662.  Rebecca, 
his  widow,  survived  him  several  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Lvdia,  Rebecca,  James,  of  whom  further, 
and  Judith. 

( II )  James  Redfield,  only  son  of  William  and 
Rebecca  Redfin,  Redfen  or  Redfyne,  was  born 
about  1646.  He  bound  himself  for  five  years 
to  Hugh  Roberts,  of  New  London,  April  i, 
1662,  "to  learn  the  art  and  trade  of  tanning." 
This   indenture  jvas   signed    by    himself,  his 


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father  and  Hugh  Roberts,  and  there  is  reason 
to  believe  it  was  executed  during  his  father's 
fast  illness.  Before  the  five  years  expired  Mr. 
Roberts  sold  out  and  removed  to  Newark, 
New  Jersey.  James  is  next  heard  of  at  Mar- 
tha's Vineyard  in  1671,  and  in  1676  was  living 
at  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  with  wife  and  chil- 
dren. He  was  granted  land  there  in  1683  ^md 
1686.  In  1693  he  is  found  a  resident  of  Fair- 
field, Connecticut.  In  1713  he  visited  his  son, 
Theophilus,  then  living  at  Killingworth,  and 
deeded  him  a  small  tract  of  land  at  Saybrook. 
In  1 719  James  and  wife  Deborah  conveyed 
property  at  Fairfield  to  their  son  James  for 
his  encouragement  to  continue  with  and  help 
them  in  their  old  age.  The  date  of  death  is 
not  known.  His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  How, 
his  second  Deborah,  daughter  of  John  Sturgis, 
of  Fairfield.  Childr,en  of  first  wife:  Elizabeth, 
Sarah,  Theophilus,  of  further  mention.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Margaret  and  James. 

(III)  Theophilus  Redfield,  eldest  son  of 
James  and  Elizabeth  (How)  Redfield,  was 
bom  in  1682,  died  February  14,  1759.  He  was 
a  carpenter  and  joiner  by  trade,  and  settled  at 
Killingworth  about  1703.  The  first  mention  of 
him  is  in  1704  when  he  bought  a  piece  of  land 
in  Killingworth  for  a  homestead.  This  part 
of  the  town  is  now  Ointon.  In  1717  or  1718 
he  bought  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  at  Chestnut  Hill,  in  North  Killingworth, 
where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
served  on  important  committees  in  manage- 
ment of  town  affairs  and  was  known  as  "Sar- 
geant  Redfield." 

He  married,  December  24,^  1706,  Priscilla 
Grinnell  (then  aged  seventeen),  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Lydia  Grinnell,  of  Saybrook,  great- 
granddaughter  of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden. 
Daniel  was  from  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island, 
and  son  of  Daniel,  of  that  place.  Children: 
Daniel,  Elizabeth,  Richard,  Ebenezer,  Lydia, 
Theophilus,  Priscilla,  Peleg,  George,  William, 
^osiafi,  Jane,  James,  of  further  mention. 

(IV)  Captain  James  (2)  Redfield,  ninth 
son  of  Theophilus  and  Priscilla  (Grinnell) 
Redfield,  was  born  March  29,  1735,  died  April 
3,  1788.  He  was  a  private  in  Captain  Peleg 
Redfield's  company  during  the  campaign  of 
1759.  He  was  a  seafaring  man  and  was  known 
as  Captain  James.  He  married,  about  1760, 
Sarah  Grinnell,  of  Pochaug  (Westbrook),  in 
the  town  of  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  a  year  or 
two  after  his  removal  from  Killingworth.  She 
died  October  23,  1793.    Children:  Sarah,  Pris- 


cilla, Sabra,  James,  Theophilus,  of  further  men- 
tion, and  John. 

(V)  Deacon  Theophilus  (2)  Redfield,  sec- 
ond son  of  Captain  James  (2)  and  Sarah  (Grin- 
nell) Redfield,  was  bom  at  Saybrook,  Con- 
necticut, August  26,  1769,  died  at  Watertown, 
Jefferson  county.  New  York,  1857.  He  was 
a  tanner  by  occupation.  About  1810  he  re- 
moved to  Watertown,  where  he  died.  In  181 5 
he  was  chosen  a  deacon  of  the  Watertown 
Congregational  Church,  and  in  1821  when  it 
became  Presbyterian  he  was  chosen  one  of  its 
eight  ruling  elders. 

He  married,  about  1799,  Ruth  M.  Tuttle,  a 
resident  of  Clinton,  Oneida  county.  New  York. 
Children :  Sophronia,  William  Emmaus  Meroe, 
Darius  Barrett,  Sophia;  George,  of  further 
mention;  Henry  Stone,  Emily,  James  Wake- 
man  and  John  Calvin. 

(VI)  George,  third  son  of  Deacon  The- 
ophilus (2)  and  Ruth  M.  (Tuttle)  Redfield, 
was  born  in  Clinton,  Oneida  county,  New 
York,  June  21,  1809,  died  at  Spring  Lake, 
Michigan,  August,  18(37.  He  was  a  resident 
of  Sacket  Harbor,  New  York,  later  removed 
to  Mill  Point  (now  Spring  Lake)  Ottawa 
county,  Michigan,  where  he  engaged  in  the  dry 
goods  business.  He  married  (first),  December 
25,  1837,  Elizabeth  Snowden,  bom  1817,  died 
1858,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Finley  and 
Susan  Bayard  (Breese)  Snowden.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  March  17,  1859,  Mrs.  Maria  G. 
(Hunting)  Read,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Re- 
becca (Breed)  Hunting.  She  was  born  April 
17,  1824,  in  Henderson,  New  York,  died  in 
Westfield,  New  York,  September  10,  1906. 
Children  of  first  wife:  George  Snowden,  Eliz- 
abeth Breese,  John  Bayard,  Robert  Henry, 
Mary  Emma  and  an  infant  deceased.  Child 
of  second  wife:  Myrtle,  married  Samuel  Fred- 
erick Nixon,  whom  she  survives,  a  resident  of 
Westfield,  New  York  (see  Nixon  II). 


The  family  of  the  surname  Swan. 
SWAN  Swann,  Swanne,  Swayne,  or  Swain, 
is  very  ancient.  Swain,  a  Dane  of 
noble  ancestry,  early  settled  in  the  southeast- 
em  part  of  England.  The  Swans  have  been 
possessed  of  land  and  property  in  the  counties 
of  Kent  and  Derby  since  the  time  of  the  Con- 
queror ( 1066),  when  we  find  their  names  occur 
twice  in  the  Domesday  Book  as  landowners, 
and  nearly  as  early  as  the  reign  of  Richard  II. 
they  wrote  themselves  "gentlemen"  as  appears 
from  ancient  deeds. 


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John  Swan,  of  Southfleet,  sat  as  Baron  for 
the  borough  of  Sandwich  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
VI.,  Edward  IV.  and  Richard  III.  The  fam- 
ily held  large  possessions  in  county  Kent,  in- 
cluding the  manors  of  Swanscombe,  Densted, 
Sutton  and  Denton.  The  chief  seats  of  the 
Swan  family  were  Hookplace  in  Southfleet, 
the  residence  of  the  older  branch,  from  which 
Swan,  of  Baldwinstown,  claims  descent,  and 
Lydd  and  afterwards  Wye  and  Doncon  Court, 
the  places  of  location  of  the  younger  branch, 
which  intermarried  with  the  Derings,  Boys  and 
Twisdens,  all  families  of  high  extraction  and 
great  antiquity  in  county  Kent. 

Both  these  English  branches  have  become 
extinct,  the  former  in  the  person  of  Edward 
Swan,  son  of  Sir  Francis  Swan,  of  Denton 
Court,  who  died  without  issue.  Joseph  Perci- 
val  Swan,  the  possessor  in  1858  of  Baldwins- 
town,  representative  of  the  Irish  branch,  claims 
to  be  also  representative  of  the  Southfleet  fam- 
ily, being  lineally  descended  from  the  John 
Swan  of  that  place,  above  mentioned,  who 
acquired  the  manor  of  Swanscombe,  and  died 
in  1490.  His  son,  John  Swan  Jr.,  presented 
the  large  bell  to  the  church  at  Southfleet,  and 
died  in  1550,  leaving  a  son  Thomas,  who  left 
at  his  death  in  1561  two  sons;  the*oldest,  Sir 
William,  was  knight  of  Hookplace,  county 
Kent,  and  the  younger,  John,  founded  the 
Irish  line,  going  to  Ireland  in  a  military  capac- 
ity urider  the  Earl  of  Essex,  in  the  reign  of 
Queen  Elizabeth.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
present  Irish  branch  of  this  lineage  is:  Azure 
on  a  foss  wavy,  argent  between  three  swans 
displayed  proper,  unguled  and  crowned  or,  a 
trefoil  vert.  Of  the  various  coats-of-arms  of 
past  families  in  Kent,  all  were  similar  in  that 
they  used  the  swan  as  an  emblem,  indicating, 
doubtless,  the  origin  of  the  name.  The  oldest 
coat-of-arms  borne  by  the  Kent  family,  easily 
recognized  by  its  simplicity  is:  Azure,  a  swan 
proper.    Motto :  Sit  Nomen  Decus, 

(I)  Richard  Swan,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1600,  died  in  Row- 
ley, Massachusetts,  May  14,  1678.  He  settled 
in  Boston  before  1638,  and  was  a  husbandman 
there,  as  early  as  February  6,  1638.  He  joined 
the  church,  January  6,  1639,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman.  May  13,  1640.  He  was  dismissed 
from  the  Boston  church  to  the  gathering  of  a 
church  at  Rowley,  November  24,  1639.  He 
held  various  town  offices  in  Rowley,  and  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  from  1666  to  1674. 
He  served  in  King  Philip's  war  and  the  expedi- 


tion to  Canada.  His  first  wife  died  in  Eng- 
land before  he  came  to  this  country,  and  he 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Ann  Trumbull,  March 

I,  1658.  She  married  (first)  Michael  Hop- 
kinson,  who  was  buried  February  28,  1648; 
(second)  John  Trumbull,  June  1650.  She  de- 
posed, March  30,  1675,  that  she  was  aged  about 
sixty  years.  His  will  was  dated  April  26,  1678, 
and  proved  May  23,  following,  bequeathing  to 
wife  Ann  according  to  marriage  contract;  to 
son  Robert  and  his  son  Richard ;  to  son-in-law, 
Joseph  Boynton,  and  his  wife  Sarah  and  to 
children,  Elizabeth,  Samuel  and  Sarah  Boyn- 
ton; to  daughters,  Quilter,  Jane  Wil- 
son, Dorothy  Chapman  and  Mercy  Warriner. 
His  widow  Ann  made  her  will  July  4,  1678, 
proved  September  24,  1678,  bequeathing  to 
daughters,  Abigail  Bayley  and  Mary  Kilborne ; 
to  son,  Caleb  Hopkinson,  a  chest  that  his  father 
"Gott  made" ;  to  sons  John  and  Jonathan  Hop- 
kinson ;  one  book  to  John  Trumbull.  Children : 
Richard;  Dorothy;  Jane;  Frances;  Robert, 
mentioned  below;  Jonathan;  Susan;  Sarah; 
John,  baptized  in  Boston,  February  13  or  No- 
vember 24,  1638;  Mercy,  at  Rowley,  July  4, 
1640;  Faith,  at  Rowley,  March  30,  1644-45. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Richard  Swan,  was 
born  in  1626,  in  England,  according  to  his  de- 
position in  1662,  giving  his  age  as  thirty-six 
years.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Acie,  of 
Rowley.  She  died  in  1689  and  he  married 
(second),  April  i,  1690,  Hannah  Russ.  He 
died  February  11,  1693.  Soon  after  his  first 
marriage  he  went  to  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
and  in  1650  to  Haverhill,  in  that  part  after- 
wards set  off  and  incorporated  as  the  town  of 
Methuen,  where  many  of  his  descendants  have 
lived.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1677.  ^^^  was  a  soldier  in  the  great 
Swamp  fight,  King  Philip's  war,  Lieutenant 
Benjamin  Swett's  company.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, born  September  30,  1653 »  Sarah,  August 
10,  1655 ;  Robert,  May  30,  1657 ;  Ann,  March 
3,  1658;  Richard,  February  24,  1660;  Timo- 
thy, March  12,  1662-63;  Dorothy,  November 
8,  1666 ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  April 

II,  1670,  died  young;  Samuel,  October  24, 
1672 ;  Joshua,  September  13,  1674;  Caleb,  June 
I,  1676,  died  young. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Robert  Swan,  was  bom 
August  I,  1668.  He  married,  August  i,  1699, 
Mrs.  Susanna  Wood,  daughter  of  Philip  East- 
man and  granddaughter  of  Roger  Eastman. 
She  married  (first)  Thomas  Wood,  May  16, 
1693,  who  was  killed,  with  a  child  Susanna,  by 


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the  Indians,  March  15,  1697.  John  Swan  and 
his  family  lived  in  Haverhill  until  1707,  and 
three  of  their  children  were  born  there.  The 
history  of  Haverhill  gives  an  account  of  an 
attack  made  on  their  home  by  the  Indians,  dur- 
ing the  Indian  war,  and  of  the  heroism  and 
resistance  made  by  Mrs.  Swan,  which  resulted 
in  saving  the  family.  In  1707  they  removed  to 
Stonington,  and  located  on  what  is  now  known 
as  Swan  Town  Hill,  North  Stonington,  where 
the  remainder  of  his  children  were  born.  He 
died  May  i,  1743,  and  his  wife  died  Decem- 
ber 20,  1772,  in  the  hundredth  year  of  her  age. 
Children,  first  three  born  at  Haverhill,  others 
at  Stonington:  John,  bom  December  28,  1700; 
Ruth,  December  31,  1703;  William,  June  24, 
1706;  Nathaniel,  April  13,  1709;  Asa,  June  4, 
1712;  Elizabeth,  May  14,  171 5;  Timothy,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Timothy,  son  of  John  Swan,  was  born 
at  Stonington,  Connecticut,  September  2,  1721. 
He  married  there,  December  28,  1743,  Mary 
Smith,  of  Groton,  Connecticut.  Children,  born 
at  Stonington :  Mary,  November  5, 1744;  Ruth, 
June  5,  1747;  Lucy,  January  17,  1750;  Timo- 
thy, of  whom  further;  Nathan,  January  23, 
1754;  Elisha,  December  26,  1755;  Elias,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1758;  Eunice,  August  20,  17 — ;  Oliver, 
September  23,  17 — ;  EHzabeth,  July  25,  17 — ; 
Cynthia,  married  Isaac  Hewett. 

(V)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Timothy  (i) 
Swan,  was  born  at  Stonington,  July  15,  1752. 
He  married  there,  March  10,  1773,  Ruama 
Ayer.  Children,  born  at  Stonington:  Russell, 
March  6,  1774;  Joseph,  July  13,  1776;  Oliver, 
of  whom  further ;  Lavina,  born  September  16, 
1780;  Elisha,  April  26,  1783. 

(VI)  Oliver,  son  of  Timothy  (2)  Swan, 
was  bom  at  Stonington,  July  6,  1778.  He 
married  Lucena  Boyle,  of  Hartford.  Children : 
Horace,  mentioned  below ;  Don  Albert ;  daugh- 
ter, married  Rev.  Frink. 

(VII)  Horace,  son  of  Oliver  Swan,  was 
born  in  1804.  He  married  Polly  Salisbury  and 
settled  at  Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York.  Children:  James  John  Albert;  Daniel 
Salisbury ;  Alonzo  Frink,  mentioned  below ; 
Horace  Durham. 

(VIII)  Alonzo  Frink,  son  of  Horace  Swan, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Cold  Spring,  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York,  November  15,  1831. 
He  is  now  living  in  Napoli,  where  he  has  fol- 
lowed farming  for  many  years.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat ;  in  religion  a  Congregationalist. 
He  married,  October   10,   i860,  Julia  Maria, 


daughter  of  James  M.  Brown  (^see  Brown  III). 
Children,  born  in  East  Randolph  and  NapoH. 
New  York :  James  Brown,  mentioned  below ; 
Charles  A.,  mentioned  below ;  Horace  H.,  born 
at  Napoli,  June  12,  1874,  where  he  still  resides 
on  the  old  homestead,  having  followed  farming 
and  stock  raising  all  his  life,  married,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1898,  Florence  Whitcomb,  children: 
Dorothea,  bom  October  6,  1903,  and  Elizabeth, 
June  4,  191 1. 

(IX)  James  Brown,  son  of  Alonzo  Frink 
Swan,  was  born  August  23,  1861,  in  East 
Randolph,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York.  He 
was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
the  Chamberlain  Institute.  For  two  years  he 
was  a  school  teacher.  He  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Erie  railroad  and  continued  for  twenty 
years,  becoming  by  successive  promotions  clerk 
in  charge  of  the  department  of  car  records. 
Since  1885  he  has  resided  at  Salamanca,  New 
York.  In  1905  he  engaged  in  business  as  a 
dealer  in  stationery,  sporting  goods,  tobaccos 
and  candies,  in  the  postoffice  block  in  Sala- 
manca. He  has  been  successful  in  business 
and  is  rated  as  one  of  the  most  substantial 
business  men  of  the  community.  For  three 
years  he  was  clerk  of  the  incorporated  village, 
for  four  years  member  of  the  board  of  edu- 
cation, four  years  a  member  of  the  board  of 
health,  and  he  has  always  been  active  in  public 
affairs.  He  married,  May  12,  1887,  Jennie  E. 
Hall,  who  was  born  July  12,  1866,  daughter  of 
Adelbert  Hall,  who  was  bom  July  14,  1839, 
died  September  10,  1910.  Her  mother,  Emma 
(Parker)  Hall,  was  bom  December  4,  1838, 
married,  in  i860,  died  March  6,  1904.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adelbert  Hall:  i.  Louis 
Hall,  born  April  4,  1863 ;  married  Franc  Hig- 
gins ;  children :  Florence,  bom  August  22, 18190, 
and  Edward,  March,  1892.  2.  Jennie  E.  Hall, 
born  July  12,  1866;  married  James  Brown 
Swan.  3.  Aden  Hall,  born  June  18,  1869.  4. 
Bessie  Hall,  born  October  14,  1883;  niarried 
George  Taylor;  child,  Etoris,  born  May  20, 
1904.  Children  of  James  B.  and  Jennie  E. 
(Hall)  Swan:  i.  Howard  H.,  born  Febmary 
23,  1888,  died  October  7,  1910.  2.  Leonard 
Hall,  born  April  17,  1890. 

(IX)  Charles  Alonzo,  brother  of  James 
Brown  Swan,  was  bom  in  East  Randolph,  New 
York,  April  24,  1864.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Chamberlain  Institute,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1889.  ^  He 
taught  school  for  a  time  and  became  princi- 
pal of  the  East  Randolph  school.    He  resigned 


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on  account  of  ill  health  and  after  traveling  for 
some  time  and  regaining  his  health,  engaged 
in  the  jewelry  business  at  East  Randolph.  In 
1901  he  removed  to  Salamanca,  where  he 
established  a  jewelry  store  and  has  achieved 
since  then  a  notable  success  in  mercantile  life, 
having  the  largest  jewelry  store  in  the  city. 
He  is  popular  socially  as  well  as  in  business 
circles,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  shrewdest 
business  men  and  financiers  of  the  town.  In 
politics  he  is  an  Independent,  and  in  1907-08- 1 1 
was  a  trustee  of  the  incorporated  village.  He 
belongs  to  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No.  239,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons.  He  married,  January 
30,  1901,  Persis  Barber  Holbrook,  born  De- 
cember 28,  1866,  daughter  of  Elijah  F.  Hol- 
brook. 

(The  Brown  Line). 

(I)  Joshua  Brown  was  one  of  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Goshen,  Orange  county.  New  York. 
As  early  as  1755  the  records  show  that  he  was 
a  large  taxpayer  and  owned  a  slave.  He  lived 
en  what  has  lately  been  known  as  the  Ryerson 
place.  He  married,  according  to  the  Strong 
Genealogy,  Experience  (Par shall)  Reeve,  a 
French  Huguenot.  She  died  June  2,  1793;  he 
died  March  7,  1797.  In  1790,  according  to 
the  first  federal  census,  Joshua  had  in  his  fam- 
ily at  Goshen  two  males  over  sixteen,  one  under 
that  age,  one  female  and  two  others.  Joshua 
Jr.  also  had  a  family  there.  Children :  Joshua, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  born  July  9,  1751 ; 
Daniel,  June  25,  1753,  died  March  24,  1796; 
Dolly,  January  20,  1756;  Joanna,  December  i, 

1758. 

(II)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Brown, 

was  born  at  Goshen,  August  14,  1749.  He 
married  (first),  April  28,  1788,  Temperance 
Wisner.  She  died  May  11,  1789.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  June  15,  1794,  Hannah  Strong, 
bom  December  25,  1764,  daughter  of  Major 
Nathaniel  and  Amy  (Brewster)  Strong,  and 
descendant  of  Elder  John  Strong,  the  progeni- 
tor of  the  family  in  this  country.  She  died 
August  8,  1810.  He  married  (third),  July  19, 
181 1,  Mercy  Seely.  Joshua  Brown  died  June 
2,  1818.  His  widow  married  Abel  B.  Watkins, 
and  died  July  3,  1857.  Child  by  first  wife: 
Son,  born  April  28,  1789,  died  June  22,  1789. 
Children  by  second  wife:  Temperance  Ann, 
born  August  10,  1801,  married  Jonas  Seely  Jr. 
(see  Seely  VII)  ;  Daniel  Strong,  May  i,  1804, 
died  August  26,  1812;  Mary  Caroline,  June 
3, 1806,  died  December  4,  1855,  married  Peter 
T.  Seely.    Children  by  third  wife:  Susan,  July 

19 -w 


24,  1812;  Seely,  December  13,  1813;  James 
Madison,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  James  Madison,  son  of  Joshua  (2) 
Brown,  was  born  at  Goshen,  January  14,  1816, 
died  June  19,  1890.  He  married,  December 
14,  1836,  Emily  Durland,  who  died  May  23, 
1855.  Children:  i.  Charles  Durland,  born  Oc- 
tober I,  1837,  died  November  19,  1898;  mar- 
ried. May  30,  1866,  Adalissa  Kinnicutt;  chil- 
dren: Albert  Edwin,  bom  December  3,  1868; 
Emily,  August  22,  1870,  died  August  17,  1904, 
married  W.  H.  Hazard ;  Fred  C,  born  March 
18,  1875;  Frank  D.,  August  8,  1877;  Harry, 
July  4,  1880;  Adalissa,  his  wife,  died  January 
I9>  1883.  2.  Julia  Maria,  born  June  19,  1839 ; 
married,  October  10,  i8i6o,  Alonzo  F.  Swan 
(see  Swan  VIII).  3.  John  Tyler,  born  May 
10,  1841,  died  in  1878.  4.  James  Henry,  born 
September  14,  1843,  ^^^^  J"  1894.  5.  Eliza- 
beth D.,  born  August  26,  1845,  died  in  1862. 

6.  Martha  Strong,  born  November  30,   1848. 

7.  Susan  J.,  born  February  14,  1850,  died  in 
1862.    8.  Edwin  D.,  born  September  10,  1853. 

(The  Seely  Line). 

The  surnames  Seeley,  Seely  and  Seelye  are 
identical,  and  descended  from  the  same  Amer- 
ican progenitor.  Governor  Seeley,  of  New 
Jersey;  Congressman  Seelye,  of  Massachu- 
setts; President  Seelye,  of  Amherst  College; 
Herbert  Barnum  Seeley  and  Clinton  Barnum 
Seeley,  of  New  York,  and  many  other  well- 
known  men  are  all  of  this  family. 

(I)  Robert  Seely,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and  according  to  "Savage's 
Dictionary,"  came  with  Winthrop  in  October, 

1630.  He  settled,  first,  in  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  made  a  freeman,  May  18, 

1631,  and  was  town  surveyor  in  1634.  In  1636 
he  removed  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Pequot  war  the  follow- 
ing year,  and  is  described  as  one  of  the  most 
valiant  in  the  fight  at  Mystic.  June  2  follow- 
ing he  was  placed  in  command  of  thirty  men  to 
guard  the  Connecticut  river  plantation,  his  sal- 
ary being  twenty  shillings  a  week  and  150 
bushels  of  corn.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  first  church  at  New  Haven  in  1639,  mem- 
ber of  the  general  assembly  that  year,  and 
marshal  of  the  colony.  He  had  leave  to  go 
home  to  England  in  1654,  but  returned  and 
was  in  command  of  the  New  Haven  force 
under  Sedgwick  and  Leverett  raised  to  fight 
the  Dutch  in  New  York,  but  these  hostilities 
were  cut  short  by  a  declaration  of  peace  in 


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Europe.  He  was  of  Saybrook  in  1662  and  of 
Stratford  1663.  He  was  commissioner  for 
Connecticut  at  Huntington,  Long  Island,  in 
1662,  and  head  of  the  militia.  One  good  au- 
thority says  he  died  in  New  York.  His  widow 
Mary  administered  his  estate,  being  appointed 
October  19,  1668.  Their  sons  were:  Obadiah, 
mentioned  below ;  Lieutenant  Nathaniel,  of 
New  Haven,  married  Mary  Turney;  John,  of 
Fairfield,  married  Sarah  Squire. 

(II)  Obadiah,  son  of  Robert  Seely,  settled 
at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  and  died  there  Au- 
gust 25,  1757.  He  married  the  widow  of  John 
Miller,  of  Stamford.  Children,  mentioned  in 
settlement  of  estate :  Obadiah,  Cornelius,  Jonas, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Jonas,  son  of  Obadiah  Seely,  settled 

at  Stamford,  Connecticut.    He  married 

.    Children,  bom  at  Stamford:  Martha, 


September  20,  1690;  Jonas,  July  22,  1692; 
Susanna,  June  14,  1694;  Sarah,  February, 
1694-95  (some  error  in  records)  ;  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below  ;  Nathaniel,  August  23,  1699 ; 
Elizabeth,  August  20,  1701. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  Selly  or  Seely, 
son  of  Jonas  Seely,  was  born  in  Stamford, 
January  18,  1697.  He  married  there,  Janu- 
ary 22,  1718-19,  Mercy  Dean.  Children,  born 
at  Stamford:  Jonas,  September  i,  1719;  Eben- 
ezer, March  19,  1720;  Mercy,  April  19,  1723; 
liezaleel,  August  20,  1725;  Israel,  September 
4,  1727;  Susanna,  January  4,  1729-30;  Na- 
thaniel, October  11,  1732;  Samuel,  September 
10,  1734,  died  February  24,  1735-36;  Josiah, 
mentioned  below ;  Thaddeus,  February  21, 
1738-39;  John,  July  10,  1742. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Lieutenant  Ebenezer 
Selly  or  Seely,  was  born  at  Stamford,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1736.  He  removed  from  Stamford 
to  New  Cornwall,  Orange  county.  New  York, 
with  his  father  and  with  his  bmther  John. 
He  and  his  son  Josiah  and  his  nephew,  John 
Seely  Jr.,  were  all  in  the  Dutchess  county 
militia.  First  Regiment,  in  the  revolution,  and 
their  names  appear  as  entitled  to  land  bounties 
(p.  253  "New  York  in  the  Revolution").  In 
1790,  according  to  the  fiVst  federal  census, 
Josiah  had  six  males  over  sixteen,  one  son 
under  sixteen  and  five  females  in  his  family; 
Josiah  Jr.  had  two  females  and  three  slaves  in 
his  family ;  John  had  three  males  over  sixteen, 
one  under  that  age  and  three  females,  while 
John  Jr.  had  two  males  over  sixteen,  four 
under  sixteen  and  two  females.  The  four 
families  hved  near  each  other.     Children  of 


Josiah  Seely:  Abigail,  bom  August  4,  1758; 
Joanna,  January  i,  1761 ;  Josiah,  February  27, 
1763;  Thaddeus,  January  23,  1765;  Ebenezer, 
February  2,  1767;  Jonas,  mentioned  below; 
Henry,  February  15,  1772;  Susannah,  Novem- 
ber 14,  177s;  Mercy,  August  2,  1778;  Martha, 
July  19,  1 78 1. 

(VI)  Jonas  (2),  son  of  Josiah  Seely,  was 
born  at  ^ew  Cornwall,  Orange  county.  New 
York,  October  8,  1769.  He  lived  at  Oxford, 
lUooming  Grove,  Orange  county.  Children, 
born  in  Orange  county:  Townsend,  January 
14,  1794;  Edward,  July  8,  1795;  Jonas,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  July  4,  1799;  Jane,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1802;  Absalom,  February  11,  1804; 
Ebenezer,  August  5,  1805 ;  Charles,  November 
16,  1806;  Peter,  August  11,  1807;  Elizabeth, 
July  26,  1809;  Helen  Ann,  June  5,  i8ii ;  Cor- 
nelia, November  20,  1813. 

(V'll)  Jonas  (3),  son  of  Jonas  (2)  Seely, 
was  bom  December  12,  1797.  He  married 
Temperance  Ann  Brown,  born  August  10, 
1 801,  daughter  of  Joshua  Brown  (see  Brown 
II).  Children:  Jane,  Caroline,  Henry,  James 
and  Harriet. 

(The    Holbrook    Line). 

The  family  of  Holbrook  is  ancient  and  dis- 
tinguished in  England.  The  ancient  coat-of- 
arms  is:  A  chevron  between  three  martlets. 
Several  other  coats-of-arms  were  borne  by  dif- 
ferent branches  of  the  family  in  England. 

(I)  Thomas  Holbrook,  or  Holbrooke,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  came  from  Weymouth, 
county  Dorset,  England,  about  1628,  when 
thirty- four  years  of  age,  with  his  wife  Jane, 
aged  thirty- four,  and  children  John,  aged 
eleven,  Thomas^  aged  ten,  Anne,  aged  five,  and 
Elizabeth,  aged.  one.  He  settled  at  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  in  1640,  and  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  lay  out  the  way  from  Braintree  to 
Dorchester.  He  was  born  in  Brantry  (Brain- 
tree),  England.  He  was  selectman  several 
years.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May,  1645. 
His  will  was  dated  December  31,  1669,  with 
codicil,  December  31,  1673.  He  died  1674-76. 
His  widow  lane  died  before  April  24,  1677, 
when  administration  of  the  estate  was  granted 
to  his  son  John.  Children:  John,  bom  1617; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Captain  William, 
died   1699,  lived  at  Scituate;  Anne,  married 

Reynolds;  Elizabeth,  married  Walter 

Hatch ;  Jane,  married Drake. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Hol- 
brook, lived  at  Scituate,  Weymouth  and  Brain- 


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tree,  Massachusetts.  He  was  born  in  Brain- 
tree,  England.  In  1654  he  bought  a  farm  of 
fifty-three  acres  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts, 
and  later  became  the  owner  of  much  real  estate. 

He  married  Joanna ,  who  survived  him. 

He  made  his  will  July  25,  1695,  and  adminis- 
tration on  his  estate  was  granted  his  widow 
August  19,  1697,  and  his  eldest  son  Thomas 
was  also  an  administrator.  Ii\  his  will  he  be- 
queathed to  sons  Thomas  and  Peter  "all  that 
estate  of  land  and  meadows  in  Mendon  which 
he  had  formerly  purchased  of  his  brother  Will- 
iam." He  served  in  Johnson's  company  in  the 
Indian  wars.  Children:  Thomas,  buried  at 
Braintree,  December  20,  1728;  John,  born  Oc- 
tober 15,  1653,  at  Braintree;  Peter,  mentioned 
below;  Joanna,  October  30,  1657;  Susanna, 
married  Andrew  Willet;  Joseph,  February  12, 
1660,  died  young. 

(III)  Deacon  Peter  Holbrook,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Holbrook,  was  born  September  6,  1656, 
and  died  1712-13.  He  married  (first)  Alice 
Eliza ,  who  died  April  29,  1705;  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  Pool,  who  survived  him  and 
married  (second)  Robert  Ware,  of  Wenham, 
and  died  1724.  He  settled  in  Mendon,  where 
he  inherited  lands  from  his  father,  most  of 
which  were  afterwards  included  in  Bollingham. 
He  was  an  important  and  wealthy  man  in  his 
time.  His  will,  dated  January  16,  1711-12, 
was  proved  May  29,  17 13.  He  lived  at  Scitu- 
ate,  Weymouth  and  Braintree.  Children :  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Peter,  born  at  Mendon,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1681;  Sylvanus,  August  15,  1685; 
Joanah,  March  7,  1686-87;  Richard,  May  30, 
1690;  Eliphalet,  January  27,  1691-92;  William, 
March  28,  1693-94;  Samuel,  February  27, 
1695-96;  Mary,  October  14,  1702. 

(IV)  Cornet  John  Holbrook,  son  of  Peter 
Holbrook,  was  born  at  Braintree,  September 
24,  1679,  and  died  at  Bellingham,  May  11, 
1765,  aged  eighty-five.  He  was  a  "yeoman.'* 
His  will,  dated  June  8,  1757,  was  proved  June 
7,  1765,  and  his  wife  Hannah  and  sons  Luke 
and  Aaron  were  administrators  of  his  estate. 
He  married  Hannah ,  who  died  at  Bell- 
ingham. April  12,  1770,  aged  eighty-five.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  born  March  13,  1706-07;  Han- 
nah, May  4,  1708;  Lydia,  April  22,  171 1 ;  Jo- 
siah,  January  17,  1714-15;  John,  September 
24,  1721,  at  Bellingham;  Luke,  March  20, 
1724;  Aaron,  August  31,  1730. 

(V)  John  (2),  sQn  of  Cornet  John  (i)  Hol- 
brook, was  born  at  Bellingham,  September  24, 


1 72 1.     He  married,  April  7,   1747,   Patience 
Fisher,  of  Wrentham,  Massachusetts. 

(VI)  Elijah,  son  of  John  (2)  Holbrook, 
was  born  January  i,  1758,  and  died  in  1800. 
Married  Raney  Freeman. 

(VII)  Sanford,  son  of  Elijah  Holbrook, 
was  born  September  8,  1796,  and  died  June  12, 
1879.  He  married  Mariam  Ward,  and  (sec- 
ond) Persis  Barber,  and  settled  in  Vermont. 
Children:  Elijah  Freeman,  of  whom  further; 
Sanford  F.,  born  March  10,  1822,  died  De- 
cember, 1906;  Juliette,  died  1855;  Jane,  bom 
1829. 

(V^III)  Elijah  Freeman,  son  of  Sanford 
Holbrook,  was  born  October  18,  1820,  in  Ver- 
mont, and  died  February  4,  1908.  He  came 
to  Randolph,  New  York,  where  he  was  en- 
gaged in  farming  and  lumbering.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  served  as  school 
commissioner  and  road  commissioner.  He 
married,  December  31,  1846,  Sarah  Fox,  born 
February  19,  1827,  died  February  4,  1908. 
within  seven  hours  of  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band. She  was  born  in  Oppenheim,  Mont- 
gomery county,  New  York,  a  daughter  of 
Nicholas  and  Anna  (Dockstader)  Fox,  grand- 
daughter of  George  Adam  Dockstader,  of  an- 
cient Dutch  ancestry.  Children  of  Elijah  F. 
and  Sarah  (Fox)  Holbrook:  i.  Mariam  Juliet, 
born  January  10,  1848,  married  Samuel  J. 
Sample:  children:  Parker  L.  and  Chester  H. 
Sample.  2.  Theodore  F.,  born  January  23, 
1850;  married  Ella  Matchett;  child,  Clinton, 
married  Emma  Lewis.  3.  Annie  C,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1854;  married  James  T.  Scudder; 
child,  Bemice,  married  Austin  Weeden.  4. 
Sanford  A.,  born  February  19,  1857;  married 
Fannie  E.  Phillips;  (second)  Hittie  Tracey. 
5.  Frank  L.,  bom  April  10,  1865 ;  married  Ida 
Dann.  6.  Persis  Barber,  married  Charles 
AlonzQ  Swan  (see  Swan). 


The  surname  Bedient  is  com- 
BEDIENT     mon  in  England,  where  it  is 

usually  pronounced  in  three 
syllables,  but  the  family  appears  never  to  have 
been  numerous  either  in  England  or  this  coun- 
try. 

( I )  John  Bedient,  the  immigrant,  came  from 
England  and  located  in  Fairfield  county,  Con- 
necticut. John,  Eleazer,  Jesse,  Mordecai  and 
Zalmon  Bedient  were  soldiers  from  that  coun- 
ty in  the  revolution.  All  were  presumably 
sons  of  the  immigrant,  and  born  from  1740  to 


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1760.  In  1790  there  were  at  Norwalk  and 
Stamford,  according  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus, four  families  of  Bedient.  The  census  of 
the  two  towns  was  taken  together.  Gilead 
Bedient  had  four  sons  under  sixteen,  and  seven 
females  in  his  family ;  Jesse  had  one  son  under 
sixteen,  and  one  female;  John  had  one  son 
under  sixteen,  and  two  females ;  Mordecai  had 
two  sons  under  sixteen  and  two  females.  These 
were  sons  or  grandsons  of  the  immigrant.  In 
1790,  John  Bedient  was  reported  of  New  York 
City,  having  himself  and  four  females  in  his 
family.  The  census  shows  no  others  of  this 
family  in  New  York  or  New  England. 

(II)  Mordecai,  son  of  John  Bedient,  was 
born  between  1730  and  1740,  and  lived  in  Fair- 
field county,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Com- 
stock's  company,  Eighth  Regiment,  Connecti- 
cut Line,  which  was  raised  January,  1777.  The 
regiment  was  in  active  service  and  took  part 
in  the  battle  of  Mud  Island,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  reported  killed.  The  records 
have  a  question  mark  opposite  this  record  and 
he  evidently  recovered,  from  the  fact  that  fur- 
ther service  is  shown,  but  he  was  probably 
missing  or  severely  wounded  ( Pages  232,  326, 
572,  Revolutionary  Rolls  of  Connecticut) .  Mor- 
decai was  in  Captain  Stephen  Billings's  com- 
pany on  a  pay-roll  for  January  to  April,  1781, 
and  also  in  Captain  Smith's  company,  General 
David  Waterbury's  regiment,  in  1781.  His 
residence  is  given  as  Norwalk  at  that  time. 

(III)  Gilead,  son  of  Mordecai  Bedient,  was 
born  between  1750  and  1760,  in  Norwalk, 
Connecticut,  or  vicinity.  He  was  living  in  or 
near  Norwalk  in  1790,  as  shown  by  the  census 
report  mentioned.  Children:  Betsey,  Anna, 
Sally,  David,  Seth,  Griswold,  Abigail  (called 
Nabby),  Naibau ;  Gilead  H.,  mentioned  below ; 
Lerama,  Mary,  Doctor  and  Burr. 

(IV)  Gilead  H.,  son  of  Gilead  Bedient,  was 
born  in  Wilton,  Fairfield  county,  near  Nor- 
walk, Connecticut,  August  27,  1785,  and  died 
of  cholera  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  May  12,  1849. 
Soon  after  he  came  of  age,  about  1809,  he  left 
home  with  Elijah  Bennett,  a  neighbor  of  about 
the  same  age,  and  came  to  Delaware  county, 
New  York,  to  settle.  He  worked  for  various 
pioneers  there  by  the  month  for  two  or  three 
years.  He  married  (first),  February  4,  181 3, 
Lydia  Smith,  who  was  born  December  22, 
T794,  and  died  September  13,  1829,  whose  sis- 
ter about  the  same  time  married  Elijah  Ben- 
nett.    Each  had  thirteen  children,  and   Ben- 


nett's brother  also  had  thirteen,  making  at  one 
time  thirty-nine  cousins  living  within  two  miles 
of  each  other.  Lydia  Smith  was  a  descendant 
of  the  Hubbard  and  Eggleston  families  of 
Connecticut.  Gilead  H.  Bedient  married  (sec- 
ond), July  I,  1830,  Eunice  Turner,  who  was 
bom  February  23,  1814,  and  died  prior  to  May 
30,  1886.  She  was  also  of  EngUsh  ancestry. 
The  Turners  lived  over  the  line  in  Otsego 
county.  Most  of  the  settlers  in  this  section 
came  from  Connecticut.  Elijah  Bennett  and 
Gilead  H.  Bedient  were  drafted  just  before 
the  end  of  the  war  of  1812,  soon  after  they 
had  married.  They  left  home  one  Sunday 
with  their  regiment,  and  were  stationed  at 
Sacketts  Harbor.  After  three  months  of  serv- 
ice they  were  mustered  out  and  returned 
home.  Children  of  Gilead  H.  Bedient:  Aus- 
tin C,  born  August  23,  1814,  died  May  30, 
1866 ;  Amos  H.,  mentioned  below ;  Ira  S.,  bom 
December  18,  1816,  married  (first),  January 

17,  1845,  Catherine  Carpenter,  (second),  June 

3,  1866,  Sophronia  Carpenter,  (third),  August 
13,  1889,  Alsina  A.  Bedient;  Harriet  S.,  born 
October  12,  1818,  married,  September  16,  1838, 
Martin  Williams;  David  B.,  bom  March  6, 
182 1,  married  (first),  January  17,  1843,  Mary 
L.  Pond,  (second),  October  11,  1850,  Laura 
Strunk,  (third),  November  3,  1874,  Louisa 
Mcintosh;  Westley,  born  June  6,  1822,  died 
September  25,  1853;  daughter,  born  December 
7,  1823,  died  January  4,  1824;  Matilda  E.,  bom 
September  12,  1825,  died  August  2,  1853,  mar- 
ried, September  26,  1852,  Dwight  Thompson; 
daughter,  born  June  15,  1829,  died  aged  two 
days ;  Elizabeth,  born  July  22,  183 1,  di«i  Octo- 
ber 8,  1832;  Irwin,  bom  September  4,  1833, 
married,  October  12,  1856,  Melvina  Salisbury; 
Franklin  T.,  born  November  28,  1837,  died 
July  22,  1884,  married,  March  12,  1861,  Elzina 
Griffith;  Henry  H.,  born  September  14,  1840, 
died  September  15,  1841. 

(V)  Amos  H.,  son  of  Gilead  H.  Bedient, 
was  born  December  12,  1815,  and  died  March 

4,  1889.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Mans- 
field, New  York.    He  married  (first),  March 

18,  1838,  Sally  Minerva  Pond,  born  April  30. 
1817,  died  December  14,  1842.  He  married 
(second),  February  22,  1843,  Caroline  Haight» 
born  January  9,  1826,  died  September  6,  1901, 
Children:  i.  John  A.,  born  August  21,  1839; 
married,  March  13,  1896,  Sadie  A.  White.  2. 
Lester  C.,  mentioned  below..  3.  Lydia  A.,  men- 
tioned below.    4.  Matilda  L.,  bom  December 

5,  1846;  married,  October  7,   1868,  John  H. 


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Thompson,  born  June  15,  1846;  child:  Effie 
H.,  born  July  3,  1872.  5.  Seba  S.,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Serentus  W.,  born  March  5,  1857; 
married,  September  19,  1876,  Ida  M.  Hall, 
born  May  7,  1859;  children:  Harry  H.,  born 
October  3,  1879,  married,  January  18,  1902, 
Alta  M.  Gorsline;  Carlie  O.,  born  August  13, 
1881 ;  Orville  R.,  December  15,  1889.  7.  Bath- 
sheba,  August  24,  1868,  died  July  25,  1869. 

(VI)  Lester  C.  Bedient,  son  of  Amos  H. 
Bedient,  was  born  August  6,  1840.  He  mar- 
ried, February  22,  1870,  Amanda  B.  Dinwiddie, 
born  August  4,  1852.  Children:  Lottie  L., 
bom  December  24,  1870;  Luette  M.,  February 
22,  1873,  di^d  November  6,  1873;  Elmer  A., 
born  September  16,  1874,  married,  February 
15,  1899,  Louise  Kuhlman;  Walter  H.,  bom 
July  20,  1877,  married,  July  24,  1901,  Eva  F. 
Watts;  Ida  M.,  born  August  12,  1880;  Melvin 
L.,  Febmary  12,  1885;  Ora  A.,  October  6, 
1896. 

(VI)  Lydia  A.,  daughter  of  Amos  H.,  and 
sister  of  Lester  C.  Bedient,  was  bom  February 
24,  1844.  She  married,  March  13,  1867,  Oliver 
Velzey,  born  July  21,  1842.  Children:  Wesley 
E.,  bom  December  14,  1867,  married,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1891,  Minnie  Darwin ;  Elsie  M.,  born 
October  6,  1869,  married,  October  6,  1891, 
George  S.  Curtiss ;  George  B.,  bom  November 
10,  187 1,  died  November  30,  1905,  married, 
December  29,  1892,  Ella  Clark ;  Seba  S.,  born 
December  4,  1873,  married,  February  24,  1897, 
Minnie  Evertse;  Eber  M.,  March  4,  1875, 
married,  February  24,  1897,  Mamie  Feltmiller ; 
Amos  A.,  June  5,  1878,  married,  August  6, 
1901,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Parker ;  James,  born  April 
6,  1884,  died  April  6,  1884;  Orley  M.,  bom 
April  7,  1885,  married,  July  12,  1905,  Pearl 
Freeman. 

(VI)  Dr.  Seba  S.  Bedient,  son  of  Amos  H. 
Bedient,  and  brother  of  Lester  C.  Bedient,  was 
bom  in  Mansfield,  New  York,  August  27,  1855. 
His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Forestville  Academy.  He  then 
entered  the  medical  department  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo,  being  graduated  in  1878 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He  began  to  prac- 
tice in  association  with  Dr.  Lyman  Twombly, 
and  afterward  settled  in  Little  Valley,  where 
since  1879  he  has  been  engaged  in  general 
practice.  He  is  a  skillful  practitioner  and 
commands  an  extensive  practice.  His  long 
years  of  association  with  his  people  has  taught 
them  his  worth,  and  he  occupies  a  place  in  their 
affection  and  esteem  that  is  only  gained  by  the 


self-sacrificing,  devoted,  country  physician.  He 
is  active  and  influential  in  the  town.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  York  State  Medical  Soci- 
ety and  of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Medical 
Society,  of  which  he  has  been  president,  a 
position  to  which  he  was  chosen  after  serving 
in  all  the  other  subordinate  dfices.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Exempt  Firemen's  Association 
of  Little  Valley,  and  in  politics  is  a  Democrat. 
He  married,  April  2,  1879,  Kate  Lamb,  bom 
December  19,  1853,  daughter  of  Jason  and  Me- 
linda  (Harmon)  Lamb,  of  East  Aurora,  New 
York,  and  granddaughter  of  Elias  and  Ruth 
Harmon,  and  of  Nahum  and  Molly  Lamb. 
Jason  Lamb  was  a  shoemaker  and  merchant 
of  East  Aurora  and  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  Children:  Ellen  E.,  married  Charles 
Williams,  and  had  Harmon,  Lora,  Wallace, 
Kate,  Ruth,  Lucy  and  MoUie;  Asenath  H., 
married  (first)  Elmer  Phinney,  and  had  Artie 
B.,  and  married  (second)  J.  H.  Keely;  Kate, 
married  Dr.  Seba  S.  Bedient,  and  had  Ona, 
born  January  31,  1881,  and  Mary  M.,  June  10, 
1888. 

There  are  many  distinct  families 
BARKER    of  Barkers  which  bear  different 

coats-of-arms  and  are  seated  in 
various  counties  of  England.  Those  who  first 
bore  this  surname  evidently  were  bark  strip- 
pers, selling  their  product  to  those  who  tan- 
ned leather,  consequently  there  was  a  Barker 
wherever  there  was  a  tanner.  The  Barkers  of 
county  Salop  trace  their  pedigree  to  the  year 
1200,  to  Randulph  de  Coverall,  whose  descend- 
ant, William,  changed  his  name  to  William  le 
Barker  about  a  century  later.  In  the  seven- 
teenth century  there  was  a  Robert  Barker  of 
London,  the  king's  printer,  who  issued  the  first 
edition  of  King  James'  Bible.  This  Barker  be- 
longed to  a  Yorkshire  family,  and  is  supposed 
to  1^  grand-nephew  of  Sir  Christopher  Barker, 
K.  B.  The  wife  of  Governor  Edward  Wins- 
low,  of  Plymouth  Colony,  who  was  a  printer 
by  trade,  was*  Elizabeth  Barker,  and  is  thought 
by  some  authorities  to  have  been  related  to 
Robert  Barker,  the  king's  printer. 

In  America  the  name  is  frequently  found 
among  the  early  settlers,  but  it  is  not  known 
whether  the  different  immigrants  were  nearly 
related  or  not.  The  first  bearing  the  name  to 
arrive  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  appear  to 
be  the  brothers  Robert  and  John  Barker,  who 
were  at  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  16:^2,  and 
later  moved  to  Marshfield.  James  and  Thomas 


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Barker  were  at  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  in 
1640,  where  Thomas  was  made  a  freeman  May 
13,  and  James  a  freeman  October  7  that  year. 
Richard  Barker  was  at  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1645,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  church  there.  Edward  Barker  was  in  Bos- 
ton in  1650,  and  James  was  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  in  165 1,  and  chosen  deputy  governor 
in  1676.  There  is  a  group  of  Barkers  about 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  who  are  descended 
from  Francis,  who  settled  there  in  1646,  while 
those  settled  about  Rowley  descend  from  John 
Barker.  Two  of  the  oldest  houses  in  New 
England  are  associated  with  Barker  families. 
At  Pembroke,  Massachusetts,  formerly  a  por- 
tion of  Duxbury,  recently  stood  a  dwelling 
built  by  Robert  Barker  somewhere  about  1650. 
The  earliest  portion  of  the  structure  was  a 
single  room  built  of  flat  stones  laid  in  clay  and 
covered  with  a  shed  room.  In  1722  the  walls 
were  covered  with  sheathing,  and  other  rooms 
added  so  as  to  form  a  large  wooden  building. 
It  stood  near  a  large  brook  which  once  furnish- 
ed power  for  a  sawmill.  The  house  was  for  sev- 
eral generations  a  sort  of  tavern-much  frequent- 
ed by  travelers  from  Boston.  Judge  Samuel 
Sewall  mentions  in  his  diary  of  stopping  at 
this  place  on  his  way  to  hold  court  at  Plymouth, 
and  in  1681  Robert  Barker's  wife  was  fined 
for  selling  cider  to  the  Indians.  The  strength 
of  this  building  and  the  fact  that  it  had  a  well 
within  its  walls,  caused  it  to  be  made  a  garri- 
son house  during  King  Philip's  war,  and  a  part 
of  the  barricade  of  hewn  timber  remained  a 
century  later.  At  Scituate  harbor  still  stands 
a  comfortable  house  which  has  been  occupied 
by  Barkers  for  more  than  two  centuries.  It 
was  built  in  1634  by  John  Williams,  father-in- 
law  of  John  Barker,  and  was  for  a  time  used 
for  a  garrison  house,  as  appears  from  its  mas- 
sive inner  walls  of  brick,  pierced  with  loop- 
holes. The  building  is  in  a  good  state  of 
preservation,  but  has  been  considerably  mod- 
ernized. A  few  years  ago  an  old  deed  with  a 
seal  bearing  a  coat-of-arms  was  accidentally 
discovered  in  a  junk  shop  at  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  The  deed  was  signed  in  1694  by  Sam- 
uel and  Francis  Barker,  of  Scituate.  The 
escutcheon  consists  of  a  field  with  bars  or 
sable,  crossed  by  a  bend  gules.  The  crest  is 
an  eagle  displayed  surmounting  a  crown.  This, 
according  to  Burke,  belongs  to  the  Barkers  of 
Kent,  Middlesex  and  Surrey,  England.  The 
early  settlers  of  Scituate  were  called  "the  men 
of  Kent,''  which  would  seem  to  indicate  the 


English  home  of  Robert  and  John  Barker,  the 
Scituate  pioneers.  A  branch  of  the  family 
settled  in  Maine,  another  in  New  Hampshire, 
and  from  the  latter  branch  spring  the  Orleans 
county  (New  York)  family. 

(I)  Richard  and  Joanna  Barker  emigrated 
from  England  to  America,  and  settled  at  An- 
dover, Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1642.  In  a 
list  of  names  purporting  to  be  the  names  of 
all  the  freeholders  as  they  came  to  the  town 
of  Andover,  found  in  the  earliest  book  of  the 
town  records  (now  existing),  Richard  Barker's 
name  is  fourth.  He  was  one  of  the  ten  free- 
holders (required  by  law  to  constitute  a 
church)  who  organized  the  church  at  Andover 
(now  North  Andover),  October  24,  1645. 
Hardly  any  town  affairs  of  importance  for  fifty 
years  is  on  the  records  of  the  town  which  does 
not  bear  his  name  as  party  or  witness  thereto. 
He  was  prominent  in  the  church,  was  select- 
man again  and  again,  and  was  tnisted  with  the 
administration  of  many  estates.  His  descend- 
ants have  numbered  many  men  of  note  and 
influence.  He  died  in  1693.  Richard  and  Jo- 
anna had  six  sons. 

( II )  Ebenezer,  second  son  of  Richard  Bark- 
er, was  born  May  2,  1651,  died  1747,  aged 
ninety-six  years.  He  was  one  of  the  twelve 
men  who  made  up  the  quota  of  Andover  in  the 
Narragansett  war,  1675.  He  married,  May 
25,  1686,  Abigail  Wheeler,  who  was  one  of 
those  accused  of  being  "a  witch"  during  the 
witchcraft  madness,  but  fortunately  not  con- 
victed.   Ebenezer  and  Abigail  had  three  sons. 

(III)  Philemon,  youngest  son  of  Ebenezer 
Barker,  was  born  April  22,  1695.  He  was  a 
poet  of  local  fame,  and  left  in  poetical  form  a 
great  deal  of  historical  and  genealogical  data. 
He  lived  in  Andover,  and  with  his  wife  spent 
his  last  days  in  Pelham  with  a  son,  where  both 
died  and  are  buried.  He  married,  April  29. 
1724,  Mary  Love  joy.  They  had  five  sons  and 
three  daughters. 

(IV)  Ebenezer  (2),  seventh  child  of  Phile- 
mon Barker,  was  born  in  Andover,  March  31, 
1739,  died  in  Hancock,  New  Hampshire,  July 
2;^,  1823.  He  moved  to  Pelham  after  his  mar- 
riage, where  all  his  children  were  born.  He 
served  in  the  revolution,  from  Pelham,  and 
later  settled  in  Hancock,  New  Hampshire,  with 
his  son  Jesse.  He  afterward  bought  another 
farm,  where  his  last  days  were  spent.  He 
married  (intentions  published  September  3, 
1762)  Dolly  Sherburn,  of  Pelham,  born  1745, 
died  July  13,  1825.    Children,  bom  at  Pelham, 


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Massachusetts:  i.  Jesse,  January  28,  1764; 
married  Elizabeth  Brown.  2.  Molly,  Decem- 
ber I,  1766;  married  Solomon  Dean.  3.  Dolly, 
September  20,  1768.  4.  Hannah,  June  31, 
1770 ;  married Beals ;  settled  in  Whites- 
town,  New  York.  5.  Ebenezer,  April  11,  1772; 
was  a  minister  of  the  gospel ;  settled  in  White- 
town,  New  York.  6.  John,  February  18,  1774; 
married  a  widow,  Mrs.  Kidder ;  son  Eben  mar- 
ried Rachel  Kidder  and  settled  in  Youngs- 
town,  New  York.  8.  David,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(V)  David,  youngest  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Barker,  was  born  in  Pelham,  Massachusetts, 
June  2,  1777,  died  in  Saratoga  county,  New 
York.  He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Han- 
cock, New  Hampshire,  when  a  boy,  and  later 
settled  in  Saratoga  county.  New  York,  at  a 
place  known  as  Barkersville,  named,  it  is  sup- 
posed, in  his  honor.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Mary  Harcourt,  of  Dutchess  county, 
New  York.  Children,  all  born  in  Saratoga 
county:  Asa,  1794,  died  1864-65;  Nathaniel, 
born  1779;  Edward,  1800;  James  Madison,  of 
further  mention;  Deborah,  Maria,  Lydia  and 
Caroline. 

(VI)  James  Madison,  fourth  son  of  David 
Barker,  was  born  in  Providence,  Saratoga 
county.  New  York,  March  18,  1809,  died  in 
Albion,  Orleans  county.  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1877.  His  father  was  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  the  lad  was  reared 
according  to  the  tenets  of  these  most  excellent 
people.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  that 
early  period,  worked  on  the  farm  in  early  life, 
later  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  scythes 
and  snaths,  and  had  a  partnership  interest  in 
a  tannery.  At  the  age  of  twenty-six  he  located 
in  Galway,  Saratoga  county,  where  he  married. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  superintendent 
of  a  large  farm.  He  was  well  known  in  Sara- 
toga county,  and  a  man  of  prosperity.  In  1868 
he  moved  to  Orleans  counly,  locating  in  Albion, 
where  for  a  time  he  was  engaged  in  the  retail 
coal  business  in  partnership  with  Smith  D. 
Shourds,  but  having  many  other  business  inter- 
ests in  other  localities.  He  was  in  very  poor 
health  for  several  years,  and  died  in  1877,  after 
several  weeks  of  acute  suffering.  Although 
a  resident  of  Albion  but  nine  years,  he  had 
endeared  to  all  who  came  within  the  circle  of 
his  acquaintance.  He  was  a  man  of  highest 
character,  and  to  quote  the  words  of  the  poet, 
"was  as  near  the  model  man  as  we  often  meet 
in  our  journey  through  life.''    He  was  one  of 


the  founders  and  a  trustee  of  the  Baptis{ 
church  of  Galway,  and  in  Albion  was  a  deacon 
of  the  Baptist  church  of  that  village.  He  was 
most  liberal  in  his  benefactions  for  charitable 
purposes  and  in  his  support  of  the  church.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  interested  in 
all  that  promised  to  benefit  his  town.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Galway,  New  York,  June,  1837,  Emily, 
youngest  daughter  of  Isaac  Gere,  bom  1763, 
died  1843,  ^  drummer  boy  of  the  revolution, 
and  a  prominent  farmer  and  citizen  of  Galway, 
who  married  Deborah  Wright,  of  Bennington, 
Vermont.  Children,  all  born  on  the  Gere 
homestead  in  Galway:  i.  Mary,  1838;  married 
Francis  Larned ;  moved  to  Chicago,  where  Mr. 
Larned  died.  2.  Harriet  G.,  1840;  married 
Henry  H.  Hewitt,  and  moved  to  Bloomington, 
Illinois,  where  her  husband  died.  3.  William 
E.,  of  further  mention.  4.  Julia  E.,  1844;  re- 
sides in  Albion,  New  York,  with  her  brother, 
William  E. 

(VII)  William  E.,  only  son  of  James  Madi- 
son Barker,  was  bom  in  Galway,  Saratoga 
county,  New  York,  December  6,  1842.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  after 
coming  to  Albion  engaged  for  a  time  as  book- 
keeper for  his  father.  His  health  always  hav- 
ing been  delicate,  he  has  never  engaged  in  any 
business  beyond  caring  for  his  own  estate.  He 
lives  a  retired  life  at  Albion,  his  home  being 
presided  over  by  Miss  Julia  E.  Barker.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  which  he  has 
served  for  several  years  as  trustee.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  interested  in  the 
various  societies  and  institutions  of  Albion. 
He  is  immarried. 


The  Thompson 
ORTON-HENDERSON  family  of  Catta- 
raugus county, 
whose  ancestry  is  herein  recorded,  descends 
from  Anthony  Thompson,  of  England,  who 
came  to  America  in  1637,  the  founder  of  the 
New  Haven  branch  of  the  Thompson  family. 
(I)  Anthony  Thompson  with  his  wife  (name 
unknown),  two  children,  and  brothers,  John 
and  William  Thompson,  embarked  at  London, 
England,  on  the  ship  "Hector,"  for  America, 
where  they  arrived  June  26,  1637,  according 
to  Winthrop's  Journal,  but  according  to  Cot- 
ton Mather,  the  date  was  July  26,  1637.  They 
landed  at  Boston.  They  were  a  part  of  the 
company  which  came  with  Governor  Eaton 
and  Rev.  Davenport,  dissenters  from  the 
Church  of  England,  who  left  their  homes  to 


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lake  up  a  residence  in  the  new  world,  where 
they  could  be  free  from  the  constant  persecu- 
tions which  characterized  the  reign  of  Qiarles 
L  The  company  was  composed  of  men  of 
wealth  and  energy,  and  after  careful  selection, 
they  decided  to  follow  their  pastor,  Rev.  Daven- 
port, in  his  choice  of  location,  which  was  Quin- 
nipiack,  or  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  The 
Thompson  brothers  were  allotted  lands  and 
became  leading  citizens.  John  lived  at  East 
Haven,  where  he  died  December  11,  1674.  The 
farm  he  owned  is  said  to  be  yet  in  possession 
of  his  descendants.  He  married  but  left  no 
male  issue.  William  made  his  will  October  6, 
1682,  dying  the  same  year.  He  resided  and 
died  in  New  Haven. 

Anthony  Thompson  signed  the  Colonial  Con- 
stitution, June  4,  1639,  and  appears  in  the 
original  list  as  having  shares  in  the  first  and 
second  divisions  of  land.  He  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  in  1644.  His  will  was  made 
March  23,  1648,  shortly  before  his  death.  It 
was  probably  made  "in  extremis."  It  was 
drawn  up  by  Rev.  John  Davenport,  pastor,  and 
Robert  Newman,  ruling  elder  of  the  church. 
He  is  called  Brother  Anthony  Thompson,  and 
seems  to  have  been  a  devout  member  of  the 
church.  The  name  of  his  first  wife  is  unknown. 
His  second  wife  was  Kathern.  By  first  wife 
he  had  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  and  by  sec- 
ond wife,  two  daughters  and  a  posthumous  son. 
Children  of  Anthony  Thompson,  the  immi- 
grant: John,  see  forward;  Anthony,  born  in 
England,  December,  1634,  died  at  age  of 
twenty  years;  Bridget,  born  1637,  married 
Rev.  John  Bowers,  of  Guilford.  New  Haven 
and  Derby,  Connecticut;  Anna,  baptized  June 
8,  1645,  married Stanton;  Lydia,  bap- 
tized July  24,  1647,  married,  September  20, 
1665,  Isaac  Crittenden,  of  Guilford ;  Ebenezer, 
baptized  October  15,  1648,  married,  June, 
1 67 1,  Deborah  Dudley. 

(II)  John,  eldest  son  of  Anthonv  Thomp- 
son, was  bom  in  England  in  1632.  He  is  called 
Skipper  John  Thompson  and  John  Thompson, 
the  "Mariner."  This  to  distinguish  him  from 
"farmer"  John  Thompson.  He  was  a  seafar- 
ing man  and  a  resident  of  New  Haven.    He 

married  Hellena  ,  who  died  April  8, 

1690.  Captain  John  Thompson  survived  her 
until  June  2,  1707.  Children:  i.  John,  bom 
May  12,  1657;  was  called  Lieutenant  John; 
married  Rebecca  Daniel ;  children :  Anna,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Ives ;  Daniel,  married  Mary  Ball ; 
Rebecca,  married  Caleb  Mix;  Elizabeth,  mar- 


ried John  Bassett;  John,  Anthony.  2.  Wil- 
liam, bom  1660;  married  Hannah  Glover; 
children :  James,  Abigail,  Mary,  married  John 
Hitchcock;  Josiah  and  Benjamin.  3.  Joseph, 
bom  April  8,  1664 ;  married  Elizabeth  Smith ; 
children:  Anna,  Joseph  and  Ebenezer.  4. 
Samuel,  see  forward. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  John  and 
Hellena  Thompson,  was  bom  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  May  12,  1669,  died  in  Goshen, 
Connecticut,  March  26,  1746.  He  was  a  highly- 
esteemed  merchant  of  New  Haven,  but  later 
in  life  removed  to  Goshen,  where  his  sons, 
Samuel  and  Amos,  had  settled.  He  was  suc- 
cessively a  sergeant,  ensign,  lieutenant  and 
captain  of  militia.  He  seems  to  have  been  a 
man  of  importance.  There  is  no  record  of  the 
settlement  of  his  estate  nor  of  the  time  of  his 
removal  to  Goshen.  He  married,  November 
14,  1695,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Lieutenant- 
Governor  Bishop.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  bom 
December  2,  1696.  He  settled  on  the  east  line 
of  the  town  of  Stanford,  Dutchess  county. 
New  York,  where  he  built  a  grist  mill.  He 
married  Hester  Ailing;  children:  Elizabeth, 
Samuel,  Sarah  and  Esther.  2.  James,  bora 
June  5,  1609.  He  settled  near  his  brother 
Samuel  in  Stanford.  He  was  killed  by  a  fall 
from  a  tree  in  1737.  He  married  Harriet  Wil- 
mot;  children:  Mary,  James,  Hezekiah,  who 
was  a  lawyer  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  and 
whose  son  William  was  the  first  judge  of  Sul- 
livan county,  New  York,  and  his  son  James, 
an  Episcopal  clergyman,  of  New  Durham, 
Greene  county.  New  York.  3.  Amos,  see  for- 
ward. 4.  Gideon,  bom  December  25,  1704. 
He  settled  in  Goshen,  Connecticut,  was  deputy, 
and  died  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  while  at- 
tending the  fifth  session  of  the  assembly  to 
which  he  was  elected.  He  married  Lydia 
Punderson ;  children :  Elisha,  Daniel,  Stephen, 
Lydia,  James,  Chloe  and  Lois.  5.  Rebecca, 
bom  February  23,  1708 ;  married Aus- 
tin, of  New  Haven.  6.  Judah,  bom  June  10, 
1710,  died  August  5,  1712.  7.  Judah,  bom 
August  5,  1713,  lived  and  died  in  New  Haven. 
8.  Enos,  born  August  18,  171 7,  lived  in  New 
Haven.  He  was  the  grandfather  of  Enos 
Thompson  Throop,  charge-de-affaires  to  Na- 
ples and  governor  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
Married  Sarah  Hitchcock.  A  distinguished 
descendant  of  Samuel  Thompson  was  Smith 
Thompson,  judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  the 
United  States  and  secretary  of  the  navy. 

(IV)  Amos,  third  son  of  Samuel  and  Re- 


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spread  commendation.  In  speaking  of  Judge 
Henderson  during  his  candidature  for  the  of- 
fice he  had  so  ably  filled,  the  Buffalo  Courier 
says: 

It  need  scarcely  be  said  that  his  integrity  is  with- 
out a  blur;  he  stands  among  men  upright  and  clean 
handed.  His  whole  manhood  before  he  was  placed 
on  the  bench  was  spent  in  the  diligent  pursuit  of  his 
profession  and  he  became  a  lawyer  with  an  estab- 
lished reputation  based  on  solid  grounds,  the  proof 
of  which  lies  in  his  success. 

He  always  evinced  a  desire  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  philanthropic  and  educational  in- 
stitutions. He  was  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Chamberlain  Institute  and  Fe- 
male College,  and  also  president  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Western  New  York  Home 
for  Homeless  and  Dependent  Children.  He 
was  an  attendant  of  the  Episcopal  church. 
Upon  his  death  he  left  a  goodly  estate. 

He  married  (first)  Anna  M.,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Morris,  and  (second)  Emily 
Thompson,  who  survives  him  and  is  a  resident 
of  Randolph.  Children,  both  by  first  wife: 
Mary  M.,  born  June  15,  1859;  Willie  R.,  born 
March  10,  1867. 


The  Civil  War  was  fought  by 
PARKER  armies  of  boys.  When  they 
came  home,  however,  although 
they  were  but  little  older,  they  had  become 
men,  fully  developed,  self-reliant  and  magnifi- 
cently equipped.  Their  patriotism,  bravery 
and  endurance  had  been  proved.  Youngsters 
as  they  were  they  had  joyously  grappled  with 
tremendous  problems,  unheard-of  conditions, 
absolutely  novel  situations,  for  which  there 
was  no  preparation  whatever.  They  had  ac- 
complished results  which  trained  experts  twice 
their  age  now  view  with  amazement.  They 
had  re-written  the  science  of  war  and  made 
many  axioms  obsolete.  They  had  proved  that 
an  army  can  live  in  an  enemy^s  country.  They 
had  made  each  private  soldier  an  engineer,  and 
reduced  the  art  of  fortification,  even  under  fire, 
to  a  simple  question  of  a  few  minutes  time. 
They  had  relegated  the  navies  of  the  world  to 
the  scrap  heap.  Armies  which,  according  to  all 
traditions,  theories  and  practice,  had  suffered 
so  severely  as  to  be  properly  considered  anni- 
hilated, had  returned  again  and  again  to  the 
contest  and  finally  won.  Those  boys  on  both 
sides  had  in  battle  after  battle  broken  all  the 
records  of  the  world  for  stubborn  fighting. 
The  troops  who  surrendered  with  Lee  and  who 


marched  in  the  Grand  Review  at  Washington 
wer.e  the  finest  soldiers  the  world  has  seen. 
But  they  were  not  professional  soldiers.  They 
were  patriots  who  had  enlisted  "for  the  war," 
and  the  war  was  over,  so  home  they  went  to 
resume  the  usual  occupations  of  peace.  Then 
they  discovered  that  during  the  long  struggle 
their  country  had  expanded  with  leaps  and 
bounds.  The  governmental  machinery  and 
methods  of  '60  were  absolutely  inadequate  in 
'65.  Many  of  the  tremendous  innovations  of 
the  war  must  be  retained.  Tlie  new  and  ex- 
tremely difficult  problems  of  reconstruction 
were  imminent.  Great  tasks  were  at  hand. 
Many  of  the  recently  discharged  soldiers 
promptly  volunteered  for  the  new  campaign,, 
and  for  thirty  years  they  administered  the 
government,  developed  our  great  federal  ma- 
chinery, outlined  its  policy  for  future  genera- 
tions, perfected  its  details,  and  left  for  their 
successors  only  the  adjustment  of  thoroughly 
tested  systems  to  increasing  growth. 

One  of  those  boys  who  thus  continued  in  his 
country's  service  was  David  Bigelow  Parker, 
late  of  Ellicottville.  Born  Christmas  Day, 
1842,  at  Ashville,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  the  son  of  Dr.  Charles  Parker,  a  coun- 
try physician,  he  received  the  meagre  education 
afforded  by  the  district  schools  and  a  term  or 
two  at^the  academies  at  Fredonia,  Jamestown 
and  Forrestville,  and  he  developed  the  practical 
self-reliance  natural  to  a  sensible  energetic  boy 
in  a  country  community.  Honesty,  courage 
and  patriotism  were  inherited  from  both  pa- 
rental lines.  His  mother's  father  was  Major 
Samuel  Sinclair,  an  officer  during  the  revolu- 
tion in  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment, 
which  was  commanded  by  his  uncle,  Colonel 
Joseph  Cilley.  His  father's  father  was  a  rev- 
olutionary soldier  from  Rhode  Island. 

When  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  the  family 
finances  were  at  low  tide.  The  shadow  of  a 
mortgage  was  over  the  home,  and  the  boy  of 
eighteen  was  trying  to  help  by  breaking  a  pair 
of  green  colts  and  ploughing  a  rough  side-hill 
at  the  same  time.  He  responded  eagerly  to 
Lincoln's  first  call  for  troops,  and  went  with 
Captain  Stevens'  company  from  Dunkirk,  in 
what  was  afterward  enumerated  the  Seventy- 
second  New  York,  of  Sickle's  brigade.  The 
regriment  saw  its  first  fighting  at  the  battle  of 
Williamsburg,  and  held  its  position  on  the  ex- 
treme left  of  the  line  during  the  afternoon  un- 
der conditions  which  would  have  won  signal 
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lost  one  hundred  and  ninety-five  in  this,  their 
first  engagement,  and  never  faltered.  Soon 
after  the  Peninsular  campaign,  Parker  was  de- 
tailed to  get  the  regimental  mail,  and  showed 
such  marked  efficiency  in  this  direction  that  his 
duties  were  speedily  expanded,  and  he  was 
soon  acting  mail  agent  for  Hooker's  division, 
then  for  the  Center  Grand  Division,  and  then 
early  in  '63  for  the  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
which  position  he  continued  to  hold  until  the 
end  of  the  war.  Mails  had  not  been  in  use 
many  years.  Stamps  were  first  used  in  1840, 
and  the  army  regulations  contained  no  provis- 
ions concerning  mail  service.  The  whole 
question  of  handling  the  mails  of  a  great  army 
had  to  be  taken  at  the  beginning,  systematized, 
organized  and  perfected.  In  time  this  branch 
of  service  was  added  to  the  provost  marshal 
general's  department,  and  Parker  was  made  a 
second  lieutenant,  and  detailed  as  superintend- 
ent of  the  mails  and  dispatch  bearers  of  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  substantially  alone 
was  entitled  to  the  credit  for  the  significant 
expression  in  General  Grant's  final  report  that 
the  armies  under  him  had  mail  service  equal 
to  the  most  favored  community. 

This  service  made  him  a  member  of  the  mili- 
tary family  at  headquarters,  and  gave  him  un- 
excelled opportunities  to  make  acquaintances 
with  the  leaders  of  the  army  and  to  observe 
events  from  the  inside.  He  early  won  the 
confidence  of  his  superiors  and  was  frequently 
used  for  special  missions.  After  the  battle  of 
Gettysburg,  Meade  sent  him  alone  to  Balti- 
more to  shake  up  an  old  regular  army 
commissary  and  get  rations  for  the  whole  army 
shipped  at  once  regardless  of  routine.  He  car- 
ried dispatches  directly  from  Grant  to  Lincoln 
after  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  and  was 
the  first  bearer  of  dispatches  to  get  through. 
At  the  fall  of  Richmond  he  was  specially  in- 
trusted by  General  Grant  with  the  safeguard- 
ing o£  Miss  VanLew,  the  famous  Union  spy, 
who  lived  in  Richmond.  He  took  possession 
of  the  Richmond  postoffice  on  the  day  of  the 
fall,  and  immediately  put  it  in  running  order, 
for  which  he  received  the  thanks  of  the  Post- 
office  Department. 

During  the  last  year  of  the  war  he  held  a 
commission  from  the  Postoffice  Department  as 
special  agrent  to  enable  him  to  administer  the 
mail  affairs  of  the  army  directly,  and  although 
but  twenty-one  years  of  age  he  introduced  the 
money  order  system  in  the  army,  and  sold  and 
handled  millions  of  stamps  without  the  slight- 


est question  of  any  kind.  One  shipment  alone 
consisted  of  eight  hundred  thousand  three- 
cent  stamps.  At  the  close  of  the  war,  by  vir- 
tue of  his  position  in  the  Postoffice  Depart- 
ment as  a  special  agent,  he  stayed  in  Richmond 
and  reorganized  the  postal  service  throughout 
Virginia,  having  the  postoffices  of  Richmond, 
Petersburg,  Lynchburg  and  Danville  all  on  his 
hands  at  once.  He  rode  horseback  into  every 
county  in  the  state,  establishing  new  post- 
offices  and  new  post  routes,  investigating  of- 
fenses against  the  mails,  and  arresting  and 
prosecuting  the  offenders. 

When  Grant  became  president,  he  promptly 
appointed  Parker  United  States  marshal  for  thr 
restrict  of  Virginia,  and  made  it  a  personal 
appointment,  telling  him  that  he  need  not  place 
any  papers  on  file,  but  adding,  "in  the  case  of 
a  personal  appointee  going  wrong  I  would  be 
more  severe  than  I  would  upon  any  one  else." 
The  new  marshal  had  lived  in  Richmond  four 
years,  and  although  he  had  been  well  known 
as  a  Republican,  and  had  served  upon  Repub- 
lican committees,  yet  he  had  acted  with  such 
straightforwardness  and  tact  that  Isaac  Daven- 
port and  Robert  Edmond,  two  of  the  leading 
bankers  in  the  city,  voluntarily  signed  his  bond 
and  made  the  fact  public  in  order  to  give  him 
their  endorsement  before  the  community.  Gov- 
ernor Wells,  of  Virginia,  also  made  him  a  mem- 
ber of  his  staff  with  the  title  of  colonel.  He  con- 
tinued as  marshal  until  March,  1874,  when  he 
resigned  to  enter  private  business.  This  was 
during  what  is  now  called  the  Reconstruction, 
and  there  had  been  abundant  occasion  for  the 
young  northern  officer  to  exercise  his  tact  and 
shrewdness,  but  when  he  resigned,  a  large 
number  of  the  Richmond  lawyers  and  those 
connected  with  the  courts  joined  in  giving  him 
a  handsome  testimonial,  and  Hon.  H.  L.  Bond, 
United  States  circuit  judge,  wrote  him  as  fol- 
lows: "For  your  exemplary  administration  of 
your  office  you  not  only  have  received  the 
highest  encomiums  of  the  Department  of  Jus- 
tice at  Washington  and  of  your  political  friends 
here,  but  you  are  almost  the  only  person  I 
know  in  office  south  who  has  had,  shall  I  say, 
the  felicity,  at  any  rate,  the  fortune,  to  win  the 
praises  of  the  adversary." 

He  was  not  permitted  to  remain  in  private 
business  but  a  very  short  time,  before  General 
Grant  asked  him  to  reenter  the  postal  service 
and  investigate  some  charges  of  corruption  in 
Louisiana,  which  were  said  to  involve  General 
Grant's  brother-in-law.     He  investigated  the 


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charges,  discovered  and  exposed  the  corrup- 
tion, and  thoroughly  absolved  General  Grant's 
brother-in-law  from  any  connection  therein. 
Then  he  was  sent  to  the  Pacific  coast  to  re- 
organize the  service  generally  of  California, 
Oregon  and  Washington,  and  handle  numer- 
ous so-called  depredation  complaints.  He  was 
recalled  irom  there  in  the  summer  of  '76  to 
accept  the  position  of  chief  postoffice  inspector, 
which  position  he  held  during  six  changes  in 
the  office  of  postmaster-general  until  1883. 
This  was  during  what  might  be  called  the  for- 
mative period  of  the  postoffice  department; 
and,  together  with  the  late  General  Richard  A. 
Elmer,  who  was  afterwards  the  first  president 
of  the  American  Surety  Company ;  Frank  Hat- 
ton,  well  known  later  as  the  editor  of  the  Mail 
and  Express;  Henry  D.  Lyman,  the  present 
president  of  the  American  Surety  Company; 
William  B.  Thompson,  Esq.,  of  Washington; 
Dr.  C.  F.  McDonald,  of  Massachusetts,  and 
Mr.  Theodore  N.  Vail,  president  of  the  Amer- 
ican Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  he 
labored  to  initiate  and  perfect  the  details  of 
our  present  postoffice  system.  The  railway 
mail  service,  the  rural  free  delivery,  the  regis- 
tered letter  and  money  order  service,  and  sub- 
stantially all  of  the  present  features  of  our 
postoffice  department,  were  originated  by  these 
men  working  together. 

In  1883  he  resigned  from  the  postoffice  de- 
partment just  as  President  Arthur  appointed 
him  postmaster  of  the  city  of  Washington,  but 
he  declined  to  accept  the  appointment,  and 
joined  Mr.  Vail  in  the  telephone  business. 

When  he  left  the  service  he  was  the  recipient 
of  many  letters,  tributes  and  marks  of  sincere 
affection  from  his  superiors,  associates  and 
subordinates.  The  dominant  note  of  his 
character  was  touched  by  Postmaster-General 
W.  Q.  Gresham,  in  accepting  his  resignation 
in  these  words,  "You  leave  behind  you  an  ex- 
ample of  faithful  devotion  to  duty  of  which 
you  may  well  be  proud,  and  which  is  worthy 
of  imitation  in  all  branches  of  the  service." 

In  the  telephone  business  he  was  first  with 
the  New  England  Telephone  Company  in  Bos- 
ton. Later  he  was  made  general  manager  of 
the  New  York  Telephone  Company,  and  repre- 
sented the  parent  Bell  company  as  director  in 
nearly  all  of  the  companies  incorporated  in 
New  York  state.  His  health  began  to  be  seri- 
ously affected  by  rheumatism  and  he  accepted 
the  position  of  vice-president  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  Bell  Telephone  Company  of  Buf- 


falo, which  was  near  his  home.  During  his 
career  as  an  officer  in  telephone  companies,  his 
marked  executive  ability,  skill  as  an  organizer, 
and  general  good  judgment,  were  well  recog- 
nized. He  was  obliged  to  retire  from  active 
work  in  the  summer  of  1898,  and  after  spend- 
ing a  year  and  a  half  at  the  Virginia  Hot 
Springs  he  returned  and  resided  for  the  last 
ten  years  of  his  life  at  EUicottville.  He  had 
previously  made  his  home  at  Randolph  for 
some  years,  and  then  upon  a  farm  seven  miles 
from  Randolph  on  what  is  known  as  Parker 
Hill,  a  farm  which  he  had  cleared  and  develop- 
ed almost  from  the  virgin  timber. 

During  his  active  life  he  had  formed  a  large 
circle  of  acquaintances.  He  knew  most  of 
the  public  characters  of  the  time — Presidents 
Grant,  Garfield,  Arthur  and  McKinley;  Gov- 
ernors Fenton,  Wells  and  Wise ;  Horace  Gree- 
ley, Tom  Reed,  Generals  Sickles  and  Hooker, 
and  many  others  were  among  his  friends. 
Blessed  with  'a  wonderful  memory,  which  he 
had  still  further  improved  by  persistent  care 
and  cultivation,  his  knowledge  of  men  and  the 
affairs  of  his  country  was  extremely  large. 
During  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life,  although 
a  helpless  invaUd,  he  nevertheless  retained  both 
his  hold  upon  everyday  affairs  and  his  interest 
in  them,  and  his  associates  in  the  telephone 
business  made  frequent  use  of  his  experience, 
his  judgment  and  his  acquaintanceship. 

The  surest  index  to  a  man's  character  and 
his  greatest  monument  are  his  friends.  Al- 
though out  of  the  active  struggle,  confined  to 
his  room  and  chair  in  a  little  village  in  West- 
ern New  York,  still  his  friends,  who  were 
many  and  far  spread,  kept  in  close  touch  with 
him  both  by  telephone,  by  letter  and  by  per- 
sonal visits.  Many  times  men  came  to  see  him 
with  the  avowed  purpose  of  "cheering  up  the 
Colonel,"  but  after  a  few  moments  in  his  room 
he  it  was  who,  by  brilliant,  practical,  up-to- 
date  conversation,  and  most  interesting  and 
amusing  reminiscences,  was  furnishing  the 
cheer.  He  was  patient,  uncomplaining  in  the 
midst  of  great  suffering  and  most  considerate 
of  all  about  him.  During  the  last  three  years 
of  his  life  he  was  blind,  but  nevertheless  he 
dictated  a  volume  of  reminiscences  of  his  army 
and  official  life,  which  is  not  only  of  great 
interest  but  of  large  historical  value.*  A  Har- 
vard professor,  one  of  the  leading  historians 

•"A  Chautauqua  Boy,  Reminiscences  bv  David  B. 
Parker."  Introduction  by  Albert  Bushnell  Hart,  Ph. 
D.,  LL.  D..  Lltt.  D.  Small.  Maynard  &  Company. 
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of  to-day,  Albert  Bushnell  Hart,  has  written 
the  introduction  for  it,  and  says  in  closing, 
**The  remarkable  interest  of  this  book  is  due 
in  part  to  the  large  scenes  and  large  men  among 
whom  the  relator's  life  was  passed;  but  still 
more,  to  his  own  interest  in  what  he  was  doing, 
which  was  the  reason  why  he  stood  among 
men  in  high  places.  A  third  element  is  his 
thorough  enjoyment  of  a  good  story  and  a 
dramatic  situation.  There  are  many  volumes 
of  reminiscences  in  the  same  period  of  time  by 
people  who  were  more  immediately  connected 
with  the  political  side  of  the  government ;  but 
hardly  any  of  them  reveal  so  much  of  the 
inner  workings  of  the  army,  of  soldier  life,  and 
of  the  public  service  during  the  critical  period 
of  the  civil  war,  and  the  years  immediately 
following.  It  is  an  extremely  entertaining 
account  of  a  resolute  and  eventful  life,  devoted 
for  many  years  to  straightforward  unflinching 
public  service." 

He  was  a  soldier  to  the  last,  and  on  Sep- 
tember 22,  1910,  having  completed  his  book  to 
his  own  satisfaction,  and  having  put  the  rest 
of  his  affairs  in  order,  he  received  his  most 
honorable  discharge  from  the  service  of  this 
world,  and  went  to  the  Great  Paymaster  for 
his  pay.  His  body  lies  in  the  cemetery  at  Go- 
wanda. 

His  widow,  Victoria  Anna  Howe  Parker, 
daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Chester  Howe,  and 
his  eldest  son,  Sinclair,  reside  at  Ellicottville ; 
his  younger  son,  Torrance,  is  an  attorney, 
member  of  the  firm  of  Southard  &  Parker,  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts.    Torrance  Parker. 


Thomas  Fish  was  born  at  Uxbridge, 
FISH  Massachusetts,  1771,  died  at  Chel- 
sea, Vermont,  1837.  He  came  from 
Uxbridge  to  Chelsea  when  a  young  man.  It 
is  believed  that  he  was  a  son  of  one  of  the 
Fish  family  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and 
descendant  of  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  whom 
there  were  many  both  in  Massachusetts  and 
Rhode  Island.  Thomas  was  a  farmer  of  Chel- 
sea, Vermont,  and  the  first  ancestor  of  the 
Fish  family  of  Erie  county,  New  York,  of 
whom  there  is  definite  record.  He  married 
(first),  1797,  at  Lebanon?,  Elizabeth  Lathrop, 
bom  March  23,  1772,  at  Lebanon,  New  Hamp- 
shire, died  November  15,  1814,  at  Chelsea, 
Vermont,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Elizabeth 
(Elderkin)  Lathrop.  He  married  (second), 
1816,  Polly  Lathrop,  sister  of  his  first  wife, 
bom  April  21,  1766,  at  Lebanon,  died  at  Chel- 


sea. Children,  all  by  first  wife,  born  in  Chel- 
sea: I.  Thomas,  of  further  mention.  2.  Lath- 
rop G.,  bom  September  27,  1801,  died  January 
21,  1856,  at  East  Orange,  Vermont;  married, 
March  23,  1826,  Sally  Merrill,  born  May  16, 
1803,  di^  Febmary  25,  1854;  children:  Fred- 
erick L.,  Mary  Ann,  Lathrop  Merrill,  Alma  A., 
Alford,  Caroline  M.,  Sarah  Ellen,  Henry  C.  and 
Emma  C.  3.  Mary,  died  in  Hamburg,  New 
York,  1834,  aged  twenty-eight  years;  unmar- 
ried; came  to  Erie  county,  New  York,  and 
lived  with  her  sister  Lucinda,  at  Eden;  she 
taught  school  one  or  two  terms.  4.  Elizabeth 
E.,  married  Salmon  J.  Moore;  children:  i. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  died  July  i,  1865,  married 
Rev.  D.  W.  C.  Hutchinson,  now  chancellor  of 
the  Wesleyan  University,  Nebraska;  ii.  Laura 
Lucinda,  died  May  5,  1881,  married,  May  15, 
1862,  Comelius  Wilder  Qark.  5.  Lucinda, 
bora  May  27^  1808,  died  at  Hamburg,  New 
York,  August  24,  1898;  married,  April  28, 
183 1,  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  Joseph  Bunting, 
and  lived  on  a  farm  at  Eden,  Erie  county; 
children :  Mary,  Levi  F.,  Mary  Eliza,  Julia  A., 
Charles,  Thomas  Levi  and  George  A.  6.  Far- 
num,  bought  land  in  Erie  county,  New  York, 
in  1831 ;  married  (first)  at  Tunbridge,  Ver- 
mont,   Noyes;  (second) Fland- 
ers ;  children  by  first  wife :  Lucinda  and  Laura ; 
by  second  wife:  Melvina,  Lizzie,  George,  Al- 
bert, Flora  and  Frank. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Fish 
and  Elizabeth  (Lathrop)  Fish,  was  bom  in 
Chelsea,  Vermont,  May  9,  1798,  died  at  Mays 
Landing,  Atlantic  county.  New  Jersey,  July  25, 
1879.  He  lived  with  his  parents  at  Chelsea 
during  his  minority,  then  taught  school  at 
Adams,  New  York,  one  winter,  two  years  at 
Buffalo,  and  fifteen  months  at  Hamburg,  New 
York.  In  1825  he  began  teaching  at  Eden, 
Erie  county,  remaining  two  years  when  he 
married  and  settled  at  White's  Corners  (later 
called  Hamburg),  where  he  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising with  his  brother  Lathrop,  who  soon 
afterward  returned  to  Vermont.  Here  his 
wife  died,  and  his  second  marriage  occurred. 
Soon  after  the  war  he  moved  to  Mavs  Land- 
ing,  New  Jersey,  where  he  purchased  a  small 
farm  on  which  he  lived  until  after  the  death 
of  his  second  wife  in  1877.  He  then  returned 
to  Hamburg,  where  a  year  later  he  again  mar- 
ried, and  returned  to  Mays  Landing,  where  he 
died.  He  married  (first),  November  14,  1827, 
at  Palatine,  New  York,  his  cousin,  Louisa 
Lucinda  Lathrop,  born  July  6,  1807,  at  Still- 


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water,  New  York,  died  November  19,  1848; 
he  married  (second)  a  sister  of  his  first  wife, 
Sophrona  A.  Lathrop,  born  at  Palatine,  New 
York,  October  25,  1820,  died  March  17,  1877; 
they  were  daughters  of  Rev.  John  and  Betsey 
(Farnsworth)  Lathrop.  His  father,  Thomas 
(i)  Fish,  also  married  two  Lathrop  sisters. 
Thomas  (2)  Fish  married  (third)  Mary  Ross, 
bom  November  i,  1824,  at  Eden,  New  York, 
who  survived  him.  Children  by  first  wife,  all 
born  in  Hamburg:  i.  Milford,  of  further  men- 
tion. 2.  Byron  Judson,  born  July  6,  1830; 
now  living  in  Chicago,  Illinois ;  unmarried.  3. 
Anne  Jeannette,  bom  July  26,  1835,  died  De- 
cember 29,  1896;  married  at  Dansville,  New 
York,  Febmary  7,  1871,  William  G.  Foster, 
who  died  in  April,  1896;  she  was  a  nurse  at 
Jackson's  Sanitarium,  Dansville,  before  her 
marriage;  lived  in  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin; 
died  at  home  of  her  nephew.  Burton  Fish,  at 
Hamburg.  4.  Josephine,  bom  June  16,  1838, 
died  November  3,  1876;  married  (first)  Par- 
ley Parks,  August  6,  1868,  and  moved  to  a 
farm  at  Swanton,  Ohio;  after  becoming  a 
widow  she  returned  to  Hamburg  and  in  March, 
1876,  married  (second)  Jefferson  Colvin,  a 
brother  of  Mrs.  Milford  Fish;  she  died  less 
than  a  year  later,  in  the  town  of  Spring,  Illi- 
nois ;  children :  Burton  and  Edward. 

(HI)  Milford,  oldest  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Fish,  by  his  first  wife,  Louisa  Lucinda  Lath- 
rop, was  bom  in  Hamburg,  Erie  county.  New 
York,  January  31,  1829,  died  in  Pasadena, 
California,  October  7,  1895.  When  a  boy  he 
was  a  clerk  in  his  father's  store  at  Hamburg. 
In  1849  he  caught  the  "gold  fever"  and  made 
the  trip  overland  to  California.  He  located 
on  the  west  fork  of  the  American  river,  where 
in  two  years  he  took  out  five  thousand  dollars 
in  gold,  returning  with  two  thousand.  With 
this  capital  he  started  a  mercantile  business 
and  was  very  successful.  He  was  an  active, 
thorough  business  man,  prominent  in  town 
affairs,  and  for  years  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  was  interested  in  matters  scien- 
tific, and  mounted  at  his  home  a  telescope  of 
seven  and  one-third  inches  clear  aperture,  pur- 
chased from  Alvin  Clark  &  Son,  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  with  his  son  Bur- 
ton spent  much  time  and  derived  great  pleas- 
ure from  studying  the  planets.  Continued  ap- 
plication to  business  broke  down  his  health 
and  after  spending  two  winters  in  Southern 
California  he  moved  with  a  part  of  his  family 
to  Pasadena,  where  by  living  out  of  doors  as 


much  as  possible  he  greatly  prolonged  his  life. 
He  married,  in  Spring,  Illinois,  Febmary  13, 
1853,  Hannah  Colvin,  bom  December  8,  1830. 
daughter  of  Paultis  and  Eliza  (Austin)  Col- 
vin. Paultis  was  a  son  of  Luther  Colvin,  bom 
March  20,  1783,  at  Danby,  Vermont;  married 
Hannah  Horton  (both  died  in  Hamburg,  New 
York).  Luther  was  a  son  of  Amos  Colvin, 
bom  in  Rhode  Island,  about  1760,  died  after 
1829,  at  Hamburg,  where  his  wife  Mary  also 
died.  Amos  Colvin  was  a  soldier  of  the  revo- 
lution ;  entered  the  service  November  6,  1778. 
in  Captain  Stephen  Calkins*  company  (Ver- 
mont troops)  ;  marched  October  13,  1780,  on 
eighteen  days  service,  and  was  in  Captain 
Ebenezer  Wilson's  company,  Ira  Allen's  regi- 
ment, October,  1781 ;  on  duty  at  Castleton. 
Vermont. 

Mrs.  Hannah  Fish  survives  her  husband, 
and  continues  her  residence  at  Pasadena, 
where  several  of  her  children  also  reside.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Burton  Milford,  of  further  mention. 
2.  Emogene  Eliza,  born  December  10,  1855; 
resides  in  Pasadena.  3.  Clinton  Thomas,  bora 
in  Hamburg,  May  20,  1857;  he  was  educated  at 
Hamburg  Academy,  worked  in  his  father's  store, 
and  when  the  latter  moved  to  California,  Clin- 
ton and  Burton  Fish  assumed  control  of  the 
business.  In  1887  Clinton  T.  went  to  Calif omia 
for  the  benefit  of  his  wife's  health,  but  she  died 
ten  weeks  later.  He  then  spent  some  years  in 
Colorado,  Iowa,  and  Illinois,  and  engaged  in 
the  creamery  business  in  Iowa.  In  1902  he 
settled  in  California,  and  is  now  engaged  in 
electrical  work  at  Pasadena,  and  living  with 
his  aged  mother.  He  married,  in  October, 
1884,  Carrie  Holman,  born  1861,  died  Decem- 
ber 10,  1887,  daughter  of  Frank  and  Malinda 
(Newton)  Holman;  child:  Leska  H.,  bom 
April  3,  1885.  4.  Newton  Colvin,  born  March 
8,  1859,  in  Hamburg.  After  working  in  his 
father's  store  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness, 1884,  at  Hamburg,  and  is  now  the  active 
partner  of  Fish  &  Kronenberg,  of  that  village, 
and  a  prosperous  merchant  (see  Kronenberg). 
He  is  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and  interested 
in  all  that  pertains  to  the  prosperity  of  the 
village.  He  is  president  of  the  Hamburg  Loan 
Association,  was  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
the  Hamburg  Water  Works  Company,  and  has 
other  interests.  He  married,  June  8,  1881,  at 
Hamburg,  Ina,  daughter  of  William  L.  and 
Lucy  M.  (Nichols)  Woodbury.  Children:  i. 
Mildred  Lelia,  born  December  15, 1882 ;  gradu- 
ate of  Genesee  Wesleyan  Seminary  and  Buf- 


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falo  Normal  School ;  taught  in  Hamburg  high 
school ;  married,  October  6,  1909,  Dr.  Lee  De- 
Merit  Gunn,  of  Hamburg  (see  Gunn).  ii. 
Ethel  Lucille,  born  September  12,  1887;  gradu- 
ate of  Lima  Academy,  Randolph,  iii.  Wini- 
fred Woodbury,  born  March  12,  1890;  mar- 
ried Foster  Piper,  October  9,  1911 ;  she  was  a 
graduate  of  Lima  Girls'  School.  5.  Hattie 
Alaria,  born  January  5,  1861,  died  aged  about 
three  years.  6.  Florence  Edith,  born  Novem- 
ber 23,  1865;  married,  June  19,  1890,  at  Pasa- 
dena, California,  Philip  A.  Laing,  a  prominent 
lawyer  of  Buffalo,  and  for  a  time  city  attor- 
ney;  child :  Grace  May,  bom  January  23,  1892. 
7.  Milton  Lathrop,  of  further  mention.  8. 
Howard  Judson,  born  October  5,  1869;  edu- 
cated at  Hamburg  Academy;  University  of 
Southern  California;  Yale,  Sheffield  Scientific 
School,  graduated,  1893 ;  Columbia  Law  School 
(Columbia  University,  New  York),  graduated 
IX.  B.,  1895 :  now  engaged  in  practice  of  law 
at  Los  Angeles,  California,  residing  at  Pasa- 
dena. 9-10.  Carrie  May,  born  August  19, 
1871.  and  Verna  E.,  February  14,  1873;  ^^' 
side  with  their  mother  in  Pasadena. 

(IV)  Burton  Milford,  eldest  son  of  Mil- 
ford  Fish,  was  born  at  Hamburg,  Erie  county, 
New  York,  February  12,  1854.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  Hamburg  schools  and  Buffalo 
Normal  College.  He  clerked  in  his  father's 
store  at  Hamburg,  and  when  the  latter's  health 
compelled  him  to  go.  to  California,  Burton  M. 
and  his  brother  Clinton  assumed  the  manage- 
ment of  the  store.  Clinton  later  also  moved 
to  California,  and  since  1889  Burton  M.  has 
been  sole  manager  and  owner.  He  is  a  pros- 
perous merchant,  and  still  in  active  business. 
He  is  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  is 
held  in  high  regard  in  his  town.  In  politics  he 
is  independent.  He  was  tnistee  of  the  village 
of  Hamburg,  and  for  two  years  president  of 
the  People's  Bank  of  Hamburg.  He  has  been 
deeply  interested  in  astronomy,  and  has  made 
it  a  study  in  his  father's  private  observatory 
at  Hamburg,  making  observations  in  1880 
which  were  recognized  by  the  United  States 
government  as  valuable,  and  for  which  he  re- 
ceived full  officiaj^recognition. 

He  married,  August  31,  1875,  at  Buffalo, 
New  York,  E.  Caroline  Moore,  born  October 
12,  1853,  daughter  of  George  Augustus  Moore 
(see  Moore).  She  is  deeply  interested  in  the 
cause  of  education  and  has  served  upon  the 
village  school  board.  Children:  i.  Catherine 
M.,  bom  December  29,  1883.    2.  Florence  E., 


born  October  15,  1886,  died  August  22,  1889. 
3.  Laura  C,  born  April  26,  1891 ;  has  been  for 
two  years  attending  Cornell  Domestic  Science 
Course. 

(IV)  Milton  Lathrop,  fourth  son  of  Mil- 
ford  Fish,  was  born  at  Hamburg,  Erie  county, 
New  York,  May  21,  1867.  He  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  Hamburg,  and  being  of  rather 
delicate  constitution,  went  west  with  the  fam- 
ily. He  did  not  remain  in  California,  but  after 
teaching  school  two  years  in  Pueblo,  Colorado, 
went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  where  he  enter- 
ed and  in  1895  ^^^  graduated  from  Massachu- 
setts Institute  of  Technology,  with  the  degree 
of  B.  S.  He  returned  to  California  and  was 
engaged  in  electrical  work  at  Los  Angeles. 
For  several  years  ill  health  kept  him  out  of 
active  business  life.  In  1905  he  came  east  and 
spent  the  greater  part  of  the  year  in  Buffalo 
and  Hamburg.  In  May,  191 1,  he  settled  per- 
manently in  Buffalo,  where  he  has  established 
the  Buffalo  Sheet  Metal  Works,  manufacturers 
of  ventilating  apparatus,  etc.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Alumni  Association  of  Boston  School 
of  Technology;  is  an  authority  on  ventilation 
systems  and  held  in  high  regard  by  his  asso- 
ciates.    He  is  unmarried. 

(The   Lathrop   Line). 

Four  Lathrops  married  two  members  of  the 
Fish  family ;  Elizabeth  and  Polly,  sisters,  mar- 
ried Thomas  ( i )  Fish ;  Louisa  L.  and  So- 
phrona  Ann,  sisters,  married  Thomas  (2)  Fish, 
their  cousin.  They  were  descendants  of  Rev. 
John  Lathrop  in  the  sixth  and  seventh  genera- 
tions. 

(I)  Rev.  John  Lathrop  was  baptized  at  El- 
ton, Yorkshire,  England,  December  20,  1584. 
He  was  graduated  B.  A.,  1605,  from  Queen's 
College,  Cambridge.  He  was  curate  of  a  parish 
forty-eight  miles  from  London,  but  in  1623 
left  the  Established  Church  and  joined  with 
the  Puritans.  He  was  arrested  in  London  in 
1632  and  confined  in  Newgate  for  his  oppo- 
sition to  the  Church  of  England.  In  1634  he 
escaped  to  America.  He  settled  at  Scituate, 
Massachusetts,  September  27,  1634,  but  his 
ministry  was  not  successful,  and  October  11, 
1634,  he  moved  to  Barnstable,  where  he  was 
pastor  fourteen  years.  No  applicant  for  mem- 
bership to  his  church  was  asked  to  sign  any 
creed  or  "confession  of  faith."  (governor  Win- 
throp  says  of  him:  "Mr.  Lathrop  was  as  dis- 
tinguished for  his  worldly  wisdom  as  for  his 
piety.    He  was  a  good  business  man,  as  were 


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all  his  sons.  Wherever  one  of  the  family 
pitched  his  tent,  that  spot  became  a  center  of 
business,  and  land  in  its  vicinity  appreciated 
in  value.  It  is  men  that  make  a  place,  and  to 
the  Lathrops,  in  early  times,  Barnstable  was 
more  indebted  than  to  any  other  family."  He 
died  November  8,  1653.  His  first  wife  died 
while  he  was  confined  in  prison  in  England. 

Remarried  (second)  Anne .    Fourteen 

children. 

(II)  Samuel,  sixth  child  of  Rev.  John  Lath- 
rop,  was  born  in  England,  1623,  and  came  to 
Scituate  with  his  father  in  1634,  then  to  Barn- 
stable, then  to  Boston,  where  he  engaged  in 
house  building  and  farming  on  a  large  scale. 
In  1648  he  moved  to  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  one  of  the  judges  of  the  local 
court.  In  1668  he  settled  in  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  in  1700.  He  married  (first), 
November  28,  1644,  Elizabeth  Scudder.  He 
married  (second),  in  1690,  in  Plymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Abigail,  daughter  of  Deacon  John 
Doane,  of  'Plymouth.  She  was  born  January 
29,  1632,  and  died  1734,  the  following  notice 
of  her  is  found  in  Miss  Caulkins*  "History  of 
Norwich" :  "On  her  hundredth  birthday,  a  large 
audience  assembled  at  her  house,  and  a  sermon 
was  preached  by  the  pastor  of  the  church.  At 
this  time  she  retained  in  a  g^eat  degree  the 
intelligence  and  vivacity  of  her  earlier  years. 
At  the  time  of  her  death  her  husband's  de- 
scendants numbered  365." 

(III)  Israel,  son  of  Samuel  Lathrop,  was 
born  October,  1659,  died  March  28,  1733.  He 
settled  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  where  he  ac- 
quired considerable  wealth.  He  married,  April 
8,  1686,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bliss. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Israel  Lathrop, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  July  12,  1692.  He  mar- 
ried, June  26,  1 7 12,  Elizabeth  W^aterman. 

(V)  Captain  Elisha  Lathrop,  son  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  Lathrop,  was  born  July  13,  171 3,  and 
was  killed  at  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire,  by  the 
falling  of  a  tree,  July  2,  1787.  He  took  an 
active  interest  in  all  military  affairs,  and  was  a 
highly  esteemed  citizen  of  both  Bozrah,  Con- 
necticut, and  Lebanon,  New  Hampshire.  Dur- 
ing the  revolution  he  served  on  the  committee 
of  safety  at  Lebanon.  He  married  (first) 
January  31,  1732,  Margaret  Sherman,  who 
died  October  10,  1742;  (second),  January  22, 
1743,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and 
Hannah  (Denison)  Hough. 

(VI)  Elijah,  son  of  Captain  Elisha  Lath- 
rop and  his  second  wife,  was  born  in  Norwich, 


Connecticut,  October  20,  1743,  died  at  Leb- 
anon, New  Hampshire,  December  2,  1822.  He 
married  (first),  April  10,  1763,  Elizabeth  El- 
(lerkin,  at  Horton,  Nova  Scotia.  They  set- 
tled at  Lebanon,  where  she  died  February  17, 

1812.  He   married    (second),   November  4, 

1813,  Rhoda  Gill.  Eleven  children.  Polly,  the 
eldest  daughter,  married  Thomas  Fish  (i), 
and  after  her  death  he  married  Elizabeth,  the 
fifth  child. 

(VII)  Rev.  John  F.  Lathrop,  third  child  of 
Elijah  Lathrop,  was  bom  at  Horton,  Nova 
Scotia,  June  4,  1768.  He  began  'business  life 
by  riding  post,  supplying  a  circuit  with  their 
weekly  newspaper.  Later  he  became  a  min- 
ister of  the  Baptist  church.  He  married,  De- 
cember 3,  1795,  Betsey  Famsworth,  bom  at 
Woodstock,  Vermont,  August  19,  1777,  daugh- 
ter of  Oliver  and  Elizabeth  (Wheeler)  Fams- 
worth. Ten  children.  Louisa  Lucinda,  the 
sixth  child,  married  Thomas  (2)  Fish.  After 
her  death  he  married  her  sister,  Sophrona  Ann, 
the  tenth  child  (see  Fish). 

John  Lathrop  Motley,  the  historian,  was  a 
descendant  of  Israel  Lathrop  (III),  as  was 
Jane  Elizabeth  Lathrop,  bom  August  25,  1828, 
at  Albany,  New  York,  married  Leland  Stan- 
ford, the  California  millionaire  and  founder  of 
Stanford  University. 


*  This  name  in  early  Massachusetts 
GUNN  records  appears  as  Gun,  Gunn  and 
Gonn.  The  earliest  record  is  of 
Thomas  Gunn,  who  was  of  Dorchester  in  1634, 
made  freeman.  May  6,  1635,  removed  to  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut.  Jasper  Gunn,  aged  twenty- 
nine  years,  with  wife  Ann,  aged  twenty-five, 
came  in  the  ship  "Defense"  in  July,  1635 ;  set- 
tled at  Roxbury,  where  he  was  a  proprietor ; 
freeman,  May  25,  1636.  After  some  years  he 
went  to  Connecticut  and  may  have  lived  at 
Mil  ford,  but  was  at  Hartford  as  early  as  1648. 
He  was  a  man  of  active  temperament  and 
versatile  talent.  In  1649  he  was  "freed  from 
watching  during  the  time  that  he  attends  the 
service  of  the  mill."  In  1656  he  is  "freed 
from  traning,  watching  and  warding  during 
his  practice  of  phissiche."  He  later  removed 
to  Mil  ford,  where  he  was  deacon  and  it  is  said 
schoolmaster,  and  on  one  occasion  at  least 
appeared  in  court  as  attorney.  He  was  repre- 
sentative for  Milford;  had  wives  Mary  and 
Christian,  but  it  is  not  certain  which  was 
mother  of  his  children.  In  his  will  be  gives 
his  sons  lands  and  stock,  and  his  daughter  Me- 


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hitable  "one  of  Mr.  Hooker's  books  and  my 
Aynsworth  Communion  of  Saints."  He  died 
January  12,  1671 ;  his  widow  Christian  died 
1690.  Children,  not  in  order  of  birth  prob- 
ably: Samuel,  Johannah,  Daniel,  Nathaniel, 
Mdiitable,  Abel,  a  physician  of  Derby,  Con- 
necticut. 

(H)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Jasper  Gunn  (Sav- 
age says :  "Perhaps  son  of  Thomas,"  but  later 
authorities  say  of  Jasper),  married,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1658,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Editha  (Stebbins)  Day,  of  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, and  settled  in  Bran  ford,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  in  1663.  His  widow  married 
(second)  Samuel  Kellogg,  of  Hatfield.  She 
was  slain  by  the  Indians,  September  19,  1677. 
Children :  Two  who  died  young,  and  Samuel. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Gunn,  was 
bom  about  1663.  He  was  taken  to  Hartford 
by  his  mother  on  her  marriage  to  Samuel  Kel- 
logg. He  was  an  original  proprietor  and  one 
of  the  first  forty  settlers  of  Sunderland,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  was  an  important  citizen  of  the 
new  town,  one  of  the  first  deacons,  selectman, 
and  filled  other  offices.  He  died  August  i,  1755, 
in  his  ninety-third  year.  He  married,  at  Hart- 
ford, January  22,  1685,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  and  Mary  (Bronson)  Wyatt,  of  Haddam, 
Connecticut.  She  died  October  2,  1737.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah ;  Elizabeth,  died  young ;  Elizabeth 
(2),  Nathaniel,  Samuel,  Mary,  Abel,  Chris- 
tian, Editha,  John,  Sarah. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Gunn,  was  bom 
in  1707.  He  succeeded  to  his  father's  home- 
stead; was  deacon,  selectman  and  town  clerk 
of  Sunderland;  representative  in  1756;  re- 
moved to  Montague,  Massachusetts,  in  1760; 
died  October  8,  1793.  He  married,  June  10, 
1736,  Hannah  Root,  who  died  March  9,  1793, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Root.  Children :  Hannah, 
John,  Israel,  Mary,  Elijah,  Samuel,  Editha, 
died  young;  Levi,  Lucy,  Salmon,  Editha  (2). 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  John  Gunn,  was 
bom  1750,  died  before  June,  1788.  He  mar- 
ried a- Miss  Bardwell,  March  15,  1781,  who 
survived  him.     Children:  Samuel  and  Electa. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  only  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Gunn,  was  born  1782.  He  married  and  had  a 
son,  Samuel  (4). 

(VII)  Samuel  (4),  son  of  Samuel  (3),  was 
born  in  town  of  Newton,  Sussex  county.  New 
Jersey,  died  in  Wellington,  Ohio,  in  1867.  He 
was  a  farmer  of  Newton.  He  was  a  Presby- 
terian in  religion,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  militia.    He  married 


Mary  Ann  Roe,  who  died  about  1863.  After 
her  death  Mr.  Gunn  went  to  live  with  his 
daughter  in  Ohio.  Among  their  children  was 
Catherine,  Margaret  and  Robert. 

(VIII)  Robert,  youngest  and  cmly  living 
son  of  Samuel  (4)  Gunn,  was  born  December 
12,  .1841.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie 
railroad  at  Elmira,  New  York,  continuing  with 
them  for  forty-nine  years,  as  master  car  builder. 
During  the  last  twenty  years  of  this  period  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  Erie  car  shops  at 
Buffalo,  New  York.  In  1901  he  settled  in 
Hamburg,  Erie  county.  New  York.  He  is  an 
Independent  in  politics,  a  member  of  Trinity 
Episcopal  Church,  and  of  Lodge,  Chapter  and 
Commandery  of  the  Masonic  order.  He  mar- 
ried, October  14,  1868,  Adaeliza,  daughter  of 
William  De  Merit  Hall,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber 18,  1822,  near  Keene,  New  Hampshire, 
died  September  23,  1906;  married  Sarah  Mor- 
rill, of  Massachusetts.  Children  of  Robert 
Gunn:  i.  Roy  N.,  born  at  Salamanca,  New 
York,  November  3,  1870;  graduate  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Buffalo;  now  in  the  drug  business 
on  Indian  Church  road,  Buffalo.  2.  Jay  Roe, 
born  at  Salamanca,  New  York,  January  4, 
1873,  died  August  i,  191 1,  at  Hamburg,  New 
York,  unmarried ;  he  was  car  inspector  for  the 
Erie  railroad,  and  a  man  of  ability,  highly  re- 
garded by  his  associates  and  employers.  3. 
Burr  J.,  bom  February  18,  1881,  at  Salamanca, 
died  in  infancy.  4.  Lee  De  Merit,  of  further 
mention. 

(IX)  Dr.  Lee  De  Merit  Gunn,  youngest  son 
of  Robert  Gunn,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  March  31,  1884.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Buffalo,  graduating  from 
Central  high  school,  class  of  1903.  He  chose 
the  profession  of  medicine,  entered  and  in 
1908  was  graduated  M.  D.  from  the  medical 
department  of  the  University  of  Buffalo.  He 
was  connected  with  the  Emergency  Hospital 
from  the  spring  of  1908  to  June,  1909.  Then 
went  to  New  York  City  and  took  a  special 
course  in  obstetrics  at  the  Sloan  Maternity 
Hospital.  Subseqjiently  he  located  at  Ham- 
burg, Erie  county.  New  York,  where  he  is 
now  successfully  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession.  He  is  independent  in  political  action, 
and  a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church, 
Hamburg.  He  married,  October  6,  1909,  Mil- 
dred Lelia,  daughter  of  Newton  Colvin  and 
Ina  (Woodbury)  Fish,  of  Hamburg,  New 
York  (see  Fish  III). 


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Richard  Jackson  had  a  grant 
JACKSOX  of  land  in  Southold,  Long  Is- 
land, from  Earl  Sterling  as 
early  as  1640,  but  soon  sold  it.  Robert  Jack- 
son, perhaps  a  relative,  married  Agnes,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Jane  Washbume.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  of  whom  further ;  Samuel ;  Sarah, 
married  Nathaniel  Moore;  Alartha,  marrie(l 
Nathaniel  Coles. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Jackson,  died 
1722.  He  married  Elizabeth  Seaman.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  married  Elizabeth  Hallet ;  Samuel, 
married  (first)  Ruth  Smith,  (second)  Abi- 
gail Seaman;  James,  of  whom  further;  Mar- 
tlia,  married  Peter  Titus;  Elizabeth,  married 
Charles  Doughty;  Hannah,  married  Richard 
Seaman ;  Mary,  married  Jeremiah  Scott ;  Sarah, 
married  Joshua  Barnes. 

(III)  James,  son  of  John  Jackson,  married 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Woolsey)  Hallett.  She  died  in  1738.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  married,  171 7,  Jacob  Willets; 
Thomas,  of  whom  further;  William,  married 
Prudence  Smith ;  Sarah,  married  Samuel  Qem- 
ent ;  Rebecca,  married  Sylvanus  Seaman :  John, 
married  Sarah  Doty;  James,  married  (first) 
Sarah  Thorne,  (second)  Mary  Thorne;  Eliza- 
beth, married,  1725,  Nathan  Field;  Charity, 
married  John  Dingee;  Hannah,  married  John 
Hicks;  Joseph,  married  Mary  Rogers;  Rich- 
ard, married  Mary  Wright;  Martha,  married 
William  Green;  Phebe,  married  Edward  Fitz 
Randolph ;  Robert,  married  Sarah  Hewlet ;  Je- 
mima, married  Henry  Hicks ;  Samuel,  married 
Sarah  Carpenter;  Stephen,  married  Mar>' 
Lewis ;  Benjamin,  married  Amy  Paul,  a  widow ; 
two  died  young. 

(IV)  Thomas,  eldest  son  of  James  and  Re- 
becca (Hallett)  Jackson,  married  Mary  Town- 
send.  Children :  Robert,  Amy,  Thomas,  James, 
of  further  mention;  Daniel,  Benjamin,  Re- 
becca, Samuel,  Phebe. 

(  V  )  James  ( 2  ) ,  son  of  Thomas  Jackson,  was 
a  farmer  of  Duanesburg,  Schenectady  county. 
New  York,  where  he  lived  until  late  in  life, 
then  came  to  Onondaga  county,  where  he  died 
in  1813.  He  had  sons:  Johfl,  James,  William, 
Benjamin,  Amos,  and  daughter  Clarinda,  who 
married  a  Mr.  Willey.  James,  the  second  son, 
was  born  in  Duanesburg,  New  York,  in  1798; 
came  to  Onondaga  county,  where  he  married, 
in  1819,  Marie  Marlette.  In  1823  he  settled 
in  Ridgeway,  Orleans  county,  where  his  six 
sons  and  four  daughters  w^ere  born.  Two  of 
the  sons  and  three  daughters  settled  in  and 


near  Medina.  William,  the  third  son,  was 
born  in  Duanesburg,  in  1799.  He  married 
Martha  Comstock,  in  1822,  and  in  1826  came 
to  Ridgeway,  purchased  land,  built  a  log  house 
and  returned  to  Onondaga  county  for  his  fam- 
ily. He  lived  on  his  farm  in  Ridgeway,  then 
moved  to  the  village  of  Holley. 

(VI)  Benjamin,  fourth  son  of  James  (2) 
Jackson,  w-as  bom  in  Duanesburg,  New  York, 
November  30,  1803,  died  at  Medina,  Orleans 
county.  New  York,  February  7,  1897.  He  was 
two  years  old  when  the  family  moved  to  Onon- 
daga county.  New  York,  where  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  His  brother  James 
had  settled  in  the  town  of  Ridgeway,  Orleans 
county,  in  1823,  and  induced  Benjamin  to  join 
him  in  1825.  He  purchased  one  hundred  acres 
of  the  Holland  Land  Company,  which  was 
thickly  covered  with  virgin  timber.  He  cleared 
his  tract  and  remained  until  1842.  The  near- 
est store  to  his  log  house  was  at  Middleport. 
There  were  no  roads  and  he  made  a  trail  of 
blazed  and  notched  trees  by  which  he  found 
his  way  to  and  fro.  In  1842  he  bought  a  tract 
of  land  in  Medina  and  later  a  farm  of  seventy- 
eight  acres,  on  which  the  village  of  Medina  is 
partly  built.  In  i860  he  built  a  residence  in 
the  village,  which  was  his  home  until  he  died. 
He  followed  farming  from  his  earliest  days, 
and  was  well  known  and  respected.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  an  active,  devoted 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcc^al  church, 
although  in  earlier  days  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Baptist  church  at  Shelby's  Basin,  now  de- 
stroyed. 

He  married  (first)  Wealthy  Ann  Terry,  in 
1823.  She  was  bom  in  Onondaga  county  and 
died  in  Orleans  county,  in  1842.  He  married 
(second)  Clarissa  McCormick,  bom  August 
12,  1825,  died  April  20,  1908,  in  Medina.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  1.  Wealthy  A.,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Harriet  J.,  bom  March  10,  1847 » 
married  Albert  Poler.  3.  Anna,  bom  March 
8,  1850;  married  Edward  Hill.  4.  Amos,  born 
January  t,  1853.  5.  Martha,  bom  June  4. 
1857;  niarried  Eurick  Tompkins.  6.  Alarcus. 
twin  of  Martha.  7.  Ida,  born  September  i, 
1859;  married  Fred  Bottsford.  8.  Amanda, 
born  June  5,  1862;  married  Howard  Blake- 
ley.  Q.  Clara,  born  September  25,  1867;  mar- 
ried John  WTiitwell. 

(\'II)  Wealthy  A.,  eldest  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Clarissa  (McCormick)  Jackson, 
was  born  in  Medina,  Orleans  county,  New 
York.  Februarv  4,  1844.     She  resides  in  the 


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old  homestead  in  the  village,  and  is  a  highly 
respected  and  useful  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  active  in  its  societies,  espe- 
cially in  missionary  work. 


Downs  or  Downes  is  a  Scotch 
DOWNS     and  Welsh  surname,  and  most 

of  the  earlier  American  families 
of  this  name  were  of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry. 
Several  families  of  Scotch-Irish  Downes  set- 
tled in  Maine  and  other  parts  of  New  Eng- 
land after  1718.  The  earliest  in  this  country 
of  this  surname  was  John  Downes,  who  locat- 
ed in  New  Haven,  before  1646.  His  descend- 
ants located  at  Sharon  and  New  Britain,  Con- 
necticut. There  w&s  a  Downes  family  early  at 
Lebanon,  Maine.  Another  Downs  family  came 
to  the  vicinity  of  Dover,  New  Hampshire. 
Downes  is  a  fairly  numerous  family  name  in 
Ireland  at  the  present  time  and  especially  in 
the  Scotch  province  of  Ulster,  whence  the 
Scotch-Irish  came  to  this  country. 

(I)  Simeon  Downs  was  born  at  Whitehall, 
New  York,  according  to  family  records,  Janu- 
ary 16,  1768.  The  names  of  his  parents  have 
not  been  found,  owing  to  the  lack  of  records. 
He  resided  at  West. Haven,  Vermont,  and  died 
there  April  i,  1842. 

(II)  Simeon  (2),  son  of  Simeon  (i)  Downs, 
was  born  September  3,  1800,  at  Whitehall, 
New  York,  and  died  February  9,  1875,  ^^  ^^^' 
(Una,  New  York,  whither  he  came  in  1825 
with  the  early  settlers.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade  and  became  a  manufacturer  of  edged 
tools.  He  was  a  skillful  artisan  and  made  ex- 
cellent implements.  It  is  known  that  some  of 
the  tools  that  he  made  before  1840  are  still  in 
use,  in  Medina  and  vicinity.  He  owned  a 
farm  of  fifty  acres  on  the  Ridge  Road  and  cul- 
tivated it  for  a  time.  After  he  sold  it,  he  fol- 
lowed the  insurance  business.  In  ix)litics  he 
became  a  Republican  when  the  party  was  form- 
ed. He  was  active  and  prominent  in  public 
affairs  and  was  village  clerk  of  Medina  from 
1859  to  1864,  inclusive,  and  again  from  1866 
to  1870,  inclusive.  He  was  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  October  i,  1826,  Sophronia 
Bailey,  born  May  24,  1808,  died  April  9,  1891, 
at  Medina.  Children:  i.  Lester  C,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Pleumia,  born  March  11,  1829,  died 
in  1910;  married  Edwin  H.  Sanborn,  and  had 
three  sons  and  a  daughter.  3.  Angeline,  born 
September  24,  1830;  died  September  9,  1834. 
4.  Henrietta,  born  August  10,  1834,  now  living 


in  Rochester;  married,  January  2,  1856,  Mor- 
timer W.  Ryan;  had  four  daughters,  three  of 
whom  are  living;  two  sons  died  in  infancy. 

(III)  Lester  C,  son  of  Simeon  (2)  Downs, 
was  born  August  17,  1827,  at  Medina,  New 
York,  died  there  January  19,  1861.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools. 
As  a  young  man,  he  engaged  in  various  occu- 
pations. He  was  a  vocalist  of  some  note,  and 
for  some  years  was  a  soloist  in  the  choir  of 
the  Episcopal  church.  He  was  well  known 
throughout  his  section  as  a  reputable  and  high- 
ly respected  citizen.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  Susan  Garter,  bom 
June  19,  1829,  at  Shelby,  Orleans  county,  New 
York,  died  February  i,  1908.  Children:  Frank 
Ripley,  born  January  21,  1849,  married,  No- 
vember 14,  1900,  Mary  J.  Bates,  resides  at 
Medina;  Hon.  Fred  L.,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Hon.  Fred  L.  Downs,  son  of  Lester 
C.  Downs,  was  born  at  Medina,  August  14, 
1855.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  Medina  Academy.  He  then 
began  the  study  of  law,  and  after  three  years 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  1880,  at  Rochester. 
He  began  to  practice  law  immediately  after- 
ward, at  Medina,  and  has  continued  to  the 
present  time.  He  is  a  well-known  and  suc- 
cessful attorney.  He  was  elected  justice  of 
the  peace  for  the  town  of  Ridgeway,  in  1885, 
and  was  trustee  of  the  village  of  Medina,  from 
1886  to  1888;  from  1892  to  1895  ^c  was 
president  of  the  village  of  Medina.  He  rep- 
resented his  district,  including  Orleans  county, 
in  the  assembly  at  Albany  in  1896-7,  and 
served  during  his  first  year  on  the  following 
committees:  judiciary,  villages  and  revision, 
in  his  second  year  was  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  villages.  During  his  second  year, 
the  important  general  village  incorporation 
law  was  passed.  In  1898  he  was  again  elected 
president  of  the  village  of  Medina,  and  was 
re-elected,  serving  until  1901 :  again  elected 
to  this  office  in  1907,  1908,  1909  and  1910, 
when  he  was  elected  to  serve  two  years,  until 
1912.  In  the  state  election  of  191 1  he  was 
elected  county  judge  and  surrogate  of  Or- 
leans county  for  a  term  of  six  years.  In  pol- 
itics he  is  a  Republican,  but  repeatedly  at  the 
polls  has  won  the  support  of  men  of  all  par- 
ties, and  to  an  unusual  degree  has  received 
proofs  of  his  popularity,  and  of  the  confi- 
dence of  his  fellow  citizens,  both  of  town  and 
county. 

Judge  Downs  is  a  member  of  Merlina  Lodge, 


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No.  306,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Medina 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Orleans  Coun- 
cil, Royal  and  Select  Masters;  Genesee  Com- 
mandery,  No.  10,  Knights  Templar,  of  Lock- 
port;  Damascus  Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  Rochester,  New  York;  Medina 
Lodge,  No.  217,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Medina;  charter  member  of  Me- 
dina Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Alert  Club 
and  one  of  its  founders,  and  is  now  presi- 
dent of  the  City  Club  of  Medina.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Buffalo  and  Medina  Auto 
Clubs.    In  religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 

He  married,  February  10,  1890,  Mrs. 
Emma  Adella  (Hopkins)  Emmons,  who  was 
born  July  31,  1854,  at  Penfield,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Herman  N.  Hopkins.  They  have 
one  daughter.  Hazel  Elizabeth,  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1890;  married  Oscar  Acer,  of  Medina; 
one  son,  Fred  Lester  Downs,  born  December 
17,  1910. 

The   surname    Colburn     has 
COLBURN    been    variously    spelled     for 

many  centuries.  The  an- 
cient spelling,  Colbrand,  designated  the  pro- 
genitors of  the  family  in  Tipton,  county  Staf- 
ford, England,  as  early  as  1631,  and  at  Row- 
ley Regis  in  the  same  county.  In  the  Visita- 
tion of  1619  in  this  county,  we  have  an  ac- 
count of  the  pedigree  for  some  three  hun- 
dred years.  The  derivative  branches  of  the 
family,  Colbronds,  or  Colebournes,  of  Kinver 
or  Groby,  county  Leicester  of  Dudley,  county 
Stafford,  and  of  Coventry,  county  Warwick, 
bear  the  same  coat-of-arms :  Argent  a  chevron 
between  three  bugle  horns  sable  stringed  or. 
Crest:  Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  a  reindeer's 
head  argent  attired  or.  The  family  at  Bruton, 
county  Somerset,  has  very  similar  arms:  Ar- 
gent on  a  chevron  between  three  bugle  horns 
sable  stringed  of  the  same  and  garnished  or, 
as  many  mullets  of  the  last.  Crest :  Out  of  a 
ducal  coronet  or,  a  reindeer's  head  argent  at- 
tired or.  Another  Colebourne  coat-of-arms 
is:  On  a  fesse  gules  a  crescent  of  the  first  a 
canton  of  the  second. 

The  American  families  are  traced  to  sev- 
eral immigrants  who  came  to  Massachusetts 
before  1650.  Robert  Colburn  was  a  resident 
of  Ipswich  in  1648;  William  Colburn,  of 
Brentwood,  England,  settled  in  Boston.  Ed- 
ward Colburn,  of  Concord,  has  many  de- 
scendants in  Dracut,  Massachusetts,  and  vicin- 


ity, spelling  the  surname,  for  the  most  part, 
Coburn.  Nathaniel  Colburn,  or  Coleborne^ 
was  a  proprietor  of  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1637.  He  has  many  descendants 
and  probably  the  greater  number  of  Colburns 
of  New  England  are  of  his  family. 

The  town  of  Rutland,  Vermont,  where,  ac- 
cording to  tradition,  the  following  family  - 
was  first  located,  had  among  its  original  pro- 
prietors an  Oliver  Colburn  in  1774.  He  is 
mentioned  in  the  town  records  and  was  living 
in  1789,  as  shown  by  the  town  history.  In 
1790,  however,  according  to  the  first  federal 
census,  the  only  Colburn  family  at  Rutland 
was  that  of  John  Colburq^  and  he  had  one 
son  under  sixteen  and  two  females. 

(I)  William  Colburn,  the  first  known  an- 
cestor of  this  family,  is  said  by  family  tra- 
dition to  have  come  from  England.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah .    Among  their  children  was 

Charles,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Charles,  son  of  William  Colburn,  is 
said  to  have  come  to  America  with  his  father 
at  an  early  age  and  to  have  located  at  Rut- 
land. He  married  Nancy  Witherill.  Children : 
Abijah,  George,  Caleb,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Calebf  son  of  Charles  Colburn,  was 
bom  at  Rutland,  Vermont,  January  19,  1823. 
died  at  Albion,  New  York,  in  1907.  He  left 
his  native  town  about  1832,  and  settled  at 
Rushford,  Allegany  county,  New  York,  with 
his  parents.  In  his  youth  he  assisted  his 
father  on  the  farm  and  afterward  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business,  owning  a  sawmill.  In 
i860  he  settled  in  Sweden,  New  York,  where 
he  followed  farming  until  1864,  when  he 
came  to  Albion,  New  York,  and  from  that 
time  until  he  died  was  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  lumber  at  Albion.  He  married,  in 
1848,  Elizabeth  Hill,  born  November  10,  1827, 
at  Yorkshire,  England,  now  living  with  her 
son  Frank  E.,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Hunt)  Hill,  who  came  to  this  country  in 
1829.  Children:  i.  Charles  W.,  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1850,  at  Rushford,  New  York,  died 
September  26,  1878;  married  Clara  A.  Mc- 
Knight,  of  Albion,  New  York;  son,  Melville 
Warren,  who  married  Luella  Heady,  of  Al- 
bion, New  York.  2.  Frank  E.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Frank  E.,  son  of  Caleb  Colburn,  was 
born  at  Rushford,  Allegany  county,  New 
York,  October  30,  1858.  He  came  to  Albion 
with  his  parents  in  1864,  attended  the  public 
schools  there  and  afterward  was  a  student  in 


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Albion  Academy.  When  not  in  school  he 
assisted  his  father  in  the  sawmill  and  lumber 
business.  In  1874  he  engaged  in  the  print- 
ing business  in  partnership  with  W.  B.  Young 
and  continued  until  1876.  The  firm  estab- 
lished the  newspaper,  Saturday  Chronicle,  of 
Albion.  In  1882  he  entered  the  employ  of  G. 
W.  Ingalls  &  Company,  of  Rochester,  New 
York,  shoe  merchants,  as  a  salesman,  and  in 
1884  became  manager  of  one  of  the  branch 
stores  of  this  firm  in  Medina.  In  1893  he  en- 
gaged in  the  retail  boot  and  shoe  business  un- 
der the  name  of  Frank  E.  Colburn  &  Company 
in  Medina,  and  continued  until  1902,  when 
he  sold  his  store,  after  being  appointed  post- 
master of  Medina  by  President  Roosevelt, 
July  26,  1902.  Upon  the  expiration  of  his 
term  he  was  reappointed  to  the  office.  He  is 
a  prominent  and  influential  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  Lodge  No.  898,  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  June  15,  1881,  at  Albion,  Ida 
L.,  bom  July  24,  i860,  daughter  of  Henry  A. 
and  Rosina  (Hoyt)  Griswold,  of  Albion. 
Children:  i.  Florence  Elizabeth,  born  Octo- 
ber 13,  1882;  married  George  Welch,  of  Gen- 
eva, New  York,  and  has  one  daughter,  Doro- 
thy Welch.  2.  Corinne  Hoyt,  born  August  25, 
1884,  died  February  28,  1902.  '  3.  Claribel, 
born  January  11,  1887.  4.  Charles  Robert, 
bom  MaFch  7,  1895.  5.  Edwin  Hill,  bom 
September  3,  1897. 

There  are  many  blanks  in 
TENBROOK  early  colonial  records,  es- 
pecially relating  to  the 
names  of  those  coming  to  New  Netherland. 
The  records  in  Holland  of  the  West  India 
Trading  Company  were  sold  as  waste  paper 
in  1 82 1.  This  wanton  destruction,  combined 
with  the  silence  of  family  records  on  the 
subject,  leaves  only  the  tradition  that  Wessel 
Ten  Broeck,  the  American  ancestor  of  the  Ten 
Broecks,  or  Tenbrooks,  of  America,  came  to 
the  colony  of  New  Netherland  with  Peter 
Minuit,  the  first  director-general,  in  1626. 
Where  he  married  and  his  children  were  born 
is  not  known.  Children:  i.  Wesselse,  born 
1636,  died  at  Kingston,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1704.  2.  Dirck  Wesselse,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Hendrick  Wesselse,  resided  in 
New  York  City.  4.  Cornelia  Wesselse,  mar- 
ried, at  Albany,  October  16,  1687,  Dominie 
Laurentius  Van  den  Bosch,  fourth  pastor  of 
the  Kingston  Dutch  church.    The  descendants 


of  the  eldest  son,  Wesselse,  known  as  the 
"Kingston  Ten  Broecks,"  erected  the  house 
known  as  the  "Senate  house  of  the  State  of 
New  York,"  in  which  the  first  constitution  of 
the  state  was  adopted  and  proclaimed  in  April, 
1777.  The  house  stands  in  the  heart  of  King- 
ston, and  being  now  owned  by  the  state  serves 
as  a  museum  for  an  interesting  and  valuable 
collection  of  portraits,  relics  and  curios.  Hend- 
rick W.,  the  third  son,  married  and  resided 
in  New  York,  and  left  many  descendants.  Cor- 
nelia W.  seems  to  have  left  no  descendants. 

(II)  Dirck  Wesselse,  second  son  of  Wessel 
Ten  Broeck,  was  born  December  18,  1638, 
died  December  18,  17 17,  at  his  bouwerie  (es- 
tate) Clermont,  New  York.  There  is  no  rec- 
ord of  his  youth.  He  had  an  excellent  educa- 
tion, was  a  ready  writer  and  speaker,  master 
of  the  Indian  language,  and  became  a  most 
valuable  citizen,  and  one  of  the  foremost  men 
of  his  time.  He  was  a  good  business  man, 
as  this  entry  in  1657  relating  to  a  shipment  of 
skins  and  pelfries  testifies:  "Derik  Wessils 
5000  beaver  skins."  In  1663  he  is  spoken  of 
as  a  "free  merchant"  in  Albany.  The  charter 
of  "the  ancient  town  of  Beverwyck,  or  Al- 
bany," was  granted  July  26,  1686.  Dirck  Wes- 
selse Ten  Broeck  was  named  first  in  the  list 
of  aldermen  for  the  city.  Following  the  first 
election  under  the  charter  he  was  made  re- 
corder, serving  for  ten  years.  In  1696  he  was 
appointed  mayor  of  Albany  by  Governor 
Fletcher,  the  fourth  to  fill  the  office.  The 
office  of  mayor  carried  with  it  that  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace,  as  did  that  of  recorder  and 
alderman.  In  1691  he  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  first  provincial  assembly,  re-elected  to 
the  second,  third,  fourth  and  fifth  assemblies. 
His  greatest  service  to  the  colony,  however, 
was  as  Indian  commissioner,  and  as  political 
agent  to  Canada,  the  latter  appointment  being 
four  times  repeated.  As  Indian  commissioner 
he  rendered  valuable  service,  having  the  confi- 
dence of  the  Indians  and  the  high  regard  of 
the  colonial  authorities.  October  2,  17 16, 
Governor  Hunter  gave  him  an  honorable  dis- 
charge from  the  Indian  board,  where  during 
thirty  years  he  had  worked  for  the  peace  and 
security  of  the  colony  and  for  the  protection 
and  civilization  of  the  Indians.  In  the  war 
against  France  he  served  as  a  volunteer  in 
times  of  danger.  He  was  advanced  to  the  rank 
of  captain,  then  to  major  under  Colonel  Peter 
Schuyler,  ana  was  thereafter  always  known  as 
"Major  Wesselles."     He  owned  land  and  a 


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house  in  Albany,  and  great  tracts  of  uncul- 
tivated land  on  a  tract  in  Saratoga  county.  A 
descendant,  General  Abraham  Ten  Broeck,  led 
his  men  to  victory  in  the  battle  ending  in  Bur- 
goyne's  surrender.  His  home  bouwerie  con- 
sisted of  two  tracts  of  one  thousand  two  hun- 
dred and  six  hundred  acres,  respectively,  the 
larger  being  on  both  sides  of  Roelof  Jansen 
Kil,  the  smaller  on  the  Hudson  river,  both  in- 
cluded in  the  territory  erected  into  Livingston 
Manor  in  1686.  Here  he  retired  after  laying 
down  the  cares  of  public  life.  He  was  a 
faithful,  active  member  of  the  First  Dutch 
Church,  and  had  a  seat  in  the  gallery.  In 
1673  he  was  deacon,  and  in  1675  assumed 
charge  of  the  "Book  of  Income  and  Expendi- 
ture." The  record  of  his  death  written  in  the 
Dordrecht  Bible  by  his  eldest  son  reads :  "My 
father  Dirck  Wesselse  Ten  Broeck  died  on 
September  18,  171 7,  aged  78  years  and  nine 
months." 

He  married,  in  Albany,  in  1663,  Christyna 
Van  Buren,  born  May  19,  1644,  died  Novem- 
ber 24,  1729,  daughter  of  Corneles  Maessen 
and  Catalyntje  (Martensen)  Van  Buren. 
Children,  six  sons  and  seven  daughters;  of 
these  two,  twin  sons,  died  in  infancy;  eleven 
reached  maturity,  married  and  reared  fami- 
lies containing  many  distinguished  men  and 
women. 

(III)  Wessell,  probably  eldest  son  of  Major 
Dirck  Wesselse  Ten  Broeck,  was  well  known 
in  the  early  annals  of  Kingston,  Ulster  county. 
New  York,  where  he  was  a  man  of  import- 
ance. He  was  among  the  first  settlers  of  Eso- 
pus,  as  that  town  was  formerly  called,  and  is 
said  to  have  built  the  "Senate  House,"  still 
standing  in  Kingston,  as  early  as  1676.  By  his 
first  wife,  Maria  (Ten  Eyck)  Ten  Broeck,  he 
had  several  sons  and  daughters. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Wessell  and  his  first 
wife,  Maria  (Ten  Eyck)  Ten  Broeck,  was 
baptized  at  Kingston,  New  York,  March  25, 
1688.  He  married,  January  17,  17 12,  Eliza- 
beth Wynkoop;  both  died  at  Kingston,  where 
they  are  buried.  He  died  April,  1746;  she 
February  12,  1761.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Major  Johannes  Wynkoop  by  his  first  wife, 
Judith  (Bloodgood)  Wynkoop,  who  was  bom 
in  Flushing  Zealand,  Europe.  Several  letters 
are  yet  in  existence  written  in  Dutch  language 
by  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Ten  Broeck  to  her  son 
Cornelius,  in  New  Jersey.  Children:  i.  Wes- 
sell, baptized  December  7,  1712;  he  settled  on 
lands  bought  by  his  father  at  Harlingen,  Som- 


erset county.  New  Jersey,  where  he  died,  1747, 
and  was  buried  on  the  farm.  2.  Johannes, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Maria,  baptized  June 
30,  1717;  married.  May  19,  1767,  Henry  De- 
Witt.  4.  Cornelius,  bom  May  31,  1719;  set- 
tled in  Somerset  county,  which  he  represented 
in  the  New  Jersey  legislature,  1783,  and  was 
the  first  assessor  of  Hillsborough  township, 
Somerset  county.  He  was  an  active  patriot 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  He  died 
August  4,  1790,  and  is  buried  by  his  t>^'0 
brothers  on  the  farm.  He  married  Margaret 
Louw  (Low).  5.  Judicke,  baptized  May  3, 
1721 ;  married  Teunis  Van  Vechten.  6. 
Jacob,  baptized  August  15,  1724;  married 
Gerritje  Smedes.  7.  Catherine,  baptized  De- 
cember 4,  1726. 

(V)  Johannes,  second  child  of  Jacob  and 
Elizabeth  (Wynkoop)  Ten  Broeck,  was  bap- 
tized December  12,  1 714.  He  settled  on  the 
lands  at  (now)  Harlingen,  Somerset  county. 
New  Jersey,  purchased  by  his  father.  He 
died  there  December,  1738,  and  is  buried  on 
the  farm  with  his  brothers,  Wessell  and  Cor- 
nelius. He  is  said  to  have  built  the  first  house 
at  or  in  the  vicinity  of  Harlingen.  It  was 
built  of  logs  and  stood  between  the  brick  house 
built  by  Cornelius  (standing  in  1885)  and  the 
brook.  He  married,  in  1738,  Neeltje  Dewitt. 
He  died  the  same  year,  his  only  child,  John, 
being  born  a  few  days  after  his  death. 

(VI)  Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Ten  Broeck, 
posthumous  child  of  Johannes  and  Neeltje 
(Dewitt)  Ten  Broeck,  was  born  at  Harlingen, 
Somerset  county,  New  Jersey,  December. 
1738,  died  at  White  Creek  Valley,  Pennsyl- 
vania, 1820.  He  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war  from  New  Jersey  as  follows:  "John  Ten 
Broeck  was  commissioned  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  minute-men,  Hunterdon  county,  New- 
Jersey  militia;  captain  of  Fourth  Regiment, 
Hunterdon  county.  New  Jersey  militia;  com- 
missioned captain  of  Colonel  Mark  Thomp- 
son's Battalion  of  detached  militia,  July  18, 
1776,  served  one  month  in  'flying  camp';  pro- 
moted first  major  Fourth  Regiment,  Hunter- 
don county,  New  Jersey  militia,  Febmary  i. 
1777;  promoted  lieutenant-colonel  same  regi- 
ment; took  part  in  battle  of  Monmouth,  June 
28;  because  he  understood  their  language  he 
was  detailed  to  teach  the  Hessian  prisoners 
and  induce  them  to  settle  in  this  country." 
After  the  war  he  settled  in  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  died.    He  married  Kate  Emmons. 

(VII)  Andrew,  son  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 


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John  and  Kate  (Emmons)  Ten  Broeck,  mar- 
ried Eleanor  Correy. 

(VIII)  William  Tenbrook,  son  of  Andrew 
and  Eleanor  (Correy)  Ten  Broeck,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania.  He  resided  in  McEwens- 
ville,  Northumberland  county.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  harness  maker,  and  in  1846  re- 
moved to  Niagara  county,  New  York,  where 
he  settled  at  Shawnee,  later  at  Lockport.  He 
was  the  proprietor  of  the  old  Pavilion  Hotel, 
in  Lockport,  and  of  other  houses,  continuing 
as  such  until  his  death.  He  married,  in  North- 
umberland county,  Pennsylvania,  Elizabeth 
Hause,  of  Philadelphia.  Children:  i.  Correy, 
married  Carrie  Corbett;  children:  Mary  and 
Charles.  2.  Andrew,  married  Barbara  Shan- 
ley;  children:  Mary,  Eliza,  William,  Frank, 
George,  Janet,  John,  Thomas,  Kitty,  Eleanor 
C. ;  Janet,  sixth  child  of  Andrew,  married  Dr. 
James  W.  Charters,  of  Buffalo,  and  has: 
Annie,  Janet,  William  Ten  Broeck  and  An- 
drew. 3.  Mary,  married  John  Kelley.  4. 
Abraham,  married  (first)  Julia  Green;  child, 
Edith;  married  (second)  Lena  Pollock;  chil- 
dren :  Ida  and  Edna.  5.  Ella,  married  Marcus 
Hayne;  children:  Mark  William  Coe,  Jessie 
and  Ruth.  6.  William  H.,  of  whom  further. 
7.  James  O.,  married  Frances  Raymond.  8. 
John  P.,  married  (first)  Nettie  Gorman;  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Lena  Pollock  Ten  Broeck. 

(IX)  William  H.,  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Hause)  Tenbrook,  was  born  in 
Northumberland  county,  Pennsylvania,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1844.  He  came  to  Niagara  county.  New 
York,  in  1846,  with  his  parents  and  seven 
brothers  and  sisters,  making  the  journey  by 
wagon.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  for  one  term  attended  Claverack  Acad- 
emy. He  enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  April 
29,  i86t,  in  Company  K,  Twenty-eighth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  for  two 
years.  He  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of 
Cedar  Mountain,  and  confined  in  Libby  Prison. 
He  was  exchanged,  rejoined  his  regiment,  and 
was  engaged  at  Chancellorsville ;  honorably 
discharged  in  June,  1863.  He  returned  to 
Lockport,  New  York,  and  engaged  with  his 
father  in  the  hotel  business.  He  was  proprie- 
tor of  the  old  American  House,  the  Judson 
House,  Lockport,  and  of  a  hotel  in  Cambria. 
In  1876  he  took  the  Cooper  House,  now  the 
Lake  Shore,  at  Olcott,  New  York;  later  he 
was  proprietor  of  the  famous  "Grove  House," 
a  hotel  known  all  over  the  countrv.    This  he 


afterward  sold  to  the  Traction  Company.  He 
is  a  member  of  Lockport  Lodge,  No.  73,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons. 

He  has  now  retired  from  active  business, 
residing  in  Olcott,  where  he  built  a  handsome 
house.  He  has  a  fine  fruit  farm  of  sixty- 
seven  acres,  to  which  he  gives  his  attention. 

He  married,  in  1876,  at  Lewiston,  New 
York,  Kitty  R.  C,  born  September  22,  1853, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Cornell.  Children:  i. 
Maud,  born  November  18,  1876;  married  Wil- 
liam A.  Hale,  of  Newark,  New  York.  2. 
Catherine,  February  15,  1880.  3.  Benjamin, 
February  13,  1882,  died  by  drowning,  April 
17,  1901.  4.  William  H.  Jr.,  March  9,  1884; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Lockport 
Business  College;  now  engaged  in  fruit  farm- 
ing: a  Democrat.  5.  Zeta.  February  17,  1886, 
died  June  12,  1902. 


The      Adsits      settled      first      in 

ADSIT     Dutchess  county,  going  from  there 

to  Columbia*  county,  New  York. 

The  earliest  record  folind  is  of  Martin  Adsit, 

born  1761,  died  1841,  a  resident  of  Chatham 

and    Spencertown,    Columbia    county,    New 

York.    He  married Haite,  and  among 

his  children  was  a  son  Martin,  see  forward. 

(II)  Martin  (2),  son  of  Martin  (i)  Adsit, 
was  born  in  Spencertown,  Columbia  county, 
New  York,  October  26,  1812,  lived  in  Che- 
nango county  for  a  time,  then  in  1826  went  to 
Hornellsville,  New  York,  to  live  with  his 
uncle.  Colonel  Ira  Davenport.  Steuben  county 
was  then  a  wilderness  and  Hornellsville  had 
only  eight  houses.  Martin  Adsit  was  first 
general  utility  boy,  then  clerk,  and  in  1833 
given  a  one-half  interest  in  the  business.  In 
1844  he  purchased  his  uncle's  half  and  became 
sole  owner,  continuing  until  i860,  when  he 
closed  out  his  mercantile  interests  to  engage 
in  banking.  In  November,  1862,  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Hornellsville  was  organized 
with  Colonel  Ira  Davenport,  president,  and 
Martin  Adsit,  cashier.  In  June,  1865,  Mr. 
Davenport  resigned  and  Mr.  Adsit  succeeded 
him  in  the  presidency,  retaining  that  office 
until  his  death.  Under  his  efficient  manage- 
ment the  bank  prospered  greatly  and  in  a 
few  years  he  bought  out  his  associates  and  in- 
creased the  capital  stock  to  $100,000.  He  was 
one  of  the  best-known  men  in  his  county  and 
4  potent  factor  in  its  development.  He  mar- 
ried, September  8,  1841,  Esther  Jane,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Dr.  Richard  Charles,  of  Angelica,  New 
York.  Children:  Charles,  see  forward; 
Harry  Francis,  Ira  Davenport,  John  O. 

(III)  Charles,  son  of  Martin  (2)  Adsit, 
was  bom  in  Homell,  New  York.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  Germany,  attending  the  Dresden 
Gymnasium  and  Technical  School  and  Leipsic 
University.  After  spending  five  years  in  study 
abroad  he  returned  to  the  United  States.  His 
health  being  impaired  he  obtained  a  position 
as  manager  of  a  plantation  in  the  Hawaiian 
Islands,  remaining  there  until  1867,  when  he 
returned  and  entered  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Hornell  as  cashier.  On  the  death  of  his 
honored  father,  Charles  Adsit  became  presi- 
dent of  that  institution,  a  position  he  yet  fills. 
He  is  -a  man  of  large  activities,  being  half 
owner  and  an  official  of  the  Fassett  Lumber 
Company;  president  of  the  Hornell  Traction 
Company;  president  of  the  Merrill  Glove 
Company;  president  of  the  Kettle  Falls  Land 
Company,  and  has  business  interests  in  Cali- 
fornia. He  was  president  of  the  New  York 
State  Bankers'  Association  and  an  ex-vice- 
president  of  the  National**  Bankers'  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a 
member  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church,  Homell, 
of  which  he  has  been  vestryman  twenty  years 
and  senior  warden.  His  clubs  are  the  Union 
League  of  New  York  City  and  the  Hornell 
Country,  of  which  he  is  president. 

He  married,  June  3,  1877,  Susan  Glasgow 
Larkin.  Children:  i.  Henry,  see  forward.  2. 
Susan  Glasgow,  bom  1881,  died  1887.  3. 
Lynn  Magruder,  born  February  27,  1883; 
graduate  of  Princeton  University,  1904,  B.  S., 
also  degree  of  C.  E. ;  now  a  mining  engineer 
of  Sherbrooke,  Quebec,  Canada.  He  married, 
in  June,  1905,  Ethel  Swan,  of  Louisville. 

(IV)  Henry,  eldest  son  of  Charles  Adsit, 
was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  January  30, 
t88o.  His  early  and  preparatory  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  and  in  pre- 
paratory schools  in  England  and  the  United 
States.  He  entered  Princeton  University, 
graduating  in  1902  with  the  degree  of  A.  B. 
He  chose  the  profession  of  medicine  and  was 
graduated  M.  D.  from  Johns  Hopkins  Medical 
College,  Baltimore.  He  spent  four  years  at 
Johns  Hopkins  Hospital,  Baltimore,  special- 
izing in  operative  surgery,  particularly  genito- 
urinary. He  practiced  for  a  short  time  at  Hor- 
nell, then  located  in  Buffalo,  where  he  is  now 
in  successful  practice.  Dr.  Adsit  has  contrib- 
uted many  able  articles  on  special  subjects  to 


the  medical  press  of  both  the  United  States 
and  Germany.  He  stands  high  in  his  profes- 
sion, and  articles  from  his  pen  are  welcomed 
by  the  profession.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Medical  Association;  New  York 
State  Medical  Association;  Erie  County  Med- 
ical Association;  the  American  Medical  So- 
ciety ;  Buffalo  Academy  of  Medicine  and  Johns 
Hopkins  Historical  Society.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Roman  Catholic  church,  and  an  Inde- 
pendent in  politics.  His  clubs  and  social  or- 
ganizations are:  The  Knights  of  Columbus, 
University  Club  of  Princeton ;  Princeton  New 
York  City  (non-resident)  ;  University,  Satum, 
Country  and  Automobile  of  Buffalo;  Country 
of  Hornell  and  Country  of  Baltimore  (non- 
resident). 

He  married  Susanna  Peachy  Poythress 
Brown,  a  descendant  of  four  old  Virginia 
families,  one  of  which  traces  lineally  to  the 
Indian  princess,  Pocahontas.  Children:  John 
Wilcox  Brown,  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland ; 
Susanna  Glasgow. 

In  England  this  family 
BUTTERFIELD    dates   its   arrival    from 

Normandy  in  the  twelfth 
century.  In  the  United  States  the  common 
spelling  of  the  name  is  Butterfield,  though  in- 
stances are  found  of  Botfield,  of  direct  Ger- 
man extraction,  and  occasionally  Boteville, 
the  French  form.  The  name  Botevyle  occurs 
in  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey. 

(I)  Benjamin  Butterfield,  from  whom  the 
American  family  chiefly  descends,  came  from 
England  to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  in  1638.  He  probably  married  in  Eng- 
land and  brought  his  family  with  him.  His 
name  appears  among  the  first  town  orders  of 
Woburn,  and  in  1643  he  was  made  a  freeman. 
In  1645  ^is  name  appears  on  the  Woburn  tax 
list.  In  1652  the  inhabitants  of  Woburn  pe- 
titioned for  leave  to  explore  the  west  side  of 
the  Concord  river.  The  committee's  report 
was,  "a  very  comfortable  place  to  accommo- 
date a  company  of  God's  people."  In  1653  he 
headed  a  petition  for  a  tract  of  six  miles 
square  in  the  explored  territory  known  to  the 
Indians  as  Naamkeek,  which  means  "a  fishing 
place."  The  tract  was  occupied  in  1654  by 
Benjamin  Butterfield  and  his  associates,  and 
the  next  year  was  incorporated  as  Chelms- 
ford. The  line  between  the  Indians  and  the 
whites  was  run  "on  the  east  side  of  Butter- 
field's  highway,  and  was  marked  by  a  ditch:" 


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on  this  highway  he  located  his  farm  and  built 
his  house,  somewhat  within  the  present  limits 
of  ward  four,  Lowell.  In  1656  he  is  named 
as  one  of  the  citizens  of  Chelmsford  to  whom 
the  Governor  Dudley  farm  of  fifteen  hundred 
acres  was  conveyed.  In  1656  he  obtained 
forty-two  acres  of  intervale  out  of  the  two 
hundred  and  forty-one  acres  granted  that 
year  to  Chelmsford.  Three  of  his  sons  were 
among  the  grantees  of  Wamesit.  His  first 
wife,  Ann,  died  at  Chelmsford,  May  19,  1661. 
He  married  (second),  June  3,  1663,  Hannah, 
widow  of  Thomas  Whittemore.  His  first  two 
children  were  born  in  England,  the  others  in 
Woburn:  Jonathan,  Mary,  Nathaniel,  Samuel, 
Joseph. 

(II)  Joseph,  youngest  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Ann  Butterfield,  was  bom  in  Woburn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, August  15,  1649,  di^d  ^^  1720.  His 
estate  inventoried  £300,  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1674,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bal- 
lard, one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Andover.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph,  Benjamin,  Tabitha,  Isaac  and 
Jacob  (twins),  Anna. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Joseph  and 
Lydia  (Ballard)  Butterfield,  was  born  in 
Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  in  1680,  died  at 
or  near  his  home  at  Frances  Hill  (now  West- 
ford)  1 71 5.  He  was  a  sergeant  of  militia.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Fletcher.  Children:  Ben- 
jamin, William,  Elizabeth,  Esther,  Mary, 
Deborah. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Fletcher)  Butterfield,  was  born 
in  that  part  of  Chelmsford  which  is  now 
Tyngsboro,  May  25,  1702.  He  was  an  ensign 
in  the  militia.  He  removed  to  Brattleboro, 
Vermont.    He  married  Keziah  Patterson. 

(V)  Benjamin  (4),  son  of  Benjamin  (3) 
and  Keziah  (Patterson)  Butterfield,  was  born 
May  15,  1726,  died  December  7,  1804.  He  was 
captain  of  a  New  York  militia  company,  and 
was  afterward  a  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Seth 
Warner's  famous  regiment  of  "Green  Moun- 
tain Boys."  He  married  (first)  Susanna 
SpaHing,  and  (second)  Lois  Herrick. 

(VI)  Captain  Ezra  Butterfield,  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (4)  Butterfield,  was  born  in  Westmins- 
ter, Massachusetts,  October  21,  1749,  was 
reared  in  Brattleboro,  Vermont,  and  died  in 
Dummerston,  Vermont,  January  6,  1825.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  carpenter,  and  a  captain  of 
militia.  He  married  Martha  Hadley,  a  native 
of  Westford,  Massachusetts,  who  was  born 
January  29,  1760,  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-two 


years.  Their  children  were:  Ezra,  Ebenezer, 
Zenas,  Susanna,  Samuel,  Martha,  Cyrus, 
Nabby,  Levi,  Benjamin  and  three  who  died  in 
childhood. 

(VII)  Deacon  Zenas  Butterfield,  son  of 
Captain  Ezra  and  Martha  (Hadley)  Butter- 
field, was  born  February  22 ^  1782,  in  Dum- 
merstown,  Vermont,  where  he  spent  his  entire 
life  on  a  farm  adjoining  his  father's  home- 
stead, and  died  August  29,  1829.  A  man  of 
deep  religious  convictions,  he  left  the  faith  of 
his  ancestors  (who  were  Congregationalists) 
and  united  with  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church, 
in  which  he  was  for  many  years  a  deacon.  He 
married  Sally  (Sarah)  Turner,  of  Putney, 
Vermont,  who  died  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine 
years.  The  Turner  family  was  descended 
from  John  Turner,  who  was  a  passenger  in  the 
"Mayflower,"  and  either  he.  or  his  son  mar- 
ried a  granddaughter  of  Elder  Brewster. 
Children  of  Deacon  Zenas  and  Sally  (Turner) 
Butterfield :  Alanson,  Diantha,  Zenas,  Hannah, 
Sarah,  Ezra  T.,  Thomas,  Betsy,  Lucy  V. 

(VIII)  Zenas  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Zenas  (i) 
and  Sally  (Turner)  Butterfield,  was  bom  in 
Dummerston,  Vermont,  August  10,  1807,  died 
in  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  April  16,  1878.  He  settled  in  New 
York  state,  locating  first  at  Farmington,  and 
then  came  to  Cattaraugus  county  by  wagon 
and  team,  settling  in  Mansfield,  where  he  took 
up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which 
he  cleared  and  improved,  becoming  one  of  the 
substantial  men  of  the  town.  His  first  farm 
he  later  exchanged  for  another,  still  known  as 
the  "Butterfield  Place."  He  was  a  man  of  in- 
dustry and  thrift,  bearing  a  most  excellent  rep- 
utation as  an  uoright  citizen.  He  married,  in 
1830,  Chloe  Wilson,  bom  August  29,  1805, 
daughter  of  Reuben  and  Mary  (Manly)  Wil- 
son. Reuben  Wilson  was  born  in  Vermont,  in 
1774.  son  of  Captain  Ezekiel  Wilson,  who  was 
born  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  was  a  cap- 
tain in  the  revolutionary  army,  and  married, 
about  1766  or  1767,  Sally  Turner,  of  Reho- 
both :  he  was  son  of  Benjamin  Wilson,  who 
married  Elizabeth,  dauehter  of  Captain 
Sprague,  a  noted  Indian  fighter.  Children  of 
Zenas  and  Chloe  (Wilson)  Butterfield,  born  in 
Mansfield,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York: 
I.  Morris  W.,  bom  June  12,  1832,  died  in 
East  Otto.  New  York,  February  6,  191 1;  he 
married  ffirst)  Abigail  Riddle,  who  bore  him 
two  children:  Horace  Greeley  and  Gertrude; 
married  (second)  Flavia  Boyce,  who  bore  him 


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four  children :  Herbert  B.,  Alice  C,  Glenn  W., 
Helen;  married  (third)  Nancy  Bebee,  of  East 
Otto,  New  York.  2.  Marshall  K.,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1833,  died  in  Redwood  Falls,  Min- 
nesota; married  Lucy  Griffith,  of  East  Otto, 
New  York;  children:  Mina  W.,  bom  Octo- 
ber 20,  1855;  Zenas  G.,  born  November  21, 
1861 ;  Editii  C.,  born  April  8,  1875.  3.  Reu- 
ben Hadley,  of  whom  further.  4.  Lucy  A., 
bom  Augjist  6,  1842.  She  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools,  Randolph  Academy,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  and  Springville  Academy, 
Erie  county,  New  York.  She  was  a  teacher 
in  the  common  and  high  schools  in  Cattarau- 
gus county  for  ten  years  or  more.  She  mar- 
ried David  N.  Brown,  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Gowanda,  New  York,  June  18,  1872;  he  died 
in  Otto,  New  York,  in  Febmary,  1905.  Chil- 
dren: Chloe  Gertrude,  born  April  8,  1877; 
Olive  Nichols,  born  August  10,  1881. 

(IX)  Reuben  Hadley,  son  of  Zenas  (2) 
and  Chloe  (Wilson)  Butterfield,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 25,  1836,  in  the  town  of  Mansfield,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  New  York.  He  was  educat- 
ed in  the  public  schools,  and  begran  busi- 
ness life  in  the  store  of  Darling  &  Wilson,  in 
which  his  uncle  was  a  partner.  He  remained 
there  two  years,  after  which  he  was  with  W. 
E.  Hunt  at  Otto  for  four  years,  then  in  the 
drug  and  grocery  business  as  clerk  for  two 
years,  and  then  established  a  general  grocery 
business  in  partnership  with  his  two  brothers, 
continuing  for  ten  years.  In  1878  he  located 
in  Little  Valley,  where  until  1904  he  was  en- 
gaged in  general  merchandising,  in  which  year 
he  sold  to  A.  G.  Whiting  and  retired  from 
active  business  life.  -He  was  one  of  the  in- 
corporators of  the  Cattaraugus  County  Bank, 
in  which  he  served  as  vice-president.  He  re- 
sides in  Little  Valley,  his  daughter,  Blanche 
D.,  making  her  home  with  him  since  the  death 
of  her  husband.  He  has  led  an  active  busi- 
ness life  and  well  deserves  the  success  that 
Attended  his  efforts. 

Mr.  Butterfield  married,  August  9,  1866, 
Emily  D.  Kenyon,  born  March  26,  1837, 
daughter  of  Horace  and  Delia  (Lake)  Ken- 
yon, who  were  early  settlers  in  the  town  of 
New  Albion,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
coming  there  from  Otsego  county,  New  York. 
She  was  educated  in  the  common  schools  and 
Conference  Seminary  at  Charlotteville,  Scho- 
harie county.  New  York.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  one  child,  Blanche  D.,  born  February 
26,  1870,  married  Dr.  Edwin  A.  Milling,  of 


Buffalo,  New  York,  who  was  born  in  1868, 
died  in  the  town  of  Stockton,  New  York,  De- 
cember 19,  1903. 


Early  records  of  the  Rider  fam- 
RIDER     ily  are  wanting  and  little  can  be 

told  further  than  that  they  were 
residents  of  Connecticut.  One  of  the  branches 
settled  in  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  and  from 
it  the  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  branch 
descends. 

(I)  Milford  Rider,  of  Connecticut,  set- 
tled in  Cohoes,  Albany  county.  New  York, 
where  descendants  yet  reside.  His  wife's 
name  was  Martha.  Children:  George 
AL,  of  whom  further;  Matie,  Elizabeth, 
Charles  (deceased),  married  Nancy  Bryant 
and  had  Lloyd  A.  and  Marguerite  J.;  Jennie 
(deceased),  married  Fred  Pride  and  had  a 
daughter  Christine. 

(II)  George  M.,  son  of  Milford  Rider,  was 
born  in  Trenton,  Oneida  county,  New  York. 
September  15,  1844.  He  was  a  child  of  three 
years  when  his  parents  came  to  Cattaraugus 
county  and  purchased  a  farm  about  one  mile 
south  of  Ellicottville.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  Ellicottville  union  school  and 
Alfred  Academy.  He  taught  for  a  number  of 
terms  and  was  principal  of  the  Ellicottville 
union  school  three  terms.  In  the  fall  of  1864 
he  went  to  Albany  to  attend  the  law  schooU 
but  instead  enlisted  in  the  Ninety-first  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteers,  as  a  private, 
serving  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  arm  at  the  battle  of  the  Wil- 
derness and  after  coming  out  of  the  hospital 
was  honorably  discharged.  Retuming  home 
he  again  took  up  the  study  of  law  under  the 
law  firm  of  Scott  &  Laidlaw,  and  in  June, 
1871,  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Shortly  after- 
ward he  located  in  Gowanda,  New  York, 
where  he  formed  a  law  partnership  with  C.  C. 
Torrance,  under  the  firm  name  of  Torrance 
&  Rider.  After  one  year  this  firm  dissolved. 
Mr.  Rider  returning  to  Ellicottville,  where  he 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He 
was  a  law  partner  of  Hon.  C.  P.  Vedder. 
from  1876  to  1884.  In  1883  he  was  elected 
district  attorney  of  Cattaraugus  county  and 
re-elected  in  1886.  He  was  a  most  efficient 
prosecutor  and  made  a  fine  record  during  his 
six  years  incumbency  of  the  office.  In  1892 
he  was  appointed  a  special  agent  of  the  United 
States  treasury  department  and  sent  abroad 
to   examine    American    consulates.      He   was 


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president  of  the  village  and  president  of  the 
school  board.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  and  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

He  married  Anna  Martha,  daughter  of  Fred 
Mallory.  Children:  i.  Charlotte,  married 
Charles  B.  Loomis,  and  has  a  son  Stewart.  2. 
Milford  W.,  married  Capitola  Tarar;  chil- 
dren: Helen  and  Georgia.  3.  Fred  C,  of 
whom  further. 

(HI)  Fred  C,  youngest  son  of  George  M. 
Rider,  was  born  in  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  October  20,  1876.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  Deciding  upon 
the  profession  of  law,  he  read  with  his  father, 
with  Henry  Donnelly,  and  his  brother,  Milford 
W.  Rider.  He  then  entered  the  law  school 
of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  whence  he  was 
graduated,  and  later  admitted  to  the  bar.  He 
was  in  business  at  Ellicottville  with  his  father, 
and  after  the  death  of  the  latter  succeeded  to 
his  legal  business,  and  still  continues  in  active 
practice.  He  has  been  elected  justice  of  the 
peace  three  terms,  and  was  for  a  time  clerk 
in  the  war  department  at  Washington.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  the 
Masonic  order  and  is  a  Republican. 


The  Van  Brocklins  of 
VAN  BROCKLIN    Middleport,  New  York, 

all  descend  from  early 
Dutch  ancestors,  the  first  of  whom  to  settle  in 
Northern  New  York  was  Cornelis  Teunissen 
Van  Brocklin,  ancestor  of  the  Van  Brocklins 
of  Middleport,  New  York,  came  from  Hol- 
land with  his  brother,  who  later  went  to  Vir- 
ginia. Cornells  T.  went  northward  and  was 
one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Beverwyck  (Al- 
bany) in  163 1.  He  was  a  magistrate  of  Bever- 
wyck, and  an  Indian  trader. 

(I)  Garrett  (Gerritt)  Van  Brocklin  was  a 
soldier  of  the  revolution,  serving  with  the 
Tryon  company  militia.  He  was  a  signer  of 
the  association  test,  and  an  organizer  of  the 
third  and  fourth  battalions  of  militia  from  the 
Mohawk  Valley  district.  He  was  commission- 
ed ensign,  August  26,  1775,  and  reappointed, 
June  25,  1778,  and  was  commissioned  second 
lieutenant,  March  8,  1781.  He  owned  a  large 
amount  of  land  in  the  Mohawk  Valley  in  the 
counties  of  Schenectady  and  Montgomery.  He 
married  Anna  Hilts. 

(H)  Alexander,  son  of  Garrett  and  Anna 
(Hilts)  Van  Brocklin,  was  born  at  Caughna- 
waga,  Montgomery  county,  New  York,  Octo- 


ber 4,  1776.  He  lived  at  Oneida  Castle,  re- 
moving from  there  to  Chautauqua  on  Lake,  On- 
tario, where  he  bought  a  two  hundred  acre 
tract  from  the  Holland  Patent  Company,  later 
selling  his  farm  and  removing  to  Canada,  where 
he  died  at  Long  Point.  He  married  Sarah  J. 
Cady. 

(IH)  John,  son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  J. 
(Cady)  Van  Brocklin,  was  bom  at  Taberg 
Furnace,  Oneida  county.  New  York,  May  10, 
1801,  died  at  Middleport,  New  York,  January 
28,  1883.  He  had  but  three  months  schooling 
in  the  district  school,  having  to  fight  life's 
battle  for  an  existence  from  his  earliest  boy- 
hood. His  father  was  engaged  in  the  foundry 
business  and  the  lad  early  learned  what  hard 
work  meant.  As  he  grew  in  years  he  con- 
tinued in  the  same  business.  He  built  the  first 
foundry  at  Barnegat,  Orleans  county,  which 
he  operated,  later  erecting  the  first  one  built 
at  Londonville,  in  the  same  county.  In  the 
fall  of  1839  ^^  located  in  Middleport,  Niagara 
county.  New  York,  where  he  built  a  foundry 
and  manufactured  many  of  his  own  patents. 
He  invented  many  articles  of  value,  among 
them  being  a  cleave  for  plows  that  was  in  use 
as  long  as  wooden  beam  plows  were  made. 
Another  valuable  patent  was  a  machine  for 
making  carriage  bolts,  which  is  still  the  basic 
principle  upon  which  the  bolt  machines  of  to- 
day operate.  About  i860  he  retired  from  the 
foundry  business  and  engaged  in  the  sale  of 
patent  rights  until  his  death.  He  was  engaged 
during  the  war  in  the  transportation  of  am- 
munition for  the  use  of  the  American  army. 
Although  a  man  of  little  education  he  pos- 
sessed unusual  native  ability  and  inventive 
talent.  He  was  a  good  business  man  and  made 
a  success  of  his  life.  He  married  Delilah 
Bentley.  Of  their  ten  children  only  two  are 
living,  a  daughter  Cynthia,  and  Daniel. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  John  and  Delilah 
(Bentley)  Van  Brocklin,  was  bom  at  London- 
ville, Orleans  county.  New  York,  December 
25,  1829.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Londonville,  spent  one  winter  at  the 
Academy  at  Yates  Center,  and  one  winter  at 
the  Western  Reserve  Institute  at  Kirkland, 
Ohio.  He  worked  with  his  father  in  the  foun- 
dry, removing  with  him  to  the  different  places 
he  operated,  then  working  in  various  parts  of 
the  country,  finally  settling  in  Canada.  After 
quitting  the  foundry  business  he  purchased  a 
fine  span  of  horses,  and  with  his  father  trav- 
elled about  the  states  selling  patent  rights.  He 


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later  separated  from  his  father  and  purchased 
a  canal  boat  and  for  one  season  boated  on  the 
Erie  canal  with  little  success  from  a  financial 
point  of  view.  In  the  following  winter  he  se- 
sured  a  contract  from  the  New  York  Central 
railroad  which  netted  him  sufficient  capital  to 
go  west  He  purchased  a  tract  of  timbier  land 
at  Willoughby,  Ohio,  which  he  cleared,  con- 
verting the  trees  into  lumber.  Later  he  again 
joined  his  father  in  selling  the  rights  to  use  the 
patented  bolt  machine.  Later  they  went  to 
Canada,  settling  at  Welland,  then  Merrittsville, 
where  they  built  and  operated  a  foundry  for 
eighteen  months.  Daniel  disposed  of  his  inter- 
est at  the  end  of  that  time,  and  in  1854  return- 
ed to  New  York,  settling  at  Middleport,  where 
he  purchased  a  foundry  owned  by  his  brother. 
He  continued  in  the  foundry  business  until 
1870,  then  opened  a  hardware  and  house  fur- 
nishing store,  which  he  conducted  for  a  few 
years,  disposing  of  that  to  his  son,  William  L 
Van  Brocklin.  He  then  purchased  a  farm  in 
the  town,  and  after  operating  that  a  few  years 
retired  from  active  life,  retaining  now  only  a 
general  oversight  of  his  farm,  and  looking 
after  his  numerous  tenant's  properties,  in  Mid- 
dleport. He  has  spent  an  unusually  active  life, 
as  the  foregoing  record  shows,  and  has  im- 
proved every  opportunity.  His  long  and  busy 
life  has  not  incapacitated  him,  but  at  eighty- 
two  years  he  is  still  active  and  vigorous.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Universalist  church,  and 
for  forty  years  has  been  connected  with  the 
Masonic  order.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  served  as  trustee  of  the  village  corpora- 
tion of  Middleport. 

He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Ewing,  of  Mid- 
dleport. He  married  (second),  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  Angelina  G.  Baker,  born  1841,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Alden  S.  Baker.  Children  of  first 
marriage,  one  died  in  infancy :  William  I.,  bom 
June  7,  1856,  married  Adelaide  Robinson ;  Ida 
E.,  born  February  9,  1863,  married  George 
Nash;  children,  Leon,  married  Adcal  Davis; 
Daniel;  Carrie,  married  Samuel  Westbrook, 
and  has  Winifred.  Child  of  second  marriage: 
Mary  E.,  bom  December  12,  1882,  married  Dr. 
Almon  Dewhurst,  and  has  Elizabeth. 


Lawrence  Litchfield,  the 
LITCHFIELD    common  ancestor  of  all  of 

the  name  who  claim  a 
New  England  origin,  was  very  early  in  Amer- 
ica, but  dates  cannot  be  given.    The  Rev.  John 


Lathrop  in  1634  arrived  in  the  ship  "Griffin," 
with  a  church  and  colony  of  "Kentish  Men" 
from  Egerton,  in  Kent,  England,  and  settled 
with  them  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts.  With 
this  company  Lawrence  Litchfield  had  numer- 
ous connections  which  he  never  forsook  and 
who  never  forsook  him.  He  must  have  been, 
at  their  arrival,  a  young  man  and  unmarried. 
Here  he  is  presumed  to  have  remained  until 
1640.  The  first  mention  of  his  name  on  any 
records  is  in  1640  when  he  was  received  a 
member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artil- 
lery Company  of  Boston.  In  1643  his  name 
appears  in  Barnstable  records  on  a  list  of  those 
able  to  bear  arms.  About  1645  he  returned  to 
Scituate,  having  a  wife  and  two  children.  In 
1648  his  name  occurs  in  the  will  of  Thomas 
Dennis,  of  Scituate,  and  there  are  references 
to  him  in  the  Scituate  records  to  show  he  lived 
there  until  his  death  in  1657.  Children :  Ex- 
perience (a  son).  Remembrance,  Dependancc, 
Josiah. 

(II)  Josiah,  son  of  Lawrence  Litchfield, 
was  born  in  1647,  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  land  owner  of  Scituate  and  seems  to 
have  possessed  a  goodly  estate.  He  married, 
February  22,  1671,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nich- 
olas Baker,  pastor  of  the  First  church  in  Scit- 
uate. Children :  Hannah,  Sarah,  Josiah,  Nich- 
olas, Experience,  Judith,  Samuel. 

(III)  Nicholas,  son  of  Josiah  and  Sarah 
(Baker)  Litchfield,  was  born,  in  Scituate 
Massachusetts,  February  7,  1680.  He  became 
a  prominent  public  citizen,  representing  Scit- 
uate in  the  general  court  in  Boston,  1738-41. 
He  married  Bathsheba  Clark,  daughter  or 
niece  of  Thomas  Clark,  who  came  from 
Plymouth  to  Scituate  in  1674,  and  is  believed 
to  have  been  the  great-granddaughter  of 
Thomas  Clark,  mate  of  the  "Mayflower." 
Children:  Experience,  Josiah,  Nicholas, Bath- 
sheba, James,  John,  Israel,  Eleazer,  Susanna, 
Isaac,  of  whom  further ;  Thomas. 

(IV)  Isaac,  tenth  child  of  Nicholas  and 
Bathsheba  (Clark)  Litchfield,  was  bom  at 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  1719.  He  married 
(first),  1743,  Lydia  Cowing;  (second),  1758. 
Hannah  Hersey.  Children:  Bamabas,  Isaac, 
Hannah,  Abner,  Hersey,  Caleb,  Simeon,  of 
whom  further;  Canterbury,  Celey,  Desire, 
Stephen. 

(V)  Simeon,  sixth  child  of  Isaac  and  his 
first  wife,  Lydia  (Cowing)  Litchfield,  mar- 
ried, February  4,  1793,  Lucy  Hatch.  Children: 


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Lucy,  married  (first)  Robert  Cook;  (seccMid) 
Asa  Litchfield,  Simeon,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Simeon  (2),  son  of  Simeon  (i)  and 
Lucy  (Hatch)  Litchfield,  was  born  April  10, 
1795.  He  married  Hannah  Richards  and  had 
a  son,  Noah  Simeon. 

(VH)  Noah  Simeon,  son  of  Simeon  (2) 
and  Hannah  (Richards)  Litchfield,  was  born 
about  1841.  He  settled  in  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  agriculture. 
He  married  Jane  Morris,  bom  in  Clarkstown, 
Pembrokeshire,  South  Wales,  March  16,  1841, 
died  April  4,  1903.  Her  father  died  at  the 
early  age  of  thirty-nine  years,  leaving  six  sons 
and  two  daughters  to  care  for  their  mother, 
who  with  the  sublimest  faith  gathered  together 
the  family  and  set  out  across  the  then  wide  and 
dangerous  Atlantic  in  order  to  give  them  the 
benefits  of  a  free  country.  She  arrived  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  in  1850,  where  with  her 
family  she  remained  four  years,  then  removed 
to  Centreville,  New  York.  Children  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Litchfield :  Walter  Morris,  of  whom 
further;  Royal  S.,  married  Mary  Howe;  chil- 
dren, Ernest  and  Geraldine. 

( Vni)  Walter  Morris,  son  of  Noah  Simeon 
and  Jane  (Morris)  Litchfield,  was  born  March 
4,  1863,  in  Sandusky,  Cattaraugus  county 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Ten  Broeck  Academy,  whence 
he  was  graduated,  1879,  after  pursuing  a 
classical  course.  He  decided  upon  the  pro- 
fession of  medicine,  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  receiv- 
ing his  degree  of  M.  D.,  class  of  1886.  He  be- 
gan practice  at  Franklinville,  later  locating  at 
Cuba,  New  York.  In  1907  he  moved  to  Inde- 
pendence, Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  bank- 
ing and  in  the  oil  business  for  two  years.  He 
then  returned  to  New  York  state,  locating  in 
Salamanca,  his  present  home.  Dr.  Litchfield 
stands  high  in  his  profession  and  keeps  abreast 
of  all  modern  medical  discovery.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church. 

He  married,  November  19,  1895,  Maude 
Ellen  Green,  born  at  Ellington,  New  York, 
October  19,  1873,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Eva  (Grover)  Green,  of  Ellington  (see  Green 
IX).  They  have  a  son  Stanton  Grover,  bom 
October  9,  1900.  Mrs.  Litchfield  is  greatly 
interested  in  the  warfare  against  tuberculosis 
and  is  secretary  of  the  Anti-Tuberculosis 
League  of  Cattaraugus  county. 


(The  Green  Line). 

Two  men  bearing  exactly  the  same  name 
settled  in  Rhode  Island  at  about  the  same 
time,  John  Greene,  ancestor  of  General  Na- 
thaniel Greene,  and  John  Greene,  ancestor  of 
the  Greens  of  Chautauqua  county.  New  York. 
In  1639  Richard  Smith  built  a  trading  post 
near  the  present  village  of  Wickford,  Rhode 
Island,  in  North  Kingston,  Rhode  Island.  With 
him  was  living  John  Greene,  of  whose  previous 
history  nothing  certain  can  be  told.  He  was  a 
freeman  and  a  large  land  owner  of  the  colony 
at  a  later  period.  He  died  about  1695.  His 
wife  was  named  Joan.  Children:  John  (2), 
Daniel,  James,  Edward,  Benjamin. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  and  Joan 
Greene,  was  born  about  1665.  His  will  was 
proved  in  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
March  5,  1720.  He  was  deputy,  member  of 
the  town  council,  and  a  man  of  property.  In 
his  will  he  mentions  wife,  Humility,  who  sur- 
vived him,  and  twelve  children,  the  three 
youngest  under  eighteen  years:  John,  Mary, 
Benjamin,  Ann,  Henry,  Phebe,  Catherine,  Ca- 
leb, Sarah,  Dinah,  Deborah,  Joshua. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hu- 
mility Greene,  was  born  in  1688.  In  1732  he 
is  styled  "Lieutenant  John."  He  was  a  farmer 
and  large  land  owner.  He  married  (first), 
about  1708,  Mary,  daughter  of  Arthur  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Aylsworth,  originally  from 
England  or  Wales.  He  married  (second) 
Priscilla  Bo  wen  (or  Barry).  Children,  all  by 
first  wife:  Thomas,  Philip,  Mary,  Josiah, 
Amos,  Benjamin,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Joseph, 
Elizabeth,  Ruth,  William,  Joshua. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Mary  (Aylsworth)  Greene,  was  bom  about 
1719.  He  lived  in  West  Greenwich,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  married  (first),  February  7, 
1742,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Samuel  Rogers.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Anna  Sweet,  a  widow. 
Children:  Simeon,  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Qark, 
Elizabeth,  Lois. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and 
Mercy  (Rogers)  Greene,  was  born  in  West 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  April  30,  1749,  died 
in  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  June 
30,  1807.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution, 
serving  in  the  Sixth  Regiment  Albany  County 
(New  York)  Militia.  During  the  war  he  re- 
moved from  Rhode  Island  and  settled  in  Little 
Hoosick,  now  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county,  New 
York,  where  he  spent  his  life  as  a  farmer.  He 


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married  (first)  in  Rhode  Island,  1768,  Mar- 
garet  Budlong;  married    (second)    Penelope 

.     Children:  Simeon,  Isabel,  Rebecca, 

John,  Samuel,  Margaret,  Jonathan,  Caleb. 

(VI)  Simeon,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mar- 
garet (Budlong)  Greene,  was  born  in  West 
Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  May,  1769,  died  in 
Bridgewater,  Oneida  county,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober, 1838.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married, 
in  Berlin,  Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  Eun- 
ice, born  in  1774,  died  in  1855,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Betsey  (Rhodes)  Budlong.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel  C,  Jonathan,  Benjamin,  Daniel 
C,  Margaret,  Rosannah,  Clark,  Charles,  Eun- 
ice, Lydia  R.,  Alonzo,  Mary  Ann. 

(VII)  Daniel  C.  Green,  son  of  Simeon  and 
Eunice  (Budlong)  Greene  (the  final  "e"  now 
having  been  dropped),  was  born  in  Berlin, 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  in  1802,  died 
in  1847.  He  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
trade  of  millwright,  and  worked  at  glass  blow- 
ing at  Sand  Lake,  Saratoga  county.  New  York. 
He  settled  in  the  town  of  Ellington,  Chau- 
tauqua county.  New  York,  in  1823.  He  mar- 
ried Rosannah  Rhodes.  Children :  Charles  B., 
James  J.,  DeWitt  C. 

(VIII)  Judge  Charles  Beckwith  Green,  son 
of  Daniel  C.  and  Rosannah  (Rhodes)  Green, 
was  born  in  Stephentown,  Rensselaer  county. 
New  York,  January  13,  1809.  He  received  a 
good  education,  and  on  February  14,  1823, 
when  fourteen  years  of  age,  settled  in  Cherry 
Creek,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  In 
his  earlier  days  he  taught  school,  at  the  same 
time  beginning  the  study  of  law.  He  later  took 
lip  a  regular  course  of  study  with  Judge  Mul- 
lett,  of  Fredonia,  and  was  admitted  to  practice 
in  the  inferior  courts  in  1843,  ^^^  ^^  ^^^  higher 
and  supreme  courts  in  1851.  He  rose  to  emi- 
nence in  his  profession,  and  for  many  years 
was  judge  of  Chautauqua  county.  In  1858  he 
was  a  member  of  the  state  legislature.  He 
filled  at  various  times  and  for  many  years  the 
offices  of  justice  of  the  peace,  school  commis- 
sioner and  school  inspector.  He  died  in  Cherry 
Creek,  March  21,  1894,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
He  married,  November  20,  1836,  Lydia  Kent, 
bom  in  1816,  the  first  white  child  born  within 
the  limits  of  the  town  of  Cherry  Creek.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  M.  and  Polly  Kent. 
Joseph  M.  Kent  was  the  first  settler  in  Cherry 

'Creek.  He  was  born  in  Royalton,  Vermont, 
and  came  to  New  York  state  where  he  resided, 
first  in  Herkimer,  then  in  Onondaga  county, 
and  in   18 19  settling  on  lot  9,  in  Gerry,  now 


Cherry  Creek,  Chautauqua  county.  He  reared 
his  bark-covered  log  house  and  returned  for 
his  wife  and  seven  children.  With  the  aid  of 
his  sons  and  a  nephew  he  cleared  the  first  land 
in  the  town  and  raised  the  first  crop  of  potatoes 
the  same  year.  The  next  spring,  being  desti- 
tute of  provisions,  he  felled  a  pine  tree  and 
from  it  made  a  canoe  sixty  feet  long,  which 
he  launched  in  Connewango  creek,  loaded  it 
with  fifteen  hundred  pounds  of  maple  sugar 
and  some  buck  salts,  and  ran  his  cargo  down 
creek  and  river  to  Pittsburgh.  He  readily  ex- 
changed his  maple  sugar  and  salts  for  pro- 
visions, and  with  the  aid  of  his  son,  George, 
pushed  his  rude  canoe  back  to  Cherry  Creek, 
having  been  absent  three  weeks.  The  family, 
during  his  absence,  had  subsisted  chiefly  on 
,  maple  sugar  and  milk. 

(IX)  Charles,  son  of  Judge  Charles  Beck- 
with and  Lydia  (Kent)  Green,  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Ellington,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York.  He  learned  the  trade  of  harness- 
maker,  and  after  being  in  business  in  Elling- 
ton for  many  years  went  to  Little  Valley, 
Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  followed  the 
same  business.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  a  Republican.  He 
married,  January  17,  1870,  Eva,  daughter  of 
Seth  and  Betsey  (Wilcox)  Grover.  Seth  Gro- 
ver  was  the  first  merchant  in  business  in  Cherry 
Creek.  His  store,  which  he  opened  in  1831, 
stood  on  the  site  later  occupied  by  the  estab- 
lishment of  P.  R.  Pope.  Mr.  Grover,  in  con- 
nection with  his  store,  had  an  ashery  and 
|>earling  oven.  '  He  was  postmaster  of  the  vil- 
lage of  Cherry  Creek,  being  the  third  to  hold 
that  office.  Children  of  Charles  and  Eva  (Gro- 
ver) Green:  i.  Maude  Ellen,  married  Dr.  Wal- 
ter M.  Litchfield;  child,  Stanton  Grover  (see 
Litchfield  VII).  2.  Fanny  Eliza,  married 
Charles  Lawrence  McLoutts;  child.  Royal  L. 
3.  Fred  H.,  married  Ethel  Simpson ;  children : 
Maud  and  Pauline.  4.  Gertrude  G.,  married 
James  Benson;  children:  Paul,  Margaret, 
Katherine,  Harold.  5.  Bessie  Adell,  married 
Harlan  Barnard.  6.  Katherine  Bell,  married 
Dr.  Harold  M.  Waite.  7.  Harold.  8.  Hazel, 
married  Glenn  M.  Evans.  Q.Eva.  10.  Margaret. 


The   earliest   record    of    the 
MADIGAN     Madigan  family  of  Dunkirk, 

New  York,  is  found  in  coun- 
ty Limerick,  Ireland,  where  they  led  peaceful 
and  contented  lives,  and  where  they  were  well 
known  and  highly  respected. 


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(I)  Dennis  Madigan,  the  first  of  the  line 
here  under  consideration,  was  born  in  county 
Limerick,  Ireland,  1789,  died  in  Dunkirk,  New 
York,  in  1854,  aged  sixty-five  years.  He  fol- 
lowed the  occupation  of  farming  in  Ireland 
for  many  years,  and  later  was  proprietor  of  a 
general  store.  In  1853  ^^  emigrated  to  the 
United  States,  accompanied  by  his  son  James, 
then  about  eighteen  years  old,  and  settled  in 
Dunkirk,  where  his  death  occurred  the  follow- 
ing year.  He  was  preceded  to  this  country  by 
his  son  John,  who  also  settled  in  Dunkirk.  He 
married,  in  Ireland,  Hannah  Cusack,  who  did 
not  emigrate  with  her  husband,  but  died  in  her 
native  land,  1855,  aged  sixty  years.  Four  chil- 
dren grew  to  maturity,  John,  James,  Michael 
and  Patrick  N.,  all  of  whom  are  further  men- 
tioned. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Dennis  and  Hannah  (Cu- 
sack) Madigan,  was  born  in  county  Limerick, 
Ireland,  1829,  died  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1902.  He  received  a  practical  educa- 
tion in  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  where  he 
remained  until  1849,  in  which  year  he  came  to 
the  United  States,  being  the  first  of  the  fam- 
ily to  emigrate,  and  in  185 1  settled  in  Dun- 
kirk, New  York.  He  began  business  life  there 
as  bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  Brunage  &  Sey- 
mour, lumber  dealers,  and  remained  in  their 
employ  until  their  retirement  from  business. 
Shortly  afterward  Mr.  Madigan  engaged  in 
business  on  his  own  account  as  a  lumber  dealer, 
and  continued  very  successfully  until  1866. 
He  then  found  it  necessary  to  increase  his 
facilities,  and  to  secure  additional  capital  ad- 
mitted to  partnership  his  brothers,  Michael  and 
Patrick  N.,  forming  the  firm  of  J.  Madigan 
&  Company,  which  had  a  very  prosperous 
career,  dealing  heavily  in  lumber  and  operating 
a  planing  mill  in  Dunkirk.  They  also  estab- 
lished a  wholesale  and  retail  coal  business, 
which  is  yet  continued  by  Michael  Madigan. 
After  several  years  of  successful  operation 
Patrick  N.  Madigan  sold  his  interest  to  his 
brothers  and  retired.  John  and  Michael  Madi- 
gan continued  until  the  death  of  John,  when 
the  business  was  closed  up,  Michael  retaining 
the  coal  department.  The  brothers  were  lead- 
ing Democrats.  John  Madigan  was  elected 
receiver  of  taxes  for  the  city  and  town  of 
Dunkirk,  served  as  assessor  for  town  and 
city  of  Dunkirk  for  twenty-two  consecutive 
years,  and  in  1887  was  appointed  by  President 
Cleveland  collector  of  customs  for  the  port  of 


Dunkirk.  All  of  these  duties  were  performed 
in  a  highly  creditable  manner. 

John  Madigan  married,  in  February,  1859, 
Margaret  Meirs,  born  in  county  Clare,  Ireland, 
died  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  in  March,  1908, 
aged  seventy  years.  She  came  to  the  United 
States  with  her  parents,  who  later  settled  in 
Canada,  and  after  the  death  of  her  father  she 
came  to  Dunkirk,  New  York,  where  her  mar- 
riage occurred.  Children:  i.  John  T.,  born 
November  11,  1864,  died  May  19,  1907;  he 
held  the  office  of  mayor  of  Dunkirk  at  the  time 
of  his  decease;  married  Minette  Mayo,  who 
survives  him.  2.  Dennis  F.,  born  January  17, 
1867;  married,  January  31,  191 1,  Josephine 
Helen  Fenessey,  of  Titusville,  Pennsylvania. 
3.  Edward,  born  November  5,  1868;  now 
cashier  of  the  Lake  Shore  National  Bank.  4. 
William  J.,  born  August  9,  1870.  5.  James 
W.,  born  October  22,  1872. 

(II)  James,  second  son  of  Dennis  and  Han- 
nah (Cusack)  Madigan,  was  born  in  county 
Limerick,  Ireland.  He  was  reared  and  edi#- 
cateil  there,  and  in  1853  accompanied  his 
father  to  the  United  States.  He  enlisted  in  the 
United  States  army  during  the  civil  war  and 
was  not  heard  from  afterward,  presumably 
died  during  that  struggle. 

(II)  Michael,  third  son  of  Dennis  and  Han- 
nah (Cusack)  Madigan,  was  born  in  county 
Limerick,  Ireland,  May  10,  1840.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  land,  com- 
pleting his  studies  in  Dunkirk,  New  York.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1855,  joining  his 
brother  John  in  Dunkirk.  Upon  the  comple- 
tion of  his  studies  he  was  apprenticed  to  learn 
the  trade  of  moulder,  at  which  he  worked 
until  1866,  in  which  year  he  associated  with 
his  brothers  in  the  lumber  business,  continuing 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  J.  Madigan  &  Com- 
pany until  the  firm  was  dissolved  in  1902.  He 
retained  the  wholesale  and  retail  coal  business 
established  by  Madigan  &  Company,  which  he 
continues  at  the  present  time  (1911).  He  has 
been  very  successful  in  business,  and  prominent 
in  public  life.  He  takes  a  leading  part  in  pub- 
lic affairs,  and  is  influential  in  the  councils  of 
the  Democratic  party.  He  was  elected  receiver 
of  taxes  for  the  town  and  city  of  Dunkirk  in 
1885,  reelected  in  1886,  and  served  for  four- 
teen years  on  the  board  of  education. 

Michael  Madigan  married  Mary  A.  McFar- 
land,  born  in  Ireland,  brought  to  the  United 
States  when  two  years  of  age  by  her  parents. 


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Michael  and  Anna  McFarland.  Children,  born 
in  Dunkirk:  i.  James  M.,  now  assistant  cashier 
of  the  Merchants'  Bank  of  Dunkirk ;  married, 
June  27,  1911,  Elizabeth  Jacka.  2.  William 
T.,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Dunkirk 
Construction  and  Supply  Company;  unmar- 
ried. 3.  John  J.,  bookkeeper  for  Safe  (De- 
partment) Store  of  Dunkirk,  New  York;  mar- 
ried Mary  E.  Callagee.  4.  Catherine,  died 
aged  eighteen  years. 

(II)  Patrick  N.,  fourth  son  of  Dennis  and 
Hannah  (Cusack)  Madigan,  was  born  in  coun- 
ty Limerick,  Ireland.  He  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  his  native  land.  He  accompanied  his 
brother  Michael  to  the  United  States  in  1855, 
after  the  death  of  their  mother.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  J.  Madigan  &  Company, 
aforementioned,  and  also  served  as  agent  of 
the  United  States  mail  line  of  steamboats  ply- 
ing between  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  Louisville, 
Kentucky,  which  position  he  resigned  on  ac- 
count of  failing  health.  Later  he  held  various 
positions  with  railroads,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  in  1873,  was  serving  as  general  pas- 
senger agent  for  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  rail- 
road. 

Patrick  N.  Madigan  married,  in  1870,  Ma- 
tilda E.  Lavalle,  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  who 
bore  him  one  child,  Mary  Shirley,  both  of 
whom  make  their  home  principally  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  but  at  the  present  time  (1911)  are 
living  in  Dunkirk,  New  York. 

The  forefathers  of  the  DeVoe  fam- 
DeVOE  ily  in  America  were  French  Prot- 
estants (Huguenots),  the  name 
then  being  DeVeaux.  The  American  ancestor 
of  this  branch  of  the  family  is  Frederick  I>e 
Veaux,  born  about  the  year  1645  in  the  prov- 
ince of  Annis,  France.  When  a  boy  of  twelve 
or  fourteen  years  of  age  he,  with  his  parents 
and  two  brothers,  left  home  in  France  to  escape 
the  persecutions  of  the  authorities,  and  after 
much  suffering  arrived  at  Manheim,  Germany, 
where  they  found  some  of  the  earlier  fugitives 
of  the  family  who  had  left  France  at  various 
earlier  periods.  Here  Frederick  grew  to  man- 
hood, entered  into  trade  in  the  town,  where 
he  married,  about  1)573;  his  wife,  however, 
soon  dying  without  issue.  He  closed  up  his 
business  and  after  obtaining  the  necessary 
passport  from  the  ma^strates  of  Manheim, 
in  1675,  took  passage  for  England  and  from 
there  to  New  York,  settling  at  Harlem,  where 
on  June  24,  1677,  appears  in  the  Dutch  Church 


records  the  marriage  of  "Frederick  du  Voix, 
widower,  to  Hester,  daughter  of  Daniel  Ter- 
neur  of  Harlem."  By  this  marriage  he  came 
into  possession  of  a  tract  of  land  afterwards 
known  as  the  Cromwell  farm,  located  where 
Cromwell  creek  connects  with  the  Harlem  river 
near  the  "Central  Bridge."  In  1694  he  pur- 
chased the  neck  of  land  known  as  Devoe's 
Point  which  connected  McComb's  dam — ^now 
Central  Bridge— on  the  east  end  across  the 
Harlem.  In  1705  he  purchased  land  from 
Colonel  Lewis  Morris  in  Morrisania,  and  in 
171 5  took  the  oath  of  allegiance;  three  years 
after  (1718)  he  purchased  two  hundred  acres 
of  land  in  New  Rochelle,  and  in  1719  bought 
the  farm  adjoining,  containing  one  hundred 
acres.  These  two  farms  were  later  occupied 
by  his  son  Abel,  his  father  still  later  taking  up 
a  residence  with  him.  In  1730  he  is  found 
boarding  with  his  son-in-law,  Andrew  Nau- 
dain,  at  New  Rochelle,  where  he  continued 
until  within  a  few  months  of  his  death,  in  No- 
vember, 1743,  at  the  house  of  his  son  Daniel 
at  Morrisania,  town  of  Westchester.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  money,  bonds,  goods,  etc.,  after 
his  death,  shows  that  for  that  period  he  was  a 
man  of  wealth,  as  also  by  his  will  in  which  he 
divides  up  his  property,  giving  each  certain 
sums  of  money  and  other  property. 

His  children,  all  by  his  second  wife,  are:  i. 
Rachel,  born  1678;  married  Johannes  Dyck- 
man  and  settled  at  Hackensack,  New  Jersey. 
2.  Jacob,  twin  of  Rachel,  died  young.  3.  Sus- 
annah (Susan  in  Bible),  bom  1682;  married 
Andrew  Naudain  (or  Nodine),  of  French  ex- 
traction, who  was  born  in  the  last  year  of  the 
seventeenth  century ;  lived  entirely  through  the 
eighteenth  and  died  at  age  of  one  hundred  and 
two  years,  the  first  or  second  year  of  the  nine- 
teenth century ;  they  resided  in  New  Rochelle. 
4.  Frederick  (2),  bom  1684,  died  1753;  mar- 
ried (first)  Hester  Dyckman;  (second)  Mary 
Odell ;  he  had  the  "Cromwell  farm"  deeded 
him  by  his  father,  on  which  he  lived  all  his 
after  life :  his  descendants  settled  in  Westches- 
ter and  Ulster  counties.  New  York,  and  many 
of  them  fought  in  the  revolution.  5.  Daniel, 
of  whom  further.  6.  Abel,  bom  about  1688, 
at  Morrisania,  New  York;  a  farmer  of  New 
Rochelle,  holding  lands  devised  by  his  father ; 
he  died  in  I747f  owning  land  and  slaves;  he 
married  Magdalena  Hunt  7.  Joseph,  bom  in 
Morrisania,  New  York,  about  1696;  settled  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  learned  the  trade 
of  cordwainer ;  died  1774  and  in  his  will  wishes 


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his  body  to  be  buried  in  the  "Old  Dutch 
Church"  yard;  he  married  (first)  Sarah  Blom, 
(second)  Sarah  Montayne. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Frederick  and  Hester 
(Tourneur-Terneur)  DeVoe  (DeVeaux),  was 
born  about  1686,  died  1772.  In  early  life  he 
worked  for  his  father  on  the  farm.  In  1728 
he  was  deeded  the  farm  purchased  from  Will- 
iam Bickley  in  1694  by  Frederick  DeVoe  (De- 
Veaux). The  lower  part  or  point  of  land 
known  as  "DeVoe's  Point"  for  more  than  one 
hundred  years  was  a  part  of  this  farm  and 
owned  by  the  family.  Descendants  of  Daniel 
DeVoe  settled  in  the  Hudson  Valley  and  in 
Western  New  York.  They  spelled  the  name 
both  DeVoe  and  DeVeaux.  One  Samuel  De- 
Veaux was  commissary  at  Fort  Niagara  in 
1807;  justice  of  the  peace  at  Niagara  Falls  in 
1823 ;  first  churchman  at  Niagara  Falls ;  organ- 
ized the  first  Sunday  school  there  and  was  a 
founder  and  the  first  warden  of  the  parish  of 
St.  Peter's.  In  1836  he  represented  Niagara 
county  in  the  legislature,  and  was  then  the 
richest  man  in  that  section.  He  left  by  will 
means  for  founding  a  college  which  should  al- 
ways be  under  the  control  of  the  diocese  of 
Western  New  York  and  the  president  always 
to  be  a  clerg)mian  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  This  later  was  erected  and  opened 
May  20,  1857,  as  "DeVeaux  College."  Daniel 
DeVoe  married,  in  17 14,  Margaret  Colyer. 
Children :  Hester,  Elizabeth,  Daniel,  Cornelius, 
Lena,  Mary,  Lavina,  Margaret,  Abigail,  John, 
of  whom  further. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Daniel  and  Margaret 
(Colyer)  DeVoe,  was  born  at  Morrisania,  town 
of  Westchester,  New  York,  where  he  resided 
with  his  parents,  principally  engaged  in  rais- 
ing products  for  the  New  York  markets  which 
were  conveyed  to  that  city  in  small  sailing  ves- 
sels and  rowboats.  During  the  revolutionary 
war  he  remained  very  quiet  except  so  far  as  to 
dispose  of  his  produce  to  the  best  advantage, 
especially  after  the  British  troops  occupied  the 
neighborhood  of  Kingsbridge.  Among  his  re- 
ceipts was  one  for  "ten  hundred  weight  of 
straw,  for  one  hundred  soldiers'  tents,"  signed 
Samuel  Fitzgerald,  quartermaster  of  the  Thir- 
ty-fifth Regiment.  He  died  in  1809.  He  was 
a  just  and  honest  man;  respected  by  all  who 
knew  him.  He  owned  a  good  farm,  which  he 
divided  into  three  equal  parts  between  his  three 
sons.  He  married,  in  1754,  Maria  Debevoice. 
Children :  Margaret,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Charles, 
Anna,  Frederick,  Effy,  John,  of  whom  further. 


(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Maria 
(Debevoice)  DeVoe,  was  born  in  1778,  died 
1864.  He  settled  in  Herkimer  county,  New 
York ;  was  a  farmer  and  a  man  of  some  means. 
He  married  Sarah  Weeks.  Children:  Mary 
Elizabeth,  James  W.,  William  Henry,  of  whom 
further ;  Sarah  Ann. 

(V)  William  Henry,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Weeks)  DeVoe,  was  born  in  Herki- 
mer county,  New  York,  April,  1808)  died  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  March  4,  1887.  He 
was  a  farmer  most  of  his  active  life.  About 
the  year  1848  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  which  was  ever  afterwards  his  home, 
and  his  burial  place.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  in  politics  a 
Whig  and  Republican.  He  married  Sarah  Ann 
Wilbur,  bom  181 5,  died  18 — .  She  is  buried 
at  Sherman,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York. 
Children:  Richard  H.,  deceased;  Alonzo,  of 
whom  further ;  Elizabeth  Ann,  married  Anson 
Leet  Herrick,  whom  she  survives;  John  A., 
died  in  childhood. 

(VI)  Alonzo,  son  of  William  Henry  and 
Sarah  Ann  (Wilbur)  DeVoe,  was  born  at 
Fredonia,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  Au- 
gust 4,  1836,  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
November  19,  1910,  where  he  is  buried  in  Lake 
View  cemetery.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Fredonia,  remaining  until  reaching 
the  age  of  twelve  years  when  his  father,  a 
Chautauqua  county  farmer,  removed  to  James- 
town, where  his  education  was  completed.  He 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade  and  became  a 
well-known  builder  and  contractor.  He  was 
a  man  of  sterling  character  and  possessed  the 
confidence  and  respect  of  his  community.  He 
was  reserved  in  manner  but  the  kindest  of  men 
and  ever  mindful  of  the  rights  and  feelings  of 
others.  He  was  an  ardent  advocate  of  the 
cause  of  temperance  and  active  in  the  Tem- 
perance Union  Lodge,  Jamestown.  His  indus- 
try, thrift  and  careful  business  habits  brought 
him  a  competence,  while  his  qualities  of  mind 
and  character  endeared  him  to  all.  He  was 
a  man  of  large  and  commanding  figure  which 
was  easily  noticeable  where  large  numbers  of 
men  were  congregated.  He  was  an  attendant 
of  the  Congregational  church,  and  in  politics 
a  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of  the  James- 
town board  of  assessors  for  twelve  years,  serv- 
ing his  city  most  faithfully. 

He  married,  at  Buffalo,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1888,  M.  Alice  Cook,  daughter  of  Mer- 
ritt  Cook,  who  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 


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January  17,  1888,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  He 
was  in  earlier  life  a  journalist  and  writer  for 
a  Buffalo  newspaper  but  his  health  demanded 
outdoor  work,  and  he  learned  the  stonemason's 
trade.  For  over  fifty  years  he  resided  in 
Jamestown,  coming  when  it  was  but  a  small 
village.  He  became  a  contractor,  erected  many 
buildings  and  acquired  a  generous  estate.  The 
Congregational  church  now  stands  on  land 
which  he  owned.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  and  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried Almira  Gay,  who  died  August  22,  1905, 
at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  and  is  buried  in 
Lake  View  cemetery.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Gilbert  and  Mana  (Estell)  Gay,  and  a  direct 
descendant  of  John  Gay,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land in  1630  and  settled  at  Sharon,  Massachu- 
setts ;  also  a  great-great-grandchild  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Gay,  of  the  revolutionary  army. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cook:  i.  M.  Alice, 
was  educated  at  the  Jamestown  high  school, 
and  afterwards  attended  the  Buffalo  General 
Hospital  where  she  was  graduated  a  trained 
nurse;  she  remained  at  the  hospital  ten  years 
following  her  profession ;  she  is  a  member  of 
the  Woman's  Christian  Temperance  Union 
and  of  the  Congregational  church  ;  she  married, 
November  3,  1888,  Alonzo  DeVoe.  2.  Albert, 
died  in  infancy.  3.  Albert  (2),  a  practicing 
physician  of  Newcastle,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Ella, 
married  Fred  W.  Gordon,  of  Jamestown,  New 
York. 

(VH)  Myra  Cook,  only  child  of  Alonzo  and 
M.  Alice  (Cook)  DeVoe,  was  born  in  James- 
town, New  York,  September  20,  1892.  She 
has  been  educated  in  that  city,  being  graduated 
from  the  high  school,  class  of  19 10.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  and  of 
the  Union  Grange  Choir.  She  resides  with 
her  mother  at  545  East  Fifth  street  in  the  home 
built  by  her  father. 


The  American  progenitor  of 
CARLSON  the  Carlson  family  of  James- 
town is  Daniel  August  Carl- 
son, born  in  Sweden,  March  17,  1830.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  carpenter,  working  at  the 
latter  occupation  in  Stockholm  until  1880, 
when  he  came  to  the  UViited  States,  settling 
in  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  first  at 
Kennedy,  later  in  Jamestown,  where  he  now 
lives  a  retired  life,  respected  by  all  as  a  kindly- 
hearted,  benevolent  gentleman.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  a 


Republican.  He  married,  in  1852,  Breta  Chris- 
tina Johnson,  born  July  29,  1828,  in  Sweden, 
died  July  24,  1909,  in  Jamestown.  She  was  a 
devoted  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  is  buried  in  Lakeview  cemetery. 
Children:  A  child  died  in  infancy;  Charles 
John,  of  whom  further;  Alida  Sophie,  married 
August  Dahlgren  (see  Dahlgren  H). 

(H)  Charles  John,  only  son  of  Daniel  Au- 
gust and  Breta  C.  (Johnson)  Carlson,  was 
born  in  Smaland,  Sweden,  June  4,  1854,  died 
in  Jamestown,  New  York,  November  18,  1907. 
He  attended  school  in  Sweden  until  he  was 
sixteen,  when  the  family  came  to  the  United 
States,  settling  in  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  where  his  education  was  finished.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  and  after  a 
few  years  became  himself  a  manufacturer  of 
furniture  with  plant  at  Kennedy,  New  York. 
Later  he  organized  the  firm  of  Carlson.  Bloom- 
guist  &  Snow,  furniture  manufacturers,  with 
mills  and  offices  at  Falconer.  Here  he  con- 
ducted a  successful  business  for  fourteen  years, 
then  retired  with  a  competence  on  account  of 
ill  health.  He  was  an  energetic,  capable  man 
of  business,  and  from  a  small  l^eginning  made 
a  name  for  himself  in  the  business  world  and 
left  his  family  well  provided  for.  He  was  of  a 
genial,  companionable  disposition,  and  had  a 
wide  circle  of  friends.  In  1900  he  built  a  fine, 
modern  house  in  Jamestown,  where  his  widow 
now  resides.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Fenton 
Guards,  with  whom  he  was  very  popular,  as 
he  was  with  all.  Politically  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, and  in  religious  faith  a  Methodist. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  August  20,  1881, 
Christina  W.  Lind,  born  in  Sweden,  March 
13,  1856,  daughter  of  Samuel  Lind,  born  in 
Sweden,  1805,  died  1901 ;  married  Anna  Law- 
son,  born  181 1,  died  April  23,  1905.  Their 
children  are :  Peter,  deceased ;  Gustus,  resides 
in  Sweden;  Anna  M.,  resides  in  a  western 
state ;  Carl  John,  resides  in  Sweden ;  Caroline 
Sophie,  resides  in  Sweden;  John  Augustin, 
resides  in  Sweden ;  Charles  Victor,  deceased ; 
Otto,  deceased;  Matilda,  deceased;  Christina 
W^,  married  Charles  John  Carlson.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Carlson  had  five  children,  three  of  whom 
died  in  infancy,  and  the  surviving  children 
were:  Victor,  died  young;  Edwin  Leonard, 
born  in  Kennedy,  New  York,  October  5,  1888 ; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Jamestown 
Business  College;  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church ;  resides  at  the  family  home 
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The  first  of  this  family  to 
DAHLGREN     come  to  the  United  States 

was  August  Dahlgren,  the 
youngest  of  five  children  of  William  Daniel- 
son,  of  Sweden,  i.  Anne,  married  Peter  Lager 
and  resides  at  Rock  Springs,  Wyoming.  2. 
Charles,  of  Stockholm,  Sweden.  3.  Sophie, 
married  John  Johinson,  and  lives  in  Sweden. 
4.  Louisa,  married  and  lives  in  Sweden.  5. 
August,  of  whom  further. 

( II )  August  Dahlgren,  for  reasons  unknown, 
changed  his  name  from  Danielson  to  Dahl- 
gren. He  was  born  in  Wirserum,  Sweden,  No- 
vember 29,  1855,  died  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  October  27,  1910,  and  is  buried  in  Lake- 
view  cemetery.  He  received  a  good  education, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  cabinetmaker  with  his 
father,  who  was  employed  in  Stockholm  by 
the  Atlas  Furniture  Company,  a  large  furni- 
ture manufacturing  company  of  that  city.  Au- 
gust Dahlgren  went  as  an  apprentice  with  this 
company  and  gained  an  expert  knowledge  of 
cabinet  and  furniture  making.  In  1881  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  arriving  June  20 
of  that  year.  Four  days  later  he  was  in  James- 
town at  work  in  the  furniture  factory  of  Breed 
&  Johnson,  continuing  in  their  employ  five 
years.  He  next  entered  the  factory  of  Carl- 
son, Bloomguist  &  Snow,  at  Falconer,  Mr. 
Carlson  being  his  brother-in-law.  He  remain- 
ed with  them  fourteen  years.  When  the  Union 
Furniture  Company  was  started  in  Jamestown 
he  was  the  first  cabinetmaker  employed,  con- 
tinuing two  years ;  then  nine  months  was  with 
another  company,  after  which  he  took  a  posi- 
tion with  the  Atlas  Furniture  Company,  but 
after  four  years  he  was  obliged  to  retire  on 
account  of  ill  health.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
expert  cabinetmakers,  and  one  whose  services 
were  always  in  demand.  His  character  was 
of  the  highest  and  he  commanded  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  his  employers  as  well  as  of 
his  associates.  He  was  devoted  to  his  family, 
whose  welfare  he  carefully  safeguarded.  He 
was  independent  in  his  political  action,  but 
often  supported  Republican  candidates.  In 
religious  faith  he  was  a  Methodist. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  July  21,  1863, 
Alida  Sophie  Carlson,  born  in  his  native  vil- 
lage in  Sweden,  September  12,  1857,  daughter 
of  Daniel  August  Carlson  (see  Carlson).  She 
is  a  woman  of  strong  character,  good  educa- 
tion, and  is  a  member  of  the  Swedish  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  Child  of  August  and  Alida  S. 
Dahlgren :  Elmer  E.,  born  in  Jamestown,  April 


18,  1884.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Jamestown  Business  College.  At 
the  age  of  thirteen  he  began  learning  wood 
carving  and  spent  seven  years  hand  carving  on 
fine  furniture.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ellicott 
Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  at  Jamestown,  October  8, 1908,  Mabel 
M.,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Peterson) 
Lindholm;  child,  Evelyn  R.,  born  July  16, 
1909. 

The  name  Norton  simply  means 
NORTON  the  Northern  Homestead  or  En- 
closure, and  corresponds  to  Sut- 
ton, Easton  and  Weston.  The  original  name 
of  Lord  Grantley's  family  was  Coigniers  until 
the  time  of  Edward  III.  when  Roger  Coigniers 
married  the  heiress  of  Norton,  and  their  son 
took  the  maternal  name.  Others  have  traced 
the  origin  of  the  name  in  England  to  a  Nor- 
man origin,  and  to  the  time  of  W^illiam  the 
Conqueror,  when  his  constable  who  came  with 
him  to  England  bore  the  name  of  Norville, 
which  became  anglicized  Nortown  and  Norton. 
There  were  several  emigrants  of  this  name 
early  in  New  England.  Captain  Walter  Nor- 
ton came  in  1630;  George  Norton  came  from 
London  and  was  made  a  freeman  in  1634. 
William  Norton,  born  in  England  in  1610, 
came  in  the  "HopewelF*  in  1635.  His  brother, 
Rev.  John  Norton,  a  graduate  of  Cambridge, 
came  in  1635,  and  in  1656  was  pastor  of  the 
First  Church  in  Boston,  noted  for  his  piety 
and  learning.  Nicholas  Norton  was  of  Mar- 
tha's Vineyard  in  1638,  and  many  others.  These 
different  families  were  doubtless  of  a  common 
English  origin. 

The  Nortons  of  Great  Valley  and  Salamanca, 
New  York,  descend  from  Thomas  Norton, 
born  in  England  in  1582,  died  in  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  1648.  He  emigrated  with  his  wife 
and  children  from  Ockley  in  Runey,  near  Guil- 
ford, England,  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in 
1639,  going  from  there  by  vessel  to  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  with  twenty-four  com- 
panions. Their  minister.  Rev.  Henry  White- 
field,  had  been  pastor  of  the  church  at  Ock- 
ley of  which  Thomas  Norton  had  been  a  ward- 
en. Previous  to  their  settlement  at  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  the  twenty-five  colonists  signed  a 
covenant  which  united  them  as  a  body  politic. 
They  chose  as  their  first  governor  William 
Leete,  who  was  afterward  governor  of  the 
LInited    Colonies    of    Connecticut.     Thomas 


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Norton  married,  in  1625,  in  England,  Grace 
Wells.  He  did  not  long  survive  his  emigra- 
tion, dying  in  1648.  Children:  Anne,  married 
John  Warner;  Grace,  married  William  Sew- 
ard ;  Mary,  married  Samuel  Rockwell ;  John ; 
Abijah,  married  Annanias  Tryon ;  Thomas,  of 
whom  further. 

( II )  Thomas  ( 2 ) ,  youngest  child  of  Thomas 
(i)  and  Grace  (Wells)  Norton,  was  bom  in 
England  about  1636.  He  came  to  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  with  his  father ;  removed  to  Say- 
brook,  Connecticut,  before  November  22,  1661, 
and  died  at  Durham,  Connecticut,  after  No- 
vember 25,  1 7 12.  He  was  well  educated  for 
his  time,  and  owned  large  tracts  of  land  at 
Saybrook,  Durham  and  Middletown.  He  was 
made  a  freeman  at  Saybrook,  September  9, 
1668.  After  the  death  of  his  wife  he  lived  for 
a  time  with  his  son  Thotnas  at  Saybrook,  later 
with  his  son  Joseph  in  Durham.  He  appointed. 
May  8,  1706,  three  ''Overseers  of  all  his  estate 
and  affairs,"  as  well  during  life  as  after  his 
decease,  "to  see  the  several  settlements  to  his 
children  performed,  etc."  on  account  of  his 
"Inability  and  Incapacity  by  reason  of  old  age." 
He  married.  May  8,  167 1,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Nicholas  Mason.  She  died  January  31, 
1699.  Children,  born  in  Saybrook:  Elizabeth, 
died  young;  Thomas;  Elizabeth  (2) ;  Joseph; 
Samuel,  of  whom  further ;  Abigail ;  Ebenezer ; 
John. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Mason)  Norton,  was  born  October  4, 
1673,  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  died  at  Dur- 
ham, Connecticut,  April  2,  1752.  He  removed 
to  Durham  in  1704.  He  made  the  purchase  of 
land  in  Goshen,  Connecticut,  made  by  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Norton  family,  a  proprietor's  right 
bought  November  20,  1738,  of  David  Hall,  of 
Wallingford.  He  married,  March  13,  1713, 
Dinah  Birdsey,  widow  of  Benjamin  Beach. 
She  was  born  at  Stratford,  1688,  died  at  Dur- 
ham, September  17,  1765.  She  had  two  chil- 
dren by  her  first  husband  and  is  said  to  "have 
been  no  ordinary  woman."  Children,  born  in 
Durham:  Samuel  (2),  died  young;  Ebenezer, 
of  whom  further;  Samuel  (3) ;  Noah;  Dinah; 
David. 

(IV)  Colonel  Ebenezer  Norton,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Birdsey-Beach)  Norton, 
was  born  December  30,  171 5.  He  removed 
to  Goshen,  Connecticut,  in  1739,  died  there, 
March  15,  1785.  He  became  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  of  Goshen,  which  town  he 
represented  in  the  general  assembly  twenty- 


six  times  between  1760-79.  (Two  sessions 
were  held  yearly).  He  was  a  strong  patriot, 
enlisted  as  private  in  Captain  Morse's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Hermon  Swift's  second  regi- 
ment, Connecticut  Line,  1781-83;  was  pro- 
moted corporal ;  later  was  lieutenant-colonel  of 
the  Seventeenth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia. 
He  was  also  state  agent  for  procuring  arms 
for  the  soldiers.  In  1771  he  was  appointed 
civil  magistrate,  and  was  a  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  from  1776  until  his  death. 
It  is  said  of  him:  "His  Christian  character  was 
exemplary  and  uniform."  He  married,  1740, 
Elizabeth,  who  died  April  16,  181 1,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathaniel  Baldwin.  Both  are  buried  in 
the  East  Street  cemetery  in  Goshen.  Children, 
born  in  Goshen:  Miles,  of  whom  further; 
Aaron,  Elizabeth,  Ebenezer,  Rachel,  Marana. 
Oliver,  Nathaniel,  Birdsey. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Miles  Norton,  son  of  Colo- 
nel Ebenezer  and  Elizabeth  (Baldwin)  Nor- 
ton, was  born  in  Goshen,  Connecticut,  March 
30,  1 74 1,  died  there  September  17,  1795,  and 
is  buried  in  the  East  Street  cemetery.  He 
served  in  the  revolution  as  lieutenant  of  the 
Provincial  Regiment  in  1781.  He  married 
(first),  December  14,  1758,  his  cousin  Esther, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Norton;  (second),  Septem- 
ber 18,  1766,  Sibyl  Andrews;  (third),  April  3, 
1777,  Anne  Agard,  who  survived  him;  emi- 
grated to  W^estem  New  York  in  1810,  died  at 
Nunda,  December  4,  1830.  By  his  different 
wives  he  had  eighteen  children,  fifteen  of 
whom  attended  his  funeral.  These  children 
all  removed  to  Western  New  York  and  the 
West. 

(VI)  Judge  Ira  Norton,  twelfth  child  of 
Lieutenant  Miles  and  his  third  wife,  Anne 
(Agard)  Norton,  was  born  at  Goshen,  Con- 
necticut, October  6,  1783.  He  emigrated  to 
Great  Valley,  New  York,  where  he  died  March, 
1866.  He  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  in  the 
town  of  Great  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county. 
He  settled  in  Franklin ville  in  1807,  and  in 
1816  located  on  a  farm  near  Peth.  He  was 
appointed  associate  judge  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas,  taking  the  oath  of  office,  July  25, 
1820.  He  had  previously  served  as  super- 
visor and  justice  of  the  peace.  The  first  meet- 
ing of  what  was  later  the  Presbyterian  church 
of  Great  Valley  was  held  at  his  house.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  that  church  and  firmly  op- 
posed to  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors.  He 
was  the  first  person  in  Great  Valley  to  have  a 
"raising"   without    furnishing    liquor    to    his 


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helpers.  The  raising  of  his  own  residence  was 
the  first  "dry  raising"  in  the  town.  He  lived 
in  Great  Valley  for  over  half  a  century  and 
saw  the  unbroken  forests  give  place  to  fertile 
fields  and  pleasant  homes.  He  died  in  1866, 
"full  of  years  and  full  of  honors,"  aged  eighty- 
three  years.  He  married,  in  Goshen,  Lucy 
Perkins.  Of  their  fourteen  children  nine  grew 
to  mature  years.  One  of  them,  Hon.  Nelson 
I.  Norton,  was  justice  of  the  peace  twenty 
years,  supervisor,  member  of  the  state  assem- 
bly, presidential  elector  and  member  of  con- 
gress. Children:  Esther  Lucinda,  died  in  in- 
fancy; Esther  Lucinda  (2),  bom  June  25, 
1805,  died  March  2,  1887;  Samantha,  Febru- 
ary I,  1807,  died  March  4,  1840;  Emmeline, 
November  18,  1808;  twins,  died  in  infancy; 
Miles  Perkins,  February  i,  1814,  died  August 

26,  1837;  Lucy  Phelps,  January  10,  1816;  An- 
drews Lorraine,  of  whom  further ;  Nelson  Ira, 
April  30,  1820;  William  Wallace,  March  18, 
1822;  Marvin,  May  7,  1824,  died  in  infancy; 
Edwin  DeWitt,  May  7,  1827. 

(VH)  Andrews  Lorraine,  son  of  Judge  Ira 
and  Lucy  (Perkins)  Norton,  was  born  April 

27,  1818,  in  Great  Valley,  Cattaraugus  county, 
New  York,  died  there  in  1893.  He  spent  his 
life  engaged  in  farming.  He  was  well-to-do 
and  prosperous,  owning  a  well  improved  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  seventy'five  acres.  In 
political  faith  he  was  a  Republican  and  in  re- 
ligion a  Presbyterian.  He  bore  a  high  char- 
acter in  the  town  and  was  greatly  respected. 
He  married  Polly  Ann  Bacon,  born  June  3, 
1823.  Children:  i.  Miles  A.,  born  September 
25,  1845 »  married,  May  29,  1867,  Annie  Cong- 
don;  children:  i.  Gertrude,  born  March  i, 
1868;  ii.  Ernest  August  21,  1871,  married,  Au- 
gust 9,  1898,  Mary  McLain;  children:  Ruth, 
born  November  25,  1903,  Phyllis,  January  26, 
1908;  iii.  Charles,  born  June  26,  1878;  mar- 
ried, March  2,  1910,  Mettie  Marton;  child, 
Helen,  born  December  6,  1910;  iv.  Mabel,  born 
July  15,  1879;  married,  August  28,  1907,  Oli- 
ver Carnes ;  child,  Albert,  born  May  26,  1910. 
2.  Hattie,  born  August  29,  1849;  married,  Jan- 
uary I,  1873,  Rosalvo  C.  Adams,  bom  Octo- 
ber 6,  1841,  died  November  15,  1887.  3. 
Homer  N.,  born  January  29,  1852;  married, 
January  8,  1887,  Ada  Butler,  born  May  9, 
1852;  children,  Courtney,  born  April  24,  1888; 
Wilma,  September  23,  1890.  4.  Edward  F., 
of  whom  further.  5.  Dell,  born  April  13, 
1863;  married,  March  16,  1881,  Charles  Hess, 
born  August  5,  1857;  children,  Walter,  born 


May  I,  1890;  Glenn,  October  14,  1892;  Elmer, 
October  6,   1896;  Clayton,  August  21,   1901. 

6.  Ruth,  bom  May  5,  1865 ;  married,  April  27, 
1892,  Manley  W.  Frank,  born  Febmary  16, 
1861 ;  child,  Clarence,  born  July  22,  1896. 

(VIII)  Edward  Frazier,  son  of  Andrews 
Lorraine  and  Polly  Ann  (Bacon)  Norton,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Great  Valley,  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York,  October  14,  1859.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Chamber- 
lain Institute.  After  completing  his  studies 
he  learned  the  trade  of  jeweler  and  has  been 
engaged  in  that  business  all  his  subsequent 
life.  He  was  first  with  B.  H.  Wade,  then  until 
1*886  in  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  with  his  cousin, 
Herbert  M.  Norton.  In  the  latter  year  he  es- 
tablished in  business  in  Salamanca,  where  he 
now  has  a  modern  and  prosperous  jewelry 
store.  He  is  a  capable,  energetic  business  man 
and  is  influential  in  pubUc  affairs.  He  is  a 
Republican  and  has  served  his  village  as  school 
trustee,  village  trustee  and  treasurer.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Salamanca  Trust  Company  and 
interested  in  other  enterprises.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber and  past  master  of  Cattaraugus  Lodge, 
No.  239,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  past 
high  priest  of  Salamanca  Chapter,  No.  266, 
Royal  Arch  Masons;  generalissimo  of  Sala- 
manca Commandery,  No.  62,  Knights  Temp- 
lar, and  a  member  of  the  uniform  rank  Knights 
of  Pythias.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  which  he  serves  as  trustee. 
He  married,  June  2,  1886,  Jennie  A.  Scobey, 
born  in  Great  Valley,  New  York,  September 

7,  1863,  daughter  of  William  and  Anna  B. 
(Carver)  Scobey.  Child:  Zoe,  bom  August 
25,  1895. 

(Mrs.  Norton's  Ancestral  Line). 

Mrs.  Jennie  A.  (Scobey)  Norton,  regent  of 
Salamanca  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution,  is  a  descendant  in  the  tenth 
generation  of  Francis  Cooke,  a  passenger  in 
the  "Mayflower,"  with  his  son  John. 

(I)  Francis  Cooke,  seventeenth  signer  of 
the  "Compact,"  was  born  in  England,  1582-83, 
and  came  to  America  in  the  "Mayflower," 
1620,  accompanied  by  his  son  John.  His  wife 
Esther,  a  Walloon,  follpwed  in  1623,  in  the 
ship  "Anne,"  with  three  children :  Jacob,  Jane 
and  Esther.  He  was  one  of  the  first  pur- 
chasers of  Dartmouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1652, 
and  of  Middleborough,  in  1662.  He  died  April 
7,  1663,  aged  "above  eighty." 

(H)  John,  eldest  son  of  Francis  and  Esther 


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Cooke,  and  a  boy  at  the  time  of  the  "May- 
flower" voyage,  married,  March  28,  1634, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Warren,  and  in 
that  year  was  taxed  equally  with  his  father. 
June  7,  1637,  he  volunteered  for  the  Pequod 
war  **if  provision  could  be  made  for  his  fam- 
ily." He  was  elected  ten  terms  a  deputy  from 
Plymouth  to  the  general  court  between  1638 
and  1656.  For  many  years  he  was  a  deacon 
in  the  Plymouth  church,  but  through  disagree- 
ments at  the  time  of  the  Quaker  troubles  that 
connection  was  severed,  and  he  with  others 
removed  to  Dartmouth,  of  which,  like  his 
father,  he  had  been  one  of  the  first  purchasers. 
He  connected  himself  with  the  Baptist  church 
of  Newport,  and  is  said  to  have  preached  at 
Dartmouth  as  a  minister  of  that  denomination. 
He  was  deputy  from  Dartmouth  to  the  general 
court,  1666-68,  1673-75,  1679-82,  and  in  1686. 
He  died  at  E)artmouth,  November  23,  1695, 
the  last  survivor  of  the  "Mayflower"  passen- 
gers (see  General  Society  of  Mayflower  de- 
scendants, page  409-10). 

(HI)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Warren)  Cooke,  died  December  6,  171 5.  She 
married,  November  28,  1661,  Daniel,  second 
son  of  Edward  Wilcox,  of  Portsmouth  and 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island.  Daniel  Wilcox,  died 
July  2,  1702. 

(IV)  Lydia  Wilcox,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Elizabeth  (Cooke)  Wilcox,  married,  May  26, 
1702,  Thomas  Sherman,  born  in  Portsmouth, 
Rhode  Island,  August  8,  1658,  son  of  Peleg 
Sherman,  bom  1638,  died  17 19,  married,  July 
25,  1657,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Law- 
ton;  granddaughter  of  Philip  Sherman,  of 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  born  February  5, 
1610,  died  1687;  came  to  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1633 ;  signed  the  compact  at  Ports-  . 
mouth,  Rhode  Island,  November  20,  1637;  was 
deputy  1665-67;  married  Sarah  Odding,  died 
1668,  of  Dedham,  Essex  county,  England  (a 
daughter  of  John  Porter's  wife  by  her  first 
husband). 

(V)  Daniel  Sherman,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Lydia  (Wilcox)  Sherman,  was  born  at  South 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  November  27,  1706, 
died  1804;  married,  May  22,  1735,  Susanna 
Earl. 

(VI)  Captain  Daniel  (2)  Sherman,  son  of 
Daniel  (i)  and  Susanna  (Earl)  Sherman,  was 
born  at  South  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  August 
28,  1736,  died  March  18,  1829.  He  served  in 
the  revolution  as  captain  of  the  fourth  com- 
pany of  Kingston,  Rhode  Island  militia,  June, 


1780,  and  May,  1781  (see  "Rhode  Island  Colo- 
nial Records"  ix,  pp.  97  and  410).  He  mar- 
ried (first),  November  11,  1763,  Hannah 
Steadman,  (second),  April  24,  1766,  Rebecca 
Palmer. 

(VII)  Palmer  Sherman,  son  of  Captain 
Daniel  (2)  and  his  second  wife,  Rebecca  (Pal- 
mer) Sherman,  was  born  in  1768,  died  Febru- 
ary 17,  1855.  He  married  Elizabeth  Hoxie, 
born  1778,  died  April  2,  1859. 

(VIII)  Susan  Sherman,  daughter  of  Pal- 
mer and  Elizabeth  (Hoxie)  Sherman,  was 
born  April,  1803,  died  December  8,  1875 ;  mar- 
ried Parley  G.  Carver,  born  May,  1799,  died 
October  14,  1835,  son  of  Samuel  Carver,  born 
March  3,  1756,  at  Bolton,  Connecticut,  died 
March  3,  1833;  married,  August  14,  1777, 
Bersheba  Griswold,  born  1761,  died  June  3, 
1833,  and  grandson  of  Samuel  Carver,  died 
September  8,  1817,  at  Bolton,  Connecticut; 
married,  May  15,  1755,  Rachel  Loomis,  bom 
December  17,  1731,  a  descendant  of  Joseph 
Loomis,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 

(IX)  Anna  B.  Carver,  daughter  of  Parley 
G.  and  Susan  (Sherman)  Carver,  was  bom 
April  15,  1829,  died  October  22,  1882.  She 
married,  1848,  William  Scobey,  bom  Novem- 
ber 9,  1818,  died  January  2,  1891,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  his  first  wife,  Phoebe  (Crandall)  Sco- 
bey, and  grandson  of  Lieutenant  James  and 
Catherine  (Brown)   Scobey,  of  New  Jersey. 

(X)  Jennie  A.  Scobey,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Anna  B.  (Carver)  Scobey,  married 
Edward  F.  Norton  (see  Norton  VIII).  Mrs. 
Norton  gains  admission  to  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution  by  right  of  two  or 
more  revolutionary  ancestors.  Her  great- 
great-grandfather,  Lieutenant  Samuel  Carver, 
of  Bolton,  Connecticut,  was  second  lieutenant 
in  Colonel  Ward^  regiment,  1776.  This  regi- 
ment was  raised  in  Connecticut  on  requisition 
of  the  continental  congress  to  serve  one  year 
from  May  4,  1776.  In  August  it  was  attach- 
ed to  Washington's  army  at  New  York.  Was 
at  White  Plains  and  fought  at  the  battles  of 
Trenton,  New  Jersey,  December  25,  1776;  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  January  3,  1777;  was 
with  Washington  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey ; 
term  expiring  May,  1777.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  Bolton,  Connecticut ;  justice  of 
the  peace;  selectman,  and  for  twenty-seven 
sessions  represented  Bolton  in  the  Connecticut 
l^islature.  The  second  line  is  from  her  pater- 
nal great-grandfather.  Lieutenant  James  Sco- 
bey, of  New  Jersey,  who  enlisted  March  13, 


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1776,  for  one  year  as  a  sergeant  in  Captain 
Anthony  Sparks  company,  Third  Battalion, 
First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental 
Line;  enlisted  as  private,  January  i,  1777, 
served  in  the  expedition  to  Canada,  and  took 
I>art  in  the  operations  before  Quebec,  May  and 
June,  1776,  and  was  discharged  with  the  bat- 
talion at  Morristown,  New  Jersey.  He  reen- 
listed  in  February,  1777,  for  the  war,  in  Cap- 
tain Flanagan's  company.  Third  Battalion,  Sec- 
ond Establishment,  New  York  Continental  Line. 
He  was  promoted  ensign.  May  i,  1777;  second 
lieutenant,  November,  1777;  resigned  Decem- 
ber 15,  1777.  He  was  engaged  at  the  battles 
of  Short  Hills,  Brandywine  and  Germantown, 
all  fought  in  1777.  This  record  is  on  file  in 
the  adjutant-general's  office,  Trenton,  New 
Jersey,  and  at  the  pension  office,  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia.  A  third  line  of  revolu- 
tionary descent  is  through  Captain  Daniel 
Sherman,  who  served  with  the  troops  from 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island. 


This  surname  is  derived  from 
BILLINGS     a  place.  Billing,  very  ancient, 

four  miles  from  the  city  of 
Northampton,  England,  and  in  Saxon  means 
"a  place  of  meadows."  The  surname  was 
originally  De  Billing.  In  Domesday  Book  the 
name  is  found  spelled  Belling.  The  final  "s" 
has  been  added  to  the  name  in  America,  the 
first  generation  spelling  it  Billing.  The  pro- 
genitor of  Richard,  the  American  ancestor,  is 
John  Billing,  of  Rowell,  England,  who  had  sons 
Thomas  and  John. 

(II)  Sir  Thomas,  son  of  John  Billing,  was 
a  noted  lawyer,  knighted  in  1458;  was  counsel 
at  the  bar  of  the  House  of  Lords  for  King 
Henry  VI.,  when  the  right  to  the  crown  was 
argued;  and  in  1465  was  chief  justice  of  the 
King's  bench.  He  died  in  1481  and  was  buried 
in  Bittlesden  Abbey,  Oxfordshire,  where  a 
large  blue  marble  slab  was  placed  over  the 
body,  having  upon  it,  wrought  in  brass,  the 
figures  of  himself  and  wife.  Later  the  body 
was  removed  to  Wappenham  Church.  He  had 
two  wives  and  eight  children. 

(III)  Nicholas,  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Billing, 
settled  in  Northampton,  England,  in  1512; 
married,  and  had  six  children. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Nicholas  Billing,  mar- 
ried and  had  four  children. 

(V)  William,  son  of  John  Billing,  died 
1587;  married  and  had  four  children. 


(VI)  Roger,  son  of  William  Billing,  died 
1596;  had  two  wives  and  eight  children. 

(VII)  Richard  (i),  son  of  Roger  Billing, 
was  born  about  1560;  married  Elizabeth 
Strong  and  had  five  children. 

(VIII)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Billing,  was  born  in  Taunton,  England.  He 
came  to  America  and  was  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, with  his  wife  Margery,  in  1640.  He 
moved  to  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1661, 
died  there  March  3,  1679.  Margery  died  De- 
cember 5,  1679. 

(IX)  Samuel  Billings,  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Billing,  lived  in  Hatfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  about  1661,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard and  Ursula  Fellows.  They  had  six  chil- 
dren. 

(X)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Bill- 
ings, was  born  Jamiary  8,  1685,  in  Hatfield. 
He  married  (first)  Hannah  Wright,  (second) 
Widow  Rebecca  Miller.  Five  children  by  sec- 
ond wife. 

(XI)  Zechariah,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Bill- 
ings, was  born  in  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  No- 
vember 29,  1702,  died  October  11,  1771.  He 
ms^rried  Ruth,  born  June  6,  1700,  died  Decem- 
ber 18,  1781,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Bel- 
knap) Meekins. 

(XII)  Silas,  son  of  Zechariah  Billings,  was 
born  November  13,  1741,  died  June  6,  1808. 
He  settled  in  Connecticut.  He  married,  No- 
vember 25,  1773,  Miriam,  born  May  9,  1746, 
died  February  11,  1836,  daughter  of  Moses 
and  Anna  Smith  Dickinson. 

(XIII)  Joseph,  son  of  Silas  Billings,  was 
born  in  Somers,  Connecticut,  later  moving  to 
Smyrna,  Chenango  county.  New  York,  where 
he  became  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  a  man  of 
prominence  in  his  town.  In  1817  he  came  to 
the  town  of  Gaines,  Orleans  county.  New 
York,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  for  his  sons 
Lauren,  Timothy  and  Joseph.  Later  he  re- 
turned to  his  home  in  Smyrna,  where  he  re- 
sided until  his  death.  He  was  a  man  of  strong 
character  and  was  held  in  the  highest  esteem. 
He  married  Amanda  Pomeroy.  Children:  i. 
Harlow,  remained  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Smyrna,  where  he  died.  2.  Amanda,  married 
Erastus  Woods,  and  died  in  Smyrna.    3.  Abai, 

married  Mann,  and  died  in  Smyrna. 

4.  Lauren,  married  Roxana  Rexford.  5.  Jo- 
seph, of  whom  further.  6.  Timothy,  married 
Betsey  Bidwell.  Lauren,  Timothy  and  Joseph 
all  became  residents  of  Orleans  county.  New 


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York,  where  they  were  prosperous   farmers. 
Lauren  was  a  colonel  of  the  state  militia. 

(XIV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Bill- 
ings, was  born  in  Smyrna,  Chenango  county, 
New  York,  May  4,  1795,  died  in  Gaines,  Or- 
leans county,  December  18,  1866.  His  father 
purchased  a  large  farm  in  Gaines  which  he 
gave  to  three  of  his  sons.  Joseph  and  Timo- 
thy settled  on  the  tract  in  1817,  Lauren  in 
1822.  They  cultivated  this  farm  together 
for  a  time,  then  divided  it  between  them. 
Joseph  received  as  his  portion  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres.  It  was  well  timbered  and 
after  building  his  log  house  he  built  a  sawmill 
on  March  creek,  converting  the  timber  on  his 
farm  into  lumber  as  fast  as  possible.  He  was 
very  successful  in  his  farming  and  lumbering 
operations  and  eventually  owned  five  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  cultivated  land.  He  was 
a  Whig  in  politics,  and  served  the  town  of 
Gaines  as  supervisor  in  1837-38-39-40,  also 
was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a  Universal- 
ist  in  religion,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
church  of  that  faith  in  Fairhaven.  He  was  an 
energetic,  capable  man  of  business,  and  held 
high  rank  in  his  town.  He  married,  July  4, 
18 1 8,  Charlotte  Drake,  born  May  2,  1801,  in 
New  Jersey,  died  in  Gaines,  New  York,  De- 
cember 21,  1874.  Children:  Joseph  D.,  born 
February  20,  1822,  married  Melinda  Shaw; 
Myron  P.,  born  March  13,  1824,  married 
Phoebe  Bement;  Clinton,  born  February  28, 
1827,  married  Esther  Murdock;  Clara,  Octo- 
ber 6,  1830,  married  Elijah  Lattin;  Helen, 
June  6,  1833,  married  John  Lattin ;  Harlow, 
September  i,  1836,  married  Delia  King;  Henry, 
born  February  18,  1839,  died  December  18, 
1856;  William  H.,  of  whom  further. 

(XV)  William  H.,  youngest  son  of  Joseph 
Billings,  was  born  in  Gaines,  Orleans  county, 
New  York,  March  5,  1841.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  was  his  father's 
valued  assistant  in  business  until  the  death  of 
the  latter.  He  then  assumed  the  management 
of  the  homestead  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
ninety-six  acres,  his  mother  remaining  there 
with  him  until  her  death  in  1874,  when  he  be- 
came owner  by  inheritance.  He  still  owns  the 
homestead,  and  has  acquired  a  great  deal  of 
other  property  during  his  very  successful  busi- 
ness hfe.  He  purchased  a  farm  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five  acres  on  the  Lake  Shore 
road,  known  as  Fayette-Warren  farm,  and  an- 
other known  as  the  old  Anderson  farm.  He 
carried  on  general   farming,  but  each  of  his 


farms  has  a  generous  portion  devoted  to  fruit 
culture.  In  1908  he  purchased  a  home  in  the 
village  of  Albion,  where  he  now  resides.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Universalist,  and  belongs 
to  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks. 

He  married,  October,  1866,  Sarah  M.  Ever- 
itt,  born  1847,  daughter  of  George  H.  and 
Sarah  (Cornell)  Everitt,  of  the  town  of  Gaines. 
Children:  i.  Helen,  born  April  6,  1869;  mar- 
ried, January  24,  1894,  Edward  Stout.  2. 
Myron  J.,  born  July  8,  1870;  married,  January 
31,  1895,  Kitty  Hart;  child:  Catherine.  3. 
William  H.  (2),  born  February  27,  1880;  mar- 
ried, February,  1906,  Virginia  Osgood;  child: 
William  H.  (3). 


William  is  a  persistent  name 
BASSETT  in  the  Bassett  family,  a  condi- 
tion arising  from  the  desire  to 
honor  the  emigrant  Puritan  ancestor,  WilHam 
Bassett,  an  Englishman  who  went  with  the 
Puritans  to  Leyden,  Holland,  and  coming 
from  there  in  the  "Fortune"  in  1621.  He  had 
three  wives  and  seven  children.  His  grandson. 
Colonel  William,  son  of  William  (2),  was  the 
most  noted  of  the  family  in  colonial  times ;  he 
was  marshal  of  Plymouth  Colony  at  the  time 
of  the  union  with  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
in  1 7 10  was  judge  of  the  inferior  court,  and 
later  registrar  of  probate.  He  lived  at  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and  had  a  son,  Wil- 
liam (4).  Captain  Elisha,  grandson  of  Colonel 
William  Bassett,  and  son  of  William  (4),  was 
a  captain  of  militia,  and  held  three  commis- 
sions signed  by  royal  governors.  He  resigned 
when  the  revolution  broke  out  and  was  oflFered 
a  commission  in  the  Continental  army,  but 
although  an  ardent  patriot  he  was  too  old 
for  active  service.  He  had  a  son  William  (5), 
from  whom  have  sprung^  the  Bassetts  of 
Rhode  Island,  to  which  William  R.  belonged. 

(I)  William  R.  Bassett  was  bom  in  Rhode 
Island,  April  9,  1802,  died  in  the  town  of  Ken- 
dall, Orleans  cbunty,  New  York,  June  12,  1899. 
When  a  boy  he  came  to  Unadilla  Forks,  Otse- 
go county.  New  York,  and  in  1802  to  Clark- 
son  Corners,  Monroe  county,  where  he  learned 
the  blacksmith's  trade.  This  was  his  home  and 
place  of  business  until  1829,  when  he  came  to 
Orleans  county  and  resumed  his  trade,  being 
probably  the  first  blacksmith  to  establish  in  the 
town.  In  1 83 1  he  removed  to  a  farm  near  the 
lake  shore,  consisting  of  two  hundred  acres 
purchased  from  the  Holland  Land  Company. 


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This  he  cleared  and  cultivated,  also  erecting 
a  shop  where  he  carried  on  his  business  of 
smith.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
served  as  supervisor  in  the  years  i849r50-53- 
54,  and  served  as  assessor.  He  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Universalist  church  and  a  man 
of  high  standing  in  his  town.  He  married 
Olive  Munger,  of  Bergen,  Genesee  county, 
New  York,  bom  September  29,  1807,  died 
March  19,  1877,  in  Kendall.  Children:  i. 
Chauncey,  born  May  4,  1830.  2.  Edwin  H., 
October  5,  1832,  died  October,  1910.  3.  Har- 
riet, born  1834;  married  J.  P.  Mulford,  of 
Kendall.  4.  Charles  L.,  of  whom  further.  5. 
Laura  J.,  bom  May  26,  1838;  married  A.  W. 
Barnett.  6.  Catherine  C,  bom  December  11, 
1840;  married  Oscar  Munn.  7.  Emily  L.,  born 
March  29,  1843,  died  March,  1891 ;  married 
Ira  Bates.  8.  Wallace  W.,  bom  July  29,  1845. 
9.  Frank,  born  September  22,  1847;  married 
Jennie  Manley,  born  1863,  in  Carlton;  she 
died  May  28,  1898,  in  Albion.  He  followed 
farming  all  his  active  life  on  the  old  homestead, 
and  now  lives  a  retired  life  in  Albion.  He  is 
a  Democrat  and  a  Universalist.  10.  Annie  E., 
bom  June  27,  1850;  married  E.  W.  Nickerson. 

(H)  Charles  L.,  son  of  William  R.  Bas- 
sett,  was  bom  in  Kendall,  New  York,  July  20, 
1836,  died  at  La  Porte,  Indiana,  June  24,  1907. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Ken- 
dall, and  remained  with  his  father  engaged  in 
farming  until  his  marriage.  He  then  bought 
a  small  farm  which  he  cultivated  for  a  short 
time,  then  sold  and  went  west.  He  was  a 
resident  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  until  1877,  then 
located  at  La  Porte,  Indiana,  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. Later  he  was  employed  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  La  Porte,  which  he  followed  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  a 
L^niversalist  in  religious  faith.  He  married, 
December  22,  1859,  Laura  J.  Qark,  bom  July 
II,  1839,  died  May  18,  191 1,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam L.  and  Cornelia  C.  (Stewart)  Clark,  of 
Kendall.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Univer- 
salist church  of  Chicago,  and  a  helpful,  liberal 
worker  among  the  poor.  Children:  Blanche, 
bom  January  21,  1861,  died  December  28, 
1890;  William  L.,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  William  L.,  only  son  of  Charles  L. 
Bassett,  was  born  in  Kendall,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1865.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic school  and  at  La  Porte  Business  College. 
On  completing  his  school  years  he  went  west, 
and  for  a  time  was  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Kansas.    He  returned  to  La  Porte, 


and  for  a  few  years  was  in  charge  of  a  farm 
there.  He  again  went  west  and  was  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  at  Hutchinson,  Kansas, 
then  again  to  La  Porte,  then  Butte,  Montana, 
then  Bedford,  Indiana,  then  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  in  Ohio.  He  finally  returned  to 
his  native  state,  where  he  cultivated  a  large 
farm  in  Orleans  county.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics  and  unmarried. 


This  family  is  found  in  early 
CAVERLY    day  under  the  spellings  Cav- 

erlee  and  Caverly.  They  set- 
tled first  in  Massachusetts,  then  in  Connecti- 
cut, New  Hampshire  and  Vermont.  The  Cat- 
taraugus county  family  descend  from  Moses 
Caverly,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  a 
son  of  Philip  Caverly,  the  emigrant,  who  after 
a  few  years  in  Massachusetts  settled  in  New 
Hampshire. 

(II)  Moses,  son  of  Philip  Caverly,  was 
born  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  He 
married,  June  30,  1714,  Margaret  Cotton. 

(III)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Moses  (i)  Cav- 
erly, was  born  17 19,  died  March  17,  1795.  He 
married,  1741,  Hannah  Johnson. 

(IV)  Philip  (2),  son  of  Moses  (2)  Caverly, 
was  born  March  17,  1745,  died  April  i,  1813. 
He  settled  in  Ulster  county.  New  York,  and 
served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution  in  the 
Fourth  Regiment,  Ulster  county  militia  (Land 
bounty  rights).  He  married,  1770,  Bridget 
Pendergast,  born  February  24,  1745. 

(V)  Philip  (3),  son  of  Philip  (2)  Caverly, 
was  a  farmer  of  Milton,  Ulster  county,  New 
York,  where  he  lived  for  many  years.  Later 
he  removed  to  Canada,  where  he  owned  a  farm 

of  two  hundred  acres.     He  married  

Qark  and  had  ten  children. 

(VI)  Moses  Clark,  son  of  Philip  (3)  Cav- 
erly, was  born  18 16,  died  in  Sterling,  Ontario, 
Canada,  1886.  He  learned  the  trade  of  car- 
riage builder,  at  which  he  worked  all  his  active 
years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  was  a  noted  musician 
locally;  he  possessed  an  unusually  fine  voice, 
led  the  church  choir  for  many  years  and  each 
winter  conducted  a  "singing  school."  He  was 
also  a  farmer,  and  a  prosperous,  highly  es- 
teemed man.  He  married  Sabrina  Van  Val- 
kenburg,  of  Rensselaer  county,  New  York. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  married  Charles  Wall; 
children:  i.  Inez,  married  John  Shrouds;  ii. 
Augusta,  married  Basil  Robinson ;  child,  Basil 
(2):  iii.  Grace,  married  Harry  San  ford;  iv. 


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John;  V.  Harry.  2.  Esther,  married  Daniel 
Lent;  child,  Martha.  3.  Adelia,  married  El- 
liott Perkins.  4.  Harriet,  married  Moses 
Claek;  children:  Alice,  Lucy,  Velana.  5.  El- 
enora.  6.  Alveratta.  7.  George.  8.  Charles 
W.,  of  whom  further. 

(VII)  Charles  W.,  youngest  child  of  Moses 
Clark  and  Sabrina  (Van  Valkenburg)  Caver- 
ly,  was  born  in  Sterling,  Ontario,  Canada,  July 
31,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  later  entering  Albert  College,  at  Belle- 
ville, whence  he  was  graduated  (commercial 
department)  1882.  After  leaving  college  he 
worked  on  a  farm  for  two  years,  then  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Rome,  Watertown  &  Og- 
densburg  railroad  to  learn  telegraphy.  After 
six  months  service  he  was  appointed  operator 
and  clerk  for  the  Erie  railroad  at  Limestone, 
where  he  remained  two  years.  In  August,  1884, 
he  was  appointed  agent  at  Hinsdale,  remaining 
until  1905,  when  he  was  appointed  agent  for 
the  Erie  at  Little  V^alley.  The  position  is  an 
important  one  as  all  business  of  whatever  na- 
ture done  by  the  Erie  at  that  station  is  under 
his  control.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
Railroad  Telegraphers,  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Church  of  Christ 
(Scientist)  and  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
While  in  Hinsdale  he  served  as  trustee  and 
clerk  of  the  union  school  board. 

He  married,  April  26,  1885,  Harriet  D., 
daughter  of  Martin  and  Henrietta  (Newell) 
Green,  and  granddaughter  of  Sylvester 
Newell,  and  of  Jabez  Green,  son  of  captain 
in  the  revolution.  Children  of  Martin  Green : 
I.  Carrie,  married  John  Hanson;  children: 
Nellie  and  Clara.  2.  Nellie,  married  Howard 
Rathbone ;  children :  Lulu,  Flora,  Clarence  and 
Carrie.  3.  Harriet,  married  Charles  W.  Cav- 
erly.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Caverly:  i. 
Mabel,  bom  1886;  married  Arthur  Mosher; 
children:  Herrick  and  Mary  Helen.  2.  Jay 
Marian.     3.  Helen. 


The  earliest  record  of  the 
PICKARD     Pickard  family  in  America  is 

of  John  Pickard,  an  early  set- 
tler of  Rowley,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a 
carpenter  and  followed  his  trade  in  Rowley 
and  vicinity.  He  was  buried  September  24, 
1683.  His  will,  dated  September  6,  1683,  nien- 
tions  wife  Ann,  executrix,  and  children.  An 
inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to  about  thir- 
teen hundred  pounds.  He  married,  August  29, 
1644,  Jane  Ann,  daughter  of  Widow  Constance 


Crosby.  She  died  February  20,  1715,  aged 
eighty-nine  years  ( gravestone ) .  Children : 
Rebecca,  married  John  Pearson;  John,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Smith;  Sarah,  married  Thomas 
Hammond ;  Ann,  married  Aaron  Pingry ;  Sam- 
uel, of  whom  further;  Jane,  married  Edward 
Hazen ;  Hannah,  married  Moses  Bradley. 

(II)  Captain  Samuel  Pickard,  son  of  John 
Pickard,  was  born  March,  1663,  died  Septem- 
ber 2,  1 75 1,  in  his  eighty-ninth  year  (grave- 
stone). He  married  (first),  June  22,  1685, 
Elizabeth  Bradstreet,  of  Ipswich  (Rowley 
parish).  She  was  born  March  22,  1666,  and 
was  buried  May  28,  1686.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), May  31,  1687,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Thomas  Hale,  of  Newbury.  She  died 
June  29,  1730.  He  married  (third)  Sarah, 
widow  of  Deacon  Maximilian  Jewett.  She  died 
August  26,  1 77 1,  in  her  ninety- fourth  or 
ninety-fifth  year.  Child  of  first  wife:  Eliza- 
beth, died  in  infancy.  Children  of  second  wife : 
Samuel,  died  young;  Samuel,  married  (first) 
Phebe  Bixby,  (second)  Lydia  Clark;  Thomas, 
married  Mehitable  Dresser;  Moses,  married 
Lydia  Plats ;  Elizabeth,  married  Thomas  Dick- 
inson ;  Mary,  married  Jonathan  Dickinson : 
Joseph,  of  whom  further;  Jane,  married  Jo- 
seph Stickney ;  Hannah,  married  William  Jew- 
ett ;  John,  died  young. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Pick- 
ard, was  bom  March  17,  1700,  died  December 
2,  1797,  having  attained  nearly  the  century 
mark.  He  married  Sarah  Jewett,  who  died 
November  22,  1802,  at  the  great  age  of  ninety- 
five  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Deacon 
Maximilian  Jewett.  Her  mother,  Sarah,  was 
the  third  wife  of  her  husband's  father,  Captain 
Samuel  Pickard.  Children :  Joseph,  died  aged 
ten  years ;  Samuel,  died  young ;  Samuel,  mar- 
ried  Mary  ;    Jacob,  married    Salome 

Smith;  Sarah,  died  young;  Joseph,  died 
young;  Amos,  died  in  childhood;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further;  Jeremiah,  married  Mehitable 
Dresser. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Sarah  (Jewett)  Pickard,  was  baptized  Septem- 
ber 23,  1744,  died  July  30,  1823.  He  removed 
to  New  York  state  and  settled  in  Madison 
county,  town  of  Sullivan.  He  had  an  adven- 
turous career.  He  was  one  of  the  Vrooman 
party  carried  away  captive  by  the  English 
and  Indians  under  Colonel  Johnston  and 
Brant,  in  1780.  He  was  carried  to  Montreal 
and  held  in  captivity  two  years.  In  1790  he 
was  one  of  the  ten  squatters  on  the  Canaseraga 


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flats  on  adjoining  farms,  but  unfortunately 
they  were  on  lands  belonging  to  the  Oneida 
Indians,  who  complained  to  Governor  George 
Clinton.  That  official  ordered  a  writ  of  eject- 
ment which  was  served  by  Colonel  William 
Colbraith,  high  sheriff  of  Herkimer.  Their 
dwellings  were  burned  to  the  ground,  but  the 
Indians  later  allowed  them  lands  near  where 
the  present  village  of  Chittenango  now  stands. 
The  Pickards  settled  in  the  east  part  of  the 
town  of  Sullivan.  Joseph  Pickard  married 
Mary  Pickard  (a  kinswoman).  She  died  No- 
vember 18,  1820.  A  James  Pickard  was  also 
one  of  these  early  Madison  county  settlers. 

(V)  Hartman,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Mary 
(Pickard)  Pickard,  was  born  about  1770,  died 
1829.  He  lived  in  Madison  county,  New  York, 
until  1 816,  when  he  removed  with  his  son 
Lawrence  to  the  town  of  Pendleton,  Niagara 
county,  New  York.  Both  became  prominent 
citizens  of  that  town.  He  purchased  a  tract 
of  one  hundred  and  seventy  acres  from  the 
Holland  Land  Company,  and  continued  a  resi- 
dent of  Pendleton  until  his  death.    He  married 

and  had  issue:  Eve,  married 

Conrad  Rickard ;  Lawrence,  of  whom  further ; 
Polly,  married  John  Busch ;  Elizabeth,  married 
Paul  Keller. 

(VI)  Lawrence,  son  of  Hartman  Pickard, 
was  bom  in  Sullivan,  Madison  county,  New 
York,  April,  1798,  died  February  14,  1861,  in 
Pendleton,  New  York.  He  came  to  Niagara 
county  with  his  father  in  181 6  and  became  a 
farmer  and  contractor.  He  built  a  section 
of  the  Erie  canal,  and  was  engaged  in  active 
business  until  his  death.  He  purchased  the 
right  of  his  sisters  in  the  old  homestead  and 
made  it  his  home.  He  owned  other  farms 
in  the  town  and  dealt  largely  in  wood,  which 
he  shipped  to  Buffalo,  little  coal  being  used 
in  that  day.  He  was  supervisor  in  1833,  from 
1839  to  1847,  and  from  1849  to  1853.  He  was 
a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican.  He  married 
Lucy,  bom  1808,  daughter  of  Philip  Woolever, 
a  farmer  and  contractor  on  the  first  improve- 
ment of  Tonawanda  creek.  He  was  settled  in 
Pendleton  in  1823,  but  had  a  farm  near  Tona- 
wanda in  1816.    His  wife  was  Elizabeth . 

Children  of  Lawrence  Pickard,  all  born  in 
Pendleton:  i.  Philip,  bom  November  23, 
1833;  married  Sarah  Decoue;  six  children.  2. 
Albert  H.,  of  whom  further..  3.  Charles  L.. 
born  October  17,  1837;  enlisted  in  the  civil 
war  and  was  killed  August  9,  1862,  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Cedar  Mountain.     4.  Maria  E.,  born 


January  24,  1840;  married  Dr.  William  D. 
Murray,  of  Tonawanda,  New  York.  5.  Lucy 
A.,  died  in  infancy.  6.  I^wrence  A.,  born 
1848;  married  Louise  Ellis.  7.  Lyman,  died 
in  infancy. 

(VII)  Albert  Hartman,  second  son  of  Law- 
rence and  Lucy  (Woolever)  Pickard,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Pendleton,  Niagara  county, 
New  York,  March  16,  1835,  on  the  old  Pick- 
ard homestead.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Pendleton  and  Lockport,  finish- 
ing his  studies  at  Buffalo  Business  College. 
After  leaving  school  he  returned  to  the  home 
farm.  After  the  death  of  his  father,  in  1861, 
the  property,  consisting  of  six  hundred  acres, 
was  divided,  Albert  H.  receiving  one  hundred 
acres  as  his  share.  He  cultivated  this  until 
1883,  when  he  sold  and  removed  to  Lockport, 
New  York.  In  1892  he  purchased  the  old 
Williams  farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres 
lying  on  the  Randall  road,  town  of  Wilson, 
which  is  still  his  residence  (1911).  Mr.  Pick- 
ard is  one  of  the  successful  farmers  of  Niagara 
county,  and  has  also  figured  prominently  in 
public  life.  He  served  several  terms  as  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  Pendleton,  and  in  1865 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  state  legislature, 
serving  with  credit  and  practical  benefit  to 
his  district.  In  1887  he  was  elected  sheriff 
of  Niagara  county,  serving  a  full  term  of  three 
years.  His  administration  of  the  sheriff's  of- 
fice was  marked  with  ability  and  faithful  per- 
formance of  public  duty.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  order,  an  attendant  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  .and  a  Rep^ub- 
lican.  He  stands  high  in  public  estimation  and 
possesses  a  wide  acquaintance  throughout  the 
entire  county. 

He  married,  March  19,  1861,  at  Pendleton, 
Elizabeth  Dennison,  born  October  20,  1833, 
in  Yates  county,  New  York,  died  in  the  town 
of  Wilson,  Niagara  county,  December  19, 
1903,  daughter  of  DeWitt  C.  and  Polly  Denni- 
son. Children:  i.  Mary,  born  1862;  married 
John  D.  Cramer,  of  Pendleton ;  children :  Jen- 
nie, Marion,  Ruth.  2.  Jennie,  born  1863 ;  now 
residing  at  home  with  her  father.  3.  Charles 
A.,  born  February  2,  1866,  died  (October  5, 
1889.    4.  and  5.  Children  died  in  infancy. 


MARONEY 

United  States. 
J.,  James  C. 


Thomas  Maroney,  a  native 
of  Ireland,  married  Bridget 
Walsh  and  came  to  the 
Children:  John  J.,  Anthony 


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(II)  Anthony  J.  (Tony),  son  of  Thomas 
and  Bridget  (Walsh)  Maroney,  was  born  in 
Salamanca,  New  York,  November  9, 1870.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  began 
business  life  as  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Heve- 
nor  Brothers  at  the  age  of  twelve  years.  After 
a  connection  of  nine  years  with  that  firm  he 
went  with  Becker  &  Maney  until  their  disso- 
lution in  1892,  Mr.  Maney  continuing  the  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Maroney  continued  with  the  latter 
until  1895,  when  he  became  proprietor,  Mr. 
Maney  retiring  through  business  troubles.  Un- 
der the  able  management  of  Mr.  Maroney 
the  business  has  prospered,  and  as  the  "Model 
Store"  is  well  known  and  patronized.  His 
line  is  gentlemen's  furnishings,  boots,  shoes 
and  clothing,  all  of  the  higher  qualities.  He 
is  a  thorough-going  man  of  business,  and  has 
the  absolute  confidence  of  his  townsmen.  He 
has  served  as  village  .treasurer  four  terms  at 
diflFerent  times,  and  is  a  worker  for  the  public 
good.  He  belongs  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
church,  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
the  Royal  Arcanum. 

He  married,  April  10,  1894,  Margaret,  born 
February  9,  1873,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
(Donelly)  Maney.  John  Maney  died  in  1905. 
He  came  to  Cattaraugus  county  when  a  boy, 
then  went  to  Dimkirk,  New  York,  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company,  rising  to 
be  car  inspector.  He  married,  in  Dunkirk, 
Anna,  daughter  of  Terence  and  Margaret 
(Kane)  Donelly,  both  of  whom  died  in  Ire- 
land. Children  of  John  and  Anna  Maney: 
Michael,  died  aged  eleven ;  Thomas,  died  aged 
thirty-seven ;  John,  married  Anna  Gourley,  has 
daughter  Anna;  Terry,  Catherine,  Margaret, 
married  Anthony  J.  Maroney;  Anna,  Minnie, 
married  Carl  Kamminure ;  children :  Charles, 
Donald  and  Christian.  Children  of  Anthony 
J.  and  Margaret  (Maney)  Maroney:  Margaret 
Esther,  born  March  18,  1896;  Ruth  Genevieve, 
born  August  18,  1902;  Alice  Mary,  born  May 
18,  1906;  Paul  Anthony,  born  December  6, 
1908. 

In  early  Connecticut  records 
BURROWS  this  name  is  found  as  Bur- 
roughs, Burrowes,  Burrows, 
Burrus,  Burras  and  Burroes.  Many  of  the 
descendants  of  Robert  Burrows,  of  Wethers- 
field  and  New  London,  spelled  their  name  Bur- 
roughs, but  the  branch  herein  traced  have 
always  used  the  form  Burrows.    George  Bur- 


rows, of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  was  the 
most  prominent  victim  of  the  diabolical  fanat- 
icism of  1692.  He  was  charged  with  witch- 
craft, tried  before  a  court  unduly  organized, 
condemned  and  hung  at  Salem,  May  19,  1692. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  name  on  record  in  Con- 
necticut is  Robert  Burrows,  who  came  from 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  Wethers- 
field,  where  he  owned  land  in  1641.  Later 
in  company  with  a  few  others  he  made  the  first 
settlement  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  after 
the  subjugation  of  the  Pequot  Indians,  1651. 
He  later  settled  with  John  Packer  and  Robert 
Park  near  the  Mystic  river  and  was  appointed 
the  first  ferryman  on  that  river.  He  is  enum- 
erated by  Miss  Caulkins  as  one  of  those  who 
worked  on  the  mill  dam,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  on  the  west  side  of  the  Mystic. 
He  married,  in  Wethersfield,  about  1645, 
Mary,  widow  of  Samuel  Ireland.  He  was 
trustee  for  the  two  daughters  of  his  wife  by 
her  first  husband,  Martha  and  Mary,  whose 
portions  of  thirty  pounds  each  were  delivered 
to  their  father-in-law  (stepfather)  October 
20,  165 1.  For  the  faithful  performance  of 
his  trust  he  pledged  his  house,  land  and  stock 
at  Pequonock.  Mary  his  wife,  died  Decem- 
ber, 1672;  he  died  August,  1682.  Only  two  of 
their  children  have  been  traced,  Samuel  and 
John. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Burrows,  was 
born  1647,  died  February  12,  1716.  He  was 
of  New  London,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
made  freeman  October,  1669,  and  lived  as 
late  as  1704.  He  married,  December  14,  1670, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Edward  Culver.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1671 ;  Mary,  1672 ;  Hannah, 
1674;  Margaret,  1677;  Samuel,  1679;  Robert, 
1681 :  Abigail,  1682. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Burrows, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  September  2,  167 1. 
He  married,  1694,  Lydia,  born  February  7, 
i67.i;-76,  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Jane  Hubbard, 
of  New  London.  Children:  John,  Hubbard, 
Amos,  Silas,  married  Hannah  Gere ;  one  child, 
Silas ;  Lydia,  Abigail,  Plannah,  Silent. 

(IV)  Amos,  son  of  John  (2)  Burrows,  was 
born  in  New  London  county,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Rathbone,  of  Colchester, 
Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Rev.  Amos,  died 
April  II,  1801,  aged  sixty-three  years;  part  of 
the  battle  of  Oriskany  was  fought  on  his  farm 
during  the  revolution.  2.  Rev.  Silas,  of  whom 
further.  3.  Elisha,  married  Susan  Fish,  in 
Salina,  New  York.    4.  Nathan,  married  Anna 


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Smith.  5.  Paul,  married  Catherine  Haley.  6. 
Joseph,  married  Abby  Chipman.  7.  Joshua, 
married  Jane  Fish.  8.  Elizabeth,  married 
Richard  Mitchell.  9.  Anna,  married  Asa 
Franklin.     10.  Eunice,  married  Solomon  Tift. 

(V)  Rev.  Silas  Burrows,  second  son  of 
Amos  Burrows,  was  born  August  8,  1741,  died 
August  8,  1818.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Second 
Baptist  Church  of  Groton,  Connecticut,  and 
as  was  the  custom  in  those  days  supported 
himself  in  part  by  cultivating  a  farm.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  April  7,  1764,  Mary,  born  Novem- 
ber IS,  1743,  died  October  26,  1816.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Phebe,  widow  of  Deacon  Gilbert 
Smith,  about  six  months  previous  to  his  death. 
It  was  his  second  and  her  third  marriage. 
Children:  i.  Silas,  born  March  14,  1765,  died 
December  22^  1781.  2.  Rev.  Daniel,  born  Oc- 
tober 28,  1766,  died  at  Groton,  Connecticut, 
January  23,  1861.  In  early  life  a  Baptist  he 
later  became  a  Methodist  and  was  ordained  a 
minister  by  Bishop  Asbury.  He  was  several 
times  elected  a  member  of  the  legislature  from 
Groton ;  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  con- 
stitutional convention;  removed  to  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  appointed 
inspector  of  customs  by  President  John  Quincy 
Adams.  He  married,  December  16,  1787, 
Mary  Avery.  3.  Roswell,  of  whom  further. 
4.  Enoch,  born  July  28,  1770;  married  (first) 
Esther  Dennison,  (second)  Mrs.  Caroline 
Hope  King.  5.  Jabez,  born  April  13,  1772, 
died  at  Mayville,  New  York,  March  13,  1855; 
married  Betsey  Bell,  and  moved  to  Troy,  New 
York.  6.  Gilbert,  born  May  10,  1774,  died 
October,  1775.  7-  Joshua,  born  January  10, 
1779,  died  at  Valencia,  Spain,  January  28, 
1809.  8.  Mary,  born  May  9,  1782;  married. 
May  19,  1799,  Jedediah  Randall.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, born  August  9,  1784,  died  in  infancy. 

(VI)  Rev.  Roswell  Burrows,  third  son  of 
Rev.  Silas  Burrows,  was  born  at  Groton,  Con- 
necticut, September  2,  1768,  died  there  May 
28,  1837.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  years  he 
joined  the  Second  Baptist  Church  of  Groton, 
and  at  the  age  of  thirty-eight  was  ordained 
a  minister  of  the  Baptist  church.  Soon  after 
his  ordination  he  took  a  missionary  tour 
through  Western  New  York,  traveling  thirteen 
hundred  miles  on  horseback  and  finding  in 
what  is  now  Buffalo  not  a  soul  professing  a 
religion  of  any  kind.  He  preached  at  Preston, 
Connecticut,  and  Rocky  Point,  Rhode  Island 
(now  Greenport).  After  his  father's  death 
in  1 818  he  succeeded  him  as  pastor  of  the 


Second  Baptist  Church  at  Groton.  He  mar- 
ried, January  28,  1790,  Jerusha,  only  daughter 
of  Latham  and  Jerusha  Avery.  She  died  No- 
vember 3,  1838.  Children:  i.  Latham  A., 
born  August  30,  1792,  died  September  25, 
1855 ;  served  as  an  officer  in  the  war  of  1812 ; 
was  first  judge  of  Tioga  county.  New  York, 
and  in  1824-28  represented  the  sixth  district 
in  the  New  York  state  senate ;  married  Sarah 
Lester.  2.  Jerusha  Avery,  born  June  24,  1795, 
died  October  12,  1814.  3.  Roswell  S.,  born 
February  22,  1798;  married  Mary  Ann  Run- 
dell.  4.  Lucy  L.,  born  January  19,  1801 ;  mar- 
ried Alex  Stewart;  she  died  at  Albion,  New 
York,  March  11,  1877.  5.  Lorenzo,  of  whom 
further.  6.  Mary  E.,  born  April  7,  1809,  died 
October  7,  1814.  7.  Julia  A.,  born  August  20, 
181 1,  died  January  6,  1890. 

(VII)  Lorenzo,  fifth  child  and  third  son  of 
Rev.  Roswell  Burrows,  was  born  in  Groton, 
Connecticut,  March  15,  1805,  died  in  Albion, 
New  York,  March  6,  1885.  He  was  educated 
at  Plainfield  Academy,  Plainfield,  Connecti- 
cut, and  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island.  In  1824 
he  came  to  Albion,  New  York,  which  was  his 
home  ever  afterward.  For  twelve  years  he 
was  associated  with  his  brother,  Roswell  S.,  in 
mercantile  life.  In  1839  the  brothers  organ- 
ized the  Bank  of  Albion,  Lorenzo  taking  the 
position  of  cashier,  which  important  office  he 
held  until  1848,  when  he  resigned  and  there- 
after became  an  important  figure  in  local  and 
state  public  affairs.  While  constantly  in  the 
public  view  he  never  relinquished  his  business 
interests  but  retained  active  interest  in  the 
corporations  he  had  helped  in  establishing.  He 
was  interested  in  the  International  Bridge 
Company,  of  Niagara  Falls,  and  at  the  time  of 
his  death  was  president  of  the  executive  board. 
Another  work  in  which  he  retained  lifelong 
connection  was  Mt.  Albion  cemetery.  In  1842 
he  and  Alexis  Ward  were  appointed  to  select  a 
site  for  the  cemetery  and  in  1843  ^  tract  of 
twenty-five  acres  was  purchased.  Twice  since 
the  grounds  have  been  enlarged.  In  1862  he 
was  appointed,  under  a  new  act  of  the  legisla- 
ture, one  of  the  first  board  of  commissioners  of 
the  cemetery.  His  connection  with  Mt.  Albion 
continued  over  forty  years,  and  to  its  develop- 
ment and  beautifying  he  gave  much  time,  al- 
ways without  compensation,  as  did  his  asso- 
ciates. 

In  public  life  Mr.  Burrows  held  for  a  score 
of  years  a  most  conspicuous  position.  He  was 
originally  a  Whig  in  politics,  but  later  affili- 


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ated  with  the  Democratic  party.  In  1844  ^^ 
was  presidential  elector  on  the  Clay  ticket.  In 
1845  ^^  was  elected  supervisor  of  the  town  of 
Barre  and  was  also  treasurer  of  Orleans 
county.  In  1849  ^^  was  elected  to  the  national 
house  of  representatives  from  the  district  com- 
prising the  counties  of  Niagara  and  Orleans. 
In  1852  he  was  re-elected,  serving  his  two 
terms  with  fidelity  to  his  constituents*  inter- 
ests. In  1855  he  was  elected  comptroller  of 
the  state  of  New  York,  holding  office  two 
years.  In  February,  1858,  he  was  chosen  the 
second  regent  of  the  University  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  which  office  he  held  continu- 
ously until  his  death  in  1885.  He  was  an  ar- 
dent admirer  of  Henry  Clay,  and  aided  in 
every  way  to  secure  Mr.  Clay's  election  to  the 
presidency.  He  was  also  a  warm  personal 
friend  of  President  Millard  Fillmore,  and  it  is 
said  he  declined  a  portfolio  in  Fillmore's  cab- 
inet. Mr.  Burrows  bore  in  all  positions  of 
trust  and  responsibility  a  character  of  unblem- 
ished purity.  He  was  faithful  to  every  trust 
and  loyal  to  every  duty.  He  was  most  hos- 
pitable in  his  intercourse  with  friends  and  to 
the  unfortunate  unobtrusively  beneficent.  He 
lived  an  honored,  useful  life  and  died  deeply 
regretted. 

He  married.  May  11,  1830,  Louisa,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Lord,  of  Haddam,  Connecticut. 
She  died  September  30,  1883.  Mrs.  Burrows 
was  a  devoted  Christian,  one  of  the  organizers 
and  first  members  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
of  Albion,  to  whose  upbuilding  she  largely  con- 
tributed. She  was  a  worthy  helpmeet  for  her 
distinguished  husband,  whom  she  preceded  to 
that  last  home  about  two  years.  Children:  i. 
Emeline,  born  March  17,  1832;  was  educated 
at  Phipps  Union  Seminary,  Albion,  New  York, 
and  has  spent  her  life  in  that  village,  where 
she  is  known  for  her  good  works  and  kindli- 
ness of  heart.  Since  April  7,  1850,  she  has 
been  identified  as  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  of  Albion  and  for  many  years  was  an 
earnest  worker  in  the  Sabbath  school.  Her 
mother  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of 
that  church,  and  Miss  Burrows  has  always 
been  very  liberal  in  her  benefactions  to  both 
church  and  Sabbath  school.  2.  Louisa;  born 
May  29,  1834,  died  April  11,  1872;  married  B." 
Rush  McGregor.  3.  George  Lord,  bom 
August  30,  1836;  married,  June  25,  1863, 
Julia  Sigourney  Hotchkiss,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 14,  1883,  and  was  buried  at  Albion,  New 
York,   with  her  infant   son ;  children :  Alice, 


Elizabeth,  married  George  Huntington; 
George  Lord,  Jr.,  Emeline,  Lucy  Stewart, 
JuHa  S.,  Mary  Sage,  Edwina  and  an  infant 
son.  4.  Lorenzo,  bom  May  6,  1839;  mar- 
ried, October  11,  1864,  Julia  Louise  Moore; 
children :  Charles  Moore,  Lorenzo,  Jr.,  Henry 
Lord.  Lynn  Moore  and  Harry,  died  aged 
four  years.  5.  July  Ann,  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1842,  died  July  22,  1843.  6. 
Ellen,  born  July  15,  1844,  died  November  11, 

1845.  

This  family  name  is  common 
MAYNARD  in  early  New  England  an- 
nals the  earlier  immigrants 
coming  from  England,  but  believed  to  have 
been  of  French  ancestry.  More  than  one  of 
the  name  figures  in  the  list  of  pioneer  settlers, 
but  John  Maynard  is  the  progenitor  of  the 
greater  number  bearing  the  name  in  New  Eng- 
land. He  was  born  in  England,  came  to  the 
colonies,  and  was  an  inhabitant  of  Sudbury  in 
1639,  and  died  there  December  10,  1672.  His 
first  wife  came  with  him  from  England.  His 
second  was  Mary  Axdell.  He  had  sons :  John, 
by  first  wife,  and  Zachery  by  second.  It  is 
from  one  of  these  that  the  Medina  family  de- 
scends. 

( I )  Almerine  B.  Maynard  died  in  Savannah, 
New  York.  He  married  Mary  Merriam,  of 
Rutland,  Vermont,  who  also  died  in  Savannah. 
He  settled  in  Wayne  county,  New  York,  prior 
to  the  civil  war;  purchased  and  cultivated  a 
farm  in  the  town  of  Butler.  He  was  a  deacon 
of  the  Christian  church  (Disciples  of  Christ). 
Children :  Emmet  A.,  and  a  daughter. 

(II)  Emmet  A.,  son  of  Almerine  B.  May- 
nard, was  born  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  June 
4,  1840,  died  in  Savannah,  New  York,  Fd)ru- 
ary,  1910.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Butler,  Wayne  county.  New  York, 
and  for  several  years  engaged  in  agriculture 
with  his  father.  Later  he  went  to  Kentucky, 
where  he  became  established  in  the  nursery 
business  and  later  became  traveling  salesman 
for  a  wholesale  drug  house  of  New  York  City. 
After  the  death  of  his  father  he  came  into 
possession  of  the  homestead  of  seventy  acres 
in  Savannah,  and  in  1900,  his  health  failing, 
he  retired  from  business  and  settled  on  the 
farm.  There  he  passed  his  remaining  years. 
He  married,  in  1862,  at  Elbridge,  Onondaga 
county,  New  York,  Clara  M.  Gates,  born  1842, 
who  survives  him  and  resides  on  the  Savannah 
farm.    Children:  i.  Myrtie  D.,  married  Calvin 


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Crofoot ;  children :  Clifford,  Stanley,  Vernon 
and  Neal.  2.  Howard  A.,  of  whom  further.  3. 
Earle  R.,  born  August  23,  1884,  now  a  veter- 
inary surgeon  of  Manitoba,  Canada. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Howard  A.  Maynard,  son  of  Em- 
met A.  Maynard.  was  bom  in  Savannah,  Wayne 
county,  New  York,  September  6,  1872.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  Jordan 
Free  Academy,  at  Jordan,  New  York.  He 
decided  upon  a  profession  and  entered  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo, whence  he  was  graduated,  M.  D.,  class  of 
1898.  He  was  an  interne  at  Buffalo  General 
Hospital  part  of  1898  and  1899,  and  in  the  lat- 
ter year  became  established  in  Medina,  New 
York,  where  he  is  now  (1912)  located,  and  in 
command  of  a  good  practice.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Orleans  County  and  New  York  State 
medical  societies,  and  of  the  American  Medical 
Association.  He  belongs  to  lodge,  chapter  and 
commandery  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  is  a 
supporter  of  the  Republican  party. 

He  married,  April  30,  1901,  Grace  F.  Ream- 
er, born  October  22,  1873,  daughter  of  David 
Reamer,  of  Savannah,  New  York.  Child: 
Homer  R.  Maynard,  born  June  4,  1902. 


William  Hill,  the  founder  of  this 
HILL     family,  immigrant  to  New  England 

in  the  ship  "William  and  Francis," 
which  landed  her  passengers  in  the  new  world 
June  5,  1632.  He  settled  first  at  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  became  a  man  of 
much  prominence.  November  5,  1633,  he  was 
admitted  freeman,  and  November  12,  1635,  he 
received  a  grant  of  land ;  in  1636  he  was  se- 
lectman of  Dorchester ;  soon  afterward  he  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
granted  a  home  lot  and  "set  out  an  orchard." 
In  1639  he  was  appointed  by  the  general  court 
to  examine  the  arms  and  munitions  of  the 
towns  in  the  colorry,  and  was  also  auditor  of 
public  accounts.  From  1639  to  1641  and  in 
1644  he  was  deputy  to  the  general  court.  Later 
he  removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  where  he 
finally  settled  and  died  about  1649,  as  his  first 
wife  is  called  a  widow  that  year  in  the  town 
records.  In  Fairfield  he  was  also  deputy  to 
the  general  court  and  collector  of  customs.  He 
and  his  son  William  were  granted  by  the  town 
home  lots  between  Paul's  Neck  and  Robert 
Tourney's  lot  on  the  northeast  side  of  Dor- 
chester street  and  the  Newton  Square.  In  his 
will,  dated  September  9,  1649,  ^^^  proved  May 
i5»  1650,  he  names  wife  Sarah  and  children: 


Sarah,  married,  17  September,  1646,  Joseph 
Loomis;  William,  referred  to  below;  Joseph, 
Ignatius,  James,  Elizabeth. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  and 
Sarah  Hill  was  born  in  England  and  died  in 
Fairfield,  Connecticut,  December  19,  1684.  He 
immigrated  with  his  father  and  followed  him 
to  Dorchester,  Windsor  and  Fairfield,  where 
he  was  granted  the  home  lot  already  described, 
and  became  one  of  the  most  useful  citizens  of 
the  town.  He  was  town  recorder  in  1650  and 
for  several  years  afterward,  and  Roger  Lud- 
low entrusted  to  his  care  town  papers  of  much 
value  when  he  left  Fairfield  in  1654.  Feb- 
ruary I,  1673,  he  received  his  portion  of  his 
father's  estate  from  his  "father-in-law," 
(probablv  his  stepfather),  Mr.  Greenleaf,  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1670,  the  town  granted  him  the 
Lewis  lot  on  the  northwest  torner  of  Newton 
Square.  He  married,  at  Fairfield,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Jones.  Children :  Wil- 
liam (3),  died  1728,  married,  October  7,  1691, 
Abigail  Osborne ;  Eliphat,  died  1695,  married 
Esther  Ward;  Joseph,  died  1696  unmarried; 
John,  referred  to  below;  James,  Sarah,  mar- 
ried, 15  April,  1686,  Richard  Widden;  Igna- 
tius, James. 

(III)  John,  son  of  William  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Jones)  Hill,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  there  in  1727.    He  married 

Sarah  .     Children:  Sarah,  baptized  15 

May,  1 701 ;  John,  referred  to  below. 

( IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Sarah 
Hill,  was  baptized  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut, 
June  29,  1707,  and  died  there  December  17, 
1759.  He  married,  January  27,  1729,  Esther, 
baptized  December  30,  1713,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Esther  Bulkley  (see  Bulkley).  Chil- 
dren :  Nathan,  referred  to  below ;  Esther,  born 
April  21,  1738,  married.  May  28,  1761,  Daniel 
Wakeman;  Sarah,  born  April  28,  1742,  died 
February  6,  1832,  married  June  17,  1762, 
George  Wakeman ;  Isaac,  born  September  25, 
1745:  Joseph,  May  2,  1752;  John,  December 

17.  1754. 

(V)  Nathan,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Esther 

(Bulkley)  Hill,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, October  9,  173 1,  and  was  baptized 
there  in  Christ  Church,  February  21,  1741-2. 
He  married  (first),  July  3,  1753,  Eunice,  born 
January  31,  1735,  and  died  January  29,  1765, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Rebecca  (More- 
house) Wakeman  (see  Wakeman).  He  mar- 
ried (second),  August  25,  1765,  Martha, 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 


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Wakemari,  a  first  cousin  of  his  first  wife,  who 
was  baptized  August  15,  1736,  and  died  March 
9,  1766.  He  married  (third),  in  December, 
1766,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Gershom  White- 
head. Children,  five  by  first  marriage  and  one 
by  third:  Eunice,  born  June  3,  1754,  married 
David  Meeker ;  Aaron,  referred  to  below ;  Re- 
becca, baptized  October  22,  1758;  Sarah,  born 
November  17,  1760;  Stephen,  November  16, 
1762;  John,  June  5,  1767. 

(V^I)  Aaron,  son  of  Nathan  and  Eunice 
(Wakeman)  Hill,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, December  12,  1755,  and  baptized 
there  in  Christ  Church,  February  8,  1756,  died 
in  Saratoga  county.  New  York.  During  the 
revolution  he  served  in  the  Sixth  Regiment 
Dutchess  county  militia.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1777,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Hannah  Fiske,  who  was  born  in  Cumber- 
land, Rhode  Island,  May  4,  1762  (see  Fiske). 
Children:  Nathan,  born  March  23,  1778;  Asa, 
May  17,  1781 ;  Hannah,  January  22,  1784; 
Ezra,  May  i,  1786;  Cynthia,  August  17,  1789; 
Aaron  (2),  January  26,  1791 ;  Robert  S.,  No- 
vember 30,  1792;  Jonathan,  June  8,  1796,  died 
in  May,  1886,  married,  February  5,  1818, 
Sarah  Wright;  Lydia,  bom  January  22,  1798; 
Elizabeth,  May  4,  1800;  Ephraim,  referred  to 
below. 

(VH)  Ephraim,  son  of  Aaron  and  Hannah 
(Fiske)  Hill,  was  born  in  Saratoga  county, 
New  York,  October  20,  1804,  and  died  in 
Knowlesville,  Saratoga  county,  in  1889.  He 
was  a  farmer.  In  the  spring  of  1838  he  moved 
to  the  town  of  Ridgeway,  near  Knowlesville, 
and  settled  there.  He  was  a  captain  in  the 
militia.  He  married,  at  Ballston  Spa,  Sara- 
toga county,  New  York,  November  30,  1830, 
Amanda  Smith,  of  Galway,  Saratoga  county. 
New  York.  (Children:  Aaron  Lester,  born 
March  7,  1832,  married,  1882,  Sabra  Russell; 
Sears  S.,  referred  to  below;  Ora,  and  seven 
daughters. 

(VIII)  Sears  S.,  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Amanda  (Smith)  Hill,  was  born  in  Saratoga 
county,  New  York,  February  12,  1836.  He 
was  about  eighteen  months  old  when  his  father 
moved  by  the  canal  route  to  the  town  of 
Ridgeway,  near  Knowlesville,  and  as  he  grew 
up  he  assisted  his  father  in  working  the  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acre  farm  there,  which  he 
afterward  inherited,  and  on  which  he  lived 
till  about  eight  years  ago,  when  he  retired 
from  active  life  and  removed  to  Medina.  He 
became  a  member  of  the  Knowlesville  Bap- 


tist church  in  1866,  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  trustee,  and  after  settling  in  Medina  he 
joined  the  Baptist  church  there.  He  enlisted 
in  the  Third  New  York  Cavalry  Regiment  at 
Rochester  in  1865,  and  was  mustered  out  later 
in  the  same  year.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  He  married, 
February  6,  1866,  Helen,  daughter  of  William 
and  Amanda  (Barker)  Ives,  of  Homer,  Cort- 
land county,  New  York,  who  was  born  in 
1839.     Children:  i.  William,  born  November 

20,  1866;  married  Nellie  McNall,  children: 
Francis,  Arthur  and  Claire.  2.  Ernest,  bom 
October  5,  1868;  married  Nellie  Thurston; 
children:  Mildred  and  Alice.  3.  Gertrude, 
born  April  18,  1877;  married  Frank  Cham- 
berlain ;  children :  Harold,  Marion  and  Frank. 
4.  Glenn,  bom  May  15,  1879;  married  Susie 
Marshall ;  child :  Derenwood. 

(The  Bulkley  Line). 

Rev.  Peter  Bulkley,  son  of  Rev.  Edward 
Bulkley,  of  the  parish  of  Odell,  Bedfordshire, 
England,  the  founder  of  this  family,  was  born 
January  31,  1583,  in  Bedfordshire,  England, 
and  died  in  Concord,  Massachusetts,  March 
9,  1659.  H^  emigrated  to  Massachusetts  in 
1655.  H^  married  (first)  Jane,  daughter  of 
Sir  Thomas  Allen;  (second)  Grace,  daughter 
of  Sir  Richard  Chetwoode,  who  survived  him 
and  died  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  April 

21,  1669.  Children,  thirteen  by  first  mar- 
riage: Edward,  born  June  15,  1614;  Mary, 
baptized  August  24,  161 5,  died  young; 
Thomas,  referred  to  below;  Nathaniel,  born 
November  29,  1618,  died  1627;  John,  born 
February  17,  1620,  died  after  October  11, 
1689,  married  Avis  ;  Mary,  born  No- 
vember I,  162 1,  died  1624;  George,  born  May 
17,  1623;  Daniel,  bom  August  28,  1625;  Ja- 
bez,  bom  December  20,  1626,  died  before  1639; 
Joseph,  William,  Richard,  (jershom,  bom  De- 
cember 6,  1636,  died  December  13,  17 13,  mar- 
ried October  26,  1659,  Sarah  Chauncey;  Elie- 
zer,  bom  about  1638,  died  unmarried;  Dor- 
othy, born  August  16,  1640;  Peter,  bom  June 
12,  1643,  died  after  March  25,  1691. 

(H)'  Thomas,  son  of  Rev.  Peter  and  Jane 
(Allen)  Bulkley,  was  born  in  Bedfordshire, 
England,  April  11,  1617,  and  died  in  Fairfield, 
Connecticut,  before  Febmary  26,  1658.  He 
married,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Jones, 
of  Concord,  Massachusetts,  who  survived  him 
and  married  (second)  Anthony  Wilson.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  bom  August  12,  1640,  married 


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Eleazer  Brown;  John,  born  about  1642,  died 
in  February,  1709,  married  Eliza ;  Jo- 
seph, referred  to  below;  Rebecca,  born  about 
1646,  married  Joseph  Whipley;  Hannah,  bom 
about  1648. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Jones)  Bulkley,  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, about  1644.  He  married  Martha 
Beers,  of  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  Children: 
Thomas,  bom  1678,  died  May  25,  1756,  mar- 
ried Abigail ;  Daniel,  born  1680,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Bartram;  Joseph,  referred  to  be- 
low; Peter,  born  May  21,  1684,  died  1753, 
married  Abigail ;  Sarah,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 23,  1684;  John,  baptized  March  22, 
1701,  married  Martha  ;  Rachel,  bap- 
tized March  23,  1706;  Grace,  baptized  May  2yy 
1711. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Martha  (Beers)  Bulkley,  was  born  in  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  May  9,  1682,  and  died  May 
6,  1750.  He  married  Esther  .  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  baptized  September  23,  1694, 
died  young;  Gershom,  baptized  September  13, 
1696;  John,  baptized  March  22,  1701 ;  a  son, 
born  March  9,  171 1;  Esther,  referred  to  be- 
low; Nathan,  baptized  January  16,  1718,  died 
1763,  married  Sarah  Perry;  Joseph  (3),  bom 

November  22,    1719,  married   Ruth  ; 

Samuel,  baptized  March  i,  1726,  married  Sep- 
tember 2,  1754,  Beulah  Henry ;  Sarah,  baptized 
Febmary  23,  1729;  Ebenezer,  baptized  De- 
cember 5,  1731,  married  December  11,  1765, 
Hannah  Maltbie. 

(V)  Esther,  daughter  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Esther  Bulkley  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, and  baptized  there  December  30, 
171 3.  She  married,  January  27,  1729,  John 
(2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Sarah  Hill,  referred 
to  above. 

(The  Wakeman  Line). 

Francis  Wakeman,  the  founder  of  this  fam- 
ily, lived  at  Bewdley,  Worcestershire,  England, 
where  he  died  September  2,  1626.  He  married 
Anne  Goode,  who  died  January  29,  1621.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  baptized  1591,  married  January 
14,  1622,  John  Wowen;  Sarah,  baptized  23 
April,  1593,  married  April  30,  1621,  Richard 
Hubbell;  Martha,  baptized  March  27,  1596, 
died  in  1664,  married  November  30,  1621, 
William  Davis ;  John,  referred  to  below ;  Sam- 
uel, baptized  September  25,  1603,  died  1641, 

married      Eliza     ;      Isaac,     baptized 

August  3,  1606,  died  April  14,  1609;  Joseph, 
baptized  April  23, 1609;  Anne,  baptized  July  3, 


1614,  married  Adam  Nichols;  Hester,  baptized 
June  15,  1617,  died  1693,  married  Thomas 
Selden;  Priscilla,  married  January  23,  1630, 
Thomas  Richards. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Francis  and  Anne 
(Goode)  Wakeman,  was  born  at  Bewdley, 
Worcestershire,  England,  about  1598,  and  died 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  1661.  He  married, 
January  28,  1628-9,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
William  and  Helen  (Vickaris)  Hopkins,  who 
was  born  at  Bewdley,  October  30,  1609,  and 
died  at  New  Haven  in  1658.  Children :  John, 
baptized  July  25,  1630,  died  January  19,  1636; 
Helena,  baptized  December  23,  1632,  died 
June  23,  1674,  married,  October  29,  1650, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  John  Talcott;  Samuel,  re- 
ferred to  below;  Elizabeth,  baptized  Septem- 
ber 16,  1638,  married  March  11,  1656-7,  Sam- 
uel Kitchell. 

(HI)  Rev.  Samuel  Wakeman,  son  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Hopkins)  Wakeman,  was  bap- 
tized at  Bewdley,  Worcestershire,  England, 
June  7,  1635,  and  died  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, March  11,  1692.  He  married,  August 
28,  1656,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Govemor 
Stephen  Goodyear,  who  survived  him  and  mar- 
ried (second)  Nathaniel  Burr.  Children: 
Samuel,  bom  October  12,  1657,  died  1691 ; 
John,  referred  to  below ;  Ebenezer,  born  about 
1668,  died  in  1690;  Joseph,  bom  1670,  died 
in  December  5,  1726;  Jabez,  bom  1678,  died 
October  8,  1704,  married  September  9,  1702, 
Eunice  Howell ;  Mary,  married  Michael  Qug- 
stone ;  Ann,  married  Abraham  Howell ;  Eliza- 
beth, married  Albert  Denny. 

(IV)  Captain  John  (2)  Wakeman,  son  of 
Rev.  Samuel  and  Hannah  (Goodyear)  Wake- 
man, was  born  about  1659,  and  died  Febru- 
ary 15,  1709.  He  married,  April  24,  1687, 
Martha,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
Hubbell,  who  died  June  5,  1710.  Children: 
Helena,  born  August  24,  i6i89,  died  February 
12,  1710-11 ;  Ann,  born  March  24,  1692;  Sam- 
uel, referred  to  below;  Elizabeth,  bom  June  i, 
1695;  Martha,  born  September  24,  1700,  mar- 
ried February  2,  1720-21,  Israel  Chauncey; 
Stephen,  referred  to  below;  John,  bom 
August  27,  1705,  died  1789-90,  married  April 
8,  1730,  Catherine  Gilbert. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Samuel  Wakeman,  son  of 
Captain  John  (2)  and  Martha  (Hubbell) 
Wakeman,  was  born  February  24,  1693,  and 
died  October  19,  1771.  He  married  Elizabeth 
,  bom  1695,  died  March  14,  1759.  Chil- 
dren  (baptismal  dates)  :  Eleanor,  August  8, 


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1726;  Aloses,  August  8,  1726,  died  May  14, 
1764,  married,  August  21,  1745,  Mary  Good- 
sell;  Anna,  August  8,  1726,  married  Nathan 
Hubbell;  Elizabeth,  1729,  married,  June  23, 
1746,  John  Lyon ;  Sarah,  October  5,  1731,  died 
January  18,  1769,  married  November  2,  1756, 
Gershom  Hubbell;  Samuel,  March  10,  1734, 
died  August  6,  1809,  married  Mabel  Burr; 
Martha,  referred  to  below;  Seth,  January  8, 
1738;  George,  January  i,  1740,  married  Jan- 
uary 17,  1762,  Sarah  Hill. 

(VI)  Martha,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel and  Elizabeth  Wakeman,  was  baptized  in 
Fairfield,  Connecticut,  August  15,  1736,  and 
died  there  March  9,  1766.  She  married,  as  sec- 
ond wife,  August  25,  1765,  Nathan,  son  of  John 
and  Esther  (Bulkley)  Hill,  referred  to  above. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  Captain  John  (2)  and 
Martha  (Hubbell)  Wakeman,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 15  1702,  and  died  in  1761-2.  He  married 
at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  April  28,  1727,  Re- 
becca, daughter  of  Daniel  Morehouse,  who 
was  baptized  February  24,  1712,  and  died  in 
1762.  Children:  Sarah,  born  March  12,  1728, 
died  June  11,  1728;  David,  baptized  January 
II,  1730,  died  1813-14,  married,  February  17, 
1754,  Mary  E.  Jennings;  Daniel,  born  April 
6,  1732,  married.  May  28,  1761,  Esther  Hill; 
Eunice,  referred  to  below ;  Squier,  born  June 
29,  1738,  married.  May  28,  1761,  Damans 
Bradley;  Stephen,  born  November  19,  1740, 
died  May  7,  1744;  James,  bom  May  19,  1743, 
died  about  April,  1768;  Stephen,  bom  Octo- 
ber 23,  1745,  died  about  April,  1768;  Sarah, 
born  January  26,  1748,  died  April  26,  1779, 
married,  November  11,  1772,  John  Alvord; 
Noah,  bom  November  28,  1751,  died  Novem- 
ber 5,  1777. 

(VI)  Eunice,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Re- 
becca (Morehouse)  Hill,  was  born  in  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  January  31,  1735,  and  died 
there  January  29,  1765.  She  married,  as  first 
wife,  July  3,  1753,  Nathan,  son  of  John  and 
Esther  (Bulkley)  Hill,  referred  to  above. 

(The  Fiske  Line). 

William  Fiske,  the  founder  of  this  family, 
was  bom  in  England  about  16 13,  and  died 
in  Wenham,  Massachusetts,  in  December, 
1654.  He  was  son  of  John  Fiske,  and  brother 
of  Rev.  John  Fiske,  pastor  at  Salem  and  Wen- 
ham,  Massachusetts.  From  1643  to  1650  he 
was  the  first  town  clerk  of  Wenham,  and 
deputy  to  the  general  court  1647-52.  He 
married,  at  Salem,  in  1643,  Bridget  Muskett, 


of  Pelham,  England,  who  survived  him  and 
married-  (second),  November  3,  166 1,  Thomas 
Rix,  of  Salem.  Children :  William,  referred  to 
below ;  Samuel,  died  October  31,  1716,  married 
(first),  November  6,  1679,  Phebe  Bragg,  (sec- 
ond) Mrs.  Hannah  Allen ;  Joseph,  bom  about 
1650,  married,  May  22,  1677,  Elizabeth  Ha- 
man;  Benjamin,  married,  November  6,  1674, 
Bethusha  Moore;  Martha.  . 

(H)  Deacon  William  (2)  Fiske,  son  of 
Hon.  William  (i)  and  Bridget  (Muskett) 
Fiske,  was  baptized  at  Wenham,  Massachu- 
setts, June  4,  1642,  and  died  there  February  5, 
1728.  He  was  lieutenant  in  the  train  band, 
and  elected  deacon  in  the  Congregational 
church  in  1679.  He  was  moderator  of  the 
town,  1702-14,  and  deputy  to  the  general  court 
1707-17.  He  married,  in  Wenham,  January 
15,  1662,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Austin  and  Alice 
Kilham,  of  Yorkshire,  England,  who  was 
bom  in  1646,  and  died  January  26,  1737.  Qiil- 
dren:  William,  bom  January  30,  1663,  died 
December  10,  1745,  married  Marah  or  Mary 

;  Sarah,  bom  February  5,  1664,  married 

September  14,  1688,  John  Cook;  Ruth,  bom 
March    2,    1666,    died   before    1725,   married 

;  Samuel,  bom  March  2,  1667, 

died  young;  Martha,  born  May  5,  1668;  Jo- 
seph, born  February  10,  1669,  died  young; 
Samuel,  referred  to  below ;  Joseph,  born  April 
14,  1672,  died  May  2,  1745,  married  (first) 
Susan  Warner,  (second),  January  7,  1743, 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Fuller;  Benjamin,  born  April 
6,  1674,  died  June  6,  1742,  unmarried;  The- 
ophilus,  born  July  28,  1676,  died  September  6, 
1759,  married  (first),  July  18,  1700,  Phebe 
Lampson,  (second),  July  26,  1756,  Mehitable 
Wilkins ;  Ebenezer,  bom  March  22,  1679,  died 
September  30,  177 1,  married  (first),  May  24, 
1 7 10,  Elizabeth  Fuller,  (second),  December  i, 
^733^  Mrs.  Martha  Kimball;  Jonathan,  bora 
July  22,  1681,  died  February  14,  1705,  unmar- 
ried ;  Elizabeth,  bom  December  12,  i6iB4. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  William  and 
Sarah  (Kilham)  Fiske,  was  bom  at  Wenham, 
Massachusetts,  February  16,  1670,  and  died  at 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts.  He  removed  from 
Wenham  to  Reading,  Massachusetts,  in  17 10, 
and  to  Rehoboth  some  time  before  1728.  He 
married,  December  5,  1699,  Elizabeth  Browne, 
of  Reading.  Children:  Elizabeth,  bom  De- 
cember 8,  1700:  Josiah,  referred  to  below; 
Rhineas,  born  May  5,  1705;  Lois,  October  i, 
1710;  Anna,  twin  with  Lois. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 


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(Browne)  Fiske,  was  born  at  Wenham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, July  7,  1702,  and  died  at  Cumber- 
land, Rhode  Island,  1773.  ^^  married,  in 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  June  20,  1723, 
Sarah  Bishop.  Children:  Esther,  bom  May  4, 
1725;  Samuel,  March  23,  1727;  John,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1729,  died  February  12,  1789,  mar- 
ried May  5,  1755,  Mary  Bartlett;  Rachel,  born 
July  I,  1730,  married,  August  20,  1749,  Benoni 
Studley;  Joyce,  born  February  24,  1732; 
Sarah,  September  5,  1733;  Jonathan,  referred 
to  below ;  Martha,  May  10,  1741 ;  Mary,  April 

^2,  1743- 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Josiah  and  Sarah 
(Bishop)  Fiske,  was  born  in  Cumberland, 
Rhode  Island,  August  13,  1739,  and  died  near 
Schuylerville,  Saratoga  county,  New  York,  De- 
cember 22,  1816.  During  the  revolution  he 
served  in  the  Connecticut  line,  and  was  granted 
a  revolutionary  pension.  After  the  war  he 
removed  to  Saratoga  county,  and  lived  in  the 
log  house,   three   miles    from   the   village   of 

Schuylerville.     He  married    Hannah  , 

born  November  18,  1743,  died  September  17, 
1814.  Children:  Jonathan,  born  December  12, 
1760,  died  November  2,  1853,  married,  April 
20,  1779,  Mercy  Robinson;  Hannah,  referred 
to  below  ;  Huldali,  born  July  19,  1765 ;  Martha, 
August  13,  1767;  David,  June  17,  1769,  died  in 
November,  1849,  married,  December  26,  1790, 
Mary  Gree ;  Doshe,  born  July  20,  1771 :  Cloah, 
April  13,  1774;  Lydia,  May  19,  1776;  Aza, 
April  26,  1778,  died  1832,  married  Lydia  Ham- 
ilton ;  Abigail,  born  May  13,  1780;  Stephen, 
May  I,  1782,  died  July  21,  1855,  married  Han- 
nah Curry;  Benjamin,  born  July  5,  1788,  mar- 
ried Rebecca . 

(VI)  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  Fiske,  was  born  in  Cumberland, 
Rhode  Island,  May  4,  1762,  married,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1777,  Aaron,  son  of  Nathan  and  Eunice 
(Wakeman)  Hill,  referred  to  above. 


The  Martin  family,  of  whom 
MARTIN     Darwin  D.  Martin  is  a  present 

day  representative,  descends 
from  English  ancestry.  The  first  of  the  line 
of  record  in  America  is  John  Martin,  whose 
marriage  appears  on  the  town  records  of  Re- 
hoboth, Massachusetts:  "Marriage  of  John 
Martin  and  Mercye  Billington,  27th  June, 
1681."  Page  231,  Book  2,  Rehoboth,' town  rec- 
ords, contain  this  entry:  "Marcy,  wife  of  John 
Martin.  Senior,  died  September  28,  1718,'*  and 
"John  Martin,  senior,  died  August  28,  1720." 


Mercy  Billington  was  the  daughter  of  Francis 
Billington,  born  in  England,  came  to  America 
in  the  ''Mayflower,"  in  1620.  He  was  the  dis- 
coverer of  the  inland  lake  which  yet  bears  the 
name  of  the  Billington  Sea.  He  married,  in 
1634,  the  widow  of  Francis  Eaton,  another 
'^Mayflower"  passenger.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Christian  Penn,  a  passenger  on  the  ship 
"Ann,"  in  1623.  Francis  was  the  son  of  John 
Billington,  also  a  "Mayflower"  passenger,  and 
his  wife  Ellen. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Mercy  (Billington)  Martin,  was  bom  at  Reho- 
both, June  I,  1682.  He  followed  the  trade  of 
tailor.  Page  177,  volume  i,  of  Rehoboth  vital 
records,  reads:  "Married,  John  Martin,  junior, 
and  Sarah  Wilmarth,  both  of  Rehoboth  July 
17,  1710."  John  Martin  died  in  the  same  town 
November  3,  1759,  Sarah  Wilmarth,  born 
there  December  21,  1682,  died  March  7,  1728. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth 
(Kendrick)  Wilmarth.  Ruth,  born  February 
16,  1649,  was  the  daughter  of  George  and 
Ruth  (Bowen)  Kendrick.  George  Kendrick 
came  in  the  ship  with  Rev.  Richard  Mather 
from  Bristol,  England,  May  23,  1635.  He  was 
a  volunteer  in  the  Pequot  war  of  1637,  and  a 
town  officer  of  Boston  in  1640.  Many  other 
early  colonial  ancestors  could  be  quoted. 

(III)  Robert,  third  child  and  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Sarah  Martin,  was  born  July  2,  1718, 
at  Rehoboth,  and  settled  in  Attleborough,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Page  158,  book  i,  records  of  the 
latter  town,  record  his  marriage:  "Robert 
Martin  and  Elizabeth  Welman,  married  April 

30*  1741" 

(IV)  John   (3),  eldest  son  of  Robert  and 

Elizabeth  Martin,  was  born  at  Attleborough, 
October  30,  1742.  Page  23,  book  4,  town  rec- 
ords, gives  his  marriage  with  "Margrit"  Rich- 
ardson, and  the  names  of  their  nine  children. 
John  and  the  entire  Martin  family  were  active 
patriots  and  minute-men  in  the  war  of  the 
revolution.  Twenty  John  Martins  served  in 
that  war  from  Massachusetts  alone;  this  ren- 
ders it  difficult  to  separate  the  individual  ser- 
vice of  this  particular  John  Martin,  but  the 
following  is  considered  correct :  "John  Martin, 
copy  of  an  order  on  Ephraim  Newell,  town 
treasurer  of  Attleborough,  dated  July  5,  1776, 
for  wages  due  said  Martin  and  others  for 
service  on  the  alarm  caused  by  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill,  also  in  Captain  Stephen  Richard- 
son's Fourth  (Second  Attleborough,  also 
given  as  Attleborough  No.    12)   company  of 


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Colonel  Daggett's  regiment;  list  of  men  who 
served  in  the  eighth  (also  given  as  the  ninth) 
campaign;  said  service  known  as  the  two 
months  campaign  at  New  York  in  1776;  said 
Martin  credited  with  one-half  a  turn."  "John 
Martin,  private  in  Captain  Alexander  Foster's 
company  of  Colonel  John  Daggett's  regiment ; 
service  twenty-five  days;  company  marched 
to  Rhode  Island  on  the  alarm  of  December 
8,  1777  (1776);  also  in  Captain  Alexander 
Foster's  company  of  Colonel  Isaac  Dean's  regi- 
ment; marched  July  31,  1780;  service  ten 
days;  company  marched  to  Tiverton,  Rhode 
Island,  on  the  alarm  of  July  31,  1780."  Roll 
sworn  to  at  Attleborough. 

(V)  John  (4),  eldest  son  and  fourth  child 
of  John  (3)  and  Margaret  Martin,  was  bom 
at  Attleborough,  Massachusetts,  May  21,  1776. 
His  boyhood  days  and  youthful  manhood  were 
spent  in  that  town,  but  about  the  year  i8oo 
he  moved  to  Leverett,  Massachusetts.  There 
is  no  record  of  his  marriage  found  there  ow- 
ing, as  the  present  record  states,  to  the  fact 
that  "the  records  from  1774  until  about  1840 
at  Leverett  are  very  irregular  and  imperfect." 
There  is,  however,  a  record  of  a  deed  of  181 1 
by  which  John  and  Dorothy  Martin  conveyed 
land  upon  the  eve  of  their  removal  to  Mad- 
ison county,  New  York.  He  married  Dorothy 
Smith,  born  at  Montague,  Massachusetts,  1784. 
He  died  March  2,  i860,  and  Dorothy,  his  wife, 
March  22,  1873,  and  both  are  buried  in  the 
South  Cemetery,  Cazenovia,  New  York  (see 
Smith). 

(VI)  Hiram,  seventh  child  and  fourth  son 
of  John  (4)  and  Dorothy  (Smith)  Martin, 
was  bom  in  Cazenovia,  Madison  county.  New 
York,  October  25,  1822,  died  in  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois, January  29,  1893.  He  settled  in  the  west, 
residing  in  Iowa  and  Nebraska.  He  was  a 
farmer  most  of  his  life.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Methodist  and  in  politics  a  Republican.  He 
married,  June  21,  1851,  at  Newark,  New 
York,  Ann  Eliza  McMannis,  born  March  30, 
1832,  died  September  4,  1871,  daughter  of 
Kinney  and  Martha  (Foster)  McMannis,  the 
latter  born  at  Westfield,  New  Jersey,  January 
13,  1805.  Hiram  and  Ann  Eliza  McMannis 
are  buried  at  Sauquoit  Cemetery,  Clayville, 
New  York. 

(VII)  Darwin  Denice,  son  of  Hiram  Mar- 
tin, was  born  in  Bouckv/le,  Madison  county, 
New  York,  October  25,  1865.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Iowa  and  Ne- 
braska, in  which  states  his  parents  resided  until 


he  was  thirteen  years  old,  when  they  returned 
to  Buffalo.    In  1878  he  entered  the  employ  of 
J.  D.  Larkin  &  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  as  office  boy, 
and  proved  so  satisfactory  in  that  position  that 
he  was  rapidly  promoted.    He  filled  each  sta- 
tion so  capably  that  he  was  constantly  in  line 
for  advancement.     In  1892  he  was  elected  a 
director  of  the  Larkin  Soap  Manufacturing 
Company,  successors  to  J.  D.  Larkin  &  Co. 
In  1893  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Lar- 
kin Soap   Manufacturing  Co.,  continuing  on 
the  board  of  directors.     In   1899  ^^^  Larkin 
Soap  Co.  was  organized,  of  which  Mr.  Martin 
was  chosen  secretary  and  director.     In  1904 
all  the  Larkin  interests  were  incorporated  as 
The  Larkin  Co.,  with  the  original  founder  of 
the  business,  John  D.  Larkin,  president,  and 
Mr.    Martin,   secretary   and   member   of   the 
board   of   directors.     This   position   he   now 
(1912)  fills,  after  thirty-four  years  continuous 
association  with  the  Larkin  companies.     The 
Larkin  Co.  is  too  well  known  in  every  part  of 
the  United  States  to  need  any  extended  men- 
tion here.     Their  immense  plant  located  in 
Buffalo,  is  visited  yearly  by  thousands  of  tour- 
ists from  all  over  the  world,  while  their  prod- 
ucts are  to  be   found  in  daily  use  in  every 
town,  county,  state  and  territory  in  our  coun- 
try.   They  have  made  the  Larkin  Idea  "Fac- 
tory to  Family"  very  popular,  and   from  a 
small  beginning  have  become  one  of  the  great- 
est manufacturing  and  distributing  companies 
in  the  world.    In  all  their  growth  and  devel- 
opment Mr.  Martin  has  home  a  conspicuous 
part.    For  seven  years  he  has  been  a  director 
of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and 
both  interested  and  helpful  in  all  that  concerns 
the  welfare  of  his  city.    He  is  an  Independent 
Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  (Scientist). 

He  married,  January  26,  1889,  ^^  Buffalo, 
Isabelle,  granddaughter  of  John  and  daughter 
of  Alexander  W.  Rddpath,  born  in  Mussel- 
burg  (now  a  part  of  the  city  of  Edinburg), 
Scotland,  April  30,  1841,  died  in  Buffalo,  New- 
York,  June  8,  1885.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  prior  to  1861,  locating  in  Buffalo* 
New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  merchandis- 
ing and  in  the  seventies  was  at  East  Aurora 
in  the  canning  business.  During  the  civil  war 
he  served  three  years  in  the  Twenty-first  Reg- 
iment New  York  Volunteers.  He  then  served 
in  the  Seventy-fourth  Regiment  as  a  substi- 
tute for  his  brother  until  the  close  of  the  war,, 
when  he  was  honorably  discharged.    He  mar- 


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ried,  November  7,  1867,  Katherine,  daughter 
of  Peter  Danner,  bom  in  Hechingen,  Germany, 
July  29,  1819,  died  at  Buffalo,  July  14,  1867. 
Peter  Danner  married  Christiana  Dorothea 
Meurer,  born  in  Herborn,  Hesse  Nassau,  Ger- 
many, March  2,  182 1,  died  in  Buffalo,  Jan- 
uary 30,  1907.  Her  mother  was  Fredericka 
Elizabeth  Weber,  a  daughter  of  Christian  von 
Witzleben,  of  the  baronial  von  Witzleben  fam- 
ily, of  Westphalia,  whose  ancient  castle  is  yet 
standing  at  Wendelstein. 

Children  of  Darwin  D.  and  Isabelle  R.  Mar- 
tin, born  in  Buffalo:  Dorothy  Reidpath,  born 
June  26,  1896,  a  student  of  Buffalo  Seminary; 
Darwin  Reidpath,  born  October  3,  1900. 

(The  Smith  Line). 

Fourteen  years  after  the  landing  of  the  Pil- 
grims from  the  "Mayflower"  on  Plymouth 
Rock,  Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith,  bom  1602, 
sailed  from  Ipswich,  England,  in  the  ship 
"Elizabeth,"  for  New  England.  He  was  ac- 
companied by  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Chileab?), 
and  four  children:  Samuel,  born  1625;  Eliza- 
beth, 1627;  Mary,  1630;  Philip,  1633.  He 
settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  made  a  freeman  September,  1634.  In  the 
following  year  he  moved  to  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  is  recorded  as  a  "fellmon- 
ger"  (a  dealer  in  skins  and  hides),  where  he 
seems  quickly  to  have  gained  prominence.  He 
was  selectman  several  terms,  and  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court  of  Connecticut  Col- 
ony, 1637-56.  He  helped  to  build  and  was 
part  owner  of  the  "Tryal,"  the  first  large  ves- 
sel built  in  the  colony.  In  1659  or  1660  he 
moved  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
became  very  prominent.  He  was  elected  se- 
lectman in  1660,  and  from  1661  to  1673  was 
Hadley's  representative  to  the  General  Court 
at  Boston,  and  one  of  the  three  commissioners 
for  Hadley,  appointed  by  the  general  court 
May  22,  1661,  In  April,  1665,  he  helped  to 
prepare  and  signed  the  successful  petition  of 
protest  to  the  general  court  against  the  com- 
missioners sent  in  1664  by  Charles  H.  to  regu- 
late the  affairs  of  New  England.  In  1669  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Hadley  school  commit- 
tee; in  1 67 1  he  was  licensed  retailer  of  wines 
and  malt  beverages.  He  was  lieutenant  of  the 
Hadley  military  company,  and  fought  in  King 
Philip's  war,  as  did  his  sons  Philip,  Chileab 
and  John,  the  latter  being  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Turner's  Falls.  Lieutenant  Samuel  Smith 
died  at  Hadley,  1680,  aged  seventy-eight  years. 


His  wife  Elizabeth  died  March  16,  1686,  aged 
eighty- four  years. 

(II)  Chileab,  fifth  child  of  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel Smith,  was  bom  at  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1635,  died  March  7,  1731,  aged 
ninety-six  years.  He  settled  in  Hadley,  Mas- 
sachusetts, with  his  father,  in  1659,  or  1660, 
and  was  quite  prominent  in  town  affairs.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  King  Philip's  war,  surveyor 
of  highways,  and  the  first  tithingman  ap- 
pointed in  the  Connecticut  Valley  in  1678.  He 
married,  October  2,  1661,  Hannah,  bom  1645, 
daughter  of  Luke  and  Elizabeth  (Gibbons) 
Hitchcock,  of  Wethersfield.  She  died  August 
31,  1733,  aged  eighty-eight  years,  having  been 
a  wife  seventy  and  a  widow  two  years.  She 
was  the  mother  of  eight  sons  and  six  daugh- 
ters. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Chileab 
Smith,  was  born  in  Hadley,  Massachusetts, 
March  9,  1664,  died  there  August  4,  1724.  He 
was  a  shoemaker,  and  is  mentioned  as  serving 
the  town  in  several  offices.  He  married,  March 
9,  1687,  Sarah  Bliss. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  eldest  son  and  third  child 
of  Samuel  (2)  Smith,  was  born  at  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  August  11,  1691,  died  at  Sun- 
derland, 1756.  He  was  one  of  the  first  forty 
settlers  of  Sunderland  after  it  was  set  off  from 
Hadley  in  1712.  He  married  (first),  in  1716, 
Esther,  daughter  of  Eleazer  Warner;  she  died 

1723.  He    married    (second),   January    16, 

1724,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Billings;  she 
died  January  29,  1767.  By  first  wife  he  had 
Esther,  Nathan  and  Miriam;  by  second  wife, 
three  sons  and  three  daughters. 

(V)  Nathan,  only  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Smith 
by  his  first  wife,  Esther  Warner,  was  bom  at 
Sunderland,  Massachusetts,  January  23,  1721, 
died  at  Montague,  Massachusetts,  December 
19,  1800.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Montague,  and  active  in  its  public  affairs.  He 
married,  at  Sunderland,  June  8,  1749,  Experi- 
ence, daughter  of  Abel  Gunn;  she  died  No- 
vember 13,  1815;  seven  children. 

(VI)  Samuel  (4),  only  son  '  of  Nathan 
Smith,  was  born  in  Montague,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  and  had  a  son  Roth  well,  and 
daughters:  Dorothy,  of  further  mention; 
Asaph,  married  Stephen  Newton;  Almena, 
married  James  Thrasher. 

(VII)  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Samuel  (4) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Montague,  Massachusetts, 
1784,  married  John  Martin  (see  Martin  V). 


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The  Hawleys  are  of  ancient 
HAWLEY     English   lineage   tracing   back 

to  the  Norman  Conquest.  They 
were  long  seated  in  Derbyshire,  from  which 
branch  Joseph  Hawley,  the  American  emi- 
grant, sprang.  The  Derbyshire  family  were 
titled  and  bore  arms:  Emerald,  a  saltire  in- 
grailed  pearl.  Crest:  An  Indian  goat's  head 
holding  a  three-leaved  sprig  of  holly,  proper. 
Motto:  Suwcz  Moy. 

(I)  Joseph  Hawley,  ancestor  of  the  Con- 
necticut branch  of  the  Hawleys,  came  to 
America  in  1629  or  1630.  His  English  home 
was  Parwidge,  now  Parwich,  in  Derbyshire, 
where  he  owned  lands  and  buildings  which 
he  disposed  of  in  his  will.  It  is  supposed  he 
was  bom  about  1603  and  married  when  he 
came  to  America  and  that  his  wife  died 
without  issue.  The  first  record  of  him  was 
made  by  himself  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in 
1650.  Where  he  passed  the  intervening  twenty 
years  is  a  matter  of  conjecture.  He  was  town 
clerk  of  Stratford  from  1650  until  1666,  and 
during  that  time  most  of  the  records  are  in  his 
handwriting.  His  handwriting  is  of  a  style  in 
which  all  public  documents  were  entered  in 
the  state  books  in  London,  England,  at  that 
time,  and  this  infers  that  Joseph  learned  his 
style  of  writing  in  that  city,  and  possibly  in 
connection  with  the  state  department.  He  be- 
came a  large  land  owner,  holding  between  four 
and  five  thousand  acres.  Ip  1668  he  pur- 
chased land  in  the  adjoining  new  town  of 
Derby  and  he  acquired  further  holdings  in 
that  town.  His  public  services  were  almost 
continuous  from  1650  until  his  decease.  May 
20,  1690.  Besides  being  town  clerk,  or  re- 
corder, he  was  treasurer  of  the  town;  was 
chosen  for  several  years  by  the  town  "to  keep 
an  ordinary,**  then  one  of  the  most  important 
offices  in  town ;  was  on  important  committees : 
was  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  of  Con- 
necticut, thirty  sessions ;  was  commissioner 
(same  as  justice  of  the  peace)  from  1682  until 
death,  1690;  was  a  member  of  the  church 
and  of  great  usefulness  there. 

His  second  wife,  Katherine ,  survived 

him  and  is  mentioned  in  his  will.  Children: 
Samuel,  of  further  mention ;  Joseph,  Eliza- 
beth, Ebenezer,  Hannah,  Ephraim,  John  and 
Mary. 

(II)  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Joseph  Haw- 
ley, "the  emigrant,"  was  bom  1647,  died  1691. 
He  came  to  Stratford  with  his  parents  in  1650 
and  always  lived  there  except  for  a  short  resi- 


dence in  Derby.  He  w^as  a  farmer  and  a  very 
large  land  owner,  continuing  to  accumulate 
until  near  the  close  of  life.  Most  of  it  he 
gave  to  his  children  before  his  death.  He  was 
one  of  the  thirty-six  original  proprietors  of 
the  town  of  Newton,  Connecticut,  and  had 
lands  there.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen, 
member  of  the  church  and  town  officer.  He 
served  seven  terms  in  the  colonial  assembly, 
his  father  having  served  in  the  same  thirty 
terms.  He  married  (first)  Mary,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Welles)  Thompson,  of 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  Ann  Welles  was 
a  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  Welles,  of 
Connecticut.  He  married  (second)  Patience, 
widow  of  Lieutenant  John  Hubbell.  Children : 
Samuel  (2),  Captain  Joseph,  Deacon  Thomas, 
Matthew,  Ebenezer,  Jehiel,  Elizabeth,  Eph- 
raim, Catherine,  Stephen,  Benjamin,  Mary  and 
Nathaniel. 

(III)  Captain  Joseph  (2)  Hawley,  son  of 
Samuel  Hawley,  was  born  June  6.  1675.  died 
November  20,  1752.  He  became  a  large  land 
owner  and  man  of  prominence.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  he  settled  in  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut, rising  to  political  and  military  dis- 
tinction there.  He  was  ensign,  1716;  lieuten- 
ant, 1717:  captain,  1723;  elected  eighteen 
terms  to  the  colonial  assembly  between  17 19 
and  1738,  making  the  third  in  direct  line  to 
serve  long  terms.  In  sixty-six  years,  father, 
son  and  grandson  served  fifty-seven  years, 
while  other  members  of  the  family  were  in 
the  same  office  in  later  years.  He  married, 
1697,  Elizabeth  Wilcoxson,  bom  November  6. 
1673,  died  September  10,  1762,  daughter  of 
Timothy  and  Joana  (Birdsey)  Wilcoxson. 
Children:  Mary  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Timothy. 
Hannah.  Samuel.  Jehiel,  Ebenezer,  Abel. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (2) 
Hawley,  was  bom  December  10,  17 13,  died 
March  3,  1769.  He  resided  at  Farmington, 
Connecticut.  He  married  (first)  Mar\\ 
daughter  of  Hawkins  Hart.  She  died  Novem- 
ber 12,  1756,  aged  thirty-seven  years.  He 
married  (second)  Keziah,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con James  Smith.  She  died  January  2,  1802, 
aged  seventy- four  years.  Mary  Hart  (first 
wife)  was  a  descendant  of  Deacon  Stephen 
Hart,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1632: 
came  from  Braintree,  England;  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Farmington  church,  resid- 
ing there  after  a  short  stay  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  Sarah,  Asa,  Benjamin. 
Ebenezer    (2),    Mary,    Esther,    Amos,    died 


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young;  Amos  (2),  Ichabod;  child  by  second 
wife:  James. 

(V)  Ichabod,  ninth  and  youngest  child  of 
Ebenezer  and  his  first  wife,  Mary  (Hart) 
Hawley,  was  born  November  12,  1756  (his 
life  beginning  with  the  ending  of  his  moth- 
er's), died  March  28,  1814.  He  emigrated  to 
New  York  state,  settling  at  Moreau,  Saratoga 
county,  where  he  engaged  in  farming,  his 
brother  Amos  being  a  merchant,  lumberman 
and  farmer  of  the  same  town.  He  served  in 
the  revolutionary  war  as  private  of  Captain 
Bidweirs  company,  Colonel  Fisher  Gay's  regi- 
ment, General  Wadsworth's  brigade,  Connecti- 
cut troops,  his  brothers,  Amos  and  Ebenezer, 
serving  in  the  same  company.  He  married 
Huldah,  born  June  17,  1763,  died  September 
15,  1824,  daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Rhoda 
( Porter)  Root,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Root, 
of  England,  who  came  to  America  about  1637 
and  settled  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  The 
descent  is  Eleazer,  son  of  Thomas  Root,  son 
of  Thomas,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas,  thfe 
emigrant,  who  was  a  son  of  John  Root,  of 
Badley.  Northamptonshire,  England.  Chil- 
dren: Alvaro,  Leonore,  Isophene,  Adolphus, 
drowned  at  Saratoga  Falls  when  a  young  man ; 
Luman,  Selina,  Salma,  Anselma,  Leonel  Por- 
ter, Albina  and  Rhoda  Porter  Root. 

( VI)  Salma,  seventh  child  of  Ichabod  Haw- 
ley was  born  May  11,  1796,  died  January  25, 
1862.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Brant,  Erie  county, 
New  York.  He  married,  April  3,  1820,  Jane, 
daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Sarah  (Wing) 
Hewson.  She  was  born  June  18,  1801,  died 
November  19,  1855.  Children:  i.  Selina,  born 
November  18,  1822;  married  William  Bird- 
sail  and  removed  to  Grand  Rapids,  Michi- 
gan. 2.  Ira  S.,  born  March  13,  1824;  farmer 
of  Perrysburg,  New  York:  married  Ann  M. 
Kimball.  3.  Sarah  W.,  bom  November  8, 
1826;  married  William  Brown,  and  lived  at 
Evans,  New  York.  4.  Alonzo  M.,  of  further 
mention.  5.  John  Hewson,  born  March  29, 
1832;  a  farmer  of  North  Collins,  New  York; 
married  (first)  Sarah  D.  Carrier;  (second) 
Josephine  P.  Ackley.  6.  Huldah  Ann,  born 
November  28, 1833 ;  married  Josiah  Southwick, 
and  lived  at  North  Collins,  New  York.  7. 
Hannah  Maria,  born  April  27,  1836;  married 
Edwin  J.  Stancliflf.  8.  Salma  Bartholo,  born 
August  23,  1841 ;  a  farmer  of  Grand  Rapids, 
Michigan. 

(VII)  Alonzo  M.,  fourth  child  and  second 


son  of  Salma  Hawley,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Brant,  Erie  county.  New  York,  May  20, 
1828.  He  was  a  farmer  and  a  man  of  most 
quiet  tastes  and  manner.  He  is  now  living 
with  a  son  Salma  on  a  fruit  farm  at  Pasadena, 
California  (1911).  He  married  Lucy  M., 
daughter  of  Horace  Clough,  of  Kingsbury, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Salma  W.,  born 
1851 ;  now  a  fruit  farmer  of  Pasadena,  Cali- 
fornia; married  Sarah  Tousey,  and  had  Mil- 
ton and  Fred.  2.  Myron  C,  of  further  men- 
tion. 3.  Lucy  Jane,  born  November  29,  1863 ; 
married  Charles  De  Bussey,  and  has  Myron. 

(VIII)  Myron  C,  se^rond  son  of  Alonzo 
M.  and  Lucy  M.  (Clough)  Hawley,  was  born 
in  Erie  county.  New  York,  November  7,  1856. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools;  pre- 
pared for  the  medical  profession  at  Buffalo 
University,  graduating  M.  D.,  class  of  1880. 
He  began  practice  at  Steamburg,  New  York, 
where  he  was  located  three  years.  He  then 
established  in  East  Randolph,  New  York, 
where  he  was  in  successful  practice  for  twen- 
ty-seven years.  In  1907  he  removed  his  resi- 
dence to  Randolph,  his  present  home  (1911). 
He  is  a  skillful  physician,  well  read  and  in- 
formed on  all  modern  medical  discovery,  with 
a  lifetime  of  practical  knowledge  to  guide  him 
in  diagnosis  and  treatment.  His  practice  is 
large  and  his  standing  in  the  medical  fra- 
ternity very  high.  He  has  been  connected 
with  the  staff  of  Randolph  Home  as  physician 
and  surgeon.  Dr.  Hawley  is  a  member  of  the 
State  and  County  Medical  societies;  Lodge 
and  Chapter  of  the  Masonic  Order ;  the  Indev- 
pendent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  a  warden  of  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  June  20,  1878,  Kittie  Odell 
Beals,  daughter  of  Samuel  P.  and  Sarah  Eliza 
(Holcomb)  Beals.  Children:  i.  Horace  B., 
born  in  East  Randolph,  New  York,  February 
18,  1880;  graduate  of  Buffalo  LTniversity 
(dental  department),  1902:  now  practicing  his 
profession  in  Salamanca,  New  York;  he  is  a 
member  of  the  New  York  State  Dental  As- 
sociation and  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He 
married  Arnah  Giles.  2.  Lee  F.,  born  in 
East  Randolph,  New  York,  February,  1882; 
graduate  of  Cornell  University,  1903;  degrees 
A.  M.  and  Ph.  D.  He  is  an  expert  chemist, 
now  in  the  forestry  service  of  the  government, 
with  laboratory  in  the  State  University  at 
Madison,  Wisconsin. 


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According  to  Burke,  the  Swete 
SWETT    or    Swett     family    bore    arms: 

"Gules  two  chevrons  between  as 
many  mullets  in  chief  and  a  rose  in  base  ar- 
gent seeded  or."  Crest :  "A  mullet  or  pierced 
azure  between  two  gilly  flowers  proper."  The 
family  was  formerly  of  Trayne,  later  of  Ox- 
ton,  in  Devonshire,  England,  which  county 
furnished  many  colonists  to  New  England. 

(I)  John  Swett,  first  of  whom  record  ap- 
pears in  America,  was  admitted  to  the  freedom 
of  the  Massachusetts  Colony,  May  i8,  1642. 
He  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Decembeu"  7,  1642.  It  has  been 
supposed  that  he  was  connected  with  the 
Swete  family  of  Oxton,  Devonshire,  England 
(see  New  England  Register,  vol  vii,  where  the 
Swete  coat-of-arms  is  shown).  The  history  of 
Barnstable  county,  Massachusetts,  says  that 
John  Swett  came  to  Newbury  from  the  Isle 
of  Guernsey,  and  that  some  of  his  descendants 
settled  in  Weelfleet  and  Truro.  There  seems, 
however,  to  be  no  connection  between  the 
Swetts  of  Cape  Cod  and  those  of  Newbury. 
Sarah,  wife  of  John  Swett,  died  December 
II,  1650.  He  may  have  had  a  second  wife, 
Phebe,  who  died  a  widow,  May  6,  1665.  John 
Swett  lived  on  the  first  lot  east  of  the  old  land- 
ing at  Parker's  River,  near  the  end  of  the 
present  electric  road.  He  died  in  Newbury, 
January  13,  1651-52.  Children:  i.  John,  born 
about   1603;  married    (first)    Mercy  Rouse; 

(second)  Jane  ;  lived  in  Charlestown, 

Massachusetts.  2.  Joseph,  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  Taylor;  (second)  Mrs.  Mary  But- 
tolph;  resided  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  3. 
Stephen,  born  about  1620;  married  (first) 
Hannah  Merrill;  (second)  Rebecca  Smith; 
resided  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  4.  Ben- 
jamin, see  forward. 

(II)  Captain  Benjamin  Swett,  son  of  John 
Swett,  the  immigrant,  was  bom  in  England, 
1626.  He  lived  for  seven  years  on  the  Wood- 
bridge  farm  in  Newbury,  Massachusetts, 
where  the  Woodbridge  school  now  stands.  He 
removed  to  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  leading  men.  He  lived  at 
what  is  now  Hampton  Falls,  on  the  farm  later 
owned  by  Miss  Gove,  in  the  house  where  the 
poet,  Whittier,  died.  He  was  selectman  and 
representative.  He  served  as  captain  of  mili- 
tia, and  commanded  the  expedition  to  Black 
Point,  Scarborough,  Maine,  where  he  was 
killed  in  battle  with  the  Indians,  June  29,  1677. 
He  was  a  brave  soldier  and  a  sagacious,  skill- 


ful officer.  He  married,  November  i,  1647, 
Hester,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Weare.  She 
married  (second),  March  31,  1679,  Ensign 
Stephen  Greenleaf.  She  died  in  Hampton, 
New  Hampshire,  January  16,  1718,  aged 
eighty-nine  years.  He  had  seven  children  re- 
corded in  Newbury  and  four  in  Hampton:  i. 
Hester,  bom  June  17,  1648;  married,  Septem- 
ber 5,  1668,  Abraham  Breen.  2.  Sarah,  No- 
vember 7,  1650 ;  married,  1678,  Morris  Hobbs. 
3.  Mary,  January  7,  165 1,  died  young.  4. 
Mary,  May  2,  1654;  married,  December  3, 
1 701,  Richard  Waterhouse.  5.  Joseph,  see 
forward.  6.  Moses,  April  16,  1661 ;  married 
Mary  Hussey.  7.  Benjamin,  May  20,  1664; 
married  Theodate  Hussey.  8.  Hannah,  March 

16,  1665;  married.  May  12,  1682,  John  Rust. 
9.  Elizabeth,  May  2,  1667.     ^O-  John,  March 

17,  1670;  married  Bethiah  Page.  11.  Stephen, 
July  13,  1672;  married  Mary  Kent. 

(Ill)  Captain  Joseph  Swett,  son  of  Captain 
Benjamin  Swett,  was  bom  in  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, January  21,  1658.  He  was  several 
times  representative  for  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire,  and  once  led  a  company  of  militia 
to  Saco,  Maine.  He  was  a  resident  of  Hamp- 
ton Falls.    He  married  (first)  Hannah , 

who  died  August  14,  1701 ;  (second),  Novem- 
ber 20,  1 701,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  (Baker)  Andrews,  of  Boxford,  Mas- 
sachusetts. His  will,  dated  September  29, 
1720,  probated  January,  1721-22,  names  wife 
Sarah  and  her  children,  unnamed,  and  son 
Joseph,  and  daughters  Esther  Eaton,  Margaret 
Sherburne  and  Abigail  Swett.  His  widow  mar- 
ried, January  i,  1723,  Charles  Treadwell.  Her 
will,  dated  Deceniber  13,  1743,  probated  Oc- 
tober 30,  1745^  names  children:  Benjamin, 
Jonathan,  Lydia,  Hannah  and  David,  to  whom 
was  given  the  house  at  Hampton  Falls.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Hannah,  bom  September  13,  1682, 
died  young.  2.  Margaret,  July  21,  1690;  mar- 
ried (first),  November  16,  17 10,  Thomas 
Sherburne,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire; 
(second),  August  13,  1729,  Benjamin  Rust; 
died  March  27,  1761.  3.  Abigail,  March  29, 
1692;  married  Benjamin  Stone,  of  Yorke, 
Maine.  4.  Esther,  married,  November  18, 
1709,  John  Eaton;  died  before  1720.  5.  Jo- 
seph, married  Hannah  Sayward ;  lived  in 
Yorke,  Maine.  Children  by  second  marriage: 
6.  Lydia,  born  March  22,  1704;  married,  April 
3,  1729,  David  Lee,  of  Boston.  7.  Hannah, 
May  23,  1708;  married,  February  2,  1728. 
Moses  Swett,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts.   8. 


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Benjamin,  November  17,  1710;  married  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Jenness;  lived  at  Hampton  Falls. 
9.  Jonathan,  see  forward.  10.  David,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1716;  married  Dorothy  Currier;  lived 
at  Hampton  Falls. 

(IV)  Captain  Jonathan  Swett,  son  of  Ca|>- 
tain  Joseph  Swett,  was  bom  at  Hampton 
Falls,  New  Hampshire,  November  17,  1712. 
There  is  no  record  of  his  deaths  and  nothing 
in  probate  records  to  indicate  it.  He  may 
have  moved  out  of  town  and  died  elsewhere. 
He  married  (first),  July  19,  1733,  Deborah 
Tilton;  (second),  October  26,  1738,  Jane, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Mehitable  (Leavitt) 
Rowe,  or  Row.  The  inscription  on  her  tomb- 
stone, in  the  oldest  cemetery  of  Hampton 
Falls,  reads:  "Here  lies  buried  the  body  of 
Mrs.  Jean  Swett,  Late  wife  of  Capt.  Jonathan 
Swett,  who  departed  this  life  January  5th, 
1 75 1,  in  the  33rd  year  of  her  age."  Dow's 
"History  of  Hampton"  says  she  was  born  De- 
cember 9,  171 7.  Near  her  grave  is  a  long  row 
of  mounds  without  tombstones,  where  prob- 
ably rest  several  generations  of  the  Swett  fam- 
ily. Robert  Row's  will,  1757,  names  grand- 
children, children  of  his  daughter  Jane:  Jo- 
seph, Josiah,  Jonathan,  Mehitable  and  Sarah 
Swett.  Captain  Swett  married  (third)  Mary 
Stevens.  The  town  records  assign  seven  chil- 
dren to  his  second  marriage  and  three  to  his 
third,  but  this  is  manifestly  an  error.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Joseph,  born  August  16,  1739;  mar- 
ried Jemima ;  probably  settled  in  Wa- 

terborough,  Maine.  2.  Josiah,  see  forward.  3. 
Mehitable,  February  6,  1744;  married,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1 77 1,  David  Perkins,  in  Newington, 
New  Hampshire.  4.  Sarah,  February  3,  1746. 
5.  Jonathan,  August  2^^  1748;  married,  No- 
vember 8,  1774,  Lydia  Huntress,  of  Newing- 
ton; he  settled  in  Campbell's  Grove,  after- 
ward called  Windsor,  New  Hampshire.  Chil- 
dren by  third  marriage:  6.  David,  bom  April 
8,  1753;  married,  October  30,  1786,  Sarah 
Batchelder,  and  had  two  daughters  and  a  son, 
the  last-named  died  unmarried;  lived  in 
Hampton  Falls.  7.  James,  April  8,  1755;  per- 
haps settled  in  Vermont  8.  Lydia,  September 
S»  1757-  9-  Elizabeth,  May  5,  1759.  10. 
Abigail,  August  3,  1760. 

(V)  Josiah,  son  of  Captain  Jonathan  Swett, 
was  born  at  Han^ton  Falls,  New  Hampshire, 
December  20,  1741,  died  in  Claremont,  New 
Hampshire,  December  26,  1808.  He  lived 
for  some  years  in  Wenham,  Massachusetts, 
thence  moved  to  Campbell's  Gore  (Windsor), 


New  Hampshire,  and  finally  settled  in  Clare- 
mont. He  was  a  revolutionary  soldier  from 
Wenham.  He  married,  January  10,  1765, 
Prudence,  born  September  28,  1747,  died 
August  8,  1 83 1,  daughter  of  Skipper  and 
Sarah  (Cogswell)  Dodge,  of  Wenham,  Mas- 
sachusetts. All  his  children  except  James  are 
recorded  in  Wenham.  Children:  i.  Prudence, 
bom  August  20,  1766;  married,  1783,  Joel 
Richards;  settled  in  Claremont,  New  Hamp- 
shire. 2.  Josiah,  October  2,  1768,  died  in 
Claremont,  December  18,  1843;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1791,  Hannah  Healey,  of  Washing- 
ton, New  Hampshire;  ten  children;  she  died 
December  3,  1854.  3.  Benjamin,  January  22, 
1771 ;  married  (first),  March  17,  1790,  Polly 
Healey;  (second),  October  12,  1813,  Marcia 
Dodge,  of  Wenham,  Massachusetts ;  he  is  said 
to  have  removed  to  Mount  Morris,  New  York. 

4.  Sarah,  May  28,  1773,  died  June  26,  1774. 

5.  Mehitable,  May  27,  1775 ;  married.  May  23, 
1794,  Ichabod  Dodge.  6.  Jonathan,  February 
19,  1778,  died  July  27,  1779.  7.  Jonathan,  see 
forward.  8.  James,  died  April  23,  1804,  aged 
twenty-two  years. 

The  above  lineage  was  compiled  by  Rev. 
Everett  S.  Stackpole,  of  Bradford,  Massachu- 
setts, in  February,  1908.  He  has  worked  sev- 
eral years  on  the  history  of  the  Swett  family, 
and  has  searched  town,  church  and  county 
records,  military  lists  and  cemeteries,  and 
every  other  known  source  of  information. 

(VI)  Dr.  Jonathan  Swett,  son  of  Josiah 
Swett,  was  born  at  Wenham,  Massachusetts, 
June  22  or  23,  1780,  baptized  July  2,  1780,  ac- 
cording to  published  records  of  Wenham.  He 
attended  school  in  Deerfield.  He  later  studied 
medicine  in  Dartmouth  College,  but  probably 
did  not  graduate.  He  practiced  his  profession 
in  Maine  for  some  time ;  later  went  to  North- 
field,  Massachusetts;  from  there  returned  to 
Deerfield;  later  removed  to  Elbridge,  New 
York;  then  to  Weedsport,  New  York,  where 
he  resided  about  four  years,  during  which 
time  he  built  two  canal  boats,  with  the  help 
of  an  old  ship  carpenter,  and  also  built  a 
house ;  from  there  removed  to  Rochester,  New 
York;  from  there  removed  to  a  place  near 
the  present  village  of  Brockport,  New  York, 
where  he  remained  until  he  purchased  a  farm 
at  Ridgeway,  New  York,  from  the  Holland 
Land  Company.  The  records  of  the  Holland 
Land  Company  show  that  the  east  part  of  lot 
38  was  articled  to  Jonathan  Swett  in  the  year 
1830;  this  land  was  deeded  to  him  October 


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13,  1832.  This  land  was  on  the  famous  Ridge 
road,  which  was  then  and  always  has  been  a 
highway  from  Rochester  to  Buffalo  and  Lew- 
iston.  On  this  land  a  tavern  was  situated, 
and  the  only  way  Dr.  Swett  was  able  to  secure 
possession  was  by  entering  the  tavern  as  a 
guest  and  by  getting  some  of  his  baggage  in. 
If  this  had  not  been  done  the  man  who  occu- 
pied the  tavern  could  not  have  been  legally 
dispossessed.  While  a  resident  of  Ridgeway, 
Dr.  Swett  was  noted  as  one  of  the  most 
famous  surgeons  in  Western  New  York.  He 
used  to  prophesy  that  people  would  talk 
through  the  air,  and  also  that  the  air  would 
some  day  be  navigated,  both  of  which  have 
come  to  pass.  In  1856,  after  the  death  of  his 
wife,  Dr.  Swett  removed  to  Champaign 
county,  Illinois,  with  his  son,  Joel  R.,  and 
family,  and  his  daughter  Charissa,  the  latter 
remaining  with  him  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred September  14,  1865,  in  Sidney,  Illi- 
nois, where  his  remains  were  interred.  His 
health  remained  good  and  his  strength  un- 
impaired until  shortly  before  his  death.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  but  voted  for 
Abraham  Lincoln  for  his  second  term. 

Dr.  Swett  married,  at  Deerfield,  Massachu- 
setts, October  23,  1803,  Charissa,  born  Janu- 
ary I3»  1 781,  died  at  Ridgeway,  New  York, 
June  I,  1855,  daughter  of  Justin  and  Mercy 
(Hoyt)  Hitchcock,  of  Deerfield.  Children: 
I.  Camilla,  bom  at  Deerfield,  September  i, 
1805,  died  September  4,  1805.  2.  James,  De- 
cember 10,  1806;  he  left  home  while  the  family 
lived  in  Ridgeway,  New  York;  never  heard 
from  again.  3.  Barbarack,  died  young.  4. 
Joel  Richards,  see  forward.  5.  Jonathan,  bom 
at  Deerfield,  May  18,  1809,  died  about  1882, 
at  Medina,  New  York ;  married  a  Miss  Knick- 
erbocker, of  Ridgeway,  New  York.  6.  Char- 
issa Hoyt,  born  at  Elbridge,  April  7,  1814, 
died  May  22,  1910,  at  Medina,  New  York, 
aged  ninety-six  years.  7.  Charles,  born  at 
Weedsport,  about  1822,  lived  nine  months. 

(VII)  Joel  Richards,  son  of  Dr.  Jonathan 
Swett,  was  bom  at  Northfield,  Massachusetts, 
January  19,  1808,  died  at  Medina,  New  York, 
September  28,  1890.  He  was  named  for  his 
uncle,  Joel  Richards,  of  Claremont,  New 
Hampshire,  who  married  Prudence  Swett. 
While  the  family  resided  at  Elbridge,  New 
York,  the  above-named  uncle  and  aunt  made 
the  family  a  visit  and  took  Joel  R.  Swett 
back  to  New  Hampshire  to  live  with  them  as 
his  uncle's  heir.    He,  however,  did  not  like  the 


life  with  them,  and  returned  to  his  father's 
home,  walking  the  greater  part  of  the  way. 
He  was  given  command  of  one  of  the  early 
packet  boats  built  by  his  father  on  the  Erie 
canal  at  Weedsport,  and  his  brother  James 
was  given  command  of  the  other.  He  moved 
with  his  father  to  Ridgeway,  New  York,  in 
1830,  and  after  his  marriage  again  worked 
on  the  Erie  canal,  this  time  as  master  of  a 
boat  run  by  the  New  Clinton  line.  In  1856 
he  moved  to  Rantoul,  Champaign  county,  Illi- 
nois. He  ^enlisted  in  the  Eighth  Indiana  Bat- 
tery at  Terre  Haute,  February  27,  1862,  and 
was  in  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  thirteen 
months.  He  was  ordered  by  Captain  Cochran 
to  ride  back  about  four  miles  from  where  the 
battery  was  in  camp,  and  rode  bareback  to 
assist  in  getting  a  commissary  wagon  out  of 
a  ditch.  On  this  ride  he  was  captured  at 
Murfreesboro,  December  31,  1862.  While  on 
the  way  to  prison  he  spiked  seven  cannon  in 
the  rebel  Imggage  train;  this  would  have 
meant  instant  death  had  his  act  been  detected. 
During  the  war  he  was  in  the  battle  of  Pitts- 
burg Landing,  and  doubtless  others.  He  was 
confined  in  Libby  prison,  but  was  paroled  at 
City  Point,  Virginia,  Febmary  3,  1863,  and 
sent  to  Parole  Camp  at  Annapolis,  Maryland, 
from  which  he  was  discharged  for  disability, 
March  18,  1863,  and  returned  home.  Imme- 
diately after  the  war  closed  he  returned  to 
Medina,  New  York,  with  his  family,  and  re- 
mained there  until  his  death,  but  was  unable  to 
perform  heavy  work,  due  to  an  accident  in  the 
plant  of  the  Bignall  Manufacturing  Company. 
He  was  employed  as  night  watchman,  and  in 
order  to  save  the  factory  carried  a  box  of 
burning  sawdust  soaked  with  oil  and  naptha 
in  his  ^re  hands  and  thre^  it  out  of  the  door- 
way. As  a  result  of  this  his  hands  were 
burned  so  the  flesh  hung  in  shreds.  He  was 
unable  to  use  his  hands  for  a  long  time,  and 
never  could  perform  much  work  thereafter. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

Mr.  Swett  married,  October  2,  1836,  at 
Ridgeway,  New  York,  Minerva  Bates,  of 
Ridgeway.  She  was  born  at  Palmyra,  New 
York,  November  22,  181 8,  died  January  20. 
1901,  at  Medina,  New  York,  daughter  of  Ben- 
net  and  Abigail  (Conant)  Bates,  who  formerly 
lived  at  Macedon,  New  York,  moving  there 
from  New  England.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swett 
were  the  parents  of  fourteen  children,  eight 


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of  whom  died  in  early  infancy.  Those  who 
survived  were:  i.  Joel  Bates,  born  July  lo, 
1841,  at  Ridgeway,  New  York ;  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Eighth  New  York  Cavalry  in  the 
civil  war;  he  participated  in  fifty-two  engage- 
ments, had  three  horses  killed  under  him  in 
battle ;  was  editor  of  the  Medina  Register  from 
1877  till  1881 ;  living  (1912)  at  Rochester, 
New  York;  he  married  (first),  November  28, 
1866,  Sarah  Janet  Spaulding,  of  Ridgeway, 
born  September  10,  1842,  died  December  8, 
1881,  in  Manistee,  Michigan;  married  (sec- 
ond), November  i,  1882,  Ella  Maloria  Graflf 
Sanderson,  a  widow,  living  in  Manistee,  Mich- 
igan. Child  by  first  wife,  Minerva  Jeanette, 
born  February  15,  187 1,  married  Mort  Tan- 
ner; children  by  second  wife:  Nina  Josephine, 
born  October  31,  1883;  Lawrence  G.,  born 
April  17,  1885,  married  Clara  May  Peacock, 
of  Sodus  Point,  New  York,  May  29,  1907; 
Winifred  Ella,  bom  August  18,  1888,  married 
Frederick  Vills,  of  Rochester,  New  York.  2. 
Albert  Louis,  see  forward.  3.  Cora  Estelle, 
born  July  20,  1852,  at  Ridgeway,  New  York; 
married,  January  3,  1877,  at  Medina,  New 
York,  Ephraim  Loke,  of  Medina,  bom  at  Lin- 
colnshire, England,  September  6,  1841 ;  chil- 
dren, all  bom  in  Medina :  Louis  Ephraim,  born 
August  14,  1878,  married,  October  18,  1906, 
Harriet  Newbegin,  of  South  Carolina;  Min- 
erva Frances,  September  18,  1883;  Cora  Es- 
telle, September  8,  1886,  married,  in  October, 
1910,  Samuel  Cooke;  Marshall  Swett,  April 
23,  1893.  4.  Emily  Frances,  born  in  Royialton, 
New  York,  September  9,  1854;  educated  at 
Medina  Academy,  and  later  took  a  medical 
course  at  Hahnemann  Medical  College  and 
Hospital,  Chicago,  Illinois ;  she  has  been  prac- 
ticing medicine  in  Medina  since  1885.  5.  Ly- 
man Richards,  born  at  Rantoul,  Illinois,  July 
19,  1859;  is  a  graduate  of  Medina  high  school, 
later  studied  theology,  and  is  a  regularly  or- 
dained minister,  his  pastorates  including 
churches  at  Vineland,  New  Jersey ;  Cambridge 
and  Dorchester,  Massachusetts;  living  (1912) 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts;  he  married  (first), 
July  29,  1 89 1,  at  Port  Jervis,  New  York, 
Martha  Almira  Washington,  bom  at  Alle- 
gheny City,  Pennsylvania,  April  i,  1865,  died 
June  27,  1894,  at  Vineland,  New  Jersey, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Shadrack  and  Lucy  H. 
(Walker)  Washington,  of  Port  Jervis,  New 
York;  child,  Trevor  W.  H.,  born  July  22, 
1893,  at  Vineland,  New  Jersey;  he  entered 
Harvard,  September,  191 1 ;  Lyman  R.  married 


(second),  at  Washington,  D.  C,  November 
25,  1896,  Elizabeth  Wilson  Homer,  of  Brook-' 
lyn,  New  York,  born  near  Heightstown, 
March  21,  1867,  daughter  of  Charles  C.  and 
Mereder  (Haines)  Horner,  of  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  child  of  second  marriage :  Lois  Helene, 
bom  August  25,  1899,  at  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts. 6.  Lena  Amanda,  born  at  Rantoul,  Illi- 
nois, October  12,  1864;  married,  at  Medina, 
New  York,  June  30,  1892,  Emmet  Jay  Poler, 
born  at  Shelby,  New  York,  September  16, 
1863;  children,  born  at  Medina,  New  York; 
Frances  Dorhska,  May  17,  1893;  Carrol  Em- 
met, September  13,  1894;  Donald  Swett,  June 

21,  1896;  Justin,  May  10,  1898,  died  March 

22,  1901 ;  Norman  Richards,  January  23,  1905. 
(VIII)  Albert  Louis,  son  of  Joel  Richards 

Swett,  was  born  at  Ridgeway,  New  York, 
April  27,  1850,  in  the  second  house  north  of 
the  Ridge  on  the  west  side  of  the  Swett  road, 
which  was  named  for  his  grandfather.  Dr. 
Jonathan  Swett.  He  lived  in  early  childhood 
on  the  Bates  road,  near  Medina,  and  later  in 
the  town  of  Royalton,  a  few  miles  west  of  his 
birthplace.  In  1856  he  accompanied  his  par- 
ents and  grandfather  to  Rantoul,  Champaign 
county,  Illinois,  and  there  spent  nine  years  of 
his  life  on  the  farm  which  his  father  had  pur- 
chased. During  the  civil  war  his  father  and 
brother,  Joel  B.  Swett,  were  in  the  army,  and 
consequently  on  him  devolved  much  of  the 
work  of  the  farm,  as  he  was  the  eldest  child  of 
the  family  at  home,  and  he  was  obliged  to 
assist  his  mother  in  the  care  of  seven  cows 
and  other  arduous  farm  labor.  In  September, 
1865,  he  accompanied  his  family  to  Medina, 
New  York.  For  four  months  he  worked  as 
clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  E.  &  T.  Swan, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  that  period  secured  a 
p5sition  in  Lina  Beecher's  printing  office, 
where  he  remained  four  months,  and  then  ac- 
cepted a  position  in  the  grocery  store  of  H.  O. 
Bates,  where  he  remained  for  one  year  at  a 
salary  of  $20  a  month  and  board.  After  leav- 
ing this  position  he  assisted  Paul  Davis  in 
building  a  house  on  Mr.  Davis'  farm;  this 
was  in  the  year  1867,  and  he  worked  there  dur- 
ing the  summer.  In  the  fall  of  the  same  year 
he  entered  the  Medina  Academy,  which  was 
then  under  the  preceptorship  of  Professor 
Charles  Fairman.  Being  obliged  later  to  give 
up  his  studies  for  lack  of  funds,  he  secured 
work  as  a  painter  and  helper  in  the  Bignall 
Manufacturing  Company.  After  spending 
some  time  in  this  occupation  he  was  promoted 


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to  the  position  of  shipping  clerk  for  the  firm, 
which  position  he  retained  until  July  30,  1873, 
when  he  entered  into  partnership  with  William 
H.  Samson,  who  was  a  foreman  in  the  machine 
shop  of  the  Bignall  Manufacturing  Company, 
and  they  founded  the  firm  known  as  The  Me- 
dina Manufacturing  Company,  for  the  manu- 
facture of  hardware  specialties.  Both  part- 
ners agreed  to  invest  $1,200  apiece;  $500  of 
Mr.  Swett's  capital,  however,  was  invested  in 
a  Northern  Pacific  bond,  which  he  was  obliged 
to  sell  later  under  the  stress  of  financial  diffi- 
culties for  only  $100,  thus  receiving  a  severe 
handicap  at  the  outset.  The  partners  first 
started  business  in  a  little  foundry  located 
south  of  the  railroad  where  Mahar  Brothers* 
furniture  factory  now  stands.  They  remained 
there  until  1880.  In  the  beginning  one  boy 
was  employed  to  assist  in  the  business.  Each 
partner  held  his  personal  expenses  down  to 
the  lowest  margin  possible,  contributing  every 
cent  possible  to  the  enterprise.  The  lack  of 
money  was  so  great  that  Mr.  Swett,  while  on 
the  road  looking  for  trade,  frequently  walked 
between  stations  to  save  car  fare.  After 
seven  years  had  passed  the  business  had 
grown  so  that  the  firm  employed  about  twenty 
men.  They  then  purchased  a  piece  of  prop- 
erty on  Oak  Orchard  creek,  north  of  the  Erie 
canal,  and  erected  a  shop  of  their  own.  Here 
they  constructed  a  dam  of  loose  stones  which 
gave  about  eight  feet  head  of  water,  and  de- 
veloped for  them  about  twenty-five  horse 
power.  In  1890  Mr.  Swett  purchased  the  in- 
terest of  his  partner,  Mr.  Samson,  and  hence- 
forth conducted  the  plant  under  the  name  of 
the  A.  L.  Swett  Iron  Works. 

Before  long  the  problem  of  lighting  the  fac- 
tory became  important,  and  here  began  his 
first  experience  with  electric  lighting,  which 
was  later  to  become  fully  as  important  as  the 
iron  business.  At  first  a  small  twenty-light 
arc  dynamo  was  installed  to  furnish  light  for 
the  shop.  In  1896  a  better  t)rpe  of  machine  of 
perhaps  thirty  horse-power  was  installed  to 
furnish  incandescent  lights  in  the  factory. 
From  this  circuit  a  private  line  was  also  ex- 
tended to  Mr.  Swett's  house,  about  three 
blocks  away.  In  1897  the  contract  of  the 
company  then  furnishing  the  village  with 
electricity  expired,  and  Mr.  Swett  was  re- 
quested by  certain  influential  men  of  the  vil- 
lage to  bid  for  the  contract.  He  thought  the 
matter  over  and  decided  to  do  so,  with  the  re- 
sult that  he  was  given  the  franchise  and  con- 


tract to  light  the  village  for  five  years.  He 
built  a  small  wooden  power-house  back  of  the 
foundry  and  installed  a  water  wheel  below, 
which  was  capable  of  developing  about  seventy 
horse-power.  For  emergencies,  when  water 
would  be  low,  a  one-hundred  and  twenty-five 
horse-power  engine  was  purchased  and  ade- 
quate electrical  machinery  installed.  This  plant 
was  sufficient  for  only  a  short  time.  Then  find- 
ing that  the  business  was  growing  faster  than 
he  could  handle  it,  he  purchased  the  old  Weld 
&  Hill  flouring  mill  property,  which  had  re- 
cently burned,  formed  a  corporation  known 
as  the  A.  L.  Swett  Electric  Light  and  Power 
Company,  and  erected  a  modem  electrical 
plant  at  Medina  Falls,  where  a  fall  of  some 
thirty  feet  made  it  possible  to  develop  about 
four  hundred  horse-power.  In  course  of  time 
this  plant  also  became  too  small,  and  in  1903 
the  company  began  to  build  a  large  dam  one 
mile  north  of  Medina,  on  Oak  Orchard  creek, 
which  would  back  the  water  up  stream  for 
nearly  a  mile.  This  dam  gives  fifty-five  feet 
head  and  furnishes  power  for  three  eight-hun- 
dred horse-power  units.  In  1906  a  contract 
was  made  with  the  Niagara,  Lockport  &  On- 
tario Power  Company  to  furnish  whatever  ad- 
ditional power  might  be  needed  whenever  the 
company's  water  power  should  not  be  suffi- 
cient to  meet  the  demands  of  a  rapidly  growing 
business.  On  September  8,  1909,  the  company 
purchased  the  interests  of  the  Albion  Power 
Company,  which  had  a  water-power  plant  at 
Waterport,  and  supplied  power  to  Albion, 
Brockport  and  Carlton.  Since  then  the  lines 
of  the  old  Albion  Company  have  been  com- 
pletely rebuilt  by  the  Swett  Company  and 
modem  equipment  installed  throughout.  In 
1909  a  transmission  line  was  mn  to  Lyndon- 
ville.  In  1910  another  line  was  extended  to 
Gasport,  and  in  191 1  the  village  of  Barker  was 
added  to  the  system.  The  company  now 
(1912)  has  over  seventy  miles  of  transmis- 
sion line  and  supplies  power  and  light  to  Me- 
dina, Albion,  Brockport,  Middleport,  Gasport, 
Lyndonville,  Barker,  Waterport  and  Carlton, 
as  well  as  to  a  number  of  smaller  places. 

In  addition  to  this  electrical  development, 
the  A.  L.  Swett  Iron  Works  has  not  stood 
still.  In  1898  the  soil  pipe  and  fittings  branch 
of  the  business  was  taken  over  by  the  Central 
Foundry  Company,  of  New  York,  and  the  A. 
L.  Swett  Iron  Works 'built  a  new  plant  on 
Glen  wood  avenue,  which  began  to  manufac- 
ture hardware  specialties  with  a  force  of  about 


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sixty  men,  which  has  increased  until  it  num- 
bers about  one  hundred  and  forty.  This  plant 
is  doing  a  good  business,  and  growing  steadily 
under  the  efficient  management  of  A.  S. 
Braughton  and  F.  M.  Poler,  who  have  been 
with  the  firm  for  many  years. 

In  addition  to  his  business  activities,  Mr. 
Swett  has  always  been  an  efficient  citizen  and 
a  4eader  in  his  community.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Medina, 
serving  as  president  of  the  board  of  trustees, 
treasurer,  and  in  other  official  positions.  He 
has  also  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  Young 
Men*s  Christian  Association,  of  which  he  is 
a  director.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
served  for  nine  years  on  the  board  of  educa- 
tion, and  also  as  commissioner  of  Boxwood 
Cemetery.  He  has  been  a  director  of  the  Me- 
dina Savings  and  Loan  Association  for  many 
years,  and  has  been  an  active  participant  in  all 
local  politics  and  other  matters  affecting  the 
interests  of  the  village. 

Mr.  Swett  married,  at  Medina,  New  York, 
September  i8,  1872,  Lucinda  Maria  Fuller,  of 
Medina,  bom  at  Factory  Village,  near  Ball- 
ston  Spa,  New  York,  December  29,  1849, 
daughter  of  James  Harvey  and  Jerusha 
(Davis)  Fuller,  the  former  of  whom  was  born 
March  14,  181 1,  died  November,  1856,  near 
Hagadom's  Mills,  Saratoga  county.  New 
York,  and  the  latter  was  born  June  13,  1810, 
died  November,  1854,  at  Fort  Edward,  New 
York.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swett:  i. 
Alice  Abigail,  born  November  10,  1873,  ^^^^ 
February  12,  1884.  2.  Charles  Sumner,  born 
March  7,  1879,  at  Medina ;  is  now  treasurer  of 
the  A.  L.  Swett  Electric  Light  and  Power 
Company ;  married,  February  27,  1906,  at  Me- 
dina, Anna  Viola,  bom  February  6,  1879, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hartley  (Welch) 
Brooks,  of  Medina;  one  child,  Alice  Brooks 
Swett,  born  July  7,  1909,  at  Medina.  3.  Ray- 
mond Fuller,  bom  November  13,  1885,  at  Me- 
dina; graduated  from  Yale  College,  class  of 
1909,  and  now  associated  with  the  A.  L.  Swett 
Iron  Works. 


This  is  the  record  of  an 
MATTHEWS  English  family  transplant- 
ed to  American  soil,  where 
it  has  taken  deep  root  and  produced  descend- 
ants worthy  of  more  than  passing  notice.  One 
claim  the  family  has  to  special  distinction  is 
the  fact  that  the  present  day  representative 
in  Buffalo,  Charles  Benedict  Matthews,  had 


the  courage  to  enter  the  lists  against  the 
powerful  Standard  Oil  Company,  and  was  the 
first  man  to  successfully  fight  it  through  the 
courts  and  obtain  verdicts  in  both  criminal 
»and  civil  suits.  So  important  was  this  battle 
fought  by  Mr.  Matthews  that  Henry  Demar- 
est  Lloyd,  in  his  great  book,  "Wealth  Against 
Commonwealth,"  devotes  several  chapters  to  a 
history  of  the  events  leading  up  to  the  fight 
and  the  resultant  trials.  Miss  Ida  Tarbell,  in 
her  "History  of  the  Standard  Oil  Company," 
also  gives  the  trial  a  full  report. 

The  James  Matthews  family  originally 
came  from  Tewkesbury,  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 
land. James  came  to  Yarmouth,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1639  (according  to  Freeman's  his- 
tory, "Cape  Cod  Annals").  His  children  were 
Samuel,  Benjamin,  Thomas,  William  and 
John.  John  was  born  in  1643  and  was  killed 
at  the  Rehoboth  fight.  His  son  John  was 
born  in  1683,  and  died  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  His  son  John  was  the  father  of  Isaac, 
who  was  bom  September  4,  171 2;  he  married 
Sarah  Howes.  One  of  his  sons  was  Barna- 
bas, who  continues  the  line. 

(I)  Barnabas  Matthews,  born  in  Massachu- 
setts, July  15,  1749,  settled  on  Cape  Cod,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  followed  the  sea,  and  was  in- 
terested in  the  fisheries  of  that  section  and 
time.  He  passed  his  active  years  in  this  busi- 
ness, and  when  advancing  years  drove  him 
from  his  lifelong  occupation,  went  far  inland 
to  Washington  county.  New  York.  He  did 
not  locate  away  from  a  large  body  of  water, 
however,  but  settled  in  Whitehall,  at  the  foot 
of  Lake  Champlain,  in  1810.  Here  he  spent 
his  last  years.  He  died  in  December,  1821, 
and  is  buried  in  Whitehall  cemetery.  He 
married  Desire  Rider.  Children :  Isaac  B.,  of 
whom  further;  Leonard,  a  graduate  of  Mid- 
dlebury  College,  Vermont,  and  a  Congrega- 
tional minister ;  a  daughter. 

(II)  Isaac  B.,  son  of  Barnabas  and  Desire 
(Rider)  Matthews,  was  born  at  Yarmouth, 
Massachusetts,  near  PoUand  Pond,  August  i, 
1784,  and  died  at  Warsaw,  New  York,  June 
24,  1866.  He  came  to  New  York  state  when 
he  was  about  eighteen  years  of  age,  settling 
on  a  tract  of  wild  land  near  Whitehall,  Wash- 
ington county.  ^  He  cleared  this  tract,  brought 
it  under  cultivation  and  resided  there  his  en- 
tire after  life.  It  was  to  this  farm  and  home 
of  his  son  that  Barnabas  Matthews  came  in 
his  old  age.  Isaac  B.  was  a  devoted  member 
of  the  Congregational  church  and  lived  a  con- 


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sistent  Christian  life.  He  was  a  Whig  in  pol- 
itics, later  a  Republican.  He  married  (first) 
Ann  Leonard,  bom  afeout  1784,  died  December 
II,  1819.  Children:  i.  Solomon  Leonard, 
born  November,  1808,  lived  and  died  Septem- 
ber 17,  1835,  at  Pavilion,  Genesee  county.  New 
York.  2.  Isaac  Vincent,  of  further  mention. 
3.  Laura,  born  1812,  married  Alonzo  May, 
and  removed  to  Iowa,  where  she  died  Febru- 
ary s,  1882.  4.  George  L.,  born  October  13, 
1818,  died  in  ^Chicago,  Illinois,  February  11, 
1890,  after  a  residence  in  Iowa,  Isaac  B. 
Matthews  married  (second)  a  widow,  Mrs. 
Savage.  Children :  Josiah,  John,  a  resident  of 
Chicago,  and  Mary. 

(Ill)  Isaac  Vincent,  son  of  Isaac  B.  and 
Ann  (Leonard)  Matthews,  was  born  at  White- 
hall, New  York,  August  17,  1810,  died  August 
2,  1890,  at  Genesee  Falls,  Wyoming  county, 
New  York.  He  grew  up  on  the  Whitehall 
farm  and  followed  agriculture  and  merchan- 
dising all  his  life.  He  had  a  general  store  at 
Mt.  Clemens,  and  also  at  Pavilion,  New 
York,  closing  out  his  business  at  the  latter  place 
in  1864  and  moving  to  Genesee  Falls.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  exclusively  at  the  latter  place, 
and  became  a  prominent  public  official  of  Wy- 
oming county.  He  represented  his  town  on  the 
county  board  of  supervisors  and  was  also 
county  loan  commissioner.  He  was  an  elder 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  for  many  years, 
and  a  very  active  church  worker.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican.  He 
married  (first),  January  12,  1837,  Effie  E. 
Bliss,  who  died  in  October,  1838.  He  married 
(second),  March  5,  1840,  Phcebe  Ann,  who 
died  January  31,  1859,  daughter  of  Benedict 
Brooks,  born  in  Connecticut,  and  a  prominent 
citizen  of  Wyoming  county. 

Benedict  Brooks  had  been  a  member  of  the 
Connecticut  legislature,  and  a  brother,  Micah, 
was  congressman  from  New  York  state, 
elected  on  the  Whig  ticket,  while  Benedict 
was  a  leading  Democrat  and  justice  of  the 
peace  at  Pearl  Creek,  Wyoming  county.  Their 
father,  David  Brooks,  was  a  chaplain  in  the 
revolutionary  army.  The  Brooks  family 
came  originally  from  England,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  being  Henry  Brooks,  born  in  Che- 
shire, England,  served  under  Oliver  Cromwell, 
and  was  so  displeased  when  Charles  II  was 
restored  to  the  throne  of  England  that  he  emi- 
grated to  America,  settling  at  Cheshire.  Con- 
necticut. The  line  descends  through  his  son 
Thomas,  his  son  Enos,  his  son  David,  born 


in  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  June,  1744,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Abraham  Doalittle,  a 
descendant  of  Abraham.  Doolittle,  born  1619, 
was  sergeant  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
1640,  removed  to  Wallingford,  1670,  one  of 
the  first  settlers.  In  1675  ^^s  house  at  Walling- 
ford was  fortified  at  public  expense.  He  died 
August  II,  1690.  He  married  Joane,  daughter 
of  James  Allen,  of  Kempston,  Bedford,  Eng- 
land. David  Brooks  was  graduated  at  Yale 
College  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.  He  studied 
theology  and  was  regularly  ordained  a  minister 
of  the  Gospel,  although  he  continued  farming 
as  an  occupation.  He  took  the  side  of  the 
colonies,  and  was  active  in  preventing  the  use 
of  tea  and  other  articles  taxed  by  the  English 
government.  He  enlisted  in  a  Connecticut 
regiment  and  became  quartermaster,  also  when 
necessary  serving  as  chaplain,  as  previously 
stated,  and  at  other  times  carried  a  musket 
and  fought  in  the  ranks.  He  is  spoken  of  in 
history  as  the  **Fighting  Parson."  Benedict 
Brooks,  his  son  (before  mentioned),  prepared 
a  petition  in  1840,  and  obtained  many  signers 
to  the  same,  asking  congress  to  build  a  railroad 
from  some  point  on  the  Missouri  river  to  the 
Pacific  coast,  payment  for  same  to  be  made 
from  the  sale  of  public  lands  along  the  road 
as  it  progressed,  but  to  be  owned  by  the  gov- 
ernment. This  remarkable  document,  which 
was  not  acted  on  at  the  time,  outlines  the  plan 
upon  which  the  Union  Pacific  was  built  a 
quarter  of  a  century  later. 

Isaac  V.  Matthews  married  (third),  June, 
1861,  Mrs.  Cynthia  Clute.  Children  of 
Isaac  Vincent  and  Phoebe  Ann  (Brooks) 
Matthews:  i.  Martha  Brooks,  born  in  Cov- 
ington, New  York,  May  31,  1841,  died  1903, 
at  Blue  Rapids,  Kansas;  married  Edward 
Wheeler,  a  farmer  and  nurseryman.  2. 
Henry  M.,  born  April  16,  1843,  at  Covington: 
graduate  of  Amherst  College;  served  three 
years  in  the  civil  war  from  the  state  of  New 
York ;  now  an  attorney  of  Chicago,  Illinois.  3. 
Charles  Benedict,  of  whom  further.  4.  Hugh 
Vincent,  bom  February  7,  1848,  died  at  Salem, 
Oregon,  1903.  5.  William  L.,  bom  Septem- 
ber, 1852,  died  April  16,  1859.  Isaac  V. 
Matthews  and  his  second  wife  were  deeply 
interested  and  active  workers  in  the  missionary 
societies  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  Their 
children,  Henry  M.  and  William  L.,  were  both 
named  after  prominent  missionaries. 

(IV)  Charles  Benedict,  third  child  of  Isaac 
Vincent  and  Phoebe  Ann  (Brooks)  Matthews, 


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was  born  in  Covington,  New  York,  April  7, 
1845.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  at  Middlebury  Academy,  Wyoming 
county,  New  York.  He  began  life  as  a  farmer 
in  Wyoming  county,  continuing  until  he 
reached  the  aged  of  twenty-five  years.  He 
then  went  west,  settling  at  Blue  Rapids,  Kan- 
sas, where  he  engaged  in  farming  and  dealt  in 
real  estate.  He  retnained  in  Kansas  three 
years,  then  returned  east  to  Butler  county, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  engaged  in  oil  produc- 
tion. He  bought  land,  drilled  wells,  and  was 
successful.  About  1874  he  returned  to  Wyom- 
ing county  and  purchased  the  old  homestead 
farm  that  his  father  had  owned.  He  culti- 
vated the  old  farm  until  1880.  During  this 
period  with  others  he  drilled  a  test  well  on 
the  farm,  hoping  to  discover  oil.  Instead,  a 
sixty- foot  vein  of  rock  salt  was  discovered, 
the  first  known  bed  in  a  northern  state. 

In  1880  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Vac- 
uum Oil  Company,  of  Rochester,  New  York, 
then  an  independent  company,  later  absorbed 
by  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  Having  now 
had  several  years  experience  in  both  the  pro- 
duction and  refining  of  oil,  Mr.  Matthews  de- 
cided, after  the  sale  of  the  Vacuum,  to  locate 
in  Buffalo,  erect  works,  and  become  himself  a 
refiner.  He  associated  with  himself  two  of  his 
fellow  employees,  and,  pooling  their  resources, 
began  the  erection  of  a  refinery  in  Buffalo. 
One  of  these  two,  Albert,  had  been  years  in 
the  employ  of  the  Vacuum  company,  where  he 
had  learned  to  run  the  stills  and  how  to  make 
oil.  He  was  to  be  the  practical  manufacturer, 
erect  the  works  and  superintend  the  refining 
plant.  Before  comn>encing,  they  were  warned 
not  to  enter  the  oil  business  and  were  offered 
liberal  inducements  to  remain  in  the  employ 
of  the  Trust.  Mr.  Matthews,  knowing  the 
profitable  nature  of  the  business,  and  believ- 
ing every  man  had  the  right  to  select  the  busi- 
ness in  which  he  wished  to  engage,  refused  to 
remain,  and  the  enterprise  was  started  as  in- 
tended. After  many  delays  caused  by  the 
Trust  tampering  with  Albert,  the  stills  were 
ready,  and  the  fires  started  under  one  of  them. 
Albert  had  been  induced  to  betray  his  part- 
ners and  had  laid  a  plot  to  destroy  the  works. 
The  safety  valve  was  weighted  and  packed  so 
it  would  not  blow  off,  and  the  engineer  given 
instructions  to  fire  the  still  as  heavily  as  possi- 
ble. Although  the  plot  miscarried  and  the 
damage  done  was  not  as  expected,  the  contents 
of  the  still  were  destroyed.    Albert  was  spir- 


ited away,  no  competent  man  could  be  secured 
to  operate  the  stills,  and  they  were  compelled 
to  remain  idle  for  some  time.  Mr.  Matthews 
brought  suit  for  damages  against  the  Vacuum 
people  for  enticing  Albert  away,  and  for  per- 
secuting Matthews  with  false  and  malicious 
suits.  Nearly  four  years  later  Albert  returned 
and  made  a  full  confession  to  Mr.  Matthews, 
revealing  the  damnable  plot  that  had  been  laid 
by  officials  of  the  Trust  to  ruin  him,  Albert 
merely  a  tool.  Mr.  Matthews  laid  his  informa- 
tion before  the  district  attorney,  and  later  the 
grand  jury  found  indictments  against  the  two 
former  owners  of  the  Vacuum  (now  resident 
managers  for  the  Trust),  and  the  three  mem- 
bers of  the  Trust  who  had  been  elected  direct- 
ors of  the  Vacuum.  This  was  six  years  after 
the  crime  was  committed.  This  was  the  first 
time  any  member  of  the  Trust  had  been 
brought  to  trial  in  a  civil  action.  They  had 
often  been  indicted,  but  as  District  Attorney 
Quinby  said  to  the  jury,  this  was  the  first 
time  that  they  had  found  a  citizen  honest 
enough  and  brave  enough  to  stand  up  against 
them — the  only  one.  "There  is  no  man,"  he 
said,  "so  respected  today  in  Buffalo  as  he,  for 
the  method  he  has  used  to  bring  these  men  to 
justice."  Mr.  Matthews  succeeded  in  doing 
alone  what  the  united  producers  of  the  oil 
fields  failed  to  do,  although  their  resources 
were  infinitely  greater.  The  day  of  the  trial 
saw  the  Trust  president,  vice-president,  mana- 
ger of  its  pipe  line  system  and  many  others, 
present  with  the  five  defendants.  They  were 
defended  by  their  regular  New  York  attorney 
and  two  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  Buffalo.  Be- 
sides these,  there  was  the  ablest  lawyer  of 
Western  New  York,  with  two  able  members 
of  the  Rochester  bar  as  assistants.  Other  emi- 
nent lawyers  were  consulted,  but  were  not 
present.  But  great  as  was  the  ability  of  the 
defense,  George  T.  Quinby,  the  district  attor- 
ney, and  his  assistant,  William  L.  Marcy, 
proved  a  match  for  them.  Every  political  and 
moneyed  influence  that  could  be  brought  to 
bear  was  used  to  mislead  the  district  attor- 
ney, but  all  to  no  purpose.  An  emissary  trying 
to  get  Mr.  Matthews  to  call  off  the  district  at- 
torney and  hush  up  this  criminal  prosecution, 
said  the  Oil  Trust  could  "give  him  anything, 
even  to  being  governor  of  a  western  territory." 
"Y^ou  will  have  a  chance,"  Mr.  Matthews  told 
the  district  attorney,  "to  line  the  street  from 
your  house  to  the  city  hall  with  gold  bricks." 
But  Quinby  had  no  price,  and  prosecuted  the 


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case  successfully,  gaining  a  verdict  of  "guilty 
as  charged  in  the  indictment''  against  the  two 
resident  managers,  the  judge  having  rendered 
a  verdict  for  the  jury  in  the  case  of  the  three 
trustees  of  "not  guilty."  Mr.  Matthews  was 
an  important  witness,  and  was  not  shaken  on 
cross-examination.  "As  he  stood  up  to  take 
the  oath,"  said  the  New  York  World,  ^and 
confronted  the  men  with  whom  he  had  been  at 
swords  points  for  six  years,  men  of  unlimited 
wealth  and  almost  unlimited  influence,  and 
controlling  the  most  gigantic  monopoly  of  any 
age  or  any  country,  Charles  B.  Matthews  look- 
ed, as  a  good  observer  said,  what  he  proved 
himself  to  be,  a  fighter  who  will  never  know 
when  he  is  whipped.  Hard  knocks  and  a  strug- 
gle for  years  against  an  all-powerful  enemy 
have  whitened  his  hair  and  set  firm,  hard  lines 
about  his  face.  His  eyes  are  deep  set  under  a 
protruding  forehead  and  black,  bushy  lashes, 
and  are  dark,  firm  and  searching.  His  jet 
black  beard  is  luxuriant  but  coarse,  his  whole 
head  and  face  bespeak  the  courage  and  per- 
sistence in  following  a  foe  that  is  character- 
istic of  the  man.  He  is  tall,  well  built  and  with 
those  whon\  he  knows  to  be  friends,  he  is 
kindly  and  almost  jovial  in  his  manner."  He 
told  his  story  and  the  jury  believed  it.  For 
lack  of  evidence,  the  defense  offered  the  jury 
abuse  of  Mr.  Matthews  in  a  voice  so  loud  that 
the  populace  outside  the  court  room  could 
hear.  But  the  jury  preferred  the  view  given 
by  the  district  attorney,  who  said:  "When  I 
look  upon  the  troubled  face  of  Mr.  Matthews, 
I  know  what  is  coming  upon  his  head.  When 
I  know  the  struggle  he  has  gone  through,  the 
integrity  that  is  in  his  heart,  I  would  say  to 
him,  'Well  done,  good  and  faithful  servant*; 
you  have  withstood  the  powerful  arm  of  this 
insatiable  corporation,  you  stand  today  hon- 
ored from  one  end  of  this  country  to  the 
other.  I  am  proud  that  there  is  in  the  county 
of  Erie  a  gentleman  who  has  had  the  bravery 
and  fortitude  he  has  shown."  The  verdict  of 
"guilty"  was  rendered  May  i8,  1887.  Every 
possibility  of  appeal  and  reversal  was  resorted 
to,  and  when  sentence  was  at  last  pronounced 
it  was  the  lightest  the  judge  could  inflict,  and 
raised  a  whirlwind  of  indignation. 

One  of  the  results  of  the  trial  was  that  the 
edict  went  forth  that  "Matthews  must  be 
crushed,  and  fulfillment  came  swiftly.  He  had 
been  left  crippled  by  the  flight  and  corruption 
of  his  partner,  the  only  practical  still  man  in 
the  enterprise.    No  one  would  take  his  place. 


He  had  made  contracts  before  opening  his 
works  and  was  unable  to  fill  them.  The  pipes 
had  been  laid  wrong;  it  took  a  year  to  right 
them;  his  third  partner  was  frightened  back 
into  the  oil  combination  by  threatening  litiga- 
tion. Then  came  the  suits  to  destroy,  punc- 
tually as  threatened.  "If  one  court  does  not 
sustain  the  patents,  we  will  carry  them  up  till 
you  get  enough  of  it,"  one  of  the  trustees  said 
to  Mr.  Matthews.  "Null  and  void,"  was  the 
verdict  of  court  after  court  on  the  worthless 
patents.  "It  cost  me  one-third  of  my  time  and 
$25,000  or  more  to  defend  these  suits," 
brought  only  to  scare  away  his  customers.  On 
his  side,  he  sued  his  persecutors  civilly  and 
criminally,  and  while  he  successfully  defended 
himself  he  was  successful  in  his  suits  against 
them  as  far  as  he  was  able  to  carry  them,  but 
his  successes  were  transient.  Packs  of  lawyers 
were  set  upon  him  and  finally  brought  him 
down.  An  order  was  procured  taking  the 
property  of  his  company  out  of  his  hands  and 
put  in  charge  of  a  receiver  as  officer  of  the 
court  to  secure  a  debt  due  a  Buffalo  bank.  He 
was  left  without  resources,  the  verdicts  for 
damages  and  all  else  being  sold  out  and  suits 
discontinued.  But  he  had  a  great  victory, 
nevertheless.  In  Buffalo  his  enterprise  had 
caused  a  drop  in  price  of  oil  to  the  consumer 
from  twelve  and  eighteen  cents  to  six  cents, 
while  the  price  paid  the  producer  in  the  oil 
field  had  increased.  The  price  in  Boston, 
where  he  also  competed,  dropped  from  twenty 
to  eight  cents.  And  he  forced  the  struggle 
into  the  view  of  the  public,  and  succeeded  in 
putting  on  record  in  the  archives  of  courts 
and  legislatures  and  congress  a  picture  of  the 
realities  of  modern  commerce,  which  later  ex- 
ercised a  profound  influence  in  ripening  the 
reform  thought  that  crystallized  and  resulted 
in  a  recent  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
the  United  States  dissolving  the  Standard  Oil 
Company.  The  action  of  the  judge  who  so 
openly  aided  the  trust  in  the  above  trial  was 
made  an  issue  in  the  following  state  election. 
He  was  nominated  by  the  Republicans  for 
judge  of  the  court  of  appeals  and  was  de- 
feated with  the  rest  of  his  ticket.  District  At- 
torney Quinby,  however,  was  re-elected  sev- 
eral terms  in  succession. 

Although  practically  ruined  by  the  Oil 
Trust,  Mr.  Matthews  did  not  succumb;  he  re- 
trieved his  fortunes  and  in  the  same  business. 
He  is  president  of  the  Buffalo  Refining  Com- 
pany, with  refinery  interests  in  Pennsylvania, 


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and  compounding  plant  for  the  manufacture 
of  lubricating  oils  in  Buffalo.  His  company  is 
prosperous,  and  a  factor  in  the  market  that 
has  to  be  reckoned  with.  Mr.  Matthews  has 
private  interests  in  Lake  Superior  copper 
mines  and  in  other  enterprises  attracting  Buf- 
falo capital.  He  still  retains  the  old  farm  in 
Wyoming,  the  title  of  which  came  from  the 
Holland  Land  Company  to  his  father.  He  is 
a  Democrat  in  politics;  he  was  a  very  active 
supporter  of  the  People's  party,  and  was  its 
candidate  for  governor  of  New  York.  He 
supported  that  party  with  all  his  vigor,  estab- 
lishing a  newspaper  for  the  dissemination  of 
its  principles.  He  was  a  warm  supporter  of 
William  J.  Bryan  for  the  presidency,  aiding 
his  cause  all  in  his  power.  He  was  a  ruling 
elder  in  the  Presbyterian  church  for  many 
years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order ; 
Buffalo  Chamber  of  Commerce;  Buffalo  His- 
torical Society;  Buffalo  Society  of  Natural 
Sciences ;  Buffalo  Chapter  Sons  of  the  Ameri- 
can Revolution,  and  trustee  of  Wyoming 
County  Pioneer  Historical  Society. 

He  married,  December,  1870,  Jennie  L., 
daughter  of  Amenzo  W.  and  Nancy  (Perry) 
Beardsley.  Children:  i.  Frederick  Beards- 
ley,  bom  May  8,  1873,  died  March,  1903;  at- 
tended Cornell  University.  2.  Mabel  W., 
graduate  of  Buffalo  Seminary.  3.  Albert 
Scott,  born  May,  1881 ;  graduate  of  Buffalo 
high  school,  1899,  after  which  he  pursued  a 
special  course  at  Cornell  University;  married, 
June  2,  1903,  Mildred  Potter ;  children :  Fred- 
erick Beardsley,  bom  April  23,  1904;  Laura 
Potter,  April  20,  1909. 


The  name  of  Hamblen  is  sup- 
HAMLIN    posed  to  be  of  German  origin, 

perhaps  derived  from  the  town 
of  Hamlin,  in  Lower  Saxony,  at  the  junction 
of  the  river  Hamel  with  the  Weiser.  The 
name  of  Hamelin  is  still  common  in  France, 
whence  some  have  come  to  this  country  and 
to  Quebec,  where  they  have  become  numer- 
ous. In  England  the  name  was  spelled  Hame- 
lyn,  Hamlin,  Hamelin,  Hamlyn,  etc.,  and  in 
America  it  is  also  spelled  Hamlin.  As  the 
name  is  found  in  the  Roll  of  Battle  Abbey,  it 
was  probably  brought  to  England  by  a  fol- 
lower of  William  the  Conqueror.  Many  Ham- 
blen families  bore  arms.  Representatives  of 
the  distinguished  American  family  of  this 
name  participated  in  the  war  of  the  revolution 

and    subsequent   wars.     It    has   produced    a 
23— w 


goodly  number  of  able  men,  including  clergy- 
men, lawyers,  physicians,  statesmen  and  men 
of  affairs.  The  most  distinguished  representa- 
tive in  official  life  in  modern  times  was  Hon. 
Hannibal  Hamlin,  vice-president  of  the  United 
States  during  Lincoln's  administration,  for  a 
number  of  years  member  of  the  United  States 
Senate  from  Maine,  and  afterward  United 
States  minister  to  Spain. 

(I)  John  Hamelyn,  of  Cornwall,  was  liv- 
ing in  1570,  and  married  Amor,  daughter  of 
Robert  Knowle,  of  Sarum. 

(II)  Giles  Hamelin  resided  in  Devonshire, 
and  married  a  daughter  of  Robert  Ashay.  He 
had  two  sons,  Thomas  and  James. 

(III)  James  Hamlin,  or  Hamblen,  was  liv- 
ing in  London  in  1623.  He  came  to  New  Eng- 
land and  settled  in  Barnstable,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  a  proprietor.  He  was  admitted 
a  freeman  March  i,  1641-2,  and  was  on  the 
list  of  those  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.    He 

was  a  town  crfiicer.    He  married  Ann . 

His  will,  dated  January  23,  1683,  proved  Oc- 
tober 22,  1690,  bequeathed  to  wife  Anne,  and 
children,  Bartholomew,  Hannah,  John,  Sarah, 
Eleazer  and  Israel.  The  parish  records  of 
St.  Lawrence,  Reading,  Berkshire,  England, 
contain  what  are  probably  the  baptisms  of  his 
children  born  in  England,  as  follows:  i. 
James,  October  31,  1630;  buried  October  24, 
1633.  2.  Sarah,  September  6,  1632;  died 
young.  3.  Mary,  bom  July  27,  1634,  4. 
James,  mentioned  below.  Children,  born  in 
Barnstable:  5.  Bartholomew,  baptized  April 
24,  1642.  6.  John,  baptized  June  30,  1644.  7. 
Infant,  buried  December  2,  1646.  8.  Sarah, 
baptized  November  7,  1647.  9.  Eleazer,  bap- 
tized March  17,  1649.  10.  Israel,  baptized 
June  25,  1652;  died  young.  11.  Israel,  bap- 
tized June  25,  1655. 

(IV)  James  (2)  Hamlin,  son  of  James  (i) 
Hamlin  (or  Hamblen),  was  born  in  England, 
and  baptized  April  10,  1636,  at  St.  Lawrence, 
Reading,  Berkshire.  He  came  to  New  Eng- 
land with  his  mother  and  sisters  prior  to  1642. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  •Barnstable,  and  resided 
at  first  on  his  father's  farm,  later  removing 
to  West  Barnstable.  He  was  a  proprietor  of 
Falmouth,  but  did  not  live  there  any  length  of 
time.  His  name  appears  on  a  list  of  freemen 
May  29,  1670,  and  he  was  appointed  as  "in- 
spector of  ordinarys"  for  the  town  of  Barn- 
stable. He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
church  in  1683.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in   1705.     Late  in  life  he  removed  to 


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Tisbury,  where  his  will  was  dated  September 
13,  1717,  and  where  he  died  May  3,  1718.  He 
married,  in  Barnstable,  November  20,  1662, 
Mafy  Dunham,  bom  1642,  died  April  19, 
171 5,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  Dunham. 
Children,  born  in  Barnstable:  i.  Mary,  July 
24,  1664.  2.  Elizabeth,  February  14,  1665-6. 
3.  Eleazej",  April  12,  1668.  4.  Experience, 
twin  with  Eleazer.  5.  James,  August  26, 
1669.  6.  Jonathan,  March  6,  1670-1.  7.  Son, 
March  28,  died  April  7,  1672.  8.  Ebenezer, 
of  further  mention.  9.  Elisha,  March  5, 
1676-7,  died  December  20,  1677.  10.  Hope, 
March  13,  1679-80.  11.  Job,  January  15, 
1681.  12.  John,  January  12,  1683.  13.  Ben- 
jamin, baptized  March  16,  1684-5.  I4-  E^^" 
anah,  baptized  March  16,  1685. 

(V)  Deacon  Ebenezer,  fourth  son  of  James 
(2)  and  Mary  (Dunham)  Hamlin  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  July  29,  1674,  died 
1755-  He  was  an  active  man  in  community 
affairs,  and  occupied  the  old  farm  with  his 
father  at  Coggin  Pond.  He  removed  to  Roch- 
ester, Massachusetts  (now  Wareham),  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  church 
there,  and  was  appointed  deacon  in  1705.  In 
1742  he  became  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Sharon,  Connecticut.  By  his  will  he  left  £24 
old  tenor  bills  for  the  support  of  the  Gospel 
in  the  Congregational  Society  at  Hitchcock's 
Corner.  He  married  Sarah  Lewis,  of  Barn- 
stable, April  4,  1698.  He  married  (second) 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Samuel  Arnold,  of  Roch- 
ester, Massachusetts.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Ebenezer,  born  March  18,  1699 ;  Mercy,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1700,  married  Experience  John- 
son; Hopestill,  born  July  23,  1702,  married 
(first)  Jonathan  Hunter,  (second)  John  Par- 
dee; Cornelius,  born  June  13,  1705,  married 
Mary  Mudge;  Thomas,  of  further  mention; 
Isaac,  born  January  i,  1714,  died  1805,  mar- 
ried Mary  Gibbs:  Lewis,  born  January  31, 
1 718,  married  Experience  Jenkins. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Deacon  Ebenezer 
and  Sarah  (Lewis)  Hamlin,  was  born  in 
Barnstable,  May  6,  1716.  The  date  of  his  re- 
moval from  Barnstable  is  not  known.  He  made 
several  removals.  The  date  of  his  death  is  un- 
certain. He  married  (first),  December  10, 
1734,  at  Agawam,  Ruth  Gibbs;  (second),  at 
Albany,  New  York,  Mary  Crowell.  Children: 
Jabez,  of  further  mention.  Amasa,  born  July 
21,  1737:  Nathaniel,  January  7,  1739;  Zil- 
path,  July  22,  1741.  died  in  childhood;  Marcia, 
July  17,  1743;  Ruth,  July  3,  1745;  Thomas, 


July  24,  1747;  John,  June  25,  1749,  died 
young;  Zilpah,  born  March  10,  1751 ;  Asa, 
January  14,  1754,  at  Oblong,  New  York.  (Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Jonah,  born  October  12, 
1757,  called  James  in  one  record;  Lewis,  July 
31,  1759;  Polly. 

(VII)  Captain  Jabez,  eldest  child  of 
Thomas  and  Ruth  (Gibbs)  Hamlin,  was  born 
in  Sharon,  Connecticut,  July  17,  1735.  He 
married  Dorcas  Barnes,  and  lived  at  Oblong, 
Dutchess  and  Hillsdale,  Columbia  county.  New 
York. 

(V^III)  Rev.  Jabez,  son  of  Captain  Jabez 
and  Dorcas  (Barnes)  Hamlin,  was  bom  in 
Hillsdale,  Columbia  county,  New  York,  June 
21,  1782,  died  in  Elyria,  Ohio,  February  15, 
1841.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  married,  in  1801,  at 
Chester,  Massachusetts,  Esther  Stow,  bom 
there  June  19,  1780,  died  1859,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Stow,  the  first  Baptist  minister 
of  the  Second  Church  of  Westfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, afterward  set  off  into  Russell.  Rev. 
Ebenezer  Stow  married  Content  TillotSon.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Hamlin  had  ten  children. 

(IX)  Cicero  Jabez,  son  of  Rev.  Jabez  and 
Esther  (Stow)  Hamlin,  was  born  on  a  moun- 
tain farm  in  Hillsdale,  Columbia  county,  New 
York,  bordering  on  the  Massachusetts  line, 
November  7,  18 19,  youngest  of  ten  children, 
his  only  heritage  being,  he  says,  "sound  health 
and  good  digestion."  In  1836  he  came  to  East 
Aurora,  Erie  county,  New  York,  where  in 
1839  he  began  keeping  a  general  store.  In 
1846  he  located  in  Buffalo,  where  he  engaged 
in  the  dry  goods  business,  a  junior  of  the  firm 
Wattles  &  Hamlin.  In  1847  ^^^  ^"^  dissolved, 
Mr.  Hamlin  continuing  alone  until  1852.  In 
i860  he  became  a  member  of  Mendsen  &  Com- 
pany, a  wholesale  firm  dealing  in  retail  furni- 
ture and  caroets.  The  firm  was  later  reor- 
ganized under  the  name  of  Hamlin  &  Mend- 
sen,  wholesale  and  retail  dry  goods,  in  addi- 
tion to  furniture  and  carpets.  The  new  en- 
larged store  was  opened  for  business  the  day- 
Fort  Sumter  was  fired  on,  "The  bluest  day 
Buffalo  ever  say,"  said  Mr.  Hamlin.  The 
business  continued  until  1866,  when  the  re- 
tail dry  goods  department  was  discontinued, 
the  firm  continuing  their  other  lines  until  1871, 
when  Mr.  Hamlin  retired  from  the  dry  goods 
business,  but  continued  actively  in  other  lines 
for  several  years.  He  built  the  Hamlin  Block, 
on  Main  street,  then  (1888)  one  of  Buffalo's 
noted  buildings.    In  1874  he  became  president 


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of  the  Buffalo  Grape  Sugar  Company,  later 
merged  in  the  American  Glucose  Company. 
He  dealt  heavily  in  real  estate,  and  did  much 
to  improve  the  city  of  Buffalo.  On  his  farm 
of  four  hundred  acres  in  East  Aurora  he  be- 
gan in  1855  to  breed  improved  stock.  The 
Hamlin  Stock  Farm  became  famous  the  world 
over  as  the  home  of  Mambrino  King,  Chimes, 
Almont,  Junior,  and  of  the  beautiful  record- 
breaking  Belle  Hamlin.  Mr.  Hamlin  dearly 
loved  his  horses  and  never  drove  a  poor  one. 
He  did  a  great  deal  to  improve  the  quality  of 
stock  in  VVestern  New  York  and  in  the  coun- 
try at  large.  In  1868,  with  others,  he  bought 
the  ground  which  has  ever  since  been  the 
home  of  the  Buffalo  Driving  Park,  and  was 
the  second  president  of  the  association.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  first  board  of  directors 
of  the  Buffalo  and  Washington  railroad,  and 
one  of  the  seven  men  who  assumed  personal 
responsibility  for  the  liabilities  of  the  road  and 
helped  it  through  a  critical  time  to  better  for- 
tunes. By  the  loan  of  their  personal  credit 
they  saved  the  road,  and  the  city  of  Buffalo 
later  disposed  of  their  $700,000  of  stock  at 
par.  He  was  a  man  of  large  business  inter- 
est and  of  great  ability.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1842,  at  Aurora,  New  York,  Susan  A. 
Ford,  born  June  10,  1821,  at  Green  River, 
Columbia  county,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Polly  (Leland)  Ford.  Children: 
Anne  Ford,  born  July  i,  1843,  ^i^^  September 
II,  1843;  William,  August  27,  1844;  Frank, 
born  April  7,  1846;  Kate,  February  28,  1854, 
died  March  17,  1857 ;  Harry,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(X)  Harry,  youngest  child  of  Cicero  J.  and 
Susan  A.  (Ford)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  July  17,  1855,  and  was  killed 
in  an  automobile  accident  at  Buffalo,  June  3, 
1907.  He  was  educated  in  private  schools  and 
entered  Yale  University  in  1872,  but  did  not 
finish  the  course  on  account  of  the  failure  of 
his  eyesight.  He  returned  to  Buffalo,  where 
he  associated  with  his  father  in  the  glucose 
business.  He  was  vice-president  and  opera- 
tive head  of  all  the  plants  controlled  by  the 
Hamlins.  For  a  year  or  so  he  was  in  Peoria, 
Illinois,  in  charge  of  the  glucose  refinery 
there.  He  returned  to  Buffalo  in  1892,  con- 
tinuing in  business  until  the  sale  of  the  Hamlin 
interests  to  the  American  Glucose  Company 
in  i8q7.  He  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  Vil- 
lage Stock  Farm  at  East  Aurora^  and  was  a 
successful  breeder  of  blooded  stock.    He  was 


a  familiar  figure  at  the  New  York  Horse 
Show  and  others,  and  won  many  blue  ribbons. 
He  was  a  lover  of  polo,  coaching  and  out- 
door sports.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Buf- 
falo and  Country  Clubs  of  Buffalo;  the  Gen- 
esee Valley  Hunt  Club;  the  Lambs  Club  of 
New  York  City ;  the  Chicago  Club,  and  many 
prominent  social  organizations.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  the  management  of  the  Pan-American 
Exposition  at  Buffalo,  serving  on  the  execu- 
tive committee. 

He  married,  April  24,  1878,  Grace,  daugh- 
ter of  Laurens  and  Mary  E.  (King)  Enos, 
and  granddaughter  of  Joseph  B.  and  Hannah 
Enos  (see  Enos).  Mrs.  Hamlin  survives  her 
husband,  a  resident  of  Buffalo.  Child :  Chaun- 
cey  Jerome. 

(XI)  Chauncey  Jerome,  only  son  of  Harry 
and  Grace  (Enos)  Hamlin,  was  born  in  Buf- 
falo, January  11,  1881.  He  entered  Yale  Uni- 
versity, whence  he  was  graduated  A.  B.,  class 
of  1903.  He  decided  upon  the  profession  of 
law  and  entered  Buffalo  Law  School,  grad- 
uating LL.  B.,  1905.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  at  once  began  practice  in  Buffalo. 
February  18,  1909,  he  was  appointed  referee 
in  bankruptcy  for  Erie  county,  and  was  re- 
appointed February  18,  191 1.  He  is  well  es- 
tablished in  the  general  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession, and  occupies  a  leading  position  at  the 
Buffalo  bar.  He  has  many  important  business 
interests  outside  his  profession.  He  is  di- 
rector of  the  Third  National  Bank  and  trustee 
of  the  Fidelity  Trust  Company.  On  May  i, 
191 1,  he  formed  a  partnership  for  the  general 
practice  of  the  law  with  John  Lord  O' Brian, 
United  States  District  Attorney  for  the  West- 
ern District  of  New  York,  under  the  firm 
name  of  O' Brian  &  Hamlin.  His  college  fra- 
ternities and  societies  are:  Skull  and  Bones, 
Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  all  of  Yale, 
and  Phi  Delta  Phi  (legal).  His  clubs  are 
the  Buffalo,  Saturn,  Country  of  Buffalo,  Gen- 
esee Valley  of  Rochester  and  the  Yale  of  New 
York  City.     Politically  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  April  4,  1905,  Emily,  daughter 
of  David  and  Martha  Guthrie  Gray,  of  New 
Orleans,  Louisiana.  Children :  Chauncey  Jer- 
ome (2),  born  March  31,  1906;  Martha  and 
Mary  King. 


The  history  of  this   family 
FRONCZAK     carries   back   to  a   land   of 

many  sorrows  and  a  race  of 
brave  men   finally  crushed  beneath  the  iron 


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hand  of  a  despotic,  powerful  and  remorseless 
Czar.  No  country  of  its  size  has  ever  at- 
tempted so  bravely  to  free  herself  from  an 
enemy  so  powerful.  The  subjugation  of  Po- 
land by  Russia,  Prussia  and  Austria,  while 
now  complete,  was  only  accomplished  by  sheer 
force  of  numbers  and  years  of  cruel  warfare 
and  oppression.  In  the  war  of  1863  Adel- 
bert  Fronczak,  father  of  Eh*.  Francis  Eustace 
Fronczak,  was  a  participant,  and  fought  for 
the  liberties  of  his  race  to  the  last  ditch. 

Adelbert  Fronczak  was  born  in  the  village 
of  Tuczno,  province  of  Posen,  Poland,  April 
20,  1828.  In  1870  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  locating  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  where 
he  has  since  resided.  He  affiliates  with  the 
Democratic  party,  and  is  a  communicant  of 
St.  Stanislaus  Roman  Catholic  Church.  He 
married,  in  Tuczno,  Poland,  Victoria  Jawor- 
ska,  born  in  that  city  December  23,  1834,  died 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  June  24,  1909.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Anna,  married,  1875,  Martin  Ruszaj, 
of  Buffalo,  dealer  in  books  and  stationery; 
children:  Joseph,  Mary,  Catherine,  Stanley 
E.,  Wladislaus,  Agnes,  Jane  and  Helen.  2. 
Francis  Eustace,  of  whom  further. 

Dr.  Francis  Eustace  Fronczak,  only  son  of 
Adelbert  and  Victoria  Fronczak,  was  bom  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  September  20,  1874,  at 
the  family  residence,  rear  of  82  Bennett 
street;  the  old  one-room  house  is  still  stand- 
ing. His  preparatory  education  was  obtained 
in  St.  Stanislaus  parish  school,  after  which 
he  entered  Canisius  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  A.  B.,  class 
of  1^4,  and  received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  in 
1895.  Deciding  upon  a  professional  career, 
he  continued  his  studies  in  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
M.  D.,  class  of  1897,  with  honors  for  class 
standing  and  his  thesis  on  "Plica  Polonica." 
Having  completed  the  medical  course  and  re- 
ceived his  degree,  he  began  practice  in  Buf- 
falo, but  continued  his  studies  at  the  Uni- 
versity, in  the  Law  School,  class  of  1900.  He 
began  practice  at  No.  508  Fillmore  avenue, 
where  he  continued  until  January  i,  1907,  then 
removing  to  the  property  at  No.  806  Fillmore 
avenue,  which  he  had  purchased. 

Dr.  Fronczak  has  risen  to  the  very  topmost 
rounds  in  his  special  departments  of  hygiene 
and  public  health,  to  which  he  has  devoted 
himself  with  all  his  great  energy  and  learning. 
He  is  recognized  as  an  authority  not  only  in 


his  native  city,  but  throughout  the  entire  state. 
He  has  traveled  extensively,  almost  through- 
out the  entire  world.    His  travels  have  always 
been  with  professional  purpose,  and  have  car- 
ried him  through  the  Hudson  Bay  territory, 
Mexico,  Europe,  Asia  and  Africa.    In  1900  he 
represented  the  American  Medical  Association 
at  the  International  Medical  Congress  held  in 
Paris.    At  the  five  hundredth  anniversary  of 
the  University  of  Jagiello,   held  at  Cracow, 
Poland,  he  represented  officially  the  University 
of  Buffalo.    At  the  International  Tuberculosis 
Congress  in  1909,  at  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
at  the  International  Congress  of  School  Hy- 
giene, held  in  Paris,  1910,  he  was  the  official 
representative  of  the  city  of  Buffalo,  and  at 
his  invitation,  delivered  in  the  great  audito- 
rium of  Sorbonne,   Buffalo  was   selected   as 
the  meeting  place  of  the  Fifteenth  Interna- 
tional School  Hygiene  Congress.    Great  as  is 
his  fame  and  name  abroad,  it  is  in  his  own 
city  that  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem.     In 
1907  his  peculiar  fitness   for  caring  for  the 
public  health  of  Buffalo  was  recognized  in  his 
appointment    to   the   responsible   position   of 
assistant   health   commissioner.     In    1908  he 
was   made   acting   health   commissioner,   and 
March  26,  1910,  he  was  made  health  commis- 
sioner of  Buffalo,  placing  him  in  complete  con- 
trol of  the  Health  Department    On  November 
21,  191 1,  he  was  reappointed  for  another  five 
year  term.    So  far  as  any  one  man  can,  he  has 
labored   for  the    public  health,   and    accom- 
plished great  good;  but,  as  is  the  case  in  ail 
largQ  cities,  he  has  not  always  been  able  to  se- 
cure just  the  legislation  required  to  carry  out 
necessary  reforms.    His  work  beyond  the  con- 
fines of  Buffalo  has  been  in  Erie  county  and 
the  state  of  New  York.     In  1904  he  was  ap- 
pointed   by   the    State    Health    Department 
health  officer  for  the  town  of  Cheektowaga, 
an  office  which  he  resigned  February  4,  1912. 
Since  1908  he  was  a  member  of  committees 
on  the  State  Board  of  Health  and  of  the  State 
Board  of  Charities  and  Correction;  also  lec- 
turer on  tuberculosis,   State    Department   of 
Health.    In  1899  and  1900  he  was  physician  to 
the   Erie   County   Penitentiary,   and   in    1909 
was  made  director  of  the  Buffalo  Association 
for  the  Prevention  and  Cure  of  Tuberculosis. 
In  citizenship,  Dr.  Fronczak  shirks  no  pub- 
lic duty.    He  is  vice-president  of  the  Election 
Law  Enforcement  League;  from  1898  to  1901 
he  was  a  member  of   the   Charter    Revision 
Commission  to  amend  the  charter  of  the  city 


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of  Buffalo.  He  has  little  time  for  business  af- 
fairs outside  his  professional  and  public  du- 
ties, but  has  mining  and  other  interests  in 
which  he  holds  directorships,  and  is  a  trustee 
of  the  American  Savings  Bank  of  Buffalo. 
The  great  artists  who  pass  through  Buffalo 
are  many  of  them  well  known  to  him,  and  he 
has  treated  professionally  the  great  actress 
Modjeska,  and  the  still  more  famous  pianist 
Paderewski,  in  their  own  homes.  He  holds 
membership  in  several  purely  Polish  socie- 
ties, musical,  fraternal  and  professional.  He 
is  local  medical  examiner  of  the  Polish  Na- 
tional Alliance;  director  and  grand  medical 
examiner  of  the  Polish  Union;  local  medical 
examiner  of  the  Polish  Roman  Catholic 
Union ;  member  of  the  Polish  Society  of  Phy- 
sicians of  Chicago;  vice-president  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Polish  Physicians  and  Scientists,  and 
member  of  the  Polish  Singers'  Alliance.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association,  New  York  State  and  Erie  County 
Medical  Societies,  being  censor  of  the  latter 
since  1898;  the  Academy  of  Medicine;  the 
Medical  Society  of  Central  and  Western  New 
York ;  the  Association  of  New  York  and  New 
England  Railroad  Surgeons.  His  scientific  so- 
cieties are  the  Buffalo  Academy  of  Natural 
Science;  the  American  Geographical  Society, 
and  the  American  Association  of  School  Hy- 
giene, of  which  he  is  a  trustee.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society. 
Politically  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  cc«n- 
municant  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  be- 
longing to  the  congregation  of  the  Church  of 
the  Transfiguration,  and  is  actively  interested 
in  church  societies.  He  is  a  trustee  and  med- 
ical director  of  the  Felician  Sisters'  Orphan 
Asylum ;  a  director  of  Copernicus  College,  now 
being  organized ;  medical  examiner  and  mem- 
ber  of  St  Francis  Society,  the  Catholic  Mu- 
tual Benefit  Association  and  of  the  Knights  of 
Columbus.  His  social' clubs  are  the  Profes- 
sional, Civic,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Munici- 
pal, Singing  and  Automobile,  all  of  Buffalo. 
He  is  a  man  of  great  energy  and  vital  force, 
compressing  into  each  day's  work  all  that  it 
is  possible  to  accomplish.  He  is  ever  mindful 
of  the  great  responsibility  devolving  upon  him 
as  guardian  of  the  health  of  Buffalo,  and  is 
unceasing  in  his  vigilance. 

Dr.  Fronczak  married,  April  25,  1900,  at 
Buffalo,  Lucy  Rosalie,  daughter  of  Leon 
Tucholka,  a  contractor  and  builder  of  Buf- 


falo. Children:  Anna  Eugenia  Stephanie, 
born  July  11,  1903;  Edward  James,  March  20, 

1905.  ^ 

William     Sawyer,     immigrant 
SAWYER  .  ancestor,  came  from  England 

probably  from  Lancashire,  and 
was  in  Salem  as  early  as  1640.  He  was  a  pro- 
prietor there  in  1642.  He  removed  to  Wen- 
ham,  where  he  was  living  in  1643,  ^^^  '^t^^^  to 
Newbury,  where  he  was  living  the  next  year, 
and  where  he  died.  He  sold  his  house  lot, 
March  24,  1648.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance in  1678.  He  married  Ruth ,  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Newbury:  i.  John,  August  24, 
1645;  married,  February  18,  1675-76,  Sarah 
Poore.  2.  Samuel,  of  further  mention.  3. 
Ruth,  September  16,  1648;  married,  August 
27,  1667,  Benjamin  Morse.  4.  Mary,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1649-50,  died  June  24,  1659.  5.  Sarah, 
November  20,  165 1 ;  married,  January  15, 
1669,  Joshua  Brown.  6.  Hannah,  February 
23»  1653-54,  died  January  25,  1659-60.  7. 
William,  February  i,  1655-56;  married  Widow 
Sarah  Wells.  8.  Frances,  March  24,  1658, 
died  February  7,  1759-60.  9.  Mary,  July  29, 
1660;  married,  June  13,  1683,  John  Emery. 
10.  Stephen,  April  25,  1663;  married,  March 
10,  1687,  Ann  Titcomb.  11.  Hannah,  Janu- 
ary II,  1664-65,  died  August  28,  1683.  12. 
Frances,  November  3,  1670;  married  Thomas 
Treadwell. 

(H)  Lieutenant  Samuel  Sawyer,  son  of 
William  Sawyer,  was  born  in  Newbury,  No- 
vember 22,  1646,  died  February  11,  1717-18. 
His  will  was  dated  February  10,  and  proved 
March  3,  1 717-18.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1675,  and  was  a  Quaker,  as  a  Quaker 
meeting  was  held  at  his  house  in  1704.  He 
married,  March  13,  167 1,  Mary  Emery.  Chil- 
dren, bom  in  Newbury:  i.  Mary,  January  20, 
1672 ;  married,  June  29,  1702,  Edward  Wood- 
man. 2.  Samuel,  of  further  mention.  3.  John, 
March  15,  1676;  married  (first),  December 
25,  1700,  Mary  Brown;  (second),  171 1,  Sarah 
(Wells)  Sibley,  widow.  4.  Hannah,  January 
12,  1678-79.  5.  Josiah,  January  20,  1680-81 ; 
married,  January  22,  1708,  Tirzah  Bartlett; 
died  April  4,  1756.     6.  Joshua,  February  23, 

1682-83;     married     Elizabeth     .       7. 

Daughter,  March  7,  died  March  26,  1685.  8. 
Benjamin,  October  27,  1686;  married,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1 7 14,  Elizabeth  Jameson.  9.  Daughter. 
10.  Daughter,  November  15, 1693, died  same  day. 


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(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel ( I )  Sawyer,  was  born  in  Newbury,  June  5, 
1674,  died  Aprils  I,  1723.  His  will  was  dated 
April  20,  and  proved  May  6,  1723.  He  married, 
December  17,  1702,  Abigail  Goodridge,  who 
died  October  14,  1722,  in  her  forty-eighth  year, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Goodridge.  Children,  born 
in  Newbury:  i.  Samuel,  June  4,  1705;  mar- 
ried, July  9,  1728,  Mary  Kelly;  died  June  11, 
1783.  2.  Martha,  February  11,  1706-07;  mar- 
ried, May  16,  1728,  Edmund  Hale.  3.  Abi- 
gail, May  26,  1709.  4.  Joseph,  April  8,  171 1, 
died  September  25,  1723.  5.  Mary,  October 
3,  1712;  married  Smith  Hills.  6.  Edmund, 
of  further  mention.  7.  Jacob,  June  4,  17 16, 
probably  removed  to  Hampstead. 

(IV)  Edmund,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Sawyer, 
was  born  in  Newbury,  November  6,  17 14,  died 
in  Sutton  in  1807.  He  resided  in  Newbury 
and  Amesbury,  and  removed  to  Hampstead, 
New  Hampshire,  about  1750.  He  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Amesbury  church,  June  13, 
1736,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  dismissed  to. 
form  the  Hampstead  church,  May  31,  1752. 
He  went  later  to  Sutton,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  died.  He  married,  January  i,  1735-36, 
Sarah  Rowell,  of  Amesbury.  Children:  i. 
Joseph,  baptized  October  31,  1736;  settled  in 
Warner.  New  Hampshire.  2.  Jacob,  born 
1738.     3.  Enoch,    of     further     mention,     4. 

Sarah,     1744.      5.  Abigail,    married    

Kimball.    And  others. 

(V)  Enoch,  son  of  Edmund  Sawyer,  was 
bom  in  Hampstead,  New  Hampshire,  1741, 
died  in  Antrim,  that  state,  18 17.  He  married 
Sarah  Little.  Children :  Samuel,  Enoch,  Tris- 
tram, Edmund,  Amos  and  others. 

(VI)  Amos,  son  of  Enoch  Sawyer,  was 
born  either  in  New  Hampshire  or  Addison 
county,  Vermont,  about  1785.  He  was  a 
farmer  of  Franklin,  Vermont.  He  married 
and  had:  Amos  (2),  Solon,  Silas,  Fanny,  Al- 
vira,  Nancy  and  Orinda.  (The  order  of  birth 
is  not  known  to  have  been  as  stated  above). 

(VII)  Amos  (2),  son  of  Amos  (i)  Saw- 
yer, was' born  in  Franklin  county,  "Vlermont,  in 
1820,  died  in  Somerset,  Niagara  county.  New 
York,  in  1905.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  reared  a  farmer.  Early  in  life  he 
came  to  Niagara  county.  New  York,  where  he 
lived  until  his  death.  His  first  farm  was  one 
of  fifty-seven  acres,  lying  on  the  Charlotte- 
ville  road,  in  the  town  of  Newfane.  He  cul- 
tivated this  for  several  years,  then  sold  and 
bought  one  of  fifty  acres  near  the  village  of 


Newfane,  on  which  he  resided  until  the  death 
of  his  wife.  His  last  years  were  spent  with 
his  son  in  Somerset,  New  York.  He  married 
Betsey  Ann  Van  Horn.  Children :  W^ilHam. 
A.,  of  further  mention ;  Charles,  born  June, 
1852,  married  (first)  Mary  and  (second) 
Eugenia  Tower,  sisters ;  Adelaide,  bom  1856 ; 
married  John  Hoiles  (or  Hailes),  of  Batavia, 
New  York. 

(VIII)  William  A.,  eldest  son  of  Amos  (2) 
and  Betsey  Ann  (Van  Horn)  Sawyer,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Newfane,  Niagara  county. 
New  York,  April  23,  1848.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  finishing  his  studies  with 
a  course  at  BuflFalo  Business  College.  His 
early  business  life  was  spent  as  a  clerk;  two 
years  with  the  hardware  firm  of  E.  S.  Mack; 
two  years  with  Davis  &  Harmon,  followed 
with  six  years  as  clerk  in  the  Lockport  post- 
office.  In  1874  he  bought  the  John  M.  Curtis 
farm  in  the  town  of  Somerset  lying  on  the 
Lake  road.  This  property  consists  of .  two 
hundred  and  twenty-five  acres,  fifty  of  which 
are  devoted  to  fruit,  the  remainder  to  general 
farming.  Mr.  Sawyer  conducted  most  suc- 
cessful operations  there  until  his  retirement 
from  active  business.  He  has  spent  a  useful, 
busy  life,  and  is  now  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his 
years  of  industry.  His  winters  are  spent  south 
or  on  the  Pacific  coast,  his  summers  amid  the 
friends  and  scenes  of  his  entire  life.  He  was 
president  of  the  Niagara  County  Agricultural 
Society  and  assessor  of  the  town  of  Somer- 
set. He  belongs  to  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks ;  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows:  to  Lockport  Lodge,  No.  73, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Ames  Chapter, 
No.  88,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  Genesee  Com- 
mandery.  No.  10,  Knights  Templar,  and  Is- 
mailia  Temple,  Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles 
of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  Politically  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married,  January  i,  1873,  Sarah,  born 
1854,  died  October  30,  1910,  daughter  of  John 
N.  Curtis.  Children :  i.  Fred  C,  bom  in  Som- 
erset, New  York,  October  29,  1874:  married 
Grace  Sherwood;  children:  Dorothy,  Mar- 
jorie  and  Fletcher.  2.  Edith,  bom  July  31. 
1878;  married  Lynn  J.  Carroll,  of  Greeley, 
Colorado;  child,  Lynn  J.  Carroll,  Jr. 


Dr.  James  Piatt  White,  adopted 

WHITE     father  of  James  P.  White,  was 

bom  in  Columbia  county.   New 

York,  181 1,  died  1881.     His  biographer  says 


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of  him,  "probably  no  man  of  his  time  contrib- 
uted more  to  the  history  of  medicine  in  Erie 
county  than  Dr.  White."  He  was  of  Puritan 
lineage,  being  a  descendant  of  Per^rine 
White,  the  first  male  child  born  in  Plymouth 
colony.  His  grandfather  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolutionary  war,  and  his  father,  David  Pier- 
son  White,  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  set- 
tled in  Hamburg,  Erie  county,  New  York,  in 
1816.  Dr.  White  took  his  degree  of  M.  D. 
at  JeflFerson  Medical  College,  and  established 
as  a  practitioner  in  Buffalo  in  1853,  where  for 
more  than  fortv  years  his  practice  was  only 
limited  by  his  powers  of  endurance  and  his 
willingness  to  work.  The  establishment  of  a 
medical  school  in  Buffalo  was  largely  due  to 
his  exertions,  and  he  held  many  positions  of 
trust  in  his  profession.  He  was  vice-president 
of  the  New  York  State  Medical  Association, 
and  held  many  other  memberships ;  he  was  an 
extensive  contributor  to  the  medical  journals, 
co-operated  in  the  founding  of  the  hospitals 
of  Buffalo,  and  interested  in  many  Buffalo  so- 
cieties, churches  and  improvements.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1852,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Henry  F.  Penfield,  of  Penfield,  New  York. 

(H)  James  P.,  adopted  son  of  Dr.  James 
Piatt  White,'  was  born  in  Hamburg,  New 
York,  July  7,  1854,  died  in  Buffalo  August  10, 
1894.  In  early  life  he  was  adopted  by  his 
uncle,  Dr.  White,  who  carefully  reared  and 
educated  the  lad,  fitting  him  for  a  life  of  busy 
usefulness.  He  attended  Walnut  Hill  School, 
and  obtained  a  good  education.  In  1881,  on 
the  death  of  his  father  (and  one  year  later  the 
mother  died),  he  inherited  the  latter 's  large 
and  valuable  estate.  His  after  life  was  devoted 
to  the  management  of  his  estate,  which  in- 
cluded a  great  deal  of  Buffalo  real  estate.  He 
erected  the  present  White  Building,  on  Main 
street,  ^he  first  office  building  of  note  erected 
in  Buffalo.  His  home  in  Buffalo  was  the  old 
Dr.  White  homestead,  at  674  Main  street,  until 
1 89 1,  when  he  closed  his  home  and  with  his 
family  spent  a  few  years  in  travel,  spending 
one  winter  in  California.  He  returned  to  Buf- 
falo in  1893,  and  while  preparing  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  new  residence,  lived  at  the  "Nia- 
gara," He  was  a  man  of  tall,  striking  figure 
and  of  pleasing  personality.  He  was  courteous 
and  warm-hearted,  making  many  friends 
whom  he  always  retained.  He  was  extremely 
generous,  and  contributed  liberally  to  charita- 
ble and  benevolent  societies.     He  was  a  Re- 


publican, but  never  aspired  to  public  office. 
He  was  a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  church, 
and  always  took  a  deep  interest  in  the  affairs 
of  the  parish.  During  the  rectorship  of  Dr. 
Van  Bokkelin  he  served  as  treasurer  of  the 
church.  He  married,  September  24, 1872,  Mary 
Anna,  daughter  of  Captain  David  Porter  Dob- 
bins, who  survived  him  until  February  7,  191 1. 
She  was  born  in  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1840  (see  Dobbins).  Children:  Louise, 
died  in  infancy;  Seymour  P.,  of  further  men- 
tion; James  P.,  graduate  of  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, 1900;  engaged  in  literary  pursuits; 
member  of  Saturn,  University  and  Studio 
clubs,  of  Buffalo ;  unmarried. 

( III)  Seymour  Penfield,  son  of  James  P.  and 
Mary* Anna  (Dobbins)  White,  was  born  at  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  August  2,  1873.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  private  Buffalo  schools  and  at  the 
Lawrenceville  Preparatory  School  at  Law- 
renceville,  New  Jersey.  He  had  barely  at- 
tained his  majority  when  his  father  died,  leav- 
ing the  management  of  his  large  estate  to  the 
son.  Mr.  White  was  equal  to  the  task  and  has 
capably  administered  his  trust.  While  his 
principal  business  is  the  care  of  his  private 
estate,  he  is  a  director  of  the  Buffalo  &  Hon- 
duras Company,  owners  of  large  fruit  and  rub- 
ber plantations  in  Honduras,  and  is  a  trustee 
of  the  Buffalo  Savings  Bank.  His  executive 
ability  is  of  a  high  order  and  his  standing  high 
in  business  circles.  He  has  always  been  deeply 
interested  in  affairs  military,  and  served  ten 
years  in  the  New  York  National  Guard.  He 
enlisted  in  Company  A,  Sixty-fifth  Regiment, 
in  1896,  as  a  second  lieutenant,  and  one  year 
later  was  appointed  assistant  inspector  of  rifle 
practice.  At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish- Amer- 
ican war  he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
of  Company  M  (one  of  the  three  organized 
to  fill  out  the  regiment's  quota),  serving  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  reinstalled  first 
lieutenant  and  assistant  inspector  of  small 
arms  practice,  afterward  as  captain  and  in- 
spector of  small  arms  practice;  January  i, 
1 901,  he  was  detailed  as  aide-de-camp  to  Gov- 
ernor Odell,  serving  four  years  with  rank  of 
captain.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  church.  His 
clubs  are:  The  Saturn,  Country,  Park,  Auto- 
mobile and  Kennel.  He  married,  May  10, 
1898,  Annie  S.,  daughter  of  George  H.  and 
May  (Davis)  Dunbar,  of  Buffalo.  Children: 
Marion,  born  June  27,  1899,  and  Emily,  Feb- 
ruary, 1901. 


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(The  Dobbins  Line). 

Daniel  Dobbins,  maternal  great-grandfa- 
ther of  Seymour  Penfield  White,  of  Buffalo, 
came  in  1798,  when  a  young  man,  from  the 
Juniata  Valley  of  Pennsylvania  to  Erie,  and 
became  one  of  the  earliest  lake  navigators.  In 
1800  he  was  owner  and  captain  of  the  schooner 
"Harlequin,"  and  later  of  the  "Good  Intent," 
"Ranger,"  "Lady  Washington"  and  "Salina," 
running  mostly  in  the  service  of  the  Hudson 
Bay  Company.  As  he  lay  at  Mackinac  with 
the  "Salina,"  loaded  with  furs,  the  British  and 
Indians  captured  the  fort  and  vessel.  This 
was  one  of  the  opening  acts  of  the  war  of  1812. 
Captain  Dobbins  escaped  to  Detroit,  and  was 
there  when  Hull  surrendered  to  the  British. 
He  again  escaped  and  worked  his  way  by  sail 
and  horse  to  Erie,  only  to  be  despatched  to 
Washington  with  news  of  the  loss  of  Detroit 
and  Mackinac.  He  received  a  commission  in 
the  United  States  navy,  and  was  ordered  to 
Erie  to  cut  timber  and  build  vessels.  With 
his  own  hands  he  cut  the  first  stick  of  timber 
for  Perry's  fleet.  After  the  work  of  building 
the  fleet  was  well  under  way,  government  ship- 
builders arrived  from  New  York,  among  them 
John  Richards,  whose  eldest  daughter  after- 
ward became  the  wife  of  Captain  Dobbins' 
son,  Captain  David  Porter  Dobbins.  During 
the  battle  of  Lake  Erie,  Captain  Daniel  Dob- 
bins was  in  command  of  tlie  "Ohio."  After 
the  battle  he  continued  an  executive  officer  in 
the  navy,  and  sailed  to  the  upper  lakes  in  com- 
mand of  the  "Niagara"  and  other  vessels. 
After  the  navy  yard  at  Erie  was  abandoned, 
Captain  Daniel  resigned  from  the  navy  and 
entered  the  revenue  marine  service  as  captain 
of  the  cutter  "Rush."  He  afterward  built  the 
cutter,  "Erie,"  and  after  some  years  of  fur- 
ther service  resigned  and  left  the  service.  He 
died  at  Erie,  February  29,  1856,  aged  eighty- 
five  years.  His  wife,  Mary  West,  born  at 
Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  October  26,  1779,  mar- 
ried April  3,  1800,  survived  him  some  twenty- 
three  years,  and  died  at  Erie,  Pennsylvania, 
January  22,  1879,  at  the  rare  old  age  of  one 
hundred  years.  They  had  ten  children.  At 
the  Dobbins  homestead  in  Erie,  Commodore 
Perry  and  other  heroes  of  the  war  of  181 2 
were  entertained.  Lafayette  was  a  guest  in 
1825,  as  were  many  other  famous  men  and 
women  in  succeeding  years. 

(II)  David  Porter,  third  son  of  Captain 
Daniel  Dobbins,  was  born  in  Erie,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1820.    He  took  to  the  lakes  naturally. 


and  at  thirteen  was  sailing  on  the  schooner 
;'William  Penn."  While  still  a  boy  he  sailed 
in  the  schooner  "Maurice,"  the  revenue  cutter 
"Erie,"  the  schooner  "Buffalo,"  and  the  brig 
"Indiana."  When  eighteen  he  bought  the 
schooner  "Marie  Antoinette,"  rebuilt  her  at 
Erie,  and  changed  her  name  to  the  "Nick  Bid- 
die."  After  sailing  in  her  some  years  he  sold 
and  for  a  year  retired  from  the  lakes.  He 
then  took  command  of  the  schooner  "Henry 
Horton,"  then  of  the  "Woodbridge,"  then 
bought  the  schooner  "Emily,"  which  he  sailed 
for  several  years  between  Buffalo  and  Chicago. 
He  sold  the  "Emily"  to  take  command  of  the 
fine  steamer  "Lexington."  He  next  built  the 
propeller  "Troy,"  at  Cleveland,  which  he  nav- 
igated for  several  years,  then  sold,  and  in  185 1 
left  the  lakes.  For  several  years  while  sailing 
the  lakes  it  was  his  custom  to  ship  for  winter 
cruises  on  the  ocean.  In  185 1  he  located  in 
Buffalo  as  marine  inspector  for  Durfee  &  At- 
water,  insurance  brokers.  Later  he  succeeded 
the  firm  in  part  of  their  business,  and  for  some 
years  did  a  large  insurance  business.  In  1875 
he  competed  for  the  government  prize  of 
$100,000  for  the  best  steam  canal  boat,  gaining 
second  prize.  Afterward  he  became  interested 
in  the  Baxter  Steam  Canal  Boat  Company, 
Baxter's  boat  having  won  the  first  prize.  Nat- 
urally bold  and  daring,  he  toc4c  from  his  earli- 
est years  a  great  interest  in  rescue  work  and 
life  saving.  He  organized  and  led  the  first 
relief  party  that  put  out  from  Buffalo  to  a 
sinking  wreck,  the  schooner  "Oneida,"  in  Oc- 
tober, 1853.  For  his  gallant  rescue  Captain 
Dobbins  and  each  of  his  volunteer  crew  re- 
ceived from  the  citizens  of  Buffalo  a  gold 
watch  suitably  engraved.  In  i860  he  again 
distinguished  himself  by  the  rescue  of  the 
crew  of  the  schooner  "Comet,"  ashore  at  Tifft 
farms.  In  1876  he  was  commissioned  super- 
intendent of  the  Ninth  District  of  the  United 
States  Life  Saving  Service,  comprising  the 
coasts  of  Lake  Ontario  and  Erie  and  the  Ohio 
river  to  the  falls  at  Louisville.  Under  his 
charge  the  Ninth  District  ranked  second  to 
none  for  general  efficiency.  He  labored  in- 
cessantly to  improve  the  service,  and  realizing 
the  imperfections  of  the  lifeboats  used,  turned 
his  attention  to  the  building  of  a  self-righting, 
self -bailing  non-sinkable  boat.  The  result  was 
the  "Dobbins,"  a  lifeboat  possessing  all  these 
qualities,  that  came  into  general  use.  He  also 
invented  and  gave  for  free  use  in  the  life-sav- 
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boat  transport  launching  wagon,  launching 
ways,  firing  plank  platforms  (for  mortar  use), 
self-righting  life  car,  detachable  thills  for  ap- 
paratus wagon,  breeches  buoy  runner  block, 
double  whip  reel,  patrol  watch  key  safe  and 
many  others.  He  was  a  well-known,  promi- 
nent figure  in  Buffalo,  of  sturdy  frame,  quick 
step  and  quiet,  kindly  eye.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church, 
belonged  to  Hiram  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  was  a  life  member  of  the 
Young  Men's  Association;  Buffalo  Historical 
Society  (where  his  portrait  may  be  seen)  ; 
Buffalo  Fine  Arts  Academy  and  Buffalo  Soci- 
ety of  Natural  Sciences.  He  died  suddenly, 
August  19,  1892. 

He  married,  in  1840,  Mary  Richards,  whose 
father,  John  Richards,  was  an  associate  of  his 
father,  Daniel  Dobbins,  in  building  Perry's 
fleet  at  Erie.  He  was  a  native  of  Wales,  and 
was  an  expert  mechanic  and  shipbuilder.  After 
the  war  he  established  a  shipyard  at  Erie,  and 
built  many  of  the  finest  steamers  and  sailing 
vessels  of  his  day.  Mrs.  Dobbins  died  April 
5,  1885,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  Children:  i. 
John  R.,  served  with  distinction  during  the 
civil  war  as  colonel  of  One  Hundred  and  Six- 
teenth Regiment  New  York  Volunteer  Infan- 
try; later  settled  in  Southern  California.  2. 
Mary  Anna,  married  James  P.  White. 

In  1892  Colonel  John  R.  Dobbins  and  his 
sister,  Mrs.  James  P.  White,  presented  to  the 
Buffalo  Historical  Society,  in  accordance 
with  the  express  wish  of  their  father,  a  quan- 
tity of  manuscript  records  in  various  forms, 
including  many  papers  of  their  grandfather. 
Captain  Daniel  Dobbins,  and  sundry  relics  of 
early  days  on  the  lakes  and  of  the  war  of 
1 81 2.  Among  these  articles  were  a  fine  model 
of  the  square-rigged  schooner  "Dobbins,"  built 
in  1863 ;  wood  of  the  flagship  "Lawrence,"  and 
the  "Niagara,"  of  Perry's  fleet;  an  armchair 
of  the  "Lawrence,"  and  Commodore  Perry's 
wine  case,  a  handsome  mahogany  brass-mount- 
ed case  containing  a  dozen  cut-glass  bottles. 
This  case  was  presented  to  Captain  Daniel 
Dobbins  by  Commodore  Perry  on  board  his 
shattered  flagship  "Lawrence,"  at  anchor  in 
Misery  Bay,  off  Erie,  Pennsylvania,  October 
23,  1813.  These  articles  are  preserved  in  the 
museum  of  the  Historical  Society.  The  pa- 
pers, carefully  arranged  appear  in  Vol.  viii  of 
the  publications  of  the  society,  published  1905. 


William  Knox,  according  to  the 
KNOX  history  of  Blandford,  Massachu- 
setts, came  to  that  town  from  Bel- 
fast, Ireland,  in  1737.  There  was  a  large  set- 
tlement of  Scotch-Irish  in  this  town.  His 
brother,  Adam  Knox,  said  to  have  been  born 
in  17 18,  in  Ulster  province,  north  of  Ireland, 
settled  in  Boston  in  1737.  William  had  three 
sons:  John,  mentioned  below;  William  and 
Adam,  and  probably  daughters. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Knox,  was  born 
about  1730,  and  probably  came  with  his  father 
to  Blandford,  Massachusetts.  The  name  of 
his  wife  is  not  known.  He  lived  at  Bland- 
ford, evidently  following  farming,  as  did  his 
father.  He  had  sons:  William,  James,  men- 
tioned below;  Elijah  and  John,  and  probably 
daughters. 

(III)  Captain  James  Knox,  son  of  John 
Knox,  was  born  as  early  as  1750.  He  was  a 
private  in  Captain  John  Ferguson's  company. 
Colonel  Timothy  Danidson's  regiment,  from 
Blandford,  from  April  20,  1775,  to  August, 
and  later  in  the  year.  He  was  sergeant  in 
1777,  from  Blandford,  in  Captain  Aaron  Coe's 
company.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Timothy  Robin- 
son's regiment.  Oliver  and  John,  sons  of 
Adam  Knox,  were  also  soldiers  from  Bland- 
ford, and  David,  son  of  William.  Afterward, 
James  Knox  was  known  as  captain,  and 
doubtless  held  a  commission  in  the  militia  as 
captain.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  the  town  of  Windsor,  Broome  county,  New 
York,  whither  he  went  after  the  war,  living 
for  a  time  apparently  at  Hillside,  formerly 
Nobletown,  Massachusetts,  now  of  Orange 
county,  New  York.  In  1790  he  appears  to  be 
a  resident  of  Hillside,  according  to  the  first 
federal  census,  but  he  must  have  removed 
soon  to  Broome  county,  as  the  history  states 
that  he  came  there  in  1786,  or  a  little  later.  The 
same  authority  states  that  he  was  an  officer  in 
the  revolution,  and  we  have  given  his  record 
as  sergeant.  He  may  have  had  other  service 
not  appearing  on  the  records,  which  are  not 
complete.  He  is  said  to  have  been  one  of 
Washington's  lifeguards.  He  located  with  his 
family  near  the  north  part  of  the  valley  on  the 
old  homestead,  lately  owned  by  Milton  Knox, 
a  descendant.  He  married  Lydia  Stratton. 
Children :  James,  mentioned  below ;  Hezekiah, 
Charles,  Henry,  William,  Caleb  and  Ira. 

(IV)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Knox, 


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was  born  September  25,  1788,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1865,  at  Russell,  New  York,  where 
he  followed  farming  most  of  his  active  life, 
-le  held  the  rank  of  captain.  He  married,  De- 
oember-24,  181 1,  Mrs.  Betsey  Gross,  bom  No- 
vember 18,  1793,  died  March  8,  1854.  Chil- 
dren: William  Nathan,  born  Noveniber  10, 
1812,  died  in  February,  1845;  Mary  Orpha, 
born  August  18,  1815,  died  January  17,  1876; 
Seymour  Moses,  bom  January  12,  1820; 
James  Sullivan,  born  December  27,  1823,  died 
August  31,  1827;  James  Horace,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  James  Horace,  son  of  James  (2) 
Knox,  was  born  at  Russell,  New  York,  No- 
vember 21,  1824,  and  died  there  March  12, 
1894.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  active  life.  He 
and  his  family  were  members  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  He  married,  Febmary 
6,  1855,  Jane  E.  McBrier,  born  February  19, 
1837,  died  January  2T,  1891,  daughter  of 
Henry  McBrier.  Children:  Seymour  Horace, 
mentioned  below ;  Carrie  Ethel,  married 
Charles  E.  Fowler;  Burtiss  Lorenzo,  born 
November  20,  1869,  now  living  at  Arcade, 
New  York;  Henry  Dan  forth,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Seymour  Horace,  son  of  James  Hor- 
ace Knox,  was  born  at  Russell,  New  York, 
April  II,  1861.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  and  began  his  business  life 
as  clerk  in  a  general  store.  In  1884  he  en- 
tered the  "five  and  ten  cents  store"  business, 
and  has  continued  in  that  line  with  wonderful 
success  to  the  present  time.  From  time  to 
time  he  added  store  after  store  in  different 
cities  until  he  now  has  one  hundred  and  ten. 
His  business  was  incorporated  in  1904  under 
the  name  of  S.  H.  Knox  &  Company,  of  which 
he  is  president.  He  is  also  vice-president  of 
the  Columbus  National  Bank;  vice-president 
of  the  Clauson  &  Wilson  Company,  dry  goods 
dealers,  Buffalo;  director  of  the  Central  Na- 
tional Bank;  director  of  the  Henz  &  Kelly 
Company,  the  New  York  State  Steel  Com- 
pany, the  United  States  Lumber  Company,  of 
Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  Missis- 
sippi Central  Railroad.  In  politics  he  is  an  in- 
dependent Democrat.  He  is  a  tmstee  of  the 
Delaware  Avenue  Baptist  Church,  but  is  not  a 
member.  He  married,  June  11,  1890,  Grace, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Sarah  (Avery)  Mil- 
lard, of  Detroit,  Michigan.  Children :  Gracia, 
Millard,  born  March  7,   1893,  died  July  30, 


1895  J  Dorothy  Virginia,  Seymour  Horace,  Jr., 
born  September  i,  1898;  Marjorie. 
*  (VI)  Henry  Dan  forth  Knox,  brother  of 
Seymour  Horace  Knox,  was  born  at  Russell, 
New  York,  August  23,  1876.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  the  Buffalo  Business  Col- 
lege. At  the  age  of  twelve  he  entered  the  en>- 
ploy  of  W.  H.  Moore,  at  Watertown,  in  a  five- 
and-ten-cent  store,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen, 
with  his  brother,  Seymour  Horace,  in  the 
same  business.  When  twenty-one  years  of 
age  he  enlisted  in  the  regular  army  of  the 
United  States,  Febmary  16,  1895,  and  served 
two  years,  one  month  and  sixteen  days,  being 
discharged  April  i,  1897.  He  was  located  at 
Fort  Sheridan  and  Fort  Bayard,  New  Mex- 
ico, with  his  regiment. 

In  1906  he  was  elected  a  director  of  the  S. 
.  H.  Knox  Company,  owners  of  a  large  number 
of  five-and-ten-cent  stores;  and  in  1909,  he 
was  elected  vice-president,  and  now  holds  that 
office.  He  is  .  also  vice-president  of  Smith 
Sons'  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Buffalo, 
the  largest  hairpin  manufacturers  in  the  world. 
He  is  not  active  in  politics,  and  has  held  no 
public  offices.  He  attends  the  Delaware  Avenue 
Baptist  Church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Coun- 
try Club,  the  Buffalo  Qub,  the  Elks'  Club,  the 
Ellicott  Club  and  the  Park  Club,  and  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  two  latter.  He  is  a  prominent 
Free  Mason,  having  taken  all  the  degrees  ex- 
cept the  thirty-third  in  the  Scottish  Rite,  and 
all  of  the  York  Rite.  He  is  a  member  of 
Ancient  Landmarks  Lodge,  No.  441 ;  Ames 
Chapter,  No.  88,  Royal  Arch  Masons;  of 
Bruce  Council,  No.  15,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters ;  of  Hugh  DePayen  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar ;  of  Buffalo  Consistory,  and  of  Ismai- 
lia  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine. 

He  married,  August  12,  1905,  Alice  Biown. 
born  March  5,  1879,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Priscilla  (Ropes)  Brown,  of  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts. Children:  Alice  Ropes,  born  Janu- 
ary 12,  1905;  Henry  Danforth,  December  29. 
iQio;  both  these  children  died  the  day  of  their 
births. 

This  surname  is  derived  from 
CURTISS     a  Norman  French  word,  Cur- 

teis,  or  Curtois,  meaning  cour- 
teous, civil.  The  family  is  of  early  Saxon 
origin,  from  Nazing,  county  of  Essex,  Eng- 
land. John  Curtiss  married  Elizabeth  Hutch- 
ins,  at  Nazing,  Essex,  England,  April  10,  1610, 


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and  had  children:  John,  baptized  at  Nazing, 
February  26,  1614;  William,  baptized  at  Naz- 
ing, June  21,  1618.  John  Sr.  was  brother  of 
William  Curtiss,  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
whose  wife  was  Sarah  Eliot,  sister  of  the 
Apostle  to  the  Indians.  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Hutchins)  Curtiss,  with  their  sons,  John, 
William  and  Thomas,  came  over  in  the  ship 
"Lion,"  William  Peirce,  master,  with  William 
Curtiss  and  Sarah  Eliot,  his  wife,  in  the  com- 
pany of  Governor  Winthrop,  and  landed  in 
Boston  in  the  summer  of  1632.  William  Cur- 
tiss settled  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and 
John,  Sr.,  probably  died  at  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, about  1635,  as  we  trace  his  family 
there,  prior  to  the  settlement  of  his  family,  his 
widow,  Elizabeth,  and  sons  John  and  Wil- 
liam, at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  the  winter 
of  1638-39,  where  their  descendants  have 
ever  since  been  very  numerous. 

(I)  John  Curtiss  came  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts in  the  ship  "Lion"  in  1632,  died  at 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  near  the  end  of  the 
year  1635.  His  name  appears  as  a  landholder 
in  the  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  records,  al- 
though his  stay  was  short.  His  wife  was 
Klizabeth  Hutchins.  His  children:  John, 
William,  Thomas  and  Mary.  In  1639,  Eliza- 
beth Curtiss,  appears  in  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut, with  her  sons,  John  and  William.  The 
other  son,  Thomas,  seems  to  have  remained 
in  Wethersfield.  Thomas  Uffott  came  in  the 
"Lion"  with  William  Curtiss  (i),  and  it  is 
probable  that  he  induced  the  Curtisses  to  emi- 
grate to  Stratford.  John  and  William  Cur- 
tiss both  became  prominent  in  Stratford,  Wil- 
liam especially  being  much  engaged  in  public 
aflPairs.  William  married  (second)  Sarah, 
widow  of  Ensign  William  Goodrich.  He  was 
captain  of  militia  and  sixteen  times  elected 
deputy.  Elizabeth  died  in  Stratford,  in  1658, 
and  her  will  was  proved  November  4,  1658. 
Children:  John,  of  whom  further;  William 
(2),  born  1621,  died  December  21,  1702,  and 
Thomas  (3),  of  Wethersfield. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth Curtiss,  was  bom  in  England,  in  161 3, 
died  at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  December  2, 
17.07.  He  came  to  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
with  his  widowed  mother  and  brother  William 
in  1639.  He  lived  to  the  great  age  of  ninety- 
four  years.  He  was  prominent  in  the  settle- 
ment of  the  town  of  Stratford.  His  wife  Eliz- 
abeth died  in  1682.    Children :  John,  born  Oc- 


tober 14,  1642,  settled  at  Newark,  New  Jer- 


sey; Israel,  April  3,  1644;  Elizabeth,  May  2, 
1647;  Thomas,  January  14,  1648;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further;  Benjamin,  September  30, 
1652 ;  Hannah,  February  2,  1654. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth Curtiss,  was  bom  in  Stratford,  Connecti- 
cut, November  12,  1650,  died  about  1727.  He 
was  among  the  most  prominent  citizens  of 
Stratford  for  many  years.  He  always  wrote 
his  name  Curtiss.  He  was  elected  town  clerk 
fifty  successive  years,  and  in  1698  was  elected 
assistant,  and  held  that  office  through  twenty- 
two  successive  elections.  He  was  for  several 
years  judge  of  the  county  court  and  served 
on  several  important  state  committees,  one  of 
them  to  locate  the  boundary  between  Con- 
necticut and  New  York.  He  was  contem- 
porary with  his  father  John  fifty-seven  years, 
and  with  his  Uncle  William  fifty-two  years. 
In  1727  he  declined  to  serve  longer  as  town 
clerk,  and  soon  after  died.  He  was  known 
while  living  as  "Worshipful  Joseph  Curtiss." 
He  married,  November  9,  1676,  Bethia,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Booth.  Children:  Elizabeth, 
married  Samuel  UflFott ;  Ann,  born  September 
I,  1679;  Mary,  married  Joseph  Nichols;  Eph- 
raim,  of  whom  further ;  Joseph,  born  Novem- 
l>er  6,  1687;  Nathan,  February  21,  1689;  Jo- 
siah,  died  1709;  Bethia,  married  Benjamin 
Burton;  Elizer,  bom  July  30,  1699;  Ebenezer; 
Eliphalet.  These  last  three  were  triplets,  and 
it  is  said  that  the  authorities  voted  the  par- 
ents a  medal  in  commemoration  of  this  most 
unusual  event. 

(IV)  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  and  Bethia 
(Booth)  Curtiss,  was  born  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, December  31,  1684,  died  1776,  at  the 
great  age  of  ninety-two  years.  He  was  a 
vestryman  of  the  Episcopal  church,  and  must 
have  been  a  man  of  property,  as  his  subscrip- 
tion to  the  new  church  building  was  fifty 
pounds.  He  married,  June  26,  1707,  Eliza- 
beth, died  October,  1775,  daughter  of  Eph- 
raim  Stiles.  Children:  Stiles,  of  whom  fur- 
ther: Sarah,  Henry,  Ann,  Phebe,  Elizabeth, 
Ephraim,  Elizabeth  (2),  Martha,  Ruth,  Ed- 
mund, Bathsheba,  Elnathan. 

(V^)  Captain  Stiles  Curtiss,  eldest  son  of 
Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  (Stiles)  Curtiss,  was 
born  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  March  18, 
1708,  died  April  22,  1785.  He  was  a  land- 
owner and  farmer  of  Stratford.  He  married, 
November  7,  1730,  Rebecca  Judson,  died  July 
I,  1798,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  Children: 
Sarah,    Elizabeth,    Elihu,    Hannah,    Ephraim, 


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Elihu,  Silas,  John,  of  whom  further;  Rebecca 
and  Catee. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  Stiles  and  Rebecca 
( Judson)  Curtiss,  was  born  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, September,  1745,  died  August  31, 
1825.  There  are  many  of  the  name  of  John 
Curtiss  enrolled  as  soldiers  of  the  revolution. 
The  particular  service  of  Lieutenant  John  Cur- 
tiss, of  Stratford,  of  which  there  is  record,  was 
in  repelling  Governor  Tryon's  raid.  He  was 
then  lieutenant  of  light  horse,  enlisted  in  Strat- 
ford. He  commanded  his  company,  and  was 
in  service  during  the  invasion"  at  Fairfield, 
Norwalk  and  New  Haven.  He  married,  April 
17,  1769,  Mary  Shelton,  died  the  same  day  and 
hour  as  her  husband  (August  31,  1825),  aged 
seventy-eight  years.  Both  were  buried  in  the 
same  grave.  Children:  Sarah,  Stiles,  Judson, 
John,  Ezekiel,  Daniel,  Julia  and  Harriet. 

(VH)  Ezekiel,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Mary 
(Shelton)  Curtiss,  was  born  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  July  1779,  d*^  ^^  Utica,  New 
York,  November,  1840.  He  was  born  just  one 
month  before  his  father  left  home  to  join  the 
revolutionary  army.  He  was  a  sailor  and 
was  captured  by  the  French  and  taken  to 
Paris,  where  he  was  held  prisoner  until  Ma- 
sonic friends  secured  his  release.  He  settled 
in  Oneida  county.  New  York,  in  1807,  and  in 
Utica  in  1826.  He  married  (first)  Nancy  Woos- 
ter,  who  bore  him  two  children;  (second). 
Electa,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Hulda 
(Emmons)  Lord.  There  were  eight  children 
by  second  marriage. 

(Vni)  Charles  Gould,  youngest  child  of 
Ezekiel  and  Electa  (Lord)  Curtiss,  was  bom 
in  Utica,  New  York,  August  29,  1827,  died  in 
Buffalo,  September  27,  1893.  He  was  a  man 
of  education  and  fine  business  ability.  He 
came  to  Buffalo  in  1857,  where  he  engaged 
as  a  merchant,  later  as  a  maltster.  This  busi- 
ness that  he  founded  is  yet  carried  on  by 
Alexander  Main.  Mr.  Curtiss  occupied  high 
position  in  his  city  and  state.  He  was  a  di- 
rector of  the  Third  National  Bank,  trustee  of 
the  Buffalo  Savings  Bank,  president  of  the 
Buffalo  Board  of  Trade,  trustee  of  the  Buffalo 
State  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  and  inter- 
ested in  many  other  public  and  private  con- 
cerns. He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  of 
commanding  influence  in  his  party.  In 
1884  he  was  presidential  elector  when 
the  electoral  vote  of  New  York  state  Avas 
cast  for  the  successful  candidate,  Grover 
Cleveland.     He  was  a  member  of  St.  Paul's 


Episcopal  Church.  He  married,  April  7,  185 1, 
at  St.  Peter's  Church,  Albany,  Amelia  Lent 
Main,  born  in  Augusta,  Georgia,  May  12,  1827, 
died  in  Buffalo,  November  30,  1881,  daughter 
of  Alexander  Main,  born  in  New  York  City 
January  23,  1800,  died  at  Piermont  New 
York,  January  23,  1883.  He  was  a  railroad 
builder  and  leading  financier.  He  was  the 
first  treasurer  of  the  Erie  Railroad  Company, 
and  held  important  position  in  the  directorate 
of  other  corporations.  He  was  a  son  of  An- 
drew Main,  born  in  Scotland,  died  in  Bing- 
hamton.  New  York,  a  merchant  of  London, 
England,  later  in  New  York  City,  coming  to 
the  United  States  in  1792.  He  married  Alice 
Bone,  bom  1756,  in  Norwich,  England,  died 
at  Binghamton,  New  York,  August,  1848,  aged 
ninety-two  years.  On  the  day  of  her  funeral 
the  great  bell  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church 
tolled  solemnly  the  years  of  her  age,  this  be- 
ing the  last  occasion  when  it  had  been  so  used. 
James  Weber  Lent,  grandfather  of  Amelia 
Lent  Main,  was  a  lieutenant  under  General 
Wayne,  at  Stony  Point,  during  the  war  of  the 
revolution,  and  was  also  prominent  in  polit- 
ical life.  He  was  inspector  of  pot  and  pearl 
ashes,  and  an  extensive  dealer  in  same,  accum- 
ulating much  wealth.  He  was  registrar  of 
New  York  City,  also  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Tammany  Society,  1789,  and  grand  sachem 
during  Andrew  Jackson's  presidency. 

Children  of  Charles  Gould  Curtiss:  i.  Char- 
lotte Electa,  bom  in  New  York  City,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1852,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 6,  1866.  2.  Alexander  Main,  bom  in 
Utica,  New  York,  October  6,  1856;  now  a 
resident  of  Buffalo.  3.  Harlow  Clarke,  of 
whom  further.  4.  Mary,  bom  in  Buffalo,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1861,  died  September  14,  1893; 
graduate  of  St.  Agnes  School,  Albany,  New 
York,  1881 ;  married,  June  10,  1891,  Charles 
McClellan  Clarke,  of  Buffalo. 

(IX)  Harlow  Clarke,  son  of  Charles  Gould 
and  Amelia  Lent  (Main)  Curtiss,  was  bom  in 
Utica,  New  York,  November  6,  1858.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  private  and  pub- 
lic schools  of  Buffalo,  prepared  for  college  at 
Central  High  School  and  entered  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Hartford,  Connecticut,  whence  he  was 
graduated  A.  B.,  class  of  1881.  In  1888  Trin- 
ity conferred  upon  him  the  A.  M.  degree.  De- 
ciding upon  the  profession  of  law,  he  studied 
with  the  law  firm  of  Cleveland  &  Bissell  (the 
former  president  of  the  United  States,  the  lat- 
ter his  postmaster-general  a  few  years  later), 


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and  in  October,  1883,  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  at  once  began  practice  in  Buffalo.  He 
practiced  alone  until  1887,  when  he  was  a 
partner  of  Swift,  Weaver  &  Curtiss.  In  1888 
he  resumed  practice  alone,  and  has  always  so 
continued.  His  practice  is  of  a  general  char- 
acter, all  forms  of  legal  procedure  being  per- 
fectly familiar  to  him.  He  is  well  versed  in 
the  law,  and  has  always  maintained  a  high  rep- 
utation at  the  bar,  and  with  his  clients.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  St.  Andrew's  Episco- 
pal Church;  he  was  vestryman,  1891-95,  and 
deputy  to  the  triennial  general  convention  from 
the  diocese  of  Western  New  York  in  1895 
and  1898.  He  is  an  active  Democrat,  and  is 
frequently  a  delegate  to  party  conventions.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 
and  the  University  Club,  of  Buffalo.  His 
fraternity  is  Alpha  Delta  Phi  (Trinity). 

Mr.  Curtiss  married,  June  18,  1896,  at  St. 
Paul's  Church,  Buffalo,  Ethel,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Matthew  D.  Mann,  of  Buffalo,  the  emi- 
nent physician  and  surgeon.  Children,  all 
bom  in  Buffalo,  tenth  generation:  Elizabeth, 
March  27,  1897;  John  Shelton,  July  15,  1899; 
Stiles  Judson,  February  18,  1904;  Charles 
Mann,  July  14,  1906. 

The  subject  of  this  memoir, 
MOORE    Lieutenant    Harry    H.    Moore, 

was  born  at  Waterloo,  New 
York,  April  4,  1840,  died  at  Lockport,  New 
York,  May  15,  1908.  When  but  a  lad  he 
came  to  Lockport  with  Cook  &  Tyler,  dry 
goods  merchants,  when  that  firm  opened  busi- 
ness in  this  city.  He  continued  as  clerk  until 
the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war,  when  he  en- 
listed in  Captain  E.  W.  Roger's  Nineteenth 
Independent  Light  Battery.  He  had  a  distin- 
guished military  career,  and  won  his  lieuten- 
ant's commission  by  bravery  on  the  field  of 
battle.  He  served  his  full  term  of  enlistment 
and  was  honorably  disch§trged.  After  being 
mustered  out  he  returned  to  Lockport,  where 
he  established  in  the  retail  tobacco  business  in 
a  small  way.  As  prosperity  came  he  extended 
his  lines  and  began  a  wholesale  business.  For 
forty-two  years  he  continued  in  Lockport  and 
built  up  a  very  large  trade,  in  fact,  was  known 
as  one  of  the  largest  wholesale  and  retail  to- 
bacconists in  Western  New  York.  He  was  a 
man  of  untiring  energy  and  fine  business  qual- 
ities which  united  made  his  life  the  success  it 
was.  His  activities  included  other  important 
enterprises.     He  was  president  of  the  Lock 


City  Brewing  Company,  continuing  at  the  head 
of  that  company  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
member  of  Christ  Episcopal  Church,  and  a 
liberal  supporter  of  all  good  causes.  He  stood 
high  in  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to  Red 
Jacket  Lodge,  No.  646,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  Ames  Chapter,  No.  88,  Royal  Arch 
Masons;  Bruce  Council,  No.  15,  Royal  and 
Select  Masters;  past  eminent  commander, 
Genesee  Commandery,  No.  10, 'Knights  Temp- 
lar ;  of  Buffalo  Consistory,  Scottish  Rite,  hold- 
ing the  thirty-second  degree,  and  president  of 
the  Masonic  board  of  trustees  of  Lockport, 
and  a  noble  of  Ismailia  Temple,  Order  of  the 
Mystic  Shrine.  He  held  a  highly  valued  mem- 
bership in  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Le- 
gion, an  organization  to  which  only  officers 
of  the  civil  war  are  admitted.  He  also  held 
membership  in  the  Elks  and  Foresters.  In 
political  faith  his  preference  was  for  the  Dem- 
ocratic party. 

He  married,  October  21,  1868,  at  Lockport, 
Sarah  A.  Blackwell,  bom  February  17,  1848, 
daughter  of  William  and  Diana  (Ferguson") 
Blackwell,  of  Lockport.  She  was  a  grand- 
daughter of  William  Blackwell  (i),  bom  at 
Western,  by  Weeden,  Northamptonshire, 
England,  in  1788.  William  Blackwell  (2) 
was  born  in  England,  April  7,  1823,  came  to 
the  United  States,  arriving  at  New  York  City, 
July  II,  1837,  and  immediately  settled  in  Lock- 
port,  New  York,  where  his  after  life  was  spent. 
He  married  Diana  Ferguson,  of  Toronto, 
Canada.  Children  of  Harry  H.  and  Sarah  A. 
(Blackwell)  Moore:  Child  died  in  infatncy; 
Emma  Frances,  married  Harry  H.  Fenton,  of 
Lockport,  and  has  a  son,  Harry  Moore  Fen- 
ton. Mrs.  Sarah  A.  Moore  survives  her  hus- 
band, and  continues  her  residence  in  Lock- 
pot,  where  she  is  held  in  high  esteem. 


The  family  from  whom  Rev. 
WALSH     Father  Thomas  Joseph   Walsh, 

of  Buffalo,  New  York,  springs, 
originally  settled  in  Canada,  at  Montreal.  The 
first  of  the  family  in  Canada  was  Thomas 
Walsh,  who  married  Mary  McMeunen,  who 
survives  him  and  resides  in  Dunkirk,  New 
York.  She  married  a  second  husband,  Michael 
Lynch.  .  Children  by  second  husband :  Mary, 
George,  Eliza,  Hugh,  and  one  died  in  infancy. 
(II)  Thomas,  only  child  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (McMeunen)  Walsh,  was  born  in 
Montreal,  Canada,  October  24,  1848,  died  at 
Wellsville,  New  York,  March  18,  1909.  When 


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a  boy  he  lived  at  Dunkirk,  New  York,  and  on 
growing  to  manhood  became  a  contractor  and 
oil  operator.  For  the  twenty-two  years  pre- 
ceding his  death  he  was  a  resident  of  Wells- 
ville,  New  York.  He  was  an  Independent  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church.  He  married  Helen  Curtin,  of  county 
Clare,  Ireland,  who  died  at  Wellsville,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Cornelius  Curtin,  who  came 
to  Pennsylvanid  and  settled  at  Dukes  Centre, 
dying  in  California.  He  was  a  deep  student 
of  the  history  of  his  native  land  and  consid- 
ered an  authority.  He  married  Mary  Kane, 
born  in  Ireland,  who  died  and  is  buried  near 
Dukes  Centre,  Pennsylvania.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Helen  (Curtin)  Walsh:  i. 
Thomas  Joseph,  of  further  mention.  2.  Hugh 
F.,  born  August  18,  1877,  on  the  Starr  farm, 
near  Millersville,  Pennsylvania;  now  a  resi- 
dent of  Farmington,  West  Virginia,  engaged 
as  a  gas  well  driller;  married,  November  21, 
1900,  Mary  E.  Graham,  of  W^ellsville,  New 
York;  children:  Mary  Ellen,  born  March  16, 
1903,  at  Piney  Fork,  West  Virginia;  Kathleen 
Helena,  born  at  Steele's  Run,  West  Virginia, 
October  4,  1905;  Richard  Francis,  born  at 
Lynn  Camp,  West  Virginia,  December  11, 
1908.  3.  William,  living  at  Port  Jervis,  New 
York.  4.  Cornelius  Jarnes,  born  at  Bolivar, 
New  York,  June  29,  1883;  now  a  telegraph 
operator  at  Wellsville,  New  York;  married, 
June  I,  1904,  Teresa  A.  Corrigan:  children 
living:  Thomas  P.,  bom  April  13,  1905;  Ella 
Kathleen,  August  30,  1907,  at  Wellsville,  New 
York;  Cornelius  James,  November  6,  1908,  at 
Olean,  New  York;  Evelyn  Mary  I>olores,  De- 
cember 15,  1909,  at  Wellsville;  two  children 
died  in  infancy.  5.  Died  in  infancy,  as  did 
the  first  two  children,  not  named  here. 

(Ill)  Rev.  Thomas  Joseph  Walsh,  D.  D., 

D.  C.  L.,  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and  Helen 
(Curtin)  W^alsh,  was  born  at  Parker's  Land- 
ing, Pennsylvania,  December  6,  1873.  He  was 
educated  in  public  and  parochial  schools,  the 
Seminary  College  of  St.  Bonaventure,  Alle- 
gany, New  York,  near  Olean,  and  University 
of  St.  Apollenaris,  Rome,  Italy.  He  was  or- 
dained to  the  priesthood  of  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic church,  January  27,  1900,  by  Bishop  James 

E.  Quigley,  Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Buffalo ; 
January  27,  1900,  he  was  appointed  assistant 
to  the  Cathedral  Clergy,  Buffalo ;  June  25,  the 
same  year,  he  was  made  Chancellor  of  the  Dio- 
cese, and  private  secretary  to  Bishop  Quigley, 
a  position  he  now  fills.    The  degree  of  D.  C.  L. 


was  conferred  upon  him  June  19,  1907,  and 
that  of  D.  D.,  June  19,  1908.  After  a  post- 
graduate course  in  the  University  of  St.  Apol- 
lenaris he  received  the  degree  in  course. 


The  tradition  in  relation  to  the  em- 
ELLIS     igration  of  the  Ellis  family,  which 

was  prior  to  1724,  is  that  Jere- 
miah Ellis  and  two  brothers  came  over  from 
England,  landed  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and 
there  separated,  one  going  south  and  settling 
in  North  Carolina,  another  in  Ipswich,  New 
Hampshire,  and  the  third  at  West  Greenwich. 
Kent  county,  Rhode  Island.  This  surname  is 
spelled  in  the  early  records  in  a  variety  of 
ways,  such  as  Elis,  Elce,  Else,  Alice.  It  has 
been  in  use  as  a  surname  from  the  earliest 
times.  The  word  means  stepson,  though  in 
some  cases  the  surname  may  have  been  de- 
rived from  the  baptismal  name  Elias,  which 
was  in  common  use  very  early  in  Normandy 
before  the  Conquest.  In  the  Welsh  the  name 
is  derived  from  Aleck's,  the  possessive  form 
adopted  in  many  names  of  similar  origin.  In- 
stead of  saying  William's  David,  the  Welsh 
use  the  expression,  "David,  William's,"  and 
this  usage  gave  rise  to  such  names  as  Evans, 
Jones  (John's),  Edwards,  Harris  (Harry's), 
and  so  through  the  long  category.  Many  im- 
migrants of  the  name  are  found  of  early  rec- 
ord in  New  England,  the  first  being  among  the 
Puritans  of  Plymouth.  Another  family  springs 
from  Dedham,  and  both  sent  out  a  large 
progeny. 

(I)  The  Ellis  family  of  the  line  here  under 
consideration  is  probably  descended  from  John 
Ellis,  of  Sandwich,  Massachusetts,  an  English- 
man by  birth  and  parentage,  but  the  place  of 
nativity,  the  year  of  his  birth  and  the  exact 
date  of  his  immigration  to  the  hospitable 
shore  of  New  England,  are  not  known.  He 
was  of  Sandwich  as  early  as  1641,  and  in  1643 
is  mentioned  in  the.  town  records  as  a  person 
capable  of  bearing  arms.  This  implies  that 
he  was  a  man  of  good  report  in  the  plantation 
there,  a  freeman,  and  member  of  the  church  in 
good  standing.  In  July,  1657,  John  Ellis, 
mentioned  as  Lieutenant  Ellis,  was  one  of  the 
fourteen  freemen  of  Sandwich  who  signed 
the  agreement  to  support  a  minister  in  the 
town:  "We  whose  names  are  hereunder  writ- 
ten do  hereby  engage  ourselves  to  pay  towards 
the  minister's  support  yearly  the  several  sums 
as  followeth — except  as  God  by  His  Provi- 
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out  of  Sandwich."  To  this  cause  John  Ellis 
promised  to  pay  one  pound  each  year,  there 
being  only  three  of  the  whole  number  who 
pledged  a  greater  sum,  hence  it  may  be  in- 
ferred that  he  was  a  man  of  substance  as  well 
as  of  influence  among  the  townsmen.  In  the 
same  year  "the  account  of  Lt.  Ellis  for  drum, 
muskets  &c  purchased  was  rendered/'  amount- 
ing to  ten  pounds  six  shillings  seven  pence.  In 
1658  the  lands  of  the  town  were  described  in 
accordance  with  an  order  of  the  court,  and 
John  Ellis,  Sr.,  and  John  Ellis,  Jr.,  are  men- 
tioned as  property  owners  at  that  time.  His 
name  also  appears  in  1675,  when  a  meetitig 
was  called  by  Lieutenant  John  Ellis  and  Ben- 
jamin Hamanond,  the  constable,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  granting  liberty  to  "any  families  that 
may  be  necessitated,  to  repair  to  the  town  gar- 
rison for  safety."  In  the  same  year  the  name 
of  John  Ellis,  Sr.,  appears  among  those  who 
could  make  "appear  their  just  right  to  the  priv- 
ileges of  the  town."  The  "Annals  of  Sand- 
wich," in  noting  events  of  the  year  1677,  state 
that  "Mr.  John  Ellis,  the  ancestor  of  those  of 
the  name  in  this  town,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
first  settlers,  died  this  year."  To  this  statement 
the  author  of  that  work  adds  this  note:  "He 
is  called  Jr.,  we  know  not  for  what  reason.  He 
must,  we  think,  have  been  Sr.,  of  Sandwich. 
There  probably  was  one  of  the  name  older 
in  the  colony."  In  1645  John  Ellis  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edmund  Freeman,  to 
w^hom,  April  3,  1637,  and  nine  associates,  the 
town  of  Sandwich  was  granted.  He  was  the 
leading  proprietor  of  the  town.  He  was  born 
in  England  about  1590,  and  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1635  in  company  with  his  two  sons, 
Edmund,  Jr.,  and  John,  the  former  of  whom 
was  fifteen  years  old  and  the  latter  eight  years 
old  at  the  time  of  their  immigration.  Both  of 
them  afterward  married  daughters  of  Gover- 
nor Prince.  He  also  brought  with  him  two 
daughters — Alice,  then  seventeen,  and  Eliza- 
beth, twelve  years  old.  Alice  Freeman  mar- 
ried Deacon  William  Paddy,  of  Plymouth,  the 
first  treasurer  of  the  colony.  Elizabeth,  third 
of  her  father's  children,  married  John  Ellis, 
of  Sandwich.  It  is  said  of  Edmund  Freeman 
that  "he  was  a  man  of  consideration  in  Eng- 
land and  brought  with  him  much  valuable 
plate:"  which  last  remark,  says  Mr.  Freeman, 
in  his  "History  of  Barnstable  County,"  we 
suppose  was  intended  to  be  indicative  of  his 
position  in  society.  Such  perhaps  it  might 
have  been  at  that  day,  but  it  would  be  a  poor 


criterion  now.  It  is  said,  moreover,  that  he 
acted  as  the  "confidential  agent"  of  certain  of 
the  "merchant  adventurers."  This  would  seem 
to  be  corroborated  by  his  correspondence  with 
Mr.  Beauchampe,  "a  London  merchant  and 
valuable  friend  to  the  colony,"  who  also  was 
brother-in-law  to  Mr.  Freeman.  Mr.  Free- 
man was  not  only  conspicuous  in  town  aflFairs, 
but  from  1640  to  1646  inclusive  was  assistant 
in  the  government  of  the  colony.  He  lived 
to  be  ninety-two  years  old,  dying  in  Sandwich 
in  1682.  His  sons.  Edmund  and  John,  also 
were  prominent,  both  being  deputies  to  the 
general  court,  and  the  latter,  who  removed  to 
Eastham,  became  assistant.  Children  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  Ellis  and  Elizabeth  Freeman: 
Bennet,  born  1649;  Mordecai,  1651,  made 
freeman  1681,  died  1715,  married  Rebecca 
Clark;  Joel,  1655;  Nathaniel,  1657:  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Samuel ;  Freeman,  admitted 

freeman  1681,  married  Mercy ,  and  had 

sons  Joel,  Ebenezer,  Mordecai  and  Gideon. 

(II)  John  (2),  sixth  son  of  John  (i)  Ellis, 
had  several  sons,  of  whom  little  record  can  be 
found.  There  can  be  little  doubt  that  the  fam- 
ily traced  below  is  derived  from  the  family  of 
John  (i)  Ellis,  many  of  whose  descendants 
cannot  be  traced  because  of  the  imperfect  rec- 
ords of  Plymouth  and  Bristol  counties,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(Ill)  The  first  record  of  Jeremiah  Ellis, 
which  a  long  and  diligent  search  revealed,  is 
found  in  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island.  This  town 
was  divided  in  1740,  constituting  East  and 
West  Greenwich,  and  he  resided  in  that  part 
which  is  now  the  latter  town.  He  had  a  wife 
Judith,  and  the  birth  of  his  fourth  daughter, 
Sarah,  is  recorded  in  West  Greenwich  as  oc- 
curring February  21,  1727.  No  other  children 
are  recorded  there,  and  the  place  whence  he 
came  to  Greenwich  is  still  a  matter  of  mystery. 

(IV)  Gideon,  son  of  Jeremiah  Ellis,  was 
born  in  West  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  in 
October,  1724,  and  died  there  September  30, 
179^.  He  was  born,  lived  and  died  at  the  fam- 
ily homestead.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution. He  married  (first)  Jemima  Austin, 
February  m,  1745:  she  died  October  it,  1755. 
Children :  Elinor,  Wait,  Gideon,  Jr.,  who  was  a 
pioneer  of  Cayuga  county.  New  York,  and 
some  of  his  descendants  are  now  living  at  Au- 
rora and  Ithaca,  New  York;  Rufus,  Germania. 
He  married  (second),  April  11,  1756,  Lydia 
Reynolds:  she  died  September  13,  1758.  Chil- 
dren: Welton  and  John.    He  married  (third). 


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March  21,  1762,  Elizabeth  Manchester,  born 
in  1737,  died  August  22,  1807.  Children:  Ar- 
nold, born  September  6,  1763,  died  in  RhcKle 
Island;  Lydia,  born  April  i,  1765,  died  in  New 
Jersey;  Ann,  born  July  25,  1767;  Oliver,  July 
2,  1769,  was  accidentally  drowned  at  Herki- 
mer, New  York,  his  widow,  Hannah  (Rey- 
nolds) Ellis,  afterward  settled  with  some  of 
her  children  near  Malloryville  in  Drydeji; 
John,  see  forward;  Solomon,  born  February 
7,  1773,  died  in  Rhode  Island ;  Peleg,  born  May 
9>  I77S»  emigrated  to  Dryden,  Tompkins 
county.  New  York,  died  at  Ellis,  New  York, 
May  9,  1859.  All  these  children  were  born  at 
•West  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  Gideon  and  Elizabeth 
(Manchester)  Ellis,  was  born  May  22,  1771, 
died  at  Dryden,  New  York,  April  10,  1846. 
His  prominence  in  the  political  history  of  the 
town  of  Dryden  is  unrivalled,  he  having  held 
the  position  of  school  superintendent,  com- 
missioner of  highways,  and  other  offices,  in 
addition  to  having  been  supervisor  twenty- 
seven  years,  fourteen  of  which  were  consecu- 
tive; member  of  assembly  twice,  and  judge  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas  of  Cayuga  and 
Tompkins  counties.  Judge  Ellis  was  a  large 
land  owner  and  acted  as  the  agent  of  a  few 
non-resident  holders  of  Dryden  real  estate, 
notably  the  McKay  and  Howland  estates.  At 
one  time  he  was  connected  in  land  specula- 
tions with  Daniel  J.  Shaw,  at  that  time  one  of 
the  merchants  of  Dryden.  In  1801,  prior  to 
his  settlement  in  Dryden,  he  was  a  resident  of 
Malloryville,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Ellis 
Hollow  a  few  years  later.  He  married  (first), 
in  Rhode  Island,  Rhoda  Rathburn,  born  April 
18,  1773,  died  July  11,  1819,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Rathburn.  He  married 
(second)  the  widow  of  Jacob  Hiles,  ancestor 
of  the  Hiles  family  in  Dryden,  New  York,  and 
took  up  his  residence  on  the  farm  now  owned 
by  Wesley  Hiles,  where  his  death  occurred. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Jason,  see  forward; 
Betsey,  born  October  16,  1793,  married  James 
McElheny;  Nancy,  born  July  26,  1797,  mar- 
ried John  Southworth ;  Charlotte,  born  August 
16,  1799,  married  Israel  Hart;  Ira,  born  March 
2,  1802;  Amelia,  born  June  3,  1804,  married 
M.  Wigdan;  John  Jr.,  bom  September  19, 
1806;  Willet,  born  November  29,  1808;  Peleg, 
bom  July  10,  181 1 ;  Lydia,  bom  May  8,  1814, 
married  Warren  D.  Ellis. 

(VI)  Jason,  son  of  John  (3)  and  Rhoda 
(Rathburn)  Ellis,  was  born  February  10,  1792, 


died  April  25,  1854.  He  married  (first)  Elsie 
Thomas,  who  died  in  1813.  They  had  one 
child,  Marenus,  bora  July  7,  1813,  died  at 
Freeville,  New  York,  November  9,  1886.  He 
married  (second)  Nancy  Hart,  bom  Septem- 
ber 27,  1796;  died  at  Bath,  New  York,  April 
15,  1866.  Children:  Orren,  see  forward; 
George,  Ella,  Chester,  William  M.,  Albert, 
Doctor  J.,  Sarah  R,  married  John  Wagoner, 
of  Avoca,  New  York;  Joseph  H.  and  Je- 
rome B. 

(VII)  Orren,  son  of  Jason  and  Nancy 
(Hart)  Ellis,  was  born  June  13,  1816,  died 
February  16,  1887.  He  married,  January  31, 
1838,  Sarah  Bowlby,  born  July  29,  1816,  died 
February  13,  1890.  Children:  i.  Orren  Em- 
met, born  November  28,  1838,  died  from  dis- 
ease, March  29,  1862;  he  was  a  sergeant  in 
Cc«npany  F,  Seventy-sixth  New  York  In- 
fantry. 2.  Charles  Bowlby,  born  July  2,  1840, 
died  July  31,  1873 ;  he  was  a  member  of  Com- 
pany F,  One  Hundred  and  Ninth  New  York 
Infantry,  and  honorably  discharged  at  end  of 
his  enlistment,  3.  George  Doctor,  born  De- 
cember 30,  1841.  4.  Ealon  Jason,  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1843,  died  December  7,  1865.  5.  Sarah 
Roselia,  bom  December  8,  1845,  died  January 
25,  1866.  6.  Albert  Marenus,  see  forward.  7. 
Gustina  Frances,  bom  November  12,  1849: 
married,  December  28,  1868,  John  C.  Stewart ; 
three  children ;  they  reside  at  Bath,  New  York. 
8.  James  Henry,  born  June  14,  1852;  resides 
at  Denver,  Colorado.  9.  Edward  Fitts,  bom 
March  18,  1858,  died  January  26,  1866.  10. 
Nancy  Amelia,  bom  May  3,  1858;  resides  at 
Bath,  New  York.  Charles  B.  Ellis,  the  sec- 
ond son,  married,  June  4,  1866,  Laura  Griffin : 

of  their    children,    Minnie    married    

Foote,  and  lives  at  Concord,  Nebraska ;  R.  Eu- 
genia and  Jessie  reside  at  Denver,  Colorado; 
Jessie  married  Marvin  J.  Valentine. 

(VIII)  Albert  Marenus,  son  of  Orren  and 
Sarah  (Bowlby)  Ellis,  was  bom  January  9, 
1848,  in  Dryden,  New  York.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  Dryden  Academy.  He 
worked  on  the  farm  with  his  father  for  some 
years,  then  entered  commercial  life  as  a  trav- 
eling salesman,  handling  a  line  of  ladies'  shoes, 
and  continued  the  same  vocation  for  more  than 
four  decades.  He  represents  P.  W.  Minor  & 
Son,  of  Batavia,  New  York,  his  sales  being 
confined  chiefly  to  the  larger  cities  of  the 
western  states.  He  is  a  member  and  warden 
of  the  Episcopal  church,  a  member  of  the 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Baltimore,  New 


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York,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  married, 
June  28,  1876,  at  Ellicottville,  Anna  Maria, 
bom  July  3,  1857,  daughter  of  Joshua  King 
and  Hannah  (Saxton)  Skinner,  who  were 
married  October  i,  185 1.  Joshua  King  Skin- 
ner, born  December  5,  1817,  died  June  16, 
1882,  was  a  son  of  Elisha  W.  Skinner,  bom 
October,  1800,  died  November  7,  1863,  mar- 
ried, November  26,  18 16,  Anna  Maria  King, 
born  1797,  died  May  6,  1882,  daughter  of  Gen- 
eral King,  of  the  revolutionary  army,  and  as- 
sociated with  the  capture  of  Major  Andre.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ellis  have  resided  in  Ellicottville 
ever  since  their  marriage.  Their  children  are : 
I.  Ruth  Dixon,  bom  November  14,  1879;  mar- 
ried Taylor  B.  Johnson,  of  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri ;  no  children ;  Mr.  Johnson  is  a  prominent 
life  insurance  agent  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
where  they  reside.  2.  John  Webster,  see  for- 
ward. 3.  Howard  King,  born  July  12,  1890; 
attended  Ellicottville  high  school,  graduated 
from  Chamberlain  Military  Institute,  Ran- 
dolph, New  York,  1909,  now  in  his  sopho- 
more year  at  Colgate  University  (1911);  he 
is  a  prominent  athlete,  having  made  the  Var- 
sity football  and  baseball  teams  at  Colgate.  4. 
Alberta  Anna,  born  April  19,  1892,  died  March 
6,  1894. 

(IX)  John  Webster,  son  of  Albert  Mare- 
nus  and  Anna  Maria  (Skinner)  Ellis,  was 
born  in  Ellicottville,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  November  22,  1883.  He  graduated  from 
Ellicottville  high  school  in  1901,  and  then  took 
a  post-graduate  course  in  the  Masten  Park 
high  school  of  Buffalo  in  1902.  He  gradu- 
ated from  the  law  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Buffalo  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in 
1904,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  New 
York  state  in  1905,  since  which  time  he  has 
been  engaged  in  the  general  practice  of  law  at 
Ellicottville,  New  York.  He  was  elected  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  to  fill  an  unexpired  term  of 
two  years,  then  re-elected  for  a  full  term.  He 
was  appointed  village  clerk  in  1906,  which  po- 
sition he  still  retains.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Bar  Association  and  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church  and  a  Democrat  in  politics. 

Mr.  Ellis  married,  September  7,  1905,  Esther 
Carolyn  Harns,  born  September  19,  1886, 
daughter  of  Franklin  and  Anna  (Kennedy) 
Harns,  and  granddaughter  of  William  and 
Esther  Hams  and  of  Thomas  and  Ella  Ken- 
nedy. One  child,  Albert  Marenus,  born  May 
I,  1909,  at  Ellicottville,  New  York. 

14— w 


This  is  a  surname  derived  from 

FULLER    the  occupation  of  a  fuller  "one 

who  thickens  and  whitens 
cloth."  The  name  has  been  most  worthily 
borne  in  both  England  and  America.  In  the 
United  States  the  name  is  connected  with  the 
first  coming  of  the  "Ma)rflower,"  and  the  re- 
cent death  of  Chief  Justice  Melville  W.  Ful- 
ler,- of  the  United  States  supreme  court,  has 
again  brought  the  name  ii\to  prominence.  Ed- 
ward Fuller  was  a  passenger  on  the  "May- 
flower" and  the  twenty-third  signer  of  the 
"Compact."  Of  him  Governor  Bradford 
wrote:  "Edward  Fuller  and  his  wife  died  soon 
after  they  came  on  shore."  He  left  an  only 
son,  Samuel,  who  was  reared  by  his  uncle,  Dr. 
Samuel  Fuller,  of  Plymouth,  one  of  the  Pil- 
grim fathers.  From  these  two  soiirces  spring 
all  the  Fullers  of  early  colonial  descent.  The 
family  herein  recorded  was  founded  in  New 
York  state  by  Jepotha  Fuller,  a  descendant  of 
the  Pilgrims,  who  lived  in  Ulster  county.  He 
served  in  the  revolutionary  army,  enlisting  in 
the  Second  Regiment,  Ulster  county  militia, 
as  a  private.  He  married  Sarah  Daggett, 
March  10,  1736,  and  had  issue. 

(H)  Amos,  son  of  Jepotha  Fuller,  was  born 
September  14,  1739.  He  lived  for  a  time  in 
Little  Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county,  New 
York ;  later  was  a  pioneer  farmer  of  the  town 
of  Petersburg,  Rensselaer  county.  New  York, 
settling  there  when  it  was  a  wilderness.  He 
cleared  a  farm,  married  and  reared  a  family. 
He  died  on  his  homestead  in  Rensselaer 
county.     His  children    were:   Lewis,   Daniel, 

Ezra,  Amos,  Stephen,  Rhoda,  married 

Brown ;  Mary,  married  Gideon  Palmer. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Amos  Fuller,  was  born 
January  9,  1763.  He  married  Rhoda  Pringle, 
bom  March  13,  1764,  and  had  issue. 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Daniel  Fuller,  was  born 
in  Rensselaer  county,  New  York,  February  19, 
1793.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  South  Berlin.  He  was  in  the  war  of  1812 
under  Colonel  Gideon  Palmer,  who  later  be- 
came his  brother-in-law.  He  settled  in  South 
Berlin,  same  county,  in  the  house  with  his 
Grandfather  Fuller,  and  here  two  children 
were  bom.  He  then  moved  to  Herkimer 
county,  where  he  located  at  West  Canada 
Creek  and  operated  a  dairy  farm.  He  later 
moved  to  Jefferson  county.  New  York,  where 
he  purchased  a  farm  of  seventy-five  acres,  four 
miles  from  Adams  Center.  In  1835  he  settled 
in  the  town  of  Yates,  Orleans  county,  on  the 


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Lake  Shore  road,  where  he  bought  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  acres,  which  he 
cultivated  until  1844.  He  then  sold  and  bought 
a  small  farm  of  sixty  acres  west  of  the  village 
of  Lyndonville,  in  Yates ;  remained  there  four 
years,  then  spent  four  years  on  a  farm  in  the 
village.  In  1852  he  bought  a  half  interest  in  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres 
near  Medina,  New  York,  holding  this  until 
1866,  when  he  sold, and  went  to  the  state  of 
Michigan.  He  did  not  long  remain  west,  but 
returned  to  Orleans  county,  in  the  town  of 
Shelby,  where  he  died.  He  married  Mary  God- 
frey, born  February  20,  1794.  Children:  i. 
Maria,  born  1818,  died  1907;  married  Orrin 
Heath,  of  Jefferson  county.  2.  Amos,  bom 
1820,  died  1842.  3.  Moses,  born  1824;  mar- 
ried (first)  Lucinda  Barnum ;  (second)  Susan 
Sherman.  4.  George,  born  1827,  died  August, 
1889;  married  Maria  Haynor.  5.  Darwin,  of 
whom  further.  6.  Russell,  born  July  28,  1840; 
married  Laura  Russell. 

(V)  Darwin,  son  of  Ezra  Fuller,  was  born 
at  Rodman,  Jefferson  county.  New  York,  May 
13,  1831.  Soon  afterward  his  parents  settled 
in  the  town  of  Yates,  Orleans  county,  where 
he  was  educated  in  the  common  schools.  He 
worked  with  his  father  on  the  farm  until  he 
was  twenty-five  years  old,  since  which  time 
he  was  continuously  engaged  in  farming  on 
his  own  account,  or  in  business,  until  his  retire- 
ment. He  has  lived  a  busy,  useful  life.  He 
resides  in  Medina,  where  he  is  retired  from 
all  active  business.  He  is  a  Republican  in  pol- 
itics and  has  held  local  offices. 

He  married,  September  20,  1855,  Rosalind 
L  Weld,  born  October  2,  1832,  daughter  of 
Andrew  Weld,  of  Vermont  descent.  Children : 
I.  Flora  J.,  born  January  9,  1857,  married, 
March  4,  1885,  A.  Blair  Poler,  a  farmer  of 
Ridgeway;  children:  Jessie  Irene,  bom  Octo- 
ber 27,  1887,  married  J.  Cornelius  Possom, 
and  Darwin,  born  April  i,  1890,  married  Zoie 
Compton.  2.  May  E.,  born  September  26, 
i860,  died  September  19,  1881. 

David  Kelley  was  of  Yarmouth, 
KELLEY     Massachusetts,   where   he   was 

admitted  a  freeman  and  took 
the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1657.  The  records  of 
that  day  call  him  **David  O'Kelley,  the  Irish- 
man." In  1676  he  was  taxed  two  pounds  six 
shillings  and  five  pence  "toward  the  charge  of 
the  late  war.'*  He  had  two  grandsons  w^ho 
were  known  to  be  Quakers,  and  the  supposi- 


tion is  that  the  earlier  generations  were  of  that 
society  and  canK  to  America  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  to  escape  the  persecution  that 
everywhere  was  meted  out  to  all  members  of 
that  faith  in  the  early  years  of  their  estab- 
lishment. David  names  in  his  will,  proved  7 
mo.  19  day.  1697,  wife  Jane;  sons:  Jeremiah, 
Joseph,  David,  Benjamin;  daughters:  Sarah 
and  Elizabeth.  He  had  a  son  John,  who  died 
in  1690. 

(II)  Jeremiah,  son  of  David  and  Jane  Kel- 
ley, was  of  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  died  8  mo.,  30  day,  1728.  His  wife  Jane 
died  in  1727.  In  his  will  he  names  sons:  Jo- 
seph, Eleazer,  Seth.  John;  daughters:  Mrs. 
Sarah  Carpenter,  Mrs.  Hannah  Eldridge  and 
Mrs.  Deliverance  Baker.  A  son  Jeremiah  died 
in  1727.  Seth  and  John  Kelley  were  known 
to  be  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
(Quakers),  and  the  entire  family  were  most 
likely  members. 

( III )  Joseph,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Jane  Kel- 
ley, was  bom  in  1684.  He  married,  in  171 7, 
12  month,  19  day,  Tabitha  Baker,  born  in  1700. 
Children :  Joseph,  Jeremiah,  Anna,  Sarah,  Ste- 
phen. 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Joseph  and  Tabitha 
(Baker)  Kelley,  was  born  about  1730.  He  set- 
tled in  Otsego  county.  New  York,  moving  later 
to  Cortland  county.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tionary army,  enlisting  in  the  First  Regiment 
of  minute-men.  Suffolk  county  militia,  Colonel 
Josiah  Smith.  He  enlisted  from  Otsego 
county,  and  is  the  only  Stephen  Kelley  on 
the  list.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Gideon  Wells,  whose  family  were  early  settlers 
in  the  Wyoming  valley,  Pennsylvania,  and  all 
lost  their  lives  in  the  Wyoming  massacre,  Gid- 
eon only  escaping,  being  at  the  time  away  from 
the  valley.  Children:  John,  Phoebe,  married 
Robert  Sloat;  Stephen,  Amy,  married  EarJ 
Pierce ;  Edie,  of  whom  further ;  Polly,  married 
Simeon  Evens;  Ezekiel. 

(V)  Edie,  son  of  Stephen  and  Hannah 
(Wells)  Kelley,  was  bom  October  16,  1796, 
died  in  April,  1882,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
He  grew  to  manhood  on  the  home  farm  and 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools.  He 
moved  with  the  family  to  Cortland  county, 
later  he  went  to  Chautauqua  county,  finally 
settling  in  the  town  of  New  Albion,  Cattar- 
augus county,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of 
his  days.  He  married,  in  Cortland  county. 
New  York,  Betsey  Parker.  Children:  i.  John, 
married   Rachel  ,   and   they   reared    a 


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very  large  family.  2.  Job,  married  Betsey 
;  children :  Esther,  Joseph  and  Joseph- 
ine, twins.  3.  Nelson,  married  Anna  Whip- 
ple ;  children :  Warren,  Mary,  John.  4.  Han- 
nah, married  George  Smith ;  children :  Gert- 
rude, Frank  and  Ellen.  5.  Stephen,  married 
(first)  EHza  Baunds;  children:  Alonzo  and 
Louise.  He  married  (second)  a  widowed  sis- 
ter of  his  first  wife,  Mrs.  Jane  B.  Selick; 
child,  Edward.  6.  Ransom,  married  a  Miss 
Smith.  7.  Emma,  married  (first)  Jackson 
Evans ;  children :  Neil  and  George.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  Jonathan  Givens;  children:  Earl 
and  Edna.  8.  Ezekiel,  of  whom  further.  9. 
Betsey  Ann,  married  Henry  I.  Green ;  chil- 
dren: Ole,  Fred,  Frank,  Edward,  Harry.  10. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  born  June  26,  1840;  married, 
February  25,  1867,  Polk  Parmelee,  born 
August  14,  1840.  Children :  i.  Belle,  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1868,  died  November  5,  1890;  mar- 
ried, December  26,  1882,  Rowland  Roberts; 
child,  Ethel,  ii.  Fred,  born  October  3,  1871. 
iii.  Earl,  born  July  5,  1881.  11.  Ellen,  married 
Munroe  Kenyon;  children:  Philip  and 
Blanche. 

(VI)  Ezekiel,  eighth  child  of  Edie  and  Bet- 
sey (Parker)  Kelley  was  born  in  Virgil,  Cort- 
land county,  New  York,  October  25,  1833.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  all  his 
active  life  followed  farming.  In  early  life  his 
parents  removed  to  Erie  county,  and  later  set- 
tled in  the  town  of  New  Albion,  Cattaraugus 
county,  where  he  remained  until  1859,  when 
he  moved  to  the  town  of  Mansfield  (same 
county),  where  he  was  engaged  in  farming 
until  1909,  when  he  retired  and  has  since  made 
his  home  with  his  son,  Elmer  E.,  in  Little  Val- 
ley. He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sylvester 
Hinman.  Children:  Elmer  E.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther mention ;  Bert  D.,  born  January  20,  1865, 
died  February,  1891,  married  Vesta  Hollings- 
worth ;  child,  Cecil  B. 

(VII)  Elmer  E.,  eldest  son  of  Ezekiel  and 
Sarah  (Hinman)  Kelley,  was  born  in  Mans- 
field, Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  December 
25, 1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
Ten  Broeck  and  Franklinville  academies,  fin- 
ishing at  Chamberlain  Institute,  whence  he 
graduated,  class  of  1882.  He  began  business 
life  with  the  lumber  firm  of  H.  J.  Brooks, 
making  a  specialty  of  heavy  southern  timber 
for  bridge  work.  In  1887  he  connected  with 
the  Cattaraugus  Cutlery  Company  of  Little 
Valley,  New  York,  traveling  for  them  until 
1888.     In  that  year  he  purchased  an  interest 


in  the  company,  was  elected  secretary  and  also 
continued  to  represent  them  on  the  road  as 
traveling  salesman.  He  still  retains  his  inter- 
est in  the  company,  of  which  he  is  a  director 
and  secretary.  On  October  20,  1905,  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  Cattaraugus  County 
Bank  of  Little  Valley,  which  position  he  now 
most  ably  fills.  Since  1890  Mr.  Kelley  has 
been  a  director  of  the  George  W.  Korn  Razor 
Company.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics;  in 
1900  he  was  elected  clerk  of  Cattaraugus 
county,  served  three  years,  and  in  1903  was 
re-elected  for  a  second  term.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to  Little  Val- 
ley Lodge  and  Chapter ;  Salamanca  Command- 
ery,  Knights  Templar;  Ismailia  Temple,  No- 
bles of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Buffalo.  He  also 
holds  membership  in  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  an  attendant  of  the 
Presbyterian  church. 

He  married,  June  15,  1883,  Clara  M.,  born 
December  17,  1864,  daughter  of  W.  W. 
Henry,  born  April  18,  1837,  died  March  30, 
1910;  married,  May  15,  1859,  Amy  A.,  born 
July  15,  1839,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sabra 
(Dake)  Aldrich.  W.  \W.  Henry  was  son  of 
Sylvester  H.  Henry,  who  was  born  May  29, 
1798,  died  December  12,  1887,  married  Sally 
B.  Hutchinson,  born  March  22,  1799,  died 
August  23,  1887.  Qiildren  of  W.  W.  and 
Amy  A.  (Aldrich)  Henry:  i.  Grace,  born 
April  23,  i860;  married  M.  F.  Higbee;  chil- 
dren :  Carrie,  married  Jackson  Case ;  Frances, 
married  Leo  Kaumpf.  2.  Clara  M.,  married 
Elmer  E.  Kelley.  3.  Claude  S.,  born  Febru- 
ary 21,  1870;  married  Kittie  Collins;  child, 
Luella  May.  4.  Carl  Wilson,  born  January 
22,  1872,  died  September  i,  1873.  5-  Jennie 
P.,  born  August  22,  1873;  married.  May  26, 
1896,  Leon  Gorsline,  born  November  9,  1872; 
child,  Aldrich,  born  June  6,  1907.  6.  Bertha 
Aldrich,  bom  July  28,  1875 ;  married.  May  19, 
1898,  William  A.  Miller;  child,  Russell  H., 
born  January  21,  1903.  7.  Itha  May,  born 
May  28,  1877,  died  October  11,  1877.  Child 
of  Elmer  E.  and  Qara  M.  (Henry)  Kelley: 
Edna,  born  Anril  7,  1884. 


The  ancestral  home  of  the 
GOODYEAR     English  Goodyears  was  the 

parish  of  Monken  Hadley, 
in  the  county  of  Middlesex.  The  American 
Goodyears  trace  their  descent  from  Stephen 
Goodyear,  deputy  governor  of  New  Haven 
colony   from   1643  to  1658,  one  of  the  mer- 


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chants  who,  on  June  26,  1637,  came  from  Lon- 
don to  America  with  the  Rev.  John  Daven- 
port in  the  ship  "Hector."  The  New  Haven 
adventurers  were  the  most  opulent  company 
which  came  to  New  England,  and  they  de- 
signed to  plant  a  capital  company.  They  laid 
out  their  town  plat  in  squares,  designing  it 
for  a  large  and  beautiful  city.  Among  the 
principal  settlers  was  Stephen  Goodyear,  who 
was  one  of  the  leading  merchants  and  specu- 
lators of  the  colony.  His  yearly  land  rent 
was  second  only  to  that  paid  by  Theophilus 
Eaton.  In  1641  he  was  chosen  deputy  gov- 
ernor of  the  colony,  and  held  that  office  until 
his  death  in  London  in  1658.  Dr.  Bacon,  in 
his  historical  discourse,  said:  "Stephen  Good- 
year, who  from  the  organization  of  the  civil 
government  of  New  Haven  till  his  death, 
stood  almost  uniformly  in  the  office  of  deputy 
governor,  appears  to  have  been  one  of  the  mer- 
chants who  followed  Mr.  Davenport  from 
London  to  this  country,  and  whose  commercial 
habits  and  tastes  determined  the  location  of 
the  colony  and  plan  of  the  town.  Among 
specimens  of  his  activity  and  public  spirit,  we 
find  him  in  1655  forward  in  proposing  and  get- 
ting up  the  iron  works  at  East  Haven,  which 
he  thought  would  be  a  great  advantage  to  the 
town.  He  died  in  London  in  the  year  1658. 
He  was  obviously  considered  by  the  colonists 
as  second  only  to  Governor  Eaton  in  qualifica- 
tions for  the  service  of  the  commonwealth." 
In  1646  his  wife  took  passage  for  England  in 
the  ship  laden  by  the  colonists  with  their  best 
commercial  products,  and  placed  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Lamberton.  This  ship 
was  lost  on  the  voyage  and  never  heard  from 
again.  Governor  Goodyear  married  (second) 
Mrs.  Lamberton,  widow  of  the  lost  captain. 
He  had  children  by  both  wives.  He  returned 
to  England  in  1666  or  1667,  and  died  shortly 
after. 

(II)  John,  only  son  of  Governor  Stephen 
Goodyear  and  his  second  wife,  was  born  in 
165 1.  lie  was  proprietor  of  New  Haven  in 
1685,  and  lieutenant  in  the  colonial  militia. 
He  married  and  had  sons:  Nathaniel,  The- 
ophilus and  Andrew. 

(III)  Andrew,  son  of  Lieutenant  John 
Goodyear,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Deputy 
Governor  Matthew  Gilbert.  He  had  two  sons, 
Timothy  and  Titus. 

(IV)  Titus,  son  of  Andrew  and  Jane  (Gil- 
bert) Goodyear,  married  and  had  five  chil- 
dren :  Andrew,  John,  Miles,  Esther  and  Sibyl. 


(V)  John,  son  of  Titus  Goodyear,  removed 
to  Geneva  and  died  in  Barre,  Orleans  county, 
New  York. 

(VI)  Dr.  Bradley,  son  of  John  Goodyear, 
was  born  in  Semphronius,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1816.  He  studied  medicine  with  a  rela- 
tive. Dr.  Miles  Goodyear,  of  Cortland,  New 
York,  but  born  in  Hamden,  Connecticut.  Dr. 
Miles  was  a  graduate  of  Yale,  and  practiced 
his  profession  over  fifty  years.  After  receiv- 
ing his  degree  Dr.  Bradley  Goodyear  located  in 
Cortland,  New  York,  where  he  practiced  his 
profession  several  years.  Later  he  removed  to 
Western  New  York,  spending  the  last  years  of 
his  life  in  Buffalo,  where  he  died  May  16,  1889. 
He  married,  November  26,  1845,  Esther  P., 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Polly  Kinne,  grand- 
daughter of  Ira  and  Miriam  (Godell)  Kinne, 
and  of  Alexander  Forbes,  a  native  of  Scotland. 
Children:  Charles  W.,  of  whom  further,  and 
Frank  H.  Goodyear. 

(VII)  Charles  Waterhouse,  eldest  son  of 
Dr.  Bradley  and  Esther  P.  (Kinne)  Good- 
year, was  bom  in  Cortland,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber 15,  1846,  died  on  Easter  Sunday,  April  16, 
191 1,  at  his  residence  on  Delaware  avenue, 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
academies  of  Cortland,  Wyoming  and  East 
Aurora,  New  York.  He  left  school  for  a  time 
when  he  was  eighteen  and  taught  in  the  win- 
ters, working  on  a  farm  in  the  summer.  He 
finally  decided  upon  the  profession  of  law,  and 
entered  the  offices  of  Lanning  &  Miller,  Buf- 
falo, and  later  read  with  John  C.  Strong,  from 
whose  office  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Soon 
after  his  admission  he  became  associated  with 
District  Attorney  D.  N.  Lockwood.  After  the 
election  of  the  latter  to  congress,  Mr.  Good- 
year was  appointed  to  fill  his  unexpired  term 
as  district  attorney.  He  practiced  alone  until 
1875,  ^hen  was  in  partnership  with  Major  John 
Tyler  until  1882,  then  with  Henry  J.  Allen,  as 
Goodyear  &  Allen.  The  year  following  the 
election  of  Grover  Cleveland  to  the  governor- 
ship, Mr.  Goodyear  entered  the  law  firm  of 
Cleveland,  Bissell  &  Sicard,  his  own  name  be- 
ing added  to  the  firm.  He  continued  in  prac- 
tice until  1887,  achieving  success  in  his  pro- 
fession, and  was  destined  to  attain  still  higher 
distinction,  but  the  distinction  was  to  come 
from  another  source.  His  younger  brother, 
Frank  H.,  had  become  heavily  engaged  in 
lumbering,  mining  and  manufacturing,  and 
needed  such  a  man  as  his  brother  to  assist  him 
in  carrying  out  the   plans   he   had   laid    for 


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election  '>f  the  latter  t('  contrro.-s.  Mr    '  1  ■ 
v«*ar  wa^  aj'p'irited  to  till  h\<  unexi-ii   «'  t: 
as  th->i!ict  aiif);iiey.     He  praciiied  al^n^-  •  •• 
[875.  tiien  was  in  partnership  v.'ith  Ma:*r  h 
Txlcr  nntil  i8^'J   then  with  Henry  J     \*  e' 
(i.HKivtar  ^:    Alien.     The  vear   ff/il(^^\  ■;• ,    • 
eleeiion  of  '>o\\-r  Cleveland  to  the  iX'-\  -"ti* 
sl]i[».   r>'r.   (ic>od\ear  entered  tlie  la\\    *  "n 
(.le\e!anil,  IjisscH  tS:  Sicard,  his  own  n:/-  -j 
inc:  adv'n^  1  ti'f  tlie  firm.     He  continut-l  !»•  ''-: 
tio^  nntil   T.SS7,  achieving-  success  in  hi^    r. 
f»\s<ii'Mi,  find  was  destint'l  to  a; tain  stiT  1:  . 
fliNtincti'^n,   but   the  (hstinction    was   t'»  <    . 
fr'>in   a'l  ^th.er   sonr«e.     iCis  y<Ki  -^^e*'   l.>-   :". 
h'raiik    H.,    had    become    !ieavil}    en  ',:*;■  ' 
InmSe^int;     mining    and    maiiufactiuiTi^. 
n'^'-dedi  snch  a  man  a-^  hi^  brt'lher  !  ■  ^^  >'  i  i  , 
ill    earning    ont    tb.e    plans    he    had    lai  !    : 


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still  more  extensive  operations.  The  induce- 
ments were  so  alluring  that  Mr.  Goodyear 
abandoned  his  profession,  and,  with  his  trained 
legal  mind  and  great  business  ability,  joined 
forces,  and  under  the  firm  name  of  F.  H.  &  C. 
W.  Goodyear,  the  brothers  rose  to  the  very 
pinnacle  of  commercial  eminence.  They  were 
closely  associated  in  great  business  enterprises 
until  the  death  of  Frank  H.  Goodyear,  May  13, 
1907,  when  the  direction  of  the  different  in- 
dustries fell  mainly  upon  Charles  W.  Good- 
year. After  joining  forces,  the  brothers  in- 
corporated the  Buffalo  and  Susquehanna  Rail- 
road to  facilitate  their  lumber  shipments.  Into 
this  road  was  merged  the  earlier  lines  built  by 
Frank  H.  Goodyear.  This  road  now  embraces 
nearly  four  hundred  miles  of  main  lines,  in- 
cluding an  extension  to  Buffalo,  and  traverses 
a  rich  agricultural,  timber  and  bituminous  coal 
district.  They  converted  their  timber  into 
lumber  at  the  forest's  edge,  and  over  their  own 
rails  carried  it  to  connecting  roads  for  dis- 
tribution to  the  markets  of  the  country.  In 
1902  they  incorporated  under  the  name  the 
Goodyear  Lumber  Company,  under  which 
name  the  development  of  their  large  timber 
holdings  in  Pennsylvania  was  carried  on.  The 
Goodyear  Company  became  the  largest  holders 
of  hemlock  tracts,  which  were  developed  after 
the  railroad  was  built.  They  also  became  own- 
ers of  lar^e  coal  properties  in  the  Dubois  dis- 
trict of  Pennsylvania,  which  they  developed  as 
the  Buffalo  and  Susquehanna  Coal^and  Coke 
Company.  To  bring  this  coal  to  market,  an 
extension  of  the  Buffalo  &  Susquehanna  Rail- 
road was  built  north  to  Buffalo,  and  another 
south  toward  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania.  An- 
other Goodyear  enterprise  was  the  Buffalo  and 
Susquehanna  Iron  Company,  with  a  large 
plant  at  South  Buffalo,  extensive  holdings  of 
ore  lands  in  the  Lake  Superior  region,  and  a 
fleet  of  big  lake  steamers.  With  the  depletion 
of  the  timber  lands  in  Pennsylvania,  the  Good- 
years  turned  their  attention  to  southern  for- 
ests. In  1902  they  purchased,  with  associates, 
large  tracts  of  yellow  pine  lands  in  Louisi- 
anna  and  Mississippi,  which,  with  later  pur- 
chases, gave  them  control  of  five  thousand 
acres,  which  was  developed  by  them  as  the 
Great  Southern  Land  Company.  Here,  as  in 
Pennsylvania,  railroads  were  needed  to  bring 
the  lumber  to  a  market.  The  New  Orleans 
Great  Northern  railroad  was  built,  which  now, 
with  its  two  hundred  and  fifty  miles  of  tracks, 
gives  trunk  line  connections  north  and  south. 


The  town  of  Bogalusa^  sixty-five  miles  north 
of  New  Orleans,  was  built  by  the  company  on 
land  that  in  1904  was  virgin  wilderness,  and 
now  has  a  population  of  five  thousand,  sup- 
ported by  the  company's  mills,  the  largest  in 
the  world.  In  all  these  enterprises  the  brothers 
worked  hand  in  hand,  each  having  his  own  pe- 
culiar field  of  effort.  Charles  W.  Goodyear, 
with  his  trained  legal  mind,  was  of  especial 
service  in  their  earlier  business  associations. 
Later,  with  his  added  business  experience,  he 
was  of  inestimable  value  in  the  development 
of  their  immense  interests.  Both  were  recog- 
nized heads  of  the  lumber  and  allied  interests, 
and  for  a  time  Charles  W.  was  president  of  the 
National  Lumbermen's  Association.  They  were 
potent  factors  in  the  growth  and  development 
of  Buffalo,  both  men  of  immense  energy  and 
public  spirit.  In  his  later  years  Charles  W.  was 
president  of  the  Goodyear  Lumber  Company, 
the  Buffalo  and  Susquehanna  Railroad  Com- 
pany, the  Buffalo  and  Susquehanna  Coal  and 
Coke  Company,  the  Buffalo,  Attica  &  Arcade 
Railway  Company,  the  New  Orleans  Great 
Northern  Railroad  Company,  the  Frontier  & 
Western  Railroad  Company,  the  Great  South- 
ern Lumber  Company,  and  the  Hurd  Publish- 
ing Company.  He  was  vice-president  of  the 
Buffalo  and  Susquehanna  Iron  Company,  and 
a  director  of  the  General  Railway  Signal 
Company,  the  Marine  National  Bank,  the 
Netherlands  Tramways  Company  and  the 
Western  New  York  Water  Company.  In  no 
company  was  he  a  figurehead,  but  in  any  com- 
pany where  he  held  office  he  was  a  living  vital 
force  and  a  leader.  He  was  very  popular  with 
his  associates,  was  of  a  sympathetic,  kindly  na- 
ture, with  a  heart  quickly  touched  by  an  ap- 
peal to  his  charity.  He  was  president  of  the 
Buffalo  Club  in  1899;  also  was  a  member  of 
the  Saturn,  Country,  Ellicott  and  Lawyers' 
Clubs  of  Buffalo,  and  of  the  Railroad  Club  of 
New  York  City.  He  was  an  interested  mem- 
ber of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  which 
he  served  as  director.  He  was  an  attendant 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  In  political  faith 
Mr.  Goodyear  was  a  Democrat,  and  in  earlier 
years  a  power  in  his  party.  Had  not  business 
claimed  him  he  would,  no  doubt,  have  risen 
high  in  public  official  life.  He  was  a  warm 
friend  of  ex-President  Cleveland,  and  with 
Wilson  A.  Bissell  was  largely  responsible  for 
his  nomination  for  governor  of  New  York. 
During  his  later  years  he  became  independent 
in  politics.     He  was  strongly  talked  of   for 


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governor  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  1904, 
but  his  private  business  interests  demanded  too 
much  of  his  time  and  his  name  was  not  pre- 
sented to  the  convention.  He  was  a  liberal 
supporter  of  charitable  and  philanthropic  in- 
stitutions, and  quick  to  relieve  distress  when- 
ever brought  to  his  notice.  He  was  interested 
in  all  movements  for  the  advancement  of  Buf- 
falo, and  always  lent  a  hand.  He  was  chair- 
man of  the  commission  which  recommended 
the  Csiry  site  and  plan  for  a  new  Union  Sta- 
tion, and  was  sorely  disappointed  when  the 
project  failed. 

He  married,  March  23,  1876,  Ella  Porter 
Conger,  born  in  Collins  Center,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Anson  G.  and  Portia  White  Con- 
ger. Children:  i.  Anson  Conger,  born  June 
20,  1877;  married,  June  29,  1904,  Mary, 
daughter  of  George  V.  Forman,  of  Buffalo; 
children:  George  Forman,  bom  July  9,  1906; 
Mary,  September  19,  1907.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  Yale  University,  class  of  1899,  and  after 
leaving  college  became  associated  with  his 
father  and  uncle  in  business.  He  is  managing 
director  of  the  Goodyear  Lumber  Company, 
vice-president  of  the  Buffalo  &  Susquehanna 
Railroad  Company,  vice-president  of  the  New 
Orleans  Great  Northern  Railroad  Company, 
vice-president  of  the  Great  Southern  Timber 
Company,  and  interested  in  other  business  en- 
terprises. He  is  a  member  of  the  Country  and 
Saturn  Clubs  of  Buffalo,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  2.  Esther,  married,  January  20,  1909, 
Arnold  B.  Watson,  of  Buffalo;  child:  Ellen 
Porter,  born  December  12,  19 10.  3.  Charles 
W.,  of  whom  further.  4.  Bradley,  born  Octo- 
ber 18,  1885:  entered  Yale  University  and  was 
graduated,  class  of  1907,  LL.  B.,  Harvard  Law 
School,  1910.  He  is  now  associated  with  the 
Buffalo  law  firm  of  Kenefick,  Cooke,  Mitchell 
&  Bass.  He  married,  June  23,  1910,  Jeanette, 
daughter  of  Arthur  D.  Bissell,  of  Buffalo, 
New  York. 

(Vni)  Charles  Waterhouse,  son  of  Charles 
W.  and  Ella  Porter  (Conger)  Goodyear,  was 
bom  in  Buffalo  April  6,  1883.  He  prepared 
for  college  at  the  Hill  School  and  entered 
Yale  University,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
class  of  1906.  After  leaving  college  he  be- 
came associated  with  the  Goodyear  enter- 
prises, and  spent  five  years  in  the  south  with 
the  Great  Southern  Lumber  Company.  Later 
he  returned  north,  and  is  now  connected  with 
the  Goodyear  Lumber  Company  in  this  city. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Saturn  and  Country 


Clubs.  He  marrietl,  June  2,  1908,  Grace, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  Dana  Rumsey,  of  Buf- 
falo. Children:  Charles  Waterhouse,  born 
June  8,  1909,  and  Jane,  bom  October  29,  1910. 

Burke  says  "The  Clarks  of  Buck- 
CLARK  lands  were  from  the  North,  1  be- 
lieve from  Elgin.  They  settled 
down  in  Devon  some  time  in  1500,  are  worthy, 
upright  and  respected  people."  Arms  of  the 
Clarks  of  Devon:  Erm.  a  lion  rampant  az.  or 
chief  sa.  or  leopard's  face  arg.  between  two 
cross  crosslets,  or.  Crest:  A  demi-lion  gu. 
collard  or,  on  the  shoulder  an  etoille,  in  the 
paw  a  baton  sa.  Motto :  Victor  mortal es  est.  It 
is  a  well  confirmed  tradition  that  the  American 
family  herein  recorded  descend  from  the 
Clarks  of  Bucklands,  Devonshire,  England, 
near  Plymouth.  The  emigrant  ancestor,  Sam- 
uel Clark,  came  to  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
in  1636,  "one  of  the  company  of  restless  and 
dissatisfied  men"  who  forsook  the  colony,  and 
one  of  the  twenty  men  who  bound  themselves, 
May  16,  1640,  to  establish  for  themselves  a 
home  at  Rippowams,  now  Stamford,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  born  about  1619,  in  Devonshire, 
England,  came  to  Stamford  with  the  company 
from  Wethersfield,  and  is  on  each  of  the  first 
three  lists  made  of  the  settlement.  He  ap- 
pears in  the  list  of  settlers  until  1642.  He  is 
believed  to  have  lived  after  that  date  at  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  to  1669,  then  removed  to 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  and  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  1685.  He  died  about  1690.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert 
Fordham,  and  had  a  large  family. 

(II)  William,  born  in  Stamford,  1645,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Clark,  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  a  part  of  the  township 
of  Bedford,  Westchester  county,  New  York. 
He  with  fifteen  others  purchased,  December 
23,  1680,  the  land  where  Bedford  now  stands, 
of  the  Mohegan  chiefs.  In  1704  Queen  Anne 
confirmed  to  the  town  of  Bedford  twenty-three 
thousand  acres  to  twenty-nine  landholders, 
three  of  whom  were  the  two  Williams  and 
Nathan  Clark.  There  are  many  conveyances 
of  land  on  record  to  William  Clark,  Sr.,  on 
the  records  of  the  town  of  Bedford,  where 
he  died  in  1712.  He  was  married,  and  the  rec- 
ords show  he  had  three  sons:  William  (2), 
Nathan  and  Joseph. 

(III)  Nathan,  second  son  of  William  Clark, 
was  born  about  1666.  On  July  24,  1703,  he 
was  a  witness  to  a  deed  of  land  given  by  the 


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Indians.  He  was  one  of  the  twenty-nine  land- 
holders of  (now)  Bedford,  Westchester 
county,  New  York,  to  whom  Queen  Anne  con- 
firmed twenty-three  thousand  acres  of  land, 
April  8,  1704.  He  is  also  named  among  the 
freeholders  of  Bedford  in  1713-14.  In  the 
county  records  is  the  following:  "Jeuen  22, 
1699- 1 700  the  town  by  a  maiger  vote  doth 
mack  choice  of  Richard  Holmes  and  Nathan 
Clarck  for  servairs  for  this  year  ensewing." 
His  will,  dated  April  29,  1726,  was  probably 
made  during  a  severe  illness,  as  it  recites 
that  he  "being  sick  and  weak  in  body,"  etc., 
and  he  was  also  too  weak  to  do  more  than 
make  his  mark.  He  settled  in  Bedford  in 
1680.  He  lived  and  died  on  the  farm,  a  quar- 
ter of  a  mile  north  of  the  village,  where  his 
father,  William  Clark,  also  lived  and  died. 
Nathan  owned  mill  rights  and  different  par- 
cels of  land,  which  he  divided  among  his  chil- 
dren. He  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  village, 
and  a  member  of  the  church.     He  married 

(first),  about    1700,    Clemence   ,  who 

died  1709.  He  married  a  second  wife  in  17 10. 
As  there  is  no  mention  of  her  in  his  will  she 
no  doubt  preceded  him  to  the  grave.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Stephen,  Nathan  (2),  Sil- 
vanus,  died  a  young  man ;  Sarah,  Elizabeth 
and  Martha,  twins,  who  both  probably  died  in 
infancy.  Children  by  second  wife:  Jehiel,  Jo- 
seph, Nathaniel,  of  whom  further;  Elizabeth, 
Deborah,  Abigail,  Esther  and  Comfort. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Nathan  Clark  and 
his  second  wife,  was  born  in  Bedford,  West- 
chester county.  New  York,  in  1714,  died  June 

2,  1784.    He  married  Mary ,  died  April 

4,  1774.  Children:  i.  Stephen,  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1746,  died  young.  2.  Deborah,  bom 
December  22,  1747,  died  October  10,  1794.  3. 
Isaac,  bom  March  6,  1749;  married  (first) 
Sarah  Holmes,  born  April  7,  1753,  died  1778; 
he  married  a  second  wife.  4.  Daniel,  born 
January  12,  1751.  5.  Lydia,  January  15, 
1753,  ^ied  March  30,  1777.  6.  Peter,  born 
March  26,  1754,  died  February  20,  1777.  7. 
Stephen,  born  February  17,  1756,  died  March 
6,  1776.  8.  Mary,  born  December  19,  1757, 
died  February  3,  1775.  9.  Titus,  June  9,  1759. 
10.  Henry,  September  11,  1761,  died  May  22, 
1848.  II.  Sarah,  May  22,  1764,  died  April  22, 
1785.  12.  Amos,  of  whom  further.  13.  Zil- 
pah,  died  January  25,  1786. 

(V)  Amos,  twelfth  child  and  youngest  son 
of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  Clark,  was  bom  in 
Bedford,  New  York,  April  3,  1765,  and  died 


there  August  20,  1797,  at  the  age  of  thirty- 
two  years.  He  married  Patience  Newman. 
Children:  i.  Pater,  born  February  26,  1789; 
married,  August  26,  1812,  Laura  Russel,  died 
January  16,  1861 ;  children:  Marie,  Julia  Ann, 
Amos  Russel  and  Samuel  Penfield.  2.  Ste- 
phen, of  whom  further.  3.  Elizabeth  (Bet- 
sey), born  April  10,  1794,  died  January  7, 
1885 ;  married,  December  16,  1812,  John  F. 
Yerks,  born  May  6,  1788,  died  March  9,  1863. 

(VI)  Stephen,  second  son  of  Amos  and  Pa- 
tience (Newman)  Clark,  was  bom  in  Bedford, 
New  York,  September  20,  1791,  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  1847.  He  was  a  farmer  of  Salem,  New 
York.  He  married,  January  18,  1816,  Lydia 
Howe,  born  March  26,  1795,  died  April  26, 
1851.  Children:  i.  Ebenezer  H.  G.,  born  Oc- 
tober 2,  1817,  died  August  19,  1885;  son, 
Isaac  H.  2.  Mary  Amanda,  born  January  24, 
1820,  died  October  22,  1834.  3.  Henry,  born 
May  6,  1822,  died  unmarried,  April  4,  1887. 
4.  Stephen  Augustus,  of  whom  further.  5. 
Leroy,  born  August  12,  183 1 ;  was  a  lumber 
dealer  of  New  York  City,  firm  Crane  &  Qark ; 
married  Mary  E.  Pinckney;  children:  Frank 
W.,  Edmund  D.  G.  and  LeRoy.  6.  Lorin, 
born  October  25,  1836;  married  Sarah  Eugenia 
White;  children:  William  Lincoln,  Grace  and 
Lillian  Eugenia. 

(VII)  Stephen  Augustus,  fourth  child  and 
third  son  of  Stephen  and  Lydia  (Howe) 
Clark,  was  born  June  7,  1825,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1890.  His  early  life  was  spent  in 
Salem  and  Somerston,  New  York,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  went 
to  New  York  City  when  a  young  man,  and  for 
a  time  held  a  clerical  position  with  a  grain  firm 
of  that  city.  He  was  for  a  time  employed  in 
Ossinning,  New  York  (then  Sing  Sing),  after 
which  he  returned  to  Salem  and  the  home 
farm.  For  a  number  of  years  dating  from  his 
return  he  was  engaged  in  the  produce  com- 
mission business,  shipping  to  New  York  City. 
He  then  purchased  a  farm  at  Croton  Lake, 
New  York,  on  which  he  resided  four  years, 
then  sold  and  removed  to  Ossinning,  New 
York,  where  his  after  life  was  spent.  He  there 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business.  While 
never  a  resident  of  Jamestown,  New  York, 
he  had  important  business  interests  there,  be- 
ing a  partner  with  his  son,  Milton  Howe  Clark, 
in  the  hardware  business.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  Republican.  His 
prave  is  in  Dale  Cemetery,  Ossinning,  New 
York.  He  married,  February  21,  1849,  in  New 


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York  City,  Mary  Elizabeth  Foshay,  born 
there  October  8,  1829,  died  February  24,  1890, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Deborah  (Banks) 
Foshay,  and  of  French  descent.  She  was 
active  in  the  Baptist  church  of  Ossinning,  of 
which  she  was  a  member.  Children:  i.  Mil- 
ton Howe,  of  whom  further.  2.  Isabel  Gert- 
rude, born  January  10,  1852 ;  educated  at  Drew 
Seminary,  Putnam  county,  New  York;  now 
resides  at  Auburn,  New  York,  unmarried; 
she  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and 
active  in  missionary  work.  3.  Matilda  Romer, 
born  September  25,  1859,  died  March  20,  1897; 
she  was  educated  at  Drew  Seminary,  and  mar- 
ried, April  18,  1895,  Charles  Augustus  Trow- 
bridge; child:  Charles  A.  (2),  born  January 
14,  1897,  died  March  25,  1897.  Mother  and  son 
are  buried  at  Fort  Hill  Cemetery,  Auburn, 
New  York. 

(Vni)  Milton  Howe,  only  son  and  eldest 
child  of  Stephen  Augustus  and  Mary  Eliza- 
beth (Foshay)  Clark,  was  born  in  New  York 
City  April  i,  1850,  and  died  at  Jamestown, 
New  York,  July  19,  191 1.  He  was  educated 
in  public  and  private  schools  of  New  York 
City,  finishing  his  studies  at  Eastman's  Busi- 
ness College,  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  He 
began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk,  later  join- 
ing his  father  in  the  Ossinning  dry  goods  store. 
Leaving  him,  he  went  to  Ohio,  and  for  three 
years  was  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at 
Van  Wert.  He  then  spent  two  years  in  busi- 
ness in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  then  located  in 
Jamestown,  New  York,  where,  in  1884,  in 
company  with  his  father,  he  purchased  the 
hardware  business  of  Windsor  &  Glidden.  This 
business  was  founded  about  1850  by  Rufus 
Jones,  whose  successor  was  Windsor  &  Glidden. 
In  1888  they  bought  the  D.  C.  Bachus  hardware 
business,  following  in  1890  with  the  purchase 
of  the  stock  and  business  of  George  T.  Fenton, 
combining  all  in  1892  under  the  firm  name  of 
The  Clark  Hardware  Company.  The  entire 
management  of  the  business  devolved  upon 
Milton  H.  Clark  even  before  the  death  of  his 
father.  He  continued  alone  in  business  after 
the  death  of  Stephen  A.  until  1897,  when 
George  B.  Pitts  was  admitted  a  partner.  The 
business,  a  copartnership,  was  incorporated  in 
1900.  The  Clark  Hardware  Company  is  a 
most  successful  one,  and  one  of  the  largest 
hardware  firms  in  the  county.  Mr.  Clark 
was  a  man  of  rare  business  ability,  and  proved 
his  worth  in  the  character  and  quality  of  busi- 
ness  which  bears   his  name.     He   won   high 


standing  in  the  business  world  and  the  unvary- 
ing respect  of  his  community.  He  had  other 
important  business  connections;  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Maddox  Table  Company,  and 
was  a  director  of  the  Home  Telephone  Com- 
pany, and  others  of  lesser  importance.  He 
was  public  spirited,  and  always  bore  his  full 
share  in  the  improvement  of  Jamestown.  His 
residence  on  East  Fourth  street  is  one  of 
Jamestown's  finest  residences,  and  in  other 
ways  he  demonstrated  his  devotion  to  the  ma- 
terial interests  of  his  city.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  which  he  served 
as  trustee  and  treasurer.  Politically  he  was 
3l  Republican.  He  married,  at  Ossinning,  New 
York,  October  25,  1877,  Jane  A.  Hull,  born 
in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  March  22,  1858, 
daughter  of  William  Granville  and  Mary  A. 
(Hossee)   Hull.     Children: 

1.  Mabel  Gertrude,  born  at  Van  Wert,  Ohio, 
April  13,  1879;  educated  at  Jamestown  high 
school,  and  National  Park  Seminary,  Forest 
Glen,  Maryland;  she  married,  October  10, 
1906,  Horace  Howard  Bogue,  a  dry  goods 
merchant,  now  in  business  at  Alliance,  Ne- 
braska; children:  Horace  H.  (2),  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1907,  and  Jane,  February  17,  1909. 

2.  Helen  Norwood,  born  at  Van  Wert, 
Ohio,  April  14,  1881 ;  was  educated  in  the 
same  schools  as  her  sister ;  she  married,  June 
18,  1907,  Lyle  Blystone  Himebaugh,  member 
of  Himebaugh  Bros.,  furniture  manufacturers, 
of  Jamestown. 

3.  Milton  Stanley,  born  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  January  11,  1886;  he  received  his  pre- 
liminary education  at  Mercersburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  at  Jamestown  high  school,  and 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology  at  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  graduating  with  the  class 
of  1908,  with  the  degree  of  mining  Engineer. 

4.  Arthur  Raymond,  bom  at  Jamestown, 
January  19,  1888 ;  was  educated  in  Jamestown 
schools,  and  the  Jacob  Tome  Institute  at  Port 
Deposit,  Maryland;  he  is  now  representing 
his  father  in  the  management  of  the  Qark 
Hardware  Company;  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  a  Republican  in  politics : 
his  club  is  the  Ellicott,  of  Jamestown. 


The  name  Lewis  is  derived  from 
LEWIS     the  Welsh  Leuaws,  signifying  a 

multitude.  Benjamin  Lewis  was 
the  first  of  his  name  to  settle  in  Wallingford, 
Connecticut,  coming  from  Stratford  in  1670. 
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his  old  home  in  Stratford.  He  married  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Sergeant  John  Curtis,  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  of  Stratford.  She  was 
born  February  i6,  1654,  died  October  21,  1728. 
Benjamin  Lewis  died  about  1700.  Children: 
John,  bom  September,  1672,  in  Wallingford; 
Mary,  1674,  died  young;  James,  see  forward; 
Edmund,  1679,  in  Stratford;  Joseph,  1683,  in 
Stratford;  Hannah,  married  Joseph  Jones; 
Mary  (2),  married  Samuel  Fairchild;  Martha, 
married  James  Judson;  Benjamin,  born  1696; 
Eunice. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  Lewis,  was 
bom  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  1677,  died 
there  January  20,  1766,  and  is  buried  in  the 
old  Episcopal  cemetery  by  his  wife,  their 
gravestones  being  yet  in  a  good  state  of  pres- 
ervation. He  married,  November  11,  1702, 
Hannah,  died  July  2,  1756,  daughter  of  James 
Judson.  Children:  John,  see  forward;  Mary, 
married  Rev.  John  Goodsell ;  James,  born  Oc- 
tober 12,  1708;  David,  June  5,  171 1;  Abigail, 
married  Nehemiah  Beardsley;  Ephraim. 

(IH)  John,  son  of  James  and  Hannah 
(Judson)  Lewis,  was  born  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, December  20,  1703.  He  married,  De- 
cember 7,  1727,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Sherman,  son  of  Samuel  Sherman,  son  of  Ed- 
mund Sherman,  bom  in  England,  came  to 
America  in  1632,  settled  at  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children:  Nathan,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1728;  Nathaniel  Sherman,  see  for- 
ward; Amy,  born  August  19,  1732;  Sarah, 
January  2,  1734;  John,  died  in  infancy;  John, 
died  in  childhood;  Judson,  married  Elizabeth 
Whiting;  John,  born  November  5,  1747;  Ste- 
phen, August,  1749. 

(IV)  Captain  Nathaniel  Sherman  Lewis, 
second  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Sherman) 
Lewis,  was  born  June  3,  1730,  died  February 
14,  1812.  Several  of  the  Lewis  family  by 
name  of  Nathaniel  served  in  the  revolutionary 
war  from  Connecticut,  and  his  title  of  captain 
was  no  doubt  a  military  one.  He  married, 
April  II,  1756,  Mary  Jones,  born  January  12, 
1735,  died  April  10,  1819,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  (Dunlap)  Jones.  Children: 
Hannah,  born  September  26, 1757;  Philo,  mar- 
ried Qiarity  Curtiss;  David,  born  July,  1760; 
Polly,  July  II,  1762;  Francis,  died  aged  thir- 
ty-seven years;  Sarah  Ann,  bom  June,  1768; 
David,  baptized  November  4,  1770;  Nathan, 
see  forward. 

(V)  Nathan,  youngest  son  of  Captain  Na- 
thaniel Sherman  Lewis,  was  baptized  March 


27,  1775-  He  married  Charity,  daughter  of 
Nathan  (2)  and  Eunice  (Birdsey)  Booth  (see 
Booth).  Children:  Le  Grand,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1794;  Birdseye,  see  forward;  Cather- 
ine, September  26,  1798;  Mary  Ann,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1800;  Lucius,  April,  1802;  Elizabeth 
Ann,  July  24,  1807. 

(VI)  Birdseye,  son  of  Nathan  Lewis,  was 
born  at  Hoo's  Hill,  near  Bridgeport,  Connecti- 
cut, October,  1796,  died  at  Albion,  Michigan, 
in  early  manhood.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade. 
After  leaving  Connecticut  he  lived  for  a  time 
in  Parma,  New  York,  later  continuing  west  to 
Michigan.  He  married  Sally  Beardsley,  of 
Connecticut.  Children:  Eli  Birdseye,  see  for- 
ward ;  Cyrus,  Sarah,  John. 

(VII)  Eli  Birdseye,  eldest  son  of  Birdseye 
and  Sally  (Beardsley)  Lewis,  was  born  at 
Hoo's  Hill,  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  May  25, 
1 819,  died  at  Lockport,  New  York,  January 
21,  1904.  He  was  but  a  child  when  his  par- 
ents settled  at  Parma,  New  York,  and  there  his 
early  education  was  obtained.  He  went  with 
the  family  to  Albion,  Michigan,  attending 
school  there  and  remaining  until  he  had  at-  ^ 
tained  his  majority.  He  then  returned  to  New 
York  state,  settling  at  Hartland,  Niagara 
county.  He  engaged  in  fruit  and  vegetable 
gardening  there  until  1866,  when  he  removed 
to  Lockport,  where  he  purchased  a  tract  of 
seven  acres.  Here  he  was  engaged  in  the 
propagation  of  small  fruits,  particularly  the 
Niagara  grape.  He  was  an  expert  in  his  line 
and  was  for  many  years  at  the  head  of  the 
propagating  department  of  the  Niagara  Grape 
Company.  He  was  widely  known  among  nur- 
serymen and  fruit-growers  all  over  the  United 
States.  The  tract  of  seven  acres  is  now  in  the 
most  exclusive  residence  portion  of  Lockport, 
and  on  it  is  the  home  of  his  aged  widow,  who 
resides  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Nettie  Well- 
man  (Lewis)  Oliver.  Mr.  Lewis  was  a  man 
of  most  kindly  heart  and  disposition.  He  was 
friendly  with  all  and  numbered  many  warm 
friends  among  his  townsmen.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican. 

He  married,  September  24,  1846,  at  Albion, 
Michigan,  Sarah  Ann  Bidwell,  who  survives 
him  at  the  age  of  eighty-six  (see  Bidwell 
VIII).  Children:  i.  Frank  B.,  born  January 
28,'  1848;  married,  November  20,  1873,  Flora 
Olds.  2.  Flora,  April  2,  1850;  married,  Jan- 
uar>'  II,  1877,  Charles  Clement.  3.  Fred  B., 
March  5,  1852;  married  (first),  January  7, 
1875,  Clara  Chrysler;  married  (second),  Jan- 


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uary,  1902,  Jane  Sackett.  4.  Cora,  October 
21,  i860,  died  May  25,  1861.  5.  Nellie  Bid- 
well,  December  24,  1862;  married,  February 
3,  1892,  Lamont  Brace.  6.  Nettie  Well- 
man,  June  3,  1864;  married,  February  6,  1895, 
Robert  Bruce  Oliver;  child,  George  Ells- 
worth Oliver,  born  February  23,  1897. 

(The  Booth  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Booth,  born  in  England,  1607, 
came  to  New  England  and  settled  in  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  about  1640.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Hawley. 

(II)  Joseph, 'son  of  Richard  Booth,  **the 
emigrant,"  was  born  March  8,  1636,  died  Au- 
gust 31, 1703.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Welles ; 
(second)  Hannah  Wilcoxson;  (third)  Eliza- 
beth   . 

(III)  Zechariah,  son  of  Joseph  Booth,  mar- 
ried Anna  Curtiss. 

(IV)  Captain  Nathan  Booth  (revolution- 
ary ancestor),  son  of  Zechariah  and  Anna 
(Curtiss)  Booth,  was  born  February  27,  1719- 
20.  He  served  in  the  revolution,  appointed 
December  18,  1775,  on  committee  on  observa- 
tion, then  called  Captain  Nathan  Book.  He 
married,  April  22,  1742,  Comfort  Thompson. 

(V)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Captain  Nathan 
(i)  Booth,  was  born  November  19,  1748,  died 
18 1 5.  He  married,  January  28,  1768,  Eunice 
Birdsey.    She  died  in  181 5. 

(VI)  Charity, daughter  of  Nathan  (2)  Booth, 
was  born  July  9,  1773.  She  married  Nathan 
Lewis  (see  Lewis  V). 

(The  Bidwell  Line). 

This  is  an  ancient  and  honorable  name  in 
England.  It  is  derived  from  the  Saxon  name 
Biddulph,  meaning  war  wolf.  One  of  the  old- 
est castles  is  the  Biddulph  Castle,  in  Norfolk 
county,  England ;  it  was  built  about  1066,  and 
tradition  says  one  of  William  the  Conqueror's 
generals  married  the  Biddulph  heiress  of  that 
time  and  assumed  her  name.  Many  names  are 
derived  from  this  Saxon  Biddulph,  the  ones 
now  most  used  being:  Bidwell,  Biddle,  Bid- 
dell.  Burke  gives  several  coats-of-arms  borne 
by  the  English  families.  The  record  in  Amer- 
ica begins  with  Richard  Bidwell,  an  early  set- 
tler of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  called  in  the  rec- 
ords "(joodman  Bidwell."  He  died  December 
25,  1647.  ^^c  ^2id  children:  John,  died  1687; 
Hannah,  born  October  22, 1644;  Joseph ;  Sam- 
uel ;  Richard. 

(II)  John  Bidwell  may  be  the  son  of  Rich- 


ard Bidwell,  whose  eldest  son  was  John.  The 
proof  is  not  at  hand  that  shows  the  relation- 
ship, neither  is  there  any  clear  proof  that  John 
was  not  the  son  of  Richard.  John  Bidwell 
was  an  early  settler  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
where  he  had  lands  granted  him  in  1639.  He 
owned  a  tanyard  on  an  island  in  Little  river, 
in  what  is  now  Bushnell's  Park,  and  in  1666 
had  lands  granted  him  in  East  Hartford.  His 
name  is  engraved  on  a  monument  erected  in 
memory  of  the  first  settlers  of  Hartford.  No- 
vember 9,  1670,  he  was  **  freed  from  Training, 
W^atching  and  Wardering  by  the  town  of 
Hartford.''  From  the  original  records  of  the 
Second  or  Centre  Street  Church  it  is  shown  that 
both  John  and  his  wife  Sarah  were  original 
members,  date  February,  1672.  He  owned  a 
sawmill  and  '*had  liberty  to  take  timber  out  of 
the  common  for  the  improvement  of  their  saw- 
mill." An  inventory  of  his  estate  was  taken 
June  4,  1687.  His  will  was  signed  August  22. 
1683.  He  probably  died  early  in  1687.  He 
married  Sarah  Wilcox,  died  June  15,  1690. 
daughter  of  John  and  Mar>'  Wilcox.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1641,  died  July,  1692 ;  Joseph, 
died  1692 ;  Samuel,  see  forward ;  Sarah ;  Han- 
nah; Mary;  Daniel,  born  1655,  ^^^^  Novem- 
ber 29,  1719. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  (Wil- 
cox) Bidwell,  was  born  at  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut, 1650,  died  April  5,  1715.  He  settled  in 
Middletown,  Connecticut,  1680.  He  was  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  assembly,  16Q7-1705. 
He  married  (first),  November  14,  1672,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Thomas  Stow,  of  Roxbur>', 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (second)  Sarah 
Harris,  who  died  1696,  fourth  daughter  of 
Captain  Daniel  Harris.     He  married   (third) 

Abigail .  died  March  8.  1733.  Children. 

mentioned  in  his  will,  by  first  wife:  Sarah, 
born  September  20,  1674;  Samuel,  see  for- 
ward; Mary;  Nathaniel,  and  Elizabeth.  By 
second  wife:  Thankful,  born  December,  1695. 
By  third  wife:  Moses,  bom  January  9,  1699; 
Abigail,  and  Hannah. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
his  first  wife,  Elizabeth  (Stow) ^Bidwell,  was 
born  June  10,  1677,  died  March,  1727.  He 
lived  in  Middletown,  Connecticut,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  river.  He  married  (first),  Novem- 
ber I,  1707,  Ann  Stanbarrow,  from  Long  Is- 
land. He  married  (second),  December  2, 1714, 
Mary  Barnes,  died  1734,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Barnes,   of   New    Haven.     Children   of   first 


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wife:  Samuel  and  Ann.     Children  of  second 
wife :  Daniel,  see  forward ;  Sarah. 

(V)  Daniel,  only  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  his 
second  wife,  Mary  (Barnes)  Bidwell,  was  born 
at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  November  18, 1717, 
died  at  Chatham,  Connecticut,  December,  1791. 
He  bought  land  in  Chatham  as  early  as  1768, 
and  subsequently  his  name  figures  in  many 
transactions  in  real  estate.  He  served  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  in  1756  as  a  drum  major. 
He  married,  December  25,  1740,  Agnes  Abbe, 
died  August  30,  1765.  Children :  Daniel,  born 
October  8,  1741 ;  Benjamin;  Mary;  Hannah; 
John,  see  forward;  Sarah;  Esther;  Samuel; 
Josiah,  born  March  8,  1760. 

(VI)  Captain  John  Bidwell,  son  of  Daniel 
and  Agnes  (Abbe)  Bidwell,  was  bom  at  Mid- 
dletown, Connecticut,  December  28,  1750.  died 
at  Kinderhook,  Columbia  county.  New  York, 
November  8,  1825.  He  lived  at  Chatham  until 
after  his  marriage,  when  he  removed  to  Kin- 
derhook. He  was  a  farmer  and  a  cooper.  He 
was  executor  of  his  father's  estate  and  figured 
in  many  land  transfers  in  Chatham.  In  Au- 
gust. 1799,  he  removed  to  Kinderhook,  where 
he  bought  a  farm  called  *'Eyke  Bouch,'*  of 
two  hundred  and  forty  acres,  on  which  he  lived 
until  his  death.  Kinderhook  records  quote  him 
as  overseer  of  highways,  April,  1807,  and 
Martin  Van  Buren  as  fence  viewer.  He  was 
captain  of  a  company  in  Colonel  Thaddeus 
Cook's  regiment,  Connecticut  militia,  during 
the  revolutionary  war.  His  wife  served  as  a 
nurse  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  received"  a  pen- 
sion for  her  services.  They  were  admitted  to 
the  Kinderhook  church  by  certificate.  May  8, 
1802.  Both  are  buried  in  the  cemetery  at 
Kinderhook.  He  married,  at  Chatham,  Con- 
necticut, August  15,  1775,  Sarah  Penfield,  born 
November  6,  1756,  at  Chatham,  died  at  Kin- 
derhook, March  19,  1846.  She  survived  her 
husband  and  married  (second)  when  eighty 
years  of  age.  Colonel  William  Potter,  of  War- 
ren, Rensselaer  county.  New  York.  Thevwere 
a  remarkable  couple.  When  Colonel  Potter 
was  seventy-five  years  of  age  he  would  take 
dog  and  gim  and  tramp  the  woods  and  fields 
all  day  and  bring  in  a  good  bag  of  game  at 
night.  Sarah  Penfield  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Penfield,  appointed  major.  May  11,  1775,  and 
lieutenant-colonel,  March  25,  1778.  He  was 
a  lawyer  and  merchant.  He  was  representa- 
tive in  1776-77-78-79-80-81-87-89.  Children 
of  John  and  Sarah  Bidwell :  Daniel,  bom  Au- 


gust 2,  1776 ;  Sarah ;  Anne ;  John ;  David ; 
Alexander;  Halsey;  Anne;  Benjamin;  Hor- 
ace, see  forward;  Joel  John,  born  May  15, 
1796. 

(VII)  Horace,  son  of  Captain  John  and 
Sarah  (Penfield)  Bidwell,  was  born  in  Chat- 
ham, Connecticut,  March  3,  1793,  died  at 
Hastings.  Michigan,  June  15,  1849.  He  mar- 
ried Rhoda  Wellman. 

(VIII)  Sarah  Ann,  daughter  of  Horace  and 
Rhoda  (Wellman)  Bidwell,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 16,  1825.  She  married,  September  24, 
1846,  Eli  Birdseye  Lewis,  son  of  Birdseye  and 
Sally  l^eardsley  Lewis  (see  Lewis  VII). 


The    Campbell    family   has 
CAMPBELL     for    many    centuries    been 

among  the  most  prominent 
families  of  Scotland  and  is  found  in  both  the 
Highlands  and  the  Lowlands  and  in  the  Scotch 
province  of  Ulster,  in  Ireland,  especially  in 
counties  Antrim,  Down,  Armagh,  Tyrone, 
Londonderry  and  Donegal.  The  family  was 
seated  at  Perthshire  before  the  year  1300.  The 
house  of  Argyle,  head  of  the  Scottish  clan 
Campbell,  have  an  authenticated  history  dat- 
ing back  to  the  great  Diarmid  MacDwibhne, 
who  was  contemporary  with  the  seventy-ninth 
king  of  Scots,  Anno  Domini.  977.  From  him 
through  lyric  odes  of  the  bafds  and  tradition 
they  trace  thirteen  generations  back  into  an- 
tiquity to  Constantine,  who  came  over  from 
France  in  the  year  404.  In  the  seventeenth 
generation  from  Constantine  the  whole  clan 
O'Dwibhne,  in  Argylshire,  assumed  the  sur- 
name Campbell  in  courtesy  to  their  chief, 
Archibald,  whose  name  or  title  was  translated 
in  the  Latin,  Campus  Bellers,  and  Campbell 
the  name  has  since  been.  The  family  were 
noble  for  ten  generations  to  Archibald,  the 
tenth  earl,  who  in  1701  was  created  by  Will- 
iam the  Third,  Duke  of  Argyle.  He  was  of 
the  fortieth  generation.  The  present  Duke  of 
Argyle  is  the  thirty-first  Campbell  in  direct 
line  to  hold  the  title.  The  Campbells  of  coun- 
ty Armagh,  Ireland,  descend  from  the  Scotch 
clan  and  have  been  prominent  in  that  and  sur- 
rounding counties  for  many  generations. 

The  family  in  Portland,  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty. New  York,  descends  from  Patrick  Camp- 
bell, born  in  the  parish  of  Lislie,  county  of  Ar- 
magh, Ireland,  April  23,  1830,  died  in  Port- 
land, New  York,  August  2,  1909.  When  a 
young  man   of  twenty- four  he  came  to  the 


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United  States  in  the  latter  part  of  the  year 
1854,  settling  first  in  Dunkirk,  New  York, 
later  moving  to  Chautauqua  county,  settling  in 
the  town  of  Portland.  He  married  Catherine 
McConnell,  born  near  Lislie,  Armagh  county, 
Ireland,  July  20,  1833,  died  in  Portland,  New 
York.  March  5,  1899,  daughter  of  Bernard 
and  Margaret  (Smith)  McConnell.  Her  par- 
ents died  in  Ireland  and  after  their  death  she 
came  to  the  United  States  and  was  married  to 
Mr.  Campbell,  in  Dunkirk,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Margaret  B.,  unmarried.  2.  Kate, 
married  James  Tanner  and  resides  on  the  old 
Campbell  homestead  in  Portland.  3.  Mary  J., 
unmarried.  4.  Elizabeth  E.,  unmarried;  a 
teacher  in  the  high  schools  of  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois. 5.  Sarah,  unmarried.  6.  Richard  L., 
married  Lena  (or  Lera)  Crain;  children: 
Margaret  and  Maud.  He  is  a  physician  and 
surgeon,  located  in  East  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
7.  John  L.,  of  whom  further.  8.  Thomas  C, 
married  Kate  Curtin;  child,  Thomas.  He  is 
county  judge  of  Tillman  county,  Oklahoma. 
(II)  John  L.,  son  of  Patrick  and  Catherine 
(McConnell)  Campbell,  was  bom  in  Portland, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  February  i, 
1872.  His  preparatory  education  was  obtain- 
ed in  the  public  schools,  after  which  he  enter- 
ed Fredonia  State  Normal  School,  pursuing  a 
classical  course  and  being  graduated  June  18, 
1895.  Deciding  upon  the  profession  of  law  he 
began  legal  study  with  Albert  E.  Nugent  (now 
city  judge)  and  Arthur  Moore,  of  Dunkirk, 
New  York.  He  next  entered  the  law  school  of 
Cornell  University,  whence  he  was  graduated, 
LL.  B.,  class  of  1897  (June  17).  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  New  York  bar,  February  14, 
1899,  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  locating  in  the  village  of  Brocton, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  where  he  has 
gained  a  good  practice  and  an  excellent  repu- 
tation as  a  lawyer  and  citizen.  He  was  for- 
merly a  Democrat,  but  since  1898  has  been 
actively  affiliated  with  the  Republican  party. 
He  has  held  many  village  and  town  offices,  in- 
cludingr  police  justice  of  Brocton  eight  years, 
resigning  in  August,  191 1 ;  member  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Portland  board  of  education  two 
years ;  in  1910  supervisor  of  the  United  States 
census  for  the  twentieth  New  York  district, 
and  is  now  president  of  the  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty board  of  elections.  He  is  a  member  of  Lake 
Shore  Lodge,  No.  851,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  and  of  Dunkirk 


Commandery,  No.  40,  Knights  Templar.    He 
also  is  a  Knight  of  Pythias. 

He  married,  November  21,  1900,  in  Colum- 
bus, Chenango  county.  New  York,  Cora  B., 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Campbell)  Ruth- 
erford. Her  mother,  Mary  (Campbell)  Ruth- 
erford, was  a  daughter  of  Alonzo  Campbell, 
and  granddaughter  of  Peter  Campbell,  a  sol- 
dier of  the  revolution,  through  whose  patriotic 
services  Mrs.  John  L.  Campbell  obtains  her 
membership  in  the  Daughters  of  the  American 
Revolution.  Children  of  John  L.  and  Cora  B. 
Campbell :  John  R.,  bom  November  16,  1901 ; 
Thomas  R.,  December  24,  1904;  Catherine 
M.,  November  6,  1907. 


The  Shearers  of  Buffalo  de- 
SHEARER    scend  in  paternal  line   from 

English  ancestors,  and  on  the 
maternal  side  from  the  old  New  England  fam- 
ilies of  Ash  and  Maxim. 

(II)  The  first  of  this  family  of  whom  there 
is  an  American  record  is  Donald,  son  of 
James  and  Marguerite  (Cresswell)  Shearer, 
who  was  a  resident  of  Montreal,  Canada,  later 
removing  to  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he 
died.  He  was  a  sergeant  of  the  Troxienne 
regiment.  He  married,  March  9,  1812,  Isabel, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Angeline  (Fontaine) 
Briand. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Donald  and  Isabel 
(Briand)  Shearer,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
June  26,  1884.  He  married,  November  17, 
1855,  Patience  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Pa- 
tience Maxim.  Thomas  Maxim  died  at  South 
Carver,  near  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  where 
the  Maxims  were  prominent  for  many  years, 
being  an  old  Cape  Cod  family.  Patience 
Maxim  died  June  26,  1893.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  married,  April  3, 1879,  Abner  Chap- 
man (2)  Adams,  bom  in  Buffalo,  May  15, 
1857;  children:  i.  Mary  Eloise,  married  Har- 
old Delancy  Keeler;  ii.  Abner  Chapman  (3), 
born  March  7,  1887,  died  February  21,  1907. 
Abner  Chapman  (i)  Adams  was  of  Norwich, 
Connecticut;  he  married  Anna  Maria  Corris. 
2.  Marie  Antoinette  Valentine,  died  July  14, 
1871.    3.  Daniel  Cresswell  (see  forward). 

(IV)  Daniel  Cresswell,  only  son  of  Daniel 
and  Patience  (Maxim)  Shearer,  was  bom  in 
Buffalo,  October  11,  1861.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  began  business  life 
as  a  bookkeeper  for  the  Leacock  Lumber 
Company,  of  Buffalo,  continuing  in  their  em- 


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ploy  about  eight  years.  He  next  was  with  the 
Jackson  Lumber  Company,  of  Tonawanda, 
for  three  years.  About  1891  he  established  in 
business  for  himself,  opening  a  coal  and  wood 
yard  in  Buffalo.  About  1899  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Fairbanks  Scale  Company,  as 
office  manager  of  the  Buffalo  branch,  and  so 
continues.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of 
the  Nativity  (Roman  Catholic),  and  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Buf- 
falo Motor  Boat  Club  and  interested  in  all 
out-door  recreation. 

He  married,  June  10,  1885,  at  Holy  Angel's 
Church,  Buffalo,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
James  Ash,  of  Buffalo,  and  granddaughter  of 
Robert  Ash.  James  Ash  was  a  prominent 
resident  of  Buffalo  for  many  years.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Finn.  This  branch  of  the  Ash  fam- 
ily descends  from  Colonel  Ash,  a  revolutionary 
officer,  who  was  born  in  1750,  married  three 
times,  and  was  the  father  of  twenty-four  chil- 
dren. Mary  Elizabeth  Ash  was  born  in  Buf- 
falo, educated  at  Mrs.  Warden's  Academy  and 
Holy  Angel's  Academy,  now  D'Janville  Col- 
lege. Children  of  Daniel  C.  and  Mary  E. 
Shearer:  i.  James  Cresswell,  born  in  Buffalo, 
April  23,  1888,  died  June  12,  1890.  2.  John 
Irving,  born  in  Qpffalo,  May  5,  1892;  educated 
in  Holy  Angel's  Academy,  Holy  Angel's  Col- 
lege, now  a  junior  at  Conesus  College,  class  of 
1912. 

The  first  person  of  whom  any 
ALLEN     account  has  been  handed  down, 

who  bore  the  name  of  Alen  or 
Alawy,  is  the  Bard  of  Britain,  uncle  of  Carac- 
tacus,  who  had  for  ancestors  a  long  line  of 
British  kings,  and  who  must  have  been  bom 
at  the  very  dawn  of  the  Christian  era.  The 
next  historic  personage  of  the  name  is  "Alana, 
Chieftain,"  who  was  slain  on  the  field  of  Cam- 
Ion,  A.  D.,  542.  The  third  of  the  name  is 
"Alan,  a  saint,"  who  was  born  in  Amoricer 
(Brittany,  a  fertile  province  of  France).  He 
left  his  native  country  and  became  a  member 
of  the  College  of  lUyd  in  Glamorganshire.  He 
had  three  sons  who  became  members  of  the 
same  college  and  distinguished  ornaments  of 
the  Welsh  church.  Alan  "Sergeant,"  com- 
manded a  division  or  wing  of  the  army  of 
William  at  the  battle  of  Hastings  and  con- 
tributed largely  to  the  result  of  that  battle 
which  gave  to  William  the  title  of  "the  Con- 
queror."   Alan  was  fully  rewarded  by  gifts  of 


immense  tracts  of  land  from  the  king,  becom- 
ing, next  to  the  king,  the  richest  person  in 
England.  He  had  four  brothers,  all  of  whom 
received  lands  and  titles  and  founded  families. 
Miss  Yonge,  in  her  history  of  Christian  names, 
says  that  one  of  the  Alans  located  in  Scotland 
and  there  married  an  heiress,  whose  grand- 
son Alan  married  Eva,  daughter  of  Lord  of 
Toppermur,  and  became  high  steward  of  Scot- 
land and  was  both  the  proe:enitor  of  the  race 
of  Stewart  and  the  original  ancestor  of  the 
hosts  of  Alens  and  Aliens  who  have  ever  since 
filled  Scotland.  From  the  earliest  days  of 
heraldry  the  Aliens  have  borne  arms.  No  less 
than  sixty-two  families  have  had  this  honpr 
bestowed  upon  them  in  the  last  six  centuries. 
The  name  has  always  been  prominent  in  New 
England  and  throughout  the  United  States. 
Nearly  twenty  Aliens  are  named  among  the 
early  emigrants  to  New  England.  The  name 
was  variously  spelled  Alline,  Allyn,  Alein  and 
Allen,  but  the  latter  is  the  form  almost  invari- 
ably used  in  the  present  day. 

The  earliest  ancestor  found  in  the  lineage 
traced  in  the  following  sketch  was  John  Allen, 
a  record  of  whom  is  found  in  Marblehead,  Mas- 
sachusetts, under  date  of  1685,  when  four  of 
his  children  were  baptized  at  the  First  Church, 
June  21.  This  would  seem  to  indicate  that  he 
was  an  emigrant  at  that  time  and  settled  in 
Marblehead,  although  it  is  possible  that  he  may 
have  removed  from  some  other  town  in  New 
England.  His  occupation  is  given  in  a  later 
record  as  that  of  a  weaver.  The  name  of 
his  wife  is  unknown,  although  a  "Mary  Allen, 
wife  of  John,"  is  recorded  as  having  died  at 
Marblehead  in  January,  1726-27,  but  it  cannot 
be  determined  whether  she  was  the  wife  of  this 
John.  Children  of  John  Allen,  the  first  four 
baptized  June  21,  1685:  i.  John.  2.  Thomas. 
3.  Miriam.  4.  Nicholas.  The  others  with 
baptismal  dates:  5.  Richard,  August  21,  1687; 
married,  November  20,  1709,  at  Marblehead, 
Elizabeth  Clifford.  6.  Abraham,  see  forward. 
7.  Ebenezer,  January  i,  1692-93.  8.  John, 
October  13,  1700.  9.  Mary,  December  13, 
1702.  10.  Miriam,  April  13,  1707.  11.  Sam- 
uel, February  26,  1709-10.  12.  Hannah,  Au- 
gust 15,  1714. 

(H)  Abraham,  son  of  John  Allen,  was  bap- 
tized at  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1689.  He  married,  at  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  6,  17 13,  Ruth  Bassett,  bom 
at  Lynn,  March  16,  1689^90,  dauc^hter  of  Wil- 


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iam  Jr.  and  Sarah  (Hood)  Bassett,  of  Lynn. 
At  that  time  his  vocation  was  given  as  fisher- 
man. He  soon  afterward  removed  to  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  passed  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  his  occupation  there  being  given  as 
that  of  a  tanner.  He  was  evidently  a  follower 
of  the  Quaker  faith  as  all  his  children  were 
married  by  the  ceremony  of  the  Friends. 
Children  bom  at  Mendon:  i.  Joseph,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Sarah,  married,  November  22,  1738, 
William  Graves,  of  Lynn,  born  December  8, 
1 7 16,  son  of  Crispus  and  Rebecca  (Alley) 
Graves.  3.  Abigail,  married,  December  13, 
1739,  William  Phillips,  born  at  Lynn,  January 
14,  1715,  son  of  Walter  and  Lydia  (Howland) 
Phillips,  of  Lynn.  She  died  at  Lynn,  March 
S»  i793»  ^"d  he  died  there  February  2,  1808. 
4.  Ruth,  born  October  17,  1724,  died  at  Lynn, 
April  II,  181 1 ;  married,  at  Mendon,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1747,  Benjamin  Breed,  of  Lynn,  born 
there  July  4,  171 5,  died  there  June  7,  1798,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Anne  (Hood)  Breed. 

(HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Abraham  Allen,  was 
born  at  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  June  17,  1719, 
died  there  March  21,  1802.  He  was  selectman 
of  Mendon,  1763-64,  and  a  member  of  Captain 
Phineas  Lovett's  military  company.  He  mar- 
ried Lydia,  daughter  of  Moses  Aldrich  (Men- 
don's  celebrated  Quaker  preacher)  and  Hannah 
(White)  Aldrich.  She  was  born  at  Mendon, 
October  28,  1721,  died  September,  1805.  Moses 
was  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Huldah  (Thayer) 
Aldrich,  and  grandson  of  George  Aldrich,  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Mendon.  Children  of 
Joseph  Allen,  all  born  in  Mendon:  An  in- 
fant son,  died  September  30,  1743:  Hannah, 
died  in  infancy;  Moses,  born  November  30, 
1745;  Ezra,  October  18,  1747;  Tamar,  March 
9,  1750;  Abraham,  died  young;  Joseph,  July 
29,  1754;  Alvan,  October  21,  1756;  Caleb,  see 
forward;  Daniel,  died  young;  Lydia,  died 
young;  Ahaz,  born  July  23,  1765. 

(IV)  Caleb,  ninth  child  of  Joseph  Allen, 
was  born  in  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  July  22, 
1758,  died  there  August  23,  1785,  aged  twenty- 
seven  years.    He  married  and  had  a  son  Caleb. 

(V)  Caleb  (2),  son  of  Caleb  (i)  Allen, 
was  born  in  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  in  1783. 
He  settled  in  the  town  of  Stephentown,  Rens- 
selaer county.  New  York,  in  1828;  moved  to 
Cayuga  county,  near  Auburn,  New  York ;  later 
to  Phelps,  Ontario,  and  in  1850  to  Orleans 
county.  New  York,  where  he  followed  his 
trade  of  carpenter  and  builder  until  his  death. 
He     married     Huldah     Dawlev.       Children: 


Olivia,  Stephen  N.,  Charles  S.,  see  forward ; 
Susan,  Ira  M.,  and  Alonzo. 

(VI)  Charles  S.,  second  son  of  Caleb  (2) 
Allen,  was  born  in  Stephentown,  Rensselaer 
county,  New  York,  August  i,  1813,  died  May 
20,  1894,  at  Albion,  New  York.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  acquired  a 
good  education  with  a  knowledge  of  land  sur- 
veying, which  he  followed  almost  continuously 
after  settling  in  the  town  of  Barre,  Orleans 
county.  New  York,  in  1847.  He  taught  school 
in  his  earlier  years  in  Cayuga  and  Ontario 
counties,  and  while -teaching  fitted  himself  for 
a  civil  engineer  and  surveyor.  He  was  one  of 
the  engineers  in  the  construction  of  the  Au- 
burn branch  of  the  New  York  Central  Rail- 
road, and  for  twenty-three  years  one  of  the 
ditch  commissioners  of  Orleans  county.  He 
carried  on  farming  in  connection  with  his 
surveying,  and  became  one  of  the  best  known 
and  highly  respected  men  of  his  town.  He 
left  among  his  papers  a  record  of  twenty-two 
hundred  tracts  of  land  he  had  surveyed  in  Or- 
leans and  Ontario  counties.  He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Orleans  County  Mutual 
Fire  Insurance  Company,  and  for  many  years 
a  director.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  In  his 
latter  years  he  left  his  farm  aUd  lived  near  the 
village  of  Albion,  the  present  home  of  his  son 
Alvin  R.,  where  he  died.  He  married,  in  1838, 
at  Phelps,  New  York,  Edna  Robinson,  bom 
January  2,  1814,  at  Phelps,  died  February  5, 
1901,  at  Albion.  Children:  i.  Alvin  R.,  see 
forward.  2.  Josephus,  born  at  Phelps,  New- 
York,  April  30,  1841,  died  in  Barre,  Orleans 
county,  April  21,  1866.  3.  Sarah,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Dr.  A.  Judson,  born  at  Manchester. 
Ontario  county.  May  27,  1846,  died  at  Lx)ck- 
port.  New  York,  July  i,  1911.  5.  James  G.. 
born  in  Barre,  New  York,  September  11,  1849, 
died  in  Albion.  6.  William  Carey,  bom  in 
Barre,  October  11,  1853;  now  a  resident  of 
Colorado  Springs,  Colorado.  7.  Frank  M.. 
born  in  Barre,  November  21,  1858,  died  in  the 
Adirondacks. 

(VII)  Alvin  R.,  eldest  son  of  Charles  S. 
and  Edna  (Robinson)  Allen,  was  bom  in 
Phelps,  Ontario  county,  New  York,  March  6, 
1839.  He  attended  the  Phelps  schools  until 
he  was  in  his  ninth  year  when  his  parents 
moved  to  the  town  of  Barre,  Orleans  county. 
New  York,  where  he  finished  his  studies  in 
the  public  schools.  He  taught  school  ten  winter 
terms  in  the  towns  of  Barre  and  Albion,  after 


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c  uni-.'.  New  Y(.i-k,  AnL-iLst  i,  IM  ^  -lied  .-'- 
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!...!:in\,  \\\v  Y<;rk,  in  1.^47.    fie  tau^dit  s^-:^ 
;n   In-   carlie»-  yL*ar>   in    ^.aync^a   .'n.'l   Cd'Ua' 
o^nnte^.  and  \\  i'ile  ilcacbini^  fitted  n:n:<c!.'  '•  * 
a  ''uil  vi'.tjineer  and  ^iir\i'Vur.     lie  wa.s  i  in 
tile  (ty^ineer^  in  tbe  const!  notion  ot   tbe    "' 
b»nii  brancb  '^f  tin*   New   V-M'k  t  entraJ    Iv.* 
\^^['\  and   t(  r  tv. enly-tbre«r  y*.ars  <j!ie  of   .    . 
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varT-ievl    '.>n    firming    in    c'knnection    will-    '". 
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aTiI   liii^bly    respeotod   men   ot    bis   t^wrt.      :  ; 
lott  ani'>ntj  bis  ]>ap'?rs  a  »''X»'rd  of  tWLiify  l'a  • 
Inn.dirtd  tra».J^  ^-f  land  be  bad  snrvoyed  in  '. 'r 
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the  t.rtranv/cr:   (»f  tlie  (.)rleans  Cwnr.tv  M.if.- 
j^'ire  ln:-nrarice  I  "ompanv,  and  for  Tnars   ^.ai- 
adirtutoi.     llo  was  a  Ko[)ublu'an  in  pmir  -, 
fsiul  a  mend^or  of  tbe  I'aptist  cbnrJi.     Iii  b  - 
lattef  years  be  left  b:  •  /arm  aftd  lived  ne^r  tl  ' 
vi'd..jit'  of  All)ion.  tbe  f^rc-cnt  Ihnie  of  In-  - 
.\:\.n  K.,  wbere  bodied.'  He  mairiMl,  in  1"^'^^" 
at   I'i^o'p'^.    Now    \  ork,    Kdna   Robinson,  b...i'i 
Jannar\    2.   1S14.  at   i*bolp>,  (iied   In-brnarx    5. 
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'  )ntario  oonmv  >ray  2J,  1840.  (bed  at  L«»ck- 
p. 'rt.  New  York,  Jnly  1.   K^i  i      5,  James  ( i., 
liorn  in  JKirie,  New  N'(»rk,  Sf^ptenibct'  11    i.'--';'.. 
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<  oj'>rado    Siirin^<.    Lolorndo       7.   binnk    M.. 
born  ni  liarre,  Novem];er  21,  i8,^8.  dird  in  i:- 
.\dironfiarkr. 

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aiui    !>bja    <  ki.»blns(.n  )    .Xllen     was    b.rn 
Tin  Ij.s.  ( '':tarii>  vnnty.  .New  York.  ?Mart.b  *  •, 
1S30.      He   aiteiKkd   tbe   Pbtdps   >(b«.><);-   m-i, 
\\i    wa'i    in    Ins   nintb    \ear   wben    in-   pare:*. • 
iMove(l  to  tbe  town  of   l>arre,  <  )rleans  c  :nnfy. 
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f 'e  pnbb(  scboiijs.   j  '^  tanqiit  >i  boo!  ten  wiriU" 
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which  he  worked  the  home  farm  on  shares 
for  three  years.  He  then  purchased  a  farm 
of  seventy  acres  in  Bar  re,  later  bought  two 
others  adjoining,  which  gave  him  a  combined 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-five  acres.  This 
he  operated  as  a  joint  general  and  fruit  farm, 
having  thirty-two  acres  of  apples,  thirty-seven 
acres  of  peaches,  eight  acres  of  pears  and  six 
acres  of  cherries.  He  disposed  of  these  at  dif- 
ferent times,  the  last  in  191 1.  He  now  owns 
a  farm  of  forty  acres,  on  which  he  resides, 
known  as  the  old  Allen  homestead,  and  a  farm 
two  miles  west  of  one  hundred  and  sixty-five 
acres ;  both  are  fruit  farms,  and  he  now  has 
one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  fruit  grow- 
ing. Mr.  Allen  is  an  enthusiast  on  the  subject 
of  fruit  culture,  and  although  seventy-two  years 
of  age  has  in  the  past  six  years  planted  fruit 
trees  to  the  number  of  thirteen  thousand  five 
hundred  on  his  several  farms,  and  is  the  largest 
fruit  grower  in  this  section.  He  is  healthy  and 
active,  and  bears  a  high  character  in  his 
county.  In  1889  he  was  elected  clerk  of  Or- 
leans county  and  took  up  his  residence  at  Al- 
bion, the  county  seat.  In  1892  he  was  re- 
elected, serving  in  all  six  years  to  the  great 
satisfaction  of  all  having  business  with  the 
county  clerk's  office.  He  is  a  Republican,  and 
a  member  for  the  past  fifty- four  years  of  the 
Albion  Baptist  church,  of  which  he  is  now  a 
deacon.  He  was  formerly  actively  interested 
in  the  work  of  the  Sunday  sthool,  of  which 
he  was  superintendent,  also  a  member  of  the 
prudential  committee  of  the  church. 

He  married,  April  20,  1862,  Anna  D.  Snell, 
born  August  26,  1839,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Rebecca  (Watts)  Denham.  Her  parents  died 
when  she  was  a  child  and  she  was  adopted 
by  Hiram  Snell,  of  Barre,  whose  name  she 
bore.  Children:  i.  Theoren  P.,  born  in  Barre, 
July  30,  1866,  died  aged  two  years.  2.  Charles 
S.,  born  in  Barre,  November  28,  1867 ;  married 
Frances  Ford.  3.  William  J.,  bom  July  29, 
1869,  died  aged  four  years.  4.  Jessie,  born 
October  20,  1871 ;  married  Kirk  G.  Bumpus, 
and  resides  in  Detroit,  Michigan;  children: 
Jessie  Allen,  Josephine,  Herbert  W.  and  Hor- 
tense.  5.  Dr.  William  Judson,  born  Novem- 
ber 24,  1877;  now  a  practicing  physician  of 
Beloit,  Wisconsin;  he  married  Jessie  Petrie, 
and  has  a  daughter  Gertrude.  6.  Myrta  Edna, 
born  July  21,  1880;  married  Edward  C.  Moon, 
and  resides  in  Rochester,  New  York;  two 
children :  Edna  Allen  and  Louise. 


This      surname     is      variously 
CHAPIN     spelled  in  the  early  records  of 

England  and  America,  Chapin, 
Chapun,  Chapinne,  Chalpin,  and  several  ex- 
planations of  the  origin  of  the  name  have  been 
given.  Rev.  R.  D.  Chapin,  of  Allegan,  Michi- 
gan, reports  an  interview  with  a  well  educated 
Swiss  physician  who  said  he  formerly  lived 
in  France  and  was  at  one  time  much  interested 
in  philological  studies,  especially  the  history  of 
names.  He  said  that  the  name  Chapin  was  one 
of  the  oldest  and  best  names  in  France,  dating 
from  the  Carlovingian  era,  going  back  at  least 
to  the  tenth  century,  perhaps  earlier.  He  gives 
the  history  of  its  probable  origin.  In  some 
feudal  scrimmage  of  the  middle  ages  one  who 
had  distinguished  himself  got  a  sword-cut 
across  his  head,  laying  open  his  helmet  or 
headpiece.  For  this  exploit  he  was  knighted 
on  the  field  and  dubbed  Capinatus,  which 
means  "decorated  with  a  hat,"  and  his  coat-of- 
arms  was  made  a  hat  with  a  slash  in  it,  thence 
the  name  Capinatus,  the  particle  of  the  law- 
latin  capino,  and  then  by  the  softening  process 
of  the  French  made  Capin — Chapin.  Of 
course,  the  root  is  Caput,  whence  cap  and 
chapeau.  The  Chapin  coat-of-arms  tends  to 
verify  the  story. 

(I)  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin,  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  doubtless  bom  in  England,  though 
the  family,  perhaps,  centuries  before,  came 
from  France  to  England.  Two  immigrants 
of  this  name  came  to  New  England  about  the 
same  time.  Both  settled  in  Springfield.  David 
Chapin  was  admitted  a  freeman  there  April  5, 
1649,  and  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Bos- 
ton in  1658.  He  was  probably  a  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  Chapin,  though  possibly  a  brother. 
Deacon  Samuel  Chapin  came  from  England 
to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1636,  with  sev- 
eral children.  He  settled  permanently  in 
Springfield,  where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman 
June  2,  1 64 1,  and  was  elected  to  a  town  office 
in  1642.  The  Chapins  of  this  country  are 
all  descended  from  him,  according  to  the  best 
authorities.  He  was  a  distinguished  man  in 
church  and  state.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
Springfield  church,  elected  in  1649,  and  was 
employed  to  conduct  services  part  of  the  time 
in  1656-57,  when  there  was  no  minister  in 
the  town.  He  was  appointed  commissioner  to 
determine  small  cases,  October  10,  1652,  and 
his  commission  was  indefinitely  extended  by 
the  general  court  in  1654.    He  died  November 


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II,  1675.  His  will,  dated  March  4,  1674,  be- 
queathed to  wife,  son  Henry  and  grandson 
Thomas  Gilbert.  Springfield  has  a  statue  en- 
titled "The  Puritan,"  by  the  eminent  sculptor, 
Augustus  St.  Gaudens,  which  is  a  memorial  to 
Deacon  Samuel  Chapin,  describing  him  as 
"one  of  the  founders  of  Springfield."  It  rep- 
resents him  with  the  Bible  in  his  hand,  as  on 
his  way  to  the  meeting  house  to  lead  in  the  re- 
ligious services.  It  is  a  remarkable  work  of 
art,  and  copies  of  it  have  been  placed  in  the 
art  museum  at  Boston,  the  Dresden  Gallery, 
and  in  the  Louvre  at  Paris. 

He  married  Cicely ,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 8,  1683.  Her  will  mentions  sons  Henry 
Chapin,  of  Springfield,  and  Josiah  Chapin,  of 
Braintree ;  daughters :  Catherine,  wife  of  Sam- 
uel Marshfield;  Sarah  Thomas,  and  Hannah 
Hitchcock,  and  Henry  Gilbert.  Her  son  Japheth 
was  executor.  Children,  order  of  birth  not 
known:  i.  Japheth,  mentioned  below.  2.  Henry, 
died  young.  3.  Henry  (q.  v.).  4.  Catherine, 
married,  February  4,  17 12,  Samuel  Marshfield. 
5.  David,  born  in  England,  probably  not  by 
wife  Cicely.  6.  Josiah.  7.  Sarah,  died  August  5, 
1684;  married  Rowland  Thomas.  8.  Hannah, 
bom  at  Springfield,  December  2,  1644,  married 
September  2T,  1666,  John  Hitchcock.  9. 
Daughter,  married  a  son  of  Henry  Gilbert. 

(II)  Japheth,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Chap- 
in, was  born  in  Springfield,  October  15,  1642, 
died  at  Chicopee,  February  20,  1712.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  July  22,  1664,  Abeline  or  Abi- 
lenah  Cooley,  who  died  at  Chicopee,  November 
17,  1710,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Cooley.  The 
gravestones  of  Japheth  and  his  wife  Abeline 
have  been  removed  to  the  new  cemetery.  He 
married  (second).  May  31,  171 1,  Dorothy 
Root,  of  Enfield.  She  married  (second),  in 
1720,  Obadiah  Miller,  of  Enfield.  Japheth 
Chapin  settled  first  at  Milford,  Connecticut, 
where  he  was  living  November  16,  1669,  when 
he  took  a  deed  from  Captain  John  Pynchon. 
March  9,  1666,  John  Pynchon  deeded  to  Dea- 
con Samuel  Chapin  the  greater  part  of  the  land 
in  the  valley  between  the  Chicopee  river  and 
Willimansett  brook.  The  latter  piece  of  land 
Samuel  deeded  to  his  son  Japheth,  April  16, 
1673,  ^od  there  the  latter  built  his  house  at 
the  upper  end  of  Chicopee  street,  northwest 
of  the  house  lately  owned  by  Henry  Sherman. 
Japheth  was  in  the  fight  at  Turner's  Falls  in 
1675  in  King  Philip's  war,  in  which  he  was 
a  volunteer,  and  his  son  Thomas  was  grantee 
of  a  large  tract  of  land  given  to  the  soldiers 


and  their  descendants  by  the  general  court  of 
Massachusetts.  Like  his  father,  Japheth  was 
a  man  of  great  piety,  a  bulwark  of  the  Puritan 
faith.  Children:  i.  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Sarah,  March  16,  1668;  married 
March  24,  1690,  Nathaniel  Munn.  3.  Thomas, 
May  10,  1671,  died  August  27,  1755.  4.  John, 
May  14,  1674,  died  June  i,  1759.  5.  Eben- 
ezer,  June  26,  1677,  died  December  13,  1772; 
married,  December,  1702,  Ruth  Janes.  6. 
Hannah,  June  21,  1679,  died  July  7,  1679.  7. 
Hannah,  July  18,  1680;  married,  December  31, 
1703,  John  Sheldon,  of  Deerfield;  taken  cap- 
tive and  kept  in  Canada  two  years. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Japheth  and  Abeline 
(Cooley)  Chapin,  was  born  July  4,  1665,  died 
October  19,  1729.  He  lived  on  a  farm  at  the 
upper  end  of  Chicopee  street,  Springfield,  near 
the  home  of  his  father.  He  was  once  shot 
by  some  raiding  Indians  from  a  neighboring 
village,  but  was  not  seriously  wounded.  He 
married,  December  24,  1690,  Hannah  Shel- 
don. Children:  Hannah,  married  John  Mor- 
gan; Abeline,  married  Joseph  Colton;  Mary, 
died  young ;  Samuel,  of  whom  further ;  Caleb, 
killed  by  Indians  at  Lake  George  in  1755 ;  Ex- 
perience, married  David  Smith;  Mary,  born 
May  12,  1705,  married,  December  28,  1727, 
John  Horton,  of  Skipmuck;  Elisha,  killed  by 
Indians  at  Hoosac,  July  11,  1756;  Lydia,  mar- 
ried Timothy  Cooper ;  Henry,  died  young. 

(IV)  Samuel*  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Sheldon)  Chapin,  was  bom  May  22, 
1699,  died  1779.  He  married,  1722-3,  Anna, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Mary  Horton :  Chil- 
dren: Gad,  born  August  11,  1726;  Jeremiah, 
married  Caroline  Fowler;  Reuben,  of  whom 
further;  Submit,  Eunice,  Margaret,  married 
Ezra  Stebbins,  Samuel. 

(V)  Reuben,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Anna 
(Horton)  Chapin,  was  bom  about  1730,  died 
in  Wilbraham,  Massachusettts,  at  the  age  of 
about  eighty  years.  He  married  Mary  Mir- 
rick,  of  Springfield  (intentions  published 
January  16,  1761).  She  died  at  West  Spring- 
field, October  23,  1800,  aged  sixty-four.  Chil- 
dren: Lovica,  married  Nathan  Colton;  Jere- 
miah, died  aged  sixteen ;  Mary,  married  Noah 
Frost;  Eunice,  married  Aaron  Elwell;  Jona- 
than, Reuben,  of  whom  further;  Lois,  mar- 
ried Justin  Alvord;  Submit,  married  Alpheus 
Corbon. 

(VI)  Reuben  (2),  son  of  Reuben  and  Mary 
(Mirrick)  Chapin,  was  bom  about  1770,  died 
at  North  Providence,  about  1835.    He  married, 


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April  21,  1794,  Lucinda  Bolton.  Children: 
Merrick  Warren,  Loring  Dudley,  of  whom 
further;  Charlotte  Horton,  Lucinda  Colton, 
Julianna  Newbury,  Rasselas  Moody,  Reuben 
Waterman,  Adaline  Wells. 

(VII)  Loring  Dudley,  second  son  of  Reu- 
ben (2)  and  Lucinda  (Bolton)  Chapin,  was 
bom  in  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 2,  1798,  died  1846.  He  was  educated  in 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained 
from  the  age  of  twelve  years  to  twenty.  He 
then  returned  to  Hartford,  where  he  learned 
the  trade  of  musical  instrument  maker.  Later 
he  removed  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where 
he  married.  He  followed  his  trade  until  1829, 
when  he  removed  to  New  York  City.  Here  he 
established  a  prosperous  business  from  which  he 
retired  in  1832-33.  In  1836  he  established,  with 
others,  the  Native  American  party,  in  whose 
cause  he  spent  all  his  time  and  much  of  his  for- 
tune. He  edited  several  newspapers,  including 
the  New  York  Sun,  the  National  Banner  and 
the  American  Advocate.  In  1838  he  was  elected 
to  the  New  York  legislature  by  a  combination 
of  the  Whig  and  American  parties.  He  orig- 
inated the  bill  authorizing  the  appointment 
of  a  commissioner  to  go  to  Europe  to  search 
records  for  facts  concerning  the  colonial  his- 
tory of  New  York.  He  opposed  Seward  on 
the  school  question,  and  as  a  result  was  de- 
feated for  re-election.  He  then  established 
in  the  book  business,  continuing  until  just 
previous  to  his  death  in  1846.  The  evening 
prior  to  his  death  l^e  had  been  nominated  by 
both  Whig  and  American  parties  as  one  of 
the  judges  to  revise  the  state  constitution.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  ability,  highly  esteemed 
for  his  many  sterling  qualities.  He  married, 
at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  Emeline  Amelia, 
daughter  of  John  and  Freelove  Thurber. 
Children:  i.  Henry  Albert,  born  in  Provi- 
dence, December  14,  1820;  resided  in  New 
York  City;  died  unmarried.  2.  John  Reuben, 
of  whom  further.  3.  Loring  Dudley,  died 
aged  six  years.  4.  Infant  unnamed.  5. 
Charles  Loring,  born  in  Providence,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1828;  married  Matilda  F.  Quinn;  re- 
sided in  New  York  City;  children:  Fanny 
Amelia,  Charles  E.,  Henry  Albert  and  Maria 
Osborn.  6.  Emma  Lucinda,  bom  in  New 
York  City,  1835.  7.  George  Dudley,  died  in 
infancy.  8.  Loring  Dudley  (3),  born  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  August  28,  1838;  served 
in  civil  war;  died  unmairied.  9.  Infant,  un- 
named, 
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(VIII)  John  Reuben,  son  of  Hon.  Loring 
Dudley  and  Emeline  Amelia  (Thurber) 
Chapin,  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
June  2,  1823,  died  November  11,  1883,  in  Buf- 
falo, New  York,  aged  eighty-one  years.  When 
he  was  seven  years  of  age  his  father  removed 
to  New  York  City,  where  he  was  educated. 
His  father  wished  him  to  enter  West  Point 
when  he  was  nineteen,  but  the  son  wished  to 
study  art,  and  only  the  intercessicxi  of  Samuel 
F.  B.  Morse,  the  inventor  of  the  telegraph, 
(who  was  a  friend  of  the  family),  saved  him 
from  a  military  career.  He  studied  law  for  six 
months  as  a  concession  to  his  father's  wishes, 
but  continued  his  art  studies  at  the  same  time. 
When  GleasoWs  Pictorial,  a  well-known  illus- 
trated paper  of  Boston,  was  in  its  prime,  Mr. 
Chapin  applied  for  a  position  as  illustrator. 
He  was  taken  on  the  staff  and  sent  south  to 
make  drawings  of  southern  cities,  also  writing 
descriptions  of  his  travels.  After  two  years 
Gleason's  failed  and  he  then  began  ^illustrating 
in  a  general  way  for  newspapers  and  maga- 
zines. In  1845  ^^  established  a  studio  in  New 
York,  and  from  1850  until  i860  drew  for  the 
patent  office  at  Washington.  This  brought  him 
in  contact  with  many  noted  men,  among  them 
Walter  Hunt,  inventor  of  the  sewing  machine 
and  the  original  Springfield  rifle.  He  also 
was  a  warm  friend  of  Morse,  the  inventor. 
Shortly  after  1850  he  removed  to  Rah  way. 
New  Jersey,  where  he  became  interested  in 
free  masonry.  He  was  elected  deputy  grand 
master  and  revised  the  ritual  of  the  order  and 
effected  a  reorganization  of  many  of  the  lodges 
of  the  state.  In  i860  he  organized  an  art  de- 
partment for  Harper  Brothers,  becoming  its 
superintendent.  About  this  time  he  invented 
the  block  process  of  engraving,  which  facili- 
tated work  in  getting  out  wood  cuts.  When 
the  civil  war  broke  out  Mr.  Chapin  was  com- 
missioned captain  and  assigned  to  recruiting 
duty,  organizing  three  batteries  that  went  to 
the  front.  Being  denied  active  duty  in  the 
field,  he  resigned,  but  was  later  elected  colonel 
of  the  Thirty-third  Regiment  New  Jersey  Vol- 
unteers. The  governor  refused  him  a  com- 
mission unless  a  certain  man  was  appointed 
lieutenant.  Colonel  Chapin  could  not  comply 
with  this,  therefore  his  commission  was  never 
issued. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  Chase  called  for  designs  for  treas- 
ury notes.  Mr.  Chapin  submitted  several  de- 
signs, which  were  accepted,  and  appear  on  all 


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the  old  issues  of  government  bank  notes.  He 
depicted  scenes  in  American  history,  with  al- 
l^orical  illustrations.  As  long  as  Mr.  Chase 
remained  in  office  Mr.  Chapin  also  designed 
many  of  the  silver  coins.  About  1865  he  es- 
tablished a  wood  engraving  house  and  began 
the  illustration  of  catalogues  for  business 
houses,  then  something  new.  A  great  deal  of 
work  came  from  the  west,  and  in  1870  he  came 
to  Buffalo  to  start  a  branch  office,  called  the 
Bureau  of  Illustration.  After  a  year  he  be- 
came associated  with  Sage  Sons  &  Company, 
in  charge  of  their  wood  engraving  department. 
He  remained  with  them  until  1873,  although 
the  firm  had  been  succeeded  by  White  & 
Braley.  He  later  went  to  Chicago,  where  he 
worked  as  an  independent  designer.  In  1875 
he  returned  to  New  York  City,  where  he  con- 
fined his  work  to  book  illustrating.  In  1880 
he  located  in  Boston,  associating  with  Bal- 
four Brothers,  publishers,  devoting  himself 
to  illustrating  until  1890,  when  he  returned  to 
Buffalo,  entering  the  employ  of  Matthew- 
Northrup  works  as  a  designer  and  illustrator, 
continuing  until  1894,  when  he  retired  from 
active  work.  In  his  later  years  he  devoted 
himself  to  painting,  using  war-time  subjects, 
his  greatest  pictures  being  those  depicting  bat- 
tle scenes.  His  last  work  was  a  drawing  for 
the  front  page  of  the  mid-winter  number  of 
the  Los  Angeles  Times. 

Mr.  Chapin  was  made  a  Mason  in  St.  John's 
Lodge,  No.  I,  Newark,  New  Jersey,  receiv- 
ing the  master  mason's  degree  December  15, 
1852.  After  filling  other  offices  he  was  elected 
master  in  1853.  ^^  1854  he  was  elected  master 
of  Franklin  Lodge,  No.  10,  of  Irvington,  New 
Jersey.  In  1855  he  was  elected  master  of 
La  Fayette  Lodge,  No.  27,  of  Rahway,  serv- 
ing many  years  until  1867.  For  twelve  years 
he  was  deputy  grand  master  of  New  Jersey. 
He  affiliated  in  Buffalo  with  Queen  City  Lodge, 
No.  358.  In  civil  life  Mr.  Chapin  was  city 
clerk  and  member  of  the  common  council  of 
Rahway,  declining  a  nomination  for  mayor. 
He  was  president  of  the  Old  Men's  Debating 
Society,  composed  of  ministers,  lawyers,  teach- 
ers and  other  professional  men  of  the  city. 
He  also  held  membership  and  official  position 
in  other  societies  and  associations. 

He  married,  August  22,  1848,  Martha  C. 
Shannon,  born  April  11,  1822,  died  Decem- 
ber 6,  IQTO,  in  Buffalo,  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  CWade)  Shannon.  A  feature  of 
their   married   life  was   that  they  celebrated 


their  golden  wedding  in  Buffalo  five  years 
prior  to  the  death  of  Mr.  Chapin.  At  the  golden 
wedding  were  Rev.  and  Mrs.  S.  P.  Barker,  of 
Buffalo,  parents  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Charles  P. 
Chapin,  who  four  years  before  had  celebrated 
their  own  golden  wedding.  Children:  i. 
Henry  Albert,  born  in  New  York,  December 
i5»  1849,  d>^d  in  Rahway,  New  Jersey,  aged 
seven  years.  2.  Harriet  Elizabeth,  bom  in 
Campton,  New  Jersey,  October,  1851.  3.  Free- 
love  Thurston,  bom  in  Newark,  New  Jersey, 
January  7,  1853.  4-  Isabella  W.,  bom  in  Rah- 
way, New  Jersey,  July  15,  1855,  died  in  her 
third  year.  5.  William  Emerson,  bom  in  Rah- 
way, New  Jersey,  May  25,  1857;  niarried  Lu 
V.  Williams,  of  Chicago,  Illinois;  children: 
Ethel  Agnes,  Clarence,  Bessie  Irene*  and  Edna 
Shannon.  He  was  cartoonist  for  the  Los  An^ 
geles  Times,  and  all  through  the  labor  troubles 
was  a  close  friend  and  co-worker  with  General 
Otis.  He  ranks  very  high  in  his  profession.  6. 
Charles  Pierson,  of  whom  further.  7.  Harry 
Stephen,  born  in  Rahway,  New  Jersey,  May  i, 
1862 ;  married  Minnie  Briggs,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island;  child:  Granville  Pierson,  born 
June  29,  1899 ;  he  is  an  engraver  in  wood,  lo- 
cated in  Providence. 

(IX)  Charles  Pierson,  son  of  John  Reuben 
and  Martha  C.  (Shannon)  Chapin,  was  bom 
in  Rahway,  New  Jersey,  March  26,  i860.  He 
was  educated  in  the  private  and  public  schools 
of  Rahway  and  Buffalo,  coming  to  the  latter 
city  with  his  parents  at  the  age  of  ten  years. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal  Col- 
lege. 1879.  ^"^  from  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  M.  D.,  Buffalo,  1891,  also  from 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo. He  at  once  began  practice  in  Buffalo, 
where  he  still  continues  in  successful  general 
practice.  He  has  given  much  time  to  the  ser- 
vice of  the  National  Guard  of  New  York.  He 
enlisted  in  1878  in  the  Seventy- fourth  Regi- 
ment, serving  ten  years;  re-enlisted  in  the 
Sixty-fifth  Regiment,  serving  ten  years,  and 
was  honorably  discharged  with  the  rank  of 
sergeant-major  in  1898.  He  was  appointed 
assistant  surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Sixty-fifth  Regiment  in  1898,  and  during  the 
Spanish- American  war  was  examining  surgeon 
in  Buffalo,  with  the  rank  of  captain.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  was  placed  on  the  super- 
numerary list.  Dr.  Chapin  is  a  Republican  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  Emmanuel  Baptist 
church.  He  is  the  first  Dr.  Chapin  to  prac- 
tice   in    Buffalo   since  Dr.    Cyrenius    Chapin 


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(also  a  descendant  of  Deacon  Samuel),  who 
was  the  first  practicing  physician  to  locate  in 
Buffalo. 

Dr.  Charles  P.  Chapin  married,  January  21, 
1881,  Mertie  Amanda  Barker,  bom  October 
3,  1863,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sewell  P.  Barker 
(see  below),  of  Buffalo.  Children  (tenth  gen- 
eration) :  I.  Martha  Mertilla,  born  in  Buffalo, 
October  2T,  1885;  graduate  of  Buffalo  high 
school;  married,  March  7,  191 1,  Arthur 
George  Hunt,  of  Buffalo.  2.  Loring  Dudley 
(3),  born  May  31,  1887,  died  March  11,  1888. 
3.  John  R.,  born  March  4,  1891 ;  student  of 
Buffalo  high  school ;  swimming  expert,  holding 
all  city  records.  4.  Harry  MacBeth,  born  May 
8,  1896. 

Rev.  Sewell  P.  Barker  (see  below)  was 
bom  in  Danton,  Vermont,  July  7,  1818,  died 
March  30,  1900,  at  Buffalo.  He  was  a  regularly 
ordained  minister,  of  deep  piety,  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  with  charges  in 
Niagara  and  Erie  counties,  Genesee  Confer- 
ence, and  was  principal  of  public  school  in 
Buffalo  twelve  years.  He  married,  December 
14,  1843,  at  Spencerport,  Ruth  E.  Dean,  bom 
at  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  December  14,  1843, 
died  at  Buffalo,  March  7,  1908,  daughter  of 
Lewis  Dean,  born  at  Ridgefield,  September 
12,  1784,  died  at  Victory,  New  York,  May  11, 
1830;  married,  March  12,  1804,  Betty  Marvin, 
born  March  17,  1785,  died  at  Hudson,  Michi- 
gan, January  i,  1857;  children:  Charles,  Es- 
ther M.,  Daniel  M.,  Huldah,  Orrin,  Lewis, 
Betsey  A.,  Mary  Harriet,  Ruth  E.  and  Henry 
W.  Children  of  Rev.  Sewell  P.  and  Ruth  E. 
(Dean)  Barker:  i.  Betsey  De  Lemere,  died 
in  infancy.  2.  Lauren  Stiles,  born  in  Shelby, 
New  York,  1851 ;  married,  September  6,  1875, 
Maria  Stokes.  3.  Mary  D.,  born  in  Charlotte, 
Michigan,  April  27,  1853,  died  in  Utica,  Mich- 
igan, May  17,  1855.  4.  William  Buxton,  born 
in  Utica,  Michigan,  I>ecember  25,  1854,  died 
May  9,  1855.  5-  Charles  Marvin,  born  in 
Hudson,  Michigan.  August  22,  1856;  married, 
December  31,  1879,  Mattie  Prescutt.  6. 
James  Raymond,  born  October  18,  1859,  at 
Lewiston,  New  York;  married  Nettie  Glea- 
son,  1885,  at  Buffalo.  7.  Mertie  A.,  born  in 
Olcott,  New  York,  October  3,  1863;  married 
Dr.  Charles  P.  Chapin  (see  Chapin  IX).  8. 
Mertilla  E.,  twin  of  Mertie  A.,  died  in  Gas- 
port,  New  York,  June  13,  186—.  9.  Harriet 
E.,  bom  in  Hamburg,  New  York,  March  23, 
1868;  married  Dr.  George  S.  Skiff,  July  4, 
1886. 


The  revolutionary  descent  of  Dr.  C.  P. 
Chapin's  family  is  on  the  maternal  side,  from 
Abner  Wade,  who  served  from  New  Jersey! 
His  wife  Mary  was  a  daughter  of  Abraham 
Clark,  a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, from  New  Jersey. 


(H)  Henry  Chapin,  second  son 
CHAPIN     of  Deacon  Samuel  (q.  v.)  and 

Cecily  Chapin,  does  not  appear 
to  have  resided  in  Springfield  in  the  early  part 
of  his  manhood,  but  took  up  his  residence 
there  about  1659.  The  town  records  show  that 
he  was  prominent  in  town  affairs,  and  a  repre- 
sentative in  the  general  court  in  1689.  Tra- 
dition says  he  was  impressed  on  board  a  Brit- 
ish man-of-war  and  served  seven  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  was  in  severe  engagements 
with  the  Dutch.  He  afterward  commanded  a 
merchant  ship  and  made  several  voyages  be- 
tween London  and  Boston,  but  at  length,  tired 
of  a  seafaring  life,  took  up  his  residence  in 
Boston,  and  afterward  in  Springfield,  where  his 
father  and  family  resided.  He  settled  in  that 
part  of  Springfield  now  Chicopee,  built  a  house 
on  the  south  side  of  Chicopee  river,  on  Ferry 
street,  facing  south  on  West  street,  near  where 
a  large  elm  tree  now  stands.  This  house  was 
burned  in  1762.  He  bought  of  John  Pynchon, 
May  9,  1659,  t\yo  hundred  acres  of  land  on  the 
north  side  of  Chicopee  river,  for  which  he 
was  to  pay  in  wheat  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds 
in  money  by  March,  1663.  The  greater  part  of 
these  premises  have  been  and  still  are  in  the 
possession  of  the  descendants  of  Henry 
Chapin.  He  married  Bethia,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Sarah  Cooley,  at  Longmeadow, 
December  5,  1664.  She  died  December  11, 
171 1 ;  he  died  August  15,  1718.  Children, 
found  on  record:  Henry,  Sarah,  Bethia, 
Henry  (2),  Benjamin,  next  mentioned. 

(Ill)  Deacon  Benjamin  Chapin,  youngest 
child  of  Henry  and  Bethia  (Cooley)  Chapin, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  February  2,  1682,  and 
died  March  22,  1756.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
deacons  of  the  church  in  Chicopee,  elected  to 
that  office  in  1752.  He  lived  on  Chicopee 
street,  near  where  Deacon  Giles  S.  Chapin  lived 
some  years  ago.  Benjamin  Chapin  married 
(first),  November  9,  1704,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Mary  Colton,  of  Longmeadow. 
She  died  March  5,  1739,  and  he  married,  (sec- 
ond) Joanna,  widow  of  Ebenezer  Warriner. 
She  died  October  13,  1764.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Hannah,  Benjamin,  Isaac,  Abner,  Jacob, 


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Bethia,  Sarah,  George,  Abigail,  Mary,  Eph- 
raim,  Eunice. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Deacon  Benjamin 
Chapin  by  his  first  wife,  Hannah  (Colton) 
Chapin,  was  born  August  i8,  1710,  in  Chico- 
pee,  Massachusetts,  died  November  22,  1789. 
He  married,  June  29,  1734,  Experience  War- 
riner,  who  died  August  22,  1777.  Children: 
Isaac,  Martin,  William,  Zebulon,  William  (2), 
Experience,  Gideon,  Mercy,  Vashti. 

(V)  Zebulon,  son  of  Isaac  and  Experience 
(Warriner)  Chapin,  was  bom  November  11, 
1741,   died   Octc*)er   2T,   1823.     He  married 

(first) .    He  married  (second), 

January  23,  1777,  Lydia  Ely,  and  lived  one 
mile  east  of  the  church  in  Wilbraham.  Chil- 
dren: Isaac,  Mercy^  Solomon,  Matilda,  Celia, 
Achsa,  Solomon,  Celia  (2),  William. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Zebulon  and  Lydia 
(Ely)  Chapin,  was  born  October  30,  1777, 
died  October  8,  1855.  He  lived  in  Wilbraham. 
He  married,  January  13,  1800,  Nancy  Sibley, 
of  Monson.  (The  Sibley  family  afterward  re- 
moved to  Rochester,  New  York).  Children: 
Oramel  Sibley,  Zebulon,  Juliana,  Alfred  E., 
Daniel  P.,  Daniel  E.,  William,  Lydia  Ann, 
John  M.,  Isaac  N.,  Solomon. 

(VII)  Oramel  Sibley,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  and 
Nancy  (Sibley)  Chapin,  was  born  in  Wilbra- 
ham, Massachusetts,  June  17,  1801,  died  in 
Lockport,  New  York,  April  30,  1886.  His 
early  life  was  passed  in  what  is  now  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts.  In  February,  1834,  he 
settled  in  Niagara  county.  New  York,  acquir- 
ing a  large  tract  of  land  in  Royalton,  later  re- 
moving to  Lockport,  where  the  last  fifteen 
years  of  his  life  were  passed.  He  became  one 
of  the  most  substantial,  influential  men  of 
Niagara  county.  He  married.  May  25,  1824, 
Jemima  Smith,  of  Haddam»  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: Horace  B.,  died  in  1875;  Josiah  S.,  died 
about  1870;  George  Flagg. 

(VIII)  George  Flagg,  son  of  Oramel  Sib- 
ley and  Jemima  (Smith)  Chapin,  was  born 
at  Royalton,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  May 
26,  1833,  ^^^d  there  July  16,  1896.  He  acquired 
a  technical  education  at  the  School  of  Engin- 
eering, Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  civil  engineer.  He  was 
engaged  for  many  years  in  railroad  construc- 
tion, chiefly  in  the  south.  In  later  years  he 
returned  to  Niagara  county.  He  married 
Emily  Bouck,  a  niece  of  Governor  William  C. 
Bouck,  of  New  York.  Children:  Ida  C.  and 
Willis  O. 


(IX)  Willis  O.,  son  of  George  Flagg  and 
Emily  (Bouck)  Chapin,  was  bom  in  Royal- 
ton, New  York,  Octd[)er  7,  i860.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  188 1  and  is  now  a  prac- 
ticing attorney  of  Buffalo,  New  York.  He  is 
also  deeply  interested  in  the  work  of  the  sci- 
entific and  art  societies  of  Buffalo.  He  is 
author  of  "Masters  and  Masterpieces  of  En- 
graving" (Harper  Brothers,  1894).  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  di- 
rector of  the  Buffalo  Academy  of  Fine  Arts 
and  served  as  president,  1908-10;  director  of 
the  Fidelity  Trust  Company  and  interested  in 
other  societies.  He  received  the  honorary  de- 
gree of  A.  M.  from  Hobart  Collie,  1906.  He 
is  a  member  of  Trinity  Episcopal  Church  and 
a  Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  June  21,  1888,  Abby  G.  Flint, 
of  Buffalo,  daughter  of  William  B.,  bom  1825, 
died  1887,  and  Joanna  (Gillespie)  Flint.  Chil- 
dren: Janet  and  William  Richmond. 


This  early  New  England  name 
MINARD     first  appears  in  New  London, 

Connecticut,  where  it  is  fre- 
quently confounded  with  Miner,  another 
pioneer  name  there,  and  also  with  Maynard, 
which  is  a  name  frequently  found  in  New 
England.  This  name  is  often  written  Mynard. 
It  has  been  identified  with  the  early  settle- 
ment of  Western  New  York  and  is  there  still 
ably  represented. 

(I)  William  M)aiard,  an  immigrant  from 
Great  Britain,  settled  in  New  Lxmdon,  where 
he  married,  November  15,  1678,  Lydia  Rich- 
ards, baptized  in  the  First  Church  of  New 
London,  March  26,  167 1,  daughter  of  John 
Richards,  whose  wife  is  supposed  to  have  been 
Lydia  Beman.  John  Richards  was  at 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1637,  and  re- 
moved about  1658  to  New  London,  where  he 
died  in  1687.  William  Mynard  died  in  171 1 
and  at  his  death  left  sons,  William,  George, 
David  and  Jonathan  (whose  name  was  indif- 
ferently written  Mynard,  Minard,  Maynard, 
Mainer).  These  were  all  householders  about 
1730.  The  church  records  of  New  London 
show  the  baptisms  of  David's  children,  but  of 
none  of  the  others. 

(II)  The  records  of  New  London  have 
frequent  mention  of  William  (2)  Minard,  but 
there  is  nothing  to  show  the  name  of  his  wife 
or  children.    He  was  born  November  16,.  1680. 

(III)  William   (3),  probably  son  of  Wil- 


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He  married  (first),  August  29,  1754,  Eliza- 
beth Lawrence,  both  being  of  Littleton.  She 
was  born  June  24,  1737,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Tryphena  (Powers)  Lawrence,  of  Little- 
ton, and  died  October  2,  1762,  being  the  mother 
of  three  of  his  children.  He  married  (seccmd) 
in  Concord,  January  19,  1764,  Elizabeth  Burt, 
of  Harvard.  Their  first  child  was  bom  in 
Harvard ;  the  next  two  in  Rindge,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  the  last  two  in  Rockingham,  Ver- 
mont. Children:  William,  Isaac,  Jonathan, 
John  Burt,  Jabez,  Barbara,  married  Levi  Sa- 
bin,  of  Rockingham ;  Abigail,  baptized  July  22, 
1777;  Sarah,  May  23,  1779. 

(VI)  John  Burt,  son  of  William  Stearns, 
and  eldest  child  of  his  second  wife,  Elizabeth 
(Burt)  Steams,  was  bom  September  7,  1764, 
in  Harvard,  and  appears  on  the  freemen's  roll 
of  Rockingham,  V^ermont.  He  was  a  soldier 
from  that  town  in  the  war  of  181 2,  and  died 
there  in  1848.  He  married,  August  22,  1789, 
Ruth  Eastman.  Children:  Elizabeth  Burt, 
born  February  14,  1790;  John  Eastman,  March 
13,  1792;  Otis,  May  19,  1794;  Jabez,  October 
9,  1796;  Maria,  mentioned  below;  William 
Burt,  December,  1803;  Samuel  Eastman,  Au- 
gust 3,  1806. 

(VII)  Maria,  second  daughter  of  John  Burt 
and  Ruth  (Eastman)  Stearns,  was  born  Janu- 
ary 19,  1801,  in  Rockingham,  and  married, 
September  19,  1832,  George  Minard,  of  Hume, 
New  York,  formerly  of  Rockingham  (see  Min- 
ard VI). 

From  no  other  land  has 
SCHOELLKOPF    the  United  States  drawn 

a  more  desirable  emi- 
gration than  from  Germany.  Richly  endowed 
with  characteristics  eminently  qualifying  them 
for  loyal  and  intelligent  citizenship  they  have 
ever  proved  themselves  worthy  sons  of  their 
adopted  country.  The  Schoellkopfs  of  Erie 
and  Niagara  counties  spring  from  a  hardy, 
ambitious  ancestor,  who  not  only  achieved 
success  for  himself  but  transmitted  to  his 
posterity  qualities  that  have  kept  them  in  the 
front  rank  of  industrial  progress  and  develop- 
ment. 

(II)  Jacob  Frederick  Schoellkopf,  son  of 
Gottlieb  Schoellkopf,  was  bom  in  Krichheim, 
Unter  Teck,  a  small  town  in  the  kingdom  of 
Wurtemberg,  Germany,  November  15,  1819, 
died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  September  15, 
1899.  He  was  educated  in  the  town  schools,  and 
at  the  age  of  fourteen  years  began  learning  the 


trade  of  tanner  with  his  father,  a  large  leather 
manufacturer,  who  had  learned  the  same  trade 
with  his  father.  After  completing  his  ^\^ 
years  of  apprenticeship  he  became  clerk  in  a 
mercantile  house  at  Strassburg,  remaining  two 
years.  In  1841,  realizing  that  as  a  younger 
son  he  could  not  inherit,  he  determined  to  try 
his  fortune  in  the  land  across  the  seas,  from 
which  such  glowing  reports  came  from  those 
of  his  acquaintances  who  had  made  the  ven- 
ture. Ill  December,  1841,  he  landed  in  New 
York  City,  aged  twenty-two  years,  totally  un- 
acquainted with  the  English  language.  He 
soon  found  work  at  his  trade  and  almost  as 
quickly  acquired  the  language.  He  worked 
in  New  York  City  for  two  years,  was  for  a 
time  in  the  west,  and  in  1844,  with  a  capital  of 
eight  hundred  dollars  loaned  him  by  his  father, 
located  in  Buffalo.  He  began  his  business 
career  there  in  a  small  leather  store  which  he 
established  on  Mohawk  street.  In  the  same 
year  (1844)  he  purchased  a  small  tannery  at 
White's  Corners  (Hamburg)  Erie  county,  ar- 
ranging payments  to  cover  a  period  of  six 
years.  In  1846  he  started  a  tannery  in  Buf- 
falo for  the  tanning  of  sheep  skins.  In  1848 
he  built  a  tannery  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
in  association  with  another,  the  firm  name 
being  G.  Pfister  &  Company.  In  1850  he  be- 
came interested  in  a  Chicago  firm,  C.  T.  Grey 
&  Company,  operating  a  tannery  there,  con- 
tinuing in  the  latter  firm  until  1856.  He  did 
not  long  retain  these  western  interests;  after 
seeing  them  placed  on  solid  business  footings, 
he  disposed  of  them  profitably  and  sought  new 
outlets  for  his  rapidly  increasing  capital.  In 
1853-54  he  established  tanneries  at  Fort  Wayne, 
Indiana,  and  North  Evans,  New  York,  operat- 
ing the  latter  with  unusual  success  for  twenty 
years.  In  1857  he  made  his  first  large  invest- 
ment outside  the  tanning  business.  He  erect- 
ed the  North  Buffalo  Flouring  Mills,  which 
proved  so  profitable  that  he  continued  his  in- 
vestments in  that  line,  ultimately  becoming  one 
of  the  largest  operators  of  flouring  mills  in  the 
Empire  State.  He  bought  the  Frontier  Mills 
of  Buffalo,  in  1870,  and  later  erected  exten- 
sive mills  at  Niagara  Falls.  He  retained  his 
vast  milling  and  tanning  interests  until  his 
death,  some  being  held  in  his  own  name,  others 
as  senior  of  the  milling  firm  of  Schoellkopf  & 
Mathews.  In  1877  he  purchased  the  Hydraulic 
canal,  at  Niagara  Falls,  and  in  the  develop- 
ment of  that  plan  for  utilizing  the  power  of 
the  Niagara  river  has  forever  connected  his 


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two  daughters,  Mary  and  Ann.  Mr.  Stearns 
settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  and  was 
among  the  first  freemen  established  there  in 
1631.  He  was  selectman  several  years.  He 
died  June  19,  1671,  being  survived  nearly  six 
years  by  his  widow,  who  passed  away  April 
2,  1677.  Besides  the  children  above  named 
they  had  John,  Isaac,  Sarah,  Samuel,  Eliza- 
beth, Abigail.  John  is  supposed  also  to  have 
been  bom  in  England. 

(H)  Isaac  (2),  second  son  and  fourth  child 
of  Isaac  (i)  and  Mary  Stearns,  was  bom  Jan- 
uary 6,  1633,  in  Watertown,  where  he  was 
made  a  freeman  in  1665.  He  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge Farms,  now  Lexington,  and  died  there 
August  29,  1676.  He  married,  June  24,  1660, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  Richard  and  Eliz- 
abeth Beers.  Captain  Beers  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  Watertown,  command- 
ed a  company  in  King  Philip's  war,  and  was 
killed  in  battle  with  the  Indians  at  Northfield, 
Massachusetts,  September  4,  1675.  After  the 
death  of  Mr.  Stearns  his  widow  married,  July 
23,  1677,  Thomas  Wheeler,  of  Concord,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Isaac  Stearns  left  an  estate  inven- 
toried at  three  hundred  pounds.  His  children 
were:  Sarah,  Mary,  Isaac,  Samuel,  Abigail, 
John. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Beers)  Stearns,  was  born  1675,  in  Lexington, 
and  resided  in  Concord  and  Bedford.  He  is 
of  record  as  a  landowner  in  Bedford  in  1729, 
and  died  there  June  14,  1734,  aged  about  fifty- 
nine  years.  Following  is  an  item  from  his 
will,  which  was  dated  May  29,  1733:  "I  give 
and  bequeathe  to  my  daughter,  Mercy  Ken- 
dall, five  pounds  and  all  the  right  I  have  in  a 
mulatto  girl,  named  Mary,  now  living  with 
me."  He  married,  April  26,  1699,  Mercy 
Davis,  born  August  12,  1677,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  (Meadows)  Davis,  of  Con- 
cord. Their  children  were:  John,  Zachariah, 
Eleazer,  Mercy,  Abigail,  Benjamin. 

(IV)  Eleazer,  third  son  of  John  and  Mercy 
(Davis)  Stearns,  was  born  September  8,  1704, 
in  Concord,  and  resided  in  that  town,  subse- 
quently in  Bedford  and  Littleton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married,  about  1733,  the  baptismal 
name  of  his  wife  being  Abigail  (surname  un- 
known). She  died  after  1755  and  he  had  a 
second  wife,  Mary.  Children:  William,  men- 
tioned below;  Eleazer,  bom  October  10,  1737; 
Mercy,  January  10,  1739;  John,  October  4, 
1740:  i^bigail,  March  28,  1746;  Jonathan  and 
David  (twins),  April  12,  1748,  Jonathan  died 


young;  Sarah,  June  24,  1750;  Jonathan,  June 
12,  1752;  Mary,  September  22,  1755;  all  re- 
corded in  Littleton. 

(V)  William,  eldest  child  of  Eleazer  and 
Abigail  Stearns,  was  born  April  2rj,  1734,  in 
Concord;  was  reared  in  Littleton,  where  he 
was  living  in  1764,  and  was  in  Harvard,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1769.  For  a  short  time  he  re- 
sided in  Rindge,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
was  a  lessee  of  one  of  the  public  lots,  but  re- 
moved to  Rockingham,  Vermont,  as  early  as 
1774,  in  which  year  his  eldest  child  was  bap- 
tized there.  On  February  13,  1777,  he  con- 
tributed three  shillings  at  a  town  meeting  to 
bear  the  expenses  of  a  delegate  to  a  convention 
in  Dorset,  which  organized  the  first  state  gov- 
ernment. He  signed  the  association  test  June 
23,  of  that  year,  and  on  March  3,  1778,  sub- 
scribed allegiance  to  the  first  constitution  of 
the  state  of  Vermont.  His  name  appears  on 
the  first  freemen's  roll  of  Rockingham  which 
was  begun  about  1781,  and  with  his  wife  was 
a  member  of  the  church  there.  He  partici- 
pated in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  being  a 
sergeant  in  Captain  John  Marcy's  company, 
of  Colonel  Joseph  Reed's  regiment,  which  was 
recruited  on  both  sides  of  the  Connecticut 
river  in  the  vicinity  of  Rockingham.  He  ap- 
pears on  a  roll  dated  May  8,  1775,  and  served 
three  months  and  one  day,  receiving  pay  for 
one  hundred  and  thirty  miles  of  travel.  He 
marched  to  Ticpnderoga,  carrying  a  supply  of 
two  pounds  of  lead,  and  was  a  member  of 
Captain  Jonathan  Holton's  company.  Colonel 
Ebenezer  Wood's  regiment  of  militia,  in  which 
he  was  a  lieutenant,  which  marched  October 
17,  1780,  on  account  of  the  Indian  raid  which 
burned  the  town  of  Royalton,  Vermont.  This 
force  marched  sixty  miles.  He  appears  on  a 
pay  roll  dated  October  26,  1782,  as  a  sergeant 
in  Captain  William  Simonds'  company.  Colo- 
nel Bradley's  regiment,  which  supported  the 
sheriff  at  Guilford.  This  was  probably  on  ac- 
count of  some  trouble  arising  from  the  dis- 
pute between  the  jurisdictions  of  New  York 
and  Vermont  which  caused  much  trouble  in 
and  about  Guilford.  On  this  occasion  he  was 
credited  with  four  days  service  and  a  march 
of  forty  miles.  He  died  in  Rockingham  in 
1804,  and  was  buried  in  the  village  burying 
ground  at  Rockingham..  He  was  constable  of 
that  town  in  1796,  and  appears  in  the  list  of 
voters  at  a  special  meeting,  March  22,  1797, 
for  the  election  of  a  representative  in  con- 
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name  with  the  city  of  Niagara  Fails  and  with 
one  of  the  greatest  of  modem  enterprises.  The 
canal  was  later  capitalized  and  created  a  cor- 
poration, known  as  the  Niagara  Falls  Hydraulic 
Power  and  Manufacturing  Company,  Mr. 
Schoellkopf  being  president  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  Large  manufactories  were  established 
along  its  banks  by  the  owners  and  arrange- 
ments entered  into  by  many  other  companies 
who  built  and  took  their  power  from  the  canal. 
The  impetus  given  to  Niagara  Falls  by  this 
cheap  and  unlimited  water  power  has  resulted 
in  continuous  growth  and  prosperity.  Having 
safely  established  his  own  private  enterprises 
and  fortune  Mr.  Schoellkopf  became  interested 
in  corporate  and  financial  activities.  He  was 
vice-president  of  the  Buffalo  &  Philadelphia 
railroad  prior  to  its  sale  to  the  Western  New 
York  &  Pennsylvania  Ccwnpany;  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Third  National  Bank  of  Buf- 
falo; the  Merchants'  and  German  banks  of 
Buffalo;  also  banks  in  Niagara  Falls.  He  was 
president  of  the  Citizens'  Gas  Company,  of 
Buffalo,  and  a  trustee  of  the  Buffalo  General 
Hospital  until  his  death.  He  was  intensely 
public  spirited  and  placed  at  the  disposal  of 
the  city  and  its  institutions  his  best  talents,  as 
well  as  a  great  amount  of  his  time  and  means. 
His  nature  was  generous,  his  charities  being 
many  and  widely  distributed.  The  church  ever 
had  in  him  a  warm  friend  and  a  most  liberal 
contributor.  His  life  was  a  truly  remarkable 
one.  He  had  a  capacity  for  great  undertakings, 
nothing  daunted  him  and  he  will  ever  be  held 
as  one  of  the  great  men  of  his  period,  and  this 
too  without  the  glamour  of  a  military  or  public 
official  life.  He  was  great  in  the  best  sense, 
great  in  the  arts  of  peace,  a  builder  not  a  de- 
stroyer. 

He  married,  in  1848,  Christiana  T.  Duerr, 
bom  in  Germany,  coming  to  the  United  States 
about  1842.  She  survived  her  husband  four 
years,  dying  October  13,  1903.  She  was  a 
worthy  companion  and  contributed  her  full 
share  to  her  husband's  success.    Children : 

I.  Henry,  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  De- 
cember 22,  1848,  died  in  that  city,  Febmary 
27 y  1880.  He  studied  in  Germany,  but  soon 
became  associated  with  his  father  in  the  lat- 
ter's  business  enterprises.  The  period  when 
the  association  began  was  one  in  which  the 
undertakings  of  the  elder  Schoellkopf  were 
yet  in  an  initial  stage  compared  with  their  later 
magnitude.  He  became  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  J.  F.  Schoellkopf  &  Son  in  1870,  later  this 


firm  was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  other 
sons,  and  the  son  changed  to  sons  in  the  firm 
name.  Henry  was  a  man  of  fine  qualities  and 
occupied  a  prominent  place  in  Buffalo  busi- 
ness circles.  He  was  fitted  by  natural  inclina- 
tions for  a  manufacturer,  while  his  fidelity  and 
integrity  commanded  implicit  confidence.  He 
married,  1874,  Emily  Vogel,  of  Milwaukee, 
Wisconsin.  Children:  i.  Elsie,  married  Kai 
Von  Rumohr,  an  officer  of  the  German  army ; 
resides  at  Schwerin,  Germany,  ii.  Paula,  mar- 
ried Gustav  Reuss,  a  banker  of  Milwaukee, 
iii.  Henry,  graduate  of  Cornell  and  Harvard 
universities,  now  a  practicing  lawyer  at  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin. 

2.  Louis,  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  March 
25,  1855,  died  July  7,  1901.  He  was  educated 
under  private  tutors,  spent  four  years  at  school 
in  Germany,  returned  to  Buffalo  where  his 
studies  were  completed  under  private  teachers, 
a  course  at  St.  Joseph's  College  and  at  Bryant 
&  Stratton's  Business  College.  His  business 
life  began  in  his  father's  tannery,  where  he 
acquired  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  busi- 
ness. In  1877  he  became  a  member  of  J.  F. 
Schoellkopf  &  Sons,  continuing  until  the  death 
of  his  brother  Henry  in  1880,  when  a  new  firm 
was  organized  consisting  of  Louis  and  Alfred 
P.  Schoellkopf  and  John  Russ.  Louis  was 
interested  in  many  other  enterprises  in  Niagara 
Falls :  The  Power  City  Bank,  Niagara  Falls  Hy- 
draulic Power  and  Manufacturing  Company, 
the  International  Hotel  Company  and  the  Cliff 
Paper  Company.  His  culture,  experience  and 
uprightness  won  him  the  esteem  of  a  very  large 
circle  of  friends.  His  business  abilities  were 
undisputed  and  he  filled  a  useful  place  in  the 
life  of  his  conimunity.  While  neither  holding 
or  seeking  office  he  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics and  had  a  well  defined  conception  of  his 
duty  as  a  citizen.  He  belonged  to  the  Buffalo 
Republican  League,  the  Ellicott  Club,  Orpheus 
Singing  Society,  Westminster  Club,  Merchants' 
Exchange,  the  Charity  Organization,  and  at- 
tended the  Westminster  Presb3rterian  Church. 
He  married.  May  18,  1881,  Myra  Lee  Horton. 
Children:  Walter  Horton  (mentioned  below), 
and  Genevieve  Christina  (see  Vom  Berge). 

3.  Arthur,  of  whom  further. 

4.  Jacob  Frederick,  of  whom  further. 

5.  Alfred,  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  July 
I,  1859,  died  there  October  12,  1901.  Here  he 
first  exhibited  the  unusual  business  capacity 
that  later  won  him  recognition  as  a  manu- 
facturer and  financier.    He  soon  outgrew  the 


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tannery,  becoming  identified  with  the  Niagara 
Falls  Hydraulic  Power  and  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  which  he  was  a  director  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  Later  he  entered  the  sphere 
of  finance  as  a  director  of  the  Power  City  Bank. 
From  the  time  of  his  first  entry  into  business 
his  progress  was  rapid,  and  as  he  progressed  he 
constantly  developed  new  sources  of  strength, 
becoming  a  tower  of  strength  to  the  corpora- 
tions in  which  he  was  interested.  His  death 
came  at  a  time  when  the  enthusiasm  of  youth 
was  happily  blended  with  matured  judgment 
and  extensive  experience,  better  preparing  him 
for  important  achievement.  He  married  Emily 
Gnebe,  then  a  resident  of  Niagara  Falls.  Chil- 
dren :  Lucia,  William  Graebe  and  Emily. 

6.  C.  P.  Hugo,  of  whom  further. 

7.  Helena,  of  whom  further. 
Four  children  died  in  infancy. 

(HI)  Arthur,  third  son  of  Jacob  Frederick 
and  Christiana  T.  (Duerr)  Schoellkopf,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  June  13,  1856.  He 
studied  in  private  schools  in  that  city,  was  for 
four  years  an  academician  at  Kirchheim,  Wur- 
tenberg,  Germany  (his  father's  birthplace) ,  and 
returned  in  1869  to  Buffalo,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  literary  education  at  St.  Joseph's 
College,  and  took  a  course  in  Bryant  &  Strat- 
ton's  Business  College.  He  began  business  in 
the  North  Buffalo  and  Frontier  mills,  then 
operated  by  Thornton  &  Chester,  and  later  by 
Schoellkopf  &  Mathews,  remaining  four  years. 
In  1877  he  became  part  owner  of  the  Niagara 
flouring  mills  at  Niagara  Falls.  His  interest 
in  the  milling  business  has  been  continuous,  he 
now  being  president  of  the  Niagara  Falls  Mill- 
ing Company,  operating  the  Central  and  Ni- 
agara flouring  mills,  with  a  combined  output 
of  four  thousand  barrels  daily.  In  1878,  in 
association  with  his  father,  he  organized  the 
Niagara  Falls  Hydraulic  Power  and  Manu- 
facturing Company  to  develop  the  hydraulic 
canal  purchased  by  his  father,  and  to  furnish 
power  for  other  mills,  the  father  being  presi- 
dent, and  the  son  secretary,  treasurer  and  gen- 
eral manager.  This  enterprise  was  of  the 
greatest  benefit  to  the  village,  and  is  now  com- 
memorated in  the  now  thriving  city  of  Niagara 
Falls  by  a  beautiful  memorial  bridge  spanning 
the  canal,  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city.  An 
instance  of  the  public  spirit  of  Arthur  Schoell- 
kopf is  shown  in  his  building,  equipping  and 
personally  managing  for  seven  years  the  first 
street  railway,  known  as  the  Niagara  Falls 
and  Suspension  Bridge  street  railway.     This 


was  completed  July  4,  1883,  and  he  continued 
as  manager  until  1890,  when  he  disposed  of 
his  entire  interest.  With  his  father  he  found- 
ed the  Brush  Electric  Light  Company  of  Ni- 
agara Falls,  and  is  also  connected  with  many 
extensive  industries  as  well  as  others  having 
important  financial  connections.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Power  Qty  Bank  of  Niagara 
Falls,  a  director  of  the  Bank  of  Niagara,  and 
president  of  the  Cliff  Paper  Company.  He  is 
preeminently  an  able,  broad-minded  and  pub- 
lic-spirited man,  holding  an  undisputed  place 
among  the  foremost  citizens  of  Western  New 
York.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican,  but  not 
pronouncedly  partisan,  and  he  has  served  the 
people  in  many  responsible  positions.  When 
Niagara  Falls  was  a  village,  he  was  one  of  its 
first  commissioners.  In  March,  1896,  he  was 
elected  mayor,  and  his  administration  was 
marked  by  enterprise,  ability  and  integrity. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Niagara  Falls  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  the  Niagara  Club,  and  the 
Ellicott  Qub  of  Buffalo.  He  is  a  Mason,  of 
Knights  Templar  rank ;  a  Noble  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine;  and  a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks,  a  past  exalted  ruler 
of  Lodge  No.  346.  In  religion  he  is  a  Pres- 
byterian, and  a  tnistee  of  the  First  Church  of 
Niagara  Falls. 

He  married,  October  13, 1880,  Jessie,  daugh- 
ter of  Alva  Cluck,  of  Niagara  Falls,  and  the 
family  home  is  in  that  city.  Children:  Paul 
Arthur,  of  whom  further;  and  Beatrice,  mar- 
ried Julius  Schwoll,  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 

(IV)  Paul  Arthur,  only  son  of  Arthur  and 
Jessie  (Cluck)  Schoellkopf,  was  bom  in  Ni- 
agara Falls,  New  York,  March  7,  1884.  He 
prepared  for  college  in  the  University  Pre- 
paratory School,  Ithaca,  New  York,  and  enter- 
ed Cornell  University,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  1906.  He  at  once  engaged  in  business 
with  his  father,  in  manufacturing  enterprises, 
and  became  connected  with  his  various  inter- 
ests— hydraulic  and  electrical  power,  paper 
manufacturing  and  flour  milling — ^proving him- 
self a  master  of  each,  and  in  all  displaying  the 
abilities  of  the  real  practical  operator  and  busi- 
ness manager,  and  is  accounted  among  the  first 
men  of  large  affairs  in  the  city.  He  is  a  di- 
rector in  the  Power  City  Bank.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  in 
politics  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ; 
of  the  Zeta  Psi  college  fraternity;  of  the  Ni- 
agara Falls  Club,  of  Niagara  Falls;  and  the 


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Buffalo  Club  of  Buffalo.  He  married,  Au- 
gust i6,  191 1,  at  Reidsville,  North  Carolina,  a 
native  of  that  place,  Mattie  Irwin  Penn,  born 
December  28,  1887,  daughter  of  Frank  R.  and 
Annie  (Spencer)  Penn. 

(Ill)  Jacob  Frederick  (2),  fourth  son  of 
Jacob  Frederick  ( i )  and  Christiana  T.  (Duerr) 
Schoellkopf,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
February  2J,  1858.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  St.  Joseph's  College,  Buffalo,  after- 
ward going  to  Germany  where  he  studied  for 
seven  years  (1873-80)  at  the  University  of 
Munich  and  in  Stuttgart,  making  a  specialty 
of  chemistry,  being  graduated  from  the  Stutt- 
gart Polytechnic  Collie, .  class  of  1880.  In 
1880  he  returned  to  Buffalo  and  engaged  in 
business.  His  knowledge  of  chemistry  and 
his  experiments  convinced  him  that  the  ex- 
tracting of  dyes  from  coal  tar  could  be  made  a 
very  profitable  business  in  the  United  States. 
The  outcome  of  his  effort  was  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Schoellkopf  Aniline  and  Chem- 
ical works  with  plant  at  Buffalo,  the  most 
extensive  in  the  county.  The  works  are 
operated  by  Schoellkopf,  Hartford,  Hanna  & 
Company,  a  corporation  of  which  Mr.  Schoell- 
kopf is  president.  The  plant  embraces  about 
thirty-six  acres  of  land  on  which  thirty  brick 
factory  buildings  are  erected.  This  company 
employ  three  hundred  and  fifty  men,  with  a 
monthly  wage  pay  roll  of  fifteen  thousand 
dollars.  Mr.  Schoellkopf  is  not  only  a  capable, 
energetic  man  of  business,  but  is  a  technical 
expert  in  his  line,  chemistry.  His  years  of 
study  and  experiment  have  not  been  devoted 
to  theory,  but  the  conclusions  reached  in  the 
laboratory  have  been  applied  to  practical  pur- 
poses. His  acquirements  have  been  fully 
recognized  and  his  cooperation  and  assistance 
sought  for  by  many  corporations.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Contact  Process  Company;  vice- 
president  of  the  Commonwealth  Trust  Com- 
pany, Buffalo;  vice-president  of  the  Central 
National  Bank,  Buffalo;  director  of  the  Co- 
lumbia National  Bank ;  director  of  the  Secur- 
ity Safe  Deposit  Company ;  vice-president  and 
director  of  the  Hydraulic  Power  Company  of 
Niagara  Falls;  director  of  the  National  Ani- 
line and  Chemical  Company  of  New  York; 
director  of  the  Cliff  Paper  Company  of  Ni- 
agara Falls.  Though  eminently  a  man  of  af- 
fairs Mr.  Schoellkopf  does  not  allow  business 
to  be  his  all  absorbing  thought.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  of  the 
National  Geographical  Society  of  Washington, 


District  of  Columbia,  and  of  the  American  So- 
ciety of  Political  and  Social  Science.  He  is 
also  interested  in  purely  home  philanthropies 
which  he  liberally  supports.  For  several  years 
he  has  served  the  Buffalo  General  Hospital  as 
trustee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  His 
clubs  are  the  Buffalo  and  Country. 

He  married,  April  i,  1882,  Wilma,  daughter 
of  Alexander  Spring,  of  Stuttgart,  Germany. 
Children:  Jacob  Frederick,  of  whom  further; 
Ruth  Wilma,  born  November  30,  1899;  Esther 
Spring,  June  27,  1901. 

(IV)  Jacob  Frederick  (3),  only  son  of 
Jacob  Frederick  (2)  and  Wilma  (Spring) 
Schoellkopf,  was  bom  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
May  3,  1883.  He  was  graduated  A.  B.,  class 
of  1905,  Cornell  University,  after  which  he 
went  abroad,  entering  Strassburg  University, 
Alsace,  Germany,  from  whence  he  was  gradu- 
ated. Doctor  of  Philosophy,  1907.  He  is  a 
director  of  Schoellkopf,  Hartford  &  Hanna 
Company;  assistant  secretary  and  director  of 
Hydraulic  Power  Company,  Niagara  Falls,  and 
director  of  National  Aniline  and  Chemical 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  Trinity  Church 
(Episcopal),  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  American  Chemical  Society 
and  the  University  Club. 

He  married,  October  24,  1907,  Olive  Ches- 
nutwood,  daughter  of  George  Lansing  Abbott, 
a  retired  cut  glass  manufacturer,  of  Coming, 
New  York.  She  is  a  graduate  of  Corning  Free 
Academy,  finishing  with  a  year  in  Paris,  France, 
1904.  Children:  Olive  Wilhelmina,  bom  Au- 
gust 9,  1908;  Jacob  Frederick  (4),  bom  in 
Buffalo,  October  i,  1910. 

(Ill)  C.  P.  Hugo,  sixth  and  youngest  son 
of  Jacob  Frederick  and  Christiana  T.  (Duerr) 
Schoellkopf,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
July  6,  1862.  He  pursued  his  studies  in  the 
public  schools  of  Buffalo  until  past  sixteen 
years  of  age,  then  went  abroad,  entering  the 
Oberralschule  in  Stuttgart,  later  becoming  a 
student  at  the  Polytechnic  College  of  the  same 
city.  Finishing  here  he  took  a  course  of  study 
at  the  Polytechnic  College  at  Berlin,  special- 
izing in  chemistry.  Returning  to  Buffalo  in 
1885  he  at  once  entered  the  Schoellkopf  Ani- 
line and  Chemical  works  with  which  he  has 
ever  since  been  connected.  His  advancement 
in  the  business  world  has  been  rapid  and  con- 
tinuous. His  scientific  training,  his  thorough 
knowledge  of  chemistry  and  practical  years  of 
experience  have  placed  him  in  a  prominent 
position.    He  is  treasurer  of  the  Schoellkopf, 


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Hartford  &  Hanna  Company,  which  operate 
the  Aniline  and  Chemical  works;  director  of 
the  National  Aniline  and  Chemical  Company 
of  New  York;  vice-president  of  the  Contact 
Process  Company  (an  allied  company  of 
Schoellkopf,  Hartford  &  Hanna)  ;  treasurer 
of  the  Shafer  Fruit  and  Cold  Storage  Com- 
pany; treasurer  of  the  Schoellkopf  Holding 
Company;  director  of  the  Hydraulic  Power 
Company  of  Niagara  Falls;  director  of  the 
Cliff  Electrical  Distributing  Company;  presi- 
dent of  the  Canandaigua  Brewing  Company; 
president  of  the  Niagara  Spraying  Company ; 
director  of  the  Central  National  Bank  (two 
years,  1907-08),  and  has  a  large  interest  in  the 
American .  Magnesia  and  Covering  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of 
Commerce;  life  member  of  the  Orpheus  Sing- 
ing Society  of  Buffalo,  New  York.  Politically 
he  is  a  Republican.  His  clubs  are  the  Buffalo, 
Automobile,  Park,  Launch,  Niagara  and  Chem- 
ist Club  of  New  York.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
Ancient  Landmarks  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Ismailia  Temple,  Order  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  and  Buffalo  Consistory,  Ancient  and 
Accepted  Scottish  Rite,  in  which  he  has  at- 
tained the  thirty-second  degree.  He  also  holds 
membership  in  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  September  18,  1890,  Emily 
Frances  Annette,  of  Fort  Lee,  New  Jersey. 
Child,  Alfred  H.,  born  July  12,  1893. 

(HI)  Helena,  only  daughter  of  Jacob  Fred- 
erick (i)  and  Christiana  T.  CDuerr)  Schoell- 
kopf, was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  April 
14,  1870.  She  married,  February  i,  1893,  at 
Buffalo,  Hans,  son  of  Henry  Schmidt,  born  in 
Hanover,  Germany,  May  4,  1839,  died  in  Buf- 
falo, December  10,  1891.  He  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1877  and  was  engaged  in  the 
tanning  business  with  the  Schoellkopf  inter- 
ests. He  married  Clara,  daughter  of  August 
Mannory,  who  died  in  Hanover,  Germany,  in 
1888.  Mrs.  Clara  Schmidt  survives  her  hus- 
band, a  resident  of  Buffalo.  Hans  Schmidt 
was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  April  30, 
1865,  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Lyceum  of  that 
city.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1882, 
locating  in  Buffalo,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
tanning  business  with  the  Schoellkopfs.  He 
is  interested  in  matters  military  and  from  1885 
to  1895  served  in  the  New  York  National 
Guard.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  His 
clubs  are  the  Buffalo,  Country,  Ellicott  and 


Automobile.  Children:  i.  Hans  (2),  bom 
January  17,  1896;  now  a  student  at  the  Nichols 
school.  2.  Walter,  bom  August  4,  1898,  also 
a  student  at  the  Nichols  school.  3.  Elsie  Helen. 
4.  Marie  Louise. 

(IV)  Walter  Horton,  only  son  of  Louis  and 
Myra  Lee  (Horton)  Schoellkopf,  was  bom  in 
Buffalo,  October  18,  1882.  He  was  educated 
in  the  Nichols  school,  Buffalo ;  Cascadilla  Pre- 
paratory School,  Ithaca,  New  York;  Pennsyl- 
vania Military  College,  Chester,  Pennsylvania, 
from  whence  he  was  graduated  C.  E.,  1904; 
Cornell  University,  graduating  electricsd  engi- 
neer, class  of  1906.  After  a  tour  of  Europe 
he  returned  to  Buffalo  where  he  is  in  charge  of 
the  family  estate  and  prominent  in  business. 
He  is  president  of  the  Atlantic  Filter  Company, 
of  Buffalo;  director  of  the  Hydraulic  Power 
Company;  director  of  the  Schoellkopf  Hold- 
ing Company,  and  director  of  the  Citizens* 
National  Bank  of  Buffalo.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  an  active  member  of 
Westminster  Presbyterian  Church.  His  col- 
lege fraternity  is  Zeta  Psi.  His  clubs  are  the 
Buffalo,  Saturn,  Ellicott,  Country,  Park  and 
Automobile  of  Buffalo;  The  Lambs  of  New 
York  City  and  the  Royal  Automobile  Club  of 
London,  England. 

He  married  Anna  Johnston,  February  i, 
1908;  one  son,  Walter  Horton  Jr.,  born  Sep- 
tember 13,  191 1. 

This  is  an  ancient  and  hon- 
VOM  BERGE    orable  family  of  Germany, 

where  they  hold  high  posi- 
tion. Later  generations  settled  in  Buffalo, 
New  York,  where  they  are  equally  important. 

(I)  Heinrich  Gottlob  Vom  Berge  was  born 
August  20,  1788,  died  November  2,  1864.  He 
was  a  wealthy  landowner  and  successful  busi- 
ness man  of  Germany.  He  married  Wilhel- 
mina  Charlotte  Von  Koeckritz. 

(II)  Gottwalt  Benjamin,  son  of  Heinrich 
G.  Vom  Berge,  was  bom  in  Germany  (Silesia), 
February  27,  1830,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York, 
September  4,  1886.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Royal  College  of  Engineers,  Breslau,  Germany. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years,  in  1851,  he 
came  to  the  United  States  and  established  as  a 
civil  engineer  in  Buffalo,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried, December  10,  1872,  Marie  de  Rutte,  bom 
Febmary  20,  1846,  daughter  of  Bemhart  Gott- 
lieb de  Rutte,  and  granddaughter  of  Johan 
Emanuel  Victor  de  Rutte,  of  Switzerland  and 
Germany,  bom   1788,  died  March  29,   1833; 


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married,  June  28,  1814,  Anna  Charlotte  Hiuze, 
born  November  3,  1791 ;  their  son,  Bernhart 
Gottlieb  de  Rutte,  bom  in  Germany,  Septem- 
ber 22,  1 819,  died  in  Buffalo,  December  8, 
1878;  married,  April  4,  1845,  Wilhelmina 
Franziska  Henning,  born  November  26,  1820, 
died  August  10,  1850,  daughter  of  Carl  and 
Marie  (Lampel)  Henning,  the  latter  born  Oc- 
tober 18,  1797,  died  March  17,  i860.  Mrs. 
Marie  (de  Rutte)  Vom  Berge  survives  her 
husband  and  resides  in  Buffalo. 

(Ill)  Henry  de  Rutte,  son  of  Gottwalt  Ben- 
jamin Vom  Berge,  was  bom  in  Buffalo,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1874,  died  November  28,  191 1.  He  was 
educated  at  Canisius  College,  from  whence  he 
was  graduated  A.  B.,  1892.  On  his  return  to 
the  United  States  he  became  associated  with 
the  Schoellkopf  interests,  later  becoming  sales 
manager.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Central  Na- 
tional Bank,  of  the  Hydraulic  Power  Com- 
pany, of  the  Wegner  Machine  Company  and 
of  the  Canandaigua  Brewing  Company.  Mr. 
Vom  Berge  served  ten  years  in  the  Sixty-fifth 
Regiment,  New  York  National  Guard,  attain- 
ing the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  and  inspector 
of  small  arms  practice.  He  was  actively  asso- 
ciated with  the  Charity  Organization,  the  Mu- 
nicipal League  and  was  treasurer  of  the  Ger- 
man Hospital  and  secretary  of  the  Philhar- 
monic Society.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics 
although  taking  no  active  part  in  public  affairs. 
His  clubs  were  the  Saturn,  Country,  Automo- 
bile and  Ellicott  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  September  26,  1907,  Genevieve 
Christina  Schoellkopf,  born  in  Buffalo,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1884,  daughter  of  Louis  and  Myra  Lee 
(Ilorton)  Schoellkopf  (see  Schoellkopf).  She 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Buffalo  Seminary  and  the 
Ogoontz  School,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 
One  child:  Henry  Schoellkopf,  bom  in  Buf- 
falo, July  6,  1908. 


The  Pratt  family  is  of  Norman 
PRATT  stock,  the  name  appearing  in  An- 
glicized form  in  France  early  in 
the  middle  ages.  It  is  derived  from  the  Latin 
"Pratum,"  a  meadow ;  Spanish,  Prade ;  French, 
Pre,  Preux,  Prarie.  The  barony  of  Pratella 
existed  near  Rouen,  on  the  Seine  below  Paris, 
early  in  the  eleventh  century.  Its  lord,  Le  Sire 
de  Preaux,  followed  William  the  Conqueror  to 
England  in  1066,  his  name  being  found  on  the 
Roll  of  Battle  Abbey  as  having  been  present  at 
the  battle  of  Hastings.  Thirty  years  later,  in 
1096,  a  Sire  de  Preux  followed  Duke  Robert 


of  Normandy,  the  eldest  son  of  William  the 
Conqueror,  on  the  first  cmsade.  Two  of  his 
kinsmen,  William  and  John,  accompanied  him. 
John  de  Pratelles  was  a  favorite  minister  of 
King  Richard  I.  (Cour  de  Lion).  Two  broth- 
ers, William  and  Peter  de  Pratelles,  followed 
Richard  on  the  third  crusade  in  1 189-91.  Will- 
iam saved  the  king  frcnn  capture  in  a  skirmish 
with  the  Saracens  by  allowing  himself  to  be 
captured,  pretending  that  he  was  the  king.  He 
was  later  exchanged  for  ten  emirs  and  was 
knighted  for  his  valor.  Documents  connect 
him  with  Rouen,  where  the  barony  of  Pratella 
was  located.  A  Seigneur  de  Preux  was  killed 
at  the  hiead  of  his  household  in  the  battle  of 
Agincourt,  in  141 5. 

The  Anglicized  form  of  the  name,  Pratt,  be- 
gins to  appear  frequently  in  England  in  the 
thirteenth  and  fourteenth  centuries.  There 
are  nine  armorial  bearings  extant  among  dif- 
ferent families  of  this  name.  Its  frequent 
occurrence  on  Norman  rolls  proves  the  Nor- 
man origin  of  the  family.  While  it  is  found 
in  nearly  every  county  in  England  it  is  partic- 
ularly identified  with  Herts  and  Norfolk. 

(I)  The  first  of  the  name  to  whom  the 
American  Pratt s  can  trace  direct  descent  was 
Thomas  Pratt,  who  lived  at  Baldock,  county 
of  Herts,  England,  about  thirty-four  miles 
from  London,  in  the  early  part  of  the  sixteenth 
century.  His  will  is  dated  February  5,  1538- 
39.  His  wife's  name  was  Joan  and  he  had 
three  sons,  Thomas,  James,  Andrew,  and  one 
daughter,  Agnes. 

(II)  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Pratt,  had 
three  children :  Allen,  baptized  1 561 ;  William, 
October,  1562;  Richard,  June  27,  1567. 

(III)  Rev.  William  Pratt,  son  of  Andrew 
Pratt,  was  rector  at  Stevenage,  in  Hertford- 
shire, for  thirty  years.  His  wife,  Elizabeth, 
bore  him  three  sons  and  three  daughters :  Rich- 
ard, baptized  February  16,  1618;  John,  No- 
vember 9,  1620;  William;  Sarah;  Mary,  bom 
February  6,  1605;  Elizabeth,  April  2,  161 3. 
The  Rev.  William  Pratt  died  in  1629,  aged 
sixty-seven. 

(IV)  John  Pratt  and  his  brother  William 
were  the  founders  of  the  Pratt  family  in 
America.  John  appears  in  the  records  of  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  as  the  owner  of  a  home 
lot  and  as  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Rev.  Thomas  Hooker's  church.  This  would 
fix  the  date  of  his  immigration  as  prior  to 
1636,  when  Hooker  and  Samuel  Stone  led  their 
flock  through  the  wilderness  to  found  New- 


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ton,  or,  as  it  soon  became,  Hartford,  Connec- 
ticut. The  fact  that  these  two  sons  of  a  clergy- 
man of  the  Church  of  England  were  at  this 
time  living  in  a  Puritan  colony  and  were  mem- 
bers of  a  Puritan  church  may  explain  the 
omission  of  their  names  from  their  father's 
will.  John  and  Lieutenant  William  Pratt  ap- 
pear among  the  original  proprietors  of  Hart- 
ford. They  drew  home  lots  in  the  first  division 
of  land  in  February,  1639,  and  their  names 
occur  frequently  in  the  records  of  the  colony. 
John  had  wife  Elizabeth,  and  died  on  July  15, 
1655.    He  had  sons,  John  and  Daniel. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth Pratt,  married  (first)  Hannah  Boosey; 
(second)  Hepsibah  Wyatt.  Children:  Han- 
nah, born  1658;  John,  166 1 ;  EHzabeth,  1664; 
Ruth,  1667;  Sarah,  1668;  Joseph,  167 1 ;  Sus- 
annah, 1680;  Jonathan,  1683.  John  Pratt  died 
November  23,  1687. 

(VI)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Pratt,  born 
November  23,  1683,  married  Mary  Benton. 
They  lived  at  East  Hartford.  Children :  Eliz- 
abeth, Jerusha,  Daniel,  Moses,  Jonathan,  Eliab, 
Aaron,  Mary,  Hepsibah.    Jonathan  Pratt  died 

in  1755. 

(VH)  Aaron,  son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 

(Benton)  Pratt,  was  born  about  1725-26.  He 
married  Mary  Clark,  of  East  Hartford,  in 
1756,  and  removed  to  Westminster,  Vermont. 
In  1805  he  came  to  his  son's  home  in  Buffalo, 
where  he  died,  February  9,  1806.  His  widow 
also  died  in  Buffalo,  November  20,  1809.  Both 
were  buried  in  the  village  cemetery,  where  is 
now  Franklin  square.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, Aaron,  Mary,  Samuel,  William,  died  in 
infancy;  William. 

(VIII)  Captain  Samuel  Pratt,  son  of  Aaron 
and  Mary  (Clark)  Pratt,  the  founder  of  the 
Pratt  family  in  Buffalo,  was  born  at  East  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  was  still  a  child  when 
his  parents  removed  to  Westminster,  Vermont. 
As  soon  as  the  news  of  Bunker  Hill  reached 
this  distant  settlement  he  enlisted,  July  10, 
1775,  in  the  Third  Company,  Eighth  Regiment, 
of  General  Jedediah  Huntington's  brigade.  The 
command  was  first  stationed  on  Long  Island 
south,  but  was  ordered  by  General  Washing- 
ton to  the  camp  around  Boston,  where  it  took 
post  with  General  Spencer's  brigade  at  Rox- 
bury.  Samuel  Pratt  was  honorably  discharged 
December  14,  1775-  On  July  2,  1777,  he  again 
enlisted  in  Captain  John  Harman's  company. 
Fourth  Connecticut  Regiment.    This  command 


was  stationed  at  Peekskill  and  in  September 
was  ordered  to  join  General  Washingtcm  in 
Pennsylvania,  marching  with  the  Connecticut 
brigade  under  General  Alexander  McDougal. 
He  also  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Germantown 
and  the  defense  of  Fort  Mifflin.  Returning  to 
his  Vermont  home  after  the  war,  Captain  Pratt 
is  next  heard  of  as  the  organizer  of  an  expedi- 
tion into  the  western  country  to  buy  furs.  The 
party  started  from  Montreal  in  1802,  passed 
through  Buffalo  and  went  as  far  as  Mackinaw. 
On  his  return  he  was  stricken  with  smallpox, 
at  Sandusky,  Ohio,  and  was  nursed  back  to 
health  by  the  Indians.  He  marketed  his  furs 
in  Boston,  and  then  determined  to  emigrate 
with  his  family  to  Buffalo,  which  had  impress- 
ed him  as  an  advantageous  point  at  which  to 
settle.  The  journey  was  made  in  a  substantial 
coach  built  for  the  purpose,  while  two  covered 
wagons  held  his  furniture  and  trading  stock. 
When  this  caravan  made  its  way  down  Wil- 
link  avenue (  Main  street)  in  September,  1804, 
it  caused  a  sensation  in  the  settlement.  It 
brought  the  first  private  coach  ever  seen  in 
Erie  county.  Captain  Pratt  put  up  at  John 
Crow's  tavern,  where  the  superintendent  of 
Indian  affairs,  Erastus  Granger,  kindly  gave 
up  his  quarters  to  Mrs.  Pratt  and  the  children. 
His  first  purchase  of  land  was  the  lot  where 
the  Mansion  House  now  stands.  Here  he  built 
what  was  at  first  both  his  home  and  his  store. 
Later  he  built  a  substantial  farm  house  on 
what  is  now  Ohio  street,  a  little  north  of  the 
creek,  near  where  the  Erie  freight  house  stands. 
There  was  also  a  large  barn  and  storehouse  at 
the  corner  of  Ellicott  and  Seneca  streets.  The 
frame  of  this  structure  remained  standing  when 
Buffalo  was  burned  by  the  British  in  181 3.  It 
was  afterward  recovered  and  used  as  a  stable 
for  the  Franklin  House.  Captain  Pratt  is 
credited  with  building  the  first  frame  house  of 
any  considerable  size  in  Buffalo. 

Captain  Pratt  was  a  man  of  great  energy 
and  public  spirit.  His  store  was  the  principal 
trading  resort  of  the  Indians,  who  gave  him 
the  names  Ho-da-ni-da-oh,  "merciful  man," 
and  Ne-gur-re-you,  "honest  dealer."  Very 
soon  after  his  arrival  an  incident  occurred 
which  illustrates  the  character  both  of  the 
merchant  and  his  customers.  While  he  was 
building  his  house  his  wife  was  boiling  some 
meat  out  of  doors.  An  Indian,  known  as 
Peter  Gimlet,  snatched  a  piece  of  the  meat  and 
ran  awav.  Captain  Pratt's  little  daughter  call- 
ed her  father,  who  sent  his  son  Asa  to  catch 


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the  Indian  and  bring  him  back.  Finding  the 
meat  still  on  his  person,  Captain  Pratt  seized 
a  horsewhip  and  applied  it  vigorously  to  the 
thief's  legs.  The  Indian  bounded  away  but 
in  a  short  time  returned  with  a  large  number 
of  his  friends,  including  the  noted  chief,  Farm- 
er's Brother.  The  chief  complained  that  Peter 
Gimlet  had  been  horsewhipped,  as  he  said, 
without  cause.  Captain  Pratt  boldly  told  his 
own  side  of  the  case,  calling  his  daughter  to 
corroborate  him,  whereupon  Farmer's  Brother 
decided  that  Ne-gur-re-you  might  whip  Peter 
Gimlet  again  if  he  liked.  Furthermore,  the 
thief  was  banished  from  the  reservation  for 
several  years.  Captain  Pratt  then  rolled  out  a 
barrel  of  salt  to  which  the  Indians  were  in- 
vited to  help  themselves.  Another  characteris- 
tic incident  of  the  time  was  an  attempt  by  a 
Seneca  squaw  to  steal  the  captain's  infant 
daughter,  but  the  child  was  promptly  recover- 
ed. Still  more  exciting  was  an  attempt  by  an 
Indian  to  kill  the  captain's  son,  Benjamin,  who 
had  been  teasing  him.  The  boy  rushed  into 
the  store,  closely  pursued,  but  upon  the  father's 
interference,  the  Indian  thrust  his  knife  into 
the  door  post,  saying:  "Me  no  kill  Ho-da-ni- 
da-oh's  boy." 

Returning  to  the  east  in  1805,  Captain  Pratt 
brought  back  with  him  his  aged  parents  and  a 
clergyman,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Whiting,  of  Boston, 
who  was  the  first  minister,  not  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  missionary  society,  to  settle  in  Buf- 
falo. The  expense  of  the  journey  was  con- 
siderable, and  the  act  demonstrated  Captain 
Pratt's  public  spirit.  He  was  not  himself  a 
church  member,  but  his  wife  was  a  Presby- 
terian, although  in  later  life  she  became  attach- 
ed to  the  Baptists.  Mr.  Whiting  lived  for 
some  time  in  the  Pratt  family.  Captain  Pratt 
helped  to  lay  out  the  first  cemetery,  where  his 
own  parents  were  soon  afterward  buried. 

He  married,  about  1785,  Esther  Wells,  born 
at  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  April  20,  1766, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lucy  (Evens)  Wells, 
of  the  oldest  and  best  New  England  families. 
Captain  Pratt  died  August  31,  1812.  In  con- 
sequence of  the  burning  of  Buffalo  the  fol- 
lowing year,  his  widow  with  her  younger  chil- 
dren returned  to  Westminster,  Vermont,  but 
later  came  back  to  Buffalo,  where  she  died  in 
1830,  aged  sixty- four.  Children:  i.  Samuel, 
of  whom  further.  2.  Asa,  called  by  the  In- 
dians, To-yo-nih,  "the  wolf."  He  enlisted  in 
a  regiment  known  as  the  Buffalo  Greys,  and 
was  seriously  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Chip- 


pawa,  July  5,  1814.  After  the  battle  he  was 
placed  in  a  canoe  and  brought  to  the  family 
home  on  Ohio  street.  The  surgeon  wished  to 
amputate  his  leg,  but  he  would  not  consent. 
He  sent  for  Farmer's  Brother  who  brought  a 
Mohawk  squaw  named  Sally.  The  two  In- 
dians applied  native  herb  remedies,  which  so 
reduced  the  inflammation  that  Asa  saved  both 
his  leg  and  his  life.  When  partially  recover- 
ed he  rejoined  the  army  at  Fort  Erie,  acting  as 
one  of  the  secretaries  of  General  Jacob  Brown, 
One  of  his  descendants,  George  Burt  Pratt, 
died  in  Andersonville  during  the  civil  war.  3. 
Pamelia,  born  1792;  married  Elijah  Leech.  4. 
Pascal  Paoli,  bom  1794,  died  September  24, 
1828.  He  was  a  great  friend  of  the  Indians, 
spoke  several  Indian  dialects  and  frequently 
acted  as  interpreter.  He  was  deputy  sheriff 
in  1825,  at  the  time  the  three  Thayers  were 
hanged.  He  escorted  his  mother  to  Westmin- 
ster, Vermont,  after  the  burning  of  Buffalo, 
and  then  returned  and  took  charge  of  the  farm. 
His  Indian  name  was  O-we-noh-geh,  meaning 
"Floating  Island"  or  "Floating  Raft,"  refer- 
ring to  his  operation  of  a  ferry  across  the 
creek.  5.  Benjamin  Wells,  bom  1795;  was 
preparing  for  college  at  Brattleboro,  Vermont, 
at  the  time  Buffalo  was  burned.  The  change 
in  the  family  fortunes  compelled  him  to  give 
up  his  plans.  He  helped  his  mother  in  man- 
aging the  farm ;  married,  in  1824, , 

and  removed  to  a  farm  in  Collins,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  May 
19,  1868.  6.  Esther,  born  1798;  married  Au- 
gustus C.  Fox;  died  at  Springfield,  Illinois, 
1882.  7.  Hiram,  born  1800;  when  a  boy  lived 
in  the  family  of  Dr.  Cyrenius  Chapin,  who  had 
a  great  fondness  for  him.  On  the  night  of 
the  British  attack.  Dr.  Chapin  hurried  to  join 
his  regiment,  leaving  Hiram,  a  boy  of  thirteen, 
the  task  of  escorting  his  two  young  daughters 
in  their  flight  to  his  farm  in  Hamburg,  on  foot, 
ten  miles  away.  Dr.  Chapin  wished  to  edu- 
cate Hiram  for  a  physician,  but  he  preferred 
to  go  into  business.  He  formed  a  partnership 
with  his  brother-in-law,  Orlando  Allen,  and 
became  very  successful.  He  built  the  Frontier 
Mills  at  Black  Rock  and  was  connected  with 
several  of  the  leading  business  and  financial 
institutions  of  the  city.  He  was  mayor  of  the 
city  in  1835  and  again  in  1839.  He  married 
Maria  Fowle,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts. 
His  health  was  broken  by  the  business  panic 
of  1836-37,  and  he  died  May  i,  1840,  aged 
forty.    8.  Lucy  Ann,  born  1805,  drowned  May 


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20,  1823,  in  Buffalo  Creek,  in  which  she  was 
thrown  from  an  overturned  carriage.  9.  Mar- 
ilia,  married  Orlando  Allen.  10.  Mary,  mar- 
ried George  Burt. 

(IX)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Captain 
Samuel  (i)  and  Esther  (Wells)  Pratt,  was 
bom  at  Westminster,  Vermont,  in  1787.  He 
was  seventeen  years  old  when  his  father  emi- 
grated to  Buffalo,  but  he  did  not  immediately 
accompany  the  family,  being  then  employed 
in  a  store  at  Townshend,  Vermont.  Here,  in 
1806,  he  married  Sophia  Fletcher,  born  in 
1788,  daughter  of  General  Samuel  Fletcher, 
of  Townshend,  a  distinguished  revolutionary 
soldier,  legislator  and  judge.  Samuel  follow- 
ed his  father  to  Buffalo  in  1807,  bringing  his 
wife  and  infant  son,  Samuel  F.  He  traveled 
with  a  trading  caravan  in  charge  of  his  brother 
Asa,  who  had  been  sent  to  Boston  to  buy  goods. 
He  entered  into  the  same  business  as  his  father, 
associating  himself  with  Captain  Benjamin 
Caryl,  under  the  firm  name  of  B.  Caryl  &  Com- 
pany. His  store  was  nearly  opposite  that  of 
his  father.  Later  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
his  brother-in-law,  Elijah  Leech,  under  the 
name  of  Pratt  &  Leech.  His  house  stood  on 
what  is  now  the  northeast  corner  of  Main  and 
Eagle  streets.  When  Buffalo  was  captured  by 
the  British,  December  29-30,  181 3,  Mr.  Pratt's 
family  fled  with  others  to  the  Hamburg  road. 
His  house  and  store,  with  nearly  all  his  pos- 
sessions, were  burned.  He  remained  behind, 
keeping  in  hiding  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
farm  house  on  Ohio  street.  He  was  once  fired 
on  by  the  Indians  near  the  foot  of  Michigan 
street,  and  a  companion  by  his  side  was  killed. 
Mr.  Pratt*s  losses  in  this  disaster  were  made 
worse  by  broken  health,  and  he  never  again  en- 
gaged in  business  on  his  own  account.  In  1818 
he  went  to  St.  Thomas,  Canada,  to  take  charge 
of  a  store  for  his  former  employer  at  Town- 
shend, Vermont,  Mr.  Bigelow,  but  his  health 
continued  to  fail  and  he  returned  to  Buffalo 
and  died  there,  August  7,  1822.  His  widow 
died  March  19,  1862,  aged  seventy-four  years. 

Children :  i.  Samuel  Fletcher,  born  at  Town- 
shend, Vermont.  May  28,  1807;  was  brought 
to  Buffalo  when  an  infant  and  educated  in 
private  schools  here.  When  twelve  years  old 
he  left  school  to  join  his  father  at  St.  Thomas, 
Canada,  where  he  remained  in  the  employ  of 
Bigelow  &  Goodhoe  until  after  his  father's 
death.  Returning  to  Buffalo  he  secured  em- 
ployment in  the  hardware  store  of  George  and 
Thaddeus  Weed.     He  received  eight  dollars 


a  month,  of  which  he  gave  six  dollars  to  his 
mother.  In  1826,  when  only  nineteen,  he  was 
taken  into  partnership.  After  various  changes 
in  the  firm,  Mr.  Pratt,  in  1836,  bought  the 
Weed  interests.  As  Pratt  &  Company  this 
house  became  one  of  the  most  famous  busi- 
ness establishments  in  Buffalo.  He  joined 
William  P.  Letchworth  to  form  the  firm  of 
Pratt  &  Letchworth,  for  the  manufacture  of 
saddlery  hardware,  in  1848.  In  1844  ^^  t)e- 
came  the  first  president  of  the  Buffalo  Gas- 
light Company  and  continued  to  hold  that  posi- 
tion until  his  death  in  1872.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Buffalo  Female  Academy 
(Buffalo  Seminary)  in  1851,  serving  as  its  first 
president  and  remaining  on  the  board  of  trus- 
tees until  his  death.  He  was  a  very  thorough 
and  careful  business  man  and  very  highly  re- 
spected. While  he  refused  several  times  to 
become  a  candidate  for  mayor,  he  consented  in 
1844  to  serve  as  an  alderman  from  the  second 
ward.  During  the  civil  war  he  was  treasurer 
of  the  citizens'  committee  of  three.  He  joined 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  when  eighteen 
years  old,  and  sang  in  its  choir  until  a  few 
years  before  his  death.  He  married,  in  1835, 
Mary  Jane  Strong,  of  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 
He  died  April  27,  1872.  Shortly  before  his 
death  he  provided  for  the  following  public  be- 
quests: Buffalo  General  Hospital,  $10,000; 
Buffalo  Orphan  Asylum,  $10,000;  building 
fund  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion, $10,000;  Home  for  the  Friendless,  $5,000. 
In  addition  he  gave  $30,000  to  found  a  pro- 
fessorship at  Hamilton  College.  Children:  i. 
Jeannie,  bom  1841 ;  married,  i860,  William  J. 
King,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island ;  died  Sep- 
tember 24,  1872,  leaving  three  children,  ii. 
Helen,  married,  February  27,  1872,  Frank 
Hamlin,  of  Buffalo;  died  in  Paris,  January  17, 

X873. 

2.  Lucius  H.,  of  whom  further. 

3.  Sophia  C,  born  1810;  married  Dr.  Gor- 
ham  F.  Pratt  (not  a  relative). 

4.  Pascal  Paoli,  born  in  Buffalo,  September 
15,  1819.  He  was  educated  in  the  village 
schools  and  at  Hamilton  Academy,  now  Col- 
gate University,  in  Madison  county,  and  Am- 
herst Academy,  Amherst,  Massachusetts.  At 
sixteen  he  b^an  work  in  the  hardware  store 
of  his  brother,  Samuel  F.  Pratt,  and  upon  be- 
coming of  age  was  taken  into  partnership,  the 
firm  becoming,  first,  S.  F.  Pratt  &  Company, 
and  later  Pratt  &  Company.  E.  P.  Beals 
afterward  entered  the  firm.    The  business  was 


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continued  until  1885  unchanged  except  for  the 
death,  in  1872,  of  S.  F.  Pratt.  Originally 
limited  to  retail  trade,  it  extended  on  whole- 
sale lines  until  its  operations  reached  beyond 
the  Mississippi.  He  was  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Pratt  &  Letchworth,  formed  by  his  brother 
and  William  P.  Letchworth,  in  1848,  to  manu- 
facture saddlery  hardware.  In  1857  he  form- 
ed the  Buffalo  Iron  and  Nail  Company,  build- 
ing a  blast  furnace  and  rolling  mill  at  Black 
Rock.  This  company  with  its  allied  concerns, 
the  Fletcher  Furnace  Company  and  the  Tona- 
wanda  Furnace  Company,  employed  from  five 
hundred  to  eight  hundred  men  and  was  large- 
ly instrumental  in  building  up  the  northern 
part  of  the  city.  Mr.  Pratt  believed  in  manu- 
facturing as  a  matter  of  public  spirit  as  well  as 
of  private  profit  and  he  believed  in  Buffalo  as 
a  manufacturing  center.  He  was  a  liberal  em- 
ployer and  held  the  respect  of  his  workmen  as 
well  as  of  his  fellow-citizens.  In  1856  he 
founded  the  Manufacturers'  and  Traders* 
Bank,  becoming  its  vice-president  and  director. 
He  succeeded  to  the  presidency  in  1885  and 
held  that  position  until  1901,  when  he  retired 
on  account  of  advancing  years,  and  his  place 
was  taken  by  his  son-in-law,  Robert  L.  Fryer. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Bank 
of  Buffalo,  and  a  director  of  the  Bank  of  At- 
tica, an  original  trustee  of  the  Fidelity  Trust 
and  Guaranty  Company,  now  the  Fidelity 
Trust  Company;  a  director  of  the  Buffalo 
Street  Railway  Company;  a  director  of  the 
Buffalo  Gaslight  Company,  and  a  director  of 
the  Western  New  York  and  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company.  He  was  for  many  years 
president  of  the  Buffalo  Clearing  House  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  one  of  the  originators  of  the 
Buffalo  park  system,  serving  as  first  president 
of  the  park  commission  from  1869  to  1879. 
During  this  time  the  parks  were  laid  out  and 
the  essential  work  of  establishing  them  was 
done.  In  1883  he  served  with  Luther  R. 
Marsh,  of  New  York,  and  Matthew  Hale,  of 
Albany,  on  the  commission  to  appraise  the 
land  for  the  state  reservation,  at  Niagara  Falls. 
The  awards  amounted  to  about  $1,500,000. 
Originally  a  Whig,  he  became  a  Republican 
upon  the  foundation  of  the  party,  but  would 
never  consent  to  run  for  public  office,  except 
that  he  was  presidential  elector  in  1872.  He 
was  an  ardent  Union  man  during  the  war, 
contributing  liberally  for  the  relief  of  sick  and 
wounded  soldiers.  He  became  the  first  presi- 
dent of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 

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tion,  to  which  he  was  a  generous  contributor. 
He  was  president  for  twenty  years  of  the  Buf- 
falo Seminary  and  was  one  of  the  founders 
and  a  life  member  of  the  Buffalo  Fine  Arts 
Academy.  He  served  as  trustee  of  the  Buffalo 
Orphan  Asylum,  trustee  of  Forest  Lawn  Ceme- 
tery, vice-president  of  the  Civil  Service  Re- 
form Association,  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  North  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  vice-president  of  the  Presbyterian  Union. 
He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  Buffalo  Club 
and  a  member  of  the  EUicott  and  Falconwood 
clubs.  In  his  early  years  he  belonged  to  Elagle 
Engine  Company  No.  2,  and  was  an  original 
member  of  the  Volunteer  Firemen's  Benev- 
olent Association,  and  a  member  of  the  Buf- 
falo Exempt  Volunteer  Firemen's  Association. 
He  was  a  very  active  member  of  the  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember I,  1845,  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Frederick 
Lorenz,  a  prominent  glass  and  iron  manufac- 
turer, of  Pittsburgh.  Children:  i.  Katherine 
Lorenz,  married  John  Miller  Horton.  ii.  Fred- 
erick Lorenz,  married  Jeannie  Williams,  iii. 
Annie  Lorenz,  married  John  S.  Chittenden, 
iv.  Melissa  Dodge,  married  Robert  L.  Fryer. 
V.  Samuel  Fletcher,  vi.  Emma,  married  Dr. 
Charles  Sumner  Jones,  vii.  Edward  Pascal, 
married  Annette  Perrine.  Pascal  P.  Pratt  died 
June  18,  1905. 

5.  and  6.  Two  daughters,  died  in  infancy. 

(X)  Lucius  Hubbard,  second  sc«i  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  and  Sophia  (Fletcher)  Pratt,  was  born 
in  Buffalo,  New  York,  January  6,  1809,  died 
July  24,  1876.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  the 
town  of  West  Seneca,  New  York.  He  married 
(first)  Cynthia  Harriet  Weed,  born  August  15, 
1815,  died  March  3,  1843.  Three  cWldren: 
Two  died  young.  3.  Louise  Caroline,  mar- 
ried Henry  H.  Martin;  child,  Edith,  married 
Booth  Clarkson  and  has  Cynthia.  He  married 
(second),  April  21,  1844,  Susan  Romney  Beals, 
bom  February  22,  18 19,  at  Canandaigua,  New 
York,  daughter  of  John  W.  Beals.  Children: 
4.  Lucius  Henry,  of  whom  further.  5.  Ed- 
ward Beals,  born  January  26,  1846;  married, 
July  10,  1879,  Lisette,  daughter  of  Francis  C. 
Branch,  of  Buffalo.  Children,  bom  in  Buf- 
falo: i.  Isabella  K.,  born  November  27,  1880. 
ii.  Lisette,  February  i,  1885.  iii.  Lucius  Fran- 
cis, July  10,  1888.  6.  Julia  R.,  born  January 
21,  1848;  married  (first).  May  17,  1871,  John 
Turton,  died  September  29,  1871.  Married 
(second),  October  11,  1888,  George  Macnoe, 
died  January  6,  1897;  child,  George  (2),  bom 


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July  23,  1889.  7.  Sophia  Fletcher,  born  Janu- 
ary 17,  1850;  now  of  Dansville,  New  York. 
8.  Susan,  born  May  12,  1852,  died  April  10, 
1910;  married,  September  17,  1874,  Sylvester 
Henry  Clark.  9.  Samuel  Chapin,  bom  Octo- 
ber 6,  1854;  married  (first),  July  2,  1884, 
Elizabeth  M.  Smith,  died  July  17,  1896.  Mar- 
ried (second),  February  3,  1904,  Kathryn 
Townsend  Campbell,  born  January  14,  1878. 
Children  (first  marriage)  :  i.  Charles  Smith, 
born  March  21,  1888.  ii.  Avery  Lucius,  Tune 
14,  1896.  10.  Elizabeth  (Li2zie),  born  July 
II,  1858;  married.  May  5,  1885,  Clarence  S. 
Hammett.  Children:  i.  Gertrude,  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1887.  ii.  Marjory,  April  8,  1890. 
iii.  Sherman  L.,  November  16,  1895.  iv.  Ed- 
ward Rumsey,  August  28,  1897. 

(XI)  Lucius  Henry,  eldest  son  of  Lucius 
Hubbard  and  his  second  wife,  Susan  Romney 
(Reals)  Pratt,  was  bom  in  Buffalo,  New 
York,  January  24,  1845.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Buffalo,  and  after  com- 
pleting his  studies  engaged  in  mercantile  life. 
In  association  with  his  brothers,  Samuel  C. 
and  Edward  B.,  formed  the  wholesale  and  re- 
tail hardware  firm  of  Pratt  Brothers.  Lucius 
H.  continued  in  the  hardware  business  all  his 
active  years,  retiring  in  1906.  Several  years 
of  his  life  were  spent  away  from  Buffalo, 
partly  in  Ohio  and  Michigan,  but  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  has  been  spent  in  the  city  of  his 
birth.  He  was  an  able,  successful  man  of 
business,  possessing  unusual  executive  ability 
and  courage,  which  aided  by  wise,  conserva- 
tive methods,  carried  him  through  his  long 
business  career  and  woo  him  success.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  an  attendant  of 
the  Unitarian  church.  He  married,  March  17, 
1868,  Ella  A.  Hadley.  Children:  i.  Henry 
Hadley,  of  whom  further.  2.  Clarence  Lowell, 
bom  at  Belle fontaine,  Ohio,  March  21,  1882, 
died  in  Buffalo,  March  7,  1900.  3.  Ella  Almira, 
born  in  Buffalo,  March  23,  1885,  died  there 
September  20,  1891. 

(XII)  Henry  Hadley,  eldest  son  of  Lucius 
Henry  and  Ella  A.  (Hadley)  Pratt,  was  born 
in  Detroit,  Michigan,  December  19,  1873.  He 
was  educated  in  private  schools  in  Bellefon- 
taine,  and  after  the  return  to  Buffalo  finished 
in  the  State  Normal  School.  His  early  busi- 
ness life  began  as  a  clerk  in  a  wholesale  hard- 
ware department  store,  where  he  remained 
two  years.  At  about  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years  he  began  contracting  the  installation  of 
power  plants,  both  steam  and  electrical.     He 


continued  in  this  business  until  about  1896, 
when  he  closed  it  out.  For  the  succeeding 
three  years  he  was  with  the  Worcester  Iron 
Company,  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  as 
salesman.  Returning  to  Buffalo  he  engaged 
with  the  Bruce  McBeth  Company  for  several 
years,  and  in  1906  became  manager  of  the 
Buffalo  office  of  the  DuBois  Iron  Works.  He 
now  represents  the  same  company  over  the 
territory  comprising  Western  New  York, 
Northern  Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and  adjoining 
districts,  while  representing  the  power  equip- 
ment manufactured  by  the  DuBois  Iron  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Pratt  has  been  in  private  business 
as  a  dealer  since  1906.  His  business  is  large, 
well  organized  and  successful.  He  also  repre- 
sents in  New  York  territory,  lying  west  of 
Syracuse,  the  Terry  Steam  Turbine  Company, 
the  Morehead  Manufacturing  Company  and 
G.  L.  Simonds  Company.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  in  poli- 
tics an  independent  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Association  of  Stationary 
Engineers,  the  United  Commercial  Travelers 
Association,  and  during  his  three  and  one-half 
years  residence  in  Williamsville,  New  York, 
has  been  actively  interested  in  Hutchinson 
Hose  Company,  of  that  village,  having  been 
elected  president  in  January,  191 1.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Williamsville  Qub,  Amherst 
Business  Men's  Association,  and  the  Automo- 
bile Club,  of  Buffalo. 

He  married,  October  29,  1901,  Katherine 
E.,  daughter  of  William  Nagle,  a  contrattor 
and  oil  manufacturer,  of  Buffalo.  Children: 
Qarence  Nagle,  bom  October  25,  1902 ;  Kath- 
erine Nagle,  born  January  12,  1905. 


This   family   was   among  the 
HERRICK    earliest  in  Massachusetts,  and 

is  now  widely  disseminated 
throughout  the  United  States.  The  name  ai>- 
pears  to  be  of  Scandinavian  origin,  and  has 
undergone  many  modifications  in  its  progress 
from  Eric  to  Herrick,  taking  the  latter  form 
about  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  century. 
An  early  American  generation  of  the  family 
here  under  consideration  took  the  Herrick  form 
of  the  family  name. 

(I)  Henry  Herrick,  the  patriarch  of  this 
familv  in  America,  was  the  fifth  son  of  Sir 
William  Herrick,  of  Bow  Manor  Park,  in  the 
parish  of  Loughborough,  in  the  county  of  Les- 
ter, England,  in  1604.  He  came  first  to  Vir- 
ginia, and  shortly  removed  thence  to  Salem, 


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in  Massachusetts,  and  was  accompanied  by  an- 
other immigrant  from  Loughborough  named 
Cleveland,  who  was  the  ancestor  of  all  of  that 
name  in  this  country.  Mr.  Her  rick  became  a 
member  of  the  First  Church  at  Salem  in  1629, 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  about  the  same  time. 
Charles  W.  Upton's  "Salem  Witchcraft"  says : 
"Henry  Herrick  was  a  husbandman  in  easy 
circumstances,  but  undistinguished  by  wealth, 
and  was  a  dissenter  from  the  established 
Church,  and  a  friend  of  Higginson,  who  had 
been  a  dissenting  minister  in  Lester."  He 
married  Editha,  daughter  of  Hugh  Laskin,  of 
Salem.  She  was  bom  in  1614,  and  lived  to  be 
at  least  sixty  years  old.  He  died  in  167 1.  They 
were  among  the  first  thirty  who  founded  the 
First  Church  in  Salem.  Children  apd  dates 
of  baptism :  Thomas,  birth  not  recorded ;  Zach- 
arie,  December  25,  1636;  Ephraim,  February 
II,  1638;  Henry,  January  16,  1640;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further;  Elizabeth,  July  4,  1647;  John, 
May  25,  1650;  Benjamin,  no  record,  died 
about  1677. 

(H)  Joseph,  fifth  son  and  child  of  "Hen- 
erie"  or  Henry  and  Editha  (Laskin)  Herrick, 
was  baptized  August  6,  1645,  ^^^^  February 
4,  1718,  at  Cherry  Hill,  a  farm  which  had  been 
purchased  by  his  father  from  one  Alford. 
Upton  says :  "He  was  a  man  of  great  firmness 
and  dignity  of  character,  and  in  addition  to  the 
care  and  management  of  his  large  farm  was 
engaged  in  foreign  commerce.  *  *  *  He  was 
in  the  Narragansett  fight."  The  state  of  things 
at  that  time  is  illustrated  by  the  fact  that  "this 
eminent  citizen,  a  large  landholder,  engaged  in 
prosperous  mercantile  affairs  and  who  had  been 
abroad  in  1692,  when  forty-seven  years  of  age, 
was  a  Corporal  in  the  Village  Company.  He 
was  acting  constable  of  the  place,  and  as  such 
concerned  in  the  early  proceedings  connected 
with  the  witchcraft  prosecutions."  His  title 
of  governor  would  indicate  that  he  had  been  in 
command  of  the  military  post  or  district,  or 
perhaps  of  a  West  India  Colony. 

He  married  (first),  February  7,  1666,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Richard  Leach,  who  died  1674. 
Children:  i.  Joseph,  of  whom  further.  2.  Ben- 
jamin, born  January  i,  1669,  died  February 
7,  1670.  3.  John,  January  25,  1670-71.  Joseph 
Herrick  married  (second),  about  1677,  Mary 
Endicott,  of  Salem,  who  died  September  14, 
1706.  Children:  5.  Henry,  baptized  January 
26,  1679-80.  6.  Martyn,  twin  of  Henry.  7. 
Benjamin,  baptized  1680,  died  young.  8.  Try- 
phena,  born  November  16,  1681.     9.  Rufus, 


November  21,  1683.  ^^-  Tryphena,  April  9, 
1685.  II.  Elizabeth,  October  16,  1686.  12. 
Ruth,  April  29,  1688.  13.  Edith,  February  20, 
1690.  Joseph  Herrick  married  (third),  Janu- 
ary 28,  1707,  Mary,  widow  of  Captain  George 
March,  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  who  sur- 
vived him. 

(HI)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  child  of  Joseph  (r) 
and  Sarah  (Leach)  Herrick,  was  bom  April 
2,  1667,  died  September  11,  1749.  He  settled 
on  the  farm  given  him  by  his  father,  in  the 
northwest  corner  of  Beverly,  Massachusetts, 
near  the  Menham  line.  Thence  he  removed 
to  Marblehead,  Massachusetts,  where  he  kept 
a  tavern,  and  thence  to  a  farm  on  Mine  Hill, 
Topsfield,  Massachusetts.  He  gave  a  lot  for 
a  burying  ground,  about  one-half  mile  south 
of  Agawam  river,  Massachusetts,  March  13, 
1739.  Prior  to  1696  he  married  Elizabeth 
,  who  died  September  30,  1748.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Israel,  born  September  30,  1696.  2. 
Benjamin,  of  whom  further.  3.  Nehemiah, 
baptized  1702.  4.  Mary,  baptized  1706.  5. 
Joseph,  baptized  1709. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  second  son  and  child  of 
Joseph  (2)  and  Elizabeth  Herrick,  was  bom 
at  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  April  14,  1700,  died 
1773.  He  settled  on  farms  at  Beverly  and 
Wenham,  Massachusetts,  given  him  by  his 
father.  He  removed  to  Gaye's  Ferry,  Methuen, 
Massachusetts.  He  married,  November  27, 
1720,  Lydia  Hayward.  Children:  i.  Israel, 
of  whom  further.  2.  Edward,  born  June  6, 
1724.  3.  Lydia,  born  March  18,  1726.  4. 
Nathaniel,  born  May  26,  1727.  5.  Hannah, 
born  May  24,  1728.  6.  Anna,  born  February 
21,  1730.  7.  Benjamin,  baptized  February  24, 
1732.  8.  Nehemiah,  baptized  February  9,  1735, 
died  1737.  9.  Nathaniel,  baptized  Octd)er  31, 
1736.  10.  Joseph,  baptized  June  24,  1739,  died 
young.  II.  Ebenezer,  baptized  June  24,  1739, 
died  young.    12.  Thomas,  born  August  3,  1741. 

(V)  Major  Israel  Herrick,  eldest  child  of 
Benjamin  and  Lydia  (Hayward)  Herrick,  was 
born  December  3,  1721,  died  September  14, 
1782,  in  Massachusetts.  In  all  he  resided  at 
Topsfield,  Methuen,  and  Boxford,  Massachu- 
setts, and  Lewiston,  Androscoggin  county, 
Maine.  He  entered  the  army  as  a  lieutenant 
in  1745,  and  served  in  nineteen  calls  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war,  and  left  the  army  in 
1763,  a  brevet-major.  He  also  served  in  the 
war  of  the  revolution,  and  fought  at  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill.  He  was  taxed  in  Topsfield, 
Massachusetts,  and  owned  property  there.    He 


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married  (first)  Mary  Bragg,  born  October  24, 
1723,  died  June  24,  1748.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
bom  September  21,  1746,  died  September, 
1748.  2.  Israel,  December  4,  1747;  served  in 
revolutionary  war,  and  died  in  service.  He 
married  (second),  January  29,  1749,  Abigail 
Kilham,  of  Boxford,  Massachusetts,  born  No- 
vember 3,  1725,  died  February  8,  181 7.  Chil- 
dren: 3.  Joseph,  of  whom  further.  4.  John, 
born  July  9,  1752.  5.  Elizabeth,  August  19, 
1754.  6.  Mary,  February  24,  1756.  7.  Eli. 
8.  Samuel.    9.  Abigail,  October  12,  1761. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3),  eldest  child  of  Major 
Israel  Herrick  by  his  second  wife,  Abigail  (Kil- 
ham) Herrick,  was  born  in  Methuen,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  14,  1750,  died  September 
17,  1820.  He  removed  from  his  native  home 
to  Lewiston,  Maine,  in  1772,  and  from  thence 
to  Greene,  Androscoggin  county,  Maine,  in 
1780.  He  owned  seven  farms  at  different 
times  in  the  above  mentioned  place,  and  was  a 
successful  man.  He  served  as  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  kept  an  inn  on  the  old  stage  route 
between  Portland  and  Augusta.  He  took  great 
interest  in  the  cultivation  of  fruit,  and  also 
was  the  first  to  introduce  Spanish  merino  sheep 
in  the  state  of  Maine.  He  married,  October 
17,  1775,  Mercy  Preston,  born  April  14,  1747, 
died  August  16,  1820,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Elizabeth  (Scules)  Preston.  Children:  i.  Eliz- 
abeth, born  July  16,  1776.  2.  Joseph,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1777.  3.  Jedediah,  January  9,  1780. 
4.  Nathaniel,  of  whom  further.  5.  Seth,  March 
12,  1783.  6.  Samuel,  December  11,  1784.  7. 
Henry,  April  11,  1789. 

(VII)  Nathaniel,  fourth  child  and  third  son 
of  Joseph  (3)  and  Mercy  (Preston)  Herrick, 
was  born'in  Greene,  Maine,  July  26,  1781,  died 
September  21,  1828.  He  lived  for  a  time  in 
Granby,  Vermont,  and  left  there  in  1815,  set- 
tling at  French  Creek,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
built  a  sawmill.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in 
his  day.  He  married,  November  16,  1795, 
Sarah  Cheney,  who  died  April  24,  1868,  came 
to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  and  settled 
in  French  Creek.  Children:  i.  Nathaniel,  bom 
August  20,  1796.  2.  Royal,  December  5,  1797. 
3.  Abiah,  September  11,  1799;  married  Andrew 
LaMott.  4.  Sarah,  August  28,  1802.  5.  Nehe- 
miah,  of  whom  further.  6.  Ruth,  August  16, 
1806,  died  October,  i860.  7.  George  F.,  De- 
cember, 1812;  homoeopathic  doctor  in  Belle 
Plains,  Scott  county,  Minnesota.  8.  Seth,  Oc- 
tober 15,  181 5,  died  October  6,  1823.    9.  Har- 


vey,   February,     1818,    died    September    27, 
1823. 

(VIII)  Nehemiah,  fifth  child  and  fourth 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Cheney)  Her- 
rick, was  born  in  Granby,  Vermont,  May  i, 
1804,  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1877.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried, December  27,  1827,  Eliza  Leet,  whose 
father,  Captain  Anson  Leet,  was  a  pioneer  set- 
tler at  and  owner  of  Leet's  Point,  now  known 
as  Point  Chautauqua.  Children:  i.  Cordelia, 
born  September  18,  1828;  married,  October 
28,  1857,  H.  K.  Branch,  of  Jamestown;  no 
children.  2.  Emily,  May  i,  1830,  3.  Anson 
Leet,  of  whom  further.  4.  Eliza  Maria,  March 
24,  1836. 

(IX)  Anson  Leet,  third  child  and  only  son 
of  Nehemiah  and  Eliza  (Leet)  Herrick,  was 
born  May  10,  1834,  at  Wattsburg,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  April  9,  1910,  at  the  family  home, 
405  Windsor  street,  Jamestown,  New  York. 
His  parents  lived  for  about  four  years  at 
Wattsburg,  where  he  was  born.  While  he  was 
an  infant  the  family  returned  to  the  old  home 
at  French  Creek,  Pennsylvania  (but  a  short 
distance  from  Wattsburg),  and  in  1839,  when 
he  was  about  five  years  old,  the  family  re- 
moved to  Jamestown,  New  York,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  district  schools  and 
academy,  and  where  he  resided  from  that  time 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  farmer  for  a  period 
of  twenty-seven  years.  He  made  his  home 
upon  one  farm,  a  tract  of  about  twenty-one 
acres,  on  what  was  called  Tiffaneyville,  and 
for  about  two  years  on  a  farm  at  Westfield. 
About  1888  he  removed  to  his  late  residence, 
where  he  lived  until  his  death.  He  gave  his 
attention  to  nursery  work,  in  which  he  was 
very  successful,  until  1887,  when  he  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  and  loan  business.  He  was 
of  a  retiring  nature  with  a  remarkably  high 
standard  of  business  integrity,  was  generous, 
kind  and  unselfish,  of  most  temperate  habits, 
bore  all  burdens  and  afflictions  without  a  mur- 
mur of  complaint,  and  was  held  in  the  highest 
esteem,  and  beloved  by  all. 

He  married,  March  19,  1861,  at  Jamestown, 
New  York,  Elizabeth  Ann  Devoe,  bom  near 
Fredonia,  New  York,  May  10,  1839,  daughter 
of  William  Devoe,  whose  other  children  were 
Richard,  who  served  in  the  army  in  the  civil 
war,  and  died  in  Jamestown ;  and  Alonzo,  who 
was  born  in  August,  1836,  and  died  November 
19,  1910.    Children  of  Anson  Leet  and  Eliza- 


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beth  Ann  (Devoe)  Herrick:  Elmer  Seth,  born 
March  20,  1862 ;  Hiram  Vorce,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Charles  William,  of  whom  further;  Ab- 
bie  Lois,  born  February  18,  1870,  died  Febru- 
ary 23,  1889. 

(X)  Hiram  Vorce,  second  child  and  son  of 
Anson  Leet  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Devoe)  Her- 
rick, was  born  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty, New  York,  April  21,  1864.  He  obtained  a 
good  practical  education,  passing  through  the 
Jamestown  high  school,  and  taking  a  thorough 
course  in  the  Jamestown  Business  College.  He 
began  his  active  career  as  bookkeeper  for  the 
J.  R.  Newman  Bedspring  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany in  Jamestown,  and  after  the  death  of  Mr. 
Newman,  in  1888,  became  senior  partner  in 
the  business,  under  the  firm  name  of  Herrick, 
Johnson  &  Company.  He  disposed  of  his  in- 
terest in  1894,  and  in  the  January  following 
removed  with  his  family  to  Westfield,  New 
York,  and  then  purchased  the  flour  and  feed 
mill  known  as  the  Westfield  Mills.  In  1905 
he  returned  to  Jamestown,  and  purchased  the 
homestead,  112  Curtis  street,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  he  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Summit  Lodge,  No.  219,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Crown  Chapter',  No.  128,  Or- 
der of  the  Eastern  Star  (Masonic)  ;  and  the 
Royal  Arcanum,  all  of  Westfield. 

He  married,  December  31,  1887,  Carrie  May 
Hotchkiss,  born  June  17,  1867,  in  Ellington, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  Children:  i. 
Kenneth  Earle,  born  April  25,  1889 ;  graduate 
of  Jamestown  high  school,  June,  1908;  gradu- 
ate of  Valparaiso  (Indiana)  Law  School,* 
1910;  assistant  cashier  of  Exchange  State 
Bank  of  Glendise,  Montana.  2.  Chester  Hotch- 
kiss. March  19,  1891 ;  graduate  of  Jamestown 
high  school,  191 1 ;  at  present  employee  in  the 
Bank  of  Jamestown.  3.  Gerald  Anson,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1897;  a  junior  in  the  Jamestown  high 
school. 

Mrs.  Carrie  May  (Hotchkiss)  Herrick  is  an 
adopted  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Louisa 
Hotchkiss.  Jeremiah  Hotchkiss  was  the  son 
of  Jeremiah  and  Lucretia  (Huntington)  Hotch- 
kiss, born  January  26,  1829,  in  the  town  of 
Poland,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  and 
spent  his  entire  life  in  the  county  of  his  birth, 
having  been  a  resident  of  Jamestown,  New 
York,  for  twenty  years.  Before  Jamestown 
had  a  city  charter,  he  served  the  village  and 
town  of  Ellicott  in  the  capacity  of  assessor 


most  capably  for  several  years.  At  the  city 
election  in  1891  he  was  chosen  a  member  of 
the  common  council,  and  so  faithfully  did  he 
perform  his  duties  in  that  position  that  he  was 
honored  with  a  renomination  by  the  Repub- 
lican party  without  opposition  when  his  term 
expired.  In  the  election  which  followed,  he 
received  a  most  flattering  majority  over  two 
opponents,  thus  proving  the  high  regard  in 
which  he  was  held  by  those  who  knew  him 
best.  He  died  in  the  city  of  Jamestown,  New 
York,  June  15,  1893. 

(X)  Charles  William,  son  of  Anson  Leet 
and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Devoe)  Herrick,  was  born 
in  Jamestown,  New  York,  November  19,  1867. 
His  early  education  was  acquired  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jamestown,  including  the  high  school, 
and  he  then  pursued  a  course  in  Bryant  & 
Stratton's  Business  College,  Buflfalo,  New 
York.  He  obtained  his  first  knowledge  of 
business  life  with  the  Chautauqua  County  Na- 
tional Bank,  entering  their  employ,  April  i, 
1887,  serving  with  efficiency  and  fidelity  for 
many  years.  In  1898,  in  company  with  two 
other  men,  he  organized  the  Maddox  Table 
Company,  of  which  he  was  chosen  the  secre- 
tary and  treasurer,  and  was  active  in  its  man- 
agement until  1910,  the  company  being  one  of 
the  leading  industries  of  the  section.  In  1902 
he  was  one  of  the  original  incorporators  of  the 
Bank  of  Jamestown  and  was  elected  to  the  of- 
fice of  vice-president  and  chairman  of  the 
executive  committee.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Home  Telephone  Company.  He  conducts  his 
business  transactions  on  the  principles  of  strict 
int^jity,  and  fulfills  to  the  letter  every  trust 
committed  to  him.  As  a  citizen  he  is  uni- 
versally esteemed,  always  sustaining  the  char- 
acter of  a  true  man. 

Mr,  Herrick  is  a  member  of  Mount  Moriah 
Lodge,  No.  145,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Western  Sun  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
Jamestown  Commandery,  No.  61,  Knights 
Templar ;  Buflfalo  Consistory,  Sublime  Princes 
of  the  Royal  Secret,  and  Ismailia  Temple,  An- 
cient Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  also  holds  membership  in  the 
Jamestown  Club,  Chadokin  Boat  Qub,  Sports- 
men's Club  and  the  Lakewood  Country  Club. 
He  is  a  member  and  trustee  of  the  First  Pres- 
byterian Church,  of  Jamestown,  in  which  his 
wife  also  holds  membership. 

Mr.  Herrick  married,  June  7,  1894,  Gert- 
rude Ellen  Proudfit,  born  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  November  19,  1871  (see  Proudfit). 


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(The  Proudfit  Line). 

(I)  Andrew  Proudfit,  a  farmer  in  Perth- 
shire, Scotland,  was  father  of  six  children^ — 
Andrew,  James,  David,  Robert,  Jennette, 
Elizabeth.  It  is  not  known  that  any  of  these 
except  James  (further  mentioned  below)  ever 
came  to  America. 

(II)  James,  second  son  of  Andrew  Proud- 
fit, was  bom  near  Perth,  Scotland,  in  1732. 
He  was  a  man  of  commanding  ability.  He  was 
a  university  graduate,  studied  theology  under 
Rev.  Alexander  MoncrieflF,  was  licensed  to 
preach  in  1753,  ^^^  ^^  July*  I754»  was  ordained 
with  a  view  to  missionary  work  in  America. 
He  landed  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1754,  and  at  once  went  to  Pennsyl- 
vania and  joined  a  ministerial  brother  who  had 
preceded  him  to  this  country.  After  laboring 
as  a  missionary  for  four  years  he  was  called 
to  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in 
Pequea,  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylvania.  In 
1782  he  was  called  to  be  pastor  of  the  Asso- 
ciate Reformed  Church  of  Salem,  New  York, 
which  he  acceptably  served  for  eleven  years. 
His  health  then  failing,  his  son  Alexander  be- 
came his  colleague,  and  they  served  together 
until  the  death  of  the  father,  in  1802.  Rev. 
James  Proudfit  was  twice  married;  the  name 
of  his  first  wife  is  not  preserved;  his  second 
wife  was  a  Miss  Houston,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  Children,  all  by  first  wife,  ex- 
cept Mary:  Andrew,  of  whom  further;  John, 
James,  Daniel,  Alexander,  married  Susan  Wil- 
liams; Ebenezer,  married  Elizabeth  Williams; 
Mary,  married  John  Reid. 

(III)  Andrew  (2),  eldest  child  of.  Rev. 
James  Proudfit,  was  a  physician.  He  married 
Mary  Lytle,  of  Salem,  New  York.  Children: 
Jane,  born  August  21,  1786,  married  John 
Hamil;  James,  December  2,  1788,  married 
Maria  Kerr;  Andrew,  March  2^^  1791 ;  Mary, 
April  2,  1793;  John,  March  10,  1795;  Hannah, 
December  21,  1797,  married  Ransom  Stiles; 
Susan,  April  25,  1800,  married  Theodore 
Sheppard ;  Alexander,  April  24,  1802,  married 
Eliza  Dunlap;  Ebenezer,  April  23,  1804;  Dan- 
iel, January  15,  1805;  William,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Margaret,  September  18,  1809,  married 
Thomas  Whiteside;  Hugh  Peebles,  April  26, 
1814. 

(IV)  William,  seventh  son  and  eleventh 
child  of  Andrew  (2)  and  Mary  (Lytle) 
Proudfit,  was  born  October  12,  1806.  He  was 
a  physician,  and  prominent  in  his  profession. 
After  practicing  in  his  native  place,   Salem, 


and  also  Jamestown  and  Buffalo,  New  York, 
in  1836  he  went  to  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.  He 
was  prominent  there  not  only  as  a  physician, 
but  as  a  citizen,  and  was  one  of  he  founders 
of  tlie  First  Presbyterian  Church.  He  died  in 
Milwaukee  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven, 
and  his  family  soon  came  to  Jamestown,  where 
his  remains  were  interred  in  Lakeview  ceme- 
tery. ,  He  married  Maria  Freeman,  bom  in  Ot- 
sego county.  New  York,  daughter  of  Elmer 
and  Amanda  (Hull)  Freeman.  Of  this  mar- 
riage were  born  five  children,  of  whom  the 
first  three  died  in  infancy.  Those  who  came  to 
maturity  were:  Mary  Amanda,  married  Rich- 
ard A.  Ormes,  both  now  deceased,  and  Wil- 
liam Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  William  Henry,  son  of  William  and 
Maria  (Freeman)  Proudfit,  was  bom  in  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin,  December  15,  1841.  He 
was  but  twenty  months  old  when  his  widowed 
mother  came  with  her  children  to  Western 
New  York,  where  he  grew  to  manhood,  and 
has  ever  since  resided.  He  was  educated  in 
Jamestown,  attending  the  academy  there,  leav- 
ing it  at  the  age  of  fifteen  years  to  enter  upon 
a  life  of  self-support.  His  first  employment 
was  as  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store,  and  he  was 
subsequently  cashier  and  finally  bookkeeper 
in  a  similar  establishment  in  Jamestown.  In 
1862  he  bad  fairly  entered  upon  a  successful 
career,  but  abandoned  civil  pursuits  to  enter 
the  service  of  his  country,  enlisting  in  1862  in 
Company  F,  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth  R^- 
ment.  New  York  Volunteers,  in  which  he  served 
with  fidelity  and  courage  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  being  honorably  discharged  June  13,  1865. 

Returning  to  Jamestown,  Mr.  Proudfit  es- 
tablished the  clothing  house  of  Proudfit  & 
Osmer,  in  December,  1866,  having  bought 
out  the  firm  of  Andrews  &  Preston.  Mr. 
Osmer  died  in  1880,  and  since  that  time  Mr. 
Proudfit  was  sole  owner  until  January  i,  1903, 
when  the  Proudfit  Clothing  Company  was  or- 
ganized, with  the  following  directorate:  Wil- 
liam H.  Proudfit,  president ;  Robert  P.  Robert- 
son, vice-president;  William  P.  Osmer,  treas- 
urer: J.  Alden  Osmer,  secretary;  the  fore- 
going are  also  directors,  as  are  William  M. 
Davis,  Julius  H.  Christian,  Fred  H.  Broad- 
head  and  James  Iverson  Jr.  Mr.  Proudfit 
besides  being  the  head  of  one  of  the  leading 
commercial  establishments  of  the  city,  is  also 
cne  of  the  most  active  in  the  advancement  of 
the  material  and  moral  interests  of  the  com- 
munity.   He  is  a  director  of  the  Chautauqua 


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County  National  Bank,  a  trustee  of  the  Ceme- 
tery Association  and  a  trustee  of  the  local  or- 
ganization of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 
When  the  James  Prendergast  Free  Library 
was  established  he  was  made  a  life  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  that  institution, 
which  is  a  memorial  to  the  man  to  whom  the 
city  owes  its  name.  Mr.  Proudfit  took  a  prom- 
inent part  in  the  organization  of  the  local 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  was 
a  member  of  its  first  board  of  trustees.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  served  for  some  years  as  an  elder.  A  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  possessed  of  those 
qualities  which  command  respect  and  confi- 
dence, he  has  repeatedly  declined  all  politi- 
cal preferment.  He  affords  cheerful  and  lib- 
eral aid  to  every  benevolent  and  deserving 
cause.  He  married,  October  2,  1866,  Ellen 
Eliza  Osmer.  Children :  Augusta  Maria,  bom 
December  26,  1868,  died  January  i,  1877; 
Gertrude  Ellen,  born  November  19,  1871,  mar- 
ried Charles  W.  Herrick,  of  Jamestown  (see 
Herrick). 

Mrs.  William  H.  Proudfit  (see  above)  was 
bom  at  Kinzua,  Pennsylvania,  May  10,  1844, 
daughter  of  John  Phelps  and  Sophronia  (In- 
galsby)  Osmer,  whose  other  children  were 
Ludilphi,  Richard  A.,  Nathan  A.  and  So- 
phronia. When  Mrs.  Proudfit  was  an  infant 
of  fourteen  months  she  was  adopted  by  Lewis 
and  Augusta  Hull,  who  cared  for  her  with  the 
affection  and  interest  of  real  parents.  Mrs. 
Proudfit  is  one  of  Jamestown's  most  beloved 
women,  a  leader  in  many  good  works.  She  is 
a  prominent  member  of  Jamestown  Chapter, 
Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution,  de- 
riving her  membership  through  her  maternal 

grandmother,  who  was  a  descendant  of 

Phelps,  of  revolutionary  fame. 


The  surname  of  Andrew, 
ANDREWS     Andros,     Andreas,    Andrus, 

Andrews,  Andrieux  and  An- 
dre are  derived  from  the  Biblical  name  An- 
drew, and  have  passed  down  through  succes- 
sive generations  and  centuries  as  distinct  fam- 
ily surnames.  The  ancestors  of  the  Andrews 
family,  of  Rutlandshire,  England,  came  from 
France  during  the  Norman  occupation.  Mem- 
bers of  the  family  took  an  active  part  in  the 
first  crusade,  1097,  under  Duke  Robert,  of 
Normandy,  and  in  a  later  crusade.  They  as- 
sisted Sir  James  Douglass  to  defend  the  silver 
casket  containing  the  heart  of  King  Robert,  of 


Scotland,  when  he  threw  the  casket  forward 
among  his  foes  exclaiming:  "Now  thou,  pass 
thoti  onward  as  thou  wert  ever  wont  to  do 
and  Douglass  will  follow  thee  or  die."  Sir 
James  was  killed  but  the  heart  was  saved  and 
those  who  took  part  in  the  action  were  entitled 
to  bear  on  their  crest  a  Hon  holding  a  heart  in 
his  paw.  By  the  grant  of  arms  to  Anthony 
Andrews,  recorded  in  the  Herald's  College, 
October  28,  1583,  the  history  and  rank  of  the 
family  is  shown  heraldrically.  Shield: 
"Azure  a  cross  ermine  between  four  fleur  de  lis 
gold"  indicates  the  origin  of  the  family  in 
France,  and  of  their  having  taken  part  in  the 
crusades.  Crest :  "On  a  torse  silver  and  azure 
a  demi-lion  the  tails  forked  gold,  a  crown  ar- 
gent and  holding  in  his  dexter  paw  a  heart 
gules"  indicates  the  military  service  during  the 
crusades.  The  helmet  and  mantling :  "Mantled 
gules  double  argent  helmet  in  profile  argent  five 
bars  gold"  indicates  the  family  was  an  eminent 
and  distinguished  one  in  England.  These  arms 
are  believed  to  have  been  borne  by  the  family 
even  before  the  establishment  of  the  College  of 
Arms,  in  1483,  and  were  re-issued  in  accord- 
ance with  the  rules,  orders  and  regulations  of 
heraldry  established  during  the  reign  of  Queen 
Elizabeth.  The  line  is  traced  from  Anthony 
Andrews,  born  1530,  in  Rutland  county,  Eng- 
land, through  Edward  (i),  Edward  (2),  to 
John,  son  of  Edward  (2)  and  Maria  (Holder) 
Andrews.  He  was  born  in  Rutlandshire,  Eng- 
land ;  emigrated  to  America  under  the  patron- 
age of  Lord  Baltimore  about  the  year  1654 
and  settled  in  Maryland.  He  married  Mary 
and  had  six  sons. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Andrews, 
was  born  in  Anne  Arundel  county,  Maryland. 
He  married  Alice  Greening  and  had  six  sons. 

(VI)  Moses,  eldest  son  of  John  (2)  An- 
drews, was  born  in  Dorchester  county,  Mary- 
land, in  1720.  He  married  Letitia  Cooke,  and 
had  four  sons. 

(VH)  John  (3),  second  son  of  Moses  An- 
drews, was  born  in  Cecil  county,  Maryland, 
April  4,  1746,  died  1813.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Callender  and  had  five  sons. 

(VHI)  William,  fourth  son  of  John  (3) 
Andrews,  was  born  1782,  died  1857.  He  set- 
tled at  Mt.  Holly,  New  Jersey,  where  his  son, 
Isaac  L.,  was  born.  Later  he  moved  to  Alle- 
gany county.  New  York,  settling  in  the  town 
of  New  Hudson  (then  Haight),  where,  in 
1826,  he  opened  a  house  of  entertainment  on 
Black  creek  that  had  the  reputation  of  fi^r- 


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nishing  excellent  meals  for  that  date.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  issue. 

(IX)  Isaac  L.,  son  of  William  Andrews, 
was  born  in  Mt.  Holly,  New  Jersey,  October 
27,  1799..  died  February  20,  1868.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  at  the  time  of  his  marriage  was 
living  in  Steuben  county,  New  York.  After 
that  event  and  the  birth  of  two  children  he 
moved  to  New  Hudson,  Allegany  county, 
where  he  died.  In  1831  he  was  elected  clerk 
of  the  town  and  was  a  man  of  good  standing 
in  the  community.  He  married,  at  Tyrone, 
Steuben  county,  New  York,  March  2,  1823, 
Martha,  daughter  of  Stiles  Beach  (see  Beach 
VI).  Children:  i.  William  Stiles,  born  at  Ty- 
rone, New  York,  December  3,  1823.  2.  Al- 
media,  born  at  Tyrone,  April  3,  1825.  3.  Oba- 
diah,  born  at  Haight,  now  New  Hudson,  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  May  27,  1826.  4. 
Orson,  February  29,  1828.  5.  Sarah,  June  3, 
1829.  6.  Miles,  March  3,  1831.  7.  Aliva, 
October  3,  1832.  8.  Stephen  Tippet,  of  whom 
further.  9.  Susannah,  July  14,  1836.  10. 
Martha,  February  14,  1839.  11.  Grace  Ann, 
December  5,  1841.  All  but  first  two  were  born 
in  Haight,  the  last  two  after  the  name  was 
changed  to  New  Hudson. 

(X)  Stephen  Tippet,  son  of  Isaac  L.  An- 
drews, was  bom  in  the  town  of  Haight,  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York,  August  17,  1834,  died 
June  13,  1 89 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  began  his  life  as  a  clerk  in  a  gen- 
eral store.  He  enlisted,  August  26,  1861,  at 
Olean.  New  York,  to  serve  three  years.  He 
was  mustered  in  as  first  sergeant  in  Company 
F,  Eighty-fifth  Regiment  New  York  V'^olun- 
teer  Infantry,  September  7,  1861.  He  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  his  company  with 
Captain  Seneca  Allen.  He  was  commissioned 
second  lieutenant,  April  25,  1862,  with  rank 
from  April  3,  mustering  in  as  such  May  2, 
1862;  captured  in  action,  April  20,  1864,  at 
Plymouth,  North  Carolina,  and  all  his  b'=ilong- 
ings  taken  from  him.  He  was  sent  to  Ander- 
sonville,  later  paroled  and  mustered  out  of 
service  with  an  honorable  discharge,  April  8. 
1865.  His  term  of  service  covered  almost 
the  entire  period  of  the  civil  war,  and  was  a 
record  of  continuous,  valiant  service.  After 
the  war  he  returned  to  Allegany  county,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  various  enterprises;  then 
located  in  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  and  there  en- 
gaged in  merchandising  until  1882.  In  that 
year  he  removed  to  Franklinville,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  where  he  was  engaged  in 


a  general  store.  He  continued  this  for  several 
years,  and  was  postmaster  of  the  village,  ap- 
pointed by  President  Harrison.  After  his 
death  the  office  was  continued  by  his  wife, 
Margaret,  who  was  regularly  appomted  to  the 
office.  Mr.  Andrews  was  justice  of  the  peace 
several  years,  and  at  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  a 
vestryman  of  Emanuel  Episcopal  Church.  He 
belonged  to  the  Masonic  Order  and  was  held 
in  high  esteem  by  his  associates. 

He  married,  in  1866,  Margaret  Little,  born 
in  Montreal,  Canada,  1840,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Shearer)  Little.  Children:  i. 
Elizabeth,  born  1867,  died  in  infancy.  2.  John 
Frank,  July  i,  1871 ;  married,  June  9,  1898, 
Harriet  Skinner,  bom  August  11,  1872, 
daughter  of  Alonzo  and  Mary  (Towsley) 
Skinner ;  children :  i.  John  Paul,  bom  January 
II,  1901.  ii.  Mary  Margaret,  September  6, 
19^-    3-  Creighton  S.,  of  whom  further. 

(XI)  Creighton  Stephen,  youngest  child  of 
Stephen  Tippet  Andrews,  was  bom  in  Corry, 
Pennsylvania,  April  i,  1876.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  Ten  Broeck 
Academy,  of  Franklinville,  under  Professor 
Hamilton  Terry,  graduating  in  class  of  1895, 
Deciding  upon  the  profession  of  law  he  came 
to  Olean  and  began  his  legal  study  under  EHs- 
trict  Attorney  James  H.  Waring.  He  next 
entered  Albany  Law  School,  whence  he  was 
graduated  in  June,  1899.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  prior  to  his  graduation,  in  January, 
1899.  ^^  the  autumn  of  that  year  he  began 
practice  in  Olean,  New  York,  where  he  still 
continues  in  successful  general  practice.  In 
1909  he  was  a  prominent  candidate  for  the  Re- 
publican nomination  as  surrogate  of  Cattar- 
augus county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cattar- 
augus County  Bar  Association.  His  clubs  are 
the  Hamilton  Country  and  the  City  Club,  of 
Olean. 

He  married,  June  18,  1902,  Alice  Ruth 
Blakeslee,  born  November  16,  1879,  daughter 
of  Frank  and  Mary  C.  (Sortwell)  Blakeslee. 
Child,  Richard  Blakeslee,  born  Febraary  3, 
1906. 

(The  Beach  Line). 

Martha  (Beach)  Andrews  descends  from 
John  Beach,  the  "Pilgrim"  ancestor  of  this 
hne  of  the  Beach  family  in  America.  John 
Beach  is  the  first  on  record  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut  in  1643,  when  he  was  fined  "2 
shillings  for  twice  late  coming*'  and  another 
two  shillings  for  "defect  gun."  He  became  a 
householder  in  1647.    The  last  entry  concern- 


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ing  him  in  New  Haven  colony  is :  " J^^n  Beach 
came  to  Stratford  and  bought  his  first  land 
May  21,  1660,  of  Ensign  Bryan,  of  Milford, 
one  house  lot,  two  acres;  he  had  then  a  wife 
and  two  children."  In  January,  1667,  "he  was 
chosen  town  crier  for  the  town."  Later  he  was 
a  large  land  owner  in  Wallingford,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  first  church.  He  married,  in  1650,  Mary 
,  who  bore  him  ten  children. 

(H)  Nathaniel,  third  son  and  fifth  child  of 
the  Pilgrim  immigrant,  John  Beach,  was  born 
in  Stratford,  Connecticut.  March,  1662,  died 
1747.  He  married,  1680,  Sarah,  died  1734, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah  (Groves) 
Porter,  who  bore  him  ten  children. 

(HI)  Josiah,  fourth  child  and  third  son  of 
Nathaniel  Beach,  was  bom  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, August  18,  1694.  He  joined  the 
church  in  1730.  He  married  (first),  in  1721, 
Patience  Nichols;  (second),  in  1730,  Abigail 
Wheeler.    He  had  six  children. 

(IV)  Matthew,  youngest  son  of  Josiah 
Beach,  was  born  May  18,  and  baptized  August 
23,  1742.  He  married  Martha  Nichols,  bom 
April,  1742,  who  bore  him  five  children. 

(V)  Stiles,  eldest  son  and  fourth  child  of 
Matthew  Beach,  was  bom  June  3,  baptized 
July  22,  1770.  He  married  Mehitable  Brown, 
born  April  4,  1772.  They  lived  at  New  Marl- 
boro, Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Aliva,  born 
November  23,  1794,  died  i860;  married  Ste- 
phen Robinson.  2.  Lewis,  born  February  10, 
1796,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Almedia,  born  March 
I,  1797,  died  1873;  niarried  Tippet  Sunderlin. 
4.  Miles,  born  May  23,  1799,  died  1869;  he 
moved  to  Texas  in  1855  with  his  family,  re- 
maining until  after  the  civil  war,  when  he 
moved  to  Missouri,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Powell  and  had  Stephen,  Mary 
Jane,  Erwin  Albert  and  Sarah  Ann.  5. 
Martha,  of  whom  further.  6.  Obadiah,  born 
January  8,  1804,  died  1878;  married  Mary 
Lang.  Their  eldest  son,  Lewis  Beach,  enlisted 
in  the  Thirteenth  Wisconsin  Regiment  and 
served  three  years  and  one  month  in  the  civil 
war.  Another  son,  Philip  Beach,  enlisted  in 
the  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-first  Regiment, 
New  York  Volunteers,  was  taken  sick  in  camp, 
came  home  and  died.  Their  third  son,  Daniel 
Beach,  is  a  lawyer  of  Watkins,  New  York; 
trustee  of  the  John  Magee  estate;  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Fall  Brook  Railroad  and  Coal 
Company;  member  of  the  state  board  of  re- 
gents,  and   bears   the    honorary    degree    of 


LL.  D.  He  married  Angelica  Magee.  7. 
Grace  Ann,  born  December  14,  1806,  died  un- 
married, 1878.  8.  'Mehitable  Louise,  born 
May  II,  1813,  died  April  13,  1897;  married 
Samuel  Williams.  9.  Sally  Samantha,  born 
February  26,  1816,  died  July  3,  1897;  married 
Ralph  Swartout. 

(VI)  Martha,  fifth  child  of  Stiles  Beach, 
was  born  at  New  Marlboro,  Massachusetts, 
March  6,  1801.  She  married,  at  Tyrone,  Steu- 
ben county,  New  York,  March  2,  1823,  Isaac 
L.  Andrews  (see  Andrews  IX). 


The  Mahers  of  Medina  spring 
MAHER  from  Irish  parents  bom  in  Tip- 
perary,  Ireland.  John  Maher, 
the  founder  of  the  family,  married,  in  Buf- 
falo, New  .York,  Mary  Kimmet,  of  Sligo.  They 
settled  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada,  where 
their  children  were  born.  Later  the  family 
moved  to  Buffalo,  New  York,  and  subse- 
quently to  Middleport  and  Medina,  where  John 
and  Mary  Maher,  the  parents,  died.  Children : 
I.  John,  born  August  13,  1855;  learned  the 
trade  of  upholsterer;  at  the  age  of  eighteen 
years  he  located  at  Middleport,  New  York, 
where  he  was  in  charge  of  the  upholstering 
department  of  a  furniture  firm.  In  1878  he 
engaged  in  business  with  his  brother,  Thomas 
Francis,  and  later  the  other  brothers  were 
admitted.  2.  Mary,  married  Charles  J.  Bren- 
nan,  of  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada.  3. 
Thomas  Francis,  of  whom  further.  4.  Joseph, 
born  March  22,  1863 ;  member  of  Maher  Bro- 
thers. 5.  Robert,  born  October  13,  1865; 
number  of  Maher  Brothers.  6.  Charles.  Two 
children  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Thomas  Francis,  second  son  of  John 
Maher,  was  bom  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, November  13,  1862,  died  in  Medina,  New 
York,  March  30,  1907.  He  was  educated  in 
the  schools  of  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada,  and 
Buffalo,  New  York.  He  joined  his  brother 
John  in  Middleport,  New  York,  and  estab- 
lished a  retail  furniture  store  in  that  vil- 
lage. They  were  very  successful  and  in  1882 
moved  their  business  to  Medina,  where  they 
opened  on  a  much  larger  scale.  As  soon  as  the 
other  brothers,  Joseph  and  Robert,  became  of 
legal  age  they  were  admitted  to  the  firm,  and 
as  Maher  Brothers  they  did  a  very  large  and 
profitable  retail  furniture  business.  In  1887 
they  began  manufacturing  parlor  furniture 
in  a  small  way,  but  soon  were  compelled  to  en- 
large and  eventually  the  retail  business  was 


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discontinued.  They  enlarged  their  manufac- 
turing facilities  from  time  to  time  until  their 
plant  covers  five  acres  and  employs  about  two 
hundred  hands.  Their  salesmen  travel  to 
many  different  states  and  their  product  is  well 
known  to  the  trade.  In  1893  a  disastrous  fire 
consumed  their  main  plant,  but  it  was  quickly 
replaced  with  larger  and  better  equipped  build- 
ings. The  brothers  were  all  men  of  energy 
and  good  business  qualities  and  all  expert 
workmen.  They  continued  in  successful  busi- 
ness until  death  invaded  their  circle  in  1907. 
The  business  is  conducted  by  the  three  remain- 
ing brothers,  their  deceased  brother's  widow 
retaining  his  interest  up  to  December,  191 1, 
when  it  was  disposed  of.  Thomas  Francis 
Maher  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  highly 
regarded  as  an  upright  man  and  good  citizen. 
He  was  a  member  of  St.  Mary's  Roman  Cath- 
olic Church,  of  Medina,  and  belonged  to  the 
Knights  of  Columbus  and  the  Benevolent  and 
Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  June  12,  1895,  Helen  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Abel  and  Maria  Teresa  (Furlong) 
Brear.  Abel  Brear  was  of  Quaker  descent, 
served  in  the  civil  war  and  \^ter  continued  in 
the  service  as  ship  carpenter.  He  was  born  in 
Wilmington,  Delaware,  died  in  New  Bedford, 
June,  1870.  His  wife,  Maria  Teresa  Furlong, 
was  bom  in  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  in 
1852,  died  1895,  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Mar- 
garet (Maddox)  Furlong,  of  Water  ford,  Ire- 
land. Children  of  Thomas  Francis  and  Helen 
E.  (Brear)  Maher:  Francis  Thomas,  born 
April  23,  1896;  Teresa,  August  27,  1897.  Mrs. 
Maher  survives  her  husband,  a  resident  of 
Medina,  New  York. 


Nathaniel  Foote,  one  of  the  first 
FOOTE  settlers  of  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, and  founder  of  a  branch 
of  a  numerous  family  in  America,  came  to 
America  from  England  prior  to  1633.  It  is 
not  known  from  what  part  of  England  he 
came,  nor  in  what  year  he  arrived.  He  does 
not  belong  to  that  class  of  men  who  fill  a 
large  part  in  the  world's  history  because 
called  by  some  great  emergency  into  positions 
of  power  and  influence,  but  to  that  more 
numerous  and  meritorious  class,  who,  bom 
to  the  great  inheritance  of  labor,  walk  along 
the  paths  of  common  life,  perform  every  duty 
of  private  and  public  trust,  love  and  help  their 
fellowmen,  and  act  always  as  if  under  the 
great  Taskmaster's  eye.  It  is  to  such  men  that 


society  ^owes  at  once  its  peace,  stability  and 
progress,  and  yet  history  takes  no  note  of  such, 
and  hence  "The  world  knows  nothing  of  its 
greatest  men.''  He  was  an  agriculturist,  that 
occupation  that  gives  to  city  and  village,  to 
commerce,  art  and  the  professions,  the  bone, 
muscle  and  energy  of  their  directing  force. 
The  first  mention  of  his  name  is  in  the  records 
of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  in  1633,  when 
he  took  the  freeman's  oath.  He  first  located 
in  Watertown  where  he  was  granted  a  home 
lot  of  sixteen  acres  and  two  acres  of  marsh 
land.  Later  by  a  few  years  he  was  a  pioneer 
settler  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  his 
lands  were  of  greater  extent,  totaling  four  hun- 
dred acres.  His  house  lot  was  on  Broad  street 
in  1640  and  contained  ten  acres.  He  held  sev- 
eral town  offices  and  in  1644  was  a  deputy  to 
the  general  court.  He  died  in  1644,  aged  about 
fifty-one  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  ancient 
burying  ground  in  the  rear  of  the  meeting 
house  where  are  gathered  together  the  ashes 
of  nine  generations. 

He  married,  in  England,  about  16 15,  Eliza- 
beth, sister  of  John  Deming,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  for  many 
years  one  of  the  magistrates  of  the  colony  of 
Connecticut,  and  one  of  the  patentees  named 
in  its  charter.  His  widow  married  (second), 
about  1646,  "Mr.  Thomas  Welles,  Magis- 
trate," afterward  governor  of  the  colony, 
whom  she  also  survived,  dying  July  28,  1683, 
aged  eighty-eight  years.  Children :  Nathaniel, 
of  whom  further;  Robert,  Elizabeth,  Mary. 
Frances,  Sarah,  Rebecca. 

(II)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel 
(i)  and  Elizabeth  (Deming)  Foote,  was  bom 
about  1620  in  England,  died  in  Wethersfield. 
Connecticut,  1655.  He  married,  in  1646, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Smith,  of  Weth- 
ersfield, Connecticut,  and  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, who  survived  him  and  married  (sec- 
ond) William  Gull,  who  died  in  1701.  Chil- 
dren: Nathaniel,  bom  January  10,  1647;  Sam- 
uel, May  I,  1649;  Daniel,  of  whom  further; 
Elizabeth,  born  1654. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Smith)  Foote,  was  born  in  Weth- 
ersfield/ 1652.  He  settled  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut.    He  married   (first)   Sarah  ; 

(second)  Mary .    Children:  John,  bom 

June  17,  1680,  married  Sarah  Prindle;  Daniel, 
January  10,  1682,  married  (first)  Dorothy 
Blakeman,  (second)  Mrs.  Abigail  (Allen) 
Shepard;  Hannah,  February  13,  1684,  married 


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Richard  Beach;  Jehiel,  of  whom  further; 
Peter,  1697,  died  unmarried,  1753;  Sarah 
(old  account  book)  ;  Solomon  (old  account 
book). 

(IV)  Jehiel,  third  son  of  Daniel  Foote,  was 
bom  in  Stratford,  Connecticut,  March  17, 
1687,  died    September,    1740.     He    married, 

1712,  Susannah .    Children:  Joseph,  of 

whom  further;  Daniel,  born  July  25,  171 7, 
married  Sarah  Whitney;  Jehiel,  died  in  child- 
hood; George,  born  November  4,  1721,  mar- 
ried Hannah  Hurd;  Jehiel,  February  29,  1724; 
Sarah,  August  17,  1726,  married  Daniel  Mun- 
roe;  Susannah,  baptized  December  13,  1729, 
married  John  Beers;  Hannah,  baptized  De- 
cember 9,  1733. 

(V)  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  Jehiel  and  Susan- 
nah Foote,  was  bom  in  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
December  17,  17 14,  died  there  March  14,  1791. 
He  married,  November  24,  1737,  Sarah  Blake- 
man,  Children:  Isaac,  bom  September  13, 
1738;  Martha,  February  7,  1741,  marjried  John 
Fairchild;  Rachel,  July  8,  1744,  died  unmar- 
ried; Hannah,  December  26,  1746,  married  a 
Mr.  Brace;  Joseph,  December  6,  1748,  married 
Hepzibah  Sherman;  Sarah,  February  27,  1750; 
Jehiel,  of  whom  further;  Polly,  no  further 
record. 

(VI)  Jehiel  (2),  seventh  chiW  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  (Blakeman)  Foote,  was  born  in 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  February  15,  1756, 
died  June  24,  1798.  He  lived  at  Newtown, 
Connecticut,  and  Greenwich,  New  York.    He 

married    (first),    January    i,    1781,     

Blakeman,  died  1783.  He  married  (second), 
August,  1784,  Abigail  Shepard,  bom  April  16, 
1759,  died  August  18,  1836,  daughter  of  John 
Shepard,  of  Newtown.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Joseph,  died  at  the  age  of  twelve  years ;  James, 
died  in  infancy.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Stephen,  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Wood, 
(second)  Dorcas  Barr;  Lemuel,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Sarah  Ann,  bom  November  7,  1792, 
married  (first)  William  Gamsey,  of  Barker, 
New  York,  (second)  Obadiah  Stephens,  of 
the  same  town;  Philo,  born  April  30,  1795, 
died  1796;  Hiram,  born  April  4,  1797,  married 
(first)  Amanda  Dunham,  (second)  Azubah 
Boardman. 

(VII)  Lemuel,  son  of  Jehiel  (2)  and  Abi- 
gail (Shepard)  Foote,  was  born  in  Green- 
wich, New  York,  1790,  died  1855.  He  was  a 
farmer,  owning  one  hundred  and  twenty-five 
acres  of  choice  land.  He  was  a  devoted  Chris- 
tion  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Methodist 


Episcopal  church  in  his  section.  He  served 
in  the  war  of  1812  and  received  a  land  warrant 
calling  for  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  for 

his  services.    He  married  (first) . 

He  married  (second)  Lucy  Clark.  Children: 
Reuben  C,  Hiram,  Betsey,  Amanda,  Seneca, 
Lucy,  John,  Lemuel. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Reuben  C.  Foote,  eldest  son 
of  Lemuel  and  Lucy  (Clark)  Foote,  was  born 
in  Greenwich,  New  York,  December  28,  1812, 
died  in  Pendleton  Center,  Niagara  county. 
New  York,  March  8,  1898.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  school  of  Greenwich  and  grew 
up  on  the  farm.  He  later  prepared  for  the 
ministry,  was  ordained  and  devoted  his  entire 
life  to  preaching  the  gospel.  He  held  pastor- 
ates over  Methodist  Episcopal  churches  in 
Genesee,  Monroe  and  Niagara  counties.  New 
York.  He  was  an  earnest,  faithful  pastor,  and 
a  preacher  of  great  force  and  power.  After 
a  life  of  great  usefulness  in  the  ministry  he 
retired  to  his  farm  at  Pendleton  Center,  where 
he  died.  He  also  owned  a  farm  in  Hartland, 
Niagara  county.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married  Electa  Taylor,  of  Windsor,  Ver- 
mont, bom  in  1810,  died  at  Pendleton  Cen- 
ter, New  York,  May  31,  1891.  Their  chil- 
dren were:  i.  Reuben  C,  born  in  Royalton, 
December  6,  1834;  married  Louisa  Ames, 
March  6,  1855.  2.  Oliver  T.,  bom  in  Royal- 
ton,  January  28,  1836;  married  Amelia  Whip- 
ple, January  6,  1861 ;  died  in  Hartland,  May 
10,  1889.  3.  Alvin  W.,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Sarah,  bom  1841 ;  married  Charles  McNall ; 
resides  in  Royalton,  New  York.  5.  Mary  E., 
bom  1843;  married  G.  W.  Bennett,  who  died 
August  2T^  1905 ;  resides  in  Middleford,  New 
York.  6.  Amanda  E.,  bom  1848;  married 
Luther  Davis;  she  died  May  18,  1875;  re- 
sided in  Fairbury,  Nebraska.  7.  Hiram  E., 
born  May  8,  1861 ;  married  Hattie  Dixon ;  died 
May  8,  1890;  resided  in  Pendleton  Center, 
New  York. 

(IX)  Alvin  W.,  third  son  of  Rev.  Reuben 
C.  and  Electa  (Taylor)  Foote,  was  born 
August  6,  1839,  in  Bryon,  New  York.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  at  the  Howe  Academy  at 
Clarence,  Erie  county,  New  York.  After  he 
married  he  moved  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Hartland,  where  he  pursued  farming  for  two 
years;  he  then  bought  a  farm  at  Pendleton 
Center,  which  he  cultivated  for  several  years ; 
he  then  sold  it  and  conducted  a  store  and  the 
post  office  in  the  town  of  Hartland  for  several 


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years ;  then  moved  on  the  C.  H.  Ackley  farm 
near  West  Somerset,  which  he  still  owns,  be- 
sides a  fruit  farm  near  Lake  Ontario,  town  of 
Somerset,  which  he  owns  with  his  son,  Loren 
Foote.  He  has  now  retired  from  farming, 
and  resides  in  the  village  of  Barker,  Niagara 
county,  New  York,  where  he  has  held  several 
public  offices. 

He  married  Jane  Ackley,  October  6,  1864; 
she  died  March  9,  1908.  Children :  Loren,  of 
Somerset,  New  York;  Reuben  C,  of  Wilson, 
New  York;  George  W.,  of  Somerset,  New 
York. 


The  name  is  an  infrequent  one, 
WIARD     and  it  may  be  that  it  is  the  same 

as  Weir  or  Ware.  In  Connecti- 
cut records  it  is  found  as  both  Wiard  and 
Wyard.  The  earliest  mention  of  the  name 
Wiard  is  in  connection  with  Robert  Wiard 
(the  emigrant),  of  Boston,  who  removed  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1666,  where  he  died 
September  11,  1682.  His  wife  was  named 
Mary.  He  had  a  son  John.  From  a  Bible  in 
possession  of  the  Wiard  family,  printed  in 
London,  dated  1707,  the  following  record  of 
him  is  taken :  "John  Wiard  and  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Standish,  were  married  April 
7,  1681."  Their  children:  "Louis  Wiard  was 
born  August  2,  1682."  "John  Wiard  was  born 
July  15th,  1684."  "Thomas  Wiard  was  born 
November  14th,  1686."  "Eunice  Wiard  was 
born  January  12,  1688."  "Jonathan  Wiard  was 
born  September  29,  1690."  It  is  from  this  fam- 
ily that  the  Wiards  of  Connecticut  and  New 
York  state  descend.  The  records  of  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  state  that  John  Wiard,  who 
married  Sarah  Standish,  was  thirty- four  years 
old  in  1688,  and  was  constable  in  that  year; 
tythingman,  1692;  drew  lands  in  1694,  and 
many  sundry  purchases  of  property  prior  to 
1 71 3.  The  early  records  of  Wolcott,  Connecti- 
cut, where  the  family  settled,  have  frequent 
mention  of  the  name,  and  there  can  be  little 
question  that  Thomas  Wiard,  bom  1769,  was 
a  lineal  descendant  of  Robert,  the  emigrant, 
through  John  and  Sarah  (Standish)  Wiard, 
of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  In  an  item  con- 
cerning slavery  it  is  stated  that  John  Wiard 
sold  his  negro  Anthony  his  freedom  in  171 1. 
While  the  records  are  very  meagre  concerning 
the  Wiards  as  a  family,  the  inference  is  strong 
that  Thomas  was  the  son  of  Seth,  born  1748, 
son  of  John  (3),  bom  1720,  son  of  John  (2), 


bom  1684,  son  of  John  (i),  born  1654,  son  of 
Robert,  the  emigrant.  Seth,  John  and  Thomas 
are  persistent  names  in  the  family,  and  Wol- 
cott, Connecticut,  was  the  family  seat  of  an 
important  branch  of  the  earlier  Wethersfield 
family.  Thomas  married  in  Wolcott  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  Hall  family,  also  prominent  in  that 
town. 

(VI)  Thomas  Wiard  was  born  in  Connecti- 
cut in  1769.  He  was  a  finished  blacksmith  and 
an  expert  worker  in  metal.  He  possessed  a 
mechanical  mind  and  made  by  hand  a  great 
deal  of  the  machinery  used  in  his  day.  He  be- 
gan the  making  of  plow  points  of  wrought 
iron,  laying  the  cutting  parts  with  steei  for 
farmers  who  made  the  balance  of  the  plow 
of  wood  at  their  homes.  In  1801  or  1802  he 
removed  from  Connecticut  to  Geneseo,  Living- 
ston county.  New  York,  where  he  bought  a 
farm  and  built  a  blacksmith  shop,  where  he 
did  all  kinds  of  job  work  and  made  plow  points 
in  addition  to  cultivating  his  farm.  In  1804 
he  removed  to  Avon,  in  the  same  county, 
where  he  bought  a  large  farm,  built  a  shop  and 
began  making  the  entire  plow,  covering  the 
face  of  the  mold  board  with  thin  strips  of 
iron.  As  early  as  1814  he  bought  castings  of 
Jethro  Wood,  of  Cayuga  county,  for  his  then 
famous  cast:4ron  plow,  and  finished  them  ready 
for  use.  In  181 7  he  built  a  foundry,  one  horse 
furnishing  the  power,  and  made  an  improved 
pattern  for  ^  cast-iron  plow,  which  he  contin- 
ued to  manufacture  for  several  years,  when  his 
buildings  were  destroyed  by  fire.  They  were 
at  once  rebuilt  on  a  much  larger  scale,  having 
a  four  horse-power  engine  with  cast-iron 
boiler,  both  upright,  and  there  he  continued  to 
make  plows  of  various  sizes  until  his  death 
in  1837.  He  was  the  pioneer  metal  plowmaker 
and  the  founder  of  the  great  industry  that 
bears  his  name  in  Batavia,  New  York,  At  the 
celebration  in  commemoration  of  the  one  hun- 
dredth anniversary  of  the  manufacture  of  the 
first  Wiard  plow  the  old  original  Wiard  plow 
made  by  Thomas  Wiard  in  1804  had  a  place  of 
honor  and  was  gaily  bedecked  with  flowers. 
The  buildings  were  partly  destroyed  by  fire 
in  1857,  but  were  at  once  rebuilt.  The  factory 
was  managed  at  that  time  by  Seth  and  Henry 
Wiard.  In  1852  Matthew  Wiard  bought  the 
interest  of  his  brother  Seth  and  two  years 
later  Henry  retired  from  the  business  and 
bought  the  farm  upon  which  he  lived  until  his 
death.  Matthew  Wiard  continued  the  plow 
business  until  1865,  when  it  passed  into  the 


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hands  of  the  third  generation,  Thomas  Wiard, 
who,  after  coming  to  Livingston  county,  was 
very  active  in  politics  and  public  affairs.  He 
took  a  very  active  part  in  the  campaign  that 
resulted  in  the  election  of  John  Quincy  Adams 
to  the  presidency,  and  was  much  pleased  with 
the  result.  He  served  as  justice  of  the  peace 
for  many  years  and  was  supervisor  nine  terms. 
He  was  elected  to  the  New  York  state  assem- 
bly and  re-elected  to  succeed  himself. 

He  married  (first),  in  Wolcott,  Susan 
(Sukey),  daughter  of  Curtiss  Hall,  and  a  de- 
scendant of  John  Hall,  of  New  Haven  and 
Wallingford,  Connecticut  (see  Hall).  Chil- 
dren :  Matthew,  Henry,  George,  Thomas,  Wil- 
liam, Seth,  Mary,  Margaret,  Rachel.  AH  of 
the  sons  were  plow  makers.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Nancy  Ganson.  Children:  Elizabeth 
and  Nancy. 

(Vn)  William,  son  of  Thomas  and  Susan 
(Hall)  Wiard,  learned  the  plowmaking  busi- 
ness for  himself,  making  plows  at  East  Rush^ 
Monroe  county,  New  York.  Two  years  later 
he  removed  to  Ancaster,  Canada,  where  he 
continued  in  the  manufacture  of  plows  until 
his  death  in  1841.  He  began  plowmaking  in 
Ancaster  in  1820  and  was  the  first  to  make 
cast-iron  plows  in  that  country.  He  married 
Lucinda  McLaughlin,  who  died  in  1864. 
Among  their  children  was  George,  of  whom 
further. 

(Vni)  George,  son  of  William  and  Lu- 
cinda (McLaughlin)  Wiard,  was  born  in  An- 
caster, Ontario,  Canada,  March  11,  1833.  He 
was  educated  in  the  school  of  Ancaster,  Can- 
ada, and  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years  was  mold- 
ing plow  points  after  school  hours  in  his 
father's  foundry.  He  says  of  this  period: 
"The  cupalo  being  too  small  for  a  man  to 
enter  I,  with  my  other  brothers  according  to 
their  size,  took  turns  at  cleaning  it  out,  ready 
for  melting  the  iron.  At  fourteen  years  of  age 
I  left  school  and  worked  at  molding  plows 
most  of  the  time,  and  after  two  years  of  stove 
plate  work  I  was  considered  a  full-fledged 
molder.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  I  went  to 
BuflFalo  and  entered  the  employ  of  Jewett  & 
Root,  manufacturers  of  stoves,  and  remained 
with  them  two  years.  When  eighteen  I  went 
to  Avon,  New  York,  and  made  what  plow 
castings  were  needed  in  the  old  Wiard  Plow 
Works,  and  so  continued,  with  brief  intervals, 
until  1862,  when  I  entered  the  army  and 
served  until  after  the  close  of  the  civil  war." 
In    November,   1865,  George    Wiard    bought 


one-half  of  the  interests  of  his  uncle,  Matthew 
Wiard,  in  the  Wiard  Plow  Works,  at  Avon, 
and  became  his  partner  under  the  firm  name 
of  M.  &  G.  Wiard.  In  April,  1866,  the  entire 
plant  was  again  burned,  but  was  rebuilt  larger 
than  ever,  and  the  same  management  continued 
until  1871,  when  Captain  C.  W.  Hough,  an 
old  army  comrade  of  George  Wiard,  purchased 
Matthew  Wiard's  interest,  and  the  firm  became 
Wiard  &  Hough.  Mr.  Wiard  says :'  "The  firm 
of  Wiard  and  Hough  was  formed  in  November, 
1871,  and  by  mutual  agreement  Mr.  Hough 
was  to  take  charge  of  all  office  matters  and  I 
was  to  attend  to  the  manufacture  of  the  goods. 
Mr.  Hough  was  a  man  of  exceptionally  good 
business  qualifications,  coupled  with  great  en- 
ergy and  perseverance.  Under  our  joint  man- 
agement the  trade  which  had  been  almost  local 
was  widely  extended.  The  old  system  of  send- 
ing out  plows  to  be  sold  on  commission  was 
entirely  replaced  by  that  of  straight  out  sales, 
and  in  five  years  our  business  had  so  increased 
that  larger  works  and  better  shipping  facili- 
ties became  a  necessity."  It  was  then  decided 
to  locate  at  Batavia,  New  York,  that  village 
having  raised  funds,  purchased  suitable 
grounds  and  presented  them  to  the  firm  of 
Wiard  &  Hough  as  an  inducement  to  locate 
their  plow  works  there.  The  work  of  building 
wasbegun  June  i,  1876,  and  continued  so  rap- 
idly that  iron  was  melted  in  the  foundry  and 
a  heat  taken  off  November  i  of  the  same  year. 
Before  this  time,  however,  additional  capital 
was  needed  to  properly  extend  the  business, 
and  in  September,  1876,  the  Wiard  Plow  Com- 
pany was  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the 
state  of  New  York,  and  succeeded  the  firm  of 
Wiard  &  Hough.  The  officers  of  the  new  com- 
pany were :  George  Wiard,  president  and  gen- 
eral superintendent;  C.  W.  Hough,  secretary 
arid  treasurer.  In  December,  1878,  J.  H. 
Smith  was  made  secretary,  and  in  1880  J.  I. 
Washburn  succeeded  him.  The  financial  and 
manufacturing  details  were  in  the  hands  of 
Messrs.  Wiard  and  Hough  with  most  satis- 
factory results.  "This  management  continued 
for  twenty  years  until  the  sudden  death  of  Mr. 
Hough,  May  4,  1900,  left  his  place  as  director 
and  treasurer  vacant,  and  filled  all  the  hearts 
of  his  associates  with  sorrow."  He  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  son,  Arthur  G.  Hough.  Mr. 
Washburn  was  made  vice-president  and  John 
W.  Pratt,  secretary,  which  management  still 
continues  (1012). 

Mr.  Wiard  has  been  engaged  in  active  manu- 


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facturing  over  sixty-four  years,  and  the  capa- 
ble head  of  the  Wiard  Plow  Works  at  Batavia 
since  1876.  The  Wiard  Plow  is  known  and 
used  in  almost  every  country  of  the  globe.  He 
has  the  business  foresight  and  financial  abil- 
ity that  makes  for  success,  and  the  happy 
faculty  of  inspiring  the  respect  and  confidence 
of  his  associates  and  subordinates.  His  long 
and  busy  life  has  been  successful  from  what- 
ever point  viewed.  He  has  not  only  borne  the 
banner  of  commercial  suprefnacy  and  won  the 
victories  of  peace,  but  has  behind  him  a  record 
of  valiant  service  in  defense  of  the  banner  of 
his  country.  When  Colonel  Peter  A.  Porter 
was  organizing  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
ninth  Regiment  of  New  York  Infantry,  Mr. 
Wiard,  on  August  i,  1862,  enlisted  as  a  private 
and  at  once  threw  himself,  with  all  his  ardor, 
into  the  work  of  recruiting  a  company.  He 
spent  twenty-two  days  striving  both  day  and 
night  to  fill  the  ranks.  When  the  regiment 
was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service 
he  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  of 
Company  H.  With  his  regiment  he  at  once 
proceeded  to  Baltimore,  where  for  twenty-one 
months  they  were  stationed  at  Forts  Federal 
Hill  and  McHenry.  There  were  many  Confed- 
erate prisoners  confined  there,  including  pri- 
vates, officers  and  surgeons.  On  December  2, 
1862,  he  was  promoted  first  lieutenant  of  the 
same  company.  Soon  after  the  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty-ninth  was  changed  to  the  Eighth 
New  York  Heavy  Artillery.  For  eight  months 
Lieutenant  Wiard  was  post-adjutant,  and  for 
three  months  was  a  member  of  a  court-martial. 
His  regiment  joined  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
at  the  Wilderness  and  he  was  engaged  in  all 
the  battles  of  that  period,  including  Cold  Har- 
bor and  Petersburgh,  where  on  June  17,  1864, 
he  was  wounded  in  the  left  thigh,  the  bullet 
striking  on  the  outside  of  the  leg  about  twelve 
inches  above  the  knee,  passing  down  and  out- 
ward, striking  the  bone  five  inches  lower,  and 
lay  near  the  surface  just  over  the  bone.  Within 
an  hour  the  bullet  was  extracted  and  he  was 
sent  to  the  Naval  Hospital  at  Annapolis, 
where  he  remained  until  fit  for  light  duty.  He 
was  then  assigned  to  duty  as  instructor  of  re- 
cruits at  Fort  Meigs,  defenses  of  Washington. 
After  a  few  weeks  service  there  he  was  or- 
dered to  report  to  headquarters  at  Hardin's 
division,  defenses  of  Washington,  where  he 
was  appointed  insp)ector  of  artillery  for  that 
division.     His  duties  were  to  visit  thirty-four 


forts  monthly  and  to  make  a  report  as  to  the 
ability  of  the  men  to  handle  the  large  guns 
in  case  of  attack,  also  to  report  their  records 
at  target  practice.  "During  this  time  I  was 
also  acting  assistant  inspector-general.  Later 
the  headquarters  of  Hardin's  division  was 
moved  to  Fort  Alabama,  and  from  that  time 
until  I  was  ordered  to  report  to  my  regiment 
I  was  acting  assistant  adjutant-general  of  the 
division.  My  time  not  having  expired,  I  was 
transferred  to  the  Fourth  Regiment  New  York 
Heavy  Artillery,  and  with  that  regiment  was 
ordered  to  Fort  Richardson.  I  was  there  ap- 
pointed ordnance  officer,  second  brigade,  De- 
Russey's  division,  and  officer  in  charge  of  dis- 
mantling the  forts  south  of  the  Potomac. 
Later  was  appointed  inspector  of  artillery,  de- 
fenses of  Washington,  Brigadier-General  Has- 
kin  commanding."  About  this  time  he  was 
promoted  and  commissioned  captain  of  Com- 
pany K,  Fourth  Regiment  Heavy  Artillery. 
He  was  honorably  discharged,  October  20, 
1865,  and  returned  to  his  business  in  Avon, 
New  York. 

Besides  his  duties  as  president  and  head  of 
a  great  thriving  corporation,  Mr.  Wiard  has 
been  interested  in  other  enterprises  and  has 
aided  in  the  development  of  the  village  with 
which  the  name  of  Wiard  has  been  so  long 
connected.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education  and  was  president  of  the 
board  four  terms.  He  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers and  for  thirty-one  years  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Genesee  County  Permanent  Loan 
and  Building  Association,  again  elected  1912, 
an  institution  that  has  been  of  untold  benefit 
to  the  home-builders  of  that  community.  He 
was  water  commissioner  to  build  the  Batavia 
Water  Works,  and  in  his  benefactions  to 
churches  and  benevolences  has  been  most  gen- 
erous. He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
and  politically  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first),  November  20,  1856,  Em- 
meline  Warren,  of  East  Avon,  New  York, 
who  died  August  7,  1870,  daughter  of  David 
Warren.  He  married  (second),  January  9, 
1872,  Isabelle  Warren,  of  East  Avon,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Warren.  She  was  born  in  War- 
saw, Wyoming  county,  New  York,  December 
18,  1846.  Children:  May,  born  November  17, 
1872;  I^uis,  October  20,  1877,  now  (1912) 
general  superintendent  of  the  Wiard  Plow 
Company;  Ernest  E.,  July  11,  1882;  Henry 
L.  and  Harry  G.,  February  10,  1887. 


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(The  Hail  Xtne). 

John  Hall,  of  England,  came  to  America 
and  settled  in  Boston,  later  in  New  Haven, 
subsequently  in  Wallingford,  Connecticut.  He 
was  freed  from  training  in  1665,  being  then 
in  his  sixtieth  year,  which  would  place  his 
birth  in  1605.  He  was  most  certainly  in  New 
Haven  as  earlv  as  1639,  and  at  Wallingford 
about  1670.  He  died  early  in  the  year  1676. 
He  married  Jane  Woolen.  Children:  John, 
Sarah,  Richard,  Samuel,  Thomas,  Jonathan, 
David. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Jane 
(Woolen)  Hall,  was  baptized  August  9,  1646, 
as  was  his  sister  Sarah.  He  settled  in  Wal- 
lingford, Connecticut,  with  the  first  planters 
in  1670.  He  died  September  2,  1721.  He  mar- 
ned,  at  New  Haven,  December  6,  1666,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Edward  Parker.  She  died  Sep- 
tember 22,  1725.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born 
August  II,  1670;  Daniel,  Mary,  Nathaniel, 
John,  Lydia,  Samuel,  Esther,  Caleb. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
(Parker)  Hall,  was  born  February  8,  1677, 
died  August  16,  1757.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Wallingford,  Connecticut.  He  married 
(first).  May,  1699,  Elizabeth  Curtiss,  died 
September  30,  1735;  married  (second),  Sep- 
tember 15,  1736,  Lydia  Johnson.  Children: 
Amos,  born  January  24,  1700;  Margaretta, 
Caleb,  Moses,  Mary,  Nathaniel,  James,  Eliza- 
beth, Desire,  Heman. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Heman  Hall,  youngest 
child  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Curtiss) 
Hall,  was  born  in  Wallingford,  Connecticut, 
October  17,  1720.  He  was  the  first  of  the  Halls 
to  settle  in  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  where  he 
died  in  1769.  The  date  on  his  gravestone  is 
the  earliest  in  the  Centre  graveyard  at  Wol- 
cott.   He  married  Elizabeth ,  who  died 

in   1804.     Children:  Curtiss,   Heman,   Phebe, 
Elizabeth. 

(V)  Curtiss,  eldest  son  of  Lieutenant  He- 
man  and  Elizabeth  Hall,  was  born  in  1746,  and 
was  killed  "by  falling  from  a  tree  that  was  al- 
ready down."  He  married  Rachel  Beecher, 
said  to  have  been  first  cousin  to  Rev.  Lyman 
Beecher.  She  survived  him  and  married 
(second)  John  Bronson.  Children:  Moses, 
baptized  November  2,  1788;  Richmond,  bom 
March  23,  1773 ;  Mary,  baptized  November 
2,  1788,  married  Reuben  Lewis;  Anne,  bap- 
tized November  2,  1788,  married  Luther 
Hotchkiss;  Leva,  baptized  November  2,  1788,  . 
married  David  Frisbee;  Amos,  baptized  No- 


vember 2,  1788;  Sukey  (Susan),  baptized  No- 
vember 2,  1788,  married  Thomas  Wiard  (see 
Wiard  VI)  ;  Rachel,  baptized  November  2, 
1788,  dieJ  the  next  day;  three  next  children 
died  in  infancy;  Sylvia,  baptized  May  i,  1789; 
three  next  died  in  infancy. 


The    Jamestown    representa- 
JOHNSON     tive  of  this  family,  Oscar  C 

Johnson,  is  of  the  second  gen- 
eration in  the  United  States.  He  is  a  grand- 
son of  John  Christian  Waigaard,  bom  in 
Hjorring,  E^nmark,  a  farmer  and  a  member 
of  the  Lutheran  church.  He  married,  in  his 
native  town,  Marah  Larson.  Children:  Kris- 
tiane.  Else  Johane,  Petrine,  Jeppe  (John  W.), 
Kirsten  Marie,  Laura  Kristine,  Else  Marie, 
Hane  Marie,  Dusine,  Lette  Martina,  Tomerea 
and  Karl  (Charles). 

(H)  Charles  Johnson  (American  name), 
son  of  John  (Christian  Waigaard,  was  born  in 
Hjorring,  Denmark,  December  2,  1851.  •  In 
1873  ^^  came  to  the  United  States,  arriving 
April  15.  He  settled  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  where  for  seventeen  years  he  was  a 
partner  in  the  Johnson  Ice  Company,  from 
1876.  He  then  purchased  a  farm  near  James- 
town, on  which  he  resided  fourteen  years.  In 
1907  he  moved  to  823  Washington  street, 
Jamestown,  where  he  has  since  led  a  retired 
life.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lutheran  church, 
and  a  Republican.  He  married,  February  19, 
1879,  Mary  A.  Peterson,  born  February  13, 
185s,  in  Sweden,  came  to  the  United  States 
in  August,  1874,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Jo- 
hanna Maria  (Efemielson)  Carlson.  The  name 
Peterson  was  taken  by  children  when  in 
America.  Children,  bom  in  Jamestown: 
Florence .  Josephine,  January  13,  1880;  Cora 
Martina,  July  22,  1882;  Oscar  Christian,  of 
whom  further. 

(Ill)  Oscar  Christian,  only  son  of  Charles 
Johnson,  was  bom  at  Clifton,  a  suburb  of 
Jamestown,  New  York,  September  22,  1884. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Jamestown,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen  years 
began  working  in  a  clothing  store  in  James- 
town, continuing  five  years.  He  then  went 
to  Niagara  Falls,  New  York,  where  for  three 
years  he  was  connected  with  the  clothing  firm 
of  Max  Amberg  Company.  He  then  returned 
to  Jamestown,  where  for  several  years  he  was 
employed  as  clothing  salesman  with  Ohlquist 
&  Johnson.  He  then  took  a  position  as  travel- 
ing salesman  with  the  Clere  Clothing  Com- 


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NEW  YORK. 


pany,  of  Syracuse,  New  York.  In  March, 
1910,  he  was  appointed  manager  of  the  branch 
store  maintained  by  the  Reliance  Clothing  Syn- 
dicate, of  Buffalo,  New  York,  at  312  Main 
street,  Jamestown,  a  position  he  has  filled  with 
great  acceptability.  Mr.  Johnson  is  one  of 
Jamestown's  younger  business  men,  but  his 
years  of  practical  experience,  coupled  with 
energy  and  keen  business  acumen,  makes  nim 
a  most  capable  manager.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  attends  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  His  club  is  the  Elks,  of  Jamestown, 
and  he  is  interested  in  other  lines  of  social 
activity. 

He  married,  August  30,  1910,  in  Jamestown, 
Alta  Mae,  born  May  18,  1887,  at  Arkwright, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  but  a  resident 
of  Jamestown  since  1894.  She  is  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Morris  E.  Towne,  a  furniture 
jobber  of  Jamestown,  who  married  Effie  E. 
Sharp.  Children:  Alta  Mae,  Jessie  Allene 
and  Mildred  Alberta  Towne. 


The  Ernest  family  originally 
ERNEST    settled  in  Pennsylvania,  where 

Conrad  Ernest,  grandfather  of 
Dr.  Clark  E.  Ernest,  was  a  farmer  of  Perry 
county.  The  family  records  show  him  to  have 
been  of  the  sixth  generation,  as  follows:  (I) 
Henry(i),  (H)  John,  (HI)  Samuel,  (IV) 
George,  (V)  Henry  (2). 

(VI)  Conrad  Ernest,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
Ernest,  was  a  resident  farmer  of  Perry  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  married  Chatarina  Ernest, 
and  had  issue. 

(VII)  Henry  (3),  son  of  Conrad  and  Chat- 
arina (Ernest)  Ernest,  was  born  January  12, 
1 814,  at  Tryon  Foundry,  Perry  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, the  youngest  of  a  large  f am.ily.  After 
his  mother  was  widowed  she  was  obliged  to 
break  up  the  family,  their  support  being  be- 
yond her  means.  Henry  and  (Mie  of  his  sis- 
ters were  bound  to  Alex,  father  of  Alex  K. 
McQure,  the  well-known  statesman  and 
writer,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He  re- 
mained with  Mr.  McClure  until  he  was  six- 
teen, having  received  in  that  time  just  nine 
months  schooling.  He  then  worked  for  Mr. 
McQure  for  some  time,  receiving  $2.50 
monthly  as  wages.  He  then  worked  in  a 
cloth  dressing  mill  for  a  year,  receiving  as 
wages  his  board  and  clothes.  He  had  now 
reached  the  age  of  eighteen  years  and  saw  the 
necessity  of  having  a  settled  trade.  He  ap- 
prenticed himself  to  a  carpenter,  under  whom 


he  served  three  years,  receiving  $50.00  a  year. 
He  was  now  twenty-one,  and  having  thor- 
oughly mastered  his  trade,  bade  adieu  to  the 
scene  of  his  early  privations  and  set  out  to 
make  a  name  and  home  for  himself.  For- 
tune directed  his  steps  and  brought  him  to 
Lockport,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  where 
for  the  following  twenty-two  years,  1835-57, 
he  followed  his  trade,  becoming  one  of  the 
well-known  builders  of  the  section.  He  then 
purchased  a  small  farm  on  "Jo^'^y  Cake** 
ridge,  where  he  lived  until  his  purchase  of  the 
farm  four  miles  south  of  Gasport,  Niagara 
county,  which  is  now  known  as  the  "old  Ernest 
homestead."  His  life  was  one  of  toil,  but  he 
met  life's  duties  with  a  stout  heart  and 
achieved  a  success  fairly  earned. 

He  married,  May  8,  1838,  at  Lockport, 
Elizabeth  Dysinger,  born  July  25,  181 5,  died 
October  i,  1908,  daughter  of  David  and  Cath- 
erine Dysinger,  of  Lockport.  Children:  Jo- 
siah  F.,  Henry  A.,  John  W.,  Sarah  C,  Ellen 
J.,  David  Eugene,  Daniel  M.,  Qark  EL, 
Alida  L. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Clark  Edwin  Ernest,  youngest 
son  of  Henry  (3)  and  Elizabeth  (Dysinger) 
Ernest,  was  born  at  Royalton,  Niagara  county. 
New  York,  August  7, 1858.  His  early  education 
was  secured  in  the  public  schools  and  a  college 
preparation  at  the  Union  school,  Lockport. 
He  determined  on  a  profession  and  secured 
entrance  to  Buffalo  University,  medical  de- 
partment. Here  he  was  graduated  M.  D., 
class  of  1888.  He  began  and  continued  the 
practice  of  his  profession  in  Buffalo,  where  he 
was  in  successful  practice  until  1909.  He  then 
disposed  of  his  business  and  removed  to  Gas- 
port,  where  he  established  in  practice  and  still 
continues.  He  is  a  skillful  physician  and  holds 
high  rank  in  his  profession.  His  spare  time 
and  hours  of  recreation  are  devoted  to  fruit 
culture,  his  home  being  the  old  Knapp  farm. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Niagara  County  and 
New  York  State  Medical  societies;  he  is  a 
Republican  in  politics. 

He  married,  June  27,  1894,  Mary  E.,  bom 
September  15,  1867,  daughter  of  Dr.  Knapp. 
Children:  Lois,  born  December  15,  1898: 
Franklin  Liscomb,  December  29,  1903. 


The  English  Monsons  belong- 
MUNSON    ing   to   the    peerage    have    a 

recognized  history  extending 
through  five  centuries.  According  to  "Burke's 
Peerage,"  John  Monson  was  living  in   1378, 


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and  denominated  of  East  Market  Rasen, 
county  of  Lincoln,  from  whom  lineally  sprang 
William  Monson,  Esq.,  who  died  in  1558.  It 
is  the  opinion  of  eminent  members  of  the  fam- 
ily that  their  common  ancestor  was  a  Dane. 
The  name  is  common  in  Denmark,  and  that 
portion  of  England  where  the  family  were 
dwelling  in  the  fourteenth  century  had  been 
overrun  by  the  Danes. 

(I)  Thomas  Munson,  American  ancestor, 
was  among  those  exiles  who  left  England  for 
conscience  sake,  brave  and  spirited  men  who 
were  loyal  to  their  God  and  their  convictions. 
He  was  born  in  England  about  1612,  died 
May  7,'  1685.  It  is  not  known  how  or  when  he 
came  to  America.  He  is  first  found  of  record 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1637,  where  he 
performed  service  in  the  Pequot  war.  He  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  one  hundred  acres,  which 
was  confirmed  by  the  general  court,  May  13, 
1637,  no  doubt  in  recognition  of  his  services 
in  that  war.  In  1639  he  became  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
where  he  acquired  a  house  lot  in  February, 
1640.  He  was  one  of  the  sixty-three  signers 
of  the  "Agreement."  He  took  the  oath  of 
fidelity  July  i,  1644,  and  was  appointed  ser- 
geant of  the  "trayned  band,"  a  title  he  bore 
for  nineteen  years.  May  19,  1656,  he  was 
chosen  one  of  seven  townsmen  (selectmen). 
In  1661  he  was  appointed  "Ensigne,"  and  was 
assigned  "seat  No.  2  of  the  shorte  seats  in  the 
meeting  house."  April  28,  1663,  "Ensigne 
Thomas  Munson  and  John  Moss  were  chosen 
deputies  for  the  jurisdiction  General  Courte 
for  the  yeare  ensueinge."  In  1665,  after  the 
union  of  New  Haven  Colony  with  Connecti- 
cut Colony,  John  Winthrop,  governor,  he  was 
chosen  deputy  to  the  general  assembly.  July 
6,  1665,  he  was  confirmed  by  the  general  as- 
sembly lieutenant  "of  ye  traine  band  at  New 
Haven."  In  1666  he  was  again  chosen  deputy, 
and  in  1668  assigned  a  new  seat  in  the  meet- 
ing house ;  he  was  now  one  of  the  thirteen  per- 
sons seated  "in  the  first  seat"  in  the  gallery. 
April  29,  1668,  he  was  elected  one  of  seven 
townsmen  (selectmen),  and  in  1669  again 
chosen  deputy;  in  fact,  this  office  was  be- 
stowed upon  him,  as  well  as  that  of  select- 
man, almost  continuously  until  his  death  in 
1685.  At  a  session  of  the  general  court,  held 
at  Hartford,  August  7,  1673,  the  following 
"special  order"  was  passed :  "Whereas  there  is 
now  at  present  a  great  appearance  of  danger 


toward  the  Colony  by  the  approach  of  the 
Dutch,  for  our  own  safety  and  defence  till 
the  general  court  in  October  next,  it  is  now  or- 
dered by  this  court  that  the  committee  here- 
after named,  viz :  The  Governor,  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor, and  assistants  (five  others),  and  Lieu- 
tenant Thomas  Munson,  are  hereby  empow- 
ered to  act  as  the  Grand  Committee  of  this 
Colony  in  establishing  and  commissioning  of 
military  officers,  in  pressing  men,  houses,  ships, 
barques,  or  other  vessels,  arms,  ammunition, 
provision,  carriages,  or  whatever  they  judge 
needful  for  our  defense,  and  to  manage,  or- 
der and  dispose  of  the  militia  of  the  colony 
in  the  best  way  and  manner  for  our  defense 
and  safety."  This  was  tljie  first  appointment 
of  the  grand  committee,  or  as  afterward 
termed  "council  of  war."  During  King  Phil- 
ip's war  he  was  in  command  of  troops  in  and 
around  Saybrook,  and  May  15,  1676,  was  ap- 
pointed captain  of  New  Haven  county  soldiers, 
and  in  1682  was  a  commissioner  to  treat  with 
the  Indians.  September  29,  1684,  he  was  for 
the  last  time  elected  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  and  May  7,  1685,  he  closed  an  exceed- 
ingly useful  and  busy  life.  He  was  continuously 
in  the  service  of  town,  colony  and  church  until 

the  last.     He  married  Joanna  ,  born 

about  1610,  died  December  13,  1678. 

(II)  Samuel,  only  son  of  Thomas  and 
Joanna  Munson,  was  baptized  in  New  Haven, 
Connecticut,  First  Church,  August  7,  1643, 
died  1693.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of  New 
Haven,  May  9,  1667,  and  assigned  in  the  meet- 
ing house  a  seat  with  fourteen  others  in  the 
"second  seat  in  the  gallery."  In  1670  he  was 
one  of  the  thirty-nine  men  who  signed  the 
agreement  to  become  "Planters"  and  settle  in 
the  wilderness  north  of  New  Haven,  now 
Wallingford,  Connecticut.  Here  he  was  as- 
signed a  house  lot  on  the  "Long  Highway" 
(Main  street)  and  a  farm  of  eight  acres.  He 
was  chosen  selectman  in  April,  1672,  and  June 
7,  "Samuel  Munson  shall  be  allowed  forty 
shillings  for  maintaining  and  beating  the  Drum 
in  good  order  for  the  yeare  ensuing."  In  1674 
he  was  again  chosen  one  of  five  "townsmen." 
King  Philip's  war  now  being  waged,  he  was 
appointed  "Ensigne  of  Wallingford  Traine 
Band."  Under  date  of  September  10,  1677,  it 
was  "voted  that  Ensign  Munson  shall  have 
fourty  shillings  allowed  him  for  meeting  in  his 
house  this  yeare."  He  was  chosen  "lister"  in 
1678,  and  one  of  the  two  sealers  of  leather. 


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November  27,  1678,  occurs  the  first  mention 
of  schools  in  the  town  record.  December  24 
it  was  voted  to  allow  ten  pounds  for  a  school- 
master and  three  pence  per  week  for  each 
scholar  attending.  April  12,  1679,  Samuel 
Munson  was  chosen  to  serve  as  the  first  school- 
master. He  was  successively  auditor,  select- 
man, treasurer,  and  recorder  of  the  town.  In 
1682  he  apparently  returned  to  New  Haven 
to  reside,  perhaps  to  make  a  home  for  his 
widowed  father,  perhaps  to  become  master  of 
Hopkins  grammar  school.  The  earliest  record 
book  of  the  Hopkins  grammar  school  begins 
with  1684,  under  date  of  January  4,  "agreed 
that  Ensign  Munson  go  on  with  the  grammar 
school  at  New  Haven  to  make  up  his  year 
current,  and  his  allowance  to  be  forty  pounds 
per  annum  as  formerly,  also  that  trial  be  made 
of  the  sufficiency  of  the  said  Ensign  Munson 
and  if  he  be  sufficient  to  instruct  or  fit  hopeful 
youth  for  the  College  that  he  have  fifty  pounds 
for  the  ensuing  year."  Three  months  later  he 
"laid  down  his  charge,"  and  was  succeeded  by 
a  graduate  of  Harvard  College.  It  is  uncer- 
tain whether  he  was  rector  of  the  school  one, 
two  or  three  years.  He  was  one  of  the  sealers 
of  leather  in  New  Haven,  1683-85-86,  and  in 
1692  was  lister  and  constable.  This  useful 
life  ended  the  following  year.  He  married, 
October  26,  1665,  Martha,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Bradley. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Martha  (Bradley)  Munson,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 28,  1688-89,  dJ^d  November  3,  1741.  He 
spent  his  life  in  the  town  of  Wallingford,  Con- 
necticut, where  fie  held  the  office  of  town  clerk. 

He  married  (first)  Martha ,  who  died 

January  7,  1707;  (second),  March  10,  1708, 
Mary,  widow  of  Caleb  Merriman,  and  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Eliasaph  Preston.  She  died 
November  28,  1755.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Solomon,  born  February  18,  1689;  Samuel, 
August  25,  1691,  died  about  1710;  Mario,  Feb- 
ruary 15,  1694;  William,  October  13,  1695: 
Waitstill,  of  whom  further;  Eunice,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1700;  Obediena,  October  13,  1702; 
Catharine,  June  3,  1704.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Tamar,  December  5,  1708;  Lemuel,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1709;  Merriman,  November  30,  1710; 
Mamie,  December  16,  1712;  Lent,  November 

16,  1714. 

(IV)  Waitstill,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Martha  Munson,  was  bom  in  Wallingford, 
Connecticut,  December  12,  1697,  died  there 
March  6,  1789.    He  spent  his  life  in  Walling- 


ford, and  at  the  age  of  twenty-six  was  a  sur- 
veyor of  highways  "in  ye  east  society,"  and 
when  thirty-two  was  the  first  of  six  grand 
jurors.  In  1743  he  was  both  surveyor  of  high- 
ways and  grand  juror.  For  those  times  he 
was  considered  a  wealthy  man.  He  married, 
December  10,  1719,  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Caleb 
and  Mary  (Preston)  Merriman,  born  Septem- 
ber 16,  1699,  buried  December  11,  1772.  Chil- 
dren: Reuben,  of  whom  further;  Hannah, bom 
February  20,  1723;  Samuel,  December  7,  1724; 
Phoebe,  June  14,  1726,  died  January  25,  1745- 
46;  Solomon,  March  19,  1728;  Waitstill,  No- 
vember 24,  1729;  Medad,  August  31,  1731 ; 
Mamie,  January  20,  1734,  married,  September 
26,  1751,  Thomas  Carrington;  Martha,  June 

11,  1738,  died  January  27,  1739;  Martha,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1740,  died  January  26,  1740. 

(V)  Reuben,  son  of  Waitstill  and  Hioebe 
(Merriman)  Munson,  was  born  May  9,  172 1, 
died  June  7,  1780.  His  name  is  seen  in  the 
records  of  Farmington  as  early  as  December, 
1747,  when  he  was  twenty-six  years  old.  His 
residence  until  1753  ^^^  o"  ^^^  west  side  of 
the  town  "in  that  division  of  land  next  W^ater- 
bury."  He  and  his  brother  Waitstill  then 
bought  one  hundred  and  forty-two  acres  with 
house  and  bam  "south-westward  of  ye  great 
plains."  According  to  Gad  Andrews  "he  lived 
in  the  north  part  of  Flanders  District  under 
the  mountains."  He  married,  December  29, 
1 741,  Mary  Chittendon,  who  died  January  15, 
1 801.  Children:  i.  Stephen,  bom  September 
30,  1742,  at  Wallingford,  Connecticut.  2. 
Moses,  September  24,  1744,  at  Wallingford, 
Connecticut.  3.  Reuben,  December  22,  1746, 
at  Wallingford,  Connecticut.  4.  Phoebe,  bap- 
tized March  19,  1748-49,  in  Southington.  5. 
Mary,  baptized  April  14,  1751,  in  Southington. 
6.  Sarah,  baptized  March  18,  1753,  in  South- 
ington. 7.  Joel,  baptized  March  30,  1755; 
fought  in  the  revolutionary  war ;  died  at  Stam- 
ford, Connecticut,  September  19,  1776.  8.  Ben- 
jamin, baptized  May  8,  1757,  at  Southington; 
fought  in  the  revolutionary  war,  died  at  Wall- 
ingford,  1777.     9.  Martha,  baptized  October 

12,  1760,  at  Southington ;  died  August  20, 1799. 
10.  Samuel,  born  July  9,  1762. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Reuben  and  Mary 
(Chittendon)  Munson,  was  born  in  Southing- 
ton, Connecticut,  July  9,  1762,  died  in  Port- 
land, Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  1841. 
He  came  to  New  York  state  prior  to  the  year 
1800,  settling  first  in  Oneida  county.  In  1818 
he  settled  in  Chautauqua  county  on  a  farm  in 


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the  town  of  Portland,  situated  on  the  old  EUi- 
cott  road.  He  built  a  home  from  logs  cut  on 
his  farm,  prospered,  and  in  1828  built  the  resi- 
dence now  standing,  the  property  of  Porter  Z. 
Ellis.  He  was  a  brickmaker  by  trade  and  fol- 
lowed that  occupation  many  years,  in  connec- 
tion with  farming.  When  the  second  war  with 
Great  Britain  made  a  demand  for  soldiers  he 
responded  to  the  call,  went  to  the  front,  and 
served  with  gallantry  and  distinction.  After 
coming  to  Portland  he  engaged  in  agriculture 
until  his  death.  He  married  Martha  Barms. 
They  had  nine  children. 

(VII)  Samuel  C,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Mun- 
son,  was  born  in  Oneida  county,  New  York, 
March  14,  1803,  died  in  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  June  9, 1883.  He  was  fifteen  years 
of  age  when  his  father  moved  to  Chautauqua 
county.  Like  many  others  his  parents  thought 
that  farm  work  was  of  more  importance  than 
an  education,  consequently  Samuel  C.  had  such 
schooling  as  could  be  had  without  taking  him 
from  other  work.  But  the  winter  months 
were  well  improved  and  he  was  well  grounded 
in  the  rudiments.  On  attaining  his  majority  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  fifty  acres  from  the  Hol- 
land Land  Company,  and  on  it  built  a  house 
now  owned  by  his  son,  Alson  N.  He  became 
one  of  the  best  and  most  successful  farmers 
of  the  town.  Good  stock  was  his  delight  and 
an  abundance  of  the  best  could  always  be 
found  in  his  barns  and  pastures.  He  was 
active  and  energetic,  always  striving  for  ad- 
vancement, both  in  personal  and  town  affairs. 
He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  took  lit- 
tle part  in  politics,  his  tastes  being  for  the 
quiet  of  home.  He  married,  in  1823,  Polly 
Hulbert  (nee  Shuff).  Children:  Hannah, 
born  January  31,  1826,  died  January  31,  1847; 
Harry  S.,  born  February  4,  1824,  died  August 
4,  1902;  Milton  J.,  May  23,  1828;  William  A., 
July  12,  1831,  died  October  22,  1892;  Alson 
N.,  of  whom  further, 

(VIII)  Alson  N.,  youngest  son  and  child 
of  Samuel  C.  Munson,  was  bom  in  Portland, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  April  20,  1834. 
He  obtained  a  good  public  school  education, 
and  on  arriving  at  manhood  began  farming 
on  his  own  account.  Prior  to  1886  his  home 
and  business  were  in  Portland,  since  then  in 
Westfield.  He  is  one  of  the  pioneers  of  the 
grape  industry  in  his  section,  his  being  one  of 
the  first  vineyards  planted.  For  many  years 
he  was  engaged  in  buying  and  shipping  grapes 
for  a  Chicago  firm,  and  has  the  honor  of  load- 


ing and  shipping  the  first  carload  of  grapes 
from  Westfield.  His  purchases  were  large 
during  his  years  in  the  shipping  business.  His 
present  residence  is  Westfield,  where  he  is 
well  known  and  honored.  He  is  a  Democrat 
in  politics.  He  married,  January  i,  1862; 
Julia,  daughter  of  William  Healy,  of  Chautau- 
qua. Children:  Fannie  Adell,  born  February 
21,  1863,  died  September  7,  1865;  Harlan 
Lawrence. 

(IX)  Harlan  Lawrence,  only  son  of  Alson 
N.  and  Julia  (Healy)  Munson,  was  born  in 
Portland,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
August  27,  1870.  His  early  education  was  ob- 
tained in  public  school  No.  3,  of  West  Port- 
land. In  1885,  ^^^  y^^^  before  the  removal 
of  his  parents  to  Westfield,  he  entered  West- 
field  union  school  from  whence  he  was  grad- 
uated, class  of  1888.  Deciding  upon  the  legal 
profession  he  entered  a  competitive  examina- 
tion for  a  scholarship  in  Cornell  University. 
He  passed  the  examination  with  the  highest 
average  and  in  September,  1889,  entered  the 
law  school,  continuing  until  June,  1891,  when 
he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws. 
He  continued  another  year,  graduating  Mas- 
ter of  Laws,  in  1892.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  in  June  of  the  lat- 
ter year,  and  at  once  began  the  practice  of  law 
in  Westfield.  In  1893  ^^  was  associated  with 
the  Buffalo  law  firm  of  Marcy  &  Qose,  but  in 
1894  returned  to  Westfield,  forming  a  legal 
partnership  with  Arthur  B.  Ottaway,  in  whose 
office  he  had  been  a  clerk  during  the  summer  of 
1890.  Mr.  Munson  has  had  a  successful 
career  and  stands  high  in  his  profession.  He 
served  a  term  as  trustee  and  as  village  presi- 
dent and  is  interested  in  all  that  pertains  to 
the  public  welfare.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics and  soon  after  his  return  to  Westfield  was 
the  party  candidate  for  surrogate  of  Chau- 
tauqua county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  which  he  serves  as  trustee. 
His  college  fraternity  is  Phi  Delta  Phi  (Cor- 
nell Law  School). 

He  married  at  Ripley,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1900,  Bertha  E.  Bennett,  who  died 
January  15,  1908,  aged  forty  years,  daughter 
of  Lyman  Bennett,  of  Ripley.  Child,  Donald 
Bennett,  born  at  Westfield,  November  30, 1902. 


John  (2)  Hooker,  son  of  John 
HOOKER     (i)    Hooker,  was  born  in  or 

near    Brandon,    Vermont,    in 
1806,  died  in  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 


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June  24,  1888.  He  settled  in  the  town  of 
Perrysburg,  Cattaraugus  county,  and  for  many 
years  was  a  leading  farmer  and  prominent  citi- 
zen of  that  town.  He  married  Philena  Water- 
man, bom  in  Massachusetts  in  181 3,  died  1883. 
Among  their  children  was  a  son,  Warren  B. 

Judge  Warren  B.  Hooker,  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Philena  (Waterman)  Hooker,  was  born 
in  Perrysburg,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
November  24,  1856.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  Forestville  Academy, 
being  graduated  at  the  latter,  class  of  1876. 
He  worked  on  the  farm  until  he  decided  to 
adopt  the  profession  of  law,  when  he  entered 
the  office  of  John  G.  Record,  in  Forestville, 
continuing  his  studies  there  until  1879,  when 
he  was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar.  He 
b^an  practice  in  Forestville,  continuing  until 
1882,  when  he  removed  to  Tacoma,  Washing- 
ton, remaining  two  years,  then  returned  to 
New  York,  locating  in  Fredonia,  Cattaraugus 
county.  While  yet  a  law  student  he  was  elect- 
ed, in  1878,  special  surrogate  of  Cattaraugus 
county,  holding  that  office  for  three  years. 
This  was  the  beginning  of  his  public  service, 
which  has  continued  with  slight  interruption 
until  the  present  time  (1912).  In  1889  he 
was  elected  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Pom- 
fret,  Chautauqua  county.  In  1890  he  was  the 
choice  of  both  political  parties  for  re-election, 
a  well-earned  tribute  to  his  faithful  and  effi- 
cient services  in  behalf  of  the  interests  of  all 
his  townsmen.  He  practiced  law  in  Fredonia 
during  the  period  between  his  location  there 
and  1890,  when  he  was  nominated  by  the  Re- 
publican convention  of  the  then  thirty-fourth 
congressional  district  as  their  candidate  for 
congress.  The  district  comprised  the  counties 
of  Cattaraugus,  Chautauqua  and  Allegany.  He 
was  elected  by  a  majority  of  five  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  twenty-six  votes  over  his 
Democratic  opponent,  and  after  serving  his 
term  was  re-elected  in  1892  and  again  in  1894, 
when  his  majority  was  fifteen  thousand  three 
hundred.  In  i8g6  he  was  again  a  candidate, 
being  elected  in  that  year  by  a  plurality  of 
twenty-seven  thousand  four  hundred  and 
twenty-six.  In  1898  he  was  a|;ain  the  stand- 
ard bearer  of  his  party  and  was  again  elected. 
When  he  was  first  sworn  in  as  a  member  of 
congress  he  was  the  youngest  member  of  the 
house  of  representatives  and  his  nomination 
in  the  convention  was  over  able  and  well-qual- 
ified members  of  his  party.     For  his  second 


term  he  was  nominated  by  acclamation,  a 
merited  and  highly  appreciated  compliment. 
His  subsequent  nomination  was  a  strong  en- 
dorsement of  his  political  career,  as  the  party 
was  not  destitute  of  able,  ambitious  men.  His 
official  and  unusual  merit  decided  that  his  re- 
tention in  congress  for  ten  years  was  amply 
justified  and  strongly  demanded  by  the  voters 
of  his  district.  He  served  on  many  leading 
committees  of  the  house,  and  in  the  fifty- 
fourth  congress  was  appointed  by  Speaker 
Thomas  B.  Reed  chairman  of  rivers  and  har- 
bors, one  of  the  most  important.  He  did  not 
serve  out  his  fifth  term,  as  in  1898  he  was 
appointed  by  Governor  Frank  S.  Black  jus- 
tice of  the  supreme  court  of  New  York  state, 
eighth  judicisd  district,  to  fill  a  vacancy.  At 
the  next  election  held  in  1899  he  was  elected  to 
the  same  office  for  the  full  term  of  fourteen 
years.  On  December  8,  1902,  he  was  appoint- 
ed by  Governor  Odell  to  the  appellate  division. 
Judge  Hooker  is  a  jurist  of  eminent  fairness, 
and  commands  the  deepest  respect  of  his  as- 
sociates on  the  bench  and  of  the  entire  bar. 
He  is  learned  in  the  law,  and  the  opinions 
handed  down  are  reached  after  the  profound- 
est  study  of  the  law  bearing  on  the  subject. 
His  public  career  of  over  thirty  years  is  an 
unblemished  one  and  may  well  stand  as  an 
example  of  application  and  fidelity. 

Judge  Hooker  married,  September  11,  1884, 
Etta  E.,  daughter  of  Chauncey  Abbey.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Fredonia:  Sherman  Abbey,  May 
5,  i8iB7;  Florence  Elizabeth,  May  6,  1890. 


The  first  member  of  this  branch 
BUSH    of  the  Mosher  family  (see  pages 

78-81  of  this  work)  relative  to 
whom  any  authentic  information  can  be  as- 
certained was  Jonathan  Bush,  born  in  1650, 
died  in  1739.  He  married  Sarah  Lamb,  and 
in  1680  moved  to  Enfield,  Connecticut,  where 
the  descendants  of  the  family  resided  for  a 
number  of  generations. 

(II)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Lamb)  Bush,  was  born  in  1681  in 
Enfield,  Connecticut,  died  February  28,  1746- 

He  married  Hannah ,  born  in  1691,  died 

January  18,  1730. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  and 
Hannah  Bush,  was  bom  in  1710,  died  Septem- 
ber 20,  1793.    He  married  Esperance , 

born  1708,  died  March  14,  1791. 

^IV)  Captain  Jonathan  (3)  Bush,  son  of 


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Joshua  and  Esperance  Bush,  was  bom  March 
3,  1748.  He  served  in  the  colonial  forces  of 
the  revolutionary  war,  and  rose  to  the  rank  of 
captain.  He  married  Patience  Killam,  who 
bore  him  ten  children,  namely:  Ruth,  Editha, 
Jonathan,  Abial,  Patience,  Ozias,  Tabitha,  Lu- 
ther, William,  Joshua. 

(V)  Ruth,  eldest  daughter  of  Captain  Jon- 
athan (3)  and  Patience  (Killam)  Bush,  mar- 
ried Captain  Thomas  Abbe  (also  spelled  Ab- 
bey), of  Enfield,  Connecticut,  whose  name 
often  appears  in  the  annals  of  Connecticut 
during  the  war  of  independence.  From  June 
to  December,  1776,  he  was  adjutant  of  Ches- 
ter's Connecticut  state  regiment.  A  late  num- 
ber of  the  Connecticut  Quarterly,  in  referring 
to  the  early  history  of  Enfield,  Connecticut, 
said;  "News  of  the  fight  at  Lexington,  April 
19,  1775,  reached  Enfield  by  mounted  messen- 
ger the  Sunday  following.  The  people  were  in 
their  meeting  house  and  a  drum  being  procured 
the  drummer  marched  around  the  meeting 
house  beating  the  long  roll  furiously.  .  .  . 
Around  it  Thomas  Abbe's  drum  re-echoed 
the  first  volley  at  Lexington.  .  .  .  The 
meeting  suddenly  came  to  an  end  and  early 
the  next  day  74  men  commenced  their  march 
to  Boston."  Children  of  Captain  Thomas  and 
Ruth  (Bush)  Abbe  (after  this  the  name  was 
usually  spelled  Abbey)  ;  Harry  (Henry),  Hor- 
ace, Horatio,  Harvey,  Herman,  Hadasah,  Har- 
riet. 

(VI)  Harry  (Henry)  Abbey,  eldest  son  of 
Captain  Thomas  and  Ruth  (Bush)  Abbe,  was 
born  in  Enfield,  Connecticut,  September  3, 
1787,  died  August  26,  1875.  He  resided  in 
Guilford,  Chenango  county,  New  York,  from 
whence  he  removed  to  Ellington,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York.  He  married,  May  i,  1814, 
Eva  Ingersoll,  born  August  8,  1789,  died  Jan- 
uary 23,  1857.  Children:  Oliver,  Albert,  Lor- 
hama,  married Hart;  Ruth  Ann,  mar- 
ried    James;     Sally,   married   

Day;  Lucretia,  born  1816,  died  1897,  married, 
in  1844,  Ephraim  Mosher  (see  Mosher  VHI). 


The  Eilers  of  Lockport  trace 
EILERS     their  descent  to  Bernard  Eilers, 

born  in  Rheims,  Kingdom  of 
Westphalia,  Prussia,  in  1806,  died  there  in 
1848.  He  was  a  prosperous  German  business 
man,  owned  and  operated  a  flour  mill,  kept  a 
bouse  of  entertainment  and  transferred  freight 
between  Buchold  and  Munster.  He  was  an 
important    man    in    his    town    and  employed 


many  men.  He  married  and  had  four  children, 
including  two  sons,  Bernard  J.  and  Frank. 

(H)  Bernard  J.,  son  of  Bernard  Eilers,  was 
born  in  Rheims,  Westphalia,  Prussia  (now  a 
part  of  the  German  Empire),  March  9,  1832, 
died  March  7,  1900,  at  Rochester,  New  York. 
He  was  well  educated  in  the  excellent  German 
schools  and  was  engaged  with  his  father  in  his 
various  undertakings.  In  1856  he  came  to  the 
United  States  in  a  slow  sailing  vessel  that  con- 
sumed eleven  weeks  in  the  passage.  He  at 
once  settled  in  Rochester,  New  York,  and  for 
four  years  was  engaged  with  the  Myers  Ship 
Building  Company,  of  that  city.  He  then  be- 
came master  mechanic  for  the  Genesee  Paper 
Company,  remaining  with  them  until  he  retired 
from  active  business  life  at  the  age  of  sixty 
years.  He  married,  in  1853,  ^^  ^^^  native  land, 
Frances  Bove,  of  Buchold.  Eight  children, 
four  of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  i.  Bernard 
J.  (2),  born  January  30,  1855;  married  Ma- 
lone  Ackerman,  of  Rochester,  New  York, 
where  they  now  reside;  five  children.  2. 
Christina,  born  1858;  unmarried.  3.  Joseph 
H.,  of  further  mention.  4.  Mary,  born  1865 ; 
married  John  Uebbing,  of  Buffalo,  New 
York ;  eight  children. 

(HI)  Joseph  H.,  son  of  Bernard  J.  and 
Frances  (Bove)  Eilers,  was  born  at  Roches- 
ter, New  York,  March  19,  i860.  He  was  ed- 
ucated in  the  parochial  school,  and  at  an  early 
age  entered  the  employ  of  the  Genesee  Paper 
Company,  remaining  with  them  four  years. 
For  the  next  seven  years  he  was  with  the 
Stein  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Rochester. 
In  1887  he  located  in  Lockport,  which  has 
since  been  his  home  and  place  of  business.  Un- 
til 1889  he  was  manager  of  the  pulp  mill  of 
the  Genesee  Paper  Mills  Company  of  Lock- 
port.  Then,  until  1902,  he  was  with  the  Lock- 
port  Pulp  Company.  In  the  latter  year  that 
company  was  absorbed  by  the  Traders  Paper 
Company,  Mr.  Eilers  becoming  superintendent 
of  the  Traders.  In  1905  he  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  Ground  Wood  Mills, 
and  in  1906  he  was  made  manager  of  their 
entire  plant,  a  position  he  most  capably  fills 
at  the  present  time  (1912) ).  He  has  other  im- 
portant business  interests,  serving  as  vice- 
president  of  The  Lockport  Felt  Company; 
vice-president  of  the  New  fane  Electric  Com- 
pany, president  of  the  Lockport  Manufac- 
turers* Association,  president  of  the  lock- 
port Board  of  Trade  and  interested  and  iden- 
tified with  every  movement  for  furthering  the 


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lie  <eejr.N  to  have  own.xi  land  in  ^  c  "  >' 
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hapti/'.d   in   New    Vv^rk.     11k    in)':'-   ;  :/- 
llem:>stead    were    nK»<tiy    Fnj:!.  .1^    s;  ^ 
people,    consequently    tbie    "Van'     w'-     . 
(h\>pjjed   froni  the  nani'*  and  i.:-  .:-'   t  .r 
several    changes   until   il    reached    it-    ]•:« 
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burg  seom-  to  have  had  only  t\*  <    s^^ms   • 
reache«^  niaturitv:  Henrv,  born  i6s.'',  a:'.*.! 
UAit\.     I'roni  tl.ein  roniC  all  o-'  the  nr'ir.e. 
v„'atiarau{rns    ci'iint)    bi-Miche<    d•*^Cl!.'i    i 
John  t'.n-'ii;;h  the  Peekskdl.  Xcw  W-i'-.  i\- 

(Ti   The     immeJiiate     jirof^enitor     •.  f 
branch  i>  Iljnrv  Dusenburv,  vvhi.)  <:-f-^ 
Tr!'.i.     His  wife's  ch^i^tian  name  v'a->  y 
(didd.en:     J.  John,     of     wljoin     fMrilv  ; 
ilrrh..    n-arried   a   Mr.    Alle^'.      1    T:.  •-«  " 
married   a   Mr.    Smith      4.   Ficnry,  v '.  • 
but  a  sm<Jl  boy  when,  in   1790.  h'^  i.t   .• 
Martlia,    married    a    second    husbL.'^l     .\ 
Armstrong.     Tbev  lived  in  Hyde  P.*^-  .   > 
York. 

•  IM  John,  eliiest  i-.m  of  Henr}  Dp-'-i.-^ 
\\  a ^-    bv . r n    Feb r n a ry    20 ,    177 3.    ir;     I ^'  w  '. 
( .  .  i n :  \ ,  W  w   ''i' OT  k.  died  A iii:  r.  t  -^  ^    :  '^  y 
\\  i!.i-'>r,  N'ew  York      He  settled  at  W  :'i  ' 
])'\  ..me  c<>u!itv.  in  fSiS.  and  was  the*  e  '■'"... 
in  n-.erthaMdisins;  an<i  hnnl^crinj^.     H'-  i^ir:'-- 
(tir^tV    1;'  3,   R'lth    Sands,   a   des^C"  !.  :;• 
Jan-cs   San«\s    who   wa.^  born   in   ^jK'';-.:.'! 
FN.'.?;  came   with   his   wife  and    f'li^.  !i%    f 
Readipq".    Eni;hnd,    t'>   riym-HUc.    .Xla^^r-- 
setts.  T^>':8.     fie  was  one  of  the  s<.ve^:.i  • 
chasers  of  Block  Island  in  it>(>r,  rccei\c  : 
his  share  ont -sixteenth  of  the  inland.    He 
March  13,  T(V.s.     The  family  later  ^ct''  ' 
CV>w   Xeck,  T-on.f^  Island.     Cieorc;e  San^ 
fariier  of  Rv.th  Sands,  settlf'd  at  Lrng  T 
Westchester  county.  New  York,  in  177:>,       <" 
remo^-ed  to  Poiii(hkeej)sie.     Af*er  the  r<.v.    .• 
tion  he  settled  in  l^Kier.now  Di!awarc  C(\  •  • 
on  the  DeLiware  river,  where  lie  (\}C<\  i^»  ■' ^ 
tfvber.   1816.     His  son.  ICdward    was  a  in.."-    ■ 
in  the  Ens^hsh  armv  after  tiie  revohiti  y.\    ■ 
had  a  land  g;rani  in  New  lirunswick  and  die."    . 


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St.  Johns.  Henry  Dusenbury  married  (second), 

February  18,  1813, .    Married  (third), 

July  5,  1832,  Hannah  Holbrook  Lounsbury. 
Children  of  Henry  and  Ruth  (Sands)  Dusen- 
bury: Jane  Jemima,  born  April  12,  1796,  mar- 
ried Brundige  Merritt;  Sallie,  May  8,  1799, 
married  Dr.  Barber ;  Henry  V.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther ;  Betsey,  February  2,  1802,  married  Hiram 
Stow;  George,  January  i,  1805.  Children  of 
second  wife:  John  (2),  born  May  23,  1814; 
Harper,  December  14,  18 16. 

(HI)  Henry  V.,  eldest  son  of  John  Ehisen- 
bury  by  his  first  wife,  Ruth  (Sands)  Dusen- 
bury, was  born  in  Hancock,  Etelaware  county, 
New  York,  May  5,  1801,  died  at  Portville,  Cat- 
taraugus county.  New  York,  June,  i860.  In 
181 5  his  father  with  his  family  moved  to 
Windsor,  Broome  county.  Early  in  life 
Henry  V.  became  his  father's  clerk  and  en- 
gaged on  his  own  account  in  lumbering  and 
merchandising.  In  1828  he  located  in  Deposit, 
New  York,  and  engaged  in  the  same  business 
until  1834.  He  became  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Ehisenbury,  Wheeler,  May  &  Com- 
pany, formed  to  conduct  lumbering  operations 
on  the  upper  Alleghany  river.  This  firm  first 
purchased  a  tract  of  fifteen  hundred  acres  on 
Dodge  Creek  (Portville),  with  a  sawmill 
equipped  with  three  upright  saws.  They  be- 
gan operations  with  this  mill,  established  a 
general  store,  ran  their  lumber  to  market  down 
the  Alleghany  and  Ohio  rivers,  bought  other 
extensive  tracts  about  Portville  and  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, built  modern  mills  of  large  capacity  and 
contributed  greatly  to  the  prosperity  of  that 
section.  The  important  duties  devolving  upon 
Mr.  Dusenbury  were  discharged  with  rare 
ability,  and  during  his  long  business  career  he 
never  failed  to  safely  and  prosperously  man- 
age his  vast  business.  No  detail  escaped  him ; 
no  contracts  were  made  that  were  not  faith- 
fully performed  and  there  is  no  record  of  his 
ever  allowing  the  company  paper  to  be  pro- 
tested. He  was  methodical,  accurate,  prompt 
and  reliable.  His  word  was  indeed  "as  good 
as  his  bond."  He  took  time  to  investigate,  but 
when  a  project  was  decided  upon  he  pushed  it 
forward  with  energy  and  zeal.  When  Messrs. 
Dusenbury  and  Wheeler  came  to  Portville 
there  was  practically  no  Sabbath  and  intoxi- 
cants were  freely  used  in  conducting  business. 
They  took  their  stand  as  christian  men,  not  to 
do  business  on  Sunday  and  not  to  furnish 
rum  in  getting  their  lumber  to  market,  even  if 
it  had  to  rot  on  the  river  banks.    This  stand 


they  maintained,  difficult  as  it  seemed,  and 
none  of  their  rafts  carried  liquor  and  always 
tied  up  over  the  Sabbath  day.  Mr.  Dusen- 
bury joined  with  others  in  organizing  a  Pres- 
byterian church  in  Olean  in  1838,  was  one  of 
the  elders  and  a  regular  attendant  until  1848, 
when  he,  with  W.  F.  Wheeler,  by  their  means 
and  influence,  succeeded  in  establishing  a  Pres- 
byterian church  at  Portville,  of  which  he  was 
ruling  elder  until  his  death.  He  was  exceed- 
ingly liberal  and  gave  generously  to  various 
benevolences  each  year.  He  was  an  old  line 
Whig  and  heartily  embraced  the  doctrines  of 
the  Republican  party  upon  its  organization.  He 
firmly  believed  in  the  doctrine  of  protection, 
not  from  sentiment,  but  by  a  diligent  study  of 
political  economy  and  political  history.  He  was 
so  well  informed  and  so  earnest  in  his  opinions 
that  he  was  an  able  and  dangerous  opponent 
in  political  discussion.  He  represented  Port- 
ville on  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Cattarau- 
gus county  for  six  years,  and  in  numerous 
party  conventions.  He  trained  his  scMis  to 
habits  of  business,  thus  providing  for  the  con- 
tinuance of  his  large  interests  in  safe  and  capa- 
ble hands.  In  his  younger  days  he  was  captain 
of  a  militia  company  in  Delaware  county  and 
held  a  commission  signed  by  Governor  DeWitt 
Clinton. 

He  married,  in  1827,  Caroline  Butler,  born 
in  181 1,  died  1871,  a  devoted  wife  and  mother. 
Children:  i.  Catherine,  married  Allan  Shel- 
don, a  one  time  partner  of  Senator  Zach 
Chandler,  of  Michigan,  and  later  a  banker  of 
Detroit;  his  son,  H.  D.  Sheldon,  born  June, 
1863,  married  Caroline,  daughter  of  General 
Alger.  2.  Elizabeth,  married  Rev.  John  H. 
Vincent,  an  eloquent  bishop  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  and  founder  of  the  Chautau- 
qua Assembly,  out  of  which  has  grown  that 
universal  college — the  Chautauqua  Literary 
and  Scientific  Circles.  Their  son,  George  E. 
Vincent,  president  of  the  Chautauqua  Assem- 
bly, dean  at  Chicago  University  and  president 
of  the  University  of  Minnesota;  married 
Louise,  daughter  of  Attorney-General  Palmer, 
M.  C,  of  Wilkes  Barre,  Pennsylvania;  chil- 
dren: Isabel,  John  and  Elizabeth.  3.  Henry, 
rHed  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years.  4.  John 
E.,  of  whom  further.  5.  William  Addison,  of 
whom  further.  6.  Edgar  Gregory,  of  whom 
further.    7.  Caroline,  unmarried. 

(IV)  John  E.,  eldest  surviving  son  of 
Henry  V.  Dusenbury,  was  bom  in  Portville, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  then  a  part 


424 


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of  Olean,  June  lo,  1836.  He  was  educated  at 
Binghamton  (New  York)  Academy,  and  early 
in  life  entered  business  under  his  father's  di- 
rection in  the  store  at  Portville,  and  has  al- 
ways been  closely  associated  with  the  firm  of 
Dusenbury  &  Wheeler  in  their  large  lumbering 
and  mercantile  enterprises.  Since  the  death  of 
his  father  he  has  been,  as  the  eldest  son,  the 
practical  head  of  the  Dusenbury  interests.  The 
sons  of  Henry  V.  Dusenbury  and  William  F. 
Wheeler  now  comprise  the  corporation,  Ehi- 
senbury  &  Wheeler,  and  have  continued  the 
extensive  operations  of  the  old  firm,  but  hav- 
ing to  extend  their  sphere  of  lumbering  opera- 
tions to  more  remote  points.  Dusenbury  & 
Wheeler  were  much  hampered  in  their  early 
operations  by  the  fact  that  the  nearest  bank 
was  at  Bath,  New  York,  about  seventy  miles 
away.  But  in  1870  the  State  Bank  of  Olean 
was  organized  and  continued  until  1871,  when 
it  was  reorganized  under  the  national  banking 
laws  and  became  known  as  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Olean,  William  F.  Wheeler 
being  president  until  1892.  John  E.  Dusenbury 
was  vice-president  and  succeeded  Mr.  Wheeler 
as  president,  a  position  he  yet  retains.  He  is 
an  able  financier  and  as  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Olean  has  greatly  contrib- 
uted to  the  prosperity  and  high  standing  of 
that  institution.  He  has  wisely  guided  his  own 
large  interests  in  merchandising  and  lumber- 
ing*  tanning,  oil  production  and  real  estate, 
and  as  a  banker  has  won  an  enviable  reputa- 
tion. He  has  always  been  an  active  Republi- 
can, and  for  ten  years,  at  various  times,  has 
served  as  supervisor  of  Portville.  He  is  a 
trustee  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  a 
friend  of  all  good  causes.  His  recreation  is  his 
farm  and  the  ownership  of  good  trotting 
horses,  of  which  he  has  been  a  successful 
breeder.  He  is  a  courteous  and  genial  gentle- 
man, a  good  friend  and  companion,  and  holds 
the  esteem  of  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances. 

He  married  (first),  February,  i860,  Har- 
riet Foster,  of  Monroe  county,  New  York. 
Child,  Elizabeth  D.,  married  Herman  L.  Matz; 
children,  Carl  and  John.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Dell  V.  Mather:  children:  Donald,  mar- 
ried Marie  Page,  and  Kathryn. 

(IV)  William  Addison,  son  of  Henry  V. 
Dusenbury,  was  born  in  Portville,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  August  i,  1840,  died  in 
August,  1890.  He  obtained  a  practical  educa- 
tion in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  after  completing  his  studies  engaged  in 


the  lumber  business,  in  which  he  attained  a 
large  degree  of  success.  In  1867  he  was  sent 
to  Newtown  Mills,  Pennsylvania,  to  assume 
charge  of  lumber  mills  there,  and  he  remained 
there  until  1888,  a  period  of  twenty-one  years, 
and  then  removed  to  Tidioute,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  remained  two  years.  He  was  an  in- 
defatigable worker,  energetic  and  persevering, 
and  his  well-directed  efforts  were  crowned 
with  abundant  reward.  He  was  a  Presby- 
terian in  religion,  and  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics. He  married,  in  August,  1878,  Helen, 
daughter  of  Hiram  and  Helen  (Cameron) 
Truesdell,  granddaughter  of  Jacob  and  Alice 
(Yates)  Truesdell,  and  of  Duncan  and  Mar- 
garet (Griffing)  Cameron,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Richard  and  Rachel  (Keeler) 
Truesdell.  Richard  Truesdell  and  his  brother 
Jeremiah  came  from  Bristol,  England,  to  Con- 
necticut, settling  in  Danbury.  Richard  Trues- 
dell was  born  in  1734,  died  1839,  and  his  wife 
died  in  1838.  Jacob  Truesdell  was  bom  June 
17,  1769,  died  in  September,  1853;  married 
in  1794.  Hiram  Truesdell  was  born  July  19, 
1813,  died   September  20,   1855;  married  in 

1840.  Hiram  and  Helen  (Cameron)  Trues- 
dell had  five  children,  namely :  Mary,  William, 
married  Lillian  Wright,  two  children,  William 
and  Clara;  Helen,  wife  of  William  A.  Dusen- 
bury ;  Ida,  married  Albert  Winsor ;  John.  Chil- 
dren of  William  A.  and  Helen  (Truesdell) 
Dusenbury:  William  A.,  born  1879,  engaged 
in  lumber  business  in  California;  Edgar  T., 
1884,  resides  in  Portville ;  is  vice-president  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Olean ;  Duncan  C, 
1890,  at  home. 

(IV)  Edgar  Gr^ory,  youngest  son  of 
Henry  V.  Dusenbury,  was  born  in  Portville, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  October  31, 

1 84 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  school, 
finishing  his  studies  at  the  academy  at  De- 
posit, New  York.  After  leaving  school  he 
entered  the  store  of  J.  E.  Dusenbury,  con- 
tinuing with  his  brothers,  John  E.  and  William 
A.,  in  its  management  until  1885,  when  it  was 
destroyed  by  fire.  During  these  years  he  had 
been  active  in  the  lumber  operations,  tanneries, 
oil  production  and  various  interests  in  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania.  He  still  retains  his 
interests  but  allows  the  burdens  to  fall  on 
younger  shoulders.  In  1900  he  began  the 
operation  of  a  three  hundred  acre  farm,  where 
he  now  takes  his  greatest  delight.  The  farm 
is  well  stocked  with  choice  cattle,  in  which 
Mr.  Dusenbury  takes  the  greatest  pride.    He 


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exhibits  at  the  local  fairs,  always  collecting  an 
assortment  of  blue  ribbons.  His  farm  is  his 
recreation  and  its  well  tilled,  productive  fields, 
its  ample,  well  filled  builditigs,  the  stables  of 
well  bred  stock,  the  herds  of  blooded  cattle, 
are  to  him  what  clubs,  yachts,  elegant  mansions 
and  all  the  accessories  of  wealth  are  to  other 
men  of  his  means.  He  has  been  a  director  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Olean  for  many 
years,  his  brother,  John  E.,  being  president, 
having  succeeded  William  F.  Wheeler,  the  first 
president.  This  bank  was  established  in  1870, 
operated  one  year  as  a  state  bank,  known  as 
the  State  Bank  of  Olean,  then  organized  un- 
der the  national  banking  laws  as  the  First  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Olean.  Mr.  Dusenbury  has 
been  an  active  and  influential  Republican  all 
his  life,  but  never  accepted  office  for  himself. 
Mr.  Dusenbury  presented  to  the  village  of 
Portville  its  present  fine  public  library  and 
grounds  in  1909.  He  has  been  an  elder  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  for  many  years,  and  for 
twenty  years  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua Assembly,  being  now  the  oldest  mem- 
ber. He  served  three  terms,  nine  years,  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  control  of  the  State 
Experimental  Station  at  Geneva,  New  York, 
and  is  a  faithful  friend  of  that  and  similar  in- 
stitutions. He  married,October  3,  1866,  Eloise 
F.  Fowler,  born  May  i,  1843. 


The  Johnson  family  of  Cat- 
JOHNSON    taraugus  county,  New  York, 

herein  recorded,  is  of  Eng- 
lish ancestry.  The  history  of  the  county  and 
the  history  of  the  family  covers  almost  the 
same  period  of  time.  A  child  of  the  second 
generation  was  the  first  white  child  born  within 
the  confines  of  the  present  city  of  Olean.  Rep- 
resentatives of  the  family  have  sat  in  the 
state  legislature,  fought  in  the  armies  of  the 
nation,  guided  town  affairs  in  the  county  board 
of  supervisors,  been  eminent  in  the  law,  jour- 
nalism and  in  business.  It  is  not  a  family  of 
the  past  alone,  but  has  men  of  today  who  are 
leaders  in  their  towns. 

(I)  Jartes  G.  Johnson,  of  English  parent- 
age, was  the  first  of  this  line  to  settle  in  Cat- 
taraugus county.  He  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Olean  (then  known  as  Hamilton), 
and  began  the  first  settlement  within  the  limits 
of  the  present  city.  He  was  immediately  joined 
by  Sylvanus  Russell  and  Bibbins  Follett.  He 
died  in  181 1.  His  widow,  Sophia  (Stone) 
Johnson,  of  Scotch    parentage,  and    on    her 


mother's  side  a  descendant  of  the  Dudley  fam- 
ily, returned  to  her  father's  house  in  Bloom- 
field,  Ontario  county,  where  her  son,  James 
G.,  was  bom.  She  remained  with  her  father 
until  1819,  when  she  returned  to  Olean,  ac- 
companied by  her  children.  Her  eldest  son, 
Marcus  H.,  was  born  in  Olean,  October  21, 
1809.  He  is  said  to  have  been  the  first  white 
child  born  within  the  present  corporate  limits 
of  Olean.  He  was  a  merchant  of  EUicottville 
and  of  Randolph.  He  was  treasurer  of  Cat- 
taraugus county,  1841-42,  and  in  1843  ^^  ^^^ 
elected  to  the  state  assembly  and  again  in  1847. 
He  was  a  Democrat  and  his  district  strongly 
Whig,  at  the  same  time  his  brother,  James 
G.,  a  Whig,  was  elected  to  the  assembly  from 
Olean,  a  strongly  Democratic  district.  Marcus 
H.  was  Indian  agent  four  years.  He  married, 
February  12,  1833,  Sophronia  Willoughby; 
child,  James  G. 

(II)  James  G.  (2),  posthumous  son  of 
James  G.  ( i )  Johnson,  was  bom  at  Bloomfield, 
Ontario  county,  New  York,  September  11, 
181 1.  He  attended  school  for  two  years,  after 
which  he  attended  only  through  the  winter 
months,  and  after  reaching  the  age  of  thir- 
teen all  school  attendance  was  discontinued. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  left  home  and  for 
eight  months  was  clerk  in  a  store  at  Center- 
ville.  For  the  next  two  years  he  was  clerk 
in  the  store  of  Ebenezer  Lockwood,  at  Olean ; 
later  a  clerk  with  William  Bagley.  In  183 1 
he  entered  the  employ  of  Judge  Martin,  as 
clerk  in  his  store,  remaining  five  years,  when 
he  was  admitted  a  partner  under  the  firm 
name  of  Martin  &  Johnson,  continuing  as 
such  nine  years.  In  1846  he  moved  to  the 
town  of  Allegany,  where  he  owned  a  sawmill 
and  a  tract  of  timber  land.  There  he  manu- 
factured and  sold  lumber,  also  maintaining  a 
general  store.  In  company  with  Eleazer  Har- 
mon he  platted  into  lots  and  sold  the  ground 
on  which  the  village  of  Allegany  has  since  been 
built.  In  1854,  in  company  with  Gilbert  Palen, 
he  built  and  operated  the  sole  leather  tannery, 
afterward  owned  by  J.  B.  Strong.  In  1862 
his  friend,  Congressman  Robert  E.  Fenton, 
obtained  for  him  from  President  Lincoln  a 
commission  as  captain  and  assistant  quarter- 
master. He  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac;  saw  the  battles  of 
South  Mountain  and  Antietam;  was  with  the 
army  under  General  McClellan  and  General 
Burnside  before  and  during  the  march  against 
Fredericksburg ;  was  on  duty  at  Aquia  Creek 


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during  the  winter  of  1863-64,  as  chief  quar- 
termaster, Departments  of  Susquehanna ;  later 
was  stationed  at  Chambersburg,  Harrisburg, 
then  Philadelphia,  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
At  Gettysburg,  while  on  his  way  to  join  the 
staff  of  General  Reynolds,  he  was  caught  with 
his  command  in  one  of  the  fierce  Confederate 
charges  and  taken  prisoner,  but  the  enemy  had 
no  time  to  care  for  prisoners,  so  he  was  re- 
leased. For  "meritorious  service"  he  was  com- 
missioned colonel  of  volunteers.  He  returned 
to  Olean  with  health  impaired,  but  again  es- 
tablished an  extensive  mercantile  business, 
which  after  several  years  he  resigned  to  his 
sons.  He  was  one  of  the  active  organizers 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Olean,  which 
he  served  as  director.  He  was  so  impressed 
with  the  conviction  that  Olean  and  Allegany 
lay  within  the  Bradford  oil  belt  that  he  im- 
pressed others  with  his  belief,  formed  a  com- 
pany and  drilled  the  first  oil  wells  on  land 
leased  by  him  to  the  company.  He  was  a 
Whig  in  politics,  and  in  1848  was  elected  to  the 
state  assembly  in  a  Democratic  district.  He  sat 
in  the  assembly  with  his  brother,  Marcus  H. 
Johnson,  a  Democrat,  elected  from  a  Whig 
district.  No  better  eulogy  on  the  character  of 
the  two  men  could  be  written.  In  the  fall  of 
1849  James  G.  Johnson  was  elected  clerk  of 
Cattaraugus  county.  In  1871  he  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Olean,  holding  that  position  un- 
til 1877.  He  was  also  supervisor  from  Olean, 
1840-43-44-45,  and  from  Allegany,  1855.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

He  married  Qarissa,  daughter  of  Pascal 
Gaylord,  of  Whitehall,  New  York.  Children : 
Twins,  died  in  infancy;  Marcus  H.,  deceased; 
Elisha  M.,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  Elisha  M.,  youngest  son  of  Colonel 
James  G.  (2)  Johnson  was  born  in  Olean, 
June  13,  1844.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school  and  is  a  lifelong  resident  of  Olean.  He 
succeeded  his  father  in  business.  He  also  has 
large  oil  and  gas  interests  and  was  a  potent 
factor  in  the  development  of  the  oil  and  gas 
belt.  He  is  secretary,  treasurer  and  manager 
of  the  Producers*  Gas  Company,  and  holds 
similar  offices  in  the  Acme  Milling  Company. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Olean;  president  of  the  Masonic  Temple  As- 
sociation and  largely  responsible  for  the  erec- 
tion of  the  Masonic  Temple;  member  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce  and  interested  in  many 
other  Olean  activities.    He  is  a  Republican  in 


politics,  and  in  1880  was  elected  to  the  state 
assembly  by  a  large  majority.  In  1883-84  he 
was  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Republican  state  committee ;  was  appointed 
by  Governor  Higgins  a  member  of  the  state 
commission  on  new  prisons.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  order;  a  thirty-second  degree 
Mason  of  the  Scottish  Rite,  Coming  Consis- 
tory; Master  Mason,  Royal  Arch  Masons: 
Knight  Templar  of  the  York  Rite,  Olean;  a 
Noble  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  Ismailia  Temple, 
BuflFalo.  He  is  a  member  and  ex-president  of 
the  City  Club  of  Olean,  and  interested  in  all 
that  is  for  the  improvement  of  his  city. 

He  married,  1874,  Harriet  Cornelia  Jack- 
son, born  June  22,  1852,  died  June  19,  1906. 
Children:  i.  Harriet  C,  born  July  i,  1875, 
died  March  26,  191 1 ;  married,  in  1904,  Joseph 
Lowell  Page;  children:  Jane  Elizabeth,  bom 
January  10,  1906;  James  Richmond,  July  19, 
1907.  2.  James  Henry,  bom  August  6,  1877, 
died  August  10,  1909.  3.  Anna  Wadsworth, 
bom  March  4,  1879;  married,  1900,  R.  M. 
Shearer;  children:  Elisha  M.,  bom  October 
13,  1902;  Mary  Elizabeth,  May  8,  1905;  Har- 
riet Ann,  January  12,  191 1.  4.  Beulah  Emily, 
bom  March  26,  1880;  married  Elmer  W.,  son 
of  L.  G.  Miller ;  children :  Josephine,  born  No- 
vember 9,  1904 ;  Eveline  Mason,  born  Januarj' 
28,  191 2.  5.  Elisha  M.,  bom  August  19, 
1883 ;  graduate  of  Cornell  University,  class  of 
1906,  degree  of  Electrical  Engineer.  6.  Louise, 
born  April  9,  1889;  married,  1910,  Francis 
Joseph  Hill ;  child,  Rosanna,  born  July  13, 
1911. 

The  Bixlers  of  New  fane,  New 
BIXLER  York,  descend  from  a  Pennsyl- 
vania family,  the  earliest  record 
being  of  Jacob  Bixler,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, who,  in  1 82 1,  settled  in  Seneca  county. 
New  York,  where  he  lived  for  several  years. 
He  was  a  prosperous  man  and  at  different 
times  owned  several  farms  in  Seneca  county. 
Quite  late  in  life  he  came  to  the  town  of 
New  fane,  Niagara  county,  where  he  pur- 
chased and  cleared  a  small  farm*  of  sixty- 
five  acres  lying  on  "Hatter  road."  Here  he 
followed  general  farming  until  his  death  in 
1874,  aged  eighty- four  years.  He  married  and 
had  children :  Joseph,  Jacob,  of  whom  further : 
John,  Moses,  Loisette,  Cornelia,  Julia. 

(II)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Bixler, 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1809,  died  in 
New  fane,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  August 


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16,  1890.  He  came  to  New  York  state  with 
his  parents  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  He  remained  with  his  father  and  as- 
sisted him  in  the  farm  labor  until  his  own  mar- 
riage, then  purchased  a  farm  in  Newfane  con- 
taining one  hundred  and  eight  acres  which  he 
devoted  to  fruit  and  general  farming.  He 
prospered  and  purchased  a  second  farm  of 
ninety  acres  lying  in  the  "Dale  road."  He  was 
a  deacon  and  trustee  of  the  Baptist  church 
for  twenty-five  years,  and  held  the  good  opin- 
ion of  his  neighbors.  In  politics  he  always 
supported  the  Republican  party.  He  married 
Jeanette  Coulter,  bom  January  5,  1825,  in 
Schenectady  county.  New  York,  daughter  of 
James  and  Polly  (Stickles)  Coulter,  who 
were  married  in  Schenectady  county,  February 
20,  1820,  and  came  to  Niagara  county  in  1840, 
father  and  eldest  son  driving  a  loaded  team, 
the  mother  and  other  children  coming  by 
canal  boat  to  Lockport.  Children  of  Jacob 
and  Jeanette  C.  Bixler:  Mary  Jane,  married 
George  Dale;  Ann,  married  Gieorge  Sinsel; 
William  B.  (deceased),  married  Amelia 
Finch;  Adelaide  (deceased),  married  William 
T.  Follett;  Alzina  (deceased),  married  Charles 
Worden;  Charles,  married  Hannah  Crusse; 
Harriet,  married  Robert  Acker ;  Jessie,  unmar- 
ried ;  Nellie,  married  Thomas  Richards ;  Burt, 
of  whom  further. 

(HI)  Burt,  youngest  child  of  Jacob  (2) 
and  Jeanette  C.  (Coulter)  Bixler,  was  born  in 
the  old  Bixler  homestead  in  Newfane,  Niagara 
county,  New  York,  January  25,  1869.  He  was 
educated  in  the  village  school  of  Newfane, 
and  remained  his  father's  valued  assistant  on 
the  farm  until  the  death  of  the  latter  in  1890. 
He  then  came  into  possession  of  the  farm, 
which  has  been  his  lifelong  home.  Of  its  one 
hundred  and  eight  acres  of  fertile  soil,  thirty- 
five  are  devoted  to  fruit  culture.  He  has  de- 
voted his  entire  attention  to  farming  in  the 
village  of  Newfane.  He  is  one  of  the  substan- 
tial farmers  of  his  town  and  a  man  held  in 
good  repute.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  belongs  also  to  Cataract  Lodge,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Lockport. 

He  married,  April  3,  1896,  at  Newfane, 
Mattie,  bom  September  25,  1873,  daughter  of 
John  and  Drusie  (Corwin)  Dow  ding,  of  New- 
fane. John  Dowding  was  born  in  England. 
Children:  Marjorie,  bom  December  12,  1898; 
Qifford,  February  17,  1901 ;  Dorothy,  July 
22,  1902;  Donald,  October  17,  1907. 


This  branch  of  the  Troy  family 
TROY  descends  from  Patrick  Troy,  a  na- 
tive son  of  the  "Emerald  Isle," 
and  the  first  of  his  family  to  come  to  the 
United  States.  He  was  born  March  17,  1828, 
in  the  county  of  Waterford,  Ireland,  and  until 
he  was  nineteen  years  of  age  remained  in  his 
native  country.  In  1847  he  left  Ireland  and 
is  next  heard  from  at  St.  Johns,  New  Bruns- 
wick, Canada,  where  for  a  year  he  was  em^ 
ployed  at  any  kind  of  labor  that  offered.  He 
was  very  fond  of  horses,  and  whenever  possi- 
ble would  get  a  team  to  drive  and  care  for. 
In  1848  he  came  to  New  York  state,  settling 
in  Cuba,  Allegany  county,  going  from  there 
to  Hinsdale.  During  this  period  he  worked 
for  different  farmers  of  these  towns.  In  1850 
he  changed  his  employment  and  joined  one  of 
the  construction  gangs,  then  building  the  Erie 
railroad  through  that  section.  He  afterward 
lived  in  Salamanca  and  Olean,  New  York.  He 
was  an  industrious,  energetic  man,  and  im- 
proved every  opportunity  to  better  his  condi- 
tion. He  retained  all  the  prejudice  of  his  race 
against  the  English,  and  in  bis  native  country 
was  identified  with  the  Fenian  movement.  He 
was  a  faithful  member  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  While 
working  in  Cuba  he  met  his  future  wife,  Sarah 
Gorman,  born  1834,  died  1864,  and  in  1853 
they  were  married  in  Olean,  New  York.  Pat- 
rick Troy  died  in  Olean,  June  15,  1880.  Al- 
though his  wife  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirty 
years,  she  was  the  mother  of  his  nine  chil- 
dren :  John,  died  in  infancy ;  Mary,  died  at  the 
age  of  three  years ;  Edward,  of  whom  further ; 
Sarah  Elizabeth,  bom  1857;  John  of  whom 
further;  Thomas,  Nora,  Margaret,  married 
John  A.  Caspar,  and  another  child,  name  un- 
known. 

(II)  Edward,  eldest  son  of  Patrick  Troy, 
was  born  in  Olean,  New  York,  March  13, 
1856.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  in  early  life  worked  at  farming.  In  1881 
he  began  working  in  a  factory  making  stump- 
extracting  machinery.  This  he  later  purchased 
and  operated  also  a  planing  mill,  having  a  lum- 
ber yard  in  connection,  wlfere  he  continued 
in  successful  operation  until  1909,  when  his 
entire  plant  was  destroyed  by  fire.  Since  this 
serious  loss  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  buying 
and  selling  of  lumber  in  carload  lots  and  also 
has  a  large  builder's  general  supply  yard.  He 
is  a  man  of  energy  and  is  held  in  universal  re- 


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spect.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  on 
May  6,  1910,  was  appointed  by  President 
Taft  postmaster  of  C3lean.  He  has  always 
been  active  in  political  life  and  his  appoint- 
ment met  with  general  approval.  His  clubs 
are  the  City  and  Hamilton,  of  Olean.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Patrick  Troy,  was  born 
September  30,  1859.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  began  business  life  with 
W.  H.  Mandeville,  insurance  and  real  estate 
dealer,  with  whom  he  was  associated  for  thirty 
years.  He  then  began  the  manufacture  of 
wood  alcohol  and  oUier  chemicals,  and  later 
engaged  in' oil  production  and  natural  gas.  He 
is  an  energetic,  successful  business  man  and 
highly  regarded  in  his  city.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  City  and  Hamilton  clubs,  of  Olean,  and 
a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  married,  October 
9,  1889,  Minnie  K.,  daughter  of  S.  K.  Hale. 
Child,  William  Mandeville,  born  August  30, 
1890. 

Douglass  Weston,  the  first  mem- 

WESTON    ber  of  this  family  about  whom 

we  have  definite  information, 
married  Leila  Adams.  Children :  Abijah,  mar- 
ried Jeanette ;  Orrin,  of  whom  further ; 

William  Wallace,  of  whom  further.  Both  of 
these  brothers,  Orrin  and  William  Wallace, 
were  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  Port- 
ville,  the  plant  kirown  as  Westons  Mills. 

(H)  Orrin,  son  of  Douglass  and  Leila 
(Adams)  Weston,  married  Ann  King.  Chil- 
dren: Clara,  married  A.  D.  Hastings;  Eliza, 
married  Henry  Gillett;  Wallace. 

(H)  William  Wallace,  son  of  Douglass  and 
Leila  (Adams)  Weston,  married  Harriet  E. 
Mesereau.  The  Mesereau  family  is  identified 
with  the  commercial  and  political  interests  of 
Portville,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York. 
Child,  Wallace,  of  whom  further. 

(HI)  Wallace,  son  of  William  Wallace  and 
Harriet  E.  (Mesereau)  Weston,  was  born  at 
Portville,  New  York,  September  15,  1862.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  at  Portville,  then 
the  high  school  at  Olean,  after  which  he  took 
a  course  in  the  Rochester  Business  University. 
Two  years  were  then  passed  in  the  lumber 
district  of  Michigan,  during  which  time  he 
kept  books  in  a  lumber  camp  conducted  by 
cousins  of  himself,  and  acquired  a  practical 
knowledge  of  the  lumber  business.  Return- 
ing to  New  York  he  took  charge  of  the  Wes- 


ton Brothers  lumber  and  shingle  manufactory, 
at  Westons  Mills,  in  the  town  of  Portville.  In 
1 89 1  he  merged  this  into  a  new  company  and 
founded  the  A.  Weston  Lumber  Company,  of 
which  he  was  made  secretary  and  treasurer, 
and  in  1910  president.  His  home  in  Portville 
is  one  of  the  finest  places  in  the  county,  sur- 
rounded by  trees  from  the  virgin  forest,  thus 
combining  the  beauties  of  architecture  with  the 
greater  beauties  of  unspoiled  nature.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  order  of  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees. 

He  married,  September  15,  1887,  Emma  M. 
Kintcel,  born  January  8,  1864,  Children :  Edith 
H.,  bom  March  20,  1890;  Dorothy  V.,  July 
18,  1892;  Douglass  W.,  March  13,  1899. 


This  family  under  the  varied 
MILLER  spellings,  German,  Dutch  and 
English,  forms  one  of  the  very 
largest  groups  of  lineal  and  related  families  in 
the  United  States.  They  came  from  all  lands 
and  settled  everywhere.  Every  country  had  a 
Mill  and  a  Miller.  They  have  been  prominent 
in  every  department  of  our  country's  develop- 
ment. One  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  name  are 
entered  on  the  rolls  of  New  York  soldiers 
serving  in  the  revolution.  In  the  professions, 
business,  politics,  agriculture,  and  commerce 
they  are  equally  numerous  and  prominent. 
These  things  being  true  it  can  easily  be  seen 
how  difficult  it  is  to  trace  the  line  with  refer- 
ence to  one  particular  family,  where  early  fam- 
ily records  have  not  been  preserved. 

The  Miller  family,  of  German  Valley,  New 
York,  whose  descendants  settled  in  Mont- 
gomery county.  New  York,  springs  from  John 
Henry  Miller,  or  Mueller,  born  in  the  village 
of  Niedermastahn  in  the  Zweibrucken  Palati- 
nate, May  22,  1728,  came  to  America,  landing 
at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania;  died  Februar>' 
9,  1819.  He  is  recorded  as  a  "Schuldieur" 
(school  teacher).  He  married,  April  3,  1755, 
Marie  Catherine  Moelich.  They  settled  in 
Hunterdon  county.  New  Jersey,  near  New 
Germantown.  He  was  town  clerk  of  Tewks- 
bury  for  thirtynDue  years;  had  four  children. 
A  descendant,  Jacob  W.  Miller,  became  a 
prominent  lawyer  and  United  States  senator 
from  New  Jersey.  The  first  settler,  Jacob 
Miller,  was  a  son  of  this  immigrant  and  was 
the  first  of  the  family  to  settle  in  Montgomery 
county.  New  York. 


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(II)  Jacob,  son  of  John  Henry  Miller,  set- 
tled in  Montgomery  county,  New  York,  where 
he  attained  the  great  age  of  ninety-four  years. 
There  were  several  of  his  name  served  in  the 
revolutionary  war  from  Albany  and  Tryon 
counties  (Montgomery  being  erected  later), 
and  as  his  life  covered  the  revolutionary  period 
he  may  have  been  one  of  them.  One  Jacob 
Miller  served  in  the  Second  Regiment  of  the 
line  commanded  by  Colonel  Van  Cortland ;  one 
in  the  Third  Regiment,  under  Colonel  James 
Qinton;  one  of  the  Third  Regiment,  Albany 
county  militia,  under  Colonel  Philip  P.  Schuy- 
ler, and  one  in  the  Twelfth  Regiment,  under 
Colonel  Jacob  Van  Schoonhovene.  Adam 
Miller,  who  was  of  the  same  family  as  Jacob, 
was  at  the  battle  of  Oriskany,  under  the  brave 
General  Herkimer,  and  was  shot  through  the 
hand.  Another  brother,  John,  was  in  the  same 
battle.  Jacob  Miller  was  a  farmer  and  cleared 
a  homestead  from  the  virgin  forest.  He  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Putnam,  of  the  Mohawk  Valley 
family  of  that  name,  who  have  been  identified 
with  the  development  of  Montgomery  county 
since  its  foundation.  Children :  Daniel,  Doro- 
thy, Polly,  Sarah  and  John. 

(III)  Daniel,  son  of  Jacob  Miller,  was  bom 
on  the  Miller  homestead  in  the  town  of  Glen, 
Montgomery  county,  New  York,  about  the 
year  1800,  and  died  on  his  farm  in  Royalton, 
Niagara  county,  New  York.  He  left  Mont- 
gomery county  in  1831  and  with  his  wife  came 
to  Royalton,  where  he  engaged  in  farming.  He 
married  Mary  Cress.  Children:  Adam,  died 
in  Orleans  county ;  Laney,  also  deceased ;  Ben- 
jamin, died  in  Michigan;  Andrew,  died  in 
New  fane,  New  York;  Eva,  married  Norman 
Vincent  and  removed  to  St.  Louis,  Michigan ; 
Mary,  deceased,  married  Charles  A.  Newell, 
of  Niagara  county ;  Peter  D. 

(IV)  Peter  D.,  son  of  Daniel  Miller,  born 
in  Montgomery  county,  New  York,  November 
12,  1820,  died  in  Niagara  county.  New  York, 
November  i,  1895.  He  came  to  Western 
New  York  with  his  father  in  1831 ;  after  a 
short  stay  in  Orleans  county,  they  removed  to 
Niagara  county,  where  later  they  purchased 
the  Jaffrey  farm  on  the  New  Creek  road.  In 
1842  Peter  D.  Miller  bought  another  tract  of 
one  hundred  and  ten  acres  in  the  same  locality 
which  they  cleared  and  brought  under  cultiva- 
tion. Daniel  and  Peter  D.  Miller  were  the 
first  to  engage  in  fruit  growing  to  any  great 
extent,  their  orchard  of  twelve  acres  of  apple 
trees  being  the  first  and  largest  in  the  coimty. 


In  1 886  Peter  D.  purchased  a  one-half  interest 
in  what  is  now  New  fane  Basket  Manufactur- 
ing Company.  He  devoted  his  time  to  this 
business  and  to  farming  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  devoted,  zealous  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  one  of  the  early  found- 
ers, chief  supporters  and  a  trustee  of  the  Sec- 
ond Methodist  Church  of  New  fane.  The  farm 
which  he  cleared  from  th#  wilderness  is  now 
owned  by  his  son,  Charles  J.  He  married 
(first)  Louisa  Mather ;  (second)  Tamar  Math- 
er; (third)  Mary  Coulter.  Child  of  first  wife 
is  deceased.  Children  of  second  wife:  Alice 
L.,  married  R.  D.  Wilson,  of  Newfane ;  Carrie, 
married  George  D.  Bixler,  of  Newfane.  Child 
of  third  wife :  Charles  J. 

(V)  Charles  J.,  only  son  of  Peter  D.  Miller 
and  his  third  wife,  Mary  (Coulter)  Miller, 
was  born  on  the  old  homestead  in  Newfane, 
Niagara  county.  New  York,  July  28,  1865.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Lockport  Union  school, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1886.  He  then  en- 
tered Cornell  University,  whence  he  was  grad- 
uated, class  of  1890.  After  finishing  his  col- 
lege course  he  returned  home  and  for  two 
years  engaged  with  his  father  in  farming.  He 
is  still  the  owner  of  the  old  family  homestead 
which  is  known  as  the  Meadow  Brook  farm, 
devoted  to  fruit  growing  and  breeding  of  thor- 
oughbred Guernsey  cattle.  In  1892  he  became 
managei-  of  the  Newfane  Basket  Manufactur- 
ing Company  (incorporated  in  1885).  He  has 
been  actively  connected  with  the  company  ever 
since  and  is  now  (1911)  treasurer  and  general 
manager.  This  is  one  of  the  successful  in- 
dustries of  Niagara  county  and'  has  always 
been  a  prosperous,  well-managed  enterprise. 
He  has  other  and  varied  business  interests ;  is 
a  large  stockholder  of  the  Newfane  Hardware 
Company,  half  owner  of  the  Walker  Coal 
Company,  and  interested  in  other  minor  con- 
cerns. Mr.  Miller  is  a  member  of  Alpha  Tau 
Omega  fraternity  of  Cornell,  and  is  class  secre- 
tary of  his  graduates  class,  1890,  of  the  uni- 
versity; the  University  Club,  of  Buffalo;  the 
BuflFalo  Automobile  Club;  Red  Jacket  Lodge, 
No.  646,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Ames 
Chapter,  No.  88,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Genesee 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and  Ismailia 
Temple,  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine.  He  is 
a  trustee  of  the  Second  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  and  an  Independent  in  politics.  He 
married,  April  6,  1892,  Lottie  J.,  born  1868, 
daughter  of  Jesse  O.  and  Helen  (Dwight) 
Lockwood,  of  Olcott,  New  York. 


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The  Johnson  family  of  James- 
JOHNSON  town,  New  York,  herein  re- 
corded, descend  from  Doras- 
tus  Johnson,  bom  June  14,  1800,  died  April  3, 
1881.  He  was  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Oneida 
county,  New  York,  owning  a  fine  estate  lying 
along  the  Mohawk  river.  Here  he  spent  the 
earlier  part  of  his  life,  prominent  and  respect- 
ed. In  1830  he  soH  his  farm  and  for  thirteen 
years  lived  in  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
later  settling  at  Pine  Grove  (now  Russells), 
Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  livfed 
a  retired  life  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He 
was  a  Universalist  in  religious  belief.  He 
married,  January  11,  1821,  Bathsheba  Cum- 
mins, bom  February  2,  1802,  died  August  5, 
1874.  Children:  i.  William,  born  September 
24,  1821 ;  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war.  2.  Tru- 
man W.,  born  April  17,  1823.  3.  Edwin  F., 
July  25,  1824.  4.  Abel,  April  10,  1826.  5. 
Samuel  McCoon,  of  whom  further.  6.  Selina 
B.,  April  24,  1829;  served  in  the  civil  war,  and 
died  from  disease  contracted  in  the  army.  7. 
Ira  W.,  bom  September  3,  1834;  he  was  color 
bearer  of  his  regiment,  and  was  killed  at  the 
battle  of  Fredericksburg.  He  fell  literally  rid- 
dled with  bullets,  the  flag  he  bore  rendering 
him  a  conspicuous  target.  8.  Dora  (or  Dorcas), 
bom  August  17,  1836.  9.  Calvin,  born  July 
14,  1842 ;  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war. 

(II)  Samuel  McCoon,  fifth  son  of  Dorastus 
and  Bathsheba  (Cummins)  Johnson,  was  bom 
in  Herkimer  county,  New  York,  January  10, 
1828.  He  was  two  years  of  age  when  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  which  was  his  home  until  he  was  fif- 
teen years  old.  In  1843  his  father  removed 
to  Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
purchased  a  farm.  Here  Samuel  remained 
until  his  marriage,  working  for  his  father. 
After  leaving  the  farm  he  worked  in  the  lum- 
ber woods  for  a  time,  then  purchased  a  tract 
of  pine  timber,  which  he  cleared  and  manu- 
factured into  lumber,  shipping  the  product  of 
his  sawmill  down  the  river  to  more  southern 
markets.  With  the  profits  derived  from  this 
deal  he  purchased  a  farm  at  Pine  Grove,  Penn- 
sylvania, which  he  cultivated  for  nine  years, 
then  exchanged  it  for  a  sawmill  and  a  tract  of 
timber  land.  He  was  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  until  1865.  In  1867  he  purchased  a 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  at  Rus- 
sells (Pine  Grove  formerly),  on  which  he  re- 
sided until  June,  1891,  when  he  removed  to 
Jamestown,  where  he  has  since  lived  a  retired 


life.  Mr.  Johnson  and  his  family  are  members 
of  the  Theosophical  Society,  and  believers  in 
all  things  good,  but  not  bound  by  any  creed  or 
form  of  religion.  He  is  liberal  in  all  his  views, 
both  religious  and  political.  He  is  of  quiet, 
domestic  tastes  and  is  highly  regarded  in  his 
community.  He  married,  September  22,  1850, 
Elizabeth  Adelaide  Cook,  bom  in  Ohio,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1 83 1,  going  to  Pennsylvania  when  a 
young  child,  a  daughter  of  William  and  Esther 
Forbes  Cook.  William  Cook  was  bom  in  Ohio, 
where  he  spent  his  earlier  Hfe  engaged  in  farm- 
ing and  teaming.  About  1839  he  removed  to 
Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  general  teaming  and  farming.  He 
purchased  a  farm  and  a  tract  of  timber  which 
for  several  years  he  was  engaged  in  converting 
into  charcoal,  for  which  he  found  an  abundant 
market  at  Pittsburgh  and  Buffalo.  After  a 
prosperous  career  in  Warren  county  he  sold 
out  and  removed  to  Westmoreland  county, 
Virginia,  remaining  there  seventeen  years,  and 
then  returned  to  Warren  county,  where  he 
died.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  married  (first),  in  Ohio, 
about  1830,  Esther  Forbes,  bom  about  1808, 
died  1838,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Elizabeth 
Forbes.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth  Adelaide,  bom 
183 1 ;  married  Samuel  McCoon  Johnson.  2. 
George,  born  1833;  enlisted  in  Union  army 
during  the  civil  war  for  one  year;  at  the  ex- 
piration of  his  term  he  reenlisted  and  served 
during  the  entire  war ;  now  a  resident  of  Kane, 
Pennsylvania.  3.  Esther  Jane,  bom  February 
10,  1835,  died  1871.  4.  William  Madison,  died 
in  infancy.  William  Cook  married  (second) 
Phebe  Widdefield.  Children :  Lydia  Ann,  Cor- 
delia Maud,  Phebe  Eveline,  Sarah  Lucinda, 
Alice  Amanda,  William  Wallace,  Julia  Maud, 
Charles  Emory,  Thomas  Emmett. 

Children  of  Samuel  McCoon  and  Elizabeth 
A.  Johnson:  i.  Esther  Agnes,  born  September 
26,  185 1 ;  married  Martin  Howard.  2.  Ida 
Inness,  born  September  22,  1853;  niarried  S, 
H.  Briggs.  3.  William  Russell,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 4.  Everett  Dorastus,  born  March  31, 
1857;  married  May  Everett;  resides  at  James- 
town. 5.  Ira  Herman,  bom  June  17,  1863; 
married  Jennie  Marsh;  resides  at  Falconer, 
New  York.  6.  Calvin  Murray,  bom  Novem- 
ber 26,  1867;  married  Blanche  Jones;  resides 
at  Jamestown. 

(Ill)  William  Russell,  eldest  son  and  third 
child  of  Samuel  McCoon  and  Elizabeth  A. 
(Cook)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Warren  county. 


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Pennsylvania,  July  5,  1855.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  spent  his  early  life  on 
the  farm.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade, 
and  in  partnership  with  his  brother  established 
and  conducted  a  shop  in  Russells,  Pennsyl- 
vania, for  a  term  of  eighteen  years.  In  1893 
Everett  D.  withdrew  from  the  business  and 
settled  in  Falconer,  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  and  in  1894  William  R.  joined  him,  and 
they  again  became  partners.  They  established 
a  real  estate  and  insurance  business,  which  they 
successfully  conducted  until  191 1,  with  office 
in  Falconer  for  many  years,  and  later  removed 
their  main  office  to  Jamestown.  During  these 
years  the  brothers  have  developed  some  fine 
suburban  properties,  notably  Linden  and  Maple 
Springs,  as  well  as  handling  a  great  deal  of 
real  estate  business  in  Jamestown,  Falconer, 
and  farm  properties  in  the  county.  William  R. 
has  now  admitted  his  son  and  continues  busi- 
ness at  No.  loi  East  Third  street,  Jamestown. 
He  is  a  man  of  fine  business  ability,  and  is  an 
authority  on  real  estate  values.  He  was  made 
a  Mason  in  Warren,  Pennsylvania,  but  on  com- 
ing to  Fafconer  (his  present  home)  joined 
Mount  Moriah  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  that  village.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  at  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania, September  30,  1880,  Jessie  Isabel  Qark, 
bom  in  Warren,  September  7,  i860,  daughter 
of  James  and  Mary  Eliza  (Stevens)  Qark. 
She  was  educated  in  the  Warren  high  school 
and  has  always  taken  a  leading  part  in  tem- 
perance and  educational  work.  She  early  con- 
nected with  the  Women's  Christian  Temper- 
ance Union,  and  while  living  in  Russells  was 
president  of  the  local  Union.  Since  coming 
to  Falconer  she  has  continued  her  work,  serv- 
ing as  president  of  the  Union  there  four  terms. 
For  over  twenty-five  years  she  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Ladies'  Aid  Society,  and  a 
valuable  worker.  She  has  also  taken  a  deep 
interest  in  the  public  schools,  and  for  the  past 
nine  years  has  been  a  capable  and  efficient 
member  of  the  school  board  of  Falconer.  She 
IS  a  member  of  Mount  Sinai  Chapter  No.  132, 
Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  of  Jamestown,  and 
a  supporter  of  all  good  causes.  Child:  Roy 
Clark,  born  at  Russells,  Warren  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, March  2Q,  1882;  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Russells  and  Falconer,  and 
is  a  graduate  of  Jamestown  Business  College. 


He  began  his  business  career  as  bookkeeper  in 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Falconer,  and  be- 
came assistant  cashier.  After  two  years  there 
he  resigned  to  take  the  same  position  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Jamestown.  In  191 1 
he  resigned  his  position  after  eight  years 
of  service,  and  is  now  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  real  estate  business.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Masonic  order,  belonging  to 
lodge  and  chapter.  He  married,  at  Falconer, 
New  York,  August  10,  1907,  Adelia,  daughter 
of  Leroy  Hooker. 

(The  Clark  Line). 

James  Clark,  paternal  grandfather  of  Jessie 
Isabel  (Clark)  Johnson,  was  bom  in  Scotland, 
where  he  married  Jean  MacPherson.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Scotch  Presbyterian  church, 
and  of  the  Masonic  order.  He  emigrated  to 
America  about  1832  from  Alvie,  Scotland,  and 
settled  in  Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  at 
Glade,  now  called  East  Warren.  He  owned  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  acres,  part  of  which  is 
still  owned  by  descendants,  the  remainder  hav- 
ing been  sold  as  building  lots.  He  retained  his 
church  and  lodge  memberships  after  coming  to 
the  United  States,  taking  always  a  deep  inter- 
est in  the  welfare  and  progress  of  both.  Both 
James  and  his  wife  lived  to  be  nearly  ei^ty 
years  old.  They  are  buried  in  Oakland  Ceme- 
tery, Warren,  Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Isa- 
bel, married  William  Kitchen;  had  issue,  of 
whom  Tames  and  John  survive.  2.  John,  mar- 
ried Eliza  McMullen;  has  sons,  Kenneth  and 
William ;  family  reside  at  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania.   3.  Lewis,  died  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri ; 

married  Laura ,  and  had  a  son,  Lewis 

(2),  killed  in  the  Philippines.  4.  Alexander, 
married  Mary  Falconer ;  now  resides  at  Sugar 
Grove,  Pennsylvania.  5.  James  (2),  of  whom 
further.  6.  William,  deceased ;  married  Mary 
Brown ;  child,  Wilhelmina. 

James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and  Jean 
(MacPherson)  Clark,  was  born  in  Alvie  (or 
Alvia),  Scotland,  December  23,  1831.  He  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town  until 
reaching  the  age  of  fourteen  years,  when  he 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents. 
He  spent  his  youth  on  the  farm  at  Glade,  War- 
ren county,  Pennsylvania,  later  embarking  in 
the  lumber  business.  He  established  a  sawmill 
and  planing  mill  in  Warren,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  prosperous  business  for  many  years. 
He  later  became  interested  in  banking  and  en- 


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joys  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the  oldest 
bank  directors  in  the  county,  and  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Warren  Savings  Bank.  He  is  also 
interested  in  the  Pennsylvania  Gas  Company. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  served 
in  the  Warren  city  council  and  on  the  school 
board.  Fraternally  he  is  connected  with  the 
Masonic  order.  He  married,  at  Warren,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  2,  1858,  Mary  Eliza,  bom 
March  30,  1839,  daughter  of  Simeon  Glen  and 
Sarah  (Barras  or  Barrows)  Stevens.  Simeon 
G.  Stevens  was  born  in  Glens  Falls,  New  York, 
June  25,  1795,  died  in  Warren,  Pennsylvania, 
November  29,  1874.  He  was  a  hardware  mer- 
chant in  Warren  for  many  years,  and  one  of 
the  most  prominent  men  of  that  city  in  his  day. 
He  married  Sarah  Barras  (or  Barrows),  born 
November  7,  1818,  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Sinclair)  Barras  (or  Barrows).  Will- 
iam, born  in  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts, 
January  5,  1798,  married  Sarah  Sinclair,  born 
December  20,  1795.  Children  of  Simeon  G. 
and  Sarah  Stevens:  i.  George,  bom  June  14, 
1834;  enlisted  in  Union  army;  served  in  the 
civil  war,  and  never  was  heard  from  after- 
ward ;  is  supposed  to  have  been  killed  in  battle. 
2.  Jane  Elizabeth,  born  February  i,  1837 ;  mar- 
ried William  Gerigan.  3.  Mary  Eliza,,  born 
March  30,  1839;  married  James  Clark  (2). 
(See  children  forward).  4.  William  B.,  bom 
April  10,  1841 ;  died  January  5,  1843.  5-  Will- 
iam B.  (2),  born  February  2(5,  1845;  died  at 
Randolph,  Virginia.  6.  Ida  L.,  born  April  17, 
1847;  di^  J""^  24,  1849.  7.  Henry  G.,  born 
March  22,  1853;  married  Alice  Newbury.  8. 
Ida  L.  (2),  born  April  17,  1857;  married  John 
Monroe. 

Children  of  James  (2)  and  Mary  Eliza  (Ste- 
vens) Clark:  i.  George  Lewis,  born  April  27, 

1859;  married  Dorothy ;  child,  George 

Lewis  (2)  ;  family  resides  at  Mt.  Gilead,  Ohio. 
2.  Jessie  Isabel,  bom  September  7,  i860;  mar- 
ried William  Russell  Johnson.  3.  Lucy  Alice, 
born  September  27,  1862 ;  married  John  Wes- 
ley ;  resides  at  Warren,  Pennsylvania.  4.  Ed- 
ward Alexander,  born  December  11,  1863; 
married  Addie  Horrigan;  child,  James  Qark 
Horrigan ;  family  resides  at  Warren,  Pennsyl- 
vania. 5.  Fred  Charles,  bom  August  29,  1868 ; 
resides  at  Warren.  6.  Anna  May,  born  May 
18,  1873;  married  Frank  Henry  Gmnninger; 
resides  at  Warren;  child,  John  Edward.  7. 
Archie  James,  born  June  2,  1875;  married 
Maud  Graham;  resides  in  Warren;  child,  By- 


ron Graham.  8.  Ethel  Eloise,  born  April  30, 
1877;  married  Carl  Campbell;  resides  at  Mus- 
cogee, Oklahoma;  children:  James,  Kathleen, 
Arthur  and  Mary. 


Of  the  Dr.  Benjamin  Tiffany 
TIFFANY    branch  of  the  Tiffany  family 

in  America,  Silas,  eldest  son 
of  James  and  Ruth  (Durkee)  Tiffany,  was 
born  in  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  January 
25,  1792,  though  the  family  home  for  many 
years  after  was  in  Randolph,  Vermont.  The 
grandfather,  Dr.  Benjamin  Tiffany,  served 
both  as  private  and  sergeant,  and  was  a  sur- 
geon in  the  command  of  General  Stark,  dur- 
ing the  revolutionary  war.  James  Tiffany, 
father  of  Silas  Tiffany,  moved  to  Western 
New  York  in  the  early  days,  and  had  one 
of  the  finest  farming  properties  in  this  part 
of  the  state,  at  Darien  Center,  Genesee  county. 
Silas  Tiffany  took  part  in  the  defence  of  Buf- 
falo against  the  British  in  1812. 

As  a  youth,  devoted  to  study,  Silas  Tiffany 
desired  to  take  a  college  training,  but  frail 
health  prevented;  however,  after  preliminary 
schooling,  he  continued  his  scholarly  habits, 
becoming  accomplished  and  well-read,  partic- 
ularly in  the  classics.  Shakespeare,  in  which 
he  was  deeply  versed,  was  ever  a  delight  to 
him,  and  ;was  often  quoted  in  his  uncommonly 
interesting  and  genial  discourse.  In  1816  Mr. 
Tiffany  came  to  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty. From  an  existing  sketch  we  quote  much  of 
the  subsequent  material.  Silas  Tiffany  was 
among  the  earliest  of  Ellicott's  substantial  set- 
tlers, and  for  the  fifty-eight  years  of  his  resi- 
dence was  one  of  Jamestown's  most  important 
citizens.  The  incidents  of  his  journey  hither 
are  related  by  him  in  the  following  letter,  read 
at  a  meeting  of  old  settlers  at  Fredonia  in 

1873. 

"Early  settlers,  friends  and  fellow  citizens — It  is 
with  pleasure  that  I  claim  to  be  one  of  your  number, 
and  regret  that  I  can  not  be  with  you  to-day.  More 
than  half  a  century  have  I  spent  the  days,  months  and 
years  in  your  midst.  In  June,  1816,  I  left  Buffalo  for 
the  'rapids'  of  Chautauqua  outlet.  Then  the  Western 
trail  was  along  the  beach  of  Lake  Erie  and  through 
the  'Cattaraugus  woods.*  The  day's  travel  brought 
up  at  the  old  Cash  stand.  Left  in  the  early  mommg 
after  breakfasting  on  catfish  and  red  potatoes.  At 
Canadaway  had  a  good  meal  at  Abel's ;  at  the  Cross 
Roads  (Westfield)  ate  with  Pernr  Ellsworth.  At 
Mayville  stopped  with  Captain  ocott  over  night; 
thence  took  passage  by  can<)€  down  the  lake,  old 
jolly  Tinkham  the  oarsman  and  pilot — fare  .50  cents 


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to  The  Rapids,  then  a  hamlet  consisting  of  Judge 
Prendergast's  saw  and  grist  mill,  and  J.  &  M.  Pren- 
dergast's  store,  with  some  small  dwellings.  Then  the 
time  from  Buffalo  to  The  Rapids  was  three  days; 
now  from  same  point  less  than  three  hours  to  James- 
town with  a  population  of  7,000  to  8,000  where  the 
hum  of  a  busy  and  varied  industry  greets  and  tells 
of  progress.  Where  once  the  native  Indian  roamed 
a  hunter's  life,  now  smiles  the  blooming  field.  The 
school  house  tells  of  mental  culture;  the  steeple 
pointing  to  heaven  admonishes  the  wayfarer  that  he 
treads  on  Christian  ground.  May  the  citizens  of  our 
country  ever  merit  the  reward  held  in  reserve  for  the 
most  worthy,  is  the  prayer  of 

Silas  Tiffany,  aged  81." 

We  are  indebted  to  a  memoir  of  Silas  Tif- 
fany read  by  W.  W.  Henderson  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Jones-Hazeltine  Historical  So- 
ciety at  Chautauqua  in  June,  1883,  for  many 
incidents  related  in  this  memorial : 

"At  the  time  of  Mr.  Tiffany's  arrival  in  James- 
town the  area  now  occupied  by  the  city  was  largely 
covered  by  an  unbroken  forest  of  pine.  Deer  were 
numerous  and  bears  and  wolves  not  uncommon.  The 
year  previous,  the  village  plot  had  been  surveyed  and 
the  name  Jamestown  adopted.  Soon  after  Mr.  Tif- 
fany's arrival  he  purchased  the  lot  on  the  northeast 
corner  of  Main  and  Second  Sts.,  running  through  to 
Pint  St.  and  erected  a  large  two  storied  store,  to  the 
north  side  of  which  he  attached  a  residence.  After 
Mr.  Tiffany's  marriage  it  was  his  residence  until  1837, 
when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire  among  seven  buildings 
which  burned  on  the  east  side  of  Main  St.,  between 
Second  and  Third.  Mr.  Tiffany's  was  the  second 
'store  in  town;  his  first  goods  arrived  in  the  fall  of 
1817.  His  store  was  first  built  on  blocks,  as  then  was 
usual.  In  the  spring  of  181 9  he  dug  a  cellar  under 
it,  and  under  the  house,  and  built  foundation  walls 
of  stone.  These  were  the  first  stone  walls  built  in 
Jamestown." 

Mr.  Tiffany  was  the  first  resident  merchant 
in  Jamestown,  conducting  the  business  for 
many  years.  Aside  from  his  early  merchan- 
dising he  was  a  large  manufacturer  and  ship- 
per of  lumber,  running  and  selling  it  in  Cincin- 
nati and  southern  markets.  On  such  an  ex- 
pedition he  would  buy  a  saddle  horse  in  Ken- 
tucky, and  make  the  return  trip  on  horseback. 
In  1819  he  sent  for  his  brother  Jehial  and  took 
him  into  business.  They  bought  the  mill  privi- 
lege and  one  thousand  acres  of  land  lying  on 
both  sides  of  the  outlet  at  what  was  long  known 
as  TiflFanyville,  and  discontinued  the  store  in 
Jamestown.  Silas  Tiffany  continued  to  live  in 
Jamestown,  but  his  brother  removed  to  Tif- 
fanyville.  About  two  years  afterwards  the 
brothers  discontinued  business  relations. 

Silas  Tiffany,  on  September  20,  1831,  mar- 
ried Lucy,  daughter  of  Elias  Hyde,  and  step- 
daughter of  Benjamin  Budlong.  Mr.  Tiffany 
as— w 


died  June  24,  1874;  Mrs.  Tiffany  survived  her 
husband  two  years,  and  died  in  June,  1876. 
Mrs.  Tiffany  was  a  woman  of  sterling  char- 
acter. She  had  for  the  times  received  a  superior 
education  and  was  well  known  for  her  many 
accomplishments.  Their  home,  which  was 
shared  by  five  daughters,  was  characterized 
by  industry,  a  kindly  courtesy  and  mutual  con- 
sideration, and  notable  for  genial  hospitality 
to  a  wide  circle  of  friends.  Mr.  Tiffany  was 
for  many  years  an  interested  member  of  Mt. 
Moriah  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
Jamestown. 

In  speaking  of  the  personal  traits  of  char- 
acter of  Mr.  Tiffany  we  quote  Charles  Sterns, 
himself  an  early  settler  long  associated  with 
and  observant  of  the  men  of  his  time.  He  says : 

"The  tall,  spare  gentleman  now  wending  his  way 
slowly  down  the  sidewalk  with  a  quiet  dignity  and 
gentleness  of  tread  denoting  the  self  poised  gentle- 
man of  the  old  school,  is  Mr.  Silas  Tiffany.  Mr. 
Tiffany  was  an  original,  independent  thinker,  radical 
in  politics,  a  Whig  previous  to  the  organization  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  during  the  war  an  earnest, 
uncompromising  Unionist.  He  possessed  a  genial, 
kindly  disposition,  especially  observable  in  his  domes- 
tic relations.  His  sympathies  were  easily  enlisted  in 
behalf  of  those  struggling  to  secure  an  education; 
many  young  men  could  testify  to  encouragement  and 
aid  received  at  his  hands.  Hts  interest  in  the  schools 
was  unabated.  For  more  than  three-quarters  of  a 
century  he  had  participated  in  and  observed  the 
growth  of  this  country,  an  eventful  chapter  in  the 
history  of  the  world,  embracing  great  revolutions  in 
politics,  in  reli^on,  in  science  and  the  arts..  A  new 
world  of  inventions  had  grown  up  around  him.  Toil- 
some journeys  like  those  of  his  boyhood  abridged 
to  days  and  even  hours." 

Mr.  Henderson  tells  us  that  Mr.  Tiffany  was 
an  optimist.  His  faith  was  liberal,  reliant  and 
hopeful;  in  one  of  his  latest  conversations  on 
the  subject  of  the  future  life,  he  expressed 
convictions  based  on  the  most  exalted  ideas  of 
supreme  creative  wisdom  and  power.  His 
death  took  place  immediately  following  the  last 
meeting  of  the  old  settlers  of  Chautauqua 
county,  held  in  Jamestown.  But  a  few  hours 
before  he  expired  with  a  smile  on  his  lips,  he 
pleasantly  referred  to  the  proceedings  of  the 
meeting,  repeating  a  humorous  anecdote  of  the 
early  days  applicable  to  the  subject.  His  going 
to  sleep  was  like  that  of  "One  who  wraps  the 
drapery  of  his  couch  about  him,  and  lies  down 
to  pleasant  dreams." 

Silas  Tiffany  was  a  remarkable  man.  In  all 
respects  a  gentleman,  handsome,  refined  and 
gentle,  well  read,  a  fine  conversationalist,  pure 
in  thought  and  diction,  unassuming,  correct. 


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beloved  of  all  who  knew  him.  It  is  not  possi- 
ble to  come  in  contact  with  a  man  of  his  stamp 
without  feeling  a  fascination  more  than  ordin- 
ary. He  was  truly  "One  of  nature's  Noble- 
men." (Revised  by  L.  T.  Henderson).  (Much 
of  the  above  sketch  is  directly  from  Hazeltine's 
Early  History,  Town  of  Ellicott). 

William  Wallace  Hender- 
HENDERSON     son  was  born  September 

II,  1828,  at  Sinclairville, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  of  Scotch  and 
English  descent.  Mr.  Henderson's  maternal 
grandfather,  Nathaniel  Johnson,  a  patriot  of 
the  war  of  the  revolution,  was  at  Saratc^  at 
Burgoyne's  surrender.  He  was  a  man  of 
strong  intellect,  well  read,  and  his  children 
received  good  educational  advantages  for  the 
times.  The  sons  and  daughters  were  vigorous 
physically  as  intellectually,  two  daughters  and 
a  son  attaining  the  ages  of  eighty-eight,  ninety 
and  eighty-one  years,  in  fair  health. 

The  families  of  both  grandparents  were  New 
Englanders,  coming  from  Vermont  and  New 
Hampshire  to  Western  New  York  among  the 
earliest  settlers  of  this  region,  and  were  pos- 
sessed of  the  sturdy  characteristics  of  the  early 
pioneers  establishing  homes  here.  Hannah 
Johnson  and  Sylvanus  Henderson  settled  at 
Sinclairville.  Before  her  marriage.  Miss  John- 
son taught  one  of  the  early  schools  in  this 
county,  and  Sylvanus  Henderson  as  a  young 
man  took  up  timber  land  and  pursued  the  call- 
ing of  surveyor  and  builder ;  he  fought  on  the 
Niagara  frontier  during  the  war  of  1812.  He 
was  a  devoted  Free  Mason,  master  of  Sylvan 
Lodge,  Sinclairville,  as  was  his  son,  W.  W.,  in 
later  years.  To  quote  Judge  Abner  Hazeltine 
in  his  sketch  of  Freemasonry  in  Chautauqua 
County,  contributed  to  the  Chautauqua  County 
Centennial  History:  "At  the  great  excitement 
that  followed  1826,  when  it  was  believed  by 
enemies  of  Freemasonry  that  it  had  received 
its  death  blow,  the  lodges  and  chapters  in  this 
county  surrendered  their  charters  and  jewels 
and  ceased  Masonic  labor.  Most  of  their  rec- 
ords became  scattered  or  were  destroyed,  and 
had  it  not  been  for  the  great  care  of  Judge 
Foote,  Hon.  Thomas  B,  Campbell,  and  Syl- 
vanus L.  Henderson,  of  Sinclairville,  none 
would  have  been  preserved." 

William  Wallace  Henderson,  having  advan- 
tage of  the  schooling  of  the  period,  showed 
from  his  youth  unusual  devotion  to  reading, 
with  the  enthusiasm  of  the  bom  student.    He 


began  early  to  build  up  a  library  which  became 
a  large  and  excellent  selecticm  of  books  as  years 
went  on,  always  a  most  valued  possession  of  its 
ardent  collector,  who  gladly  shared  its  enjoy- 
ment with  his  friends.  His  children  grate- 
fully acknowledge  an  early  acquaintance  with 
and  love  for  the  best  literature  and  thought, 
through  the  accustomed  reading  and  discussion 
at  home.  Mr.  Henderson's  well  stored  and 
cultivated  mind,  his  gift  for  easy  and  interest- 
ing discourse,  combined  with  courteous  and 
sympathetic  manner,  and  his  broad  tolerance 
and  consideration  of  the  rights  and  opinions 
of  others,  made  his  companionship  and  advice 
much  sought  by  old  and  young  alike.  Of  ex- 
ceedingly kindly  and  generous  disposition,  but 
entirely  unassuming,  perhaps  few  outside  his 
immediate  family  knew  of  his  contributions 
and  thoughtfulness  in  helping  the  unfortunate 
and  needy,  as  well  as  his  ever  ready  encourage- 
ment and  assistance  in  other  directions. 

With  developing  tastes  toward  philosophic 
and  scientific  inquiry,  Mr.  Henderson  early 
became  a  student  of  medicine  under  the  tute- 
lage of  Henry  B.  Hedges,  M.  D.,  a  graduate 
of  Fairfield  Medical  College,  one  of  the  first 
instituted  in  this  state.  In  1847-48  Mr.  Hen- 
derson was  a  student  of  the  medical  college  of 
the  University  of  Buffalo,  which  then  num- 
bered among  its  faculty  Frank  H.  Hamilton, 
M.  D.,  Austin  Flint,  M.  D.,  and  many  other 
able  medical  men  and  scholars  of  the  time. 
Mr.  Henderson  finally  adopted  the  profession 
of  pharmacy  which  he  continued  for  nearly 
half  a  century,  retiring  in  1894.  At  majority 
he  affiliated  with  the  anti-slavery  element  of 
the  Whig  party,  and  in  1852  voted  with  the 
supporters  of  John  P.  Hale  for  President,  with 
"Free  soil,  free  speech  and  free  men"  as  the 
motto.  Later  he  was  active  in  the  local  organ- 
ization of  the  progressive  political  elements 
which  finally  coalesced  in  the  Republican  party ; 
also  as  member  of  state  committee,  and  many 
times  as  delegate  for  Chautauqua  county  in  the 
district  and  state  conventions  of  the  party. 
He  was  appointed  a  postmaster  at  Sinclair- 
ville in  1861  under  President  Lincoln,  and 
continued  in  office  during  four  successive  ad- 
ministrations. In  187 1  President  Grant  ap- 
pointed Mr.  Henderson  collector  of  internal 
revenue  for  the  thirty-first  district  of  New 
York,  and  after  its  consolidation  with  the 
twenty-seventh  district  he  was  reappointed  as 
its  collector,  with  office  at  Elmira.  He  credit- 
ably concluded  his  public  service  in  this  con- 


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nection  in  1876  and  soon  after  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Jamestown,  where  he  was  always  iden- 
tified as  a  prominent  and  actively  interested 
citizen.  For  many  years  Mr.  Henderson  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  education.  With 
Major  E-  P.  Putnam  he  was  associated  as 
senior  partner  in  the  firm  of  Henderson  & 
Putnam,  druggists  and  booksellers,  from  June 
10,  1878,  to  December  18,  1888,  and  contin- 
ued in  that  business  until  August,  1894,  when 
he  devoted  himself  to  the  sale  of  books  and 
stationery.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
president  of  the  Chautauqua  County  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  and  of  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  of  Jamestown.  At  its  organ- 
ization in  1886,  he  was  elected  a  member  of 
the  board  of  curators  for  the  department  of 
pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  which 
relation  was  continued  during  his  lifetime. 

Mr.  Henderson  was  recognized  as  an  enthu- 
siastic explorer  in  fields  of  philosophic  and 
historical  research;  had  participated  in  many 
local  antiquarian  investigations,  the  opening 
of  Indian  mounds,  etc.,  assisting  men  from  the 
Smithsonian  Institution  in  their  work  in  this 
region.  He  was  active  in  organizing  the  Chau- 
tauqua County  Society  of  Historical  and  Nat- 
ural Science,  and  was  its  treasurer  for  some 
years  and  its  secretary  from  the  first,  during 
•  twenty-five  years,  until  his  resignation  from 
its  activities  two  years  preceding  his  death 
at  the  age  of  eighty-one.  Several  papers  of 
interest  and  value  were  contributed  by  him  to 
its  archives ;  he  was  also  corresponding  mem- 
ber of  the  Oneida  Historical  Society,  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  state,  his  certificate  bearing 
the  signature  of  Horatio  Seymour,  its  presi- 
dent at  the  time. 

In  1867  Mr.  Henderson  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Martha  Y.  Tiffany,  memorable  for 
her  rare  endowments  of  mind  and  personality, 
and  her  graciousness  and  beauty  were  re- 
flections of  a  rich  spiritual  nature  recognized 
by  all  who  knew  her.  Her  gifts  as  musician 
and  linguist  were  of  no  common  order.  Martha 
Y.  was  a  daughter  of  Silas  Durkee  Tiffany, 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers  and  business  men  of 
the  city.  Mrs.  Henderson's  death  occurred 
February  20,  1903.  After  this  time  Mr.  Hen- 
derson went  to  the  home  of  his  wife's  sister, 
Mrs.  Lucia  T.  S.  Ingraham,  in  Buffalo,  where 
with  his  eldest  daughter,  then  and  until  1906 
employed  in  the  Buffalo  Public  Library,  he  re- 
sided tmtil  his  death,  which  occurred  Novem- 


ber 13,  1910.  Two  children  survive.  Lucia 
Tiffany  Henderson,  since  1906  librarian  of  the 
James  Prendergast  Free  Library,  Jamestown, 
New  York,  and  Nina  S.  (Mrs.  W.  H.  Henchey) 
of  Pittsburgh.  (Much  of  this  is  copied  from 
the  sketch  in  Edson's  "History  of  Chautauqua 
County"  (Merrill,  Ed.),  1894;  revised  and 
supplemented  by  L.  T.  Henderson,  191 1). 


The  Scotts  of  Jamestown,  New 
SCOTT    York,  are  descendants  of  Scotch, 

English  and  Irish  ancestors  and 
trace  through  unbroken  lines  to  the  early 
Plymouth  Colony  in  Massachusetts  and 
through  the  Montgomery  line  back  to  France 
and  the  eighth  century.  Dr.  John  Winfield 
Scott,  the  present  day  representative,  is  a 
grandson  of  the  emigrant  from  Ireland,  the 
founder  of  this  branch  in  the  United  States. 

(I)  Robert  Scott  was  born  in  the  north  of 
Ireland  at  Londonderry.  In  the  year  1800  he 
came  to  the  United  States,  landing  at  Philadel- 
phia, Pennsylvania.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  near  Harbour  Creek, 
as  early  as  181 2.  He  cultivated  his  farm  of 
one  hundred  acres  until  his  death  at  the  age  of 
seventy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  and  a  good  man.  He  married 
a  Miss  Allen,  who  survived  him,  living  to  the 
age  of  eighty  years.  Children:  i.  James,  now 
deceased ;  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  living  at 
Erie,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Andrew,  a  very  promi- 
nent man  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Thomas, 
of  Erie,  Pennsylvania.  4.  John,  of  further 
mention.  5.  Harriet,  married  Joseph  Moore- 
head,  of  Mooreheadville,  Pennsylvania.  6. 
Elizabeth,  died  in  youthful  womanhood. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  and (Al- 
len) Scott,  was  born  on  the  Harbour  Creek 
homestead,    Erie  county,   Pennsylvania,  July 

25,  1803,  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  April 

26,  1873.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  spent  his  early  life  on  the  farm. 
In  1830,  being  then  aged  twenty-seven  years, 
h^  located  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  where 
he  started  in  a  modest  way  manufacturing 
sash  doors  and  blinds,. also  owning  and  operat- 
ing a  sawmill.  As  his  business  grew  he  took 
a  partner,  and  as  Scott  &  Chandler  built  up  an 
extensive  business.  The  planing  mill  products 
were  shipped  by  flat  boats  to  Pittsburg  and 
other  river  points  and  a  river  freighting  trade 
in  other  commodities  was  a  prominent  fea- 
ture of  their  business.  He  was  successful  in 
business   but  poor  health   compelled   his   re- 


436 


NEW  YORK. 


titement  He  sold  his  businesss  interests  and 
retired.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  one  of  the  builders 
of  the  first  church  that  denomination  erected 
in  Jamestown.  From  the  time  of  its  organiza- 
tion until  his  death  he  served  the  congregation 
as  an  elder.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  buried 
in  Lake  View  cemetery.  He  married  Elmina 
Eddy,  bom  at  Pittsfield,  Rutland  county,  Ver- 
mont, August  30,  1807,  died  at  Jamestown, 
New  York,  January  6,  1893  (see  Eddy  VHI). 
Children:  i.  Robert  Eddy,  born  April  30, 
1832,  died  April  12,  1868;  married,  1854, 
Sarah  Gardner.  2.  An  infant  daughter  born 
and  died  October  9,  1836.  3.  Lieutenant 
James  Brainard,  born  October  17,  1837,  died 
January  18,  1863;  he  enlisted  in  the  Ninth 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  Cavalry, 
and  served  during  the  civil  war,  attaining  the 
rank  of  lieutenant.  4.  Dr.  John  Winfield,  of 
further  mention.  5.  Harriet  Eliza,  born  Oc- 
tober 24,  1843,  died  November  16,  1843.  6. 
Elmina  Isabelle,  born  July  10,  1846,  died  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1848. 

(HI)  John  Winfield,  son  of  John  and  El- 
mina (Eddy)  Scott,  was  born  at  Jamestown, 
New  York,  February  11,  1840,  and  with  the 
exception  of  two  years  spent  in  Milwaukee, 
1866-68,  has  been  a  life-long  resident  of  that 
city.  He  was  educated  in  the  Jamestown  pub- 
lic schools  and  academy.  Choosing  medicine 
as  his  profession,  he  studied  one  year  under 
the  direction  of  Dr.  A.  F.  Ward,  beginning 
in  April,  1863.  He  then  entered  Cleveland 
College  of  Homoeopathy,  being  graduated 
M.  D.  in  1866.  He  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  remain- 
ing until  1868.  He  had  built  up  a  good  prac- 
tice and  had  no  intention  of  abandoning  it, 
but  being  called  to  Jamestown  on  personal 
business  found  matters  there  in  such  condition 
that  he  decided  to  remain.  He  closed  up  his 
Milwaukee  business,  and  now  for  nearly  halfi 
a  century  has  been  in  continuous,  successful 
practice  in  Jamestown.  While  devoted  to  the 
tenets  of  his  own  school,  Dr.  Scott  consults 
freely  with  his  brethren  of  other  schools  and 
maintains  the  most  friendly  relations  with 
them.  He  stands  high  in  his  profession,  and 
has  frequently  lectured  on  medical  topics  be- 
fore societies  and  in  hospitals.  He  is  consci- 
entious and  thorough  in  his  methods  and  has 
fairly  won  the  respect  of  his  community.  He 
is  a  supporter  of  the  Republican  party,  but  has 
no  liking  for  public  office.    He  is  a  liberal  sup- 


porter of  the  Congregational  church  of  James- 
town, of  which  his  Grandfather  Eddy  was  the 
first  settled  minister.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Order,  affiliated  with  Mt.  Moriah 
Lodge,  No.  145. 

He  married,  October  30,  1868,  at  Manistee, 
Michigan,  Louisa  L.  Conover,  bom  at  Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin,  August  3,  1846,  daughter 
of  Samuel  S.  Conover,  born  at  Victor,  Ontario 
county.  New  York,  November  10,  1818,  died 
at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  August  2,  1898,  and 
is  buried  in  that  city.  He  was  an  extensive 
dealer  in  real  estate  of  Manistee,  Michigan, 
and  before  that  sheriff  of  Milwaukee  county, 
Wisconsin.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Method- 
ist Episcopal  church  and  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics. He  married  Lydia  (Montgomery)  Powell, 
born  November  21,  1816,  in  EUisville,  New 
York,  died  May  3,  1889,  daughter  of  Hugh 
and  Rachel  (Rose)  Montgomery  (see  Mont- 
gomery HI),  and  widow  of  David  Powell. 
Children  of  Samuel  S.  and  Lydia  (Montgom- 
ery-Powell) Conover:  i.  John  Alva  Conover, 
deceased.  2.  Hannah  Didama  Conover ;  mar- 
ried William  G.  Parsons,  whom  she  survives ; 
a  resident  of  Ashville,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York.  3.  Louisa  Lucinda  Montgomery 
Conover ;  married  Dr.  John  Winfield  Scott.  4. 
LaMira  E.  Conover,  married  Hooker  Ellis, 
whom  she  survives,  a  resident  of  Jamestown. 
Only  child  of  Dr.  John  W.  and  Louisa  L. 
Montgomery  (Conover)  Scott:  Jane  Wine- 
gene,  bom  September  30,  1871,  married  Au- 
brey D.  Hiles,  a  highly  esteemed  business  man 
of  Milwaukee.  They  have  two  adopted  daugh- 
ters :  Aroline,  bom  August  4,  1906,  and  Cath- 
erine, born  September  10,  1907. 

(The  Eddy  Line). 

The  Eddys  of  America  claiming  early  colo- 
nial ancestry  descend  from  Samuel  Eddy,  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  Massachusetts. 

(I)  William  Eddye,  A.  M.,  vicar  of  the 
church  of  St.  Dunstan,  of  the  town  of  Cran- 
brook,  county  of  Kent,  England,  a  native  of 
Bristol,  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cam- 
bridge, England,  and  was  vicar  of  Cranbrook 
from  1589  to  1 6 16.  He  married,  November 
20,  1587,  Mary  Fosten  (daughter  of  John 
Fosten,  died  September,  1573),  who  died  July, 
161 1,  leaving  an  infant,  Nathaniel,  who  sur- 
vived his  mother  nine  days.  In  1614  Mr.  Ed- 
dye  married  Elizabeth  Tayler  (widow),  and  in 
the  same  year  she  had  a  daughter,  Priscilla.  On 
November  23,  1616,  he  died  and  was  buried 


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business  l\^'?ifi<i  matters  there  in  siu:h  r.Hitiii mm-. 

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\.x.r\,  I  ,.f  t.;e  r^^nt  :-f^'iti«.  nal  elnn'^h  •? 
i«)\Mi,  i»i'  whiili  his  ljrand'':vliiei  i\'i  :^ 
trst  M'UJfc':  ininibtei       iJe  is  a  nen  .v 
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Mi'/ln^L^an,    I-. nii>a   I..    V  on/.\or,    !;«.rn   .• 
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• -f  >aniii'l  >».  C.on.ner.  br»rn  at  \  ict^r   • 
ci'!in:\.  N 'w  Ycik.  November  10,   i>    ^ 
at   \!ii\^aiikt*e,  VJi^ '.-n-in.  An^^n^l  2,  !  '  - 
I^  bnrici  in  that  cit>.     He  wa»<  an   :• 
<'lt*aler  in   real   estate  of  Manistee.   .'': 
and  before  ti-at  slierift  «.  t  ^Filwauk't-    • 
W  i  roTi.bJn.     He  na^  a  nicnibcr  of  tiu.  *  i.  • 
[Ft   l{piscoj>ai  church  ard  a  Denioctar    : 
li'.^.  i  le  marrifd  Lydia  (' Momgonit-r'.  )  .  . 
[■"MTi    NrA'cn-.t>«^r  ::t,    1816.   in    lUlisM-'  . 
^'\-!v    liivi!    Mav    '^,    i8S^),   daughter  '.j 
nnl  Rp' h.c!    (Rocif;;   Montjj^omery  (^\ 
i^'-i.trv    iijj,   a  111    wi'iow    of    Davd    j 
Linl-in-ij  of  Samuel  .s.  and  Lydia  v!.'-!  : 
ety-I'cAVL'il )   C'ornver.  i.  John  Alva  <    ;•' 
flecasfd.     ^,    It    nrdi  Hiilania  Conov* 
iumI  Wii^Niiii  i-.  i^arsons.  whom  slv*  ?•■'.. 
a  re^'d'- U    ot     A'-'ivill^',   (.hautanrpia    e-   • 
!vt'\\    \«..rk       ^    Lv)ui-a   Hne.pda  Mon.  ' 
(  .^novt-r;  r.i.;rr*eJ  Dr.  ^'\'\\u  \\'intk.ld  ^m 
laYi-ra    l:     ("oiv.^vcr,    married    Ho^k"?    .  " 
wjN.m  ^-hj'  <nr\i»t.^.  a  resident  '^f   fani*-*;' 
(  'nly   c-rdd    .-  f    ]>r.    lofm    \V.   and    i.or'   « 
M-'intiToineT  V    ,{'ono\cr)    Scott:     lane    \^ 
I'ene.  born   >e'(<  ip!>^^r    \n,    1871.  marri'  1 
brry  D.  II'U'S.  a  !".:hi>  e^teeme(^  bti^in- 
(  f  Nliiwaukee.  Yhey  ha\e  \  \o  adc»pte  ■    ..  - 
tcr^     Aroline,  born  Au'/ust  4.  J<>">r>,  and  y      » 
crine.  born  ^L{>teii^b.'r  10,  i</<)7. 

{Vac  IMdv  Tincr 

Tb'*  J'  Mvs  of  '\n"'erica  clainnn^  '\ar^-  ■  '• 
p\A  ancv'strv  de^cei  <'  froni  Samuel  Ev!-  ,  • 
i  iMVi.jnth  (  »»I(.iny,   ^[as''^achn^ctts. 

iH    Willia/'i    I'Mbe,   A.    M,   vicar   ^-i    ■ 
cb'irch  of  St.  Hnn-tan,  (>f  the  town  C'l  v.    .  : 
bn>  k,  connty   ol   Kent,   England,  a  n<i-  v- 
Bristol,  was  i'<!'"'aied  at  Trinity  (  olJej;^   C  • 
bridge.  I-'nolatuk  and  was  vicar  of  Crinl  r. 
f  10111   158'^  tc>   1616.     He  marrieti,   N'(*\rn"     - 
JO,    15'S7,    Mary    b'osten    (danghier    of    «• 
b'osten,  died  September,  T573),  who  die(^  )• 
16,  r,  leaving'  an  infant,   Xathnnicl,  wIk- 
\ived  Ins  iiK^ther  nine  'k'lys.     Ifi  \()\a  Mr.  I 
dye  iTi'Trie.l  Flizabcth   Tayler  (widow),  a*--", 
the  >,ame  year  she  had  adan^h.ter.  IVijjcilla.  » 
Xo\  :mber  23,   i6t6,  he  di'^d  and   was  hi:-  ■•• 


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in  Cranbrook  churchyard,  but  where  therein 
is  not  known.  He  was  a  gentleman  of  much 
merit  and  order  and  a  faithful  clergyman  to 
his  parishioners.  The  financial  affairs  of  the 
parish  were,  through  his  instrumentality, 
placed  on  a  better  footing  than  before,  and  all 
its  loose  registers,  dating  back  from  1588, 
were  collected,  arranged,  and  by  him  properly 
entered  in  a  new  parchment  book.  He  beauti- 
fully engrossed  about  eighty  of  its  pages,  and 
illuminated  three  title  pages — one  for  births, 
another  for  the  marriages,  and  a  third  for  the 
deaths.  This  book  is  now  (1881)  to  be  seen 
at  the  vicarage.   Children  of  William  Eddye: 

I.  Mary,  bom  September,  1591.  2.  Phineas, 
September,  i593.  3-  John,  March,  1597.  4. 
Ellen,  August,  1599.  5.  Abigail,  October, 
1601,  died  May  20,  1687,  in  Charlestown,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 6.  Anna,  May,  1603.  7.  Elizabeth, 
December,  1606.    8.  Samuel,  of  whom  further. 

9.  Zacharias,  1610.    10.  Nathaniel,  July,  161 1. 

II.  Priscilla,  161 4. 

(H)  Samuel  Eddy,  son  of  William  Eddye, 
was  born  May,  1608,  died  in  1685.  He  with 
his  brother  John  left  London,  England,  August 

10,  1630,  in  the  ship  "Handmaid,"  Captain 
John  Grant.  Arrived  at  Plymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, October  29,  1630,  O.  S.,  or  by  N.  S., 
November  8,  1630.  On  January  i,  1632,  he 
was  admitted  freeman  of  the  colony  and  re- 
ceived the  oath,  November  7,  1637;  he  had 
three  acres  of  land  in  Plymouth  set  off  to  him ; 
in  1 641  had  six  acres  of  land  and  thirty  acres 
of  meadows  granted  him.  April.  3,  1645,  ^^ 
sent  his  son  John  to  dwell  with  Francis  Gould 
until  he  shall  reach  the  age  of  twenty-one.  In 
165 1  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Samuel  Eddy,  was 
fined  for  wringing  out  clothes  on  the  Lord's 
Day ;  the  fine,  ten  shillings,  was  afterward  re- 
mitted. May  I,  1660,  Elizabeth  was  summoned 
to  court  to  make  answer  for  traveling  on  Sun- 
day to  Boston  from  Plymouth.  She  affirmed 
that  she  was  necessitated  to  go  on  account  of 
the  illness  of  Mistress  Saffin.  The  court  ex- 
cused her.  May  9,  1631,  Samuel  Eddy  bought 
a  house  of  Experience  Mitchell,  at  Spring  Hill, 
at  the  end  of  Main  street,  Plymouth,  which 
he  afterward  sold  in  1645.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  purchasers  of  Middleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, also  a  large  land  owner  at  other 
places.  In  1631  his  assessment  was  half  that 
of  Captain  Standish.  In  1633  it  was  the  same. 
His  wife,  whose  name  was  Elizabeth,  died  in 
1689.     Children:  i.  John,  born  December  25 


(Christmas  Day),  1637,  died  November  2T^ 
1695.  2.  Zachariah,  1639,  died  September  4, 
1718.  3.  Caleb,  1644,  died  March  23,  1713. 
4.  Obadiah,  of  further  mention.  5.  Hannah, 
June  23,  1647,  ^i^^  young. 

(III)  Obadiah,  son  of  Samuel  Eddy,  was 
born  in  1645,  ^^^^  1722.  His  wife's  maiden 
name  was  Bennet,  by  whom  he  had  nine  chil- 
dren. He  was  admitted  freeman,  June  9,  1683 » 
was  constable,  1679-81-83-89.  In  1690  he  was 
a  selectman ;  in  1692  was  grand  juryman  from 
Middleboro  and  also  a  surveyor.  He  lived  in 
Middleboro  as  early  as  1674.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  March  22,  1669;  lived  in  Taunton, 
Massachusetts.  2.  Hasadiah,  April  10,  1672; 
married  Samuel  Samson.  3.  Samuel,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  4.  Jabez.  5.  Benjamin.  6. 
Joel,  married  Sarah  Harris  in  1708  and  had 
one  daughter,  Sarah.  7.  Mercy,  married  Sam- 
uel Sampson,  and  they  resided  in  Middleboro, 
Massachusetts ;  children :  Obadiah,  married 
Mary  Soule ;  Gershom,  married  Bethia  Clark ; 
Ichabod,  married  Mercy  Savory ;  Esther,  mar- 
ried Abraham  Borden,  1726,  removed  to  Staf- 
ford, Connecticut;  Mary,  married  Isaac  Ful- 
ler. 8.  Elizabeth,  married  David  Delona; 
children:  Lemuel,  Bettv,  Abigail,  David,  bom 
March  17,  1745.  9.  Mary,  married  Dr.  Isaac 
Fuller;  had  children:  Reliance,  Isaac,  Eliza- 
beth, Samuel,  Micah,  Jobez  and  Mary. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Obadiah  Eddy, 
was  born  in  Middleboro,  1675,  died  1752.  He 
resided  in  Middleboro  and  was  a  man  of  un- 
common strength  and  robust  constitution,  his 
frame  being  very  large.  Tradition  has  pre- 
served remarkable  stories  of  his  physical  pow- 
ers. He  married  Malatiah  Pratt,  born  De- 
cember II,  1676,  died  March,  1769.  Children: 
I.  Samuel,  of  further  mention.  2.  Zachariah, 
1701,  died  1767.  3.  Malatiah,  married,  March 
23,  1730,  Samuel  Tinkham.  4.  Bennet,  mar- 
ried William  Reading,  February  7,  1738.  5. 
Fear,  married  George  Williamson,  November 

7,  1738. 

(V)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Eddy, 
was  born  1696,  died  November  .3,  1746.  He 
was  a  public  officer  and  an  eminent  man  in 
the  church,  by  which  he  was  long  remembered 
for  his  superior  prudence  and  sense.  He  mar- 
ried Lydia  Alden,  daughter  of  John  and  Han- 
nah (White)  Alden,  a  descendant  of  John 
Alden,  the  Pilgrim.  Children:  i.  Nathan,  of 
further  mention.  2.  Joshua,  bom  March  6. 
1734,   died  young.     3.  Susannah,   November 


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22,  1736,  spinster.  4.  Mary,  May  9,  1740,  died 
young.  5.  Samuel,  January  23,  1742.  6.  Seth, 
February  11,  1744,  died  young. 

(VI)  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Eddy, 
was  born  September  8,  1733,  ^^  Plymouth 
county,  died  in  Pittsfield,  Vermont.  In  1785 
he  removed  from  Plymouth  to  Sherburne,  V^er- 
mont.  He  married  Eunice  Sampson,  of  Mid- 
dleboro,  Massachusetts,  November  17,  1757. 
Children:  i.  Ephraim,  bom  December  21, 
1759,  died  about  1800.  2.  Hannah,  February 
I,  1766.  3.  Nathaniel,  July  6,  1768,  died  at 
Gallipolis.  4.  Lydia,  September  16,  1769.  5. 
Nathan,  April  21,  1771.  6.  Isaac,  of  further 
mention.    7.  Zachariah,  November  17,  1778. 

(VII)  Rev.  Isaac  Eddy,  son  of  Nathan  and 
Eunice  (Sampson)  Eddy,  was  born  at  Middle- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  January  24,  1774,  died  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  June  26,  1833.  He 
resided  in  Pittsfield,  Rutland  county,  Vermont, 
for  about  forty  years.  In  1814  he  settled  in 
Jamestown  where  he  became  pastor  in  charge 
of  the  First  Congr^ational  Church,  organized 
in  that  place,  it  likewise  being  his  first  charge, 
after  being  licensed  by  the  Congregational  As- 
sociation. He  was  a  man  of  pure  life  and 
earnest  purpose.  His  zeal  in  the  Master's  ser- 
vice was  unbounded  and  he  accomplished  great 
work  during  his  long  and  useful  life.  He 
married,  August  12,  1796,  in  Pittsfield,  Ver- 
mont, Betsey  McCary,  who  died  February  16, 
1863.  Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  born  June  5, 
1797;  married  Deacon  James  Carey.  2.  Eu- 
nice, born  December  29,  1799;  married  Alvah 
Brown.  3.  Isaac,  born  October  22,  1801,  died 
at  Jamestown,  New  York,  1872.  4.  William 
McCary,  born  September  16,  1803,  died  1865. 
5.  Nathaniel,  born  November  29,  1805,  died 
at  Jamestown,  New  York.  6.  Elmina,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  7.  Safford,  bom  April  15,  1810, 
died  1879;  had  one  son  and  two  daughters.  8. 
Hiram,  born  May  17,  1813;  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  L.  Hawley,  February  7,  1839;  she 
died  January  7,  1856;  married  (second) 
Frances  C.  Adams,  May  5,  1857,  and  in  1881 
was  a  distinguished  clergyman  in  Jersey  City, 
New  Jersey.  9.  Zachary,  born  December  19, 
1815;  married  (first)  Susan  Gray,  1835;  she 
died  March,  1847;  married  (second)  Malvina 
R.  Cochran,  April  26,  1848;  he  was  an  emi- 
nent clergyman  of  the  Congregational  church, 
stationed  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts, 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  Detroit,  Michigan. 
Williams  College  conferred  on  him  the  de- 
gree of  Etoctor  of  Divinity. 


(VIII)  Elmina,  sixth  child  of  Rev.   Isaac 

and  Betsey  (McCary)  Eddy,  was  bom  August 

30,  1807,  at  Pittsfield,  Vermont,  died  January 

6,  1893.     Married  John  Scott.    They  are  the 

parents    of    Dr.  John    Winfield    Scott    (see 

Scott  II). 

(The  Montgomery  Line). 

The  Montgomerys  of  England,  Scotland  and 
Ireland  spring  from  Counts  d'Ermes  or  de 
Hermes,  of  Normandy,  of  whom  were  Saint 
Godegrand,  bishop  of  Siezand,  and  Sainte  Op- 
portune, his  sister,  living  in  the  time  of  King 
Pepin  and  of  Emperor  Charlemagne  in  760. 
They  were  great  Lords  of  France  at  a  later 
period.  When  William  the  Conqueror  came 
to  England  Roger,  a  kinsman,  was  with  him, 
and  at  the  decisive  battle  of  Hastings  led  the 
Norman  van.  Philip  Montgomery  settled  in 
Scotland  in  the  time  of  Henry  I. 

John  Montgomery  fought  at  Otterboums, 
1388,  and  took  Percy  prisoner.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  a  descendant  of  Eglin,  Lord  of 
Eglinton.  Eglinton  was  a  lordship  and  castle 
in  the  county  of  Ayr,  Scotland,  whence  its 
owner  assumed  a  title  name  in  the  reign  of 
King  Malcolm.  Eglin,  Lord  of  Eglinton,  had 
Bryce,  and  he  a  son,  Sir  Hugh,  who  married 
Giles,  daughter  of  Walter,  the  justician,  and 
sister  of  Robert  III.,  descended  through  Mar- 
garet, wife  of  Malcolm  III.  From  ^bert,  a 
son,  came  Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Montgom- 
ery. This  marriage  united  the  families  of 
Montgomery  and  Eglinton.  The  arms  borne 
by  the  Irish  Montgomerys  who  follow  the 
tinctures  borne  by  the  Earls  of  Eglinton  of 
the  present  are:  "Feist  and  fourtli;  azure, 
three  fleur  de  lis,  or."  For  Montgomery: 
"second  and  third  gules,  three  amulets, 
gemmed  azure  for  Eglinton."  These  arms 
were  borne  by  General  Richard  Montgomery. 
The  motto  is:  "Honneur  Sans  Repos."  John 
and  Elizabeth  Montgomery  had  Sir  John, 
whose  son,  Sir  Alexander,  was  the  first  Baron 
and  in  1449  was  made  Lord  Montgomerie. 
Alexander,  Master  of  Montgomerie,  had  a  son, 
Alexander,  who  became  the  second  Baron.  His 
son  Hugh  was  the  third  Baron  and  the  first 
Earl  of  Eglinton  created  in  1507;  married 
Helen,  daughter  of  Colin,  Earl  of  Argyle.  He 
died  in  1547.  The  second  Earl,  Hugh,  married 
Marrietta  Seton.  The  third  Earl,  Hugh,  fought 
for  Queen  Mary  at  Langside,  1568,  The  fourth 
Earl,  Hugh,  had  a  sister  Margaret,  who  mar- 
ried the  first  Earl  of  Winton.  The  fifth  Earl, 
Hugh,  married  but  had  no  issue.    He  obtained 


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royal  permission  to  will  his  honors  to  three 
youngest  sons  of  his  Aunt  Margaret,  wife  of 
the  Earl  of  Wilton.  The  sixth  Earl,  Alexan- 
der Seaton  (nicknamed  "Gransteel"),  fought 
for  parliament  at  Marston  Moor,  but  after- 
ward sided  with  the  King.  He  died  in  1661. 
The  seventh  Earl,  Hugh,  a  Royalist,  fought 
with  the  King  at  Marston  Moor  and  against 
his  father.  He  had  a  younger  brother,  James, 
of  Coylesfield,  whose  grandson,  Alexander, 
became  the  twelfth  Earl.  The  eighth  Earl  was 
Alexander,  succeeded  by  his  son  Alexander, 
the  ninth  Earl.  His  son  Alexander,  the  tenth 
Earl,  was  slain  in  a  dispute.  His  son  Archi- 
bald, the  eleventh  Earl,  had  no  sons,  and  the 
title  reverted  to  Hugh,  grandson  of  James, 
of  Coylesfield,  who  became  the  twelfth  Earl. 
His  son,  Archibald,  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Archibald,  the  eleventh  Earl  of  Eglinton,  his 
cousin,  and  became  the  thirteenth  Earl  of  Eg- 
linton and  was  created  Earl  of  Winton  in 
1859.  The  fourteenth  Earl,  Archibald  Wil- 
liam, served  in  parliament  as  Earl  of  Winton. 

Alexander  Montgomery,  of  Hazelhead,  Ayr- 
shire, Scotland,  representative  •  of  the  Irish 
branch  of  the  family,  first  settled  in  Ireland, 
at  the  invitation  of  his  cousin,  Viscount  Mont- 
gomery (of  Montgomerys  of  Mount  Alexan- 
der). He  was  Prebendary  of  Doe,  county 
Donegal,  but  later  became  a  soldier  and  a  com- 
missioned officer.  He  had  sons  John  and  Wil- 
liam. John  married  and  had  a  daughter  Mar- 
garet, who  married  Rev.  George  Leslie  and 
had  a  son  John  (2). 

John  (2),  by  a  first  wife,  had  Colonel  Alex- 
ander, of  Convoy,  county  Donegal,  and  Bally- 
connell,  county  Cavan;  died  s.  p.  1729,  having 
devised  his  Donegal  estates  to  his  cousin, 
Alexander  Montgomery,  of  Convoy.  John  (2), 
by  a  second  wife,  had  a  son  John  (3). 

John  (3)  had  three  sons:  John,  whose  male 
line  became  extinct;  Alexander,  died  1722,  and 
Robert,  of  Anared,  the  ancestor  of  the  Mont- 
gomerys of  Bessmount,  county  Donegal. 

Alexander,  son  of  John  (3),  had  sons: 
Thomas,  member  of  parliament  for  LifTord; 
was  disinherited  for  marrying  without  the 
consent.  Mary  Franklin.  One  of  his  sons, 
Richard,  bom  near  Swords,  Ireland,  December 
2,  1736,  came  to  America,  1772,  joined  the 
American  army,  was  commissioned  general 
and  was  killed  at  the  seizure  of  Quebec,  De- 
cember 21,  1775;  married,  August  4,  1773, 
Janet,  daughter  of  Robert  Livingston,  Lord 
of  Livingston  Manor,  Columbia  county.  New 


York.  A  brother  of  General  Richard  Mont- 
gomery, Alexander  John,  was  a  captain  in  the 
army  and  for  thirty-two  years  member  of  par- 
liament from  county  Donegal.  He  inherited 
the  Convoy  estates  of  his  cousin  Alexander 
Montgomery,  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Dr. 
Scott.  Alexander,  son  of  John  (3),  had  other 
sons:  John  (4),  of  further  mention;  Matthew, 
Robert,  of  Brandium,  county  Monaghan. 

John  (4)  Montgomery  was  of  county  Mon- 
aghan, where  he  died  in  1732. 

Alexander,  son  of  John  (4)  Montgomery, 
married  (first)  Catherine,  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel Hugh  Montgomery,  of  Willoughly,  last 
heir  in  entail  to  the  honors  of  Earls  of  Mount 
Alexander.  He  married  (second)  Eleanora, 
daughter  of  Acheson  Moore,  Esq.,  of  Garvey, 
county  Tyrone.  His  son  Nathaniel  by  this 
marriage  assumed  in  right  of  his  mother  the 
surname  and  arms  of  Moore;  died  1834.  By 
his  first  marriage,  Alexander  had  sons:  John, 
Colonel  Monaghan,  member  of  militia  and 
member  of  parliament  from  Monaghan,  died 
(s.  p.),  1795;  Hugh,  colonel  of  the  Madras 
army,  died  1795,  leaving  a  daughter;  Rev. 
Rubert,  of  Beaulieu,  died  1825,  leaving  a  son. 
Rev.  Alexander,  of  Beaulieu,  whose  son,  Rich- 
ard Thomas  Montgomery,  his  heir,  is  now  of 
Beaulieu  seat,  near  Drogheda,  Ireland. 

(I)  Alexander  Montgomery,  representative 
of  the  American  branch  of  the  family,  came  to 
the  American  Colonies  with  a  brother  about 
the  year  1750.  He  settled  in  Connecticut, 
where  he  married  Sarah  Lockwood  (a  relative 
of  Lord  Millington,  through  his  daughter  Lady 
Ann),  daughter  of  Gershom  Lockwood,  who. 
willed  them  property.  During  the  revolution 
Alexander  Montgomery  lived  in  New  York 
City,  and  during  the  occupancy  of  that  city 
by  the  British  troops  under  Lord  Howe  leased 
his  property  for  ninety-nine  years  to  avoid 
confiscation.  After  the  British  evacuated  New 
York  he  removed  with  his  family  to  New 
Brunswick,  where  he  resided  several  years.  He 
decided  to  remove  to  Ontario,  Canada,  and 
with  his  sons  and  their  families,  was  well 
started  on  his  journey.  His  party,  however, 
met  with  a  relative,  Archibald  Montgomery, 
who  had  served  in  the  British  army,  who  dis- 
suaded most  of  them  from  proceeding.  Alex- 
ander with  his  son  Hugh  and  William  Stillwell, 
son-in-law,  went  into  the  Big  Sandy  region 
and  finally  settled  in  Jefferson  county.  New 
York,  at  Ellisburg.  Another  son,  Alexander, 
continued  his  journey  to  Little  York   (now 


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Toronto,   Canada),  where  many  of  his  de« 
scendants  are  now  seated. 

(II)  Hugh,  son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah 
(Lockwood)  Montgomery,  was  bom  in  Con- 
necticut.  He  followed  his  father's  fortunes 
and  settled  first  in  Jefferson,  then  in  Oswego 
county,  New  York.    He  married  Rachel  Rose. 

(III)  Lydia,  daughter  of  Hugh  and  Rachel 
(Rose)  Montgomery,  was  bom  in  Oswego 
county,  New  York,  November  21,  1816,  died 
May  3,  1889.  She  married  (first)  David  Pow- 
ell; (second)  Samuel  S.  Conover,  bom  at 
Victor,  Ontario  county,  New  York,  November 
ID,  1818,  died  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin, 
August  2,  1898. 

(IV)  Louisa  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel S.  and  Lydia  (Montgomery)  (Powell) 
Conover,  was  born  August  3,  1846;  married, 
October  30,  1868,  Dr.  John  Winfield  Scott  (see 
Scott  III). 

John     Peckham,     immigrant 
PECKHAM     ancestor    of    the    American 

family  of  this  name,  is  first 
found  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  in  1638.  As 
he  was  associated  with  several  who  supported 
Anne  Hutchinson,  it  is  presumed  that  he  may 
have  come  from  England  with  the  Hutchinson 
party  in  the  ship  "Griffin"  but  his  name  has 
not  been  found  on  any  passenger  list  or  on  the 
Boston  records.  He  was  a  Baptist.  His  lands 
were  allotted  along  with  those  of  William 
Freeborn,  John  Coggeshall  and  others  who 
were  the  first  settlers  of  the  Island  of  Aquid- 
neck  in  1638.  He  was  in  the  list  of  those  ad- 
mitted inhabitants  of  Newport,  May  20,  1638, 
and  in  1640  the  bounds  of  his  lands  were  es- 
tablished. He  was  made  freeman,  March  16, 
1641,  and  in  1648  he  was  one  of  the  ten  male 
members  in  full  communion  in  the  First  Bap- 
tist Church.  His  second  wife,  Eleanor,  was 
baptized  that  year.  He  lived  in  that  part  of 
Newport  which  became  Middletown.  In  the 
list  of  wills  which  had  but  two  witnesses  in- 
stead of  three  as  required  by  law,  between 
1676  and  1695,  his  name  is  found  with  six- 
teen others.  Before  1700  he  and  his  sons 
owned  much  land;  in  1660  they  were  among 
the  proprietors  of  the  Petaquamscot  purchase, 
in  1 66 1  were  proprietors  in  the  Westerly  pur- 
chase, and  in  1677  were  proprietors  in  the 
East  Greenwich  purchase.  These  tracts  were 
across  southern  Rhode  Island  from  Westerly 
to  Narragansett  Bay,  and  also  included  Con- 
nanicut  Island  and  Dutch  Island  in  the  Bay, 


as  well  as  large  pieces  in  the  original  settie- 
ment  of  Rhode  Island.  They  also  had  a  tract 
one  mile  square  in  Little  Compton,  where  they 
built  a  house  in  1640  which  stood  for  two 
hundred  years,  and  in  which  six  generations 
of  the  family  were  bom.  They  also  owned 
land  in  Dartmouth,  to  the  Acushnet  river, 
where  is  now  a  part  of  New  Bedford.  A 
deed  from  Joshua  Coggeshall  and  his  mother, 
Mary,  to  Walter  Connigrave,  dated  May  30, 
165 1,  describes  some  land  as  bounded  "on 
land  granted  to  Mary  Clarke,  now  deceased, 
sometime  the  wife  of  John  Peckham."  This 
grant  was  made  before  1644;  Mary  Qarke 
had  brothers  Carew,  Thomas,  Jeremiah,  Jcrfin 
and  Joseph;  she  was  born  in  1607,  but  the 
dates  of  her  marriage  and  death  are  unknown, 
as  are  also  the  dates  of  the  second  marriage 
and  death  of  John  Peckham,  and  the  surname 
of  his  second  wife,  Eleanor.  It  is  thought 
that  Mary  (Clarke)  Peckham  was  mother  of 
John,  Thomas  and  William,  and  that  the  other 
children  were  by  the  second  wife.  Children 
of  John  Peckham:  John,  of  whom  further; 
Thomas,  William,  bom  1647;  Rebecca,  Ste- 
phen, James,  Clement,  Deborah,  Phebe,  bom 
1666;  Elizabeth,  Susannah,  Sarah. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Peckham, 
was  born  about  1645,  ^^^  before  1712.  He 
lived  on  the  Peckham  estate  in  Little  Compton, 
Rhode  Island,  and  his  children  were  bom 
there.  He  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors 
of  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island,  in  1677.  He 
married,  1667,  Sarah  Newport.  Children: 
Elizabeth,  born  September  17,  1668;  John, 
June  9,  1673 ;  Mary,  September  30,  1674;  Reu- 
ben, February  3,  1676;  Peleg,  Diecember  11, 
1677;  Joseph,  March  8,  1679;  Sarah,  Septem- 
ber 5,  1680,  died  young;  Timothy,  August  5, 
1681 ;  Benjamin,  June  9,  1684;  Isaac,  of  whom 
further;  Sarah,  June  26,  1690. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (2)  Peckham,  was 
born  April  11,  1688,  died  Febmary  10,  1765. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Middletown,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married  (first),  November  8, 
1710,  Barbara,  born  March  15,  1687,  daughter 
of  John  and  Rebecca  Phillips.  He  married 
(second)  Jane,  bom  July  5,  1706,  died  Sep- 
tember 25,  1778,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Ann 
(Card)  Sisson.  Children  by  first  wife:  John, 
bom  May  i,  1712;  Isaac,  October  20,  17 13; 
Sarah,  October  6,  171 5 ;  Benjamin,  October  19, 
1717;  Ruth,  July  22,  1719;  Clement,  May  20, 
1721 ;  Stephen,  March  6,  1723;  Philip,  July  11, 
1725.    Children  by  second  wife:  William,  bom 


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October  i,  1727;  Barbara,  November  19,  1729; 
Anne,  August  13,  1731;  Mary,  August  16, 
1733;  Elizabeth,  October  26,  1735;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further;  Jane,  March  23,  1740;  Rachel, 
November  23,  1742,  died  young;  Abigail,  De- 
cember 29,  174'^,  died  young;  Richard,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1745,  died  young. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Isaac  Peckham,  was 
born  May  2,  1738,  died  July  12,  18 12.  He 
lived  in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island.  He  was  a 
zealous  patriot  in  the  revolution.  He  mar- 
ried, November  20,  1760,  Sarah  Weeden.  Chil- 
dren: Eunice,  Isaac,  of  whom  further;  Alan- 
son,  bom  September  20,  1765,  married  Cather- 
ine Coggeshall,  December  20,  1787;  Charles, 
Sarah. 

(V)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Peckham, 
was  bom  in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island, 
August  12,  1763.  He  married,  at  East  Green- 
wich, Rhode  Island,  December  9,  1785,  Ruth, 
bom  April  16,  1764,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Catherine  Tripp.  They  were  Quakers.  Chil- 
dren, recorded  at  Middletown :  Catherine,  born 
August  28,  1786;  Joseph,  of  whom  further; 
Erasmus  Kelley,  October  29,  1788;  Esther, 
June  9,  1790;  Auschley,  February  17,  1792; 
John,  February  22,  1794;  Ruth,  November  7, 
1799;  Isaac,  December  6,  1802. 

(VI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Peck- 
ham, was  born  in  Middletown,  Rhode  Island, 
near  Little  Compton,  July  28,  1787.  He  is 
said  to  have  lived  at  Little  Compton,  and  near 
Boston,  Massachusetts;  he  removed  to  the 
state  of  New  York  when  a  young  man,  and 
after  residing  a  short  time  in  Cortland  county, 
thereafter  located  in  Allegany  county,  where 
he  died  in  1876.  He  was  a  carpenter,  and  also 
a  well-to-do  farmer.  In  later  years  he  was  a 
Republican,  and  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  married  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Joseph  and  Rhoda  (Parker) 
Smith,  January  5,  1812.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Smith  family  of  Virginia,  to  which  be- 
longed the  famous  Captain  John  Smith.  Chil- 
dren: Almon,  born  November  i,  1812,  died 
1905;  Edwin,  September  28,  1814,  died  1910; 
Abigail,  May  18,  1816,  died  1897;  Sally,  March 
26,  1818,  died  November  30,  1822;  Harriett, 
February  3,  1820;  Lauriston,  of  whom  fur- 
ther ;  Rhoda  Louisa,  March  18, 1825 ;  Mariette, 
June  19,  1827,  died  January  15,  1906;  Cephas, 
July  9,  1829,  still  living  1912 ;  Amelia,  February 

(VII)  Lauriston,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Peck- 
ham, was  bom  in  Homer,  Cortland  county, 


New  York,  February  5,  1823,  died  September 
28,  1902.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  was  a  carpenter  in  early  man- 
hood, but  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  near 
Angelica,  New  York,  and  turned  to  agricul- 
ture. In  1 87 1  he  retired  from  active  pursuits, 
and  resided  in  the  village  of  Angelica,  and  at 
Jamestown.  He  was  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried, January  5,  1848,  Mary  J.,  bom  February 
10,  1824  (still  living,  February,  1912),  eldest 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Betsy  (Woodcock) 
Bacon.  Thomas  Bacon  was  left  an  orphan  at 
the  age  of  nine  years,  and  as  a  boy  went  to 
sea,  and  followed  it  for  many  years.  He  was 
wrecked  off  the  coast  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  he 
and  two  others  were  the  only  survivors  of 
the  disaster.  He  afterward  settled  in  Bos- 
ton, where  he  followed  mercantile  pursuits. 
His  later  years  were  spent  in  Allegany  county. 
New  York,  where  he  died  in  1859.  He  was  a 
man  of  untiring  energy  and  great  force  of 
character,  known  among  his  fellows  as  "Hon- 
est Scotch  Bacon,"  and  his  reputation  for 
scmpulous  honesty  followed  him  throughout 
his  entire  life.  He  served  in  the  war  of  18 12, 
and  was  honorably  discharged.  His  children 
were:  Mary  J.,  who  became  wife  of  Lauris- 
ton Peckham;  Rhoda,  Ann  Eliza,  Betsy,  Ed- 
ward, Francis. 

(VIII)  Vernon  E.,  only  child  of  Lauriston 
Peckham,  was  bom  in  Caneadea,  Allegany 
county.  New  York,  October  i,  1849.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  the  Angelica 
and  Belfast  academies,  and  taught  school  for 
a  few  years  afterward.  In  1875  he  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  D.  P.  Richardson, 
at  Angelica,  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar,  April  7,  1878.  In  the  following 
August  he  located  in  Attica,  Wyoming  county. 
New  York,  where  he  purchased  the  law  library 
and  practice  of  Judge  Marvin  Thrall.  After 
several  years  of  arduous  and  successful  prac- 
tice he  located,  in  February,  1885,  in  James- 
town, New  York,  and  opened  an  office,  where 
he  has  since  continued  in  an  active  and  re- 
munerative general  practice.  He  has  held  va- 
rious important  positions  in  the  line  of  his 
profession.  In  1892  he  was  elected  special 
county  judge  of  Chautauqua  county  for  a  term 
of  three  years.  From  1898  to  1909  he  was 
referee  in  bankruptcy  in  the  United  States 
district  court  for  Chautauqua  and  Cattaraugus 
counties,  having  been  appointed  by  United 
States  District  Judge  Alfred  Coxe,  and  reap- 
pointed by  United  States  District  Judge  John 


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R.  Hazel.  He  is  a  member  of  the  County  and 
City  Bar  associations,  and  is  held  in  high  repute 
by  both  bench  and  bar.  He  is  a  thirty-second 
degree  Mason,  a  member  of  Mt.  Moriah  Lodge, 
No.  145,  F.  and  A.  M. ;  Western  Sun  Chapter, 
No.  67,  R.  A.  M. ;  Jamestown  Commandery  No. 
61,  K.  T. ;  Jamestown  Lodge  of  Perfection; 
Jamestown  Council,  P.  of  J. ;  Buffalo  Consis- 
tory, A.  C.  S.  R. ;  a  noble  of  Ismailia  Temple, 

A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.,  of  Buffalo.  He  is  also  a 
charter  member  of  Jamestown  Lodge,  No.  263, 

B.  P.  O.  E.  He  has  for  many  years  been  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  Peckham  married,  January  28,  1880,  at 
Attica,  New  York,  Helen  Burr,  daughter  of 
Moses  Pearson  Cogswell  (see  Cogswell  IX). 
Children:  Mary  Cogswell,  born  July  3,  1883; 
B.  S.,  Simmons  College,  1908;  now  an  assistant 
librarian  in  University  of  Michigan;  a  com- 
municant of  the  Presbyterian  church;  John 
Vernon,  bom  March  10,  1885,  died  July  9. 
1894, 

Mrs.  Peckham,  wife  of  Vernon  E.  Peckham, 
has  been  active  in  various  interests  of  the  First 
Presb)rterian  Church  of  Jamestown,  of  which 
she  is  a  member  and  for  many  years  a  deacon- 
ness.  For  some  years  she  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  directors  of  the  Visiting  Nurse 
Association,  of  Jamestown,  and  has  always 
been  active  in  the  work  of  that  organization. 
She  is  on  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Agnes 
Association,  the  official  board  of  the  Agnes 
Home,  and  the  Warner  Home  for  the  Aged. 
Since  1887  she  has  been  an  active  member  of 
the  Mozart  Club,  and  is  herself  a  gifted  musi- 
cian. Since  young  womanhood  Mrs.  Peck- 
ham has  been  an  earnest  believer  in  woman 
suffrage,  and  by  voice  and  pen  has  advocated 
the  enfranchisement  of  women  in  this  and 
other  states.  At  one  time  she  was  an  officer 
of  the  New  York  State  Woman's  Suffrage 
Association. 

(The  Cogswell  Line). 

In  England  the  names  Coggswell  and  Cogge- 
shall  have  the  same  origin,  but  in  America 
they  are  two  distinct  names,  the  Coggeshalls 
being  descended  from  John,  the  first  governor 
of  Rhode  Island,  and  the  Coggswells  being 
descended  from  Robert,  mentioned  below. 
The  family  tradition  of  the  Cc^swells  now 
holding  the  ancient  Cogswell  |X)ssessions  in 
Westbury,  county  of  Wilts,  England,  is  that 
their  ancestors  came  from  the  county  of  Es- 
sex, and  were  known  as  Coggeshall,  with  the 


various  spellings  appearing  in  the  form  of 
Cogshall,  Coggeshall,  Coggeshale,  CogeshoU, 
Cogeshole,  Coggashael,  Cogshol,  Coxhall, 
Cockshall  and  Coggshale. 

(I)  Robert  Cogswell,  according  to  his  will, 
was  a  manufacturer  of  woolen  cloths,  and 
born  in  Westbury  Leigh,  county  of  Wilts, 
England.  The  register  of  the  parish  gives  the 
date  of  his  burial,  June  7,  1581.  His  wife 
Alicia  survived  him  and  was  buried  August  i, 
1603.  Children:  Robert,  Richard,  Stephen, 
Joane,  Margaret,  Margery,  Edith,  Edward, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Edward,  son  of  Robert  Cogswell,  was 
born  in  Westbury  Leigh,  county  Wilts,  Eng- 
land, and  was  a  clothier  there,  carrying  on 
the  business  which  his  family  had  carried  on 
for  generations.  He  died  in  1616.  His  estates 
were  designated  as  Ludbome,  Homingsham 
and  Ripond  Mylls.  Children :  Margaret^  Eliza- 
beth, died  young ;  Robert,  died  young ;  Andrew 
and  Robert,  twins;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Margery,  Anthony,  died  young;  Anthony, 
Geoffrey,  Elenor,  Walter. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Edward  Cogswell,  was 
born  in  1592,  in  Westbury  Leigh,  county 
Wilts,  England.  At  the  age  of  twenty-three 
he  married  the  daughter  of  the  parish  vicar, 
succeeded  to  his  father's  business  and  settled 
down  in  the  old  homestead.  He  was  a  man- 
ufacturer of  woolen  fabrics,  and  his  "mylls" 
gained  a  favorable  reputation,  lasting  to  the 
present  day.  In  1635  he  sold  his  mills  and 
with  his  wife  and  nine  children  immigrated  to 
America.  They  took  passage  in  that  ill-fated 
ship  the  "Angel  Gabriel,"  which  was  wrecked 
on  the  coast  of  Maine.  They  escaped  with 
little  else  but  their  lives,  and  spent  the  first 
night,  August  15,  1635,  in  a  tent  on  the  beach. 
They  finally  settled  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  granted  land  and  built  a  house. 
The  grant  of  three  hundred  acres  was  in  a 
part  of  Ipswich  which  became  the  town  of 
Essex.  The  house  stood  on  the  site  occupied 
by  the  residence  of  the  late  Hon.  Charles  Kim- 
ball. The  land  has  been  in  the  Cogswell  family 
for  eight  generations.  John  Cc^swell  was  the 
third  original  settler  in  Essex,  and  his  name 
appears  often  in  the  Ipswich  records.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  March  3.  1636.  He 
deeded  land  to  his  son  William  in  November, 
1 65 1,  "on  the  south  east  side  of  the  Chebacco 
river."  On  the  same  date  he  gave  a  dwelling 
house  to  his  son-in-law,  Cornelius  Waldo.  His 
estate  was  inventoried,  December  27,  1669,  by 


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John  Burnham  and  William  Haskale  at  one 
hundred  and  fifteen  pounds,  nineteen  shil- 
lings. He  died  November  29,  1669,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-seven.  He  married,  Septem- 
ber 10,  161 5,  Elizabeth  Thompson,  who  died 
June  2,  1676,  daughter  of  Rev.  William  and 
Phillis  Thompson.  Children:  Daughter,  mar- 
ried and  resided  in  London;  Mary,  William, 
mentioned  below;  John,  baptized  July  25, 
1622;  Hannah,  Abigail,  Edward,  born  1629; 
Sarah,  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  John  Cogswell,  was 
bom  in  Westbury,  England,  in  16 19,  died  E>e- 
cember  15,  1700.  He  came  with  his  parents 
to  America  when  he  was  about  sixteen  years 
old,  and  at  about  thirty  he  was  married.  He 
settled  on  the  home  place  and  became  one  of 
the  most  influential  men  in  Ipswich.  He  was 
largely  instrumental  in  the  establishment  of 
the  first  church  at  Chebacco  parish.  He  gave 
the  land  on  which  to  erect  a  meeting  house, 
which  was  dedicated  in  April,  1680.  He  enter- 
tained at  his  house  the  ecclesiastical  council 
that  met  August  12,  1683,  to  organize  the 
church  and  install  the  first  pastor,  Mr.  John 
Wise.  He  was  often  on  the  board  of  select- 
men and  moderator  of  parish  meetings.  In 
1693  the  parish  committee  on  the  assignments 
of  seats  in  the  meeting  house  gave  Mrs.  Cogs- 
well a  seat  with  the  minister's  wife,  which  was 
significant  of  the  respect  in  which  she  was 
held.  In  his  will,  dated  August  5,  1696,  he 
states  that  his  wife  was  deceased,  and  men- 
tions his  four  sons  and  four  daughters.  The 
will  was  proved  December  19,  1700.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1649,  Susanna,  daughter  of  Adam  and 
Anne  (Hutchinson)  Hawks;  she  was  born  in 
Charlestown  in  1633,  died  before  1696.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  bom  1650;  Hester,  Susanna, 
twin,  January  5,  1657;  Ann,  twin  of  Susanna; 
William,  December  4,  1659;  Jonathan,  April 
26,  1661 ;  Edmund,  died  May  15,  1680;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Adam,  bom  January  12, 
1667;  Sarah,  February  3,  1668. 

(V)  Lieutenant  John  (2)  Cc^swell,  son  of 
William  Cogswell,  was  bom  at  Chebacco,  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  May  12,  1666,  died  in 
1710.  He  was  called  to  fill  various  public 
offices  in  the  town,  and  was  a  member  of  the 
church.  He  married  Hannah,  born  July  4, 
1673,  daughter  of  Deacon  William  Jr.  and 
Hannah  (Dane)  Goodhue,  of  Chebacco.  Chil- 
dren :  Hannah,  born  March  27,  1693  J  William, 
September  24,  1694;  Susanna,  March  10,  1696; 
John,  December  2,  1699;  Francis,  March  26, 


1701 ;  Elizabeth,  Margaret,  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Bethia,  Joseph,  died  in  17 18. 
John  Cogswell  died  at  the  age  of  forty-five, 
without  a  will,  leaving  property  appraised  at 
eight  hundred  and  eighty-nine  pounds.  His 
widow  was  appointed  administratrix,  June  5, 
1 7 10.  She  married  (second)  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Perley,  of  Boxford,  Massachusetts,  a 
widower  with  five  children,  and  had  three 
children  by  her  second  marriage.  She  died 
December  25,  1742. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Lieutenant  John 
(2)  Cogswell,  was  born  January  19,  1707,  in 
Chebacco  parish,  Ipswich,  died  March  23, 
1783.  He  was  three  years  old  when  his  father 
died.  He  went  from  home  in  boyhood  and 
entered  a  store  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
He  became  a  leading  merchant  and  a  promi- 
nent citizen  of  that  town.  In  person  he  was 
of  medium  stature,  portly,  of  dark  complex- 
ion, with  black  hair  and  eyes.  He  joined  the 
church,  June  i,  1746,  and  was  a  devoted  mem- 
ber. After  a  successful  business  life  he  retired 
in  1766  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Atkinson, 
New  Hampshire.  Here  he  gave  the  land  and 
contributed  freely  toward  the  first  meeting 
house,  erected  in  1768-69.  Before  this  public 
worship  had  been  conducted  at  Mr.  Cc^swell's 
house.  During  the  revolution  he  loaned  large 
sums  of  money  to  provide  equipments  for  the 
soldiers,  which  by  reason  of  the  depreciated 
currency  proved  almost  a  total  loss.  He  gave 
eight  sons  to  the  army,  who  served  with  dis- 
tinction, and  fulfilled  an  aggregate  term  of  serv- 
ice of  more  than  thirty-eight  years.  It  is  said 
that  these  eight  sons  were  of  such  height  that  in 
the  aggregate  they  measured  about  fifty  feet. 
They  all  survived  the  war,  and  became  promi- 
nent in  professional  and  civil  life.  Mr.  Cogs- 
well owned  a  negro  boy,  Caesar,  which  he  sold 
to  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Andover,  trader.  He 
married,  January  31,  1740,  Judith,  born  Fel>- 
ruary  3,  1724,  died  May  7,  18 10,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Hannah  (Peaslee)  Badger,  of 
Haverhill.  Children :  Nathaniel,  born  May  14, 
1741,  died  November  9,  1754;  Jeremiah,  July 
12,  1743;  Joseph,  November  23,  1744,  died 
December  i,  1746;  Thomas,  August  4,  1746; 
Joseph,  December  31,  1747,  died  July  22,  1752; 
Hannah,  July  13,  1749;  Judith,  March  23, 
1750,  died  August  21,  1753;  Amos,  October  2, 
1752;  Judith,  March  24,  1754,  died  Septem- 
ber 2.  1754;  Nathaniel  Peaslee,  July  10,  1755; 
Joseph,  August  i,  1756,  died  August  27,  1756; 
Moses,  mentioned  below ;  Daughter,  January  9, 


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1759,  died  January  9,  1759;  William,  July  11, 
1760;  John,  December  4,  1761 ;  Ebenezer,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1763;  Joseph,  April  16,  .1764; 
Francis,  September  27,  1765,  died  April  28, 
1773;  Daughter,  October  18,  1767,  died  Oc- 
tober 18,  1767. 

(VII)  Lieutenant  Moses  Cogswell,  son  of 
Nathaniel  Cogswell,  was  bom  September  22, 
1757,  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  181 1.  During  nearly  the  whole 
period  of  the  revolution  he  was  in  naval  ser- 
vice, holding  the  commission  of  lieutenant 
and  serving  as  a  privateersman.  He  was 
once  captured  and  held  prisoner  at  Halifax, 
Nova  Scotia,  at  the  time  of  the  famous  Dark 
Day  in  New  England.  The  sun  shone  brightly 
all  day  in  Halifax,  and  the  British  said  of  the 
event,  when  they  heard  of  it :  "It  was  a  divine 
curse  upon  the  rebels."  Lieutenant  Cogswell 
settled  in  Canterbury,  New  Hampshire,  after 
the  war,  and  kept  a  tavern,  and  carried  on  a 
farm.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  died 
very  suddenly  of  paralysis,  and  his  wife  died 
exactly  three  years  after,  September  16,  1814. 
He  married,  June  13,  1781,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Rev.  and  Hon.  Abiel  and  Hannah  (Badger) 
Foster,  and  granddaughter  of  General  Joseph 
and  Hannah  (Pearson)  Badger.  She  was  born 
in  Canterbury,  New  Hampshire.  Rev.  and 
Hon.  Abiel  Foster,  son  of  Captain  Asa  Foster, 
was  of  Andover,  Massachusetts ;  he  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1756;  was  a  member 
of  the  continental  congress  in  1783-84,  and 
for  several  terms  after  the  adoption  of  the  con- 
stitution, 1 795- 1 803 ;  was  the  only  New  Hamp- 
shire delegate  to  the  continental  congress  who 
witnessed  the  spectacle  of  the  commander-in- 
chief  of  the  American  army  delivering  his 
sword  to  the  American  congress ;  died  in  1806, 
aged  seventy-one.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Cogswell:  Amos,  born  July  28,  1782;  Nathan- 
iel, June  3,  1784;  Abiel,  May  20,  1786,  died 
February  11,  1787;  Joseph  Badger,  bom  Jan- 
uary 6,  1788;  Hannah  Badger,  February  19, 
1790;  Thomas,  February  15,  1792;  Abiel,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1794;  Jeremiah,  of  whom  further; 
a  daughter,  April  i,  1799,  died  same  year;  a 
daughter,  February  i,  1800,  died  in  infancy; 
Nancy,  June  24,  1801 ;  William,  September  3, 
1804,  died  April  28,  1826;  Betsey,  twin  with 
William,  died  December  27,  1815 ;  Moses  Pear- 
son, born  January  7,  1809. 

(VIII)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Lieutenant  Moses 
Cogswell,  was  bom  in  Canterbury,  New 
Hampshire,  October  9,  1795,  died  at  Brock- 


port,  New  York,  November  26,  1837,  where 
he  had  located  in  middle  life.  As  a  contractor 
he  was  interested  in  building  the  Erie  canal, 
and  subsequently  he  was  for  some  years  a  for- 
warding merchant  and  dealer  in  flour  and 
grain.  He  married,  March  27,  1826,  at  Attica, 
New  York,  Tryphena,  born  in  New  London, 
New  Hampshire,  August  4,  1799,  daughter  of 
Henry  B.  and  Martha  (Burpee)  Achilles.  She 
married  (second),  in  1850,  William  Dewey, 
who  died  October  21,  1876,  and  she  died  m 
Rochester,  New  York,  August  4,  1887.  Jere- 
miah and  Tryphena  (Achilles)  Cogswell  lived 
in  Brockport,  New  York;  after  the  death  of 
the  former  named,  his  widow  (then  Mrs. 
Dewey),  in  her  eighty-third  year,  wrote  of  the 
home  of  her  first  marriage:  "Our  home  was 
one  of  the  happiest  in  the  village,  my  husband 
one  of  the  best,  a  very  indulgent  father,  a  man 
of  firm  integrity,  one  who  was  looked  up  to  for 
advice  by  all  his  associates.  All  places  of  busi- 
ness in  the  town  were  closed  during  the  hour 
of  his  funeral  services."  Their  children :  Wil- 
liam, born  November  22,  1828,  died  Novem- 
ber 22,  1829;  Martha,  March  24,  1830,  died 
April  17,  1832;  William  Henry,  May  18,  1832, 
died  October  21,  1847;  Moses  Pearson,  of 
whom  further. 

(IX)  Moses  Pearson,  son  of  Jeremiah 
Cogswell,  was  bom  July  31,  1834,  in  Brock- 
port,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  Attica,  where  his  mother  went  to 
live  after  his  father's  death.  From  youth  he 
was  industrious,  energetic  and  enterprising. 
In  1855  he  established  a  general  hardware 
store  in  Beloit,  Wisconsin,  and  he  was  active  in 
public  affairs  there.  In  1864  he  returned  to 
Attica,  New  York,  and  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Erie  Railroad  Company.  Three  or  four 
years  later  he  went  to  Kansas  and  became  con- 
nected with  the  Missouri,  Kansas  &  Texas 
railroad,  during  the  period  of  its  construction, 
and  held  various  offices  of  responsibility  and 
trust  in  that  company  until  his  death  in  the 
awful  Ashtabula  disaster  on  the  Lake  Shore 
&  Michigan  Southern  railroad,  December  29, 
1876.  In  politics  he  was  an  earnest  and  in- 
fluential Democrat  of  the  old  JeflFerson  and 
Jackson  type. 

He  married,  at  Beloit,  Wisconsin,  October 
14,  1858,  Mary  Janet,  born  in  BuflFalo,  New 
York,  October  14,  1839,  died  February  10, 
1Q09,  daughter  of  John  C.  and  Jane  (Grey) 
Burr;  her  father  was  of  the  Burr  family  of 
Connecticut,  and  through  her  mother  she  was 


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descended  from  the  historical  English  family 
of  Grey.  Children:  i.  Helen  Burr,  born  at 
Brockport,  New  York,  December  17,  i860; 
married  Vernon  E.  Peckham  (see  Peckham 
VIII).  2.  Harry  Achilles,  bom  June  30,  1870, 
died  February  14,  1873.  3-  Cora  M.,  bom 
Febmary  17,  1874;  married  William  L.  Phil- 
lips, M.  D.,  of  Buffalo,  March  30,  1898;  chil- 
dren: Elizabeth  Cogswell,  born  January  8, 
1902;  Helen  Cogswell,  March  12,  1904, 

According  to  Lower  (Patronymica 
WADE    Brittanica)   Wade  is  one  of  the 

names  that  is  derived  from  the  face 
of  nature,  "Brittaine's  Remaines"  ( 1614)  speaks 
of  it  as  a  baptismal  name  in  use  in  England  at 
the  Conquest  (1066).  The  same  author  gives 
the  derivation  of  the  word,  from  Anglo-Saxon 
"Wad,"  a  meadow  or  ford.  The  pages  of  Eng- 
lish and  American  history  are  filled  with  the 
records  of  their  useful  lives  and  deeds  of  valor. 
The  name  was  early  transplanted  to  New  Eng- 
land. 

(I)  Nicholas  Wade,  born  in  1618,  in  the 
county  of  Norfolk,  parish  of  Denver,  near 
Downham  market,  England,  son  of  a  wealthy 
English  yeoman  and  relative  of  Sir  William, 
son  of  Armigal  Wade,  had  brothers,  Jonathan, 
Nathaniel  and  Richard.  These  all  settled  in 
Massachusetts.  Nicholas  Wade  came  to 
America  in  1632,  and  settled  in  Scituate,  where 
the  original  Wade  farm  is  now  held  by  Jelson 
Wade,  a  descendant  of  the  English  generation. 
He  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  and  allegiance  in 
1638.  In  1657  he  was  licensed  to  keep  an  inn. 
He  was  a  soldier  and  served  in  the  Indian  wars 
of  that  period.  He  died  in  1683.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Ensign.  Children:  John,  Thomas, 
of  further  mention;  Nathaniel,  Elizabeth, 
married  Marmaduke  Stevens ;  Joseph,  killed  in 
the  Rehoboth  battle  in  King  PhiUp's  war; 
Hannah,  Nicholas,  bom  1690,  married  Ann, 
daughter  of  James  Latham ;  Jacob. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Eliza- 
beth (Ensign)  Wade,  was  born  in  Scituate 
about  1650.  He  settled  in  Bridgewater,,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1680,  where  some  of  his  chil- 
dren were  bom.  He  married,  in  1672,  Eliza- 
beth Curtis.  Children :  Jacob,  bom  1673 »  J^ 
seph,  1675;  Sarah,  1678;  Thomas,  1680;  Han- 
nah, 1682;  Ichabod,  1685;  Moses,  1689;  Deb- 
orah, 1691 ;  Rachel,  1692. 

(III)  Ichabod,  son  of  Thomas  and  Eliza- 
beth (Curtis)  Wade,  was  born  in  1685.  In  his 
will  dated  1747  he  mentions  sons:  Ichabod, 


Amos,    Ebenezer,    and    daughters:    Malison, 
Abial  and  Molly. 

(IV)  Ichabod  (2),  son  of  Ichabod  (i) 
Wade,  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolutionary  war 
and  later  an  officer  of  the  United  States  reg- 
ular army,  connected  with  the  paymaster's  de- 
partment. He  marched  with  Captain  Samuel 
Bliss's  company  of  minute-men  on  the  Lexing- 
ton alarm,  April  19,  1775;  service  eight  days; 
was  captain  of  a  light  infantry  company  of 
Colonel  WiHiam's  regiment,  service  twenty- 
three  days;  company  stationed  at  Tiverton, 
October  7,  1777;  roll  sworn  to  at  Rehoboth; 
also  captain  in  Colonel  (Jeorge  William's  reg- 
iment; Brgadier-CJeneral  Palmer's  brigade. 
Return  of  officers  who  marched  on  a  "late" 
expedition  to  Rhode  Island,  dated  German- 
town,  December  11,  1777  (see  Massachusetts 
"Soldiers  and  Sailors  of  the  Revolution").  He 
was  married  by  Elder  Robert  Rogerson,  No- 
vember 14,  1763,  to  Mary  Peck,  of  Rehoboth. 
At  that  time  he  is  called  "of  Taunton."  Chil- 
dren: Silvanus,  bom  September  11,  1764; 
Lewis,  of  further  mention;  Alpheas,  July  26, 
1768;  Ichabod,  July  27,  1770;  EHbannon,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1772;  Achsah,  February  27,  1774; 
Ebenezer,  February  10,  1776;  Sarah  Peck, 
January  10,  1778;  John  Leland,  April  25, 
1780;  Mary,  March  5,  1782;  Comfort,  April  7, 
1786;  Sarah  (Sally),  July  28,  1788. 

(V)  Lewis,  son  of  Ichabod  (2)  and  Mary 
(Peck)  Wade,  was  bom  September  11,  1766, 
died  at  Seekonk,  Massachusetts,  1855,.  in  his 
eighty-ninth  year.  He  married,  at  Swansea, 
Massachusetts,  June  16,  1786,  Rebecca  Peck, 
died  September,  1842,  in  her  seventy-eighth 
year,  daughter  of  a  revolutionary  soldier. 
Among  their  children  was  George  W.,  of  fur- 
ther mention. 

(VI)  George  W.,  son  of  Lewis  and  Re- 
becca (Peck)  Wade,  was  bom  in  1803,  died  in 
1868.  He  was  the  first  of  this  branch  of  the 
Wade  family  to  settle  in  New  York  state,  com- 
ing prior  to  1830,  after  a  residence  in  Penn- 
sylvania. He  married  Betsey  Eliza  Bowen, 
of  Tioga  county,  New  York.  Among  their 
children  was  George  Lyman,  of  further  men- 
tion. 

(VII)  (Jeorge  L)mian,  son  of  George  W. 
and  Betsey  Eliza  (Bowen)  Wade,  was  bom 
in  Pennsylvania,  1823,  died  at  Jamestown, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York.  He  came  to 
Ellington  in  early  life  after  a  previous  resi- 
dence at  Charlotte,  same  county.  He  was 
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occupations  in  Ellington.  He  was  a  zealous 
worker  and  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
married  Jane  Elizabeth  Pierson,  born  in  Hull, 
England,  in  1822.  In  1826  her  parents  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  settling  at  Char- 
lotte, Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  George,  died  young ;  Jennie  E., 
married  Henry  Erwin,  of  Charlotte,  New 
York;  Charles  E.,  Arthur  C,  of  further  men- 
tion; Alfred  E.,  died  in  California  in  1904; 
John  L.,  residing  now  in  Ellicott,  New  York ; 
Lillian  A.,  married  Bert  Willsie. 

(Vni)  Arthur  C,  fourth  son  of  George 
Lyman  and  Jane  Elizabeth  (Pierson)  Wade, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Charlotte,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  December  12,  1852.  He 
attended  the  district  school,  and  after  an  acci- 
dent that  caused  the  loss  of  his  left  arm  he 
decided  upon  a  professional  career.  He  at- 
tended Ellington  Academy  and  Chamberlain 
Institute  at  Randolph.  He  then  entered  the 
law  office  of  Theodore  A.  Case,  of  Ellington, 
where  he  read  law  for  eighteen  months.  In 
1876  he  entered  Albany  Law  School,  whence 
he  was  graduated  LL.  B.,  class  of  1877,  ^^^ 
admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year.  In  June, 
1877,  ^^  formed  a  partnership  with  his  old 
preceptor,  Mr.  Case,  and  with  him  practiced 
law  in  Ellington  for  five  years.  These  were 
five  valuable  years  to  the  young  practitioner 
associated  as  he  was  with  an  old  and  skillful 
lawyer.  The  ability  shown  by  Mr.  Wade  in 
the  conduct  of  his  cases  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  eminent  ex- Judge  Orsell  Cook, 
who  offered  the  young  man  a  partnership  in  his 
legal  business  at  Jamestown.  The  offer  was 
accepted  and  in  January,  1883,  the  firm  of 
Case  &  Wade  dissolved.  The  same  year  the 
firm  of  Cook,  Fisher  &  Wade  was  formed  with 
offices  in  Jamestown.  They  continued  a  suc- 
cessful legal  practice  until  the  death  of  Judge 
Cook,  July  I,  1895.  The  firm  continued  as 
Fisher,  Wade  &  Stevenson  until  January  i, 
1897,  when  Mr.  Fisher  withdrew.  Since  then 
the  firm  has  continued  as  Wade  &  Stevenson, 
until  April  I,  1910.  During  these  years  Mr. 
Wade  advanced  to  the  front  ranks  of  his  pro- 
fession, having  won  a  series  of  notable  vic- 
tories in  criminal  defense  where  the  odds  were 
heavily  against  him.  Learned  in  the  law  and 
skillful  in  its  application,  keen,  alert,  pro- 
found and  always  thoroughly  prepared,  in- 
tensely earnest,  no  opposing  lawyer  ever  tried 


conclusions  with  him  without  being  impressed 
with  his  power.  A  notable  case  which  he  suc- 
cessfully defended  after  conviction,  sentence 
and  affirmation  by  the  court  of  appeals,  was  the 
State  against  Howard  C.  Benham,  of  Batavia, 
charged  with  murder.  Mr.  Wade  secured  a 
new  trial  and  a  verdict  of  "Not  Guilty."  Aside 
from  the  law  Mr.  Wade  has  aided  largely  in 
the  establishment  and  development  of  the  man- 
ufacturing industries  of  Jamestown,  its  banks 
and  public  utilities.  He  is  president  of  the  Art 
Metal  Construction  Company,  the  Jamestown 
Metal  Furniture  Company,  the  AhktrcMn 
Piano  Company,  D.  H.  Grandin  Milling  Com- 
pany, Chautauqua  Towel  Mills,  Home  Tele- 
phone Company;  vice-president  of  the  Post 
Publishing  Company,  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank  of  Jamestown,  of  the  Allen 
Square  Company  and  various  other  corpora- 
tions. 

His  clear  business  mind  added  to  his  long 
legal  training  makes  him  a  most  valuable  offi- 
cial head  of  these  enterprises,  many  of  which 
are  leaders  of  their  kind  and  highly  success- 
ful in  a  financial  way.  For  many  years  he  has 
dealt  heavily  in  real  estate  and  has  been  con- 
nected with  several  enterprises  for  improve- 
ment and  development.  His  practical  knowl- 
edge of  street  railway  management  was  so 
recc^ized  that  he  was  employed  by  the  leg- 
islative committee  that  investigated  the  sur- 
face and  elevated  railways  of  the  state  in 
1895.  His  conduct  of  the  investigation  won 
him  high  commendation  from  lawyers  of  na- 
tional as  well  as  state  prominence.  In  politi- 
cal life  he  has  always  taken  a  leading  part. 
His  unusual  oratorical  ability  has  been  freely 
used  in  many  campaigns  and  has  been  a  pleas- 
ing as  well  as  a  leading  feature  of  many  con- 
ventions. At  the  Saratoga  convention,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1904,  he  was  selected  to  place 
Lieutenant-Governor  Higgins  in  nomination 
for  the  office  of  governor.  His  speech  on  that 
occasion  will  long  be  remembered  by  his  hear- 
ers, while  his  splendid  campaigning  in  the 
weeks  that  followed  contributed  largely  to  the 
unexpected  result,  the  election  of  Governor 
Higgins  being  unlooked  for  by  the  general 
public.  In  1891  he  was  the  Republican  candi- 
date for  state  comptroller,  but  went  down  to 
defeat  with  the  entire  state  ticket,  the  Demo- 
crats electing  their  entire  ticket  that  year.  In 
190.^  he  was  elected  to  the  state  assembly  and 
re-elected  in  1904  and  in  1905,  serving  on  the 


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following  committees:  Judiciary,  revision  and 
taxation  and  retrenchment.  In  local  office  he 
was  at  one  time  city  attorney  of  Jamestown. 

He  married,  August  22,  1877,  Mary  Frances, 
daughter  of  Carey  and  Diantha  (Gould) 
Briggs,  of  Ellington,  New  York. 


There  is  a  tradition  in  this  fam- 
PIERCE    ily    that    the    first    settler    was 

named  John  Pearce,  and  that  he 
came  about  1660,  from  Wales,  "Pearce"  be- 
ing the  Welsh  spelling  of  the  name.  The  fol- 
lowing record  is  found  in  the  town  records 
of  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island:  "John  Pearce, 
admitted  this  day,  a  free  inhabitant  of  this 
town."  He  may  have  been  one  of  the  Baptist 
congregation  of  John  Myles,  of  Swansea, 
Wales,  who  was  persecuted  from  Wales  to 
Rehoboth,  1666-7. 

(I)  John  Pearce,  bom  1632,  probably  died 

1692;  married  Mary ,  died  171 1.     He 

was  a  mason  by  trade.  In  his  will  made  in 
1689  he  styles  himself  "John  Perce,  Senior,  of 
Prudence  Island."  He  left  three  children — 
John,  Daniel  and  Mary. 

(II)  Daniel  Pearce,  born  about  1662,  died 

after  1744.    He  married  (first) ; 

(second),  December  13,  1733,  Elizabeth 
Tucker,  of  Prudence  Island.  Few  family  rec- 
ords can  be  found  of  him,  and  the  names  of  his 
children  given  have  been  recovered  from  deeds 
and  other  legal  papers.  The  records  of  his 
public  service  are  quite  full  and  cover  the 
period  from  1694  to  1731.  He  was  made 
freeman  of  the  town  of  Portsmouth,  June  6, 
1692.  He  resided  in  Portsmouth  up  to  1720, 
and  for  two  years  following  was  more  or  less 
at  Kingston,  but  took  up  a  permanent  resi- 
dence in  North  Kingston  the  summer  of  1723. 
From  1 701  to  1730  he  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly  of  Rhode  Island,  and  from  1707 
to  1720  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  in 
1724  was  overseer  of  the  poor  of  his  town. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Daniel  Jr.,  born  prob- 
ably 1687;  Margaret,  John  and  Mary.  By 
second  wife:  Benoni,  Nathan  and  William. 

(III)  Daniel  Pearce  Jr.,  born  probably 
1689,  died  probably  1758.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber, 1705,  Patience  Hill.  He  was  made  a 
freeman  of  the  town  of  Portsmouth,  June  6, 
1 71 5,  and  resided  on  Prudence  Island.  In 
1724  he  was  made  a  freeman  of  the  colony 
from  Portsmouth.  After  1737  he  seems  to 
have  lived  in  North  Kingston.     He  owned  a 


large  tract  of  land.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  assembly  for  Portsmouth  in  1722-23. 
Children:  Sarah,  bom,  March  6,  1710;  Na- 
thaniel, January  20,  171 5;  Daniel,  October  22, 
1717;  Jonathan,  April  6,  1719;  Deliverance, 
September  20,  1720;  Thomas,  May  31,  1723; 
William,  May  8,  1725 ;  Patience,  November  21, 
J  728;  Ebenezer,  February  17,  1731,  married 
Elizabeth . 

(IV)  Ebenezer  Pearce,  bom  February  17, 
173 1,  died  after  1803.  He  married  Elizabeth 
(other  name  not  known).  He  is  supposed  to 
have  been  a  farmer  by  occupation.  The  early 
part  of  his  life  was  spent  on  Prudence  Island. 
Some  time  between  1774  and  1790  he  moved 
to  the  town  of  Hancock,  Berkshire  county, 
Massachusetts.  In  1801  he  purchased  a  small 
tract  of  land  in  the  same  town,  which  he  sold 
in  the  latter  part  of  1803,  and  it  is  thought  he 
came  to  Fabius,  Onondaga  county,  New  York, 
with  his  sons,  and  probably  lived  with  one  of 
them  until  his  death.  Children:  Catherine, 
Phoebe,  Daniel  and  Caleb,  and  Benjamin. 
Daniel  and  Caleb  were  twins,  and  were  born 
January  29,  1768.  He  spelled  his  name 
Pearce  and  Peirce. 

(V)  Caleb  Pearce  (Pierce),  son  of  Eben- 
ezer Pearce,  was  bom  January  29,  1768,  in 
Rhode  Island,  died  May  23,  1838.  The  family 
lived  in  Rhode  Island  for  a  time,  later  at  Han- 
cock, Massachusetts.  In  the  early  part  of 
1804  they  moved  to  the  town  of  Fabius,  Onon- 
daga county,  New  York.  Daniel  and  Caleb, 
twin  brothers,  came  to  Fabius,  but  finding  the 
climate  malarial,  Caleb  moved  in  1834  to  the 
town  of  Rice  (now  Ischua),  Cattaraugus 
county.  He  married  Zeviah  Chase,  who  died 
November  30,  181 3.  Children:  Luke,  born 
June  23,  1787,  married  Diantha  Merrill; 
Mary,  born  March  25,  1789,  married  John 
Sweet;  Patience,  bom  July  20,  1791,  married 
Levi  Swan ;  Anna,  bom  August  23,  1792,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Symonds;  Lyartus  B.,  of  further 
mention;  Encum  San  ford,  born  November  21, 
1796,  married  Lavina  Barnard ;  Henry  B.,  born 
June  7,  1798;  Caleb,  bom  March  12,  1800, 
unmarried;  John,  born  May  4,  1804,  married 
Mary  Sill;  Eunice,  bom  September  7,  I008, 
married  Erastus  A.  Pratt ;  Zeviah,  bom  July  9, 
1819,  married  Hiram  Sill. 

Caleb  spelled  the  name  "Pearce"  in  the  land 
records  of  the  town  of  Hancock,  Massachu- 
setts, but  when  he  and  other  members  of  the 
family  purchased  land  in  Fabius,  Onondaga 
county,   they  adopted  the   spelling  "Pierce," 


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which  has  been  used  since.    He  was  a  radical 
Baptist  in  religious  faith. 

(VI)  Lyartus  B.  Pierce,  son  of  Caleb 
Pierce,  was  bom  in  the  town  of  Hancock, 
Massachusetts,  April  26,  1795,  and  died  July 
5,  1870.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and 
also  spent  part  of  his  time  on  the  farm.  His 
wife  was  a  granddaughter  of  Hendrick  Fost 
mer,  who  came  from  Holland  and  was  num- 
bered among  the  first  settlers  of  Columbia 
county,  New  York.  Catherine  Fosmer  Pierce 
was  born  in  New  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1799,  and  died  in  the  town  of  Hum- 
phrey, Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  June 
23i  1877.  Lyartus  Pierce  kept  to  the  same 
religious  faith  as  that  of  his  ancestors,  that  of 
a  stanch  Baptist.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812.  In  January,  1836,  he  settled  in  the 
town  of  Humphrey,  Cattaraugus  county,  New 
York,  on  Bozard  Hill,  lot  six.  He  married,  in 
January,  1822,  Catherine  Fosmer.  Children: 
Henry  B.,  Hiram,  Harrison,  Angeline,  Harvey, 
bom  June  22,  1831,  married  Mary  Woodruff; 
Harlow,  of  further  mention;  Adeline,  Julia. 

(VII)  Harlow  Pierce,  fifth  son  of  Lyar- 
tus B.  Pierce,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Fabius, 
Onondaga  county.  New  York,  May  19,  1833, 
and  died  in  the  town  of  Allegany,  December 
25,  1910.  In  January,  1836,  he  removed  with 
his  parents  to  the  town  of  Humphrey,  on  the 
farm  upon  which  he  resided  until  the  fall  of 
1908,  a  period  of  more  than  seventy-two  years. 
July  22,  1866,  he  was  married  to  Lydia  Ste- 
vens, of  East  Ash  ford.  Children,  i.  Katie 
M.,  bom  December  18,  1868;  married  S.  P. 
Wilber,  who  resides  in  Allegany,  New  York. 
2.  George  H.,  of  further  mention.  3.  Alice 
N.,  born  March  4,  1874.  died  April  la,  1877. 
4.  Elmer  S.,  born  July  14,  1876;  married  Jen- 
nie Johnson.  5.  Julia  G.,  bom  November  2, 
1880.    6.  Glenn  R.,  born  May  27,  1888. 

He  was  of  quiet  and  patient  disposition,  yet 
he  seemed  to  influence  all  people  who  knew 
him.  He  was  always  very  much  interested 
in  schools  and  educational  lines,  and  one  of  his 
aims  was  to  live  to  know  that  all  of  his  chil- 
dren were  well  educated.  In  politics  he  was 
a  stanch  Republican,  and  during  his  long  life 
never  wavered  in  his  allegiance  to  that  party, 
and  missed  voting  at  only  one  election;  he 
held  various  town  offices.  He,  with  Andrew 
J.  Bozard,  were  delegates  from  the  town  of 
Humphrey  to  the  first  Republican  convention 
ever  held  in  Cattaraugus  county. 

(VIII)  George  H.  Pierce,  son  of  Harlow 


Pierce,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Humphrey, 
Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,  June  27,  1872. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at 
Ten  Broeck  Academy,  being  graduated  from 
the  latter,  class  of  1892.  He  chose  the  profes- 
sion of  law,  and  pursued  his  studies  under  the 
direction  of  Hon.  F.  W.  Kruse.  In  July,  1897, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  at  once  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Olean,  where 
he  is  still  located  in  general  practice.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  has  held  many  pub- 
lic positions.  He  has  served  as  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  town  of  Allegany,  and  police  jus- 
tice of  the  village  of  Allegany;  is  serving  his 
eighth  year  as  a  member  of  the  Allegany  Board 
of  Education;  was  secretary  for  four  years 
and  now  president  of  the  board;  was  four 
years  attorney  for  the  village  of  Allegany,  and 
has  a  well-established  private  practice.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  for  two  terms  was  deputy  grand 
master  of  the  Eastern  District  of  Cattaraugus 
county,  New  York  state. 

He  married,  May  8,  1902,  Caroline  L,, 
daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  (Haase) 
Smith,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Smith, 
maternal  granddaughter  of  Frederick  Haase. 
Child:   Harlow   William,  bom   February   12, 

1905.  

Matthew  and  John  Whipple, 
WHIPPLE    brothers,     were    among    the 

earliest  settlers  of  that  part  of 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  called  the  "Hamlet," 
where  they  received  a  grant  of  land  of  more 
than  two  hundred  acres,  in  1638.  They  may 
have  been  the  sons  of  Matthew  Whipple,  of 
Bocking,  county  of  Essex,  England,  whose 
will  proved  January  28,  1618,  mentions  sons, 
Matthew  and  John.  Another  record  speaks  of 
"John  Whipple,  son  of  Matthew,  is  said  to 
have  been  baptized  in  Essex,  England,  1632." 
The  descendants  of  Matthew  seem  to  have 
settled  in  northern  England  largely,  among 
them  being  General  William  Whipple,  born  in 
1730,  died  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
November  28,  1785 ;  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence  and  general  of  a 
New  Hampshire  brigade,  and  in  civil  life 
judge  of  the  supreme  court  of  New  Hamp- 
shire. Other  noted  descendants  of  John  and 
Matthew  Whipple  are  statesmen,  soldiers  and 
scholars,  whose  names  are  found  in  army  rec- 
ords in  every  war;  in  college  rosters,  legisla- 
tive reports  and  in  high  positions  in  the  church, 


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notably  among  the  latter  Bishop  Whipple,  of 
Minnesota. 

(I)  John  Whipple,  born  1617,  died  May  16, 
1685;  was  of  Ipswich  and  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  July,  1659,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  was  received  as  a 
purchaser.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance, 
1666,  and  was  chosen  deputy,  1666-69-70-72- 
74-76-77.  Although  his  military  service  is  not 
shown  he  was  called  "Captain"  John.  In  1674 
he  was  licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary.  August 
14,  1676,  being  one  of  those  "who  staid  and 
went  not  away,"  he  had  a  share  in  the  dispo- 
sition of  the  Indian  captives  of  King  Philip's 
war,  whose  services  were  sold  for  a  term  of 
years.  He  was  the  ancestor  of  William  Whip- 
ple, a  signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence, whose  mansion  is  still  standing  in  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire.  His  will,  proved 
May  2^,  1685,  disposes  of  quite  a  large  amount 
of  land.  He  and  his  wife  were  buried  on  their 
own  land  but  their  bodies  were  afterward  re- 
moved to  the  North  burial  ground.  His  wife 
Sarah  was  bom  1624,  died  1666.  Children:  i. 
John,  was  town  treasurer  of  Providence,  Rhode 
Island ;  town  clerk,  deputy  and  assistant  to  the 
governor;  married  (first)  Mary  Olney;  (sec- 
ond) Rebecca,  widow  of  John  Scott.  2.  Sarah, 
born  1642;  married  John  Smith.  3.  Samuel, 
born  1644 ;  was  constable  and  deputy ;  married 
Mary  Harris.  4.  Eleazer,  born  1646;  was 
deputy ;  married  Alice  Angell.  5.  Mary,  born 
1648;  married  Epenetus  Olney.  6.  William, 
bom  1652;  married  Mary .  7.  Benja- 
min, born  1654;  married  Ruth  Matthewson. 
8.  David,  of  whom  further.  9.  Abigail,  mar- 
ried (first)  Stephen  Dexter;  (second)  Will- 
iam Hopkins.  10.  Joseph,  born  1662;  was 
deputy  twenty  terms;  member  of  the  town 
council  sixteen  terms ;  assistant  and  colonel  of 
a  militia  regiment;  married  Alice  Smith.  11. 
Jonathan,  born  1664;  married  Margaret  An- 
gell. These  children  all  settled  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island. 

(II)  David,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Whip- 
ple, was  born  1656,  died  December,  1710.  He 
was  of  Providence,  but  seems  to  have  removed 
to  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  late  in  life.  He 
held  the  military  rank  of  ensign.  His  will, 
proved  January  8,  171 1,  disposes  of  real  and 
personal  estate.  He  married  (first),  May  15, 
1675,  Sarah,  died  April  2,  1677,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (White)  Hearnden, 
who  bore  him  a  son,  David,  of  whom  forward ; 
he  married  (second),  November  11, 1677,  Han- 

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nah,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Tower, 
who  bore  him  seven  children. 

(III)  David  (2),  only  child  of  David  (i) 
and  his  first  wife,  Sarah  (Hearnden)  Whipple, 
was  born  1676.    He  married  and  had  issue. 

(IV)  David  (3),  son  of  David  (2)  Whip-^ 
pie,   was   born  about    1707,   died    1776.     He 
moved  to  Ciunberland,  Rhode  Island.  He  mar- 
ried, July  7,  1737,  Martha  Reed,  and  had  sons. 

(V)  David  (4),  son  of  David  (3)  and  Mar- 
tha (Reed)  Whipple,  married  Joanna  Jones. 
He  lived  for  a  time  in  the  town  of  Duanes- 
burg,  Schenectady  county.  New  York.  He  had 
several  sons,  among  them  Joseph  and  Samuel. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  David  (4)  and  Jo- 
anna (Jones)  Whipple,  was  born  in  Duanes- 
burg.  New  York,  February  10,  1798,  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1858,  and  is  buried  in  the  cemetery 
at  Qarkson,  Monroe  county.  New  York.  He 
was  but  a  lad  when  his  father  moved  to  Penn- 
sylvania, where  Samuel  continued  his  residence 
for  many  years.  Later  in  life  he  moved  to 
New  York  state,  purchasing  a  farm  north  of 
Clarkson,  Monroe  county,  on  which  he  resided 
until  his  death.  He  was  a  Universalist  in  relig- 
ious faith,  a  man  of  industrious  habits  and  up- 
right character.  He  married,  October  29, 1819, 
Phoebe  Cleveland,  born  August  11,  1796,  died 
October  18,  1878,  at  Clarkson.  Children :  John, 
bom  January  25,  182 1 ;  Annis,  September  18, 
1822;  Sarah,  January  15,  1824,  married  Or- 
ville  Hobart,  of  Michigan;  Zadie,  December 
24,  1825 ;  William,  of  whom  further ;  Job,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1829;  James,  October  16,  1831; 
Elias,  May  15,  1833;  Rufus,  July  4,  1835; 
Emily,  September  5,  1837;  Eleanor,  October 
14,  1838;  Gardner,  twin  of  Eleanor;  Edwin, 
December  29,  1842. 

(VII)  William,  son  of  Samuel  and  Phoebe 
(Cleveland)  Whipple,  was  born  near  Montrose, 
Pennsylvania,  October  6,  1827,  died  in  Orleans 
county,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  grew  up  on  the  farm  lead- 
ing the  usual  life  of  a  farmer's  scmi  of  that 
period.  In  1851  he  joined  a  company  of  "gold 
seekers"  and  went  to  California  by  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama  route.  He  does  not  appear  to  have 
spent  any  time  in  the  mines,  but  worked  in  San 
Francisco  at  the  trade  of  carpenter,  later  work- 
ing on  a  ranch.  On  his  wedding  day,  April  5, 
1858,  he  returned  east  and  Settled  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Clarkson,  New  York.  He 
cultivated  the  homestead  farm,  later  purchas- 
ing a  part  of  it  (one  hundred  acres)  on  which 
he  lived  until  1864.    He  then  joined  with  his 


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father-in-law,  William  H.  Watson,  and  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  land  about  one  mile  north  of 
Medina,  Orleans  county.  Later  they  divided 
their  purchase  and  there  Mr.  Whipple  passing 
his  remaining  years.  He  was  a  Republican  and 
held  many  local  offices.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Universalist.  He  married,  April  5,  1858,  Cath- 
erine M.,  born  February  27,  1836,  died  Sep- 
tember 8,  1902,  daughter  of  William  H.  and 
Catherine  (Barr)  Watson.  Children:  i.  Wat- 
son H.,  born  February  10,  1859;  married  Ella 
Stanley  and  has  William  S.,  Walter  H.  and 
Catherine  L.  2.  Willis,  December  14,  1862, 
died  August  4,  1874.  3.  Francis  H.,  of  whom 
further. 

(Vni)  Francis  H.,  youngest  son  of  Will- 
iam and  Catherine  M.  (Watson)  Whipple, 
was  born  September  28,  1866.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  finishing  his  studies 
at  Medina  high  school.  At  the  age  of  seven- 
teen years  he  entered  the  Union  Bank  of  Me- 
dina as  clerk,  continuing  until  1892.  In  that 
year  he  became  manager  of  the  Bignall  Manu- 
facturing Company,  continuing  until  1899, 
when  the  business  was  sold.  In  the  same  year 
he  organized  the  Bignall  Company,  of  which 
he  was  secretary  and  treasurer  until  1901, 
when  he  retired.  In  1904  he  was  appointed 
receiver  for  the  Medina  National  Bank  and 
until  1906  was  engaged  with  the  affairs  of  that 
institution.  He  is  now  living  retired  in  Me- 
dina. He  is  a  director  of  the  Union  Bank  of 
Medina  and  interested  in  other  business  enter- 
prises, but  not  actively.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order.  He  is  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  president  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion for  fourteen  years  with  the  exception  of 
one  year.'  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Alert 
Club  and  treasurer  of  the  City  Club,  both  of 
Medina.  He  married,  July  7,  1892,  Laura  B., 
daughter  of  Harvey  G.  and  Jane  (Weld)  Scott. 
Children :  Helen  K.,  born  November  26,  1893 ; 
Hugh  S.,  December  19,  1895. 

This  is  an  ancient  surname  derived 
HUNT     from  the  Saxon  word  "Hunti,"  a 

wolf.  This  word  used  in  connec- 
tion with  the  wolf  came  to  mean  the  pursuit 
of  all  game.  The  family  probably  took  the 
name  on  account  of  prowess  in  the  hunting 
field.  Other  forms  of  the  name  are:  Hundt, 
Huntus,  Hontus,  Hunding,  Hundings,  Hunte, 
Hunter,  etc.  An  Adam  le  Hunt  lived  in  Not- 
tingham, England,  as  early  as  1295.  There 
were  many  of  the  name  among  the  early  set- 


tlers of  New  England.  Enoch  Hunt  came 
from  the  parish  of  Lee,  Berkshire,  England, 
and  settled  in  Rhode  Island,  and  was  a  free- 
man of  Newport  in  1638,  later  of  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts.  He  had  a  son  Ephraim,  whom 
Edmund  Soper  Hunt,  in  his  "Reminiscences" 
says  was  a  knighted  cavalier  of  Prince  Rupert's 
troops,  and  that  his  real  name  was  Colonel  Sir 
William  Hunt.  He  was  a  refugee  from  the 
disastrous  field  of  Marston  Moor,  and  changed 
his  name  to  avoid  detection.  He  received  his 
knighthood  after  the  siege  of  York  in  which  he 
distinguished  himself.  Others  who  came  early 
were :  Edmund,  of  Cambridge,  1634,  and  Dux- 
bury,  1637;  Robert,  of  Charlestown  and  Sud- 
bury, 1638;  Bartholomew,  of  Dover,  1640; 
William,  of  Concord,  1641  ;  Peter,  of  Reho- 
both,  1644.  A  branch  of  the  family  settled  in 
Vermont  and  became  noted  in  public  life.  The 
immediate  ancestor  of  the  Hunts  of  James- 
town, New  York,  was  a  descendant  of  the  early 
Massachusetts  family  and  of  the  Rutland  coun- 
ty, Vermont,  branch. 

(I)  Elnathan  Hunt  was  born  in  Rutland 
county,  Vermont,  removing  to  Genesee  county, 
New  York,  about  181 1.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  and  had,  it  is  thought,  five  chil- 
dren, of  whom  but  three  can  be  named :  Sim- 
eon, John,  Henry  Nelson,  see  forward. 

(II)  Henry  Nelson,  son  of  Elnathan  Hunt, 
was  born  in  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  March 
5,  1808,  died  in  the  town  of  Poland,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  August  5,  1895.  He 
was  brought  to  Genesee  county.  New  York,  by 
his  parents  in  181 1.  There  he  was  educated 
and  brought  up  a  farmer,  an  occupation  he 
followed  all  his  life,  besides  being  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  the  lumber  business.  When  about 
thirty  years  of  age  he  settled  in  Poland.  He 
held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  in  Poland 
for  many  years,  also  serving  as  supervisor  and 
in  other  town  offices,  as  a  Republican.  He 
lived  to  a  ripe  old  age,  and  perhaps  no  man* 
ever  held  in  a  greater  degree  the  love,  lespect 
and  esteem  of  a  community.  He  was  a  deeply 
religious  man,  a  close  student  of  the  Bible,  and 
with  a  heart  filled  with  love  labored  for  the 
salvation  of  everybody.  Indeed  that  was  his 
creed,  universal  salvation.  He  induced  min- 
isters of  the  Universalist  faith  to  come  to  Po- 
land, securing  for  their  use  the  school  houses 
in  the  town.  Here  services  were  held  and 
much  good  accomplished.  In  his  home  life 
he  was  most  kind  and  loving,  leaving  behind 
a  memory  most  warmly  cherished  by  his  sons. 


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He  is  buried  in  Myrtle  cemetery,  Poland,  the 
ground  for  which  he  partly  donated  from  his 
farm  for  cemetery  purposes.  He  married 
(first)  Catherine,  daughter  of  Amica  Ives,  who 
bore  him  eight  children :  Edwin,  Celia,  Erving- 
ton,  Lucretia,  Caroline,  Cynthia,  Charles,  Al- 
ton. He  married  (second)  Harriet  A.  Cro- 
foot,  born  in  Poland,  died  1898,  daughter  of 
Chester  and  Abigail  (Risley)  Crofoot.  She 
survived  him  three  years.  Children:  Alva, 
deceased ;  Herbert  Lincoln,  see  forward ;  Harry 
Francis,  see  forward. 

(HI)  Herbert  Lincoln,  son  of  Henry  Nel- 
son and  Harriet  A.  (Crofoot)  Hunt,  was  born 
in  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  De- 
cember 7,  1864.  His  academic  education  was 
secured  in  the  public  schools  of  Poland,  James- 
town high  school,  class  of  1889,  and  Fredonia 
Normal  School.  Deciding  upon  the  profession 
of  law  he  read  with  Vernon  E.  Peckham  for 
two  years,  then  entered  Albany  Law  School, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  June,  1892,  being 
admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year.  He  began 
practice  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  where  he  is 
now  located  (1911)  in  the  Wellman  Building. 
He  was  appointed  assistant  district  attorney 
of  Chautauqua  county,  and  served  through  the 
years,  1896-97-98.  He  has  secured  enviable 
place  in  the  esteem  of  his  fellow  citizens  of 
Jamestown,  and  has  built  up  a  successful  law 
practice.  In  partnership  with  his  brother.  Dr. 
Hunt,  he  owns  a  farm  in  Poland,  part  of  the 
old  homestead.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
He  has  taken  a  deep  interest  in  the  Royal  Ar- 
canum of  his  city,  being  a  member  of  Chau- 
tauqua Council,  No.  73,  in  which  he  has  passed 
all  the  chairs. 

He  married,  September  20,  1893,  Sarah 
Annetta  Becker,  born  at  Brighton,  Ontario, 
Canada,  Julv  14,  1864,  daughter  of  Charles 
Samuel  and  Sarah  Becker,  who  lived  and  died 
in  the  same  town.  Children :  Edward  Lincoln, 
born  February  12,  1895,  ^^^^  October  22, 1904; 
Ada  Lucille,  October  19,  1897,  died  August 
14,  1898;  Gertrude  Stanton,  February  i,  1904. 

(Ill)  Harry  Francis,  youngest  son  of  Henry 
Nelson  and  Harriet  A.  (Crofoot)  Hunt,  was 
born  in  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  September  3,  1868.  His  preparatory 
education  was  obtained  in  the  public  schools 
of  Poland,  Fredonia  Normal  School,  and 
Janiestown  city  high  school.  He  chose  medi- 
cine as  his  profession,  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Buffalo,  New 
York,  whence  he  was  graduated  M.  D.  in  1898. 


In  July,  1898,  he  received  his  license  to  prac- 
tice from  the  state  authorities,  and  took  up  his 
residence  at  Falconer,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  and  began  practice.  January  15, 
1899,  he  accepted  the  position  of  attending 
physician  at  the  Chautauqua  County  Hospital, 
located  at  Dewittville,  holding  the  same  until 
October  i,  1907^  when  he  resigned  and  began 
practice  in  Jamestown,  where  he  had  establish- 
ed offices  in  the  GifFord  Block  during  the  previ- 
ous August.  He  is  finely  located  in  that  city, 
where  he  is  now  Well  estabHshed  and  popular. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Jamestown  and  Chau- 
tauqua County  Medical  societies,  and  of  Chau- 
tauqua Council,  No.  73,  Royal  Arcanum.  In 
religious  faith  he  is  a  Universalist.  Dr.  Hunt 
married,  in  Randolph,  New  York,  June  20, 
1896,  Effie  McDonald  Waite,  born  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Michigan,  April  20,  1870,  daughter 
of  William  and  Henrietta  (Markham)  Mc- 
Donald, and  adopted  daughter  of  Ansel  Benoni 
and  Chariotte  (Phillips)  Waite. 

While  this  is  an  old  and 
HUTCHINSON  honored  name  in  Amer- 
ica the  branch  herein  con- 
sidered is  of  comparatively  recent  settlement. 
From  the  days  of  Ann  Hutchinson  in  Massa- 
chusetts the  women  in  the  family  have  been 
noted  for  piety  and  philanthropy,  the  present 
generation  in  no  wise  being  an  exception.  The 
progenitor  of  the  late  Hannah  Hutchinson,  of 
Lockport,  New  York,  was  James  Hutchinson, 
son  of  John,  who  was  bom  in  Ireland,  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States,  married  and  rear- 
ed a  family.  But  little  can  be  told  of  him  fur- 
ther than  this. 

(II)  James  Hutchinson  was  bom  in  Niagara 
county.  New  York,  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  grew  up  a  farmer.  After  leaving 
home  he  purchased  a  farm  and  for  many  years 
was  engaged  in  its  cultivation.  He  was  a  man 
of  industry,  thrift  and  prosperity.  After  see- 
ing his  children  grow  to  maturity  and  settle  in 
Hfe  he  traded  his  Niagara  county  farm  for 
property  in  Canada.  He  removed  there  and 
continued  his  residence  until  death.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Niagara  county,  Alice  Donnelly,  who 
labored  with  him  hand  in  hand,  and  was  a  true 
helpmeet.  Children :  Rose,  Ann,  Heigh,  Han- 
nah, of  further  mention ;  James,  Margaret  and 
John. 

(III)  Hannah,  second  daughter  and  third 
child  of  James  and  Alice  (Donnelly)  Hutchin- 
son, was  born  in  the  town  of  Porter,  Niagara 


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county,  New  York.  She  grew  up  on  the  farm 
and  attended  the  public  schools.  After  her 
school  years  were  over  and  she  had  reached  a 
suitable  age  she  determined  to  have  her  own 
means  of  support  and  be  independent.  She 
went  to  Niagara  Falls  where  she  learned  the 
dressmaker's  art,  and  later  established  there 
in  business  on  her  own  account.  Here  she 
built  up  a  profitable  business  and  so  success- 
fully conducted  it  through  many  succeeding 
years  that  she  was  able  to  retire  not  only  with 
a  competency  but  with  means  to  gratify  her 
charitable  and  philanthropic  disposition.  She 
was  for  many  years  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  which  she  not 
only  supported  by  her  presence  and  influence, 
but  with  a  generous,  open  hand.  Her  benev- 
olences were  many  and  given  in  a  quiet  manner 
when  possible.  Her  interest  in  the  Home  for 
the  Friendless  was  constant  and  untiring.  The 
beautiful  gates  and  entrance  to  the  building  are 
her  personal  gift  to  the  institution,  and  an 
enduring  memorial  to  her  memory  and  good- 
ness. She  resided  in  Lockport,  which  was 
her  home  for  many  years.  She  had  many 
friends  to  whom  her  home  was  always  open. 
She  died  August  19,  191 1. 


Charles  Jackson  North  was  born 
NORTH  May  13,  1847,  in  Chazy,  Clinton 
county,  New  York.  His  parents 
were  Samuel  Churchill,  born  May  28,  1823, 
in  Champlain,  New  York,  and  Jemima  Deuel 
Jackson,  bom  May  13,  1825,  in  Peru,  New 
York.  They  were  married,  September  3, 
1846,  in  Plattsburgh,  New  York.  Mr.  North 
was  born  Churchill,  but  for  various  reasons 
the  name  of  North  became  so  fastened  upon 
him  that  he  had  it  made  his  legal  name  by  order 
of  the  superior  court  in  Buffalo,  just  prior  to 
his  marriage,  June  30,  1881,  to  Dora  C,  daugh- 
ter of  Horace  and  Catherine  (Morse)  Briggs. 
Mr.  North's  grandparents  were  Darius 
Churchill,  born  April  25,  1793,  in  Hubbardton, 
Vermont;  Tryphenia  Adaline  Newton,  born 
October  i,  I79i5,  in  Shoreham,  Vermont;  Israel 
Jackson,  bom  2nd  mo.  5,  1798,  in  Peru,  New 
York;  and  Esther  Allen,  born  5th  mo.  4,  1798, 
in  Cambridge,  New  York.  His  great-grand- 
parents were  all  pioneers  in  the  Champlain 
Valley.  William  Churchill,  born  February  10, 
1763,  in  Sheffield,  Massachusetts,  father  of 
Darius  Churchill,  came  as  a  young  lad  with 
his  parents,  Samuel  Churchill,  of  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  and  Thankful  Hewitt,  of  New- 


ington,  Connecticut,  to  Hubbardton,  Vermont, 
in  1772.  This  Samuel  Churchill,  bom  April 
27,  1 72 1,  was  the  first  settler  in  Hubbardton, 
bringing  with  him  several  sons  and  sons-in- 
law;  they  had  established  very  comfortable 
homes  for  that  time,  when  in  1777  the  battle 
of  Hubbardton  was  fought,  near  their  clear- 
ings. The  tories  and  Indians  destroyed  all 
their  crops,  burned  their  houses,  killed  all  their 
live  stock,  took  away  all  their  provisions,  and 
bound  the  elder  Churchill  to  a  tree,  preparatory 
to  burning  him  alive,  when  one  of  the  British 
officers  came  up  and  compelled  his  release.  All 
the  men  were  then  taken  prisoners  to  Fort 
Ticonderoga,  compelled  to  carry  the  plunder 
from  their  own  homes.  The  women  and  chil- 
dren were  left  destitute,  to  find  their  way  over 
the  mountains  to  the  Connecticut  river  and 
down  the  river  to  their  old  home  in  Sheffield, 
Massachusetts,  which  they  reached  safely  after 
a  journey  of  three  weeks  on  foot,  sleeping 
much  of  the  time  on  the  ground,  in  the  woods, 
and  subsisting  principally  for  the  first  week  on 
berries  and  other  wilderness  food.  In  the  war 
of  1812,  William  revenged  himself  by  turning 
out  with  his  five  sons,  each  one  with  a  rifle 
and  axe,  when  the  British  passed  through  the 
town  of  Champlain  to  harass  the  invaders  on 
the  march  to  their  defeat  at  Plattsburgh  in 
1814.  William  Churchill  married,  March  26, 
J  787,  Eunice  Colver,  bom  December  31,  1762, 
in  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant Zebulon  Culver,  born  November  30, 
1716,  and  Eleanor  Taylor,  his  wife,  bom  May 
5,  1723;  he  settled  first  in  Hubbardton,  Ver- 
mont, and  in  1806  removed  to  Champlain,  New 
York,  where  as  a  farmer  and  justice  of  the 
peace  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Lib- 
erty Newton  was  bom  May  8,  1766,  in  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts,  son  of  Lieutenant  Mar- 
shall Newton,  bom  August  23,  1729,  and  Han- 
nah Willard,  his  wife,  bom  March  17,  1726. 
He  served  in  the  revolution,  and  after  the  war 
went  to  Shoreham,  Vermont,  of  which  town 
his  father  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors. 
Here  he  married  Asintha  North,  born  April  30, 
1768,  in  Goshen,  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Abijah  North,  born  October  19,  1743,  and  his 
wife,  Tryphenia  Grant,  born  January  16,  1738. 
Abijah  North  came  to  Shoreham  before  the 
revolution,  cleared  up  a  piece  of  ground,  built 
a  log  house,  put  in  his  first  crop,  and  went  back 
to  Goshen  for  his  family,  but  the  war  just  then 
breaking  out,  he  joined  the  army  and  did  not 
move  his  family  to  Shoreham  until  peace  had 


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been  declared.  His  wife  died  soon  after  1783, 
the  first  of  the  women  of  the  first  settlers  to 
die,  and  he  dying  the  next  year,  the  five  young 
children  were  divided  up  between  the  relatives 
and  neighbors,  Tr3^henia  Adaline  was  adopted 
by  her  uncle,  Dajiiel  Newton,  of  Shoreham, 
where  she  lived  until  her  marriage,  in  1818,  to 
Darius  Churchill,  when  she  went  on  horseback 
with  her  husband  to  her  new  home  in  Champ- 
lain,  New  York.  Liberty  Newton  built  the 
first  iron  forge  in  the  Champlain  Valley,  at  the 
Upper  Falls,  in  Ticonderoga,  in  1801.  This 
fact  is  noted  in  the  "History  of  the  Champlain 
Valley,"  but '  the  name  is  there  erroneously 
given  as  Liberty  "Newman."  Daniel  Jackson, 
a  Quaker,  was  bom  4th  mo.  22,  1757,  in 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  son  of  Daniel  and 
Jane  (Titus)  Jackson.  He  went  to  the  Little 
Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
soon  after  the  revolution;  here  he  married 
Mary  Green,  born  6th  mo.  14,  1759,  daughter 
of  Caleb  Green,  born  3rd  mo.  22,  1734,  and 
Catherine  Bull,  his  wife,  born  5th  mo.  9,  1736, 
in  the  Island  of  Barbadoes ;  soon  after,  about 
1790,  toeether  with  a  little  company  of  Quak- 
ers, Daniel  and  Mary  went  into  the  wilderness 
in  Peru,  New  York,  to  what  is  now  called  the 
Quaker  Union,  and  birilt  new  homes  where 
they  could  be  apart  by  themselves,  away  from 
the  "world's  people."  Caleb  Green  was  a  broth- 
er of  that  Anna  Green  who  married  Peter 
Hallock  and  became  the  grandmother  of  Fitz- 
Greene  Halleck,  the  poet.  Both  Caleb  Green 
and  Anna  (Green)  Hallock  came  later  to 
Peru,  to  live  with  their  respective  children,  and 
both  now  rest  near  each  other  in  the  Friends* 
burial  ground  at  the  "Union."  Mary  Green, 
as  a  young  woman,  helped  to  care  for  the 
American  sick  and  wounded  soldiers,  in  their 
"meeting  house,"  still  standing  at  Quaker  Hill, 
Dutchess  county,  New  York,  at  the  time  Wash- 
ington's army  camped  in  that  vicinity  and  used 
the  meeting  house  as  an  army  hospital.  Israel 
Jackson,  son  of  Daniel,  married  in  Peru,  12th 
mo.  10,  181 8,  Esther  Allen,  daughter  of  John 
Allen,  bom  nth  mo.  28,  1752,  in  Dartmouth, 
Massachusetts,  and  his  wife,  Phoebe  Deuel, 
born  in  the  "Oblong,"  Dutchess  county,  New 
York,  ist  mo.  21,  1757.  Israel  and  Esther 
settled  first  at  Peru,  and  about  1821  took  up  a 
clearing  on  Cumberland  Head,  opposite  Platts- 
burgh,  New  York,  where  they  lived  the  quiet 
uneventful  life  of  the  "Friends"  until  death. 
John  Allen  was  the  son  of  Elisha  Allen,  born 
September  7,  1722,  in  Dartmouth,  Massachu- 


setts, where  he  married  Elizabeth  Fish,  born 
June  20,  1725.  Elisha  was  a  soldier  under 
Wolfe,  at  the  taking  of  Quebec  in  1759,  and 
had  passed  through  Cambridge,  New  York,  on 
their  march.  After  returning  from  the  war 
he  went  into  that  town  and  took  title  to  land 
there  in  1762.  John  married  Phoebe  Deuel, 
nth  mo.  22,  1772,  and  settled  near  his  father. 
When  the  Hessians  under  Baum  were  on  the 
way  to  defeat  at  Bennington,  they  passed 
through  Cambridge,  where  they  camped  over 
night.  Upon  the  approach  of  the  Hessians, 
this  young  couple  buried  many  of  their  scant 
possessions  and  fled  to  Dutchess  county,  where 
her  parents  were  then  living.  Here  they  suf- 
fered the  privations  and  depredations  which 
fell  to  the  lot  of  all  those  who  lived  along  the 
borders  of  the  "Neutral  Ground"  during  the 
revolution.  They  did  not  return  to  Cambridge 
until  peace  had  been  declared;  in  1810  they 
removed  to  Peru,  New  York.  Phoebe  Deuel 
was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Deuel  (DeVol), 
born  January  9,  1735,  in  Dartmouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  his  wife,  Rachel  Smith,  born  No- 
vember 20,  1738,  in  Dartmouth,  Massachu- 
setts. Phoebe  was  an  unusual  woman;  born 
1st  mo.  21,  1757,  married  nth  mo.  22,  1772, 
became  a  mother  9th  mo.  12,  1773,  bore  fif- 
teen children,  all  of  whom  lived  to  have  fam- 
ilies of  their  own,  and  she  had  one  hundred 
and  twenty-seven  grandchildren.  She  lived 
until  3rd  mo.  16,  1845,  ^ind  bore  with  patience 
and  cheerfulness  all  the  burdens  of  life  until 
she  laid  them  down.  Joseph  Deuel,  her  father, 
settled  in  Greenfield,  New  York,  where  he 
bought  a  farm  in  1788,  in  a  then  unbroken, 
wilderness.  Here  he  lived  until  his  death  in 
1818,  acting  for  many  years  as  the  agent  of 
the  owners  of  that  part  of  tlie  Kayaderossis 
Patent. 

Samuel  Churchill,  Mr.  North's  father,  lost 
his  mother  by  death,  when  young,  and  was 
brought  up  in  the  family  of  his  uncle,  Abijah 
North,  of  Champlain,  New  York.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  blacksmith  in  Keeseville,  New 
York,  and  followed  that  calling  in  Chazy, 
New  York,  in  connection  with  farming  until 
1852,  when  he  moved  to  'Avon,  New  York, 
carrying  on  a  wagon  shop  there,  and  then  a 
general  store  until  1879,  when  he  moved  to 
Colorado,  where,  overcoming  the  disabilities 
arising  from  his  service  in  the  civil  war,  he 
followed  the  business  of  contractor  and  builder 
until  his  death  at  Aspen,  February  18,  1897. 
Mr.  North's  mother  was  Jemima  Deuel  Jack- 


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off er  at  an  advanced  salary,  to  undertake  a 
private  school  for  several  boys,  in  what  is  now 
known  as  Rumsey  Park,  in  a  building  front- 
ing on  Tupper  street,  recently  demolished  to 
make  way  for  the  extension  of  Elmwood  ave- 
nue. This  school  prospered  and  broadened 
into  "The  Buffalo  Classical  School,"  which 
Professor  Briggs  conducted  until  1885,  when, 
having  taught  for  upwards  of  fifty  years,  he 
concluded  he  would  retire  and  spend  a  little 
time  in  visiting  those  parts  of  the  world  which 
had  become  familiar  to  him  during  his  years 
of  teaching.  Professor  Briggs  has  since  been 
an  extensive  traveller;  he  has  visited  western 
and  southern  Europe,  Palestine,  Syria,  Egypt, 
Mexico,  Alaska,  Japan,  and  the  Hawaiian 
Islands,  drawing  much  interest  to  most  of  these 
through  many  letters  published  in  the  Buffalo 
Comm-ercial,  and  now,  at  the  age  of  ninety- 
four,  takes  as  much  interest  in  things  terres- 
trial as  at  any  time  in  his  life. 

Professor  Briggs  has  now  been  a  ruling 
elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  Buf- 
falo over  twenty-five  years,  and  clerk  of  its 
session  since  1892.  He  has  been  many  times 
to  the  Presbytery,  to  the  Synod  of  New  York, 
and  three  times  as  a  delegate  to  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the 
United  States.  He  has  been  one  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  "Jesse  Ketchum  Fund"  for  many 
years,  and  of  late  years  its  president,  distribut- 
ing each  year  the  medals  and  diplomas  to  the 
scholars  in  the  various  public  schools  in  Buf- 
falo. He  is  an  honorary  life  member  of  the 
University  and  Buffalo  clubs;  a  life  member 
of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  and  of  the 
Buffalo  Public  Library,  and  a  member  of  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  The  degree 
of  A.  M.  was  conferred  upon  him  by  Roches- 
ter University  in  1862,  and  of  Ph.  D.  by  Will- 
iams College  in  1875. 

From  1863  until  1885  almost  every  young 
man  who  went  to  college  from  Buffalo,  was 
graduated  from  Professor  Briggs'  Classical 
School,  besides  a  large  number  of  others  who 
took  only  a  business  course,  and  these,  together 
with  those  from  his  former  schools,  have  given 
him  the  continued  acquaintance  and  friendship 
of  many  Western  New  York  men  who  all  re- 
member with  pleasure  the  days  they  passed 
under  his  tuition. 

Professor  Briggs  was  married,  July  3,  1849, 
at  five  o'clock  in  the  morning,  to  Catharine, 
daughter  of  James  Harvey  and  Lydia  (Wat- 


kins)  Morse,  of  Orangeville,  by  whom  he  has 
one  daughter,  Dora  C,  now  the  wife  of  Charles 
J.  North,  of  Buffalo,  New  York. 


The  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
WILNER     family  was  one  of  the  conscripts 

furnished  by  the  Duke  of  Bruns- 
wick to  King  George  HI.  He  sailed  from 
Plymouth,  England,  in  1776,  with  the  force  of 
Brunswickers,  under  command  of  Baron  Fried- 
rich  Adolph  von  Riedesel,  was  with  Burgoyne's 
army  and  later  in  the  detachment  under  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Baum,  which  was  defeated  at 
the  battle  of  Bennington  by  General  Stark. 
Wilner  was  among  the  prisoners.  He  toc^  the 
oath  of  allegiance,  settled  in  Western  Massa- 
chusetts and  married  there.  Children :  George, 
mentioned  below;  Henry,  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Plattsburg,  1814;  David,  served  in  the  war 
of  1812,  from  Northampton,  Massachusetts; 
James. 

(H)  George  Wilner  was  born  in  Berkshire 
county,  Massachusetts,  January  i,  1797,  died 
October  6,  1864.  He  enlisted  in  1813,  in  a 
company  raised  by  Captain  Perkins,  and  took 
part  with  his  regiment  in  the  battle  of  Ston- 
ington,  Connecticut,  in  1814.  After  the  war 
he  emigrated  to  Western  New  Yoric,  settling 
in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Portage,  Living- 
ston county,  where  he  lived  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  except  about  three  years,  when  he 
was  a  resident  of  Indiana.  He  was  a  lieuten- 
ant and  captain  in  the  militia,  and  a  justice  of 
the  peace.  He  married,  February  17,  1822, 
Betsey,  born  August  6,  1797,  died  June  8, 
1857,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Hannah  (Mer- 
rell)  Moses.  She  was  descended  from  John 
Moses,  who  came  from  England  in  1632,  set- 
tled in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  and  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1635  or 
1636.  Children:  i.  Hannah  Maria,  born  No- 
vember 5,  1823 ;  married,  December,  1844,  Ho- 
bart  A.  Twichell,  died  November  16,  1877.  2. 
Marcus  Willoughby,.  born  January  4,  1825 ; 
married,  September  12,  1850,  Susan  Adams, 
died  January,  1897.  3-  Malcolm  George,  bom 
February  13,  1826;  married,  November  29, 
1854,  Marion  Wallace  Weaver.  4.  Merriman 
Jasper,  mentioned  below.  5.  Flavia  Moses, 
born  December  28,  1834;  married,  December 
8,  1858,  Nathan  Sage  Butler,  died  April  2, 
1890.  6.  Henry  Mortimer,  born  October  4, 
183Q,  died  January  30,  1845. 

(HI)  Merriman  Jasper,  son  of  George  Wil- 


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ner,  was  born  December  12,  1827.  He  was  a 
fanner  and  lived  at  Portage,  Livingston  coun- 
ty, New  York.  He  held  the  offices  of  super- 
visor, highway  commissioner  and  assessor.  He 
married,  December  24,  1856,  Sarah  Maria, 
born  March  8,  1828,  daughter  of  David  and 
Esther  (Staples)  Sanford,  of  Redding,  Con- 
necticut, and  descendant  of  Thomas  Sanford, 
of  Milford,  Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Estella 
Jane,  bom  November  7,  1864;  married.  May 
20,  1890,  William  P.  Wilder;  child,  Ruth  Es- 
telle,  bom  January  17,  1894.  2.  Merton  Merri- 
man,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Merton  Merriman,  son  of  Mefriman 
Jasper  Wilner,  was  born  May  2,  1867.  He 
was  educated  at  Nunda  union  school  and  two 
years  in  Cornell  University.  He  became  a 
newspaper  man,  worked  for  three  years  on  the 
Binghamton  Republican,  and  since  1890  has 
been  an  editorial  writer  on  the  Buffalo  Express. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Soci^ 
ety,  the  Buffalo  Society  of  Natural  Sciences, 
the  National  Geographic  Society  and  the  Amer- 
ican Historical  Association.  He  is  the  author 
of  a  chapter  on  Erie  county,  in  "Fitch's  Official 
New  York  from  Cleveland  to  Hughes";  ad- 
visory editor  for  Erie  county  of  "Genealogical 
and  Family  History  of  Western  New  York." 
He  married,  May  13,  1890,  Edith  Lucile,  born 
October  21,  1866,  daughter  of  Lewis  and 
Amanda  (Stone)  Whitehead,  of  Nunda,  New 
York,  and  descendant  through  colonial  and 
revolutionary  ancestors  of  William  Stone,  an 
original  settler  of  Guilford,  Connecticut,  who 
was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Samuel  Stone,  of 
Hereford,  England,  and  immigrated  in  1639 
with  William  Lette  and  the  Rev.  Henry  Whit- 
field. Children :  Dorothy  Edith,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1891 ;  Ortha  Leslie,  January  27,  1894; 
Margia  Crittenden,  March  8,  1898. 


This   family  dates   back  many 
BECKER    generations  to  German  ancestors 

and  a  soldier  of  the  allied  armies 
before  whom  the  great  Napoleon  went  down  in 
defeat  at  the  battle  of  Waterloo. 

(I)  The  earliest  of  whom  there  is  record 
is  Charles  Samuel  Becker,  born  in  Germany, 
son  of  Frederick  William  Becker.  Charles 
Samuel  was  a  soldier  in  the  army  of  Blucher 
and  was  with  that  great  commander  when  he 
arrived  on  the  battlefield  of  Waterloo,  turn- 
ing the  fortunes  of  that  great  battle  against 
Napoleon  and  forever  closing  his  career  as  a 
monarch  and  disturber  of  the  peace  of  Europe. 


He  married  and  had  children :  Rebecca,  Mar- 
garet, Frederick,  Charles  Samuel,  Alfred  Aus- 
tin. 

(H)  Charles  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Charles 
Samuel  (i)  Becker,  the  soldier  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Germany.  He  was  a  farmer  of  that 
province,  a  Conservative,  and  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Peter  Irish.  Children: 
Charles  Henry,  Sarah  Annetta,  Adah  Maude, 
L.  Scott,  Alfred  Austin. 

(HI)  Alfred  Austin,  youngest  child  of 
Charles  Samuel  (2)  and  Sarah  (Irish)  Becker, 
was  born  at  Brighton,  province  of  Ontario, 
Canada,  November  9,  1873.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Brighton,  Canada,  and 
Jamestown,  New  York,  and  the  University  of 
Buffalo,  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  received 
his  degree  of  M.  D.  in  1898.  Before  engaging 
in  professional  work  he  held  various  clerical 
positions;  he  was  cashier  of  Scofield  &  Dins- 
more  from  1889  to  1895;  bookkeeper  of  the 
Fenton  Metallic  Company,  1896.  In  1898  he 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  James- 
town, where  he  still  continues  in  successful 
practice.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York 
State,  Chautauqua  County  and  Jamestown 
Medical  societies,  and  of  the  Unitarian  church. 

He  married,  December  24,  1902,  Maude 
Jane  Burch,  bom  January  27,  1882,  daughter 
of  Charles  E.  and  Carrie  (Paddock)  Burch, 
whose  children  are:  Edwina  Mary,  Maude 
Jane,  Charles  C.  and  Finley  M.  Dr.  and  Mrs. 
Becker  have  no  children. 


The  Jamestown,  New  York,  repre^ 
CAMP    sentative  of  this  family,  Albert  N. 

Camp,  is  a  grandson  of  William 
Camp  and  son  of  Eder  Camp,  of  Erie  county, 
Pennsylvania.  Eder  Camp  was  a  farmer  of 
Erie  county,  who  died  during  the  civil  war.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  an  Abolitionist.  He  married  Caro- 
line, daughter  of  William  M.  Miner. 

(Ill)  Albert  Newell,  son  of  Eder  and  Caro- 
line (Miner)  Camp,  was  born  at  Harbor 
Creek,  Erie  county,  Pennsylvania,  November 
15,  1852.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
the  public  schools,  after  which  he  entered  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Edinborough,  Penn- 
sylvania, whence  he  was  graduated,  class  of 
1877.  After  completing  his  studies  he  taught 
school  for  a  few  years  and  gradually  acquired 
a  good  knowledge  of  photography,  an  art  then 
almost  in  its  infancy.     In  1881  he  opened  a 


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photographic  studio  in  Mansfield,  Ohio,  con- 
tinuing there  in  successful  business  until  1885, 
when  he  disposed  of  his  studio,  and  in  the  fall 
of  1885  came  to  Jamestown,  New  York.  He 
purchased  the  business  of  J.  W.  Upham,  at 
207  Main  street,  whiere  for  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury he  has  conducted  a  successful  blisiness  in 
photQgraphy.  He  has  kept  pace  with  the  de- 
velopments in  photographic  art,  placing  his 
work  in  competition  with  the  best  artistsj  al- 
ways with  results  satisfactory  to  himself.  Mr. 
Camp  conducted  his  business  alone  until  May, 
1910,  when  it  was  incorporated  as  The  Camp 
Art  Company,  with  Albert  N.  Camp,  president 
and  treasurer.  The  studio  continues  the  same 
high  quality  of  work,  and  shows  several  prizes 
won  at  competitive  exhibitions,  the  latest  a 
silver  cup  won  for  the  best  exhibit  in  color 
photography.  A  specialty  is  fine  portrait  work 
and  a  line  of  commercial  work.  Mr.  Camp  is 
an  elder  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Jamestown,  and  an  uncompromising  opponent 
of  the  legalized  liquor  traffic.  He  is  a  lover  of 
his  fellowmen  and  interested  in  all  that  per- 
tains to  their  betterment. 

He  married,  in  1882,  Alice,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard E.  Brown,  of  Farmington,  Warren  county, 
Pennsylvania.  She  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Child :  Paul  Brown,  born 
February  8,  1889 ;  now  entering  his  junior  year 
at  Yale  University,  class  of  191 3. 


This  name  dates  from  the  first 
HOPKINS     English  settlement  in  America, 

Stq)hen  Hopkins  coming  in- 
the  "Mayflower"  in  1620,  with  wife  and  chil- 
dren. According  to  Burke's  "Landed  Gentry" 
the  name  was  originally  written  Hopkyns,  being 
so  spelled  by  John  Hopkyns,  who  filled  a  civil 
office  in  the  city  of  Coventry,  England,  in  1567. 
One  branch  of  the  family  settled  in  Vir- 
ginia, but  whether  the  emigration  came  direct 
from  England  or  was  one  of  the  Puritans  of 
Massachusetts,  is  not  known.  The  very  first 
ships  that  came  to  the  mouth  of  the  James 
river,  says  the  historian  Neill,  brought  Puri- 
tan families,  and  they  wrote  back  inviting  their 
friends  to  follow.  In  1642  a  coasting  vessel 
from  Virginia  arrived  at  Boston  with  Philip 
Bennett  on  board,  who  had  been  sent  north  to 
obtain  "faith  ministers"  to  be  sent  by  them  to 
their  Puritan  brethren  in  Virginia.  About  1649 
one  thousand  Puritans  from  Virginia  emigrated 
to  Maryland.  The  Hopkins  family  of  Maryland, 
whose  greatest  descendant  was  Johns  Hopkins, 


philanthropist  and  capitalist,  of  Baltimore, 
sprung  from  William  and  Garrard  Hopkins, 
who  may  have  been  of  this  Virginia  emigra- 
tion. The  records  of  the  land  office  at  Annap- 
olis show  warrants  were  granted  for  land  to 
twenty-three  persons  named  Hopkins,  and 
mention  five  others  to  whom  land  was  granted 
prior  to  1690.  Whether  they  came  from  Eng- 
land, New  England,  or  the  West  Indies  is 
problematical,  as  after  1634  coasting  vessels 
traded  from  colony  to  colony  exchanging  pro- 
ducts. 

Bishop  Meade  says  concerning  the  ancestry  of 
Rev.  William  Hopkins,  of  Virginia:  "Toward 
the  close  of  the  seventeenth  century  three  broth- 
ers emigrated  from  Wales  to  America.  One 
settled  in  Massachusetts,  one  in  Pennsylvania 
and  one  in  Virginia,  from  whom  it  is  probable 
that  great  numbers  of  the  name  Hopkins  have 
sprung."  In  1789  Rev.  Hopkins  was  chosen 
minister  of  a  parish  in  Albemarle  county,  Vir- 
ginia, and  continued  such  until  his  death  in 
1807.  Tradition  says  that  he  was  ordained  by 
Bishop  White  at  a  time  when  the  congress  of 
the  United  States  and  the  general  convention 
of  the  Episcopal^  church  were  both  in  session 
at  Philadelphia.  Being  called  upon  to  preach 
before  the  dignitaries  of  the  church  and  nation, 
especially  with  General  Washington  in  full 
view,  he  was  for  a  time  overwhelmed,  but 
rousing  to  boldness  and  remembering  "that  a 
greater  than  Washington  was  there"  preached 
with  great  power.  He  died  aged  seventy  years, 
greatly  beloved.  (It  should  be  stated  here  that 
the  supposed  Virginia  progenitor,  Rev.  Hop- 
kins, of  Virginia,  was  a  Methodist  minister  fcM- 
many  years,  leaving  because  of  dissension  and 
joining  the  Episcopal  church).  His  first  wife 
was  a  Miss  Pollard ;  his  second  a  Miss  Ander- 
son. He  had  twenty-two  children,  eleven  by 
each  wife. 

Stephen  Hopkins,  the  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  was  bom  in  Scituate, 
Rhode  Island,  in  1707.  He  was  for  many 
years  chancellor  of  Brown  University,  chief 
justice  of  the  court  of  common  pleas,  governor 
of  Rhode  Island,  member  of  congress,  a  wise 
patriot  and  a  trusted  leader. 

The  family  now  represented  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  by  Frank  C.  Hopkins,  descend 
from  Canadian  forbears  who  went  to  that 
country  from  Virginia.  The  indications  are 
strong  that  the  three  brothers  who  went  into 
Canada  from  Virginia  were  sons  of  the  Epis- 
copal minister  Hopkins,  previously  mentioned. 


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(I)  The  first  definite  name  and  record  is  of 
Silas  Hopkins,  son  of  one  of  the  three  brothers 
from  Virginia,  of  Stony  Creek,  province  of 
Ontario,  Canada.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  edu- 
cation and  was  a  professor  of  deep  learning, 
occupying  a  position  in  one  of  the  schools  of 
Ontario.  After  retiring  from  his  profession 
he  adopted  farming  as  an  occupation.  He  died 
in  middle  life,  aged  about  forty  years,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.     He 

married  Katherine  A.  ,  who  came  to 

Canada  from  Ireland.  Children:  i.  Willard 
B.,  a  practicing  physician,  now  living  at  Hamil- 
ton, Ontario.  2.  John,  a  practicing  physician 
at  Denver,  Colorado.  3.  Marshal,  a  surveyor 
of  Dominion  lands,  now  a  resident  of  Alberta, 
Canada.  4.  Ephraim,  deceased,  formerly  a 
practicing  physician  of  Hamilton,  Ontario.  5. 
Edd,  a  farmer  of  Stony  Creek,  Ontario.  6. 
Silas  Franklin,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  Silas  Franklin,  son  of  Silas  and  Kath- 
erine A.  Hopkins,  was  bom  at  Stony  Creek, 
Ontario,  Canada,  died  at  Hamilton,  Canada, 
August  14,  18Q4.  He  was  a  well  educated  and 
most  popular  man  in  his  adopted  city,  Hamil- 
ton. He  was  a  successful  manufacturer  of 
preserves,  pickles,  relishes,  etc.  He  was  the 
first  to  make  and  introduce  the  brand  of  Wor- 
cestershire sauce,  called  in  earlier  years  "To- 
ronto Relish."  He  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  a  Conservative 
in  Dominion  politics.  He  married  Hannah 
Amelia,  born  in  Hamilton,  Canada,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  Mary  (Lutz)  Crawford.  She 
survives  her  husband  and  resides  at  Hamilton, 
Ontario,  Canada.  Children:  Agnes  Maud, 
married  James  B.  Mundie,  and  resides  at  Ham- 
ilton; Harry  Lutz,  deceased;  Frank  C,  of 
whom  further;  Gladys  Amelia,  married  John 
Gardiner ;  Crawford,  resident  of  London,  On- 
tario, Canada. 

(Ill)  Frank  C,  son  of  Silas  Franklin  and 
Hannah  Amelia  (Crawford)  Hopkins,  was 
born  at  Hamilton,  Ontario,  Canada,  where  he 
grew  up  and  was  educated.  His  first  years  of 
business  life  were  spent  on  the  road  as  travel- 
ing salesman.  At  present  time  is  president  and 
general  manager  of  the  Office  Supply  Com- 
pany, Jamestown,  New  York.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  fraternally 
connected  with  the  Loyal  Order  of  Moose, 
and  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles.  He  married, 
April  8,  1909,  Eva  Cresman,  daughter  of  Frank 
Acker,  of  Tonawanda,  New  York.  Child,  Ruth 
H.,  bom  November  23,  1910. 


The  surname  of  Chapman, 
CHAPMAN  which  signifies  merchant,  oc- 
curs among  the  earliest  of 
surnames,  and  the  family  in  many  of  its 
branches  was  somewhat  distinguished  at  an 
early  period.  In  the  year  1298  a  John  Chap- 
man was  returned  to  parliament  as  burgess  for 
Chippenham. 

Sir  John  Chapman,  Knight,  of  Tower  street, 
in  London,  was  elected  alderman  in  1679,  and 
served  in  the  office  of  high  sheriff  in  the  same 
year.  He  was  the  heir  of  Sir  William  Chap- 
man, Bart.  "The  Chapman  family,"  says 
Young,  in  his  history  of  Whitby,  England, 
"resided  at  Whitby  and  Yburn  D^le  prior  to 
the  year  1400,  as  appears  from  the  rolls  and 
registers  of  Whitby  Abbey."  Sir  Thomas 
Chapman,  of  Ireland,  and  Admiral  Chapman, 
of  Sweden,  belonged  to  this  family.  This 
family  settled  at  or  near  Whitby  in  the  time 
of  Henry  III.,  as  appears  on  ancient  records, 
and  in  the  time  of  Richard  II.  Some  of  them 
were  prosecuted  and  imprisoned  by  the  abbot 
of  Whitby  for  maintaining  their  just  rights, 
but  were  soon  set  at  liberty  without  fines. 
They  increased  much  in  a  century  or  two,  and 
many  of  them  were  in  the  parliamentary  army. 
Robeft  Chapman  and. John  Chapman  were  at 
Yburn,  near  Whitby,  county  York,  in  1387. 
Names  of  Robert  and  John  Chapman  are  found 
through  nearly  every  generation.  The  Whitby 
family  of  Chapmans  bore  arms,  per  chevron, 
ermine  and  gules,  a  crescent,  counterchanging 
in  chief,  three  amulets  of  the  second.  Crest : 
Two  spear  heads,  saltier,  in  front  of  a  dexter 
arm  embowed  in  arms,  the  hand  gauntleted  and 
grasping  a  broken  tilting  spear  proper,  entitled 
with  an  amuletor.  Motto  "Crcscit  sub  pondere 
Virtus."  (Virtue  grows  under  the  imposed 
weight).  This  idea  owes  its  origin  to  the 
palm  tree  which  grows  the  more  under  propor- 
tion to  the  incumbent  weight.  The  history  of 
the  Chapman  family  both  in  England  and 
America  bears  out  this  idea.  There  were  sev- 
eral families  of  Chapmans  among  the  early 
New  England  immigrants,  many  of  whom 
achieved  distinction  in  their  several  localities. 
The  patriotism  of  the  family  is  shown  in  the 
fact  that  seventy-seven  are  found  on  the  Con- 
necticut Roll  of  Honor,  who  had  served  in  the 
war  of  the  revolution.  Most  of  those  who 
settled  in  New  England  are  probably  related. 

(I)  Josiah  Chapman,  of  this  family,  was 
bom  in  Connecticut,  where  he  grew  to  man- 
hood.    He  came  to  New  York  state,  settling 


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in  Seneca  county,  in  the  town  of  Ovid,  where 
he  died.  He  married  and  among  his  children 
was  a  son  James. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Josiah  Chapman,  was 
born  in  Ovid,  Seneca  county,  New  York,  about 
the  year  1804,  died  at  Gasport,  Niagara  county, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Ovid,  and  in  early  manhood  came 
to  Niagara  county,  locating  in  Wilson,  where 
he  opened  a  grocery  store,  continuing  for  two 
years.  He  then  purchased  the  Wilson  Albright 
farm  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres, 
situated  on  the  Youngstown  road.  Here  he 
conducted  general  farming  for  about  twelve 
years.  He  prospered  in  business  and  later 
purchased  the  0I4  Wisner  farm  of  two  hundred 
acres,  lying  on  the  Lake  road,  town  of  New- 
fane,  on  which  he  resided  until  his  death.  This 
farm  is  now  the  property  of  his  son  Josiah  B. 
James  Chapman  was  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  iit  politics  a  Dem- 
ocrat. He  held  several  local  offices  and  was 
greatly  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  He 
married  (first)  Elizabeth,  died  December  28, 
1866,  daughter  of  Stephen  Wilson.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Charlotte  A.  Wilson.  Children 
of  first  marriage:  Hugh,  bom  February  i, 
1848;  Horace,  June  22,  1850;  Josiah  p.,  of 
whom  further;  Stephen,  January  i,  1854,  de- 
ceased; Howard,  January  21,  1857,  deceased. 
Children  of  second  marriage:  William  and 
Fay. 

(III)  Josiah  B.,  third  son  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Chapman,  was  born  in 
Wilson,  Niagara  county.  New  York,  October 
13,  1852.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  school, 
Lockport  union  school  and  at  Gasport  Acad- 
emy. After  completing  his  studies  and  arriv- 
ing at  maturity  he  joined  with  his  brother 
Hugh  in  the  operation  of  one  of  the  farms 
owned  by  his  father.  Later  the  two  young 
men  purchased  the  farm  and  conducted  it  as  a 
partnership  for  ten  years.  In  the  spring  of 
1882  Josiah  B.  purchased  Hugh's  interest,  the 
latter  removing  west.  Since  1882  Mr.  Chap- 
man has  been  sole  owner.  The  farm  consists 
of  two  hundred  acres  of  very  fertile  land,  well 
improved,  with  commodious  buildings,  and 
operated  along  the  best  modem  lines.  There 
is  an  abundance  of  fruit,  a  fine  chestnut  grove 
and  springs  of  cold,  running  water.  The  farm 
house,  of  Medina  sand  stone,  is  one  of  the 
finest  in  the  county,  and  the  whole  estate  be- 
speaks the  prosperous,  modern,  American 
farmer.    In  politics  he  is  a  Prohibitionist.    He 


is  held  in  the  highest  regard  in  the  county 
where  so  large  a  portion  of  his  life  has  been 
spent.  His  beautiful  home  is  always  open  to 
his  friends  and  a  warm-hearted  hospitality  is 
extended  to  all. 

He  married,  May  25,  1880,  Nellie  Stout,  bom 
October  29,  1861,  died  December  22,  1910, 
daughter  of  Martin  Stout,  of  Olcott,  New 
York.  Children:  i.  James  B.,  bom  May  15, 
1890;  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Olcott 
and  Lockport,  Ovid  high  school,  and  took  a 
course  in  horticulture  at  Cornell  University. 
He  is  now  at  home.  He  married  Esther  Get- 
singer,  of  Hornell,  New  York,  June  8,  191 1. 
2.  Josiah  Victor,  bom  May  24,  1898;  was  a 
student  at  Ovid,  New  York,  and  now  at  home 
with  his  father. 


Ezekiel  Olds,  the  first  member  of 
OLDS    this  family  of  whom  we  have  defi- 
nite information,  lived  in  Vermont. 
The  original  emigrant,  his  ancestor,  came  from 
England  in  the  seventeenth  century.     Child, 
Ebenezer  Canfield,  referred  to  below. 

(II)  Dr.  Ebenezer  Canfield  Olds,  son  of 
Ezekiel  Olds,  was  born  in  Vermont,  and  moved 
to  Bradford,  McKean  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  a  tanner  and  established  a  tan  yard  at 
Bradford.  Later  he  studied  medicine,  and 
practiced  this  profession  also.  He  was  one 
of  the  trustees  of  the  Regular  Baptist  church 
at  its  organization  in  1852.  His  religion  was 
genuine,  and  his  life  such  as  should  flow  from 
it,  so  that  Dr.  Olds  was  generally  beloved.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  married 
Jane  De  Golier.  Children:  James,  Robert, 
John  E.,  referred  to  below;  Sibyl,  Warren, 
Marilla,  Rachel. 

(III)  John  E.,  son  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Can- 
field  and  Jane  (De  Golier)  Olds,  after  attend- 
ing the  district  school  at  Bradford,  engaged 
in  the  tanning  business  and  also  had  a  small 
farm.  In  1858  he  removed  from  Bradford  to 
Farmers  Valley,  McKean  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  a  Baptist  in  religion,  and  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Tubbs.  Children:  i.  Frederick  C,  referred  to 
below.  2.  Francis,  married  Orrin  W.  God- 
frey ;  children :  i.  Myra,  married  Roy  Amsden ; 
ii.  Mina,  twin  of  Myra,  married  Qayton  Searle, 
children:  Frances,  Robert,  Marian:  iii.  Eliza* 
beth.  3.  John  A.,  married  Laura  Sanderson; 
children:  Frances,  Harriet.  4.  Abner,  died  at 
about  the  age  of  sixteen.  5.  Charles,  married 
Emma  Cooper;  child,  Myrtle. 


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(IV)  Frederick  C,  son  of  John  E.  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Tubbs)  Olds,  was  born  at  Bradford, 
July  5,  1848.  He  attended  the  public  school 
and  the  Smethport  Academy.  Then  for  three 
years  he  was  clerk  in  the  general  store  of 
Judge  Brownell.  After  this  he  started  his  own 
general  store  at  Farmers  Valley,  where  he  was 
also  postmaster  for  fourteen  years.  In  con- 
nection with  this  business  he  manufactured 
and  sold  lumber,  and  finally  became  owner  of 
several  sawmills.  In  1899  he  entered  the  chenv 
ical  business  at  Crosby,  Pennsylvania,  being 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Heinemann  Chem- 
ical Company ;  for  four  years  he  was  secretary, 
treasurer  and  manager.  He  is  still  a  stock- 
holder and  one  of  the  directors.  Wood  alco- 
hol is  the  principal  product.  He  is  also  a 
director  of  the  Crosby  Gas  Company,  and  of 
the  Olean  National  Bank  of  Olean,  Catta- 
raugus county,  New  York;  he  has  financial 
interests  also  in  other  concerns.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Olean  Lodge,  No.  252,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Olean  Chapter,  No.  150,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  St.  John's  Commandery,  No. 
24,  Knights  Templar ;  also  of  Ismailia  Temple, 
of  Buffalo.  In  Scottish  Rite  Masonry  he  has 
attained  the  thirty-second  degree.  When  he 
first  came  to  Olean  in  1901  he  built  a  beauti- 
ful house  on  Union  street,  but  he  sold  this  and 
purchased  an  attractive  house  next  to  the  pub- 
lic library.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  First  Meth- 
odist Church,  and  director  and  treasurer  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  in  which 
he  is  greatly  interested.  He  was  president  of 
the  commission  which  had  charge  of  erecting 
their  new  building.  He  married  Miranda  Ar- 
nold.   Child,  Ethel  M. 


Henry  Castle  came  from  Strat- 
CASTLE     ford  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 

with  the  early  settlers,  and  died 
in  1697-98.  His  children  were:  Henry,  Sam- 
uel, Isaac,  Abigail,  Mary,  Mercy  (all  baptized 
September,  1686) ;  William,  baptized  July, 
1688;  Mary. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Henry  Castle,  was  of 
Woodbury  and  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  He 
was  baptized  in  Woodbury,  September,  1686, 
died  in  Waterbury  after  1725.     He  married 

(first)  Sarah ,  who  died  February,  1708. 

He  married  (second)  Joana  Richardson  (whose 
sister  Rebecca  was  the  first  white  child  bom 
in  Waterbury,  1679). 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  Castle,  by  his 
first  wife,  Sarah,  was  baptized  in  Woodbury, 


Connecticut,  August  9,  1707,  died  1781.     He 
married  Martha .    Nine  children. 

(IV)  Reuben,  seventh  child  of  Samuel  Cas- 
tle, was  born  December,   1738.     He  married 

Eunice Children:  Reuben;  Rebecca, 

baptized  January  11,  1744,  married,  November 
2,  1761,  Benjamin  Warner. 

(V)  Reuben  (2),  son  of  Reuben  (i)  Castle, 
was  born  in  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  April  4, 
1764.  He  married  and  among  his  children  was 
a  son  Sheldon. 

(VI)  Sheldon,  son  of  Reuben  (2)  Castle, 
was  born  at  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1789,  died  at  Medina,  New  York,  May 
16,  1874.  He  came  to  New  York  state,  settling 
in  Parma,  Monroe  county,  later  coming  to  Me- 
dina, where  he  died.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Freeman,born  in  Amenia, 
Dutchess  county.  New  York,  April  29,  1789, 
died  November  i8,  1845,  in  Albion,  New  York. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth  Sylvina,  born  in  Wood- 
stock, New  York,  November  21,  181 6,  died 
January  20,  1907,  in  Jackson,  Michigan.  2. 
Eunice,  born  in  Parma,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1818,  died  at  Geneseo,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1907.  3.  Reuben  S.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 4.  Esther,  born  in  Parma,  New  York, 
November  9,  1821,  died  in  New  York  City, 
March  31,  1907.  5.  Phoebe  J.,  born  April  14, 
1823,  died  at  Kalamazoo,  Michigan.  6.  Har- 
riet, born  May  11,  1825,  died  at  Waterloo, 
Iowa,  February  2,  1910. 

(VII)  Reuben  S.,  son  of  Sheldon  Castle, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Parma,  Monroe  coun- 
ty, New  York,  January  21,  1820,  died  at  Me- 
dina, New  York,  November  29,  1909.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Portage,  New 
York,  and  began  his  business  career  in  1836,  as 
a  clerk  with  Grant  &  Ellicott,  merchants  at  Me- 
dina. During  the  school  years  of  1837-38  he 
attended  Lima  Seminary.  After  leaving  school 
he  engaged  as  clerk  with  Grant  &  Turner,  who 
had  a  contract  with  the  state  for  building  the 
aqueduct  across  the  Genesee  river  at  Portage, 
Wyoming  county,  on  the  Genesee  valley  canal. 
Here  he  spent  five  years.  In  1844  he  went  to 
Shelby  Center,  Orleans  county,  as  clerk,  and 
about  1854  established  a  general  mercantile 
business,  and  R.  S.  Castle  &  Company  con- 
ducted a  successful  business  for  eleven  years. 
In  1865  he  located  in  Medina  where  he  was  in 
the  grocery  business  for  many  years,  living 
there  retired  from  active  business  during  his 
latter  years.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
and  while  in  Shelby  Center  was  town  clerk  for 


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several  years  and  postmaster,  holding  his  com- 
mission from  President  James  Buchanan.  He 
was  assessor  in  Medina  several  terms,  serving 
over  ten  years;  was  justice  of  the  peace  of  the 
town  of  Ridgway  and  police  justice  of  Medina 
village  several  years.  He  was  a  well-known, 
useful  and  highly-respected  citizen,  a  capable 
business  man  and  an  efficient  public  official.  He 
was  an  attendant  of  the  Episcopal  church.^ 

He  married,  June  17,  1846,  Sarah  Atchison, 
born  March  22,  1826,  died  January  8,  1903, 
daughter  of  Simeon  JBathgate,  born  in  Scot- 
land in  1788.  In  his  native  country  he  was  a 
millwright.  He  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1818,  coming  to  Medina  in  1825.  He  establish- 
ed a  foundry  and  machine  shop  near  the  canal 
and  manufactured  mill  machinery  until  his  re- 
tirement from  business  in  1850.  He  died  in 
1865.  He  married,  in  Scotland,  Euphemia 
Atchison,  died  in  1869.  Three  of  their  ten 
children  died  in  infancy.  Sarah  Atchison  was 
their  second  daughter  and  fourth  child,  bom  in 
Medina  in  1826;  was  the  first  white  child  born 
in  that  village.  Children  of  Reuben  and  Sarah 
A.  Castle:  i.  George,  born  May  20,  1847;  now 
a  resident  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  2.  Jessie  M., 
September  4,  1849;  now  resides  at  the  old 
homestead  in  Medina,  118  Pearl  street.  3. 
Mary,  December  13,  1851,  deceased.  4.  Jennie 
L.,  February  9,  1854;  married  William  T. 
Murray,  of  Qeveland;  children:  Edith,  mar- 
ried, February  11,  1883,  died  July  15,  1906; 
Helen,  born  August  18,  1885 ;  Margaret,  born 
December  31,  1889.  S*  Elizabeth  F.,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1856;  now  a  resident  of  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia.  6.  Reuben  S.  (2),  De- 
cember 25,  1859,  deceased.  7.  William  B., 
February  13,  1862;  now  a  resident  of  Duluth, 
Minnesota ;  married  Beatrice,  daughter  of  Irv- 
ing Duane  Hanscom,  of  Marquette,  Michigan, 
December  6,  191 1.  8.  Sarah,  January  29,  1864, 
deceased.  9.  Walter  E.,  October  3,  1865,  de- 
ceased. 


This  is  one  of  the  old  and 
DUNBAR  famous  names  of  Scottish  his- 
tory and  known  wherever  the 
English  language  is  spoken.  Representatives 
of  the  family  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland, 
and  from  these  this  branch  of  the  family 
sprung.  In  America  the  name  is  well  known. 
General  Dunbar,  Braddock's  second  in  com- 
mand in  his  field  campaign,  having  taken  a 
most  conspicuous  part  in  the  retreat,  after  the 
fatal  field  of  Braddock. 


(I)  John  Dunbar  was  bom  in  Ballina,  coun- 
ty Mayo,  Ireland,  about  1790,  died  there  1880. 
He  married  and  had  a  son  Richard. 

(II)  Richard,'  son  of  John  Dunbar,  was 
born  in  Ballina,  Ireland,  1818,  died  1905.  In 
1843  he  left  Ireland  and  crossed  the  Atlantic, 
settling  in  the  city  of  Quebec,  Canada,  later  at 
Kingston,  Ontario,  Canada,  where  he  remained 
until  1845.  ^"  that  year  he  came  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Oswego  county,  New 
York,  where  he  died.  He  married,  in  1850, 
Charlotte  Norgrove,  born  in  the  north  of  Eng- 
land in  1825,  daughter  of  John  Norgrove,  who 
immigrant  from  England  to  the  United  States 
in  1827,  and  in  1847  settled  in  Schoharie  coun- 
ty. New  York.  Later  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Oswego  county.  He  died  at  sea, 
1868.  Children  of  Richard  and  Charlotte  Ehin- 
bar :  i.  George,  born  August  7, 1852.  2.  Charles, 
August  8,  1854,  3.  ^ohn  T.,  April  7,  1856,  a 
teacher  in  the  public  schools  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York.  4.  Alida,  January  14,  1859,  married 
James  Youngs,  of  Oswego  county.  New  York. 
5.  William  Henry,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  William  Henry,  son  of  Richard  and 
Charlotte  (Norgrove)  Dunbar,  was  bom  at 
Granby,  Oswego  county.  New  York,  April  22, 
1864.  He  attended  the  Granby  public  schools, 
and  until  the  age  of  sixteen  worked  on  the 
farm.  In  1880  he  left  the  farm  and  worked  in 
his  brother's  store  at  Middleport,  Niagara 
county,  afterwards  going  to  Gasport,  New 
York,  wliere  he  clerked  in  a  store  until  1889. 
In  that  year  he  started  as  a  f  mit  buyer  and  has 
since  directed  all  his  energies  to  that  business. 
He  is  one  of  the  largest  buyers  of  fruit  in  that 
section  and  each  year* buys  and  markets  an 
enormous  quantity  of  Niagara  county  fruit 
products  as  well  as  doing  business  with  the 
fruit  growers  in  adjacent  counties.  He  thor- 
oughly understands  his  business  and  is  a  suc- 
cessful man.  He  resides  in  Gasport  and  directs 
his  operations  from  there.  His  facilities  for 
handling  and  disposing  of  orchard  products  are 
complete  and  enable  him  to  operate  in  the 
market,  to  the  best  advantage,  both  in  buying 
and  selling.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  of  Gasport. 

He  married  (first),  January  8,  1890,  Fran- 
ces L.  Russ,  born  February  6,  1867,  died  June 
2,  1895,  daughter  of  Franklin  Russ,  of  Gran- 
by, Oswego  county,  New  York,  formerly  of 
Onondaga  county.  He  married  (second),  July 
21,  1898,  Mary  L.  Stevens,  born  1870,  died 
January  4,  1908,  daughter  of  Theodore  and 


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Wilhelmina  (Schultz)  Stevens,  of  Gasport, 
New  York.  Her  parents  were  born  in  Ger- 
many and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1862. 
Child  by  first  marriage:  Franklin  Russ,  born 
December  17,  1894;  now  (1911)  a  student  at 
the  Middleport  high  school.  Child  by  second 
marriage:  Alfred  William,  born  June  2,  1901. 

Henry  L.  Smith,  the  first  member 
SMITH  of  this  family  of  whom  we  have 
definite  information,  was  born  at 
Otsego,  Otsego  county,  New  York,  in  1823, 
died  in  1887.  He  moved  to  Pike,  Wyoming 
county,  New  York,  where  he  followed  the 
trade  of  a  weaver  of  woolen  goods.  In- 1849 
he  went  to  California,  where  he  remained  for 
some  tinie,  and  "struck  gold."  Returning  to 
the  east,  he  settled  as  a  farmer  in,  Pike,  Wy- 
oming county.  New  York,  and  in  1869  removed 
to  Machias,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
where  he  opened  a  general  store  and  continued 
for  some  years,  until  his  retirement  from  active 
work.  He  married,  in  January,  1852,  Cor- 
delia L.  Adams,  born  April  18,  1830.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Abner  A.,  married  Frances  Adams. 
2.  Isabella,  died  at  the  age  of  thirty-four,  un- 
married. 3.  Jackson  H.,  married  Elizabeth 
Howard;  children:  Howard  L.,  Raymond  P. 
4.  Cassar,  referred  to  below. 

(II)  Dr.  Cassar  Smith,  son  of  Henry  L.  and 
Cordelia  L.  (Adams)  Smith,  was  born  in  Pike, 
Wyoming  county.  New  York,  October  3,  1866. 
He  attended  the  public  school  and  Pike  Semi- 
nary, graduating  from  the  latter  in  1886.  In 
1 89 1  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.. 
from  the  medical  department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Buffalo.  After  practicing  for  three 
years  in  Pike,'  Wyoming  county,  in  1895  he 
came  to  Olean,  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York, 
where  he  built  a  fine  house,  and  is  engaged  in 
the  practice  of  medicine.  He  has  been  presi- 
dent of' the  County  Medical  Society,  and  is  a 
member  also  of  the  State  Medical  and  the 
American  Medical  societies.  He  has  been  city 
physician  of  Olean,  has  been  coroner  for  four- 
teen years,  and  is  still  serving.  He  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Olean  Real  Estate  Company.  His 
fraternal  orders  are  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Olean  Lodge,  No.  252 ;  Improved  Or- 
der of  Red  Men ;  Modern  Woodmen  of  Amer- 
ica ;  and  the  Order  of  Moose.  He  has  served 
as  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  married,  March  21,  1892,  Edith,  born  Oc- 
tober 3,  1869,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
Emily  (Velzy)  Follett.    Her  grandfather,  Na- 


than Follett,  born  about  1803,  came  from  Pitts- 
town,  Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  and  set- 
tled at  Machias,  Cattaraugus  county.  New 
York.  He  married  Claris  Potter.  Her  father, 
William  Follett,  born  July  6,  1832,  lived  at 
Machias,  and  married,  October  2,  1864,  Mary 
Emily,  born  October  28,  1841,  daughter  of 
John  and  Lucinda  (Reynolds)  Velzy.  Chil- 
dren of  William  and  Mary  Emily  (Velzy) 
Follett:  Margaret,  married  O.  W.  Pierce; 
Edith,  married  Dr.  Cassar  Smith;  William, 
married  Ida  Spring,  child,  Carlisle.  Children 
of  Dr.  Cassar  and  Edith  (Follett)  Smith:  Fol- 
lett S.,  born  February  9,  1895;  William,  De- 
cember 20,  1900;  Mary  Isabelle,  April  i,  1908. 

The  American  branch  of  the 
SWANSON     Swanson  family  was  founded 

by  Andrew  John  Swanson, 
who  came  from  Sweden  in  the  year  1872,  and 
settled  in  Titusville,  Pennsylvania.  It  is  the 
custom  in  Sweden  that  the  children  of  a  fam- 
ily take  for  a  surname  their  father's  Christian 
name ;  though  it  has  often  happened  that  emi- 
grants coming  to  America  change  this  prac- 
tice, and  following  the  customs  of  this  country, 
assume  their  father's  surname  for  their  own. 
In  the  case  of  Mr.  Swanson,  the  surname 
which  he  adopted  was  the  Christian  name  of 
his  stepfather;  his  own  father,  of  whom  he 
knew  little  other  than  that  he  was  a  seaman, 
having  died  when  the  son  was  too  young  to 
have  any  clear  recollection  of  him  or  his  people. 
The  widow  married  again,  not  long  after  her 
husband's  death,  a  Mr.  Swan  Johnson;  and  the 
stepchild  assumed  the  surname,  Swan,  which 
became  in  the  next  generation  Swanson.  Two 
other  children  were  born  of  this  second  mar- 
riage: Christina  M.,  who  became  the  wife  of 
C.  J.  Carlson,  a  farmer,  residing  in  Sweden ; 
and  Matilda,  now  the  wife  of  Leonard  Schultz, 
living  in  Cambridge,  Ohio. 

(I)  Andrew  John  Swanson,  the  American 
immigrant,  and  only  child  of  this  first  mar- 
riage, was  thus  the  son  of  John  and  Helena 
(Johnson)  Anderson,  and  was  born  in  Hvet- 
land,  Sweden,  June  7,  1847.  He  was  reared  on 
a  farm,  receiving  his  early  education  in  the 
district  schools,  and  until  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  years  followed  his  vocation  as  farmer,  hav- 
ing given  the  usual  time  to  army  service.  De- 
ciding to  emigrate  to  America  he  left  home 
March  19,  1872,  and  about  a  week  later  sailed 
from  the  city  of  Gottenburg,  unaccompanied 
by  any  member  of  his  family.  Landing  in  New 


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York  City  in  April,  he  came  on  to  Western 
Pennsylvania  and  located  in  the  village  of 
Titusville,  finding  employment  in  railroad  work. 
He  did  not  remain  long  at  this,  however,  but 
within  a  few  weeks  removed  to  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania,  and  from  there  to  various  places, 
wherever  the  work  which  he  had  in  hand  re- 
quired his  presence.  He  continued  until  the 
year  1881  in  this  way,  when  he  finally  came  to 
Jamestown,  New  York,  entering  the  employ  of 
the  worsted  mills  of  William  E.  Broadhead. 
He  has  remained  in  this  business  ever  since,  a 
period  covering  over  thirty  years,  and  has 
worked  through  the  various  branches  to  his 
present  responsible  position  in  the  finishing  de- 
partment, where  he  is  assistant  to  the  foreman. 
With  diligent  arid  painstaking  attention  to  his 
business,  Mr.  Swanson  soon  became  success- 
ful, and  prosperity  followed;  he  purchased  a 
lot  on  Colfax  street,  and  in  1893  erected  his 
present  residence.  He  has  also  other  real 
estate  interests  on  the  Lakewood  road,  and  is 
now  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of  this  place 
and  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community, 
being  a  member  of  the  First  Lutheran  Church, 
and  in  politics  a  staunch  adherent  of  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
"Hundred  Members  Society,"  and  of  the  old 
Swedish  association  in  the  city,  the  "Scandi- 
navian Temperance  and  Benevolent  Society." 

Mr.  Swanson  married,  at  Jamestown,  New 
York,  November  13,  1880,  Hattie  Cecilia  Hul- 
quist,  bom  at  Tranos,  Sweden,  March  12,  i860, 
daughter  of  John  C.  and  Johanna  Hulquist. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Swanson  had  four  children, 
three  surviving  and  living  at  the  family  resi- 
dence, No.  18  Colfax  street,  as  follows:  i. 
Helen  C,  born  at  Jamestown,  June  10,  1884. 
2.  Conrad  L.,  born  at  Jamestown,  May  26, 
1886,  died  1887.  3.  Enoch  Carl  John,  see  for- 
ward. 4.  Theodore  O.  A.,  born  June  23,  1894; 
a  mechanic  in  the  employ  of  the  Sheet  Metal 
Company,and  a  memberof  the  Lutheran  church. 

Mrs.  Swanson  was  one  of  seven  children, 
her  parents  having  been  John  C.  Hulquist,  a 
native  of  Sweden,  born  in  181 7,  died  at  James- 
town, New  York,  October  16,  1889,  aged  sev- 
enty-two years,  and  Johanna  Hulquist,  born 
in  Sweden,  in  1826,  died  at  Jamestown,  May, 
1910,  aged  eighty-four  years.  Mr.  Hulquist 
came  to  America  in  1884.  Their  children 
were:  i.  Charlotte,  married  C.  G.  Carlson.  2. 
Johanna  Christina,  married  John  Larson.  3. 
Carl  August,  of  Jamestown.  4.  Hattie  C, 
married  Andrew  John  Swanson.     5.  Axel  A., 


who  lived  in  Buffalo,  New  York.  6.  Alfred 
Emil,  of  Jamestown.  7.  Emma,  wife  of  Charles 
Baker,  of  Jamestown.  Hattie  C.  Hulquist, 
who  became  Mrs.  Swanson,  preceded  her  par- 
ents to  America,  arriving  here  March  2rjy  1880, 
and  locating  first  at  Warren,  Pennsylvania. 
Within  a  short  while  she  removed  to  James- 
town, and  has  resided  here  ever  since.  She  is 
a  woman  of  great  refinement  and  charm,  and 
a  communicant  of  the  First  Lutheran  Church; 
she  is  also  a  member  of  the  "Hundred  Mem- 
bers Society,"  and  of  the  No.  3  Sewing  Circle, 
and  is  very  popular  and  influential  among  her 
friends. 

(II)  Enoch  Carl  John,  son  of  Andrew  John 
and  Hattie  C.  (Hulquist)  Swanson,  was  bom 
in  Jamestown,  New  York,  January  3,  1889. 
He  spent  his  early  years  in  his  native  city, 
receiving  his  education  at  its  public  schools, 
and  b^an  his  business  career  as  an  errand  boy 
in  the  employ  of  the  Proudfit  Clothing  Com- 
pany. He  remained  with  this  company  for  a 
period  of  six  years,  during  which  time  he  work- 
ed himself  up  to  the  position  of  assistant  cutter 
in  the  tailoring  department.  After  leaving 
their  employ  he  went  to  New  York  and  took 
a  special  course  of  instruction  in  a  cutting 
school.  Learning  all  that  there  was  to  be 
taught  in  this  line,  he  next  proceeded  to  Birm- 
ingham, Alabama,  where  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  F.  J.  White,  merchant  tailor,  as  cutter 
for  the  firm.  After  remaining  here  a  short 
time  he  went  to  Parkersbtirg,  West  Virginia, 
accepting  a  similar  position  with  the  United 
Woolen  Mills  Company,  and  continuing  with 
them  a  year,  when  he  was  given  charge  of 
their  branch  store  at  Marietta,  Ohio,  which 
he  conducted  for  six  months.  His  connection 
with  the  company  covered  in  all  a  period  of 
two  years.  In  January,  191 1,  he  returned  to 
his  native  city,  Jamestown,  and  entered  into 
partnership  with  Reynolds  F.  Carlstrom,  estab- 
lishing the  Interstate  Woolen  Mills  Company, 
custom  tailoring,  which  makes  a  specialty  of 
fifteen  dollar  suits  and  overcoats;  it  also  con- 
ducts a  general  business  in  all  lines  of  high 
grade  tailoring,  having  offices  and  showrooms 
in  the  Gokey  Block  and  a  manufacturing  plant 
in  the  Union  Block,  on  West  Third  street. 
Twelve  hands  are  regularly  employed  by  the 
establishrnent,  which  is  doing  a  fine  business 
and  acquiring  an  enviable  reputation  for  high 
class  products.  Mr.  Swanson  is  highly  esteem- 
ed in  the  community,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  church ;  he  is  also  interested  in  poll- 


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tics  and  a  member  of  the  Republican  party, 
and  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  resides  at  the  family  homestead  at 
No.  18  Colfax  street,  and  is  one  of  the  rising 
young  business  men  of  this  place  with  a  wide 
circle  of  friends. 


The  Smiths  of  Buffalo,  New 
SMITH  York,  who  are  herein  traced,  de- 
scend from  William  Heriz,  of 
Withcock,  Leicestershire,  England,  who,  for 
some  unascertained  reason,  changed  his  name 
in  the  time  of  Henry  VH.  from  Heriz  to 
Smith.  The  line  descends  from  him  under  the 
latter  name.  John,  son  of  William  Smith,  of 
Withcock,  was  born  about  15 10,  and  died  be- 
fore 1555.  Erasmus,  son  of  John  Smith,  of 
Withcock,  removed  to  Sowerby  and  Husbands 
Bosworth.  He  married  (first)  a  Miss  Bydd; 
(second),  about  1576,  Anna,  sister  of  William 
Cecil,  Lord  Burleigh,  Lord  High  Treasurer  of 
England  under  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  widow 
of  Roger  Cave. 

(I)  Rev.  Henry  Smith,  son  of  Erasmus  and 
Anna  Smith,  was  the  American  ancestor  of 
this  branch.  He  was  born  1588,  and  in  1636  or 
shortly  afterward,  with  wife  and  children,  ar- 
rived at  Boston.  From  a  letter  written  by  his 
son  in  1699,  the  following  facts  are  taken.  The 
letter  was  written  by  Samuel,  son  of  Rev. 
Henry,  to  his  son  Ichabod : 

''I  was  of  so  tender  an  age  when  my  beloved 
father  died  that  I  can  give  but  little  of  the  informa- 
tion for  which  you  seek.  My  Reverend  Father  was 
an  ordained  minister  of  ye  Gospelle,  educate  at  Cam- 
bridge in  England,  and  came  to  ye  land  by  reason  of 
ye  great  persecution,  by  which  ye  infamous  Arch- 
bishop Laud  and  ye  Black  Tom  Tyrante  (as  Mr. 
Russell  was  always  wont  to  call  ye  Earl  of  Straf- 
forde)  did  cause  ye  rei^  of  His  Majestie,  Charles 
ye  First,  to  lose  favor  m  ye  sight  of  ye  people  of 
England.  My  father  and  mother  came  over  in  1636 
or  1637,  first  to  Watertown,  and  after  a  year  or  two 
to  Wethersfield  on  ye  Great  River,  where  he  became 
ye  first  settled  pastor.  My  parents  had  brought  both 
Men  servants  and  Maid  servants  from  England,  but 
ye  Maids  tarried  not  but  till  they  got  married,  which 
was  shortly,  for  there  was  great  scarsity  of  women 
in  the  Colonies.  I  do  well  remember  the  face  and 
figure  of  my  Honoured  Father.  He  was  five  foote, 
ten  inches,  tall  and  spare  of  build  but  not  leane.  He 
was  as  active  as  ye  Red  Skin  Men  and  sinewy.  His 
delight  was  in  sportes  of  strengthe,  and  withe  his 
own  hands  he  did  help  to  reare  both  our  owne  House 
and  Ye  Firste  Meeting  House  of  Wethersfield, 
wherein  he  preacht  yeares  too  fewe.  He  was  well 
Featured  and  Fresh  favoured,  with  faire  Skin  and 
longe  curlinp^  Hair  (as  neare  all  of  us  have  had) 
with  a  merne  eye  and  sweete  smilinge  Mouthe,  tho 

he  coulde  frowne  stemlie  eno'  when  need  was." 
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This  beautiful  portrait  of  s^  Puritan  minister 
causes  one  to  wonder  if  we  have  not  misunder- 
stood them  a  trifle.  Rev.  Henry  was  the  first 
settled  minister  at  Wethersfield,  where  his  lot 
was  not  too  happy,  being  "from  the  first  a 
victim  of  suspicions  most  unfounded  and  ac- 
cusations the  most  bitter,"  of  all  which  he  was 
fully  exonerated  in  the  court.  In  his  will, 
made  May  8,  1648,  he  disposes  of  a  little  over 

£370.    He  married  (second)  Dorothy , 

who  survived  him  and  married  (second)  John 
Russell,  father  of  Rev.  John  Russell,  who  suc- 
ceeded Rev.  Smith  in  the  pastorate  of  Wethers- 
field, and  ten  years  later  became  the  minister 
of  Hadley,  Massachusetts.  She  survived  her 
second  husband  and  died  at  Hadley,  Massa- 
chusetts, 1694.  Children  of  Rev.  Henry  by 
first  wife,  named  in  his  will:  i.  Peregrine,  died 
unmarried  before  his  father.  2-3.  Daughters, 
who  married  and  had  children  who  are  remem- 
bered in  the  will.  Children  by  second  wife:  4. 
Dorothy,  born  1636;  married  (first)  John,  son 
of  Rev.  Adam  Blakeman,  of  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut; married  (second)  Francis  Hall,  of 
Stratford;  married  (third)  Mark  Tension,  of 
Nor  walk,  Connecticut;  married  (fourth)  Dea- 
con Isaac  Moore,  of  Farmington,  whom  she 
survived.  She  was  the  second  wife  of  her  last 
three  husbands.  Issue  by  first  only.  5.  Sam- 
uel, of  whom  further.  6.  Joanna,  born  in 
Wethersfield,  December  25,  1641 ;  married 
Philip  Russell,  son  of  John  and  brother  of 
Rev.  John  Russell,  February  4,  1664 ;  she  died 
December  28,  1664.  Philip  Russell  married 
(second)  Elizabeth  Terry,  of  Hadley,  who 
with  her  son  Stephen  was  killed  by  the  Indians, 
September  19,  1677.  He  married  (third)  Mary 
Church.  7.  Noah,  born  February  25,  1644, 
probably  died  before  his  father,  there  being 
no  mention  made  of  him  in  the  will  of  Rev- 
erend Henry.  8.  Elizabeth,  born  August  25, 
1648;  married  Samuel,  son  of  Lieutenant  Sam- 
uel Smith. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Reverend  Henry  Smith 
and  his  second  wife,  was  born  in  1639.  He 
grew  up  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  and  in 
1666  was  settled  in  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  remained  until  about  1680,  then 
his  stepfather  Russell  being  dead,  he  removed 
to  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  to  take  care  of  his 
aged  mother.  He  is  the  writer  of  the  letter 
referred  to  in  a  preceding  paragraph,  and 
thus  refers  to  his  Stepfather  Russell:  '*But  he 
was  sometimes  a  little  short  of  ye  Charity 
which  thinketh  no  Evil,  at  ye  least  I  was  wont 


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to  think  so  when  his  hand  was  too  heavy  on 
my  Shoulders,  and  I  remembered  ye  sweetness 
and  ye  Charity  of  my  firste  Father,  but  on  ye 
whole  said,  he  was  a  Goode  Man,  and  did  well 
by  my  mother  and  her  children,  and  no  doubt 
we  did  often  try  his  wit  and  temper/'  Samuel 
Smith  died  at  Hadley,  September  lo,  1703,  in 
his  sixty-fifth  year.  He  married,  about  1662, 
Mary,  daughter  of  James  Ensign.  Children: 
I.  Deacon  Samuel,  married  Joanna  McLathlin; 
he  was  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  and 
Suffield,  Connecticut.  2.  Sarah,  married,  Octo- 
ber 16,  1684,  John  Lawrence.  3.  Dorothy, 
baptized  1667,  at  Northampton,  married,  May 
30,  1687,  William  Rooker.  4.  Ebenezer,  of 
whom  further.  5.  Deacon  Ichabod,  born  1670 ; 
was  of  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  Suffield, 
Connecticut;  married,  about  1692,  Mary  Hux- 
ley. 6.  Mary,  bom  January  19,  1673 ;  married 
James  Barnes.  7.  James,  born  1675;  was  of 
Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  East  Haddam, 
Connecticut;  married,  October  26,  1698,  Eliz- 
abeth Smith,  of  Hadley,  daughter  of  Chiliab. 
8.  Preserved,  born  1677;  married,  December 
15,  1697,  Mary  Smith,  of  Hadley,  daughter  of 
Chiliab;  he  died  1713,  aged  thirty-six  years; 
his  widow  married  (second)  Peter  Montague. 
(HI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
(Ensign)  Smith,  born  1668,  at  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  died  at  Suffield,  Connecticut, 
September  15,  1728.  He  married,  1693,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Huxley,  and  widow  of 
James  Barlow.  He  was  of  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, until  1698,  then  settled  in  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  I.  Sarah,  bom  Septem- 
ber 17,  1694;  married  John  Barker.  2.  Doro- 
thy, born  December  21,  1696.  3.  Ebenezer, 
April  12,  1699.  4.  Nathaniel,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 5.  Joanna,  bom  June  8,  1703.  6.  Jona- 
than, August  I,  1705.  7.  Dorcas,  November 
19,  1707.  8.  Mary,  March  26,  1710,  died 
young.  9.  Mary  (2),  born  July  24,  1713,  died 
young. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Sarah 
(Huxley)  Smith,  was  born  March  3,  1702, 
died  1776.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Suffield 
church  February  27,  1725.  He  married,  De- 
cember 14,  1727,  Mercy  Smith,  of  Suffield, 
Connecticut. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
and  Mercy  (Smith)  Smith,  was  bom  at  Suffield, 
Connecticut,  May  22,  1729;  died  October  19, 
1 82 1,  at  St.  Armand,  Canada.  He  emigrated  to 
Vermont,  where  he  was  a  resident  of  the  towns 
of  Rupert  and  Pawlet.    He  married  (first),  in 


1750,  Sarah  McCartee;  (second),  1779,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Dominie  or  William  Douglas,  of 
Shoreham,  Vermont,  a  cadet  of  the  House  of 
Douglas  of  Lochleven,  Scotland  (Earls  of 
Morton).  '  After  the  death  of  his  second  wife 
he  married  a  third  and  fourth  time,  and  was 
survived  by  his  fourth  wife. 

(VI)  Harvey  Douglass,  son  of  Nathaniel 
and  Sarah  (Douglas)  Smith,  was  bom  at  Paw- 
let,  Vermont,  November  9,  1789;  died  at  Gou- 
vemeur,  St.  Lawrence  county.  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1864.  He  was  a  merchant,  and 
served  several  terms  in  the  Vermont  legisla- 
ture. The  Smiths  were  early  settlers  in  Gou- 
verneur,  and  of  unusual  prominence.  Harvey 
D.,  who  came  in  1824,  was  supervisor  in  1827- 
35"37»  member  of  New  York  state  legislature 
in  1829,  special  county  judge  in  1858,  surro- 
gate of  St.  Lawrence  county  1859.  He  was 
town  clerk  and  justice  of  the  peace  for  thirty- 
seven  years,  and  a  voluminous  writer  on  gene- 
alogical and  historical  subjects.  He  was  a  man 
of  uncommon  force  of  character,  which  was 
duly  recognized  and  honored  in  the  community 
in  which  he  settled.  He  married  (first),  Sep- 
tember 17,  1812,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Rev. 
James  Murdock,  of  Martinsburg,  New  York; 
(second),  January  2,  1822,  Mary  Haven, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  B.  Preston. 

(VH)  James  Murdock,  son  of  Harvey 
Douglass  and  Harriet  (Murdock)  Smith,  was 
born  August  23,  1816,  at  East  Poultney,  Rut- 
land county,  Vermont,  died  November  27, 1899. 
He  was  educated  in  the  Gouverneur  schools, 
graduating  from  the  Academy.  He  began  the 
study  of  law  with  Bishop  &  Thompson,  of 
Granville,  Washington  county,  continuing  until 
1835,  when  he  went  to  Albany,  New  York, 
and  entered  the  law  offices  of  Edward  Living- 
ston, then  district  attorney  of  Albany  county. 
He  remained  with  Mr.  Livingston  two  years 
as  managing  clerk,  then  in  1837  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  as  an  attorney  in  the  supreme  court 
and  solicitor  in  chancery.  In  Febmary,  1838, 
he  moved  to  Buffalo,  then  a  city  of  small  pro- 
portions, struggling  to  recover  from  the  great 
financial  distress  of  1836,  which  had  fallen 
with  crushing  force  on  the  young  city.  He 
formed  a  law  partnership  with  Henry  W.  Ro- 
gers and  John  J.  Leonard,  which  was  soon  dis- 
solved by  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Rogers.  Leon- 
ard and  Smith  continued  a  year  longer,  when 
Mr.  Leonard  removed  to  Detroit.  Mr.  Smith 
then  associated  with  James  Smith,  and  so  con- 
tinued until  1840,  when  the  firm  dissolved.  He 


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again  entered  into  partnership  with  Henry  W. 
Rogers,  who  had  been  for  sometime  district 
attorney  for  Erie  county.  The  firm  became 
noted  and  prosperous,  conducting  a  very  large 
law  business,  and  one  that  gave  full  scope  to 
Mr.  Smith's  talents  and  abilities.  He  was 
brought  prominently  before  the  business  men 
of  Buffalo,  who  soon  learned  to  appreciate  his 
sound  legal  attainments  and  his  careful,  shrewd 
advice,  not  only  in  matters  of  law  but  in  mat- 
ters of  business  and  finance.  In  1848  the  firm 
again  dissolved,  Mr.  Rogers  having  been  ap- 
pointed collector  of  customs  for  the  port  of 
Buffalo.  Mr.  Smith  then  associated  with  Solo- 
mon G.  Haven,  who  up  to  that  date  had  been 
a  law  partner  of  Millard  Fillmore  (later  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States).  The  firm  of  Haven 
&  Smith  was  a  successful  one,  and  had  a  large 
and  lucrative  practice.  Mr.  Smith  made  him- 
self so  acceptable  to  the  solid  financiers  of 
Buffalo  and  was  so  recognized  as  a  man  pe- 
culiarly adapted  to  banking,  and  finally  became 
so  necessary  to  certain  men  of  capital,  that  he 
was  persuaded  to  give  up  the  law  and  to  take 
charge  of  White's  bank  as  4ts  cashier.  When 
a  year  later  the  Clinton  Bank  was  started  by 
some  of  the  ablest  and  soundest  men  in  Buffalo 
and  New  York,  he  became  its  cashier.  The 
financial  disasters  of  that  well-remembered 
season  did  not  wreck  the  Clinton  Bank  as  they 
did  many  others,  but  made  serious  inroads 
upon  its  capital,  which,  however,  was  made 
good  in  the  four  years  following.  Then  the 
civil  war  broke  out,  financiers  were  uncertain, 
money  was  scarce,  and  the  men  who  had  had 
to  face  the  panic  of  1857  feared  for  the  future. 
It  was  therefore  decided  to  wind  up  the  Clin- 
ton Bank  and  pay  both  depositors  and  stock- 
holders in  full.  This  was  done,  and  in  1861 
Mr.  Smith  was  again  at  liberty.  John  Gan- 
son  who  then  occupied  a  very  deservedly  high 
position  at  the  bar  of  New  York,  and  had  per- 
haps the  largest  practice  in  Buffalo,  sought 
him  as  a  partner,  and  on  January  i,  1863,  the 
firm  of  Ganson  &  Smith  was  formed.  During 
its  existence  this  firm  gained  a  wide  reputation 
in  state  and  national  courts.  No  lawyers  in 
Buffalo  probably  ever  did  a  larger  or  more 
profitable  business,  or  had  a  greater  success  in 
the  management  of  an  exceedingly  extended 
practice.  Their  advice  was  sought  by  individ- 
uals and  corporations,  and  the  calendars  o£  all 
courts  were  filled  with  their  cases,  while  mat- 
ters of  vast  importance  were  conducted  to 
favorable  settlement  without  the  intervention 


of  the  courts.  In  all  matters  of  contracts, 
trusts,  of  real  estate  and  wills,  Mr.  Smith  was 
preeminently  an  authority,  and  his  guiding 
hand  was  seen  in  the  disposition  of  numerous 
large  estates,  which  from  time  to  time  were 
distributed  by  generous  testators.  In  1873, 
Isaac  A.  Verplanck,  one  of  the  judges  of  the 
superior  court  of  Buffalo,  died,  and  Mr.  Smith 
was  appointed  by  the  governor  and  senate  to 
fill  the  vacancy.  In  1874  he  was  elected  his 
own  successor  for  the  full  term  of  fourteen 
years.  Judge  Smith  ascended  the  bench  with 
the  hearty  approval  of  all  classes  of  citi- 
zens, even  his  political  opponents  congratu- 
lating themselves  that  a  man  so  preeminent- 
ly qualified  for  judicial  position  should  have 
been  chosen.  He  brought  to  the  position 
a  vigorous  mind,  clear  perceptions,  with  a 
happy  faculty  of  expressing  his  ideas  in  strong, 
terse  language,  calculated  to  interest  jurors. 
His  large  experience  and  great  industry  made 
him  an  exceptionally  strong  member  of  the 
court,  which  had  in  Buffalo  a  jurisdiction 
equal  to  the  supreme  court  of  the  state.  On 
January  ist,  1887,  Judge  Smith  having  reached 
the  constitutional  limit  of  years,  "was  retired 
from  the  bench  he  had  adorned,  and  won 
the  highest  encomiums  from  the  bar  and 
litigants.  As  an  evidence  of  the  love  and  re- 
spect they  bore  him,  the  lawyers  of  Buffalo  in- 
vited him  to  a  complimentary  banquet,  at  which 
distinguished  men  of  the  city  and  state  ex- 
pressed their  high  opinions  of  him  as  a  man 
and  a  jurist. 

Judge  Smith  was  always  actively  interested 
in  public  affairs.  Until  he  went  upon  the 
bench  he  was  chairman  of  the  commissioners 
who  built  the  city  hall  and  county  court  house, 
a  monument  of  honest  work,  and  money  well 
and  faithfully  expended.  He  was  chairman 
of  the  citizen's  committee  for  the  erection  of 
the  Soldiers  and  Sailors  Monument,  which  so 
beautifully  adorns  Lafayette  Square  in  Buf- 
falo. In  1 87 1,  as  counsel  for  the  executor  of 
the  will  of  Jesse  Ketchum  he  prepared  the  deed 
of  trust  which  conveyed  to  the  city  of  Buffalo 
the  fund  of  $10,000  designated  as  the  "J^se 
Ketchum  Memorial  Fund,"  the  income  being 
used  to  provide  gold  and  silver  medals  to  be 
annually  distributed  by  the  trustees  of  the 
fund  to  meritorious  scholars  of  the  public 
schools.  Mr.  Smith  was  one  of  the  trustees 
named  in  the  deed,  and  for  many  years  was 
president  of  the  board.  In  1873  Hobart  Col- 
lege conferred  upon  him  the  honorary  degree 


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of  Doctor  of  Laws.  Soon  after  taking  up,  his 
residence  in  Buffalo  he  became  a  member  of 
Trinity  Episcopal  Qiurch,  and  as  a  vestryman 
and  warden  served  the  church  long  and  well. 
In  1871  he  was  appointed  chancellor  of  the 
Diocese  of  Western  New  York,  a  position  he 
held  until  his  final  retirement.  He  represented 
the  diocese  as  lay  delegate  in  nearly  every 
triennial  general  convention  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church  after  1874. 

He  was  a  man  of  marked  literary  tastes  and 
habits,  a  warm  personal  friend  of  many 
scholars  and  men  of  letters.  He  was  the  author 
of  a  book  of  travels  published  in  1882,  entitled 
"From  Buffalo  to  Vienna,"  which  was  well  re- 
ceived. His  library  of  well  chosen  books  was 
one  of  his  chief  sources  of  delight,  and  fully 
bespoke  the  character  of  the  man.  His  invest- 
ments in  Buffalo  realty  brought  him  handsome 
returns,  which  were  wisely  and  liberally  used 
for  public  purposes,  and  for  the  support  of 
charitable,  educational  and  religious  objects. 
No  worthy  charity  was  ever  refused  aid  from 
his  purse,  while  his  private  pension  roll  was 
large  and  his  private  charities  were  numerous. 
No  Buffalonian  of  his  day  divided  more  of  his 
substance  with  the  poor.  Genial,  kind  and  aff- 
able, he  won  the  esteem  and  hearty  good  will 
of  his  fellow  citizens,  who  sincerely  mourned 
his  demise,  November  27,  1899. 

He  married  (first),  in  June,  1840,  Martha 
Washington  Bradley,  daughter  of  Elias  Brad- 
ley, of  Buffalo.  She  died  in  May,  1841,  leav- 
ing a  son  who  survived  her  but  a  few  months. 
He  married  (second),  in  June,  1845,  Margaret 
Louisa,  daughter  of  John  P.  Sherwood,  of 
Vernon,  Oneida  county.  New  York.  Children : 
I.  Margaret  L.,  married  Robert  P.  Wilson,  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Erie  county  bar, 
who  died  October  19,  1892,  and  whom  she  sur- 
vives.   2.  Philip  S.,  of  whom  further. 

(Vni)  Philip  Sherwood,  only  son  of  Judge 
James  Murdock  and  Margaret  L.  (Sherwood) 
Smith,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  No- 
vember 22,  1863.  He  was  educated  at  the 
Heathcote  School  in  Buffalo,  and  after  his 
graduation  had  prepared  to  enter  Yale  College, 
but  was  prevented  from  entering  by  a  serious 
illness.  His  studies  were  completed  under 
private  tutors  and  instruction.  He  chose  the 
profession  of  law,  and  began  his  legal  study 
with  Marshall  Clinton  and  Wilson,  his  brother- 
in-law,  being  one  of  the  members  of  the 
firm.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1887, 
and  continued  with  his  preceptors  until  the 


death  of  Mr.  Wilson,  when  the  firm  was  dis- 
solved. He  then  formed  a  legal  partnership 
with  Charles  R.  Wilson,  and  under  the  firm 
name  of  Wilson  &  Smith,  conducted  a  general 
law  business.  Mr.  Smith  devotes  his  leisure 
hours  to  literary  pursuits  and  pleasures,  and 
has  a  very  large  and  valuable  library,  contain- 
ing many  treasures  in  rare  autographs,  docu- 
ments and  early  printed  books.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  Paul's  Episcopal  Church,  Buffalo, 
and  takes  an  active  part  in  church  work.  He 
is  a  member  of  various  scientific  and  literary 
societies,  and  is  a  fellow  of  the  American 
Geographical  Society,  and  member  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Colonial  Wars. 

He  married,  October  8, 1890,  Mary  L,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  W.  Gushing,  a  merchant  of 
Buffalo,  and  his  wife,  Helen  Lydia  (Rockwell) 
Gushing.  Children:  James  Murdock  Smith  (2), 
born  July  25,  1891 ;  he  was  educated  at  the 
Nichols  School,  and  is  now  a  student  at  Yale 
University,  class  of  1913. 

(The  Douglas  Line). 

George,  15th  Earl  of  Morton,  bom  1662^ 
died  1738,  had  by  his  second  wife,  Frances, 
daughter  of  William  Adderly,  of  Halstow, 
Kent,  three  sons,  of  whom  the  eldest,  James, 
succeeded  him  as  i6th  Earl  of  Morton.  This 
eldest  son  James  was  born  in  1703,  and  suc- 
ceeded his  father  in  the  earldom  in  1738.  Frown 
then  on  the  line  of  Earls  of  Morton  descends 
from  this  James,  i6th  Earl.  The  second  son 
of  George,  15th  Earl  of  Morton,  was  Robert, 
who  was  bom  about  1708  or  17 10,  and  died 
in  1745.  He  died  unmarried  and  without  issue. 
He  was  a  member  of  Parliament  for  Orkney, 
and  a  colonel  in  the  British  army.  He  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Fontenoy  in  1745.  The 
third  son  of  the  15th  Earl  of  Morton  was 
William,  who  was  born  much  later  than  his 
two  brothers,  and  toward  the  close  of  his 
father's  life.  This  William  Douglas  was  bom 
in  1732;  he  was  brought  up  on  one  of  his 
father's  large  Irish  estates,  and  on  the  death 
of  his  father  in  1738,  when  William  was  only 
about  six  years  of  age,  his  older  brothers,  for 
some  unknown  reason,  desired  to  rid  them- 
selves of  his  presence,  and  to  profit  by  his  ab- 
sence. It  is  believed  that  this  desire  was  very 
likely  due  to  the  wish  to  deprive  him  of  his 
share  of  the  inheritance  of  the  Adderly  estates 
in  England,  which  were  extensive  and  rich. 
His  brothers  were  successful  in  this,  and 
through  the  early  death  of  the  second  brother 


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the  whole  Adderly  inheritance  came  to  the 
eldest  brother  James. 

In  1738,  the  child  William  was  placed  by 
his  brothers  on  a  sailing  vessel  which  journey- 
ed first  to  Holland,  and  afterwards  to  America, 
William  being  taken  to  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  placed  in  school  there.  An  inter- 
mittent correspondence  was  kept  up  for  some 
time  with  the  brothers,  and  funds  were  sent 
to  care  for  William  from  time  to  time.  A  large 
sum  of  money  in  the  beginning  having  been 
provided  for  him  with  the  captain  of  the  ship 
bringing  him  to  America,  the  balance  of  which 
was  given  to  his  teachers  on  arrival  here. 
After  some  three  to  five  years  the  funds  be- 
came exhausted  and  letters  from  home  ceased, 
also  remittances,  and  the  child  was  obliged  to 
seek  employment,  first  as  an  apprentice  and 
later  on  in  his  own  behalf. 

He  went  from  Providence  to  Seekonk,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  from  there  he  moved  to  New 
Milford,  Connecticut,  and  afterwards  to  Shore- 
ham,  Vermont,  where  he  died  in  1807.  Will- 
iam Douglas  married  Mary  Warner,  bom  in 
1743,  died  in  1819,  daughter  of  Joseph  War- 
ner, of  Boston,  Massachusetts.  After  the  death 
of  her  first  husband,  William  Douglas,  she 
married  one  David  Cutting.  William  Douglas 
and  his  wife  Mary  Warner  had  eleven  chil- 
dren; their  oldest  child,  a  daughter,  Sarah 
Douglas,  was  the  second  wife  of  Nathaniel 
Smith  Jr.,  as  stated  in  the  foregoing  Smith 
genealogy,  and  she  became  the  mother  of  his 
youngest  son,  Harvey  Douglas  Smith,  as  stated 
above,  and  the  grandmother  of  Hon.  James 
Murdock  Smith,  the  main  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

(The  Murdock  Line). 

John  Murdock,  of  Limerick,  Ireland,  was  a 
wealthy  merchant.  He  was  born  about  1620, 
and  lived  at  or  in  the  neighborhood  of  Lim- 
erick. He  married  Mary  Munsen.  He  was  a 
staunch  Jacobite,  and  became  greatly  impov- 
erished by  the  civil  war  in  Ireland  in  1688  to 
1690,  and  lost  heavily  at  the  siege  and  fall  of 
Limerick,  after  which  he  was  obliged  to  take 
refuge  in  the  fortified  castle  of  one  of  his 
relatives. 

His  oldest  son,  Peter  Murdock,  was  bom  at 
Limerick,  about  1659.  In  1790,  after  the  fall 
of  Limerick  and  the  death  of  his  father,  he 
fled  to  America  and  came  to  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  Later  he  moved  to  East  Hamp- 
ton,  Long  Island.     Here  he  married   Mary 


Fithian,  in  1705,  and  later  moved  to  and  died 
at  West  Saybrook,  Connecticut.  He  and  his 
wife  had  several  children,  of  whom  the  eldest 
son  was  John  Murdock,  born  at  East  Hamp- 
ton, Long  Island,  in  1706,  and  died  at  West 
Saybrook,  Connecticut,  in  1788.  This  John 
Murdock,  often  called  Judge  Murdock,  or 
Major  Murdock,  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent men  in  the  colony  of  Connecticut.  He 
was  prominent  in  social,  official,  church  and 
military  circles.  He  was  the  wealthiest  man 
in  Saybrook.  Several  times  he  represented 
Saybrook  in  the  Connecticut  legislature,  held 
prominent  positions  in  the  religious  organiza- 
tions of  the  Congregational  church  in  Con- 
necticut, and  later  became  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas  for  New  London  county. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  lawyers  in 
Connecticut,  and  during  his  occupancy  of  the 
bench,  was  possibly  the  best  known  jurist  in 
the  state.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  mili- 
tary affairs,  was  a  captain  in  the  Connecticut 
line  in  the  famous  expedition  of  General  Aber- 
crombie  in  1758  against  the  French  under 
Montcalm,  took  part  in  the  disastrous  cam- 
paign against  Ticonderoga,  and  for  his  gallant 
conduct  during  the  assault  on  that  fortress  was 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  major.  Injuries  re- 
ceived at  that  time  and  the  effect  upon  his 
health  prevented  a  further  participation  in 
military  affairs  after  that  campaign,  and  he 
devoted  himself  to  his  legal,  religious  and  other 
social  obligations  which  were  many. 

He  left  a  large  estate,  and  died  well  known, 
as  one  of  the  most  prominent  men  in  the  then 
new  state  of  Connecticut.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried, his  first  wife  being  Phebe  Sill,  of  Lyme, 
Connecticut;  she  left  no  surviving  children. 
His  second  wife  was  Frances  Conklin,  of  East 
Hampton,  Long  Island.  They  had  thirteen 
children,  of  whom  the  youngest  son,  James 
Murdock,  was  bom  in  1758  and  died  in  1841. 
He  was  a  clergyman  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  was  one  of  the  best  known  and 
most  respected  ministers  in  Vermont  and  New 
York.  His  principal  places  of  residence  and 
pastorate  were  at  Sandgate,  Vermont,  and 
later  at  Gouverneur,  New  York.  He  married 
Anne  Buckingham,  daughter  of  Captain  Jo- 
seph Buckingham,  and  they  had  ten  children, 
one  of  whom,  his  daughter,  Harriet,  married 
as  his  first  wife,  Harvey  Douglas  Smith,  above 
referred  to  in  the  Smith  genealogy,  and  became 
the  mother  of  the  Hon.  James  Murdock  Smith, 
the  principal  subject  of  this  sketch. 


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(The  Sherwood  Line). 
Judge  John  Par  rick  Sherwood,  father  of  Mrs. 
James  M.  Smith  (Margaret  Louise  Smith), 
was  born  in  1789,  at  Amenia,  New  York,  died 
at  Buffalo,  New  York,  1872.  He  was  the  sec- 
ond son  of  Asahel  Sherwood,  of  Amenia,  New 
York,  born  at  Amenia,  about  1755,  died  about 
1810.  Asahel  was  the  oldest  son  of  John  Par- 
rick  Sherwood  (commonly  known  as  Par  rick 
Sherwood),  who  was  born  in  1730,  at  New- 
town, Connecticut,  and  died  at  Amenia,  New 
York,  about  1785.  His  wife  Abigail  died  at 
Amenia  in  1790.  John  Parrick  Sherwood, 
last  above  named,  was  the  oldest  son  and  sec- 
ond child  of  John  Sherwood,  of  Newtown, 
Connecticut,  who  was  born  in  1709,  and  died 
in  1783,  and.  Hanna  Parrick,  his  wife.  This 
last  named  John  Sherwood  was  a  son  of  Dr. 
Thomas  Sherwood,  of  Unity,  Connecticut,  now 
known  as  Trumbull,  and  Abigail  Darling,  his 
wife,  who  was  born  in  1686,  and  died  in  1727. 
He  was  a  son  of  John  Sherwood,  of  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  born  about  1650,  who  died  in 
1689,  which  last  named  John  Sherwood  was  a 
son  of  Thomas  Sherwood,  the  first  settler  of 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  who  was  bom  in  Eng- 
land in  1610,  and  died  in  1657,  in  Stratford, 
where  he  came  about  1639  from  Weathersfield, 

Connecticut. 

(The  Youngs  Line). 

Margaret  Louise  Sherwood,  second  wife  of 
Judge  James  M.  Smith,  was  born  in  1827,  and 
died  in  1887,  daughter  of  Judge  John  Parrick 
Sherwood,  of  Vernon,  New  York,  and  his  sec- 
ond wife,  Margaret  (Youngs)  Hopkins,  who 
was  born  in  1786,  and  died  in  1868,  and  was 
the  daughter  of  Calvin  Youngs,  of  Vernon, 
New  York,  and  widow  of  Joseph  Hopkins. 

Calvin  Youngs  was  born  in  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, in  1757,  and  died  at  Vernon,  New 
York,  in  1806.  His  wife,  Eva  Vaneps,  was 
born  in  1754,  and  died  in  1817.  Calvin  Youngs, 
above  named,  was  a  son  of  Seth  Youngs,  of 
Torrington,  Connecticut,  who  was  born  in 
1712  and  died  in  1761,  and  his  wife  Hannah, 
daughter  of  David  Lawrence,  of  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  Seth  Youngs  was  a  son  of 
Benjanain  Youngs,  of  Southold,  Long  Island, 
who  was  born  in  1679,  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^  1 768,  which 
last  named  Benjamin  Youngs  was  the  son  of 
another  Benjamin  Youngs,  of  Southold,  Long 
Island,  bom  in  1640,  and  died  in  1697,  and  this 
last  Benjamin  Youngs  was  a  son  of  Rev.  John 
Youngs,  first  minister  of  Southold,  Long  Is- 
land, who  was  bom  in  1598,  in  England,  and 


died  in  1672,  in  Southold.  He  was  the  original 
emigrant  ancestor  of  the  family  in  this  coun- 
try. The  Rev.  John  Youngs,  above  named, 
was  a  son  of  Rev.  Christopher  Youngs,  of  Eng- 
land, born  in  1545,  and  died  in  1626,  who  was 
vicar  of  St.  Edmunds,  Southold.  This  last 
Christopher  Youngs,  who  was  a  son  of  Chris- 
topher Young,  vicar  of  Ashburton,  and  Erm- 
yngton,  who  was  born  in  15 10,  and  died  in 
1577.  This  last  named  Christopher  Young, 
vicar  of  Ashburton,  was  a  brother  of  Thomas 
Young,  Bishop  of  St.  Davids  in  1559,  and 
Archbishop  of  York  in  1560,  who  died  in  1568. 
They  were  sons  of  Thomas  Young,  bom  in 
1475,  who  was  a  son  of  George  Young,  Ash- 
burton, Devon,  in  1450,  who  was  a  son  of 
Johannes  Young,  of  Kenton,  Salop,  bom  in 
1425,  son  of  Francicus  Young,  of  Kenton, 
born  in  1400,  who  was  a  son  of  Sir  William 
Young,  high  sheriff  of  Salop,  and  died  in  1492, 
son  of  Philip  Young,  who  was  a  great  grand- 
son of  Galfridus  Young,  who  flourished  about 

1300. 

(The  Lawrence  Line). 

Hannah  Lawrence,  wife  of  Seth  Youngs, 
was  a  daughter  of  David  Lawrence,  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  who  was  bom  about 
1670,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Whittemore.  David 
Lawrence  was  a  son  of  John  Lawrence,  of 
Charlestown,  born  in  1636,  and  died  in  1676, 
who  was  a  son  of  John  Lawrence,  of  Norwich, 
England,  born  in  1607,  died  in  1667,  and  who 
emigrated  in  1635  to  Massachusetts. 

(The  Gushing  Line). 

Thomas  W.  Cushing,  father  of  Mrs.  Philip 
S.  Smith,  of  Buffalo,  was  born  in  1837,  in  East 
Abington,  Massachusetts,  now  known  as 
Rockland.  His  wife  was  Helen  Lydia  Rock- 
well. He  was  a  son  of  Lysander  Cushing, 
born  in  181 1,  at  Abington,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  about  1903  at  Hamburg,  New  York,  and 
his  wife  Lydia  Jenkins  Reade.  Lysander  Cush- 
ing was  a  son  of  John  Cushing,  of  Abington, 
bom  1 78 1,  died  1842,  who  was  a  son  of  Ezra 
Cushing,  of  Abington,  bom  in  1748,  which 
Ezra  Cushing  was  a  son  of  Josiah  Cushing, 
born  in  1715,  a  grandson  of  John  Cushing,  and 
a  great-grandson  of  another  John  Cushing. 
This  last  John  Cushing  was  born  in  1627,  and 
died  in  1708.  The  name  of  his  wife  was  Sarah 
Hawks.  He  was  a  son  of  Mathew  Cushing,  of 
Hingham,  Massachusetts,  the  emigrant  ances- 
tor of  the  family  in  America,  who  was  born 
about  1595,  and  emigrated  to  America  in  1638. 


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(The  Reade  Line). 

Lydia  Jenkins  Reade,  wife  of  Lysander 
Gushing,  and  paternal  grandmother  of  Mrs. 
Philip  Sherwood  Smith,  was  born  in  1814,  in 
Abington,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  Reade  .and  Lydia  Jenkins.  This 
Thomas  Reade  was  born  in  Abington  in  1786, 
and  was  a  son  of  another  Thomas  Reade,  of 
Abington,  born  in  1761,  and  Joanna  Shaw,  his 
wife.  This  Thomas  Reade  was  a  son  of  still 
another  Thomas  Reade  (three  Thomas  Reades 
followed  in  succession  in  this  line),  bom  in 
1732,  and  Mary  Hobart,  widow  of  one  White. 
This  last-named  Thomas  Reade,  of  Abington, 
was  a  son  of  Daniel  Reade,  of  Abington,  who 
was  born  in  1704,  and  Ruth  Torrey,  his  wife. 
Daniel  Reade  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Reade, 
born  in  1671,  who  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Reade, 
of  Weymouth,  born  in  1645,  which  last-named 
was  a  son  of  William  Reade,  of  Weymouth, 
the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  family  in  this 
country,  who  was  born  in  1605  in  England,  and 
immigrant  to  America  in  1635.  He  was  a  son 
of  WilHam  Reade  and  Lucy  Henage,  a  grand- 
son of  Matthew  Reade  and  Alice  Ward,  and 
a  great-grandson  of  William  Reade  and  Re- 
becca Menis ;  the  last-named  was  a  son  of  Sir 
William  Reade  and  Ann  Menis,  which  last- 
named  William  Reade  was  a  son  of  William 
Reade,  Doctor  of  Divinity,  bom  about  1440, 
who  was  a  son  of  Edward  Reade  and  Isiod 
Stanley.  Edward  Reade  was  a  son  of  John 
Reade,  mayor  of  Norwich,  about  1388,  who 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  Reade  and  Christiana, 
his  wife,  daughter  of  Sir  Michael  de  la  Pole, 
second  Earl  of  Suffolk.  This  last-named 
Thomas  Reade  was  a  son  of  Thomas  Rede, 
of  Redydale,  grandson  of  Thomas  Rede,  and 
great-grandson  of  Galfrinus  Rede,  of  Redy- 
dale, who  was  a  great-grandSon  of  Brianus  de 
Rede,  of  Morpeth,  who  flourished  about  1639. 

(The  Rockwell  Line). 

Helen  Lydia  Rockwell,  wife  of  Thomas  W. 
Gushing,  and  mother  of  Mrs.  Philip  Sherwood 
Smith,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  and  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Simon  Denison  Rockwell,  of  Buffalo, 
bom  in  1824,  who  was  a  son  of  David  Rock- 
well, of  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  who  was  born 
in  1782  and  died  in  1816.  He  was  a  son  of 
Josiah  Rockwell,  who  was  bom  in  1743  and 
died  in  1812.  This  last  was  the  son  of  another 
Josiah  Rockwell,  bom  in  17 16,  died  in  1795, 
who  was  the  son  of  Daniel  Rockwell,  of  Nor- 
walk,  Connecticut,  born  in  1689,  died  in  1746, 


who  was  a  son  of*  Samuel  Rockwell,  and  a 
grandson  of  William  Rockwell,  of  Dorchester, 
Massachusetts,  born  about  1590,  in  England, 
and  immigrated  to  America  in  1630,  where  he 
died  in  1640. 

The     Bensons     of     Randolph, 
BENSON     New  York,  are  descendants  of 

the  Dutch  emigrant,  Dirck 
Bensen,  whose  descendants  settled  in  the  val- 
ley of  the  Hudson,  New  York,  and  in  New 
Jersey,  and  from  there  are  widely  distributed. 
The  spelling  has  now  taken  the  same  form  as 
that  of  the  English  family  of  Benson,  but  the 
families  are  entirely  distinct. 

Dirck  Bensen  was  originally  from  Gron- 
ingen,  but  was  for  a  time  resident  of  Amster- 
dam, Holland,  where  he  married  Catalyntje, 
daughter  of  Samson  Berck.  He  came  to 
America  about  1648.  In  1649  he  was  of  New 
Amsterdam  (New  York).  He  died  in  Al- 
bany, New  York,  January  6,  1659,  leaving 
issue. 

( II)  Captain  Johannes  Bensen,  son  of  Dirck 
and  Catalyntje  (Berck)  Bensen,  was  born 
February  8,  1655.  In  1689  he  resided  at 
Claverack,  New  York,  and  was  appointed  in 
March  of  that  year  captain  of  a  company  of 
militia,  when  an  attack  was  expected  from  the 
French  and  Indians.  In  1690  he  removed  to 
Harlem,  New  York,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried, February  2,  1680,  Lysbeth,  daughter  of 
Teuwes  (Matthew)  and  Helena  Van  Deusen, 
and  left  issue. 

(III)  Johannes  (2),  son  of  Captain  Johan- 
nes (i)  and  Lysbeth  (Van  Deusen)  Bensen, 
was  bom  May  29,  1701.  He  settled  in  Bergen 
county,  New  Jersey,  after  his  marriage,  May 
24,  1724,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Gerrit  Ly- 
decker,  of  Bergen  county.  New  Jersey. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Johannes  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  (Lydecker)  Bensen,  was  born  about 
1 73 1.  He  settled  at  Tappan,  New  York,  and 
lived  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey.  He  served  in 
the  revolution.  Married  and  had  a  son  Dan- 
iel (2). 

(V)  Daniel  (2)  Benson  (  as  the  name  is 
now  spelled),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Bensen,  was 
born  in  New  Jersey,  in  1771,  died  March, 
1838.  He  removed  to  New  York  state,  settling 
in  Genesee  county,  thence  to  Monroe,  finally 
locating  permanently  in  the  town  of  Cone  wan- 
go,  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  took  up 
land  (lot  nine),  built  a  log  house  and  cleared 
a  farm,  on  which  he  lived  vmtil  death.  He  mar- 


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ried  Rachel  Doremus;  children:  Peter  B.,  of 
Randolph,  the  last  survivor;  David,  Garry, 
Cornelius,  Peter  D.,  John,  Jane  and  Rebecca. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Benson,  was 
bom  in  New  Jersey,  July  25,  1800,  died  in 
Conewango,  Cattaraugus  county,  New  York, 
July  6,  1863.  He  settled  in  Conewango  on 
the  lot  adjoining  his  father  (lot  ten),  taking  up 
land  there,  which  he  cleared  and  brought  un- 
der cultivation.  He  became  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial, influential  men  of  his  town,  and  was 
held  in  the  highest  esteem.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  and  until  i860  a  Demo- 
crat, then  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln  for 
president,  and  ever  after  acted  with  the  Re- 
publican party.  He  married  Millie  Helms, 
born  in  Genesee  county,  New  York,  May  23, 
1806,  who  survived  him,  dying  February  22, 
1879.  Children:  i.  Maria.  2.  Marcus  J.,  of 
East  Randolph ;  married  Loraine  Huntington ; 
child,  Cora,  married  William  Noyes,  and  has 
daughter,  Adeline.  3.  Matilda,  married  Ed- 
win Nutting;  children:  i.  Ida  L.,  married  El- 
ton Rich.  li.  Eva.  iii.  Edwin.  4.  William 
H.,  member  of  Company  H,  Third  Wisconsin 
Cavalry,  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  1862; 
wounded  in  battle  and  died.  5.  Sophrona  E., 
married  Orriri  Smith;  children:  Addison  and 
Millie,  married  Martin  King,  and  has  Eliza- 
beth. 6.  Martin  V.,  of  further  mention.  7. 
Marvin,  died  1861. 

(VII)  Martin  V.,  sixth  child  of  John  and 
Millie  (Helms)  Benson,  was  born  in  Cone- 
wango, Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  June 
28,  1839.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
school,  finishing  his  studies  at  Randolph  Acad- 
emy. He  enlisted  in  the  first  regiment  raised, 
which  was  disbanded  before  being  mustered  in. 
His  health  was  very  poor  for  several  years,  and 
he  taught  school  at  intervals,  eight  terms  in  all 
He  then  began  the  study  of  law  with  Jen- 
kins &  Goodwill,  later  with  Alexander  Shel- 
don. He  then  attended  Albany  Law  School, 
from  which  he  was  graduated,  and  February 
18,  1871,  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  at  once 
began  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  East 
Randolph,  New  York,  continuing  alone  until 
1896,  securing  a  lucrative  practice.  In  the 
latter  year  he  formed  a  law  partnership  with 
Johnson  V.  Goodwill,  which  continued  until 
the  death  of  his  partner.  He  has  since  then 
practiced  alone.  He  was  supervisor  for  the 
town  of  Conewango  for  twenty-five  years, 
eleven  of  which  he  was  chairman  of  the  board. 
He  possesses  bound  copies  of  the  supervisor's 


reports  and  is  an  authority  on  town  history  of 
Conewango.  He  was  for  several  years  justice 
of  the  peace  and  actively  interested  in  all  pub- 
lic concerns.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers 
and  was  chosen  the  first  president  of  the  Peo- 
ple's State  Bank,  of  East  Randolph,  an  office 
he  has  held  twenty-one  years.  He  has  always 
been  a  strong  temperance  man  and  a  devoted 
friend  of  the  cause  of  education.  He  is  a 
man  of  strong  character,  decided  views,  and 
has  always  held  the  esteem  of  his  townsmen. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  an  active, 
efficient  supporter  of  his  party.  He  is  an  able 
lawyer  and  gave  to  his  clients  faithful  service, 
and  in  all  his  dealings  with  his  fellowmen  has 
observed  the  strictest  integrity.  He  is  a 
member  of  Randolph  Lodge  and  Salamanca 
Chapter  of  the  Masonic  Order,  and  also  affili- 
ated with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. He  is  trustee  and  vice-president  of  the 
Western  New  York  Home  for  Destitute  Chil- 
dren at  Randolph,  New  York. 

He  married  (first),  June  18,  1868,  Lucy- 
ette  E.,  daughter  of  Archibald  and  Emily  C- 
Merrill.  She  was  bom  in  Concord,  Lake 
county,  Ohio,  July  23,  1845,  died  October  17, 
1878.  She  was  a  woman  of  graceful  person- 
ality, a  devoted  wife  and  a  sincere  Christian. 
She  was  active  and  public-spirited,  always 
ready  to  do  her  part  in  life,  and  meeting  all 
social  demands  made  upon  her.  She  joined 
the  church  in  youth  and  was  ever  faithful  to 
her  vows.  Children:  i.  Mildred,  died  in  1876. 
2.  Grace  E.,  married  Ernest  P.  Moore.  Mr. 
Benson  married  (second),  February  3,  188 1, 
Ette  R.  Bowen. 

This  name  in  early  records  was 
COWING    used  interchangeably  with  Cow- 

en,-  both  forms  prevailing  some- 
times in  the  same  family.  John  Cowen,  of 
Scotland,  was  a  resident  of  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1656.  He  married  Rebecca,  widow 
of  Richard  Man.  There  is  no  record  of  the 
coming  of  a  Cowing  to  Scituate,  yet  the  vital 
records  show  a  great  many  were  born,  mar- 
ried and  died  there,  many  more  by  name  Cow- 
ing than  Cowen.  The  inference  is  that  John 
Cowen  was  the  emigrant  ancestor  of  both 
Cowens  and  Cowings.  This  makes  it  impossi- 
ble to  trace  any  particular  line,  especially  as 
the  records  are  meagre  and  widely  scattered 
that  refer  to  Cowing  or  Cowen.  The  earliest 
mention  of  the  name  in  New  York  state  is  in 
Yates  county,  of  James  Cowing,  bom  1740, 


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in  Plymouth  county,  Massachusetts.  He  was 
a  shoemaker,  but  followed  the  sea  more  than 
his  trade.  He  made  great  quantities  of  shoes 
for  the  Continental  soldiers,  taking  his  pay 
in  government  paper,  which  was  never  re- 
deemed. He  did  not  grumble,  however,  as 
the  cause  of  liberty  prevailed.  He  first  settled 
in  Saratoga  county,  then  in  Ontario  county, 
five  miles  west  of  Geneva,  and  in  1830  a  son 
James  settled  in  Yates  county,  where  he  died 
in  1840,  aged  seventy-two.  He  had  two  wives 
and  twenty  children.  No  doubt  James  and 
Thompson  Cowing  came  from  the  same  stock, 
and  the  strong  probability  is  that  James  (i) 
was  the  grandfather  of  Thcmipson  Cowing, 
and  perhaps  James  Cowing  (2)  was  the  father 
of  Thompson,  as  he  was  the  father  of  eleven 
children. 

(I)  Thompson  Cowing  (probably  son  of 
James  (2),  born  1768,  and  grandson  of  James 
Cowing'  (i),  born  1740)  was  bom  in  the  state 
of  Massachusetts,  in  1794,  died  in  Busti,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  at  an  advanced  age. 
If  he  descended  as  is  believed,  his  early  man- 
hood was  spent  in  Saratoga,  Ontario  and 
Yates  counties.  New  York.  In  1839  he  came 
to  Chautauqua  county,  settling  in  Busti,  at 
what  is  now  the  noted  summer  resort  on  Lake 
Chautauqua,  Lakewood.  Here  he  purchased 
a  tract  of  two  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres 
and  devoted  his  after  life  to  its  cultivation.  He 
was  a  successful,  prosperous  farmer,  well 
known  and  much  respected.  He  was  a  Whig 
in  politics.  He  married  Salome  House.  Chil- 
dren :  Charlotte,  John,  Charles,  Samuel,  James, 
Marietta,  Fordyce  B.,  married  Katherine 
Strunk,  children :  Herbert  O.  and  Leonard  G. ; 
Ransom  F.,  of  whom  further;  a  daughter, 
died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Ransom  Fuller  Cowing, 
son  of  Thompson  and  Salome  (House)  Cow- 
ing, was  born  in  Chesterfield,  Massachusetts, 
October  25,  1832,  died  October  19,  1909.  He 
was  a  small  boy  when  his  parents  settled  in 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  where  he  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  and  in  earlier  man- 
hood worked  for  his  father  on  the  farm. 
After  leaving  the  paternal  roof  he  purchased 
a  farm  on  Lake  Chautauqua,  at  what  is  now 
the  village  of  Lakewood,  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  and  popular  summer  resorts  on  the 
lake.  Here  he  spent  his  after  life  tilling  his 
farm,  and  for  thirty  years  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Erie  Railroad  Company  as  baggage  trans- 


fer agent,  a  connection  being  made  at  this 
point  between  trains  and  lake  steamers.  As  the 
place  grew  in  importance,  his  farm  came  into 
demand  for  building  lots,  the  greater  part  of 
the  village  of  Lakewood  being  built  on  the  old 
homestead.  A  goodly  share,  however,  yet  re- 
mains, on  which  his  widow  and  sons  reside. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he  was  one 
of  the  first  to  offer  his  services  to  the  gov- 
ernment. He  enlisted  in  Company  F,  Ninth 
Regiment,  New  York  Cavalry,  as  a  private, 
served  three  years  and  three  months  and  was 
honorably  discharged.  He  was  promoted  ser- 
geant, orderly  sergeant  and  lieutenant,  promo- 
tions won  for  "gallant  and  meritorious  services 
on  the  field  of  kittle."  At  Brandy  Station,  Vir- 
ginia, his  right  arm  was  shattered  by  a  burst- 
ing shell.  During  his  military  service  he  was 
engaged  in  sixteen  battles,  and  earned  every 
advance  in  rank.  The  ^Ninth  was  a  hard- 
fought  regiment,  and  its  history  up  to  the 
time  Mr.  Cowing  was  wounded  is  also  his  rec- 
ord. In  war  or  peace  he  played  well  his  part. 
He  was  progressive  and  broadminded,  of  most 
pleasing,  striking  personality,  affable  and  kind- 
ly hearted;  the  friend  of  all.  His  influence 
in  his  village  was  very  great,  and  always  ex- 
erted for  good.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
United  Brethren  church,  and  in  politics  strong- 
ly Republican.  He  married,  at  Flatbush,  Long 
Island,  Martha  A.  Duryee,  bom  there  July  24, 
1834,  who  survives  him,  a  resident  of  Lake- 
wood,  New  York.  She  inherits  from  her 
French  ancestry  the  vivacity  of  that  race,  and 
although  now  in  her  seventy-eighth  year  is  a 
most  interesting  and  entertaining  conversa- 
tionalist. Her  mind  is  well  stored  with  the 
best  in  literature,  and  history  and  art  are  her 
familiars,  while  keeping  fully  alive  to  the  im- 
portance of  current  events.  She  is  moreover 
most  domestic  in  her  tastes,  spending  her  years 
between  the  homes  of  her  children.  Her 
bright  and  cheerful  nature  makes  her  a  favor- 
ite everywhere.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Jacob, 
and  granddaughter  of  Cornelius  Duryee,  bom 
in  France.  Jacob  Duryee  came  to  New  York 
City  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years,  and  se- 
cured a  position  in  the  New  York  custom 
house,  holding  his  position  there  until  he 
was  sixty-one  years  of  age.  His  brother  Cor- 
nelius was  also  employed  in  the  custom  house 
all  his  life.  Jacob  was  a  devoted  member 
of  the  German  Reformed  church,  of  Flat- 
bush,  Long  Island,  his  home.    He  married  Nel- 


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lie  

whom  are  living,  Ellen  G.,  married  Spencer 
Crabb,  and  Martha  A.,  married  Ransom  Fuller 
Cowing.  Two  sisters,  Jane  and  Mary  A.,  died 
aged  respectively  eighty  and  eighty-four  years. 
Both  married  and  had  families.  A  brother, 
Stephen,  is  buried  in  Greenwood  cemetery, 
Brooklyn.  Children  of  Ransom  F.  and  Martha 
A.  Cowing:  i.  Ransom  Thompson,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Nellie  A.,  born  1867 ;  educated  at 
Jamestown  high  school,  and  until  her  marriage 
a  teacher  in  the  public  schools;  she  married 
James  H.  Houser,  a  wholesale  grocer,  of 
Meadville,  Pennsylvania;  children:  Gertrude, 
Harold  and  James. 

(Ill)  Ransom  Thompson,  only  son  of  Ran- 
som Fuller  and  Martha  A.  (Duryee)  Cowing, 
was  bom  in  Flatbush,  Long  Island,  January  18, 
1862.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  the  town  of  Busti^Chautauqua  county.  New 
York,  finishing  his  studies  at  Jamestown 
Union  School.  He  has  spent  almost  his  entire 
life  a  resident  of  Lakewood,  New  York,  his 
present  home  being  the  old  homestead  founded 
by  his  father  when  a  young  man.  For  a  few 
years,  while  in  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Rail- 
road Company,  he  made  his  home  in  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania.  In  earlier  life  he  assisted  his 
father  in  the  baggage-room  at  Lakewood.  In 
1884  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie  Rail- 
road Company  as  brakeman.  In  1887  he  was 
promoted  freight  conductor  and  in  1907  pas- 
senger conductor,  running  between  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Salamanca,  New  York,  and 
Meadville  and  Buffalo.  In  1910  he  resigned 
after  a  service  of  a  quarter  of  a  century.  He 
is  now  engaged  in  the  retail  coal  business  at 
Lakewood,  with  yards  and  storage  plant  near 
the  Erie  station.  He  was  elected  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  town  of  Busti,  November  7,  191 1, 
for  a  term  of  four  years.  He  is  a  Republican 
and  a  member  of  Hall  Post,  Sons  of  Veterans, 
Jamestown;  of  Lakewood  Lodge,  No.  268, 
I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  Division  No.  32,  Order  of 
Railroad  Conductors. 

He  married  (first)  Mattie  Stewart,  died 
1885;  (second)  Elizabeth  Crouch,  died  1897; 
(third)  Charlotte,  bom  in  Jamestown,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1868,  widow  of  Frank  Gates,  daughter 
of  Isaac  A.  and  Sarah  J.  (Thompson)  Stoner. 
By  her  first  marriage  she  had  a  son,  Leon 
Gates,  resident  of  Olean,  New  York.  Child 
of  Ransom  T.  and  Charlotte  Cowing :  Ransom 
Theodore,  bom  January  26,  1908. 


(II)  Fordyce  B.  Cowing,  son 
COWING  of  Thompson  (q.  v.)  and  Sa- 
lome (House)  Cowing  was 
bom  in  East  Jamestown,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  and  died  November  10,  1890,  aged 
forty-eight  years.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  completing  his  studies  at  the 
old  Jamestown  Academy.  He  was  reared  a 
farmer,  and  worked  with  his  father  on  the 
Busti  homestead.  He  purchased  the  old  "Hut- 
ton  farm,"  in  EUicott  town,  originally  the  old 
"Baker  farm,"  the  tract  comprising  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty-nine  acres  of  highly  fertile 
land,  probably  unexcelled  in  the  whole  county 
for  productiveness.  The  farm  is  still  owned 
by  his  family.  He  was  a  very  successful  man 
of  business  and  one  of  the  best-known  men  in 
town.  He  was  an  attendant  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
United  Workmen.  During  the  civil  war  he 
enlisted  and  served  in  Company  F,  Ninth 
Regiment  New  York  Cavalry.  He  married, 
January  10,  1867,  Katherine  Strunk,  bom  in 
Ellicott,  (Chautauqua  county,  March  29,  1845, 
daughter  of  WiUiam  H.  and  Jane  Ann  (Van 
Vleck)  Stmnk.  William  H.  Stmnk  was  bom 
in  1807,  son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth  Strunk. 
He  came  with  his  parents  to  Ellicott  in  1816, 
and  in  1817  settled  on  the  homestead  farm, 
three  miles  northwest  of  Jamestown.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1834,  Jane  Ann  Van  Vleck.  They  had 
ten  children,  eight  of  whom  married,  and  all 
settled  not  far  from  the  homestead.  Qiildren 
of  Fordyce  B.  and  Katherine  Cowing :  Herbert 
O.  and  Leonard  G. 

(HI)  Herbert  O.,  eldest  son  of  Fordyce  B. 
and  Katherine  (Strunk)  Cowing,  was  bom  on 
the  Busti  homestead,  (Thautauqua  county,  New 
York,  July  6,  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Jamestown,  graduating  from 
the  high  school,  after  which  he  finished  with 
a  course  at  Jamestown  Business  College.  His 
boyhood  days  were  spent  on  the  farm,  where 
he  developed  a  great  love  for  the  horse.  He 
chose  farmmg  for  an  occupation,  but  later 
gave  it  up  and  established  a  livery  business  in 
Jamestown.  After  two  years  he  purchased  the 
stables  of  William  Person.  After  another  year 
of  successful  business  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  Edward  Green  and  Nelson  Rushworth, 
who  were  also  in  the  livery  business.  The  con- 
solidation of  the  three  interests  gave  them 
the  largest  livery  business  in  the  county,  if 
not  in  all  of  Western  New  York.    Their  busi- 


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ness  includes  a  complete  blacksmithing  de- 
partment, a  wagon  building  and  repair  depart- 
ment, as  well  as  their  regular  livery  business. 
Mr.  Cowing  is  a  judge  of  a  good  horse,  loves 
him  and  uses  him  right.  He  has  owned  some 
noted  ones,  and  takes  his  greatest  pleasure  in 
the  blooded  trotter.  He  is  a  good  man  of  busi- 
ness and  a  syccessful  one.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics  and  served  on  the  Ellicott 
board  of  highway  commissioners.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  has  the  proud  record  of  never  having  used 
intoxicants  or  tobacco.  He  is  of  the  strictest 
int^rity  and  holds  the  full  respect  of  his  fel- 
lowmen. 

He  married,  September  17,  1891,  Florine 
Adella,  born  April  15,  1870,  daughter  of  Van- 
ness  Walkup.  Children:  Fordyce  Walkup, 
born  April  6,  1894;  Mary  Catherine,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1899;  Margaret  Florine,  July  21, 
1901. 

Vanness  Walkup,  father  of  Mrs.  Herbert 
O.  Cowing,  was  born  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  November  26,  1839,  son  of  George  and 
Marinda  (Andrews)  Walkup.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  the  oil  business,  and  now  lives  retired 
at  Busti  Corners.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  church.  He  is  a  veteran  of  the  civil 
war.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  11 8th 
Regiment  Illinois  Volunteers,  in  July,  1862; 
was  elected  sergeant  of  Company  A,  pro- 
moted to  orderly  sergeant  in  1863,  and  in  1865 
to  second  lieutenant.  He  participated  in  the 
engagement  at  Chickasaw  Bluffs,  Mississippi, 
under  General  Sherman,  and  in  that  at  Ar- 
kansas Post,  Arkansas;  wintered  at  Young's 
Point,  Louisiana;  took  *part  in  expedition 
against  Vicksburg,  serving  in  division  of  Gen- 
eral P.  J.  Osterhaus,  and  fought  in  battles  of 
Thompson's  Hills,  Port  Gibson  and  Champion 
Hills,  Mississippi,  where  the  company  lost 
among  others  the  captain,  first  lieutenant  and 
first  sergeant;  also  served  in  battle  of  Black 
River,  and  entire  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and  after 
the  surrender  of  that  stronghold  went  with 
General  Sherman  in  the  expedition  against 
Jackson,  Mississippi.  Returning  to  Vicksburg, 
Lieutenant  Walkup's  command  was  mounted 
and  transferred  to  the  Department  of  the  Gulf, 
and  performed  scouting  duty  through  Louis- 
iana and  Mississippi.  At  Bayou  Teet,  Louis- 
iana, his  company  was  engaged  against  a  su- 
perior force  of  the  enemy,  and  only  escaped 
capture  by  use  of  their  sabres,  of  which  arm 


the  enemy  was  destitute.  Lieutenant  Walkup's 
service  amounted  to  three  years  and  three 
months,  and  he  was  mustered  out  at  Baton 
Rouge,  Louisiana,  September  i,  1865,  several 
months  after  the  close  of  the  war.  He  married, 
December  23,  1863,  Mary  M.  Strunk,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Jemima  (Ward)  Strunk; 
she  died  October  8,  1881. 

(HI)  Leonard  G.,  youngest  son  of  Fordyce 
B.  and  Katherine  (Strunk)  Cowing,  was  bom 
on  the  old  Cowing  homestead  in  Busti,  Chau- 
tauqua county,  New  York,  August  24,  1872. 
His  early  life  was  spent  oh  the  farm,  and  his 
education  received  in  the  Jamestown  schools. 
He  was  graduated  from  the  high  school,  class 
of  1888,  finishing  his  studies  with  a  course  at 
Jamestown  Business  College.  When  the 
Farmers'  and  Mechanics'  Bank  of  Jamestown 
was  organized  he  secured  an  appointment  as 
head  bookkeeper,  being  then  but  seventeen. 
He  held  that  positon  five  years.  In  1894  he 
purchased  one^half  interest  in  the  Chautauqua 
factory  of  Curtis  &  Page,  taking  Mr.  Page's 
place  in  the  firm,  which  continued  as  Curtis  & 
Cowing.  After  three  and  one-half  years  of 
successful  business  fire  destroyed  their  plant 
and  the  firm  dissolved.  For  a  short  time  there- 
after Mr.  Cowing  was  bookkeeper  for  the 
Chautauqua  Furniture  Company,  then  for  a 
period  of  five  years  was  in  charge  of  the  of- 
fice and  books  of  the  Jamestown  Brewing 
Company,  resigning  to  fill  a  similar  position 
with  the  Veneer  Door  Company,  remaining 
with  the  latter  three  and  one-half  years.  On 
April  I,  1909,  he  effected  the  organization  of 
the  Standard  Table  Company,  of  which  he 
was  elected  the  first  president.  This  company 
has  had  a  most  successful  existence  and  has 
become  one  of  the  leading  industrial  companies 
of  the  city.  They  manufacture  dining-room 
tables  exclusively.  Mr.  Cowing  is  a  man  of 
fine  executive  ability,  which,  coupled  with  his 
years  of  manufacturing  experience,  renders 
him  a  valuable  head  of  the  business.  He  is  an 
active  Republican  and  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  He  belongs  to  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
is  treasurer  of  Jamestown  lodge.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum.  He  is  held  in 
highest  esteem  in  his  city,  where  practically 
his  whole  life  has  been  spent.  He  married,  at 
Frewsburg,  New  York,  October  11,  1893,  Min- 
nie, daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary  (Nichols) 
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This  branch  of  the 
JOHNSTON-YATES    Johnston  family 

descends  from 
Scotch  and  English  ancestry,  and  have  been 
residents  of  Chautauqua  county  many  years. 

Dennis  Johnston,  son  of  Theodore  and  Thir- 
za  (Cutler)  Johnston,  was  born  in  Harmony, 
Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  January  21, 
1845,  <l*^d  ^^  Jamestown,  New  York,  June  22, 
1884.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Harmony  and  Panama,  and  remained  on 
the  farm  until  he  was  sixteen,  then  took  a 
position  as  clerk  in  a  store  at  Panama, 
where  he  remained  three  years.  He  came  to 
Jamestown  where  he  was  for  some  years  clerk 
for  the  firm  of  Andrews  &  Preston.  After 
leaving  them  he  engaged  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness, later  was  general  agent  for  the  Howe 
Sewing  Machine  Company  for  Western  New 
York  and  Pennsylvania.  He  maintained  gen- 
eral offices  in  Buffalo  and  for  six  years  was 
very  active  and  successful.  He  returned  to 
Jamestown,  where  until  ill  health  forced  his 
retirement  he  was  associated  with  the  Breed 
Furniture  Company,  first  as  bookkeeper,  then 
as  superintendent  of  the  furniture  department. 
His  death  occurred  two  years  after  his  retire- 
ment. He  was  a  devoted  member  of  the  Meth- 
6dist  Episcopal  church,  of  which  he  was  a 
steward;  secretary  of  the  Sunday  school,  and 
for  several  years  taught  a  young  men's  Bible 
class.  He  also  held  membership  in  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  An- 
cient Order  of  United  Workmen.  Politically 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  man  of  high 
character  and  held  in  universal  esteem. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  August  17,  1871, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Schermerhom  and 
Selina  (Jones)  Yates.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  Mr.  Johnston  was  erecting  a  residence 
on  Fulton  street.  His  widow  completed  the 
building  and  resided  there  for  twenty  years, 
conducting  a  private  school  until  1903.  She 
is  a  woman  of  fine  education,  was  a  most 
successful  instructor,  and  numbered  among 
her  pupils  many  of  the  prominent  people  of 
Jamestown.  In  1905  Mrs.  Johnston  sold  the 
Fulton  street  house,  and  in  1909  purchased  her 
present  residence  at  No.  306  East  Sixth  street. 
Children :  Ralph  Dennis,  born  January  27, 
1874,  <^ied  February  22,  1893;  Florence  T., 
bom  August  14,  1877;  she  was  specially  edu- 
cated in  music  at  the  New  York  College  of 
Music,  and  is  now  a  most  efficient  and  success- 
ful teacher  of  her  art  in  Jamestown. 


Henry  Jones  Yates,  son  of  John  S.  and  Se^ 
Kna  (Jones)  Yates,  and  brother  of  Mary 
(Yates)  Johnston,  was  bom  in  Jamestown, 
September  23,  1842,  died  January  18,  1897. 
He  was  educated  at  Jamestown  Academy  and 
spent  his  early  life  in  that  city.  April  26, 
1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Seventy-sec- 
ond Regiment  New  York  Voluuteer  Infantry, 
the  first  company  to  leave  Jamestown  for  the 
front  during  the  civil  war.  He  was  promoted 
corporal  before  the  c<xnpany  left  Jamestown; 
first  sergeant,  May  2,  1862;  second  lieutenant 
of  Company  G,  same  regiment,  January  7, 
1863;  first  lieutenant  Company  D,  same  rai- 
ment. May  10,  1863;  adjutant,  March  i,  1864. 
He  saw  much  hard  service  and  earned  his  pro- 
motions through  gallant  and  meritorious  con- 
duct on  the  field  of  battle.  He  served  during 
the  siege  of  Yorktown,  was  in  the  battle  of 
Williamsburg,  Fair  Oaks  and  the  seven  days' 
battle  before  Richmond  and  during  the  retreat ; 
suffered  defeat  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac 
at  Fredericksburg  and  Chancellorsville,  was 
with  Meade  and  the  victorious  Army  of  the 
Potomac  at  Gettysburg,  Locust  Grove,  Mine 
Run  (where  he  was  in  charge  of  Company  C) 
and  at  the  Wildemess  fights,  where  he  was  ad- 
jutant of  the  raiment.  He  received  a  wound 
in  the  right  shoulder  at  Williamsburg,  and  at 
the  battle  of  the  Wildemess  was  severely  in- 
jured and  shot  through  both  shoulders,  May  6, 
1864.  He  was  honorably  discharged  from 
the  service,  June  19,  1864,  while  still  suffering 
from  his  wounds,  his  term  of  enlistment  hav- 
ing expired.  He  returned  to  Jamestown,  where 
in  May,  1869,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  by 
President  Grant,  holding  this  office  until  Feth- 
ruary,  1873.  He  was  elected  justice  of  the 
peace  of  the  town  of  ElHcott  in  that  year,  and 
in  April,.  1886,  was  elected  police  justice  of 
Jamestown,  which  position  he  held  until  his 
death.  In  1881  he  was  elected  coroner  of 
Chautauqua  county,  serving  six  years  through 
successive  re-elections.  He  was  a  gallant  sol- 
dier, a  trusted  official  and  a  just  judge.  He 
was  active  in  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to 
Lodge  and  Chapter.  He  belonged  to  John 
Brown  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  the 
Union  Veteran  Legion  and  in  1895  was  admit- 
ted a  companion  of  the  Military  Order  of  the 
Loyal  Legion. 

He  married,  at  Jamestown,  June  20,  1867. 
Julia  Harper  Blinn,  born  at  Maurisana,  near 
New  Orleans,  Louisana,  November  29,  1845, 
only  daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Goodwin  and 


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Mary  LePage  (Pierce)  Blinn,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Henry  and  Lydia  (Goodwin) 
Blinn,  of  Camden,  New  Jersey.  When  four 
years  of  age  her  parents  moved  to  Jamestown, 
New  York,  where  the  Rev.  Mr.  Blinn  was  pas- 
tor of  the  Presbyterian  church  until  the  death 
of  his  wife  in  1850.  Julia  Harper  was  then 
adopted  by  Colonel  Henry  and  Maria  Fish 
Baker.  Rev.  Mr.  Blinn  married  (second) 
Frances,  daughter  of  Dr.  Alfred  Gray.  After 
several  pastorates  Rev.  Mr.  Blinn  settled  in 
Cambridge,  New  York,  and  was  living  there 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  although  he  died  in 
Jamestown,  July  14,  1894,  while  visiting  his 
daughter,  Julia  H.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Julia  Harper,  married  Henry  Jones  Yates; 
William  Henry,  bom  1847,  died  unmarried, 
1876.  Children  of  second  wife:  Kate,  de- 
ceased; Alfred,  deceased;  Frank. 

Children  of  Henry  Jones  and  Julia  Harper 
(Blinn)  Yates:  i.  Blinn,  bom  July  9,  1868; 
married,  June  12,  1889,  Frances  Clark,  and 
has  a  son,  Blinn  Francis,  bom  February  22, 
1 891.  2.  Leonora  F.,  bom  November  8,  1873, 
died  unmarried,  June  9,  1903.  3.  Henry  Jones, 
bom  May  23,  1875,  died  September  26,  1901. 
4,  Ellen  P.,  bom  August  18,  1882.  5.  Anna 
B.,  bom  January  11,  1891 ;  a  student  at  Mount 
Holyoke,  Massachusetts.  Two  children,  Rob- 
ert and  Erdman  died  in  infancy. 

Rev.    Alexander    Taylor    was 
TAYLOR    bom  in  a  little  village  called 

Port  Glasgow  on  the  river 
Clyde,  in  Scotland,  October  31,  1816.  His 
parents  were  Presbyterians  and  he  was  bap- 
tized in  the  parish  kirk.  When  he  was  eight 
years  old  he  came  with  his  parents  and  their 
little  family  to  St.  John,  New  Brunswick,  in 
September,  1823.  He  attended  the  Presbyte- 
rian Sabbath  school  there  and  very  early 
showed  promise  of  ability  as  a  public  speaker 
in  reciting  before  the  Sunday  school.  He  also 
attended  services  at  the  Methodist  chapel  and 
doubtless  received  there  the  foundations  of 
the  faith  and  doctrine  that  he  preached  so  elo- 
quently in  later  years. 

In  his  fourteenth  year  his  mother  died,  and 
at  a  critical  time  in  his  boyhood  he  lacked  the 
restraints  and  influence  of  a  mother's  care  and 
love.  He  was  employed  in  St.  John  by  a  man 
who  after  receiving  many  months  of  faithful 
service  failed  to  pay  the  wages  due  the  boy, 
who  left  St.  John  for  Fredericton,  feeling  ut- 
terly* friendless  and  discouraged.     Failing  to 


find  work  there  he  went  to  Woodstock,  where 
he  was  employed  as  a  lumberman,  though  he 
was  then  but  sixteen  years  old.  In  the  follow- 
ing spring  he  attended  evangelistic  services 
near  Richmond,  conducted  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Wormwood,  and  here  made  the  decision  that 
became  the  turning  point  of  his  life.  Ever 
afterward  he  was  an  earnest  and  consecrated 
Christian.  Largely  by  private  study  he 
equipped  himself  for  the  ministry  and  he  was 
eventually  drawn  into  the  profession  for  which 
he  was  well  fitted  naturally.  His  ministerial 
work  extended  over  a  period  of  fifty  years  in 
the  Free  Baptist  denomination,  and  he 
preached  and  worked  in  nearly  every  parish 
in  New  Brunswick.  His  was  eminently  the 
missionary  spirit,  and  he  became  one  of  the 
best-known  evangelists  of  his  day.  From  1853 
to  1856  he  was  engaged  in  missionary  work  in 
various  places:  In  1856  he  conducted  evan- 
gelistic services  in  St.  John  North,  then  at 
Portland,  Maine.  In  the  same  year  he  went  to 
Campobello  to  baptize  the  converts  made  there 
during  a  revival  conducted  by  Cyril  Doucette, 
then  a  licentiate,  and  afterward  Mr.  Taylor 
was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  church  there. 
He  built  a  house  and  made  his  home  there  for 
five  years.  In  1861  he  resumed  missionary 
work  in  the  fourth  district.  In  the  following 
year  he  conducted  revival  services  at  Campo- 
bello and  baptized  sixteen  converts.  In  the 
same  year  he  organized  a  new  church  at 
Beaver  Harbor  with  seventeen  charter  mem- 
bers. In  1863  he  was  appointed  conference 
missionary  to  work  among  the  churches  hav- 
ing no  pastor,  and  during  the  following  three 
years  he  visited  and  labored  in  many  churches 
on  the  St.  John  river  and  also  at  Beaver  Har- 
bor. From  1868  to  1870  he  was  pastor  of 
churches  on  the  islands,  including  Grand  Ma- 
nan,  White  Head  and  Campobello.  In  1871-72 
he  was  again  engaged  as  home  missionary  by 
the  conference,  and  in  1873  he  became  pastor 
of  the  Hampstead  churches,  remaining  there 
for  three  years.  In  1873  ^^  ^^s  moderator 
of  the  conference,  and  for  six  years  afterward 
pastor  of  the  Tracey  Mills  Church.  In  1880 
he  conducted  an  extensive  and  fruitful  revival 
during  which  sixty  converts  were  made.  In 
1884  Mr.  Taylor  became  pastor  of  the  Wake- 
field church  and  in  the  following  year  removed 
to  Tracey  Mills,  again  takng  charge  of  the 
churches  of  that  pastorate.  In  1886-87  he  gave 
his  time  to  visiting  churches  without  pastors, 
at  Bath,  Perth,  Arthurette  and  other  places  in 


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the  first  district.  Although  his  early  educa- 
tional opportunities  were  limited,  he  made  up 
for  its  deficiencies  by  constant  reading  and 
study  and  became  a  man  of  broad  and  thor- 
ough learning.  His  mind  was  clear  and  log- 
ical, his  reasoning  sound  and  convincing. 
Earnest,  pious  and  fervent,  he  put  his  soul 
into  the  work  of  the  church,  and  his  preaching 
was  forcible'  and  stirring.  To  his  denomina- 
tion he  was  always  loyal  and  faithful.  His 
personality  was  attractive  and  he  possessed  a 
strong  individuality  and  a  well-rounded  Chris- 
tian character.  He  died  at  Hampstead,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1888. 

He  married  Abbie  Sommes  Spiller,  bom  at 
Old  Town,  on  the  Penobscot  river,  Maine,  of 
English  parentage.  Children:  Phileria  E., 
Edward  H.,  Benjamin  U.,  Alice  A.,  Anna  E., 
Charles  A.,  Frank  E.,  and  two  who  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

(H)  Benjamin  Underbill,  second  son  and 
third  child  of  Rev.  Alexander  Taylor,  was 
born  at  Linneus,  Maine,  September  11,  1854. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
state.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  in  the 
general  building  trades  in  the  employ  of  a 
prominent  firm  of  Boston  contractors,  and 
spent  three  years  in  studying  mechanics  and 
science.  After  finishing  his  technical  training 
in  Boston,  he  went  to  Western  Pennsylvania 
and  engaged  in  the  oil  business.  In  1887  he 
estabHshed  himself  as  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor at  Olean,  New  York,  and  he  has  con- 
tinued in  business  there  with  great  success  to 
the  present  time.  He  erected  many  of  the 
best  buildings  in  the  city,  including  hotels, 
business  buildings,  manufacturing  plants  and 
tanneries.  He  took  contracts  for  street  con- 
struction and  built  up  incidentally  a  large 
trade  in  building  materials,  extending  into 
several  states  in  this  section  of  the  country. 
His  business  was  incorporated  February  i, 
1904,  and  since  then  it  has  grown  to  even 
larger  proportions.  The  present  officers  are: 
President,  Benjamin  Underbill  Taylor;  vice- 
president,  H.  M.  Taylor;  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, J.  S.  Hunt;  general  superintendent,  C. 
A.  Taylor;  assistant  manager,  A.  McFarland. 
The  offices  are  at  254  North  Union  street, 
Olean.  The  company  owns  extensive  ware- 
houses on  the  Pennsylvania  railroad  and  does 
an  annual  business  of  $150,000  or  more. 

An  earnest  Christian  since  the  age  of  seven- 
teen, he  joined  the  church  a  year  later  and  has 
been  active  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 


ever  since  and  is  among  the  foremost  in  the 
councils  of  this  denomination  in  his  conference. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  official  board  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Olean, 
and  he  served  two  years  as  president  of  the 
Genesee  Conference  Ep worth  League,  display- 
ing rare  executive  ability  and  leadership  in 
administering  this  office.  He  was  twice  chosen 
delegate  by  the  Lay  Electoral  Conference  to 
represent  the  Genesee  Conference,  first  in  Chi- 
cago and  second  at  Los  Angeles,  California. 
He  has  been  a  constant  student  of  the  history, 
policies  and  religious  affairs  of  his  church,  and 
is  exceptionally  well  qualified  as  its  representa- 
tive. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a 
member  of  Bolivar  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons ;  Bolivar  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons, 
and  the  Scottish  Rite  bodies  at  Olean;  Olean 
Lodge,  No.  471,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  which  he  is  past  noble  grand,  also 
member  of  Allegany  Encampment,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  he  is  president 
of  Olean  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

He  married,  April  19,  1882,  Harriet  May 
McFarland,  of  Grand  Manan,  New  Brunswick, 
Canada,  daughter  of  James  McFarland,  of 
Grand  Manan.  Children:  Amy  A.,  married 
Arthur  C.  True,  one  child,  Arthur;  Qarence, 
Florence  E.,  married  J.  H.  King,  professor 
in  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania ;  Alta  M.,  Grace  A., 
Alice  M.,  Bernard  W.,  Laura  J.,  Thalia  G. 


That  the   Strongs   of   Ireland, 
STRONG    Scotland  and   England  are  of 

a  different  origin,  respectively, 
would  seem  to  be  manifest  from  the  variety 
of  their  family  crests.  The  crest  of  the 
StrcHigs  of  Ireland  is  a  lion  rampant  azure, 
supporting  a  pillar  argent;  of  those  of  Scot- 
land, a  cluster  of  grapes  stalked  and  leaved; 
while  those  of  England  have  three  from  which 
to  choose.  Which  belongs  to  the  Strongs  of 
America,  Benjamin  W.  D wight,  the  historian 
of  the  Strong  family,  says  is  a  matter  of 
doubt.  The  Strong  family  of  England  was 
originally  of  the  county  of  Shropshire.  One 
of  the  family  married  an  heiress  of  Griffith, 
in  the  county  of  Caernarvon,  Wales,  and  took 
up  his  residence  there  in  1545. 

(I)  Richard  Strong,  of  this  branch  of  the 
family,  was  born  in  Caernarvon,  Wales,  in 
1 561.  In  1590  he  removed  to  Taunton,  Som- 
ersetshire, England,  where  he  died  in  1613, 
leaving  a  son  John  and  a  daughter  Eleanor. 
The  name  is  said  to  have  originally  beenMc- 


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Strachan,  passing  through  the  various  forms 
of  Strachan,  Strachn,  becoming  finally  Strong. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Richard  Strong,  was  bom 
in  Taunton,  England,  in  1605.  He  removed  to 
Lx)ndon  and  afterward  to  Plymouth.  Having 
a  deeply  religious  mind,  he  was  in  fullest  sym- 
pathy with  the  Puritans,  and  when  in  1630  a 
company  of  one  hundred  and  forty  were  sail- 
ing for  the  New  World,  he  accompanied  them, 
sailing  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  landing 
after  a  passage  of  seventy  days  at  Nantasket 
(Hull),  Massachusetts,  on  Sunday,  May  30, 
same  year.  They  prospected  for  a  location 
several  days,  finally  deciding  upon  a  spot  he 
called  Dorchester,  after  the  English  home  of 
many  of  the  settlers.  John  Strong  was  accom- 
panied by  his  sister  Eleanor,  who  was  several 
years  his  junior,  he  then  being  about  twenty- 
five  years  old.  She  married  Walter  Deane,  a 
tanner,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  previously 
of  Taunton,  England,  and  they  are  the  ances- 
tors of  a  numerous  family.  In  1635  John 
Strong  left  Dorchester  and  settled  at  Hingham 
and  took  the  freeman's  oath  at  Boston,  March 
9,  1639.  He  tarried  but  a  short  time  at  Hing- 
ham, for  on  December  4,  1636,  he  is  found  an 
inhabitant  and  proprietor  of  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  that  year  made  a  free- 
man, and  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1641-43-44.  He  removed  to  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, and  in  1659  to  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts, of  which  town  he  was  one  of  the  first 
and  most  active  founders.  Here  he  lived  forty 
years,  becoming  a  leading  man  in  town  and 
church  affairs.  He  was  a  prosperous  tannct* 
and  a  large  land  owner.  From  the  church 
records  of  Northampton  we  quote:  "After 
solemn  and  extraordinary  seeking  to  God  for 
his  direction  and  blessing,  the  church  chose 
John  Strong  ruling  elder,  and  William  Holton 
deacon." 

He  married  (first)  in  England, , 

who  died  on  the  voyage  or  shortly  after  land- 
ing ;  she  was  the  mother  of  two  children.  He 
married  (second)  Abigail  Ford,  of  Dorches- 
ter, with  whom  he  lived  fifty-eight  years.  She 
was  the  mother  of  sixteen  children,  and  died 
July  6,  1688,  aged  eighty  years.  Elder  John 
Strong  died  April  14,  1699,  aged  ninety-four 
years.  At  his  death  he  had  one  hundred  and 
sixty  descendants — eighteen  children,  fifteen 
having  families;  one  hundred  and  fourteen 
grandchildren,  and  thirty-three  great-grand- 
children. Thomas  Ford,  father  of  Abigail 
(Ford)  Strong,  was  one  of  the  company  who 


came  in  the  "Mary  and  John"  in  1630.  He 
was  an  early  settler  of  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
which  town  he  represented  in  the  general  court 
in  1637-38-39-40.  Children  of  Elder  John 
Strong,  by  first  wife :  John,  and  an  infant  who 
soon  died :  By  second  wife :  Thomas,  Jedediah, 
died  aged  ninety-six  years;  Josiah,  Return, 
died  aged  eighty-five  years;  Elder  Ebenezer, 
died  aged  eighty-six  years ;  Abigail,  Elizabeth, 
died  aged  eighty-nine  years ;  Experience,  Sam- 
uel, died  aged  eighty  years ;  Joseph,  twin  with 
Samuel;  Mary,  died  aged  eighty- four  years; 
Sarah,  died  aged  seventy-seven  years ;  Hannah, 
Hester,  Thankful,  Jerijah,  died  aged  eighty- 
eight  years.  The  oldest  and  yoimgest  chil- 
dren were  thirty-nine  years  apart  in  age,  the 
eldest  born  in  England,  1626,  and  the  young- 
est in  Connecticut,  1665.  Two  sons  and  a 
daughter  died  young.  The  daughters  all  mar- 
ried, one  of  them  twice.  The  sons  all  mar- 
ried, and  from  these  fifteen  children  sprang 
nearly  all  the  numerous  Strong  families  in  the 
United  States. 

(III)  ThcMnas,  son  of  Elder  John  Strong, 
was  born  about  1635,  died  October  3,  1689. 
He  was  a  trooper  in  1658  at  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, under  Major  Mason.  He  moved  to 
Northampton  with  his  father  in  1659.  Of  his 
fifteen  children  all  but  one  was  living  at  the 
time  of  his  death,  all  young.  He  married 
(first),  December  5,  1660,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Ephraim  Hewett,  of  Windsor.  She  died 
February  20,  1670.  He  married  (second),  Oc- 
tober 10,  1671,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Deacon 
William  Hallon,  of  Northampton,  who  sur- 
vived him  and  married  (second)  Nathan  Brad- 
ley. This  marriage  took  her  with  her  younger 
children  into  southern  Connecticut.  Children, 
five  by  first  wife:  Thomas,  Maria,  John,  Hew- 
ett, Asahel,  Joseph,  called  "Justice  Joseph," 
of  whom  further;  Benjamin,  Adino,  Waitstill, 
Rachel,  Selah,  Benajah,  Ephraim,  Elnathan, 
Ruth,  Submit  (posthumous). 

(IV)  Justice  Joseph  Strong,  son  of  Thomas 
Strong,  of  Northampton,  and  his  second  wife, 
Rachel  (Hallon)  Strong,  was  born  December 
2,  1672,  died  at  Coventry,  Connecticut,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1763.  He  moved  from  Northampton 
to  Coventry  in  March,  1716,  seven  years  after 
the  first  settlement  of  that  town.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  a  man  of  unusual  prominence.  He 
was  town  treasurer,  17 16;  selectman  six  years 
and  justice  of  the  peace  for  many  years.  In 
1 72 1  he  represented  Coventry  in  the  colonial 
legislature,  which  until  1819  held  two  sessions 


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yearly.  Justice  Strong  was  elected  fifty-two 
times  a  member^  and  including  extra  sessions 
was  a  member  for  sixty-five  sessions  of  the 
Connecticut  general  assembly,  elected  the  last 
time  in  May,  1762,  when  eighty-nine  years 
old,  his  son  Phinehas  being  the  other  member 
from  Coventry  at  that  time.  "He  and  his  son," 
says  Dr.  Porter,  "were  persons  of  property  and 
standing."  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Allen, 
bom  August  22,  1672,  daughter  of  Nehemiah 
Allen,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  and 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  Allen,  from  Brain- 
tree,  Essex  county,  England,  in  1632.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Ruth ,  who  survived  him. 

Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Sarah,  married 
Ebenezer  Root;  Captain  Joseph,  Rachel,  died 
young;  Deacon  Phinehas,  Simeon,  Jemima, 
Keziah,  married  Noah  Rust;  Rachel,  married 
Aaron  Strong ;  Elizabeth. 

(V)  Deacon  Phinehas  Strong,  son  of  Jus- 
tice Joseph  Strong,  was  bom  about  1704.  He 
was  a  farmer  of  Coventry,  Connecticut,  a 
member  for  fifty-three  sessions  of  the  gen- 
eral assembly  (including  extra  sessions),  hav- 
ing been  elected  thirty-eight  times  to  the  legis- 
lature; was  selectman  six  years,  justice  of  the 
peace  and  deacon  of  the  church  for  a  long 
period.  He  married,  November  5,  1724,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  Parker,  of  Co- 
ventry. Children:  Phinehas,  Mary,  Sarah, 
Azubah,  married  Thomas  Page;  Oziah,  Je- 
rusha,  Jranah,  Elijah,  Elisha,  twin  of  Eli- 
jah ;  Beulah,  died  aged  nineteen  years. 

(VI)  Elisha,  son  of  Deacon  Phinehas 
Strong,  was  born  in  Coventry,  Connecticut, 
August  15,  1743,  died  April  13,  1805,  killed 
by  the  kick  of  a  horse.  He  was  a  farmer  in 
Coventry  and  Sharon,  Connecticut,  finally  in 
Ashland,  Greene  county.  New  York,  where 
he  owned  a  large  tract  of  land.  He  married, 
in  1746,  Anna,  daughter  of  Deacon  James 
Pinneo,  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  and  grand- 
daughter of  James  Pinneo,  a  Huguenot  refu- 
gee from  France.  She  died  November  18, 
1818,  at  Ashland.  Children:  Azubah,  married 
Deacon  Argulas  White,  of  Ashland;  James, 
Jarius,  of  whom  further;  Deacon  Elijah,  Sil- 
via, married  Nathan  R.  Strong ;  Elisha,  Anna, 
married  James  Chase,  of  Ashland;  Betsey, 
married  Jacob  Reynolds,  of  Allen,  Allegany 
county,  New  York. 

(VII)  Jarius,  son  of  Elisha  Strong,  was 
born  in  Sharon,  Connecticut,  May  4,  1774, 
died  at  Ashland,  New  York,  Jbne  12,  1838.  He 
was  a  merchant  for  a  short  time,  later  moved 


to  Ashland,  Greene  county.  New  York,  where 
he  owned  and  operated  tanneries.  In  1818  he 
represented  Greene  county  in  the  New  York 
state  legislature.  He  married,  January  9, 1799, 
Dosha,  born  in  East  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
April  26,  1777,  died  June  6,  1865,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Beulah  (Rockwell)  Bissell.  Chil- 
dren: Austin,  of  whom  further;  Olivia,  Clar- 
inda,  Aurelia,  Maria,  Minerva,  twin  of  Maria ; 
Elvira,  Colonel  Daniel  Bissell,  Louisa,  Major 
Elisha  Pinneo. 

(VIII)  Austin,  son  of  Jarius  Strong,  was 
bom  at  Ashland,  Greene  county,  New  York, 
December  14,  1799.  He  owned  and  operated 
extensive  tanneries  at  Black  Lake  and  Wood- 
bourne,  Sullivan  county,  and  Allegany  and  Cat- 
taraugus counties,  New  York,  and  was  a  man 
of  much  prominence.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Bigelow,  born  in  Greene  county,  New  York, 
July  14,  1805,  daughter  of  Foster  and  Lois 
(Gilbert)  Morss,  of  Ashland.  Children:  Qar- 
inda,  Evalina,  died  young;  Foster  Morss,  died 
young;  Jarius  Bissell,  of  whom  further;  Lois 
Morss,  married  Levi  H.  Alden ;  Harriet  Eliza- 
beth, Dosha  Bissell,  died  in  infancy;  Dosha 
Bissell  (2),  died  aged  seventeen  years;  Austin 
Foster,  settled  in  Kansas;  Isabella. 

(IX)  Jarius  Bissell,  son  of  Austin  Strong, 
was  bom  at  Woodbourne,  Sullivan  county, 
New  York,  September  13,  1834,  died  in  Olean, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  February  8, 
1878.  He  was  well  educated,  and  at  the  age 
of  nineteen  years  his  father's  failing  health 
and  eyesight  compelled  the  son  to  assume  the 
entire  financial  charge  and  oversight  of  the 
large  tannery  at  Black  Lake.  This  heavy  re- 
sponsiblity  was  cheerfully  assumed  and  the 
business  successfully  conducted  until  i864« 
when  he  moved  to  the  village  of  Allegany, 
Cattaraugus  county,  New  York,  and  there  es- 
tablished large  tanneries  that  he  operated  un- 
til his  death.  In  the  summer  of  1877  his  plant 
was  destroyed  by  fire,  but  with  characteristic 
energy  plans  were  at  once  made  for  rebuilding 
and  before  his  death  in  1878  the  establishment 
was  again  in  successful  operation.  He  was 
also  interested  in  the  oil  business  which  was 
also  managed  with  signal  judgment  and  suc- 
cess. While  his  principal  place  of  business 
was  at  Allegany,  his  home  after  1873  was  at 
Olean,  where  he  purchased  a  residence  in 
keeping  with  his  wealth  and  cultivated  taste. 
While  never  a  politician  he  took  the  liveliest 
interest  in  public  affairs,  nor  shirked  any  of, 
the  responsibilities  of  citizenship.    He  was  sev- 


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eral  times  elected  supervisor  while  living  in 
AU^any,  and  in  1875  was  elected  treasurer  of 
Cattaraugus  county  over  a  normal  Republican 
majority  of  fifteen  hundred,  he  being  the  Dem- 
ocratic candidate.  Mr.  Strong  was  held  in  the 
highest  esteem  wherever  known.  His  sunny, 
genial  nature  inspired  all  with  a  confidence 
that  closer  acquaintance  only  strengthened.  He 
radiated  sunshine  yet  had  a  quick  sympathy 
for  those  in  trouble.  Generous  to  a  fault  he 
bestowed  his  charities  so  quietly  that  none  sus- 
pected the  volume  of  his  benevolence. 

He  married,  May  31,  1859,  Helen  G.,  only 
daughter  of  Gideon  Howard,  of  Tannersdale, 
Sullivan  county,  New  York.  Gideon  Howard 
married,  November,  1831,  Mona  M.  DeWitt, 
sixth  child  of  John  DeWitt,  of  Oak  Hill,  New 
York,  a  large  land  owner.  Gideon  and  Mona 
M.  Howard  had  two  children:  Helen  G.  and 
Edwin  C,  the  latter  born  November  20,  1837, 
married,  December  20,  1867,  Ellen  Bennett, 
and  has  a  son,  George  Bennett  Howard.  Chil- 
dren of  Jarius  B.  and  Helen  G.  Strong:  i. 
Gideon  Howard,  born  December  10,  i860; 
married,  January  12,  1887,  Anna  Mcintosh; 
children:  Helen  Evans,  born  September  27, 
1889,  and  Marian,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Louie 
Gilbert,  married  John  R.  Fobes,  now  de- 
ceased ;  one  son,  Kenneth  DeWitt,  resides  with 
his  mother  in  California.  3.  Bertha  Morse, 
married  Dr.  Elgin  McCray,  of  Watertown, 
New  York;  two  children:  Donald,  deceased, 
and  Helen  Howard.  Mrs.  Helen  G.  Strong 
survives  her  husband,  a  resident  of  Olean,  New 
York. 


The  Robertsons  of  Chau- 
ROBERTSON     tauqua  county,  herein  re- 
corded,     descend      from 
David  Robertson,  of  Touchie,  Scotland,  the 
first  Robertson  "Laird  of  Touchie."    He  mar- 
ried Beatrice  Whyte. 

(II)  James,  eldest  son  of  David  Robertson, 
wa5  bom  at  Kinrossshire,  Scotland,  1679.  He 
married,  about  1710,  Margaret  Niving. 

(III)  David  (2),  eldest  son  of  James  Rob- 
ertson, was  born  at  Touchie  Mill,  Kinrossshire, 
Scotland,  October  28,  171 1.  He  married,  De- 
cember 28,  1733,  Christian,  daughter  of  John 
Brown. 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  David  (2)  Robertson, 
was  born  at  Touchie  Mill,  Kinrossshire,  Scot- 
land, October,  1755,  died  at  North  Argyle, 
New  York,  November  6,  1840.     He  came  to 

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the  United  States,  1793,  and  in  1796,  married 
Isabel,  daughter  of  Nicholas  Mills. 

(V)  Schuyler,  son  of  Robert  Robertson, 
born  May  15,  1808,  died  April  20,  1898.  He 
was  one  of  the  early  farmers  of  the  town  of 
Carroll,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  where 
he  settled  in  1835.  He  was  a  farmer  and  also 
engaged  in  lumbering.  He  was  a  Universalist 
in  religious  faith,  and  in  politics  first  an  old- 
line  Whig,  later  a  Republican.  He  married, 
July  19,  1835,  Polly  Foster  Clark,  born  March 
19,  1812,  died  January  2,  1871.  Children:  i. 
Lucius  Mortimer,  of  whom  further.  2.  Mary 
A.,  bom  January  24,  1843,  ^^^  August  17, 
1903;  she  married  C.  G.  Mitchell,  of  Utica, 
New  York;  no  issue.  3.  Clark,  bom  May  8, 
1849. 

(VI)  Lucius  Mortimer,  son  of  Schuyler 
Robertson,  was  born  in  Jamestown,  New 
York,  April  2,  1836,  died  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  November  9,  1901,  buried  Jn  Maple 
Grove  cemetery,  at  Frewsburg.  His  parents 
settled  in  the  town  of  Carroll,  Chautauqua 
county,  and  he  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  place,  later  at- 
tending a  private  school,  finishing  his  studies 
at  Chamberlain  Institute,  at  Randolph,  New 
York.  After  completing  his  studies  he  taught 
school  several  terms,  in  the  meantime  taking 
up  the  study  of  higher  mathematics,  civil  en- 
gineering and  surveying.  He  continued  his 
studies  until  he  had  thoroughly  mastered  the 
latter  profession,  becoming  one  of  the  best  and 
most  accurate  surveyors  of  Western  New 
York.  He  also  studied  law,  but  his  health  gave 
way  under  the  combined  strain  of  work  and 
study,  causing  him  to  abandon  all  idea  of  be- 
coming a  lawyer.  He  continued  his  surveying 
and  engineering  work  for  several  years.  His 
home  was  in  the  village  of  Frewsburg,  where 
for  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  mercantile  life ; 
where  he  served  several  years  as  justice  of 
the  peace  and  two  terms  as  school  commis- 
sioner, six  years  in  all.  In  1881  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  a  positon  in  the  United  States  rev- 
enue department  at  New  York  City,  retaining 
that  position  until  his  death.  He  was  removed 
from  office  during  President  Cleveland's  first 
administration,  but  so  valuable  were  his  ser- 
vices and  so  greatly  was  he  missed  that  he  was 
very  soon  reappointed.  He  was  thrice  pro- 
moted and  was  considered  one  of  the  govern- 
ment's most  reliable,  trustworthy  officials.  He 
was  a  man  of  superior  intelligence,  well  edu- 
cated and  extremely  public-spirited.     He  was 


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active  in  the  politics  of  Chautauqua  county 
during  his  residence  there,  and  was  a  leader 
of  the  Republican  party  in  his  town.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging  to 
Mt.  Moriah  Lodge,  No.  145,  of  Jamestown. 

He  married,  November  7,  i8(5i,  Elizabeth 
Ann,  born  March  20,  1839,  daughter  of  John 
J.  and  Lydia  (Stevens)  Myers.  John  J.  Myers 
was  a  son  of  John  and  Kate  (Van  Volken- 
burg)  Myers.  John  Myers  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  the  town  of  Carroll  and  kept 
an  inn  on  the  Conewango,  about  one  mile  from 
Frewsburg,  as  early  as  1814.  He  had  a  shrewd 
eye  to  business  and  was  of  a  very  cheerful, 
happy  temperament.  He  had  thirteen  chil- 
dren. Six  of  his  sons,  John  J.,  Jacob,  Robert, 
Lyman,  William  and  James,  became  perma- 
nent citizens  of  Carroll,  as  did  two  of  his 
daughters.  His  sons  were  men  of  ability  and 
active  in  business.  John  J.  Myers,  son  of  John 
Myers,  was  born  February  29,  181 3,  died  May 
9,  1888.  He  was  a  successful  farmer,  lumber- 
man and  sawmill  owner.  He  took  active  in- 
terest in  town  affairs,  was  very  public-spirited 
and  of  more  than  average  ability.  He  was  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  an  active  member 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in  Frewsburg. 
When  they  erected  their  first  church  edifice 
he  rendered  valuable  assistance  and  was  always 
deeply  interested  in  the  welfare  of  his  church. 
He  married,  November  30,  1834,  Lydia  Ste- 
vens, bom  December  16,  1815,  died  March  24, 
1887,  daughter  of  Captain  Wright  and  Polly 
(Tracy)  Stevens.  Children:  Merritt,  born 
August  23,  1835 ;  Henry  Wright,  August  22, 
1837;  Elizabeth  Ann,  married  Lucius  M.  Rob- 
ertson; John  Sidney,  born  July  13,  1841 ;  Sa- 
bra  Annette,  June  9,  1844;  Jeflferson  Perry, 
June  9,  1847.  Children  of  Lucius  M.  Robert- 
son :  I.  Alice  Esther,  born  September  27,  1862 ; 
married,  June  9,  1886,  Charles  W.  Baldwin.  2. 
Henry  Parker,  of  whom  further. 

(VH)  Henry  Parker,  only  son  of  Lucius 
Mortimer  Robertson,  was  born  at  Frewsburg, 
New  York,  March  18,  1864.  He  was  educat«l 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  village  and  at 
Brooklyn  Polytechnic  Institute.  He  engaged 
in  the  furniture  business  as  salesman;  was  a 
stockholder  of  the  Jamestown  Bedstead  Com- 
pany, which  was  later  reorganized  as  the  H.  P. 
Robertson  Company,  of  which  company  he  is 
president  and  treasurer.  He  is  also  a  director 
of  the  Farmers*  and  Mechanics'  Bank  of 
Jamestown.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic 


Order,  and  an  attendant  of  the  Congregational 
church. 

He  married,  June  3,  1902,  Lucy  Love,  born 
in  King  City,  Missouri,  July  17,  1873,  daugh- 
ter of  E.  B.  and  Mary  (Langworthy)  Crissey. 
Children,  born  in  Jamestown:  Mary  Crissey, 
October  23,  1904 ;  Lucius  Elverton,  November 
I,  1908. 

The  Fredriksons  of  Sal- 
FREDRIKSON  amanca,  New  York,  de- 
scend from  an  ancient 
family  of  the  same  name  in  Sweden,  Europe. 
Their  history  in  the  United  States,  while  cov- 
ering only  the  past  quarter  of  a  century,  is 
one  that  could  be  written  of  many  of  the 
Swedish  families  of  this  section.  Landing, 
strangers  to  the  country  and  language,  their 
thrift,  industry  and  inherent  aptitude  for  busi- 
ness, coupled  with  habits  of  strict  integrity, 
soon  caused  them  to  occupy  positions  of  profit 
and  honor. 

(I)  Frederic  Fredrikson,  a  farmer  of  Swe- 
den, mafried  Caroline  Anderson.  Children:  i. 
Wilhelmena,  married  Carl  Carlson.  2.  Matil- 
da. 3.  Eric,  of  whom  further.  4,  Carl  Fred- 
eric, married  Emma  Peterson ;  children :  Levi, 
Stanley,  Alvin. 

(H)  Eric,  son  of  Frederic  and  Caroline 
(Anderson)  Fredrikscm,  was  born  at  Smadge- 
baran,  Sweden,  April  18,  1863.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  in 
early  life  worked  at  farming.  On  arriving  at 
a  suitable  ag:e  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  car- 
penter's trade,  which  he  later  discarded  for 
the  finer  trade  of  cabinet-maker.  He  was  an 
expert  workman  and  in  1887,  with  no  other 
capital  than  his  mechanical  ability,  he  sailed 
for  the  United  States.  He  landed  at  Castle 
Garden,  New  York  City,  with  little  money.  He 
made  his  way  to  Jamestown,  New  York,  where 
he  knew  many  of  his  countrymen  had  settled. 
He  arrived  in  Jamestown  with  but  fifty  cents 
remaining  in  his  pockets,  having  made  the 
journey  from  Sweden  entirely  alone,  with  no 
knowledge  of  the  English  language.  After  his 
arrival  at  Jamestown  he  worked  at  odd  jobs 
for  two  weeks,  then  learning  there  was  a  fur- 
niture factory  in  operation  at  Randolph,  Cat- 
taraugus county,  he  went  to  that  village  and 
secured  employment  at  his  trade.  He  worked 
there  in  the  cabinet-making  department  for  five 
years,  then  was  made  foreman  of  the  factory, 
holding  that  position   from   1892  until   1900. 


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In  the  latter  year  he  located  in  Salamanca, 
having  entered  the  employ  of  the  Salamanca 
Furniture  Company  as  foreman  of  their  works. 
In  course  of  time  he  became  a  stockholder  and 
was  elected  a  director  of  the  company.  In 
1909  he  sold  his  interests  in  the  Salamanca 
Furniture  Company  to  Charles  R.  Gibson,  and 
in  associaton  with  John  Walrath,  William  H. 
Hazard  and  others,  organized  the  Sterling  Fur- 
niture Company,  with  works  at  Salamanca. 
The  officers  of  the  new  company  are:  John 
Walrath,  president ;  William  H.  Hazard,  vice- 
president  ;  Eric  Fredrikson,  treasurer  and  gen- 
eral manager;  Walter  O.  Fredrikson,  secre- 
tary. The  company  is  now  (1911)  in  success- 
ful operation,  manufacturing  a  medium  grade 
of  dressers,  chiflfonniers  and  dining  tables.  They 
employ  about  one  hundred  men  and  operate 
their  factory  continuously.  Mr.  Fredrikson 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order,  belonging 
to  Cattaraugus  Lodge,  No.  239;  S<il«imanca 
Chapter,  No.  266,  and  Salamanca  Command- 
ery,  No.  62,  Knights  Templar.  He  also  be- 
longs to  the  Woodmen,  the  Home  Circle  and 
the  Travelers.  In  1892  he  became  a  natural- 
ized citizen  of  the  United  States,  and  is  a  sup- 
porter of  the  Republican  party. 

He  married,  January  12,  1889,  Helma,  born 
July  30,  1867,  daughter  of  John  Soderholm, 
born  in  Sweden  in  1839,  died  in  Jamestown, 
New  York,  October  10,  1898.  He  was  a  man- 
ufacturer in  Sweden;  came  to  Jamestown, 
where  he  first  engaged  in  the  hardware,  later 
in  the  grocery  business.  He  was  an  active  Re- 
publican and  a  member  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  He  married  Christina  Westerlund, 
C)f  Norrkspring,  Sweden,  bom  1844,  died  in 
October,  1896. 

(Ill)  Walter  O.,  only  child  of  Eric  and 
Helma  (Soderholm)  Fredrikson,  was  bom  in 
Randolph,  New  York,  October  20,  1890.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  until  he  was  six- 
teen years  of  age,  then  began  business  life  as 
a  clerk  for  the  Salamanca  Trust  Company; 
WHS  advanced  to  bookkeeper,  which  position 
he  resigned  to  become  secretary  of  the  Ster- 
ling Furniture  Company.  He  married,  June  30, 
191 1,  Isabelle  M.,  daughter  of  Charles  and 
Cora  Huggins,  of  Salamanca. 


This  branch  of  the  Don- 
DONALDSON     aldson     family     descends 

from  a  Scotch  ancestor, 
Wilb'am  Donaldson,  who  lived  and  died  in 
Scotland.     He  was  a  blacksmith,  did  a  good 


business  and  brought  up  his  three  sons  to  the 
same  trade.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  and  was  strict  in  religious  ob- 
servance. He  married  and  had,  John,  William, 
James,  Sarah,  Jane,  Mary. 

(II)  William  (2),  second  son  of  William 
(i)  Donaldson,  was  born  in  Scotland,  lived 
for  a  time  in  Ireland,  where  he  married,  about 

1820,  in  Market  Hill,  Susan  Hendren,  and  had 
children  born.  Later  he  came  to  the  United 
States,  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  children, 
and  settled  in.  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he 
died.     Children:   i.  James,  born  August   19, 

1821,  in  Ireland;  married  Isabel  True;  chil- 
dren: Samuel,  William,  Andrew,  Susan, 
Thomas,  Isabel,  James.  2.  William,  born  at 
Market  Hill,  Ireland,  February  i,  1824;  he 
learned  the  blacksmith's  trade,  which  he  fol- 
lowed for  several  years ;  he  was  in  business  in 
Detroit,  Michigan,  for  some  time,  then  re- 
turned to  Buffalo,  New  York,  where  he  was 
connected  with  the  Delaney  Forge  Company 
and  with  Donaldson  Brothers ;  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  order,  and  formerly  a 
member  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church, 
but  later  became  a  Methodist;  he  married, 
March  27,  1850,  Jane  McClean,  born  March  4, 
1829,  died  July  30,  1902;  children:  1.  William 
John,  born  June  16,  1851 ;  married,  December 
15,  1874,  Fanny  W.  Brown;  children:  Will- 
iam Brown,  born  December  31,  1876,  died  Sep- 
tember 15,  i8q5;  Maud  May,  married  Frank- 
lin Burger;  Florence  A.  ii.  Susan  Jane,  bom 
May  18,  1854.  iii.  David  Henry,  born  Septem- 
ber 22,  1856;  married,  April  29,  1908,  Wel- 
helmina  King,  born  February  16,  1877.  iv. 
Oliver  George,  born  January  3,  1861.  v.  Har- 
riet Elizabeth,  born  March  29,  1863;  married 
Seymour  G.  Van  Arnam;  children:  William 
D.,  Anna  E.,  Jane  Irene.  3.  John,  of  whom 
further.  4.  Agnes,  born  October  31,  1828, 
died  October  12,  1906;  married,  November, 
1849,  George  R.  McCartney,  born  March  i, 
1828,  died  July  8,  1896;  children:  Susan,  mar- 
ried John  Y.  Sloan;  children:  John  Y.  (2), 
George  A.  and  Susan  M.  ii.  Agnes  D.,  born 
October-  3,  1862;  married,  March  20,  1909, 
George  W.  Chase,  born  August  16,  1862.  iii. 
Isabella,  born  September  15,  1864;  married 
Henry  O.  Holland,  and  has  Belle  and  Osgood. 
Three  children  of  George  R.  and  Agnes  Mc- 
Cartney died  in  infancy :  Sarah  E.,  George  R., 
William  D.  5.  David,  bom  February  i,  1830, 
died  November  26,  1887;  he  was  associated 
with  his  brothers,  John  and  William,  in  Donald- 


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son  Brothers,  of  Buffalo;  he  married,  Febru- 
ary 23,  1854,  Mary  Johnson,  born  February 
16,  1836;  children:  i.  Susan,  bom  February  7, 
1855 ;  married,  1876,  Edward  Turner,  and  had 
David,  bom  1878,  died  1880.  ii.  Charles  H., 
born  May  11,  1857.  iii.  Annie,  July  26,  1859; 
married,  March  i,  1892,  Hiram  Pratt  Hopkins, 
and  has  Nelson  Kerr,  born  November  4,  1895. 
iv.  Walter  J.,  born  October  8,  1864;  married, 
April  22,  189(3,  Alice  Eames ;  children :  Walter 
E.,  born  February  6,  1897;  Adelaide  E.,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1899;  Charles  E.,  .February  28, 
1905.  V.  Agnes,  born  August  22,  1870.  6. 
Sarah  May,  bom  July  18,  1833;  married* 
George  Parr;  children:  i.  George,  ii.  Mary, 
married,  Fred  Griffin ;  child,  Mary  Belle,  mar- 
ried James  Shaw  and  has  John.  iii.  Kate,  mar- 
ried George  W.  Chase;  children:  Gertrude, 
born  November  10,  1890,  and  Harrison,  born 
January,  1894.     iv.  John.    v.  Frank,  married 

;  children:  George  and  Henry. 

7.  Samuel  Hendren,  born  March  11,  1836; 
married  Sarah  Batten ;  children :  William  Rob- 
ert, David,  Oliver,  Charles,  Roy.  8.  Robert, 
born  October  23,  1838;  married  Rachel  Mc- 
Gee;  child,  Harry.  9.  Thomas.  10.  Oliver, 
born  October  15,  1840;  married,  Sarah  Mc- 
Whorter;  children:  Susan,  George,  Samuel, 
Oliver,  Malcolm. 

(HI)  John,  third  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Susan  (Hendren)  Donaldson,  was  born  June 
3,  1826,  died  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  June  15, 
1900.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  was  for  many  years  engaged  in  partnership 
with  his  brother  David  in  iron  and  steel  work- 
ing and  in  boat  building.  After  the  return  of 
their  elder  brother  from  Detroit  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  firm,  which  was  known  as  Don- 
aldson Brothers,  of  Buffalo.  They  had  large 
machine  shops  and  conducted  an  extensive 
business.  After  the  death  of  David  Donald- 
son the  firm  dissolved  and  the  assets  were 
divided.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian church,  and  of  the  Masonic  order.  Polit- 
ically he  was  a  Republican.  He  married  Sus- 
anna Somerville,  born  1826,  in  Ireland;  died 
February,  1899,  in  Buffalo.  Children:  i.  Rob- 
ert Samuel,  of  whom  further.  2.  John  Alex- 
ander, of  whom  further.  3.  George  S.,  born 
June  3,  i860;  married  Effie  Ruddell  and  has 
Harold  and  Mildred.  4.  W.  Edwin,  born  July 
14,  1866,  died  October  29,  1905. 

(IV)  Robert  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  John 
and  Susanna  (Somerville)  Donaldson,  was 
bom  in   Buffalo,   New   York,   September  20, 


1851.  His  early  education  was  in  the  ward 
public  school,  followed  by  a  course  at  the  Cen- 
tral high  school.  The  excellent  work  done  in 
these  schools  was  supplemented  by  a  special 
course  at  Bryant  and  Stratton's  Business  Col- 
lege, after  which  he  began  his  long,  successful 
and  remarkable  career  with  the  Erie  County 
Savings  Bank  of  Buffalo,  where  he  has  risen 
from  the  lowest  to  the  highest  position  the 
bank  can  confer,  president.  He  entered  the 
bank's  employ,  March  11,  1868,  being  then  in 
his  seventeenth  year.  His  first  position  was 
messenger,  and  later  he  held  a  humble  clerk- 
ship, but  did  not  long  continue  so.  His  natural 
ability,  which  would  have  carried  him  upward 
in  whatever  career  he  had  chosen,  found  in 
banking  its  truest  sphere,  and  quickly  secured 
for  him  promotion.  He  passed  upward  through 
the  successive  positions  until  1886,  when  he 
was  occupying  the  responsible  office  of  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  Here  his  careful  methods, 
experience  and  energy  contributed  in  a  large 
degree  to  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the 
bank.  He  filled  the  office  of  secretary  and 
treasurer  for  twenty-two  years,  a  period  of 
constant  growth  and  prosperity  for  the  bank, 
and  years  of  broadening,  deepening  and  de- 
velopment for  the  man.  January  27,  1908, 
David  R.  Morse,  the  president,  died,  and  on 
February  5  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Donaldson 
was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  His  peculiar 
fitness  for  the  high  honor  was  fully  recognized 
by  the  board,  and  no  one  else  was  formally 
considered  by  the  trustees  as  Mr.  Morse's  suc- 
cessor. He  is  the  fifth  president  of  the  bank, 
which  was  incorporated  in  1854.  His  own  age 
is  but  little  in  excess  of  that  of  the  bank,  while 
for  nearly  half  a  century  their  lives  have  been 
so  closely  associated  that  the  history  of  one  is 
the  history  of  the  other.  The  exact  chronology 
of  his  service  is  as  follows:  1868,  messenger 
and  clerk;  1870,  general  bookkeeper;  April  i, 
1873,  receiving  teller ;  1886,  secretary  and  treas- 
urer; 1908,  president,  an  office  he  now  fills 
(1912).  His  entire  term  of  service  is  forty- 
three  years,  while  his  official  connection  has 
now  reached  a  full  quarter  of  a  century,  1886- 
191 1.  He  has  no  outside  business,  but  devotes 
his  entire  time  and  energy  to  the  management 
of  the  weighty  affairs  of  the  institution.  How 
well  he  has  fulfilled  the  trust  the  present  flour- 
ishing condition  of  the  bank  testifies.  He  is 
an  active  member  of  the  Buffalo  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  serving  on  the  committee  of 
development  of  new  industries.    He  is  a  mem- 


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ber  of  the  Buffalo  Historical  Society,  life  mem- 
ber of  the  Buffalo  Library,  president  of  the 
Buffalo  club,  member  of  Ellicott,  Auto,  Coun- 
try and  Park  clubs  of  Buffalo,  in  all  of  which 
he  takes  an  active  interest.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Delaware  Avenue  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 

He  married,  May  10,  1876,  Carrie  M.  Dods- 
worth,  born  October  26,  1856,  daughter  of 
William  and  Sarah  (Smith)  Dods worth,  of 
Buffalo.  Child,  Alice  Marion,  bom  August 
II,  1877;  married,  April  18,  1901,  Ralph  E. 
Brown. 

(IV)  John  Alexander,  second  son  of  John 
and  Susanna  (Somerville)  Donaldson,  was 
born  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  July  28,  1853.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools,  finishing 
with  a  course  at  a  business  college.  He  was 
for  many  years  connected  with  the  Erie  Coun- 
ty Savings  Bank,  becoming  chief  bookkeeper 
and  assistant  teller.  He  resigned  his  position 
to  engage  in  the  insurance  business  in  Buffalo, 
where  he  has  a  large,  well  established  and 
profitable  agency,  representing  leading  com- 
panies in  various  accepted  lines  of  insurance. 
Mr.  Donaldson  is  also  an  expert  accountant, 
and  an  expert  on  handwriting.  He  has  a  wide 
reputation  and  has  been  retained  in  many  im- 
portant suits  to  prove  or  disprove  signatures. 
He  is  a  Republican,  and  in  1890-91  served  as 
alderman  of  his  ward.  In  religious  faith  he 
is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  fraternal  relation  a 
Free  Mason,  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  Buffalo. 

He  married,  May  15,  1877,  Belle  Brett,  bom 
November  5,  1851,  daughter  of  Julius  and 
Eunice  (Musson)  Brett.  Children:  Edith  B., 
born  February  25,  1879;  John  J.,  August  24, 
1881 ;  Delphine,  March  21,  1885,  married,  Sep- 
tember II,  1909,  Ray  Taylor  Romer. 


The  Myers  family  of  Jamestown, 
MYERS     New  York,  herein  recorded  are 

of  Pennsylvania  ancestry.  The 
earliest  record  is  of  Joseph  Myers,  born  in 
Bucks  county,  died  about  1870,  in  Crawford 
county,  Pennsylvania,  at  the  age  of  sixty-five 
years.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  when  a  young 
man  moved  to  Crawford  county,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade  and  cultivated  his  own  farm 
of  seventy-five  acres.  He  was  a  Republican, 
and  an  attendant  of  the  Baptist  church,  of 
which  his  wife  was  a  member.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Godshall,  who  died  about  1894,  aged 
eighty  years.  Children:  John  G.,  of  further 
mention;    Sarah    Ann    (deceased);    Sophia, 


(deceased) ;  Henry  (deceased) ;  Alexander 
(Aleck);  Albert;  Emma  (deceased);  Mary; 
Juliet  and  Augusta. 

(II)  John  Godshall,  eldest  son  of  Joseph 
Myers,  was  born  in  Crawford  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1827,  died  in  Warren,  Ohio,  in 
1897.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  became  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Crawford 
county,  owning  several  farms.  Later  in  life 
he  sold  his  property  and  moved  to  Warren, 
Ohio,  where  he  died.  He  enlisted  at  Mead- 
ville,  Pennsylvania,  as  a  private  in  Company 
B,  One  Hundred  and  Twelfth  Pennsylvania 
Regiment  (Cavalry),  and  served  during  the 
last  fifteen  months  of  the  civil  war,  receiv- 
ing an  honorable  discharge.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church.  He  married  (first)  Emeline 
Kelly,  born  in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania, 
1827,  died  in  Warren,  Ohio,  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enty-five years,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Char- 
lotte Kelly,  the  former  a  farmer  of  Crawford 
county,  the  latter  born  in  New  York  state. 
Children:  Melvina  M.,  born  January,  1850; 
Edgar  Eugene,  of  further  mention;  Ida  L., 
born  1858,  died  young ;  Eva  Josepha,  deceased ; 
Joseph  D.,  bom  1862;  Henrietta,  1864;  Frank 
A.,  1866;  Williams.,  1868. 

(III)  Edgar  Eugene,  eldest  son  of  John  G. 
and  Emeline  (Kelly)  Myers,  was  born  in 
Woodcock  township,  Crawford  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, August  9,  1856.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  until  he  was  thirty- 
three  years  of  age  lived  in  Crawford  county, 
principally  engaged  in  farming.  In  1897  he 
came  to  Jamestown  and  established  the  Pearl 
City  Laundry,  now  the  largest  and  best  equip- 
ped laundry  in  the  city.  The  business  pros- 
pered, and  in  1910  the  present  building  was 
erected  and  a  modem  laundry  plant  installed. 
With  him  are  associated  his  two  sons.  Forest 
L.,  and  John  F.  Myers.  Four  wagons  are  em- 
ployed in  the  business,  and  about  fifty  hands. 
Mr.  Myers  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  married  Roberta  Winston,  born  in  Craw- 
ford county,  Pennsylvania,  died  October  23, 
1890,  and  buried  at  Townville,  Pennsylvania. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  John  Winston,  bom 
in  Crawford  county,  Pennsylvania,  died  Octo- 
ber 5,  1880,  aged  about  fifty-seven  years.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  Methodist.  He  married 
Lucinda  G.  Phillips,  died  1906,  a^ed  seventy- 
four  years.  Children:  Edward;  Roberta,  de- 
ceased, wife  of  Edgar  E.  Myers ;  Cora  M.  and 


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Grant.  Edgar  E.  Myers  married  (second),  in 
Jamestown,  April  8,  1894,  Minnie  E.  Wood, 
born  March  3,  1867,  daughter  of  Philander 
Wood,  of  Geneva,  New  York.  Children  of 
Edgar  E.  and  Roberta  Myers:  i.  Forest  La 
Vern,  of  further  mention.  2.  John  Floyd,  born 
September  3,  1881 ;  educated  in  the  public 
schools;  now  associated  with  his  father  and 
brother  in  the  Pearl  City  Laundry;  he  is  a 
Republican  in  politics;  he  married  Margaret 
Hanson. 

(IV)  Forest  La  V^ern,  eldest  son  of  Edgar 
Eugene  Myers,  was  born  in  Crawford  county, 
Pennsylvania,  January"  3O,  1879.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  and  is  now  asso- 
ciated as  partner  with  his  father  and  brother 
in  the  Pearl  City  Laundry  at  Jamestown.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  takes  little  part 
in  political  affairs,  devoting  himself  entirely  to 
his  private  business.  He  married  Nellie, 
daughter  of  Edmund  and  Bridget  Maloney,  of 
Jamestown.    Child :  Helen  Roberta. 


The    Coulters    of    Newfane, 
COULTER     Niagara     county,     originally 

settled  in  Schenectady  county, 
where  they  were  engaged  in  farming.  The 
original  settler  in  Niagara  county  was  James 
Coulter,  born  in  the  town  of  Duanesburg, 
Schenectady  county,  New  York,  November  23, 
1795,  died  in  Niagara  county,  1878.  He  grew 
to  manhood  in  Duanesburg,  married  and  had 
a  large  family  born  there.  He  was  a  farmer 
of  moderate  circumstances  and  of  high  stand- 
ing in  his  community.  In  1840  he  disposed 
of  his  Duanesburg  property,  and  with  his  son 
Alexander,  drove  a  loaded  team  to  Niagara 
county,  his  wife  and  children  coming  by  the 
canal  to  Lockport.  He  located  in  the  town  of 
Newfane,  purchasing  a  farm  of  sixty  acres, 
one  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Corwin.  To 
this  he  added  another  tract  of  one  hundred 
and  thirteen  acres  which  he  cleared  and 
brought  under  cultivation,  devoting  about 
twenty  acres  to  fruit,  the  remainder  being  used 
for  general  crops.  He  continued  in  active 
management  of  his  farm  until  death  ended  his 
labors.  He  married,  in  Schenectady  county, 
February  20,  1820,  Polly  Stickles,  born  1801. 
Children :  James  C,  a  stepson ;  Alexander, 
born  August  15,  1823,  at  the  age  of  seventeen 
made  the  journey  from  Schenectady  county 
with  his  father,  driving  the  team  and  stock; 
Jeanette  C,  January  5,  1825 ;  Delia,  August 
25,  1826;  Eleanor,  December  11,  1827;  Lydia 


Ann,  November  11,  1829;  John,  of  further 
mention;  Catherine,  July  16,  1833;  Nancy, 
February  11,  1835;  Mary,  November  25,  1836. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  and  Polly  (Stidc- 
les)  Coulter,  was  born  in  Duanesburg,  Sche- 
nectady county.  New  York,  September  22,, 
183 1.  He  attended  the  public  school  there 
until  he  was  nine  years  of  age,  when  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Niagara  county.  He  made 
the  journey  to  Lockport  by  canal  with  his 
mother  and  the  younger  children,  going  from 
there  to  the  home  in  Newfane  which  the  hus- 
band and  father  had  prepared  for  their  recep- 
tion. As  he  grew  to  manhood  he  attended 
school  and  assisted  in  the  labors  of  the  farm, 
remaining  his  father*s  assistant  until  the  death 
of  the  latter  in  1878.  He  then  became  owner. 
He  continued  in  successful  management  of 
the  old  farm  until  1905,  when  he  sold  and  built 
a  house  in  the  village  of  Newfane,  where  he 
now  resides.  His  life  has  been  a  successful 
one,  and  he  now  lives  in  the  quiet  enjoyment 
of  the  results  of  his  years  of  activity.  He 
is  a  Democrat  in  politics. 

He  married,  May  22,  1859,  at  Lewiston, 
New  York,  Jennie,  born  March  16,  1840, 
daughter  of  Dr.  George  Mann,  who  for  forty 
years  was  a  well-known  and  skillful  physician 
of  Niagara  county,  greatly  beloved  for  his 
benevolence  and  kindly  disposition.  Chil- 
dren: George,  born  August,  1867,  married 
Marian  Boyles;  Marie  Louise,  married  Elmer 
Demarest. ' 


The  Hopson  family  have  been 
HOPSON     residents  of  Chautauqua  county 

from  an  early  period  in  its  set- 
tlement. The  founder  of  the  family  was  Ste- 
phen Hopson,  a  native  of  Virginia,  where  he 
was  reared,  educated  and  married,  and  in  early 
manhood  located  in  Chautauqua  county.  New 
York.  His  children  were :  Stephen,  Linus,  Ly- 
man, of  whom  further;  Philo,  Harry,  Sally. 

(II)  Lyman,  son  of  Stephen  Hopson,  was 
bom  in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York.  He 
married  Nancy  Earnhardt.  Children:  Martha, 
Amy,  Eliza  Ann,  Nelson,  of  whom  further; 
John,  married  Betsey  Arnold;  Peter,  twin  of 
John. 

(III)  Nelson,  son  of  Lyman  Hopson,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Chautauqua,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  1832,  died  in  Westfield, 
same  county,  October  5,  1909.  He  was  edu- 
cated, grew  to  manhood,  and  spent  his  life  in 
Chautauqua,  where  he  became  one  of  the  sue- 


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cessful  and  substantial  farmers  of  that  town. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  were  active  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  May- 
ville,  and  liberal  supporters  of  that  church. 
Politically  he  was  a  Prohibitionist  and  did  ac- 
tive work  for  his  party.  He  was  a  good  citi- 
zen and  was  held  in  highest  esteem  by  his 
neighbors.  He  married  Marilla  Fuller,  born 
December  10,  1828.  Children,  all  born  in 
Hartfield,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York:  i. 
Viola,  of  whom  further.  2.  Newell  Philo,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Harry  Benjamin,  of  whom 
further.  4.  Jennie,  born  September  28.  1868; 
married,  August  26,  1896,  William  Henry 
Scofield ;  child,  Arthur  Hopson,  bom  January 
21,  1898. 

(IV)  Viola,  daughter  of  Nelson  Hopson, 
was  bom  in  Hartfield,  Chautauqua  county. 
New  York,  March  17,  1853.  She  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  Fredonia  (New  York)  Normal 
School.  She  married,  February  16,  1873, 
Oren  H.  Parkhurst,  bom  November  2,  185 1, 
in  Hartfield,  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 
died  Septeniber  14,  1886,  a  victim  of  the  Silver 
Creek  disaster.  He  acquired  a  practical  edu- 
cation in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
county,  and  later  learned  the  trade  of  mason 
and  for  many  years  was  engaged  in  the  con- 
tracting business.  Subsequently  he  turned  his 
attention  to  the  music  business  in  Mayville, 
New  York,  in  which  line  he  was  very  success- 
ful. He  was  a  Prohibitionist  in  politics.  His 
father.  Perry  Parkhurst,  was  born  in  Herki- 
mer county,  New  York,  and  was  a  descendant 
of  a  Scotch  ancestry.  Three  brothers  left 
Glasgow,  Scotland,  their  native  land,  for  the 
new  world,  settling  in  Herkimer  county,  New 
York,  and  one  of  their  descendants  is  the  cele- 
brated Dr.  Charles  H.  Parkhurst,  of  New 
York  City.  Perry  Parkhurst  married  Rhoda 
M.  Hale,  who  bore  him  the  following  children : 
Gilbert,  La  Vancia,  Thankful,  Melvin,  Melvina, 
Oren  H.,  Worthy,  Harvey,  Mary.  Children 
of  Oren  H.  and  Viola  (Hopson)  Parkhurst:  i. 
La  Vancia,  born  June  9,  1874;  married,  June 
28,  1899,  Dr.  Arthur  B.  Cobb;  one  child,  Ar- 
thur B,  Jr.,  born  October  i,  191 1 ;  she  was  a 
graduate  of  Fredonia  (New  York)  Normal 
School  and  the  Metropolitan  College  of  Music, 
New  York  City.  2.  Roy  Nelson,  born  Decem- 
ber 21,  1881 ;  graduate  of  University  of  To- 
ronto, Canada,  a  veterinary  surgeon;  resides 
at  Fort  William,  Ontario,  Canada;  married, 
March  i,  1906,  Edith  Richardson. 

(IV)  Newell  Philo,  eldest  son  of  Nelson 


Hopson,  was  born  in  Hartfield,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  Febmary  18,  1855.  He  at- 
tended the  public  school  until  fifteen  years 
of  age,  then  entered  the  Fredonia  State  Nor- 
mal School,  whence  he  was  graduated  after  a 
four  years'  course  of  study.  During  his  school 
years  he  also  assisted  in  the  cultivation  of  the 
home  farm.  He  began  business  life  as  a  clerk 
in  the  grocery  store  of  J.  B.  Putnam,  at  Fre- 
donia, New  York,  remaining  two  years.  He 
then  moved  to  Mayville  where  for  the  next 
five  years  he  was  engaged  as  a  piano  and  organ 
salesman.  His  next  venture  was  in  agricul- 
ture. He  cultivated  a  farm  and  dealt  exten- 
sively and  successfully  in  live  stock,  shipping 
in  large  quantities  to  eastern  markets.  After 
his  marriage  he  settled  in  the  town  of  West- 
field,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  about  two 
miles  east  of  the  village.  Here  he  planted  ex- 
tensive vineyards  and  is  one  of  the  large  grape 
growers  of  that  district.  He  is  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and  a  man  of  high  standing. 

He  married,  November  26,  1879,  ^"  Port- 
land, New  York,  Jennie  Catherine  Munger, 
born  in  Stockton,  New  York,  February  28, 
i860,  daughter  pi  George  W.  and  Jane  Ann 
(Hardenburg)  Munger.  George  W.  Munger 
was  born  in  Ithaca,  New  York,  July  2,  1823, 
died  in  Portland,  October  16,  1896;  married 
Jane  Ann  Hardenburg,  born  in  Lee,  Oneida 
county,  New  York,  August  9,  1821,  died  Oc- 
tober 27,  1900,  daughter  of  Volkert  Harden- 
burg, bom  in  Oneida  county,  January  25,  1799, 
came  to  Chautauqua  county  in  1833,  purchas- 
ing a  farm  in  Mayville.  He  later  moved  to 
the  town  of  Stockton,  where  he  owned  three 
hundred  acres  of  good  farm  land.  He  spent 
his  last  days  in  Portland,  New  York,  where  he 
died  March  15,  1892,  aged  ninety-three  years, 
one  month  and  twenty  days.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1818,  Susan  Miller,  bom  May  3,  1796, 
died  August  i,  1868  or  1870,  daughter  of  John 
Miller,  a  lifelong  resident  of  Oneida  county. 
Volkert  Hardenburg  was  a  son  of  James 
Hardenburg,  born  in  Ulster  county,  New  York, 
in  1775,  died  in  Chautauqua  county  in  1840. 
James  Hardenburg  was  the  son  of  the  Holland 
emigrant  who  settled  in  Ulster  county.  New 
York.  Children  of  Newell  P.  and  Jennie 
Catherine  (Munger)  Hopson:  i.  Harry  Mun- 
ger, born  in  Westfield,  November  22,  1881 ; 
married,  April  4,  1904,  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
Ann  Murray;  two  children:  Lucille  and  May 
Jane.  2.  Charles  Wilson,  born  in  Mayville, 
New  York,  May  28,  1887;  married,  January  i, 


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1906,  Georgia  Hiller;  children:  Lucille  Kath- 
erine  and  Mary  Jane.  3.  Ruth,  bom  Decem- 
ber 9,  1 89 1.  4.  George  Nelson,  born  June  14, 
1893. 

(IV)  Harry  Benjamin,  second  son  of  Nel- 
son Hopson,  was  born  in  Hartfield,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York,  September  14,  1857. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
Fredonia  State  Normal  School.  He  remained 
on  the  farm  as  his  father's  assistant,  later  en- 
gaged in  the  livery  business  at  Mayville,  New 
York,  to  which  he  added  the  sale  and  delivery 
of  ice.  He  later  sold  his  livery  and  in  1887 
built  his  first  icehouse,  and  since  then  has  con- 
fined his  energies  to  that  one  line.  He  has 
been  very  successful,  has  added  two  other  ice- 
houses, filling  the  three  with  ice  from  Lake 
Chautauqua.  He  does  a  large  wholesale  busi- 
ness. In  1903  he  purchased  a  farm  east  of  the 
village  of  Westfield,  near  his  brother,  Newell 
P.,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He  planted  a 
vineyard  and  now  has  one  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  devoted  entirely  to  the  culture  of  Concord 
grapes.  He  also  personally  supervises  his  ice 
business  in  Mayville.  He  has  always  taken  an 
active  interest  in  politics  and  tor  six  years  was 
trustee  of  the  village  of  Mayville.  He  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat and  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order, 
belonging  to  lodge,  chapter  and  commandery. 
He  is  a  man  of  high  standing  in  his  com- 
munity and  a  good  citizen. 

He  married,  November  18,  1879,  in  May- 
ville, Adelaide  Josephine  Gleason,  bom  De- 
cember II,  1859,  '"  Mantorville,  Minnesota, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Lucy  Ann  (Slocum) 
Gleason.  Charles  Gleason  was  born  in  Mont- 
gomery county,  New  York,  July  i,  1833;  mar- 
ried, October  11,  1858,  Lucy  Ann  Slocum,  bom 
November  18,  1842,  daughter  of  George 
Washington  Slocum,  born  August  23,  1818, 
died  March,  1903 ;  married  Rhoda  Cary  Court- 
land  Mantor,  born  December  12,  1820,  died 
January  23,  1865.  George  W.  Slocum  was  a 
son  of  Samuel  (2)  Slocum,  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Slocum,  son  of  Ebenezer,  son  of  Giles,  son  of 
Anthony  Slocum,  born  in  England. about  1590, 
the  immigrant  ancestor  in  America.  Charles 
Gleason  has  three  children:  i.  Adelaide  Jo- 
sephine. 2.  Mary,  born  February  11,  1861 ; 
married  Dr.  Charles  Gilbert ;  children :  Joseph- 
ine, Margaret  and  Lucy.  3.  George  Rufus, 
born  January  13,  1881 ;  married,  in  1905,  Au- 
relia  JEscobosa,  of  Guadalajara,  Mexico;  chil- 
dren: Guillemena  G.,  Charles  and  Lucy. 
Charles  Gleason  was  a  son  of  Rufus  (2)  Glea- 


son, born  in  Salisbury,  Litchfield  county,  Con- 
necticut, 1808,  settled  in  Schoharie  county, 
New  York,  later,  in  1837,  in  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  a  carriage  maker  of  Mayville, 
where  he  held  various  offices  of  trust.  He  died 
in  Mayville,  March  24,  1889.  He  married 
Melissa,  daughter  of  John  and  Tirzah  (Smith) 
Sherman.  John  Sherman,  of  English  ances- 
try, lived  and  died  in  Schoharie  county,  New 
York,  where  he  followed  farming.  During 
the  war  of  1812  he  was  captain  of  a  company 
of  cavalry,  serving  with  distinction.  His 
wife,  Tirzah  Smith,  was  of  English  ancestry 
and  descendant  of  a  revolutionary  family. 
Rufus  (2)  Gleason  was  a  son  of  Rufus  (i) 
and  Miriam  (Granger)  Gleason,  who,  were 
married  in  1796;  children:  Edwin,  Albert, 
Henry,  Rufus,  Betsey,  Emeline,  Qarissa. 

Children  of  Harry  B.  and  Adelaide  J.  Hop- 
son,  all  born  in  Mayville,  New  York:  i.  Lucy 
Marilla,  born  March  2,  1882;  married  Thomas 
Usborne,  of  Westfield,  New  York.  2.  Sara 
Rowena,  August  22,  1884.  3.  Maud  Viola, 
July  30,  1886.  4.  Harold  Sherman,  October 
26,  1892.  5.  Harry  Benjamine,  December  28, 
1897.    6.  Charles  Gleason,  May  29,  1900. 


Alphonso    Winters    was    for 
WINTERS     many  years  a  resident  of  Can- 

nonsville,  Delaware  county. 
New  York,  from  whence  he  moved  to  South- 
port,  Chemung  county,  where  he  married. 
Later  he  went  west  and  located  in  the  then 
comparatively  wild  and  unsettled  town  of  Te- 
cumseh,  Michigan,  where  he  died  in  1840,  five 
years  after  his  settlement.  He  was  a  farmer 
of  Southport  and  in  the  west  was  engaged  in 
both  farming  and  lumbering.  After  her  hus- 
band's death  his  widow  returned  with  the  chil- 
dren to  New  York  state,  going  to  Portville, 
Cattaraugus  county,  where  her  mother  then  re- 
sided. 

Alphonso  Winters  married,  April  23,  1835, 
Sarah  Clawson  Hyde,  bom  May  25,  181 5, 
at  Wells,  Pennsylvania,  who  survived  him 
and  married  (second),  June  3,  1849,  Nicholas 
Linderman,  a  farmer  of  Ischua,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
George  Hyde,  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
November  30,  1782,  married,  December  25, 
1808,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Clawson)  Waeir,  of  Elmira,  New  York. 
About  1812  George  Hyde  removed  from  Kl- 
mira  to  Wells,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was 
captain  of  militia,  justice  of  the  peace,  county 


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commissioner  and  postmaster.  In  1829  he  re- 
moved to  Southport,  New  York,  where  he  was 
postmaster,  and  died  July  2,  1832.  George 
was  a  son  of  Andrew  Hyde,  of  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, member  of  the  state  legislature,  and 
his  first  wife,  Mary  (Tracy)  Hyde.  Andrew 
Hyde  was  the  son  of  Jabez  (2)  Hyde,  a 
large  landowner  and  magistrate  of  Norwich, 
Connecticut;  son  of  Jabez  (i)  Hyde,  a 
wealthy  farmer  and  justice  of  the  peace,  of 
Norwich,  and  representative  to  the  general 
court  eight  sessions.  Jabez  ( i )  Hyde  was  son 
of  Samuel  Hyde,  born  at  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1637,  only  son  of  the  first  William 
Hyde,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  1636,  the 
American  ancestor  of  the  Hydes  of  Connecti- 
cut, who  came  from  England  about  1636  and 
was  one  of  the  original  settlers  of  Hartford. 
Children  of  Alphonso  and  Sarah  C.  Winters: 

1.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  January  17,  1836,  at 
Southport,  New  York,  died  October  21,  1838. 

2.  Sarah  Eliza,  twin  of  Mary  E. ;  married 
(first),  March  i,  1855,  Uriel  Pierce,  a  farmer 
of  Ischua,  New  York;  (second)  Andrew  J. 
Buzzard,  of  Humphrey,  New  York.  3.  George 
Lewis,  of  whom  further.  4.  Alphonso  Oris- 
tes,  born  January  23,  1841,  at  Tecumseh,  Mich- 
igan ;  married  Sarah  Ely  and  became  a  farmer 
of  Franklinville.  By  her  second  husband 
Sarah  C.  Linderman  had,  Charles  and  James 
Willis  Linderman,  who  died  prior  to  1879. 

(H)  George  Lewis,  eldest  son  of  Alphonso 
Winters,  was  bom  in  Tecumseh,  Lenarvee 
county,  Michigan,  April  30,  1838,  died  June  8, 
1889.  He  was  two  years  old  when  his  father 
died  and  the  family  returned  east.  He  passed 
his  boyhood  in  Cattaraugus  county,  and  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  years  in  the  army  all 
his  adult  life  was  also  spent  there.  He  attend- 
ed the  public  schools,  completing  his  studies 
at  Elmira,  New  York.  He  taught  school  for 
several  terms,  and  worked  at  farming  and 
other  pursuits.  He  carefully  laid  aside  his  sur- 
plus earnings  until  he  had  sufficient  capital  to 
start  in  mercantile  life.  He  had  got  nicely 
started  in  business  when  the  war  broke  out, 
making  a  complete  change  in  his  plans  and 
future  life.  He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Com- 
pany C,  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- fourth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  which 
went  to  the  front  as  part  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac.  He  was  a  brave  soldier  and  was 
rapidly  promoted  to  the  rank  of  corporal,  ser- 
geant, orderly,  second  lieutenant  and  finally. 


for  meritorious  conduct,  was  made  captain. 
Before  he  could  be  mustered  in,  however,  as 
captain,  the  battle  of  Gettysburg  was  fought 
and  Lieutenant  Winters  was  badly  wounded 
in  the  arm,  was  taken  prisoner,  sent  to  a  Con- 
federate hospital,  where  his  arm  was  ampu- 
tated. After  this  unfortunate  ending  to  his 
brilliant  military  career,  he  returned  home  and 
took  up  the  study  of  law  with  C.  P.  Veeder,  of 
EUicottville.  Later  he  was  appointed  deputy 
sheriff  and  in  1876  was  elected  sheriff  of  Cat- 
taraugus county.  While  at  Little  Valley,  per- 
forming the  duties  of  this  office,  he  continued 
the  study  of  law  with  Eugene  E.  Nash.  After 
retiring  from  public  life  he  continued  study 
with  C.  S.  Cary,  in  Olean,  and  in  1885  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  He  never  practiced  his  pro- 
fession, but  followed  farming  as  a  business, 
and  held  different  positions  in  the  government 
internal  revenue  service.  He  was  a  man  of 
many  virtues  and  was  a  well-known,  capable 
official  of  his  county.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  Bayard  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  and  the  Knights  of 
Honor.     Politically  he  was  a  Republican. 

He  married  Margaret  Zeviah  Pierce,  who 
survives  him,  a  highly  respected  resident  of 
Olean,  New  York.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John 
Pierce,  born  1804,  died  1866,  a  farmer  of  the 
town  of  Ischua,  Cattaraugus  county,  and  a 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  married,  in 
1842,  Mary  Sill,  born  1819,  died  1877.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierce:  i.  Rev.  Wil- 
liam D.,  married  Amelia  Lindsay;  children: 
Nellie,  Henry,  Mary,  Harriet  and  George.  He 
is  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  church,  now  pas- 
tor at  Great  Valley.  2.  C.  P.,  a  farmer  of 
Ischua,  married  Adelle  Pierce;  children:  Ros- 
coe  H.,  Merton,  John  and  Margaret.  3.  Mar- 
garet Z.,  married  George  L.  Winters.  4.  Eu- 
nice, married  Elmer  Kellogg;  children:  Mar- 
garet, Martha  and  Tessie.  5.  Patience,  mar- 
ried Louis  G.  Chamberlain;  children:  George, 
married  Lena  Waddens ;  Husted,  married  Bes- 
sie Ostertagg,  and  has  John  and  Hettie.  6. 
Caleb  D.,  married  Louisa  Wray;  children: 
Otto,  Earl  and  Eva.  7.  Hettie,  married  Bur- 
ton Hardy.  John  Pierce  was  a  son  of  Caleb 
and  Zeviah  (Chase)  Pierce,  of  Massachusetts. 
Caleb  Pierce  was  a  son  of  Ebenezer  Pierce,  a 
soldier  of  the  revolution  and  a  descendant  of 
the  Massachusetts  early  family.  Zeviah  Chase 
was  a  descendant  of  the  famous  Chase  fam- 
ily of    Massachusetts,    from   which   also  de- 


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scends  Salmon  P.  Chase,  Lincoln's  secretary 
of  the  treasury  and  father  of  the  "greenback" 
bank  note.  George  L.  and  Margaret  Z.  Win- 
ters had  no  children. 


This  family  is  of  the  third  genera- 
GRON     tion    in    the    United    States,    the 

founder,  Andrew  Gron,  being  a  na- 
tive of  Sweden.  He  was  born  in  Grossfal,  in 
that  kingdom,  in  1814,  died  in  the  town  of 
Busti,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  Octo- 
ber, 1875.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Sweden  and 
kept  an  inn  for  the  entertainment  of  travelers. 
He  came  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  landing 
in  New  York  City  and  making  his  way  west 
by  the  Erie  canal  to  its  western  terminus,-  Buf- 
falo. He  did  not  long  remain  there,  but  went 
to  Erie,  thence  to  Sugar  .Grove,  Pennsylvania. 
After  two  years  there  he  located  in  Busti, 
Chautauqua  county.  New  York,  where  he  pur- 
chased a  small  farm  of  nine  acres  on  the  plank 
road,  north  of  and  near  Ma)rville.  He  cleared 
this  tract  and  on  it  made  a  comfortable  liv- 
ing the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Swedish  Lutheran  church,  and 
a  regular  attendant.  Andrew  Gron  had  broth- 
ers, Peter  and  John,  who  came  to  the  United 
States  a  year  or  so  later  than  he  and  settled 
in  the  same  locality.  Their  sister,  Christina 
Margareta,  born  May  27,  1816,  died  May  14, 
1899,  also  came;  she  married,  in  1840,  Magnus 
Hultburg,  born  April  5,  1814,  died  October  25, 
1899;  they  lived  in  Chandlers  Valley,  Pennsyl- 
vania; children:  Carl  Magnus,  Anna,  Louisa, 
married  Andrew  J.  Lindeblad;  Charlotte,  Al- 
bert, Sarah,  Charles.  Peter  Gron  was  born  in 
Sweden,  1812,  died  1893;  he  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1851 ;  married  Caroline 
Smith;  children:  Louise,  Caroline,  Augusta, 
Eric  and  Edith  Ida,  the  latter  the  first  wife  of 
Arthur  A.  Amidon,  of  Jamestown,  New  York. 
(See  Amidon).  John  Gron,  brother  of  An- 
drew and  Peter,  was  born  in  Sweden,  1826, 
died  1891 ;  he  came  to  the  United  States  in 
1 851;  married  Anna  Charlestam,  who  died 
April  — ,  189s;  no  children.  Andrew  Gron, 
"the  founder,"  married  Mary  Christina  Simp- 
son, born  in  Sweden,  April  i,  1810,  died  at 
Jamestown,  New  York,  February  12,  1897. 
Children:  i.  Caroline  M.,  married  Theodore 
Bell.  2.  Charles,  of  further  mention.  3.  Fred- 
erick A.,  married  Caroline  Peterson ;  chil- 
dren :  Mabel,  Bertha  May  and  Edna.  4.  Lou- 
isa, deceased;  married  John  S.  Westerburg. 
5.  Augusta,     deceased;     married     Benjamin 


Brown.  6.  Christina,  married  Nelson  Stanton. 
7.  Hannah,  born  October  14,  185 1 ;  married 
Arthur  A.  Amidon  (second  wife);  children: 
Levi  Lewis,  Otto  Melvin,  Pearl  Maud,  Minnie 
and  Nelly  Viola.  8-9.  Abraham  and  Elvin, 
died  in  childhood.  lo-ii.  Died  in  infancy,  un- 
named. 

(H)  Charles,  eldest  son  of  Andrew  and 
Mary  Christina  (Simpson)  Gron,  was  bom  in 
Grossfal,  Sweden,  January  24,  1836.  He  at- 
tended the  Swedish  schools  until  the  family 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  in  1850,  finish- 
ing his  studies  in  Busti  public  schools.  He  re- 
mained in  Chautauqua  county  working  with  his 
fathers  and  others  until  June,  1861,  when  he 
enlisted  in  Company  F,  Ninth  Regiment  New 
York  Cavalry,  as  a  private.  His  brother 
Frederick  enlisted  at  the  same  time  in  the  same 
company.  Their  terms  expired  together,  and 
both  at  once  re-enlisted  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  Charles  left  his  company  for 
a  short  time,  volunteering  for  sixty  days  to 
help  fill  up  the  Eighty-fifth  Regiment  United 
States  Artillery,  served  ninety  days,  then  re- 
turned to  his  regiment.  The  brothers  served 
through  the  war  without  injury,  and  on  re- 
turning home  located  in  Jamestown  and  en- 
gaged in  the  livery  business,  and  had  all  their 
business  enterprises  in  common.  They  were 
together  in  business  for  twenty-four  years  and 
accumulated  considerable  property  in  city  real 
estate  and  farming  land.  When  they  decided 
to  dissolve  and  divide  their  property,  it  was  all 
done  in  ten  minutes,  each  taking  that  which 
best  suited  him,  the  other  assenting.  There 
was  no  friction,  and  death  only  interrupted 
the  lifelong  devotion  and  association  of  these 
brothers.  Charles  retained  the  livery  business 
and  continued  it  in  Jamestown  until  1907, 
when  he  sold  out  and  removed  to  Lakewood, 
where  he  continues  the  same  business  on  his 
farm  of  twenty  acres  on  Lake  Chautauqua, 
having  an  extensive  baril  and  a  most  desirable 
location.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  and  is  one  of  the  best-posted 
men  in  civil  war  history  to  be  found  in  the 
county.  He  was  a  true  soldier  and  fought 
bravely  for  his  adopted  country.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the 
Lutheran  church.  He  married,  in  1868,  Char- 
lotte Johnson,  born  in  Sweden,  in  1838,  died 
July,  1910.  She  came  to  the  United  States 
when  a  child  with  her  parents.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Lutheran  church,  and  a  de- 
voted Christian  worker.    Children :  Belle,  mar- 


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ried  Dr.  Louis  H.  Snow,  of  Jamestown ;  Wil- 
liam E.,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  William  E.,  only  son  of  Charles  and 
Charlotte  (Johnson)  Gron,  was  born  in  James- 
town, New  York,  February  i,  1876.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  on  leaving 
school  was  taken  into  his  father's  employ  in 
the  livery  business.  He  has  always  remained 
with  his  father  and  been  connected  with  the 
livery.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Jamestown  Fire  Department,  was  a  member 
of  the  Prendergast  Hose  Company  fourteen 
years,  and  for  two  years  prior  to  removing 
to  Lakewood,  in  1907,  was  assistant  chief  of 
the  department.  He  is  now  chief  of  the  fire 
company  of  Lakewood,  and  greatly  interested 
in  village  affairs.  He  is  a  Republican  and  a 
Lutheran. 

He  married,  March  28,  1896,  Lillian  May 
Sweet,  born  June  18,  1876,  daughter  of  Jerry 
M.  Sweet.  Qiildren :  Nina  May,  born  May  22, 
1897;  Josephine  Allena,  June  21,  1904;  Charles 
Frederick,  June  9,  1907 ;  Charlotte,  November 
2,  1909. 


The    Donnellys    of    Olean, 
DONNELLY     New  York,  herein  recorded, 

descend   from  Irish  ances- 
tors.   John  Donnelly  married O'Neill 

and  came  to  the  United  States.  Of  their 
eleven  children  nine  grew  to  maturity:  John, 
Henry,  of  whom  further;  Ann,  Michael, 
James,  William,  Charles  Hugh,  Jane.  Of 
these,  John,  the  eldest,  and  Jane,  the  young- 
est, are  still  living  (1911). 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  John  Donnelly,  was 
bom  in  1833,  ^^  Ireland,  died  in  West  Kendall, 
New  York,  1879.  He  was  fifteen  years  of  age 
when  he  came  to  the  United  States  with  his 
father,  and  for  many  years  father  and  son 
were  associated  in  business.  They  first  settled 
in  Vermont,  then  came  to  New  York  state,  set- 
tling in  Fowlerville,  Livingston  county,  where 
they  engaged  in  farming  and  operated  boats  on 
the  old  Genesee  canal  from  Westons  Mills 
to  Rochester.  Henry  then  started  for  himself. 
He  went  to  Scottsville,  where  he  learned  black- 
smithing,  and  after  mastering  his  trade  lo- 
cated in  Kendall  and  opened  a  blacksmith  shop. 
Later  he  moved  his  business  to  Jenkins  Cor- 
ners in  the  town  of  Greece,  where  he  contin- 
ued in  successful  operation  for  several  years. 
He  then  settled  in  West  Kendall,  where  he 
was  in  active  business  until  his  death.  He  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics,  an  energetic,  useful 


citizen,  and  well  regarded.  He  married  Cath- 
erine, daughter  of  Bryan  Brice,  who  died  in 
Liverpool,  England.  Children:  i.  Henry,  of 
whom  further.  2.  Mary  Jane,  married  Fred 
Day,  of  Albion,  New  York;  children:  Tapha 
N.  and  Jessie.  3.  Owen,  married  Margaret 
Donohue,  and  resides  in  Buffalo. 

(IH)  Henry  (2),  eldest  son  of  Henry  (i) 
I>onnelly,  was  bom  in  West  Kendall,  Orleans 
county.  New  York,  March  16,  1861.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  Albion  high 
school  and  Brockport  State  Normal  school. 
He  decided  upon  the  profession  of  law  and 
studied  under  John  Cunneen,  afterward  at- 
torney-general of  New  York.  He  finished  his 
studies  under  W.  P.  L.  Stafford,  who  was 
district  attorney  of  Orleans  <:ounty.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1888;  came  to  Olean, 
New  York,  the  same  year  and  began  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession.  He  had  not  reached 
this  point  in  his  career  without  hard  work 
and  unusual  perseverance.  During  his  years 
of  legal  study  he  taught  school,  and  for  a 
period  of  five  years  before  had  taught  and 
studied,  so  that  he  was  well  equipped  to  begin 
his  legal  preparation.  He  has  attained  a  good 
position  at  the  bar  and  is  established  in  a  good 
legal  practice.  He  was  chosen  town  clerk  of 
Olean  and  is  the  present  city  attorney.  He 
has  many  friends  and  is  held  in  high  regard. 
He  is  an  active  Democrat,  an  untiring  worker 
for  party  success  and  a  leader  in  his  city.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  State  and  County  Bar  as- 
sociation, and  attends  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  married,  March  5,  1888,  Mary  Brower, 
born  in  Albion,  Orleans  county,  New  York. 


The     surname     Brunson     is 
BRUNSON     identical   with    Bronson   and 

Brownson,  different  branches 
of  the  family  clinging  to  the  various  forms  of 
spelling.  It  is  not  clear  who  Barnabas  Brun- 
son, father  of  Abel,  the  founder  of  the  fam- 
ily in  Chautauqua  county,  descends  from,  but 
he  was  undoubtedly  a  grandson  of  Roger 
Bronson,  who  was  born  in  Farmington,  Con- 
necticut, 1692,  settled  in  New  Mil  ford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1703,  was  one  of  the  first  twelve 
settlers  there,  was  treasurer  and  justice  of  the 
peace.  He  had  nine  children.  Roger  was  a 
son  of  Jacob  Bronson,  born  in  Farmington, 
Connecticut,  1641.  Jacob  was  a  son  of  John 
Bronson,  the  emigrant,  born  in  England,  one 
of  Rev.  Hooker's  company  that  settled  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  in  1636.    He  was  one  of  the 


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seven  founders  of  the  church  in  Farmington, 
Connecticut,  in  1652;  deputy,  165 1.  Had  four 
sons  and  two  daughters. 

(V)  Barnabas  Brunson  lived  in  Connecti- 
cut during  the  last  quarter  of  the  eighteenth 
century,  with  his  wife  and  family,  consisting 
of  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  His  wife  died 
while  the  children  were  young,  and  he  mar- 
ried a  second  time.  Later  he  removed  to  Can- 
ada, one  son,  Orsamus,  and  his  daughter,  La- 
vina  (married  Reuben  Mallory),  going  with 
him.  Amasa,  a  son,  died  in  Pennsylvania. 
Philander,  another  son,  settled  near  Pitts- 
burg, Pennsylvania.  Nothing  more  is  known 
of  Barnabas  and  his  family  except  the  fourth 
son,  Abel. 

(VI)  Abel,  son  of  Barnabas  Brunson,  was 
born  in  Connecticut,  March  25,  1786,  died  at 
South  Stockton,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  September  30,  1861.  He  was  but  five 
years  old  when  his  mother  died.  At  the  age 
of  nine  he  went  to  live  in  the  family  of  Abner 
Ives,  remaining  until  the  death  of  Mr.  Ives. 
January  15,  1809,  he  married  Sally,  the  seven- 
teen-year-old daughter  of  John  Love.  He  re- 
mained in  Connecticut  two  years  after  his 
marriage,  then  about  Christmas,  1810,  with  his 
wife  and  two  children,  started  west,  their  ob- 
jective point  being  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York.  All  their  worldly  possessions  were 
packed  in  a  sleigh  drawn  by  an  ox  team,  with 
two  cows  tied  behind  the  sleigh.  They  were 
about  six  weeks  on  the  journey,  arriving  in 
February,  181 1.  They  milked  the  cows  while 
on  their  journey  and  put  the  milk  into  a  churn, 
where  it  was  churned  to  butter  by  the  constant 
motion  of  the  sleigh.  Their  first  home  on 
arriving  at  their  journey's  end  was  at  the  "Red 
Bird,"  with  the  family  of  William  Barrows. 
Soon  after  they  went  to  Pickard  street,  where 
a  small  colony  of  six  or  seven  families  had  set- 
tled, remaining  there  until  Abel  could  build 
a  home  for  his  family.  He  purchased  a  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  in  the  dense 
wooHs,  now  South  Stockton,  being  the  first 
settler  in  that  section.  He  built  a  log  house, 
and  there  being  no  sawmill  near,  used  split 
lumber  for  flooring  and  other  places  where 
boards  were  needed.  He  lived  in  this  log 
home  for  many  years,  working  hard,  as  did  his 
wife,  to  clear  and  pay  for  their  farm  and  sup- 
port their  increasing  family.  As  fast  as  he 
could  obtain  the  money  he  would  go  on  foot 
to  Mawille  to  make  payments  at  the  land  of- 
fice, of  even  the  smallest  sums.    The  difficulty 


of  his  undertaking  may  be  judged  from  the 
fact  that  he  was  unable  to  complete  his  pay- 
ments and  receive  his  deed  until  twenty  years 
after  the  purchase,  the  original  debt  being  but 
three  hundred  dollars,  and  he  was  one  in  a 
hundred  of  the  early  settlers  who  were  able  to 
pay  for  their  lands  according  to  contract. 
There  was  no  grist  mill  nearer  than  the  Ken- 
nedy mill  at  Conenwango,  and  the  only  way 
to  reach  that  was  through  the  forest  on  foot 
by  a  trail  of  blazed  ti^es,  a  trip  taking  two 
days.  In  1818  he  built  a  frame  house  and  soon 
afterward  opened  a  tavern,  which  he  kept 
until  1838.  When  his  sons,  Alfred  and  Oliver, 
grew  to  manhood  they  assumed  the  responsi- 
bility of  the  farm  and  family,  Abel  and  his 
wife  spending  their  last  years  on  the  farm 
where  they  settled,  having  lived  there  together 
fifty  years.  Children:  i.  Horace,  bom  Sep- 
tember 22,  1809,  died  April  28,  1882,  in  Ar- 
kansas; married  Mary  Travers.  2.  Huldah, 
bom  December  6,  1810,  at  Brid^ewater,  Con- 
necticut, died  at  Chicago,  Illinois,  March  31, 
1901;  married  (first)  Lyman  Wilbur;  (sec- 
ond) Calvin  Story.  3.  Lorenzo,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 4.  Cordelia,  bom  May  29,  1814,  died 
October  15,  1897,  in  Centralia,  New  York; 
married  Warren  Coe.  5.  Sedgwick,  bom  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1 81 6,  died  October  20,  1887 ;  married 
Johanna  Phillips.  6.  George  C.,  bom  Decem- 
ber 15,  1818,  died  May  2,  1891 ;  married  Mrs. 
Betsey  E.  (Whittaker)  Bugbee.  7.  James, 
bom  December  16,  1820,  died  in  childhood,  8. 
Ephraim,  February  22,  1822,  died  in  child- 
hood. 9.  Cynthia,  August  31,  1824,  died  No- 
vember 18,  1859;  married  Bradford  Phillips. 
10.  Alfred  Perry,  November  16,  1828,  died 
November  3,  1874;  married  Z.  E.  Turner.  11. 
Abel  Oliver,  October  12,  183 1,  died  March  8, 
1900;  married  Maritte  Lennox.  12.  Sarah 
Jane,  May  2,  1837,  died  September  5,  1867; 
married  J.  Elijah  Crick. 

(VII)  Lorenzo,  second  son  of  Abel  and 
Sally  (Love)  Brunson,  was  bom  in  South 
Stockton,  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  July 
6,  1812,  died  January  3,  1874,  in  the  town  of 
Ellicott,  same  county.  He  was  a  farmer,  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  church,  and  a  Whig,  later 
a  Republican.  He  married  (first),  March  i, 
1833,  Lavina  Langworthy,  who  died  Septem- 
ber 24,  1847.  He  married  (second),  June  25, 
1849,  Lydia  Ann,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  She 
died  February  21,  1890.  Children  by  first 
marriage:  i.  Rhoda  C,  bom  December  30, 
1833,  died  August  23,  1900:  married  Welcome 


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Pattison,  January  22,  1857.  2.  Rosina  S., 
born  March  14, 1835,  died  September  26,  1889; 
married  Nelson  Love,  March  14,  1835;  after 
his  death  she  married  John  Shoemaker,  who 
survives  her.  3.  Fanny  Malvina,  March  22, 
1837,  died  July  i,  1841.  4.  Susan  J.,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1838;  married  Thomas  J.  Pratt, 
August  16,  1866.  5.  James  C,  February  24, 
1841,  died  July  7,  191 1 ;  married  Jeanette  Ball, 
January  i,  1868;  he  was  one  of  the  first  volun- 
teers from  Chautauqua  county  to  enlist  in  the 
civil  war.  6.  Alonzo  L.,  March  25,  1843; 
married  Jane  C.  Ingraham,  December,  1872. 
7.  Hiram  Eugene,  of  further  mention.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wifej  8.  Francis  Marion,  May 
15,  1850.  9.  Charles  Albert,  April  26,  1852; 
married  Mary  L.  Cady,  November  19,  1879. 

10.  Laura  Caroline,  January  8,  1854;  married 
George  Hough. 

(Vni)  Hiram  Eugene,  seventh  child  and 
third  son  of  Lorenzo  Brunson  by  his  first  wife, 
Lavina  Langworthy,  was  bom  at  Ross's  Mills, 
town  of  Ellicott,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  October  8,  1845.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Ross's  Mills  and  Fal- 
coner (then  known  as  Worksburg),  and  in 
early  life  worked  on  the  farm.  Later  he  went 
to  Corry,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  a  machine  shop.  He  then  learned  the 
carpenter's  trade,  which  he  followed  for  many 
years,  later  in  life  following  other  lines  of 
activity.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  of  Falconer  and  a  most  con- 
scientious, consistent  Christian.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  United  Order  of  American  Me- 
chanics while  that  order  existed  in  Falconer, 
and  filled  all  the  official  chairs  of  his  lodge. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  served  as 
health  commissioner  of  Falconer.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  at  Mayville,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1867,  Emma  Nancy  Phetteplace.  Her 
father  was  a  school  teacher  for  several  years, 
later  became  an  expert  millwright.  Mr. 
Bnmson  married  (second),  at  Falconer,  New 
York,  July  18,  1883,  Mrs.  Mary  A.  (Abbott) 
Rose,  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1849,  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Mary 
(Bush)  Abbott.  Her  father,  Ezra  Abbott, 
married,  November  19,  1837,  Mary  Bush, 
daughter  of  Aaron  Bush,  who  was  bom  in 
Westfield,  Massachusetts,  February  25,  1791, 
married  at  Sufiield,  Connecticut,  March  25, 
1813,  Sally  Bush,  born  in  Suffield,  November 

11,  1790.  They  settled  in  Busti,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  where  Aaron  died,  March 


3,  1870.  Sally  died  July  8,  1859,  Children  of 
Aaron  and  Sally  Bush:  i.  Martha,  bom  in 
Westfield,  Massachusetts,  January  2T^  1816; 
married,  at  Jamestown,  New  York,  Alexander 
Campbell.  2^.  Judd,  born  in  Busti,  New  York, 
April  3,  1817,  died  Febmary  24,  1818.  3. 
William,  born  September  13,  1818,  died  un- 
married, at  Wellsville,  Ohio,  June  5,  1842.  4. 
Mary,  born  July  18,  1820,  in  Busti,  New  York^ 
died  in  Falconer,  February  9,  i8i89;  married 
Ezra  Abbott,  November  19,  1837.  5.  Rowena, 
bom  March  31,  1822,  died  in  infancy.  6.  Di- 
antha,  born  December  11,  1823,  died  at  Lander, 
Warren  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  23,  1901 ; 
married  George  Ewers,  June  6,  1852.  7. 
Aaron  (2),  born  December  15,  1825,  died  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1848.  8.  Moses,  born  October  11, 
1827;  married  (first)  Martha  Lewis;  (sec- 
ond) Susan ;  (third)  Sarah  Fairchild. 

9.  Sarah,  born  February  3,  1831 ;  married 
Laurel  B.  Coates,  August  8,  1852.  10.  Lu- 
cretia,  born  June  29,  1833,  died  April  27,  1853 ; 
married  Edwin  S.  Coe,  February  10,  1852.  11. 
Thankful,  June  28,  1834,  died  November  6, 
1854;  married,  December  23,  1850,  Cicero 
Crowell. 

Children  of  Hiram  Eugene  Brunson,  by  his 
first  wife:  i.  Ida  Belle,  torn  at  Corry,  Penn- 
sylvania, September  17,  1869,  died  October  22, 
191 1 ;  married,  September  17,  1889,  Charles 
D.  Pratt,  who  died  November  2^,  1902;  she 
married  (second),  at  Portland,  Oregon,  Oc- 
tober 3,  1905,  Jesse  C.  Willis.  2.  Claude 
Pliny,  born  in  Falconer,  December  6,  1874; 
resides  in  Falconer.  By  second  wife  no  issue. 
The  family  reside  in  Falconer,  New  York. 

(The  Abbott  Line). 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Brunson  is  a  granddaughter 
of  Xavir  Abbott,  who  grew  to  manhood  in  the 
state  of  New  Jersey,  where  he  married.  In 
1823  he  came  to  Busti,  Chautauqua  county, 
New  York,  settling  on  a  tract  of  wild  land, 
which  he  cleared  and  brought  under  cultiva- 
tion. He  became  a  prosperous  farmer,  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  Whig  in 
politics.  He  married,  in  New  Jersey,  Betsey 
Van  Ness,  a  descendant  of  Hendrick  Ger- 
ritse  Van  Ness,  who  came  to  New  Amsterdam 
(New  York)  from  Holland.  Children:  Har- 
vey, Whitney,  Cinda,  Ezra,  Anne,  John,  Me- 
lissa and  Brintha. 

(H)  Ezra,  son  of  Xavir  Abbott,  was  born 
in  Morristown,  New  Jersey,  November  19, 
1814,  died  in  Chautauqua  county.  New  York, 


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March  9,  1889.  He  came  to  Busti  with  his 
parents  in  1823,  and  for  the  next  twelve  years 
worked  for  his  father  on  the  farm,  clearing 
and  cultivating.  On  attaining  his  majority  he 
learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  married,  and 
moved  to  Jamestown,  New  York.  He  followed 
his  trade  until  he  reached  the  age  of  forty-five, 
then  purchased  a  farm  near  Falconer  on  which 
he  lived  one  year.  He  was  then  induced  by 
Patrick  Falconer  to  come  to  the  village  and 
take  the  management  of  his  sawmill.  After 
four  years  spent  in  running  the  sawmill  he  re- 
turned to  his  farm,  on  which  he  resided  until 
death.  He  joined  the  Baptist  church  in  James- 
town, and  was  always  a  faithful  member.  For 
several  years  he  was  leader  of  the  church  choir. 
He  belonged  to  the  local  militia  company,  and 
always  turned  out  for  drill  on  "training  days/' 
He  was  a  strong  Abolitionist,  and  acted  first 
with  the  Whig,  later  with  the  Republican 
party.  He  was  a  strong  character  and  held  in 
the  highest  esteem.  He  married,  in  Busti,  No- 
vember 19,  1837,  Mary,  daughter  of  Aaron 
Bush,  whose  family  has  been  previously  noted. 
Children:  i.  Martha,  born  May  17,  1839,  died 
March  24,  1841.  2.  Margaret,  born  January 
12,  1841 ;  married.  May  31,  1865,  James  A. 
McCall,  whom  she  survives  (1911).  3.  Wil- 
liam A.,  bom  August  18,  1842,  died  August 
29,  1843.  4.  Amelia,  born  November  10,  1844, 
died  March  29,  1880;  married,  July  9,  1863, 
Franklin  D.  Porter,  at  Farmington,  Pennsyl- 
vania; he  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  the 
Wilderness,  and  died  June  7,  1864.  5.  Theo- 
dore, September  22,  1847,  died  October  28, 
1908,  at  Edmunds,  Washington;  he  married 
(first),  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  May  4, 
1869,  Stella  McCall;  (second),  in  Muskegon, 
Michigan,  April  12,  1883,  Rose  Wilson.  6. 
Mary,  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1849;  married  (first),  May  5,  1868, 
Mortimer  A.  Rose,  who  died  March  20,  1879; 
(second),  July  j8,  1883,  Hiram  Eugene  Brun- 
son.  7.  Sarah  Louisa,  December  12,  1851, 
died  November  7,  i860.  8.  Clarence  J.,  Jan- 
uary 5,  1858,  died  unmarried.  May  5,  1879. 
9.  Elliott,  April  i,  i860,  died  unmarried,  June 
24,  1885. 


The  American  ancestor  of  Lewis 
PUTNAM    Andrews    Putnam,    of    James- 
town, New  York,  was  John  Put- 
nam,   of    Aston    Abbotts,    county    of    Bucks, 
England,  born  about  1580,  died  in  Salem  vil- 
lage, now  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  December 


10,  1662.  He  came  with  his  wife  Priscilla 
(maiden  name  believed  to  have  been  Deacon), 
and  sons  Thomas,  John  and  Nathaniel,  from 
England,  in  1634.  They  settled  in  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  the  father  died.  Seven  chil- 
dren. 

(H)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Putnam,  eldest  son 
of  John  and  Priscilla  Putnam,  was  baptized 
at  Aston  Abbotts,  county  of  Bucks,  England, 
March  7,  1614-15,  died  at  Salem  village,  Mas- 
sachusetts, May  5,  1686.  He  was  an  inhab- 
itant of  Lynn  in  1640,  selectman  in  1642,  and 
joined  the  Salem  church  in  1643.  ^^  was  a 
man  of  education,  wrote  a  good  hand,  held 
many  of  the  Salem  offices  in  town  and  church, 
and  was  lieutenant  of  a  troop  of  horse.  He 
married  (first)  Ann,  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Prudence  (Stockton)  Holyoke,  who  bore  him 
eight  children;  (second)  Mary,  a  widow  of 
Nathaniel  Veren,  who  bore  him  one  child, 
Joseph,  who  was  father  of  General  Israel  Put- 
nam, of  revolutionary  fame. 

(HI)  Sergeant  Thomas  Putnam,  son  of 
Lieutenant  Thomas  Putnam  and  his  first  wife, 
Ann  (Holydce)  Putnam,  was  baptized  in  the 
Salem  church,  February  16,  1652,  died  in  Sa- 
lem, May  24,  1699.  He  married  Ann,  young- 
est daughter  of  George  and  Elizabeth  Carr,  of 
Salisbury.  They  had  twelve  children,  eleven 
of  whom  were  alive  in  171 5. 

(IV)  Seth,  twelfth  child  of  Sergeant 
Thomas  Putnam  and  Ann  (Carr)  Putnam, 
was  born  in  Salem  village,  May,  1685,  died  at 
Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  November  30, 
1775.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  in  that 
exposed  frontier  town,  and  sent  two  sons  to 
help  fight  the  French  and  Indians.  He  helped 
form  the  first  church  at  Charlestown,  and 
was  among  the  first  ten  members  on  the  list. 
He  married,  September  17,  1718,  Ruth  Whip- 
ple, who  died  February  i,  1785.  They  had 
eight  children. 

(V)  Timothy,  youngest  son  of  Seth  and 
Ruth  (Whipple)  Putnam,  was  bom  at  Biller- 
ica,  Massachusetts,  December  25,  1732,  died 
at  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a 
member  of  Colonel  Bellow's  regiment,  which 
marched  to  re-enforce  Ticonderoga  in  May, 
1777,  and  again  in  June  of  that  year,  but  found 
the  fort  evacuated.  He  married  Susanna 
Badger,  who  bore  him  seven  children. 

(V^I)  John,  son  of  Timothy  and  Susanna 
(Badger)  Putnam,  was  bom  in  Charlestown, 
New  Hampshire,  June  4,  1764,  died  in  Mont- 
pelier,   Vermont,   June  9,   1848.     He  was  a 


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farmer  of  Montpelier,  and  was  borne  on  the 
pension  roll  of  the  revolution.  He  married 
(first)  Catherine  Carr;  (second)  Mrs.  Peggy 
Glidden,  at  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire, 
widow  of  Moses  Willard.  She  was  born  Oc- 
tober 25,  1781,  died  in  Montpelier,  February 
19,  1852.  He  had  six  children  by  the  first 
wife,  and  five  by  the  second. 

(VH)  Aaron,  son  of  John  Putnam,  was 
bom  about  1814.  He  lived  in  Rutland  county, 
V^ermont ;  married  Abigail  Howard,  and  came 
to  Chautauqua  county,  New  York,  settling 
in  the  town  of  Charlotte,  where  he  died.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  both  states. 

(VHI)  Davis  Oscar,  son  of  Aaron  Put- 
nam, was  born  in  Rutland  county,  Vermont, 
April  14,  1843,  died  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
December  8,  1905.  He  was  but  a  lad  when  his 
parents  came  to  Chautauqua  county,  where 
he  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  spent 
his  early  life  on  the  farm.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen years  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  112th 
New  York  Volunteer  Infantry.  A  feature  of 
his  enlistment  worth  preserving  is  the  fact 
that  he  was  the  first  man  of  a  crowd  gathered 
around  a  newly  opened  recruiting  station  to 
step  forward  and  offer  his  services.  An  old 
gentleman  standing  by  was  so  pleased  with 
the  young  man's  promptness  and  courage  that 
he  then  and  there  presented  him  with  fifty  dol- 
lars. He  enlisted  at  Fredonia,  New  York,  and 
served  until  his  capture,  seeing  hard  service 
with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was 
wounded  at  the  battle  of  Chapin*s  Farm,  Vir- 
ginia, and  left  for  dead  on  the  field.  The  Con- 
federates found  him  and  sent  him  a  prisoner 
to  Libby.  Recovering  from  his  wound  he 
was  later  sent  to  Belle  Isle  an'd  Florence 
prisons.  Later  he  was  exchanged  and  returned 
home.  He  was  carried  on  the  government 
pension  rolls  as  long  as  he  lived,  and  justly 
deserved  all  his  country  gave  him  for  in  de- 
fense of  the  flag  he  surrendered  youth  and 
health.  After  the  war  he  settled  in  Dunkirk, 
New  York,  later  coming  to  Jamestown,  where 
his  remaining  years  were  passed.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  he  kept  a  tobacco  store,  later  in- 
vesting in  a  local  express  and  draying  busi- 
ness, continuing  for  tw^ty  years,  prospered, 
and  owned  considerable  city  property.  He 
was  a  member  of  James  Brown  Post,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  a  Democrat  and  an  at- 
tendant of  the  Episcopal  church.  He  married, 
June  18,  1874,  at  Jamestown,  Flora  Augusta 
Andrews,   born    there    November    18,    1857, 


daughter  of  Lewis  and  Martha  (Pennock) 
Andrews  (see  Andrews).  Children:  i.  Lewis 
Andrews,  of  whom  further.  2.  William  Cran- 
dell,  bom  in  Jamestown,  August  7,  1882;  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  learned  telegraphy, 
and  is  an  expert  operator,  having  held  im- 
portant positions  in  the  large  cities  for  both 
the  Western  Union  and  Postal  Telegraph 
Companies ;  unmarried. 

(IX)  Lewis  Andrews,  son  of  Davis  Oscar 
Putnam,  was  born  in  Jamestown,  New  York, 
March  3,  1878-  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  at  Jamestown.  Since  July  17,  1902, 
he  has  been  a  clerk  in  the  Jamestown  post- 
office.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church,  the  Fraternal  Order  of  Eagles,  the 
Order  of  Moose  and  Sons  of  Veteirans.  He 
married  Hilma  Lundwell. 

(The  Andrews  Line). 

(I)  WilHam  Andrews,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  first  to  Massachusetts,  and  in  1630 
to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a 
teacher  in  1639. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Andrews,  set- 
tled in  Middletown,  Connecticut. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Andrews,  set- 
tled in  East  Haddam,  Massachusetts. 

(IV)  Zephaniah,  son  of  Samuel  Andrews, 
lived  in  East  Haddam,  Massachusetts. 

(V)  Philarmon,  son  of  Zephaniah  Andrews, 
was   bom   in    East   Haddam,   Massachusetts, 

May  I,  1763.     He  married-  Philanda  . 

Ten  children:  (3ordon,  born  March  26,  1785; 
Solomon,  born  in  Vermont,  May  14,  1787; 
Wilson,  of  whom  further;  Erastus,  born  in 
New  York  state,  November  14,  1790;  Dudley, 
April  23,  1792;  James,  January  7,  1794;  Phil- 
anda, November  20,  1795,  Asa,  March  5,  1799; 
Nathaniel,  January  18,  1801 ;  Philarmon,  born 
in  Salem,  New  York,  January  6,  1803. 

(VI)  Wilson,  son  of  Philarmon  Andrews, 
was  born  at  Lamson,  Vermont,  December  30, 
1788.  He  came  to  Elm  Flats,  New  York, 
where  he  purchased  land  from  the  Holland 
Land  Company.  He  married  (first),  January 
13,  1817,  Keziah  NefT,  bom  1793,  ^^^d  No- 
vember, 1832.  Children:  i.  Newell,  bom 
1818,  died  September,  1869;  married  Harriet 
Cadwell.  2.  Lewis  (William  L.),  of  whom 
further.  3.  Philanda,  born  July  22,  1822,  died 
July,  1886;  married,  February  4,  1841,  Jason 
Biglin ;  children :  Henry,  Ella  J.  and  Lewis  A. 
He  married  (second)  Melinda  Hurlburt,  bom 
at  Pompey,  New  York,  January  12,  1802. 


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(VII)  Lewis,  son. of  Wilson  and  Keziah 
(Neff)  Andrews,  was  born  at  Elm  Flats,  New 
York,  182 1,  died  at  Jamestown,  New  York, 
March  7,  1896.  He  settled  in  Jamestown,  at 
the  age  of  nineteen  years,  and  became  a  pros- 
perous merchant  of  that  city,  and  was  inter- 
ested in  an  oil  refinery.  He  was  also  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Andrews  &  Preston,  operating 
a  woolen  mill.  He  married,  October  22,  1855, 
Martha  Pennock,  bom  October  31,  1833,  who 
survives  him,  daughter  of  Alvin  and  Zelphia 
(Kidder)  Pennock.  Children:  Flora  Augusta, 
of  further  mention ;  Minnie  L.,  born  March  22, 
1862,  married  Edgar  Benham. 

(VIII)  Flora  Augusta,  eldest  daughter  of 
Lewis  and  Martha  (Pennock)  Andrews,  mar- 
ried Davis  Oscar  Putnam. 

(IX)  Lewis  Andrews,  son  of  Davis  Oscar 
and  Flora  Augusta  (Andrews)  Putnam,  is  the 
present  male  representative  of  the  Putnam  and 
Andrews  families  in  Jamestown,  New  York 
(1911). 

This  surname  is  of  various  spell- 
ABBEY  ings— Abba,  Abbe,  Abbee,  Ab- 
bey, Abbie,  Abie,  Abbeye  and 
Abby  being  the  forms  in  which  it  is  found  in 
old  records  and  in  the  present  day.  The  name 
no  doubt  came  from  a  progenitor  who  lived 
near  an  abbey  or  was  employed  in  one,  or  it 
may  come  from  Abbe,  an  ecclesiastic.  The 
family  in  England  bore  arms,  those  of  Abbe 
being :  Gules,  five  fusils  in  f esse  between  three 
scallop  shells.  Crest:  on  a  wreath  of  three 
colors  of  the  shield  (gules  and  argent)  an 
eagle's  head  erased,  or.  The  first  settler  in 
America,  John  Abbe,  was  an  Englishman.  He 
settled  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  that  part 
that  later  was  set  off  as  Wenham.  The  line 
of  descent  to  the  Abbeys  of  Falconer,  New 
York,  is  through  his  son  Samuel,  his  son  Eben- 
ezer,  his  son  Ebenezer  (2),  his  son  Isaac,  his 
son  Abner,  his  son  William,  of  the  eighth 
generation. 

(IX)  William,  grandson  of  Abner  Abbey, 
married  Mary  Elizabeth  Brown.  They  settled 
in  JeflFerson  county,  New  York.  Two  chil- 
dren, one  of  whom  died  in  infancy. 

(X)  Seymour  S.,  son  of  William  Abbey, 
was  born  in  JeflFerson  county,  New  York,  July 
31,  1854.  He  was  well  educated,  and  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade.  He  worked  at  his  trade 
in  various  places,  and  for  several  years  was 
in  charge  of  a  gang  of  bridge  builders  for  the 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  and  Western  Railroad 


Company.  He  is  now  located  in  Syracuse, 
New  York,  engaged  in  contracting  and  build- 
ing. He  is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married  Ida  May 
Reynolds,  died  in  1882,  aged  twenty-four 
years,  daughter  of  Cyrus  Gregg  and  Mary 
(Tousley)  Reynolds.  Children:  i.  Mamie, 
died  in  infancy.  2.  Evo,  born  May  i,  1877, 
died  April  2,  1902;  married  Arthur  W.  Far- 
rington ;  children :  Seymour  and  Charles  A.  3. 
Charles  Gregg,  of  whom  further. 

(XI)  Charles  Gregg,  only  son  of  Seymour 
S.  Abbey,  was  born  in  Adams,  Jefferson 
county,  New  York,  July  3,  1879.  He  was 
twelve  years  of  age  when  his  father  settled  in 
Syracuse,  New  York.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic school  in  Adams,  finishing  his  studies  in  the 
Syracuse  schools.  '  At  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
he  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  machinist's 
trade,  but  did  not  complete  his  years  of  service. 
He  was  clerk  in  a  hardware  store  for  one  year, 
and  about  1892  came  to  Falconer,  New  York, 
where  he  worked  until  1903  as  a  weaver  in  the 
Falconer  Towel  Company's  mill.  In  1903  he 
went  to  San  Francisco,  California,  where  he 
secured  a  position  with  the  San  Francisco 
Bulletin  in  the  general  news  department. 
While  on  that  paper  the  great  earthquake  and 
fire  brought  devastation  and  ruin  to  the  city. 
He  was  appointed  a  guard  by  General  Funs- 
ton  in  command  of  the  United  States  troops, 
and  in  that  capacity  served  until  order  was 
restored.  While  regularly  sworn  in  to  the 
United  States  service  and  under  military  dis- 
cipline, he  also  acted  as  reporter  for  the  pa- 
pers, and  wrote  several  articles  concerning  the 
disaster  that  appeared  in  the  eastern  papers. 
Later  he  rcfSigned  his  position  with  The  Bul- 
letin and  formed  a  connection  with  the  Oak- 
land Tribune,  doing  general  newspaper  work. 
In  1909  he  returned  to  Falconer,  New  York, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  the  Jamestown 
Morning  Post  as  advertising  manager,  which 
position  he  now  holds.  He  is  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
of  which  he  was  made  a  member  in  1903,  join- 
ing Chadakoin  Lodge,  No.  130,  of  Falconer. 
While  in  California  he  took  a  demit  and  united 
with  Unity  Lodge,  No.  131,  of  San  Francisco, 
and  during  the  relief  period  following  the 
earthquake  he  was  treasurer  of  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows'  Relief  Board.  He 
passed  all  the  chairs  of  Unity  Lodge,  and  on 
his  return  to  Falconer  reunited  with  his  old 
lodge.     Politically  he  is  a  Republican  and  his 


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family  are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  at  Falconer,  December  7,  1901, 
Ella  Anna  Lyddl,  bom  in  Poland,  Chautau- 
qua county.  New  York,  April  19,  1880,  daugh- 
ter of  Ransom  B.  and  Mina  Jane  (Covey) 
Lydell  (see  Lydell).  Children:  Frank  Lydell, 
bom  at  Berkeley,  California,  November  20, 
1907;  Charles  Robert,  bom  at  Falconer,  New 
York,  September  6,  191 1. 

(The  Lydell  Line). 

(I)  Luther  Lydell  came  to  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  in  1828,  settling  in  the 
town  of  Poland,  on  lot  fifty-nine.  He  was  for- 
merly of  Ots^o  county.  He  cultivated  his 
farm  in  Poland  until  his  death.  He  married 
and  had  issue. 

(II)  Lucius,  son  of  Luther  Lydell,  came 
with  his  father  from  Otsego  county  and  set- 
tled near  him  in  Poland,  Chautauqua  county. 
He  married  Sophrona,  daughter  of  Judge 
George  Burnell,  who  came  to  Chautauqua 
county  in  1810  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Char- 
lotte. Children:  Marietta,  married  A.  J.  Par- 
ker, now  deceased;  Francis,  now  deceased; 
Ransom  B.,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Ransom  B.,  son  of  Lucius  Lydell, 
was  bom  in  Poland,  Chautauqua  county,  New 
York,  July  3,  1853,  ^^^^  ^  Falconer,  New 
York,  April  19,  1909.  His  early  education 
was  obtained  in  the  public  schools  of  Poland. 
On  reaching  the  age  of  fourteen  he  came  to 
Jamestown  to  avail  himself  of  the  advanced 
courses  taught  in  the  schools  there.  He  con- 
tinued his  studies  there  for  six  years,  but  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  began  teaching  dur- 
ing the  winter  term.  He  taught  for  five  win- 
ters in  the  district  schools,  working  at  other 
employment  during  the  summer  months.  He 
early  became  interested  in  public  affairs  and 
in  many  business  enterprises,  the  most  impor- 
tant being  banking.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  president  of  the  First  National  Bank 
of  Falconer.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  years 
he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  of  Poland, 
holding  that  office  continuously  until  1884, 
when  he  moved  to  Falconer.  In  1888  he  was 
elected  assessor  of  the  town  of  EUicott,  hold- 
ing about  eighteen  years,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed supervisor  to  succeed  H.  N.  Crosby, 
who  had  been  elected  surrogate  of  Chautauqua 
county.  He  was  elected  to  the  same  office  at 
the  next  election,  holding  until  his  death.    His 

services  were  particularly  valuable  to  his  town, 
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his  well-trained  business  mind  being  peculiarly 
fitted  to  solve  the  financial  problems  OHistantly 
arising  to  confront  the  bciard  of  supervisors. 
He  gave  freely  to  charity,  and  was  always  a 
friend  to  those  hard  pressed  in  business  life. 
He  was  everybody's  friend,  and  died  sincerely 
nK>umed  by  his  community.  As  a  man  of 
business  he  was  systematic  and  energetic,  as  a 
banker,  wise,  conservative  and  helpful.  Reso- 
lutions of  respect  and  regret  at  his  death  were 
adopted  by  the  Chautauqua  county  board  of 
supervisors  and  by  the  board  of  directors  of 
the  First  National  Bank.  He  was  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and 
politically  was  a  Republican. 

He  married,  August  11,  1877,  Mina  J. 
Covey,  bom  in  Westfield,  Chautauqua  county, 
July  27,  1854,  died  in  Falconer,  April  23,  1909, 
four  days  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  She 
was  in  ill  health  at  the  time  of  his  illness,  and 
never  recovered  f  roni  the  shock  caused  by  his 
death.  They  were  buried  at  the  same  time 
and  laid  side  by  side  in  Pine  Hill  cemetery. 
Children:  i.  Frances  B.,  bom  June  9,  1878.  2. 
Ella  A.,  April  19,  1880;  married  Charles  G. 
Abbey.  3.  Flossie  J.>  September  4, 1882 ;  married 
Bert  L.  Hough ;  children :  Miles  Emerson  and 
Lydell  M.  4.  Iva  M.,  bom  March  31,  1885. 
5.  Bessie  M.,  October  i,  1887 ;  married  O.  Bert 
EUenberger ;  child:  Lois.  6.  Ransom  B.  (2), 
bom  June  10,  1890;  married  Myrtle  McCain; 
child:  Ransom  B.  (3).  7.  Lucius  R.,  bom 
April  16,  1893.    8.  Lulu  M.,  twin  of  Lucius  R. 

Andrew     Rundquist,     the 
RUNDQUIST    first  of  the  family  to  come 

to  America,  was  born  in 
Gothland,  Sweden,  March  25,  1840,  on  the 
Borstrop  estate,  where  his  father  was  em- 
ployed as  gardener.  He  attended  school  until 
the  age  of  sixteen,  when  he  left  in  order  to 
assist  in  the  support  of  the  family;  however, 
he  continued  his  studies  in  writing  and  arith- 
metic under  private  instmction,  being  a  bright 
and  ambitious  lad  and  desirous  of  obtaining  all 
the  education  possible,  and  later  re-entered 
school  for  the  purpose  of  making  a  serious 
study  of  agriculture.  Upon  finishing  the  nec- 
essary course  of  instmction,  he  was  appointed 
to  work  upon  different  estates  in  Sweden  and 
Finland. 

At  the  age  of  thirty-one  years,  in  May,  1871, 
he  left  his  native  land,  and  coming  to  the 
United  States,  made  his  home  in  Jamestown, 
New  York;  here  he  entered  into  business  as 


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a  carpenter  and  building  contractor,  continu- 
ing thus  for  several  years  and  becoming  suc- 
cessful and  well  known  in  the  community.  In 
1893  he  was  appointed  by  Mayor  O.  F.  Price 
to  serve  an  unexpired  term  as  assessor,  and  so 
satisfactorily  were  the  duties  of  the  office  per- 
formed that  he  was  elected  for  the  following 
term  and  served  continuously  thereafter.  Ac- 
cording to  the  recent  revision  of  the  city  char- 
ter, Mr.  Rundquist  received  the  appointment 
as  chairman  of  the  board,  and  would  have  en- 
joyed a  longer  term  of  office  than  under  the  old 
system  of  election  by  the  people.  His  work 
was  performed  with  credit  to  himself  and  with 
much  popular  approval,  he  being  everywhere 
regarded  as  a  most  intelligent,  capable  and 
honest  official.  He  was  also  a  thoroughly  good 
business  man  and  very  successful  in  real  es- 
tate ventures ;  he  thus  acquired  a  considerable 
amount  of  property,  the  rental  from  which 
furnished  him  a  substantial  income.  In  his 
political  convictions  Mr.  Rundquist  was  a 
staunch  Republican,  and  was  held  in  high  es- 
teem in  his  party ;  he  was  a  member  of*  the 
Knights  of  Pythias. 

In  the  year  1872,  Mr.  Rundquist  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Mathilda  Johnson ;  four  children 
were  born  to  them,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy, 
anid  two  daughters,  Miss  Jennie  C,  married 
H.  S.  Dudley,  of  New  York  City,  and  Miss 
Ruby  R.  Rundquist,  now  living  at  the  family 
residence,  where  Mr.  Rundquist  died  October 

3>  1907. 

John  Preston,  the  first  of  the 
PRESTON     line  here  under  consideration, 

purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  Ash  ford,  Connecticut,  for  which  he 
paid  twenty-five  cents  an  acre,  and  this  was 
the  home  of  the  family  for  many  years.  He 
married  for  his  second  wife,  Mary  Haynes, 
granddaughter  of  the  first  governor  of  Con- 
necticut, who  bore  him  twelve  children, 
among  whom  was  John,  see  forward. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Preston, 
was  born  in  1737.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tionary army,  and  was  among  the  gallant  band 
who  marched  from  Ashford  under  Colonel 
Thomas  Knowlton  for  the  relief  of  Boston  in 
1775.  He  afterward  became  a  member  of 
Colonel  Chester's  regiment.  Sixth  Battalion, 
General  Wadsworth  Brigade,  which  hastened 
to  re-enforce  General  Washington  in  New 
York.  In  1777  he  was  in  the  Connecticut  mil- 
itia, and  served  on  the  Hudson,  being  a  ser- 


geant in  Captain  Aaron  Footers  company,  of 
the  regiment  commanded  by  Colonel  Hooker. 
He  married,  in  1759,  in  Ashford,  Connecticut, 
Sarah  A.,  daughter  of  Captain  Peter  East- 
man. Among  their  children  was  Noah,,  see 
forward. 

(III)  Noah,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Sarah  A. 
(Eastman)  Preston,  was  born  February  23, 
1763,  died  April  8,  1835,  aged  seventy-two 
years  one  month  nine  days,  at  Camden,  New 
York,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in  the  an- 
cient cemetery  in  that  village,  with  thirty-two 
other  revolutionary  patriots.  A  beautiful  mon- 
ument to  the  memory  of  these  brave  soldiers 
has  been  erected  in  Camden  by  Camden  Chap- 
ter, Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
on  which  the  name  of  Noah  Preston  is  in- 
scribed. He  married  Honor  or  Anna  Rossi- 
ter,  born  May  28,  1766,  died  November  22, 
1847,  2ig^^  eighty-two  years  five  months  twen- 
ty-four days.  Children:  i.  Warren,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Rossiter,  born  February  4,  1788; 
he  was  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
(Gamble)  Young,  a  member  of  Camden  Chap- 
ter, Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution. 
3.  William  Riley,  born  February  4,  1790,  died 
August  4,  1838.  4.  Honor,  bom  March  22, 
1792,  died  March  30,  1819,  aged  twenty-seven 
years  eight  days.  5.  Cyprian,  bom  April  13, 
1794,  died  May  26,  1819,  aged  twenty-five 
years  one  month  thirteen  days.  6.  Olive,  bom 
March  i,  1796,  died  October  19,  181 5,  aged 
nineteen  years  seven  months  seventeen  days. 
7.  Labra,  born  April  20,  1798,  died  March  17, 
1863,  aged  sixty-five  years  ten  months  three 
days.  8.  Lyman,  born  April  11,  1800,  died 
March  21,  1852,  aged  fifty-one  years  nine 
months  eleven  days.  9.  John  Styles,  bom  May 
21,  1804,  died  September  2,  1879.  10.  Chand- 
ler B.,  born  June  18,  1806. 

(IV)  Warren,  son  of  Noah  and  Honor 
(Rossiter)  Preston,  was  born  August  4,  1786, 
died  June  25,  1837.  He  married  Clara  Pond ; 
children:  Julius  C,  see  forward;  Junius,  Gil- 
bert. 

(V)  Julius  C,  son  of  Warren  Preston,  was 
born  at  Camden,  Oneida  county,  New  York, 
April  20,  1806,  died  April  29,  1858,  at  Lander, 
Pennsylvania.  He  followed  the  occupation  of 
farming,  owning  and  conducting  an  extensive 
farm  at  Lander,  upon  which  he  resided  all  his 
active  life.  He  was  enterprising  and  progres- 
sive, and  his  influence  for  good  was  felt  in  the 
community.  He  attended  the  Congregational 
church,  and  was  a  Republican  in  politics.    He 


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married,  January  i8,  1831,  Jane  Jones,  born 
in  Utica,  New  York,  1810,  died  March  7,  1888. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  Children:  i.  Lorenzo,  born  July  4, 
1832,  died  March  3,  1889;  married  Julia 
Northrop;  children:  Clara,  married  Seymour 
A.  Cramer;  Homer,  married  Stella  Knapp; 
Henrietta,  married  Edward  Whiting.  2.  Je- 
rome, see  forward.  3.  Emily  Hannah,  bom 
December  30,  1844;  educated  in  Jamestown 
Academy;  member  of  First  Baptist  Church, 
and  of  Jamestown  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution;  married,  January  7, 
1875,  Alfred  L.  Jenks,  born  June  24,  1848; 
one  son,  Alfred  Wilmer,  born  July  13,  1879, 
died  unmarried,  September  28,  1910. 

Alfred  L.  Jenks,  who  is  a  resident  of  James- 
town, New  York,  and  engaged  in  business  in 
Buffalo,  New  York,  is  a  son  of  Lafayette 
and  Harriet  Z.  (Babcock)  Jenks,  and  grand- 
son of  Obadiah  and  Malintha  (Mason)  Jenks, 
who  were  the  parents  of  seven  children: 
Lafayette,  Monroe,  Obadiah,  Lucinda,  Ma- 
ria and  Miranda  (twins),  and  Malintha, 
Obadiah  Jenks  was  a  farmer  by  occupation, 
served  in  the  war  of  181 2,  and  was  an  old-line 
Whig  in  politics.  He  removed  from  Schroon, 
New  York,  to  the  town  of  Poland,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York.  Lafayette  Jenks  was 
bom  December  30,  1818,  died  December  14, 
1894.  He  married  Harriet  Z.  Babcock,  bom 
June  3,  1831,  died  1892,  daughter  of  Abalina 
Babcock,  and  their  children  were:  Alfred  L., 
aforementioned;  A.  Frank,  bom  March  4, 
1850,  attorney-at-law,  Jamestown ;  Charles  S., 
bom  September  13,  185 — ,  deceased. 

(VI)  Jerome,  son  of  Julius  C.  and  Jane 
(Jones)  Preston,  was  bom  January  28,  1834, 
died  January  27,  1902.  He  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm,  educated  in  the  schools  of  the 
neighborhood  and  Jamestown  Academy,  and 
at  the  early  age  of  twenty  years  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  on  his  own  account,  be- 
coming well  and  favorably  known  in  trade  cir- 
cles. He  former  a  partnership  with  V.  C. 
Clark,  and  they  established  a  general  country 
store  in  the  village  of  Busti,  Chautauqua 
county.  New  York,  under  the  style  of  Clark  & 
Preston,  and  for  four  years  this  connection 
continued,  they  being  highly  prosperous  in 
their  undertaking.  Seeking  a  broader  field  for 
his  operations  he  removed  to  Jamestown,  New 
York,  in  1869,  and  there  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  days,  being  prominently  identified  with 
the  business,  political,  religious  and  social  cir- 


cles of  that  thriving  city.  His  first  connection 
in  Jamestown  was  with  De  Forest  Weld,  with 
whom  as  partner  he  opened  one  of  the  most 
extensive  and  best-equipped  dry  goods  stores 
in  Chautauqua  county,  which  proved  a  highly 
remunerative  undertaking.  Being  constantly 
alert  to  grasp  all  opportunities,  and  having  a 
large  faith  in  the  future  of  Jamestown,  he  en- 
gaged in  various  branches  of  trade,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  firms  of  Preston,  Harrington  & 
Company,  and  Kent,  Preston  &  Company. 
Jamestown  was  in  close  proximity  enough  to 
the  Pennsylvania  oil  fields  to  feel  the  influence 
of  the  early  excitement,  and  in  1862  Mr.  Pres- 
ton, in  conjunction  with  Louis  Andrews, 
erected  the  first  oil  refinery  in  Jamestown,  and 
for  several  years  thereafter  continued  the  re- 
fining of  oil,  in  connection  with  his  mercantile 
business.  For  many  years  Jamestown  has  been 
noted  for  its  woolen  mills,  and  during  the  lat- 
ter twenty-eight  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Preston 
was  identified  with  that  industry,  having  been 
one  of  the  managers  of  the  Jamestown  Woolen 
Mills,  which  was  conducted  under  the  firm 
name  of  Allen,  Preston  &  Company. 

Early  in  life  Mr.  Preston  b^an  to  take  an 
active  interest  in  political  affairs,  and  upon 
attaining  his  majority  was  elected  town  clerk 
of  the  town  of  Busti.  Later  he  served  as  tms- 
tee  of  the  village  of  Jamestown,  and  was  a 
member  of  its  board  of  education  for  two 
years.  He  represented  the  town  of  ElUcott, 
in  which  Jamestown  is  located,  in  the  board  of 
supervisors  of  Chautauqua  county.  In  1871 
he  was  called  to  higher  honors,  being  elected 
a  member  of  the  assembly  from  the  Second 
Chautauqua  county  district.  This  was  a  reform 
legislature,  and  among  its  members  who  be- 
came famous  throughout  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  country  were  Samuel  J.  Tilden 
and  David  B.  Hill.  Mr.  Preston's  course  dur- 
ing his  tenure  of  office  in  that  body  was  such 
as  to  win  the  praise  and  commendation  of  his 
constituents,  and  one  of  the  local  papers,  at 
the  time  of  the  adjournment  of  legislature, 
said:  "Mr.  Preston  has  taken  a  straightfor- 
ward, conscientious  course  at  Albany,  honor- 
able both  to  himself  and  the  district."  He  dis- 
charged the  duties  of  these  various  offices  with 
fidelity  and  impartiality,  and  year  by  year  he 
advanced  in  the  public  estimation. 

During  the  greater  part  of  his  life  Mr.  Pres- 
ton was  a  communicant  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  taking  an  active  part  in  its  affairs, 
believing  that  membership  meant  more  than 


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mere  attendance  and  yearly  contribution,  and 
he  fulfilled  to  the  letter  all  his  obligations.  For 
more  than  thirty  years  he  acted  as  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  church,  and  was  an  active 
factor  in  the  work  of  the  Sunday  school,  act- 
ing as  superintendent  for  a  third  of  a  century. 
He  was  chosen  the  first  president  of  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  formed  in  James- 
town, and  from  its  organization  until  his  death 
was  a  director  of  the  present  association.  This 
brief  resume  of  Mr.  Preston's  many  spheres 
of  usefulness  proved  the  broadness  of  his  men- 
tal vision,  and  whether  considered  as  employer, 
merchant,  politician  or  churchman,  he  was  ever 
found  to  be  a  man  true  to  himself  and  true  to 
his  fellows. 

Mr.  Preston  married,  at  Busti,  Chautauqua 
county,  New  York,  June  4,  1856,  Hannah 
Broadhead,  born  September  26,  1833,  died  De- 
cember 19,  1908,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and 
Hannah  (Hall)  Broadhead.  Children:  i.  Nel- 
lie Jane,  born  April  6,  1857;  married  Velona 
Wynant  Haughwout,  son  of  Rev.  Peter  B. 
Haughwout,  of  Fall  River,  Massachusetts,  and 
they  had  one  daughter,  Helen  P.,  wife  of  Will- 
iam E.  Putnam  Jr.,  of  Brookline,  Massachu- 
setts. 2.  Clyde  Walton,  born  December  3, 
1858;  married  Nelle  L.  Parsons,  daughter  of 
Dr.  A.  B.  Parsons ;  they  reside  in  Minneapolis, 
Minnesota.  3.  Mary  Eloise,  bom  November 
19,  1862,  died  July  9,  1864.  4.  Ralph  Julius, 
bom  May  27,  1865 ;  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 


ter of  Colonel  William  Thompson;  children: 
William  P.,  Jerome,  Evelyn  Warwick,  Lewis 
Thompson;  they  reside  in  Redbank,  New 
York.    5.  Rose  Bertha,  bom  June  2Ty  1871. 

Mrs.  Hannah  (Broadhead)  Preston's  father, 
Rev.  John  Broadhead,  was  bom  at  Yorkshire, 
England,  June  16,  1798,  died  at  Busti,  New 
York,  in  March,  18^.  He  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  and  settled  first  in  Busti,  New 
York,  from  whence  he  removed  to  Durham 
and  later  to  Jamestown,  where  he  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  was  high- 
ly respected  and  esteemed  by  all  who  knew 
him.  He  was  an  uncle  of  the  late  William 
Broadhead,  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens 
of  Jamestown  during  the  greater  part  of  his 
lifetime,  aiding  in  its  advancement  and  prog- 
ress. Rev.  Jdin  Broadhead  married  (first) 
Hannah  Hall,  born  in  Yorkshire,  England, 
1800.  Their  children  were:  Sarah,  Martha, 
Fletcher,  Jabez,  Mary,  Hannah,  aforemention- 
ed as  the  wife  of  Jerome  Preston.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth  Cheney,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Cheney,  and  their  children  were: 
James,  a  resident  of  Busti,  New  York,  and 
John.  Hannah  (Broadhead)  Preston  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  Medina  and  Randolph, 
and  in  early  life  served  in  the  capacity  of 
school  teacher.  She  was  an  active  member  of 
the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  was  a  woman 
of  more  than  ordinary  attainments. 


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